Bagby
GEORGE WILLIAM, American physician and humorist, born in Buckingham co., Va., Aug. 13, 1828; wrote under the pseudonym "Mozis Addums." He was editor of the Lynchburg "Express" (1853), and "Southern Literary Messenger" (1859); Librarian of Virginia (1870-1878), and contributor to various magazines. He wrote "John M. Daniel's Latch-Key" (1868); "What I Did With My Fifty Millions" (1875); and "Meekins' Twinses" (1877). 'He died in Richmond, Va., Nov. 29, 1883. BAGDAD (bag-dad'), or BAGHDAD, capital of the former Turkish vilayet of the same name, in the southern part of Mesopotamia (Irak Arabi). The greater part of it lies on the eastern bank of the Tigris, old Bagdad, the residence of the caliphs (now in ruins), was on the western bank of the river. The modern city is surrounded with a brick wall about 6 miles in circuit; the houses are mostly built of brick, the streets unpaved, and very narrow. The palace of the Governor is spacious. Manufactures: leather, silks, cottons, woolens, carpets, etc. Steamers ply on the river between Bagdad and Bassorah, and the city exports wheat, dates, galls, gum, mohair, carpets, etc., to Europe. Bagdad is inhabited by Turks, Arabs, Persians, Armenians, Jews, etc., and a small number of Europeans.
The Turks compose three-fourths of the BAGDAD RAILWAY BAHAMA ISLANDS died in London, March 24, 1877. whole population. The city has been scription of the Money Market." He frequently visited by the plague, and, in 1831, was nearly devastated by that calamity. Bagdad was founded in 762,