Morea

See Peloponnesus.

Morehouse

Morehouse, a N. parish of Louisiana, bordering on Arkansas, bounded W. by the Washita, and drained by Bartholomew and Bceuf rivers; area, 950 sq. m.; pop. in 1870, 9,387, of whom 6,375 were colored. It has an undulating surface, subject to inundation, with a fertile soil. The chief productions in 1870 were 180,032 bushels of Indian corn, 17,399 of sweet potatoes, 55,950 lbs. of butter, and 11,154 bales of cotton. There were 1,136 horses, 1,325 mules and asses, 2,510 milch cows, 5,735 other cattle, 2,570 sheep, and 10,-833 swine. Capital, Bastrop.

Morelos, Or Montemorelos

Morelos, Or Montemorelos, a city of Mexico, capital of a district of the same name, in the state of Nuevo Leon, 70 m. S. E. of Monterey; pop. about 9,000. The town is 2,000 ft. above the sea. The old portion is ruinous, but the modern part has wide and regular streets, substantial buildings, and courtyards filled with trees and flowers. Streams of pure water flow through the streets. There are several churches, three public schools, and manufactories of sugar, rum, agricultural implement, hardware, silver, and hats. The original name of the city was San Mateo del Pilon.

Morgana

See Fata Morgana.

Morganatic Marriage

Morganatic Marriage (Ang.-Sax. morgan gifu, Ger. Morgengabe, morning gift or dowry), the term for a marriage concluded between a man of superior and a woman of inferior rank, in which it is stipulated that the latter and her children shall be entitled neither to the rank nor to the possessions of the husband, the dowry (morning gift) being in lieu of all other privileges. Marriages of this kind are not infrequent in the princely houses of Germany, and one of the most noted was that of King Frederick William III. of Prussia with the countess Auguste von Harrach, who thereupon received the title of princess of Liegnitz.

Morgarten

Morgarten, a hill in Switzerland, about 2 m. W. of Rothenthurm, on the margin of the lake of Egeri, and on the E. border of the canton of Zug, memorable as the scene of the battle of Nov. 16, 1315, in which a body of 1,400 Swiss mountaineers from Schwytz, Uri, and Unterwalden, ill armed and undisciplined, totally vanquished an Austrian army of 20,000 under the archduke Leopold. The hill overlooks a narrow pass between it and the lake. When the Austrians had entered this pass, a portion of the Swiss hurled down upon them immense masses of rock, which killed many and threw the cavalry into confusion; the remainder of the Swiss, stationed at the end of the pass, then charged them, and but few escaped. This was the first victory achieved by the Swiss in their struggle for freedom. A chapel stands at the foot of the hill, in which service is performed annually on the anniversary of the battle.

Moritz Haupt

Moritz Haupt, a German philologist, born in Zittau, July 27, 1808, died in Berlin, Feb. 5, 1874. Ho was a son of Ernst Friedrich Haupt (1774-1834), who was noted for his Latin metrical versions of Goethe's poems and of German church hymns. Moritz graduated at Leipsic in 1837, and was professor of German language and literature and of classical philosophy from 1838 to 1850, when he was removed on account of his sympathy with the liberal movement of 1848-'9. He next succeeded his former teacher Hermann as secretary of the historico-philosophical class till 1853, when he became Lachmann's successor in the chair of classical literature at the university of Berlin, where he delivered remarkable lectures until the day before his sudden death. For the last 13 years of his life he was perpetual secretary of the academy of sciences. His works include many critical editions of classics, and he was one of the highest authorities on old German philology.