subject in Winnipeg. In 1881-'2 he was secretary to the royal commission appointed to inquire into all matters connected with the Canadian Pacific railway, and in 1884-'5 was secretary to the Chi- nese commission, in which capacity he visited San Francisco, Cal., and Victoria, B. C. Mr. Davin served as a volunteer during the Canadian rebellion of 1885, and was elected to the parliament in 1887 from Western Assiniboia. He has published "The Irishman in Canada " (1877), and other works.
DAVIS, Alexander Jackson, architect, b. in
New York, 24 July, 1803. He passed some time
in the study of architecture, and in 1826 opened
an office. He was in partnership with Ithiel Town
in 1829-'43, and the two introduced many novel-
ties and improvements in building in this country.
Mr. Davis designed the executive department and
fatent-office in Washington (1834), the capitals of
Uinois and Indiana (1837), Ohio (1839), and North
Carolina, the University of Michigan, and the Vir-
ginia military institute. In 1831 he was elected an
associate member of the National academy.
DAWSON, Æneas MacDonell, Canadian author, b. in Redhaven, Scotland, 30 July, 1810. He was educated in Scotland and France, entered the
Roman Catholic priesthood on 2 April, 1835, and
has held charges in Canada. The University of
Kingston gave him the degree of LL. D. in 1886.
He is the author of " The Temporal Sovereignty
of the Pope " (London, 1860) ; " Our Strength and
their Strength " (Ottawa, 1870); "Life and Time
of Pius IX." (1880); " The Last Defender of Jeru-
salem," a poem (1882) ; " Zenobia," a poem (1883) ;
and several translations.
DELAND, Margaretta Wade, author, b. in
Alleghany, Pa., 23 Feb., 1857. Her maiden name
was Campbell. She was educated at Pelham
priory, New Rochelle, N. Y., then studied at
Cooper Union, and in 1878-'9 taught industrial
design in the Girls' normal college. On 12 May,
1880, she married Lorin F. Deland, of Boston,
Mass. Mrs. Deland has published " The Old Gar-
den." a volume of verses (Boston, 1886), and " John
Ward, Preacher," a novel that has attained great
success (1888).
DEMAREST, Mary Augusta Lee, b. in New
York city, 26 June, 1838; d. in Los Angeles, Cal.,
8 Jan., 1888. She was a daughter of Thomas R.
Lee, and became the wife of Theodore F. C. Dem-
arest. For many years she was a resident of Pas-
saic, N. J. Mrs. Demarest bequeathed $10,000 to
various religious institutions. She was the author
of many poems, a volume of which was published
(New York, 1882). The best known of these is " My
Ain Countrie," which first appeared in the New
York " Observer" in December. 1861.
DE VARENNES, Pierre Gauthier, Sieur de
la Verendrye, French traveller, b. in France ; d. in
Quebec in 1749. He emigrated to Canada, and
was for some time engaged in trading in peltry
with the Indians. M. de Beauharnais, governor of
Canada, originated a scheme to reach the Pacific,
and its execution and expense were undertaken by
De Varennes, who discovered the Rocky mountains
in 1731. While on this tour he discovered, among
massive stone pillars, a small stone bearing on two
sides graven characters of an unknown language.
The stone was afterward sent to Paris, and there
the resemblance the characters were thought to
bear to the Tartaric was regarded as supporting
the hypothesis of an Asiatic immigration into
America. The king of France conferred the cross
of St. Louis upon De Varennes, and at the time of
his death he was about to resume, by the king's
desire, his attempt to reach the Pacific ocean.
DEWEY, Joel Allen, soldier, b. in Georgia,
Franklin co., Vt., 20 Sept., 1840; d. in Knoxville,
Tenn., 17 June, 1873. He entered Oberlin in 1858,
but left in 1861 to enter the National army, and
served as 1st lieutenant and captain of Ohio volun-
teers under Gen. John Pope in the west, and then
with Gen. William T. Sherman. He was at one
time on the staff of Gen. William S. Rosecrans.
He became colonel of the 111th U. S. colored regi-
ment in 1863, and led a brigade near Huntsville.
He was captured near Athens, Ala., in September,
1864, after a day's severe engagement with Gen.
Forrest's cavalry. After his liberation in Novem-
ber he served in Tennessee and northern Alabama
till the close of the war. He was commissioned
brigadier-general of volunteers on 13 Dec, 1865,
and was mustered out, 31 Jan., 1866, after declin-
ing a captain's commission in the regular army.
Gen. Dewey then entered the law-school at Albany,
N. Y., where he was graduated in 1867, and prac-
tised in Dandridge, Tenn. In 1869 he was elected
attorney-general of the state, which office he held
till his death.
DEWING, Thomas Wilmer, artist, b. in Bos-
ton, Mass., 4 May, 1852. He studied in 1876-'9
under Jules J. Lefebvre in Paris. His more im-
portant paintings are " Young Sorcerer " (1877) ;
"Morning" (1879); "Prelude" (1883); "A Gar-
den " (1884) ; " The Davs," which gained the Clarke
prize in 1887 (1884-'6); and "Tobias and the An-
gel " (1887). He has produced, among other por-
traits, those of Mrs. Lloyd Bryee, Mrs. Robert Goe-
let, and Mrs. Delancey Kane. He is a member of
the Society of American artists, and was elected
an associate member of the National academy in
1887, and an academician the year following. — His
wife, Maria Richards, whose maiden name was
Oakey, b. in New York, 27 Oct., 1855, studied at
the National academy and under John Lafarge,
and, in 1876, Thomas Couture. She has painted
numerous figure- and flower-pieces, among which
are "Violets" (1878) and "Mother and Child""
(1880), and a number of portraits, including " Por-
trait of a Boy " (1875) ; " Portrait of her Father "
(1877) : and " Sleeping Child " (1878).
DICKINSON, Donald McDonald, cabinet officer, b. in Port Ontario, Oswego co., N. Y., 17 Jan., 1847. He was graduated at the University of Michigan in 1867, studied law, was admitted to the bar, and has been engaged in many important cases. He became chairman of the Democratic state committee of Michigan in 1876, and in 1880 was chairman of the Michigan delegation in the Democratic national convention. Since 1884 he has represented Michigan on the national Democratic committee. On 17 Jan., 1888, he became postmaster-general of the United States.
DOMEYKO, Ignaz, Chilian scientist, b. in Poland in 1802. He received his primary education in Cracow, and in 1817 continued his studies in
the University of Vienna, where he was graduated. Taking part in the Polish insurrection of 1830-'l, he was obliged to emigrate to France, where he
labored in the mines of Alsace, and afterward finished special studies at Paris. In 1838 he accepted the professorship of physics and chemistry at the
lyceum of Serena, Chili. In 1846 he was called to the same chair in the National institute and the University of Chili, of which he was rector from
1876 till 1883. He was an associate editor of "El Araucano," "Los Anales de Minas," and " El Semanario de Santiago," and in 1888 began a scientific journey through Europe. He is the author of " Tratado de ensayes " (Serena, 1843 ; Santiago, 1873) ; " Elementos" de ^lineralogia " (1844) ; "La
