Bættiger, Karl

WILHELM, ( boot'e - zher,) Profe or of Literature and History in the University of Erlangen, born at Bautzen, Aug. 15, 1790, studied succe fully at Weimar, Gotha, and Leipzig, where he applied himself particularly to history. In order to attend Heeren's lectures, and have the benefit of the library there, he resided a year (1815-16) in Göttingen, and, in 1817, qualified himself for a profe orship in the University of Leipzig, to which he was appointed in 1819. In 1821 he accepted a call to Erlangen, where, in 1822, he was appointed to the second place in the library of the University. His most important historical works are, Universal History (1849); German History (1838); History of Ba varia under its Old and New Constitution (1837); History of Germany and the Germans (1845); Abridged History of the Electoral State and Kingdom of Saxony, for Hee ren and Ukerts's European History; and Universal History in Biography. Died Nov. 26, 1862. Bœuf Bayou, in Arkansas and Louisiana , takes rise in the former State, and traversing Louisiana, falls into the Washita River, 10 m. from Harrison burg. Bœuf Creek, in Mo. , a twp. of Franklin co. Bog, n. [Gael., W., and Ir. bog , soft, penetrable; A. S. bug an , to bend, to give way; O. Ger. bing an , to bend; Ar. bawgha , soft earth.] Soft ground which bends or yields to pre ure; a quagmire; a marsh; a mora ; as, the Bog of Allen. "He walks upon bogs and whirlpools; wheresoever he treads he sinks." Shaks. -A term confined to the U. States, specifying an elevated hillock of earth found here and there in swamps, . wheat, rice, madder, cotton, maize, hemp, and tobacco. -v. a. To plunge or flounder, as in mud or mire. The lake Topolias still produces the reeds anciently so Bog'-bean, n . ( Bot .) See MENYANTHES. celebrated for the construction of rustic flutes, and Bog'-berry, n. ( Bot . ) The name of the cranberry. Boeotian pipers are still in high repute. Most of the cottages are built of these reeds. Many spots in B .. present striking scenery. It forms two governments or eparchies, those of Thebes ( Thiva ), and Livadia, which are its two principal towns. - In antiquity, the inhabi- tants of B. were noted for their natural dulne and stupidity, even to a proverb ( Boiotiaus ); yet it will be found that no single province in Greece, save Attica, could furnish a list of poets and other writers in which are încluded such names as Hesiod, Corinna, Pindar, and Plutarch. (Phy.) A term applied to any portion of matter of which the existence can be perceived by any of our senses. habits, Borotia. Bo'gands, in Mi ouri, a village of Carroll co., 100 m. N.W. of Jefferson City. Bo'gard, in Indiana, a township of Davie co., 24 m. E.N.E. of Vincennes. Bog'-butter, n. ( Min. ) A variety of hartile or guaya quilite, found in the peat-swamps of Ireland.