Cush

the name of a region inhabited by tribes of the Hamite family, so called. But there seems to have been an antediluvian Cush, and Cush the Hamite may have had his name from a settlement or allotment there. The chief habitations of the Cushites were to the S. of Egypt, in the extensive tracts called Ethiopia. They also appear to have spread in the Arabian peninsula. ° Cushing, Caleb, an American jurist, statesman, and diplomatist; born in Salisbury, Ma ., Jan. 17, 1800. He was the first United States commi ioner to China; in 1853 became Attorney-General; was counsel before the Geneva Arbitration Tribunal over the “Alabama Claims;” and from 1874-77 was minister to Spain. He wrote “The Practical Principles of Political Economy” and was the author of several other economical and historical works. He died in New bury port, Ma ., Jan. 2, 1879.