DONGOLA

province in Anglo-Egypextending along both banks of Nile, which waters fertile districts; cap., Desert, W. The Wadi-el-Kab (c. 60 m. long) has good arable land; chief grain crops are durra and barley; dates extensively cultivated; fine horses bred; retaken from Mahdi by Kitchener, 1896. See Mar Arrica. 30’ E.), superseded Old D., now a ruined city, 75 miles farther up the Nile, as largest town of D. province (q.v.) LIAM (1808-1887), army officer and lawyer; 6. Mason County, Kentucky; d. Richmond, Mo. He graduated from August a College and studied for the bar. Upon being admitted in 1830, he first practiced at Lexington, Mo., then at Liberty, in Clay County, where he lived for thirty years and established for himself a foremost place among Mi ouri jurists. He represented the county in the state legislature for several terms. As a conspicuous figure in the State militia, commanding the first brigade, he took a part in the expulsion of the Mormons from Mi ouri in 1838. The. Mexican War in 1846 found him serving under General Stephen W. Kearny as colonel of a regiment of Mi ouri mounted volunteers. With only 924 men he made a weary march early in 1847 through the desert for 250 miles, only to encounter a force of 4,000 Mexicans strongly entrenched in the pa of Sacramento. Giving battle despite his exand captured their artillery and large supplies of ammunition and equipment. His troops suffered only one killed and seven wounded, while the Mexicans left 304 dead on the field. The victory opened the way to occupying the State of Chihuahua, and the next day, March 1, he entered the capital. After the war he returned to Liberty and resumed the practice of law. He was one of the peace commi ioners who met at Washington in 1861 in a vain conference to avert the outbreak of the Civil War. Ital. composer; b. Bergamo; very rapid and prolific opera writer; over 60 operas, some of which rank among best of Ital, style; most succe ful—Lwucia di Lam. mermoor, The Daughter of the Regiment and La Favor it a.