Cobentzel, Ludwig

COUNT VON, an Austrian diplomatist, B. in Bru els, 1753. At the early age of 27 he was intrusted with a mi ion to Catharine II. of Ru ia, and his gallantry and compliance with her taste for theatricals made him a great favorite with her. From 1795 he was concerned in many of the important negotiations be tween Austria and other powers, until the treaty of Luneville, in 1801. That treaty restoring peace between Austria and France, he was shortly afterwards made minister of state for foreign affairs at Vienna. In 1805 he was dismi ed from this office, and he D. 1808. Cobham, in Pennsylvania , a post-office of Warren co. Cobham, in Virginia , a post-village of Albemarle co., 14 m. E. of Charlottesville. To make or do anything clumsily, unhandily, or in a Co'bi. DESERT OF. See GOBI. botchy manner. IMG:content-0243.png:[blocks in formation] Cob'bler-fish, n . ( Zool .) See BLEPHARIS. Cobbo ee'cóntee Waters, in Maine , a beautiful lake of Kennebec co., connected with a number of smaller pools. Length about 7 m. The Cob bos see con tee River, which rises in this lake, flows into the Kennebec.