Vicksburg

(viks'bürg,) in Mi i ippi, a handsome city and flourishing port of entry, C. of Warren co., on the Mi i ippi, 50 m. W. of Jackson. Immense quantities of cotton make this their place of shipment, and it sustained a memorable siege during the Civil War, surrendering to Gen. Grant, after along and obstinate defence, July 4, 1863. Pop. 12,443. Vico,GIOVANNI BATTISTA, (ve'ko,)a distinguished Italian philosopher, B.at Naples in 1668; D. 1744. In his principal work, Principles of a New Science of the Common Nature of Nations (1725), he e ays proof of the deter-Victoria, mi nation of historic events by certain specific and immutable laws. Victoria, [s. 937]