The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ..A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . John Pall. Hap-pily, his verse is untainted by his later economicopinions and socialistic doctrines, and remains totranslate the reader of it from the hard, materialworld about him to the beautiful garden of dreams. r^ ^t » G. Mercer Adam. MORRISBURG, a town of Ontario, a port ofentry, situated on the St. Lawrence River, and on theGrand Trunk railroad, 92 miles W. of Montreal; itdoes an extensive shipping business, and has well-improved water-power; has saw, grist and cardingmills, two foundries and a tanne
The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ..A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . John Pall. Hap-pily, his verse is untainted by his later economicopinions and socialistic doctrines, and remains totranslate the reader of it from the hard, materialworld about him to the beautiful garden of dreams. r^ ^t » G. Mercer Adam. MORRISBURG, a town of Ontario, a port ofentry, situated on the St. Lawrence River, and on theGrand Trunk railroad, 92 miles W. of Montreal; itdoes an extensive shipping business, and has well-improved water-power; has saw, grist and cardingmills, two foundries and a tannery. A steamer runsregularly between here and Waddington, New 190 r, 1,693. MORRIS ISLAND, a low, narrow, sandy islandon the south side of the entrance to Charleston har-bor, South Carolina, 3^ miles long, utilized by theConfederate forces at an early period during theCivil War as part of the exterior line of defenses ofCharleston. In 1863 the southern end of the islandwas captured by the Union forces, the memorablesiege of Fort VVayne, at its northern extremity, re-. MORRISON. suiting in complete possession of the island by theFederal troops. MORRISON, a city and the capital of WhitesideCounty, Illinois, 127 miles W. of Chicago, on theChicago and North-Western railroad, and 14 milesE. of Clinton, Iowa. It contains a courthouse, libraryand museum, and a national bank with a capital of$100,000. It is in an agricultural, dairying andstock-raising district. Population 1900. 2,308. MORRISON, William Ralls, an American leg-islator; born in Monroe County, Illinois, Sept. 14,1825; graduated at Mc-Kendree College; servedas a private in the Mex-ican War, and subsequentlyentered the legal profes-sion. He was elected tothe Illinois legislaturethree successive times, be-ing speaker in 1859; ^t thebeginning of the Civil Warhe organized the Forty-ninth Illinois Regimentand was wounded at FortDonelson. Whilestillinthefield he was elected to Con-gress as a Democrat. He served f
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