Uzziah (u-zi'ä)

A name of Azariah, king of (Duncker.) Switzerland, 4 miles west of Zurich: noted for its view. Height, 2,864 feet. was the principal means of communication between San- tiago and the Chile an cities east of the Andes. It was the route taken by San Martin in his famous invasion of Chile, Jan., 1817. The Transandine Railroad pa es Utopia (u-to'pi-ä). [NL., 'no where,' from Gr. through it. Also Cumbre ( Cambre ) Pa . U her, James. See Usher . Ustica (ös'të-kä). A mountainous island in the Mediterranean, belonging to Italy, 43 miles Amaziah was succeeded by Uzziah, whose long and prosperous reign appears to have corresponded pretty exactly with that of Jeroboam II. The current chronology, which obscures this correspondence, is certainly corrupt; and we shall not be far wrong if we view Uzziah and Jotham as the contemporaries of Jeroboam II. and Menahem, while Ahaz of Judah came to the throne soon after Menahem's death, and saw the greater part of the wars which began with the invasion of Tiglath-Pileser and closed with the οὐ , no, not, and τόπος , place, spot. ] A political romance by Sir Thomas More, published in Latin in 1516: so called from an imaginary island, the seat of an ideal commonwealth. The original title fall of Samaria. W. R. Smith , Prophets of Israel, p. 194. The Century Cyclopedia of Names Krishna aal (väl). The chief head systems has its own heaven, that of Shiva being Kailasa, stream and tributary of the Orange River, South Afri- са. It forms the chief part of the boundary between the Trans- vaal Colony and the Orange River Colony, and joins the Orange River about lat. 29° 10' S., long. 24° 15′ Ε. Length, 500-600 miles. Vaca, Cabeza de. See Ca bez a de Vaca . Vaca de Castro (vä'kä dā käs'trō), Cristóval. Born in 1492: died in 1562. A Spanish lawyer and administrator. He was a member of the audience of Valladolid, and in 1540 was sent to Peru to in governor in case of Pizarro's death. He landed on the quire into certain alleged abuses, with orders act coast of New Granada (spring of 1541), and cro ed to Popayan, where he heard of the a a ination of Pizarro and the rebellion of the younger Almagro. Aided by loyal Spaniards, he advanced into Peru. Almagro was de feated Chupas (Sept. 16, 1542), and executed, and Castro held the government until the arrival of Viceroy Vela, May 15, 1544. The latter imprisoned him on suspicion of conspiring with the rebels against the new laws, but he escaped and reached Spain in 1545. There he was arrested on charges of peculation, etc., but was exonerated in 1556, after 11 years' imprisonment. Vach (väch). [Skt., cognate with Latin vox = voc - s , and with Greek ὄψ for ὤψ , originally Fωπ-ς, voice.] In the Rigveda, a feminine personification of speech; the Word; Logos. In the later literature she is identified with Sarasvati. Vacherot (väsh-rō'), Étienne. Born at Langres, France, July 29, 1809: died at Paris, July 30, 1897. A French philosophical writer, profe or of philosophy at the Sorbonne 1839-52. He was attacked by the clerical party on account of his philosophical doctrines; was deprived of his office in 1852 for political reasons; and in 1859 was condemned to three months' imprisonment for his book "La démocratie." In 1871 he was elected to the National A embly from the department of Seine. His other works include "His to ire critique de l'école d'Alexandrie" (1846), "La métaphysique et la science" (1858), "La religion" (1868), "La science et la conscience" (1870), etc. Vacquerie (väk-rē'), Auguste. Born Nov. 19, 1819 died Feb. 19, 1895. A French journalist and dramatist, founder in 1869, with Paul Meurice and others, of the radical "Le Rappel." His dramatic works include "Tragal dab as," a melodrama (1848), "Jean Baudry," a comedy (1863), "Jalousie," a comedy (1888), etc. He also published poems, etc. Vacuna (va-ku'na). A Sabine godde of agri