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It was settled by Ogle thorpe in 1733; repelled a British attack in 1776; and was taken by the British in 1778. An unsucce ful attempt to recover it was made by the French and Ameri. cans in Oct., 1779, when Pulaski was killed in the a ault. It became a city in 1789; was devastated by fire in 1796 and in 1820; was an important Confederate post; was invested by the Federals under Sherman Dec. 10, 1864; and was occupied by them Dec. 23. Population (1890), 43,189. Savannah River. A river on the boundary between South Carolina and Georgia. It is formed by the union of the Tugaloo and Kiowe, and falls into the Atlantic about lat. 32° N. Length, including the Tugaloo and sub tributary Chattooga, about 550 miles; navigable for large ve els to Savannah, for smaller ve els to August a, Savary (sä-vä-re'), Anne Jean Marie René, Duc de Rovigo. Born at Marcq, Ardennes, France, April 26, 1774: died at Paris, June 2, 1833. A French general and politician. He entered the army in 1790; became the confidential agent of Napoleon about 1800; presided at the trial of the Duc d'Enghien in 1804; captured Hameln in 1806; defeated the Ru ians at Ostrolenka in 1807; and was engaged in various diplomatic mi ions, particularly in Spain (1808). He was minister of police 1810-14, and was commander-in-chief of the army in Algeria 1831-33. He published "Mémoires" (1828). Save (sav), G. Sau (sou). One of the principal tributaries of the Danube: the Latin Savus. It rises near the Terglou, traverses Carniola, forms the boundary between Carniola and Styria, traverses CroatiaSlavonia, forms the boundary between Croatia-Slavonia on the north and Bosnia and Servia on the south, and joins the Danube at Belgrad. Its chief tributaries are the Kulpa, Unna, Bosna, and Drina. Length, about 550 miles; navigable from the mouth of the Laibach. Save. A river in southwestern France which joins the Garonne 17 miles northwest of Toulouse. Length, about 85 miles. Savelan (sä-ve-län'), or Sevellan (sā-vel-län'). A mountain in the province of Azerbaijan, northwestern Persia, 90 miles east by north of Tabriz. Height, about 15,790 feet. Savenay (säv-nā'). A town in the department of Loire-Inférieure, France, 22 miles northwest of Nantes. By a victory which the republicans under Kléber and Marceau gained here over the Vendeans (Dec. 22, 1793), the power of the latter was almost annihilated. Population (1891), commune, 3,272, Savior of Rome. A title given to Marius for his victories over the Teutones and Cimbri 102101 B. с. Savior of Society. A title given to Napoleon III. Savior of the Nations. A title given to the Duke of Wellington. Savitri (sä'vi-tre). 1. The celebrated verse of the Rigveda III. lxii. 10, repeated by every Brahman at his morning and evening devotions, and often in religious ceremonies, as especially in investing the members of the three castes of the twice-born with the sacred sacrificial thread (whence the thread itself is also known as savitra). The verse is so called as addre ed to the Sun (Savitri). It is also called Gayatri. See that word, under which it is quoted. 2. The heroine of an episode of the Mahabharata. She was the daughter of Ashvapati, king of Madra, and beautiful as Lakshmi; but, when the time came for her to choose a husband in accordance with the custom of the sva yamvara (which see), chose Satyavant, the son of the blind and exiled king Dyumatsena, who dwelt with his wife and son in the forest. The divine seer Narada warns against the choice, as Satyavant, though handsome, magnanimous, and pious, has only a year to live. Savitriis firm, weds Satyavant, and lives in joy with him until the approach of the fatal day. On that day Satyavant and Savitri go together into the forest. Satyavant sinks to the ground in deadly illne ; and, while Savitri supports his head upon her bosom, Yama the death god appears and withdraws Satyavant's soul. As Yama turns to go, Savitri follows him, asking her husband's life, Yama urges her to return, offering her other gifts but not