EARLY, JOHN. 



ECUADOR. 



life, Mr. Dixon won a high reputation as a 

 ready and eloquent debater, an industrious 

 and laborious working member, and a gentle- 

 man of elegant culture and refined tastes. 

 11 . 1 he chosen to devote himself to literature 

 instead of politics, he might hare won dis- 

 tinction in that field, for he was an elegant 

 and classical writer, and a poet of more than 

 ordinary ability. Hi* elegant residence in 

 Ilartford was greatly frequented by distin- 



guished authors and scholars of both seres. 

 We believe that neither his orations nor his 

 poems have been collected, though well wort li y 

 of collection ; but several of his fugitive poems, 

 wliiuh attracted much attention when tirst 

 published, are preserved in Everest's "1'm-is 

 of Connecticut." He received the honorary 

 degree of I.L. I), from Trinity College. 



DOMINION OF CANADA. (See GREAT 

 BRITAIN, POSSESSIONS OF.) 



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EARLY, Right Rev. Jons, D. D., the oldest 

 surviving Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal 

 Church, South, born in Virginia, in 1785; died 

 at Lynchbiirg, Vo., November 5, 1873. He 

 joined the Virginia Methodist Conference in 

 the great revival of 1801-'2, and became an 

 itinerant minister about 1307. He soon at- 

 tracted attention by his fervor and eloquence, 

 and was specially successful in conducting re- 

 ligions exercises in a revival Ho successfully 

 filled the offices of secretary of the confer- 

 ence and presiding elder, and was repeatedly 

 a delegate to the Quadrennial General Con- 

 ference. After the disruption in 1814, in 

 which he Irid actively participated, he was 

 chosen, at the Conference of 1846, book-agent 

 of the Southern Methodist Book-Concern, and 

 held that office for eight years. In 1854, 

 though sixty-nine years of age, he was elected 

 bishop, an 1 hud served his church with great 

 zeal and fidelity for nineteen years. Bishop 

 K irlr. though a vigorous writer, was not fond 

 of appearing in print. His only published re- 

 mains, to far as wo are aware, are a few ser- 

 mon*, addresses, and occasional pamphlets, 

 some of thorn relating to the disruption con- 

 troversy. 



ECUADOR (Rzpfrnuox DEL ECUADOB), an 

 independent state of Sonth America, so named 

 from its situation under the equinoctial line. 

 It lies between latitude 1 50' north and 6 30' 

 outh, and longitude 50" 62' and 80 85' west; 

 and is bounded north by the United States of 

 Colombia and Brazil, east by Brazil, south 

 by Peru, and west by the Pacific Ocean. 



The Ecuadorians assert their right to the 

 province of Mainai, south of the river Mara- 

 n on ; but most geographers agree in assign- 

 ing that river as forming the greater portion 

 of the southern boundary, adopting for the 

 northern a right line drawn from the northern- 

 mist mouth of the rivor Mir* east by south to 

 the Caqneti or Japura, some 80 miles below 

 the confluence of the Mesai, the Caqneta form- 

 ing ittelf the remainder of the boundary to 

 I'.n.'it'ido A6 52' west. The extreme length 

 >f the republic would then be about 740 m'!. < 

 from east to west, and the greatest breadth 

 52') mile* from north to south. 



The area, according to the bent estimates, it 

 about 953,000 square miles, which, with that 



of the Galapagos Islands, 2,951, makes a total 

 area of 254,951 square miles. 



The territory of the republic is divided into 

 13 provinces, which, with their respective cap- 

 itals, are as follows : 



PROVINCES. 

 Amoay ......................... Cnenca. 



Chlmbonzo .................... Kiobamba. 



Bameraldai ..................... Enmcraldan. 



Galapagos ...................... Allx'marle. 



Goayaa ......................... Guayaquil. 



Irabkburn ....................... Ibarra. 



Leon .......................... Lntacungn. 



Loja ........................... LoJ. 



Lo Rlo ........................ IxwRlon. 



Manabl ......................... Po rt OTiejo . 



Orlente ......................... Arclildona. 



Pichlncha ....................... (Julio. 



Tunguragua .................... Ambato. 



According to the census of 1854 (sinco 

 which year no reliable census has been taken), 

 the population was 1,065,500, to which may 

 be added 546,601 for the increase during 19 

 years, at the mean annual rate of 2^ per cent. 

 as computed by Dr. Villavioencio, and 200,- 

 000 savages inhabiting the province of Orien- 

 to ; making a total population of 1,812,101 at 

 the end of 1878. 



The chief towns arc : Quito, the capital of 

 the republic (population, about 70,000) ; Cnen- 

 ca (32,000); Guayaquil (26,000); and Itio- 

 bamba (20,000). 



The inhabitants may bo distinguished into 

 six classes: whites, Indians, cholos or mesti- 

 zos (from the union of the first two races), ne- 

 groes, mnlattoes (springing from whites and 

 negroes), and zambos (from Indians and ne- 

 groes). There are probably not more than 

 800,000 whites in tlio whole country, and 

 these are for the most port descendants of 

 the carlv Spanish settlers. 



The President of the republic is Dr. Gnro.ia 

 Moreno; Minister of the Interior and of For- 

 eign Affair*, and Vii-o-Pn-ident of the repub- 

 lic (by the terms of the Constitution of isii'.h, 

 F. Leon; Minister of Finances, F. J. Eqnij?u- 

 ren; and Minister of War and Marine, <!en- 

 eral S. Dcqueo. The Governorof Guayaquil in 

 N. de Santiestoban. 



The Archbishop of Quito is Dr. T. I. Checa ; 

 and there are the following bishops: Cuonca, 

 T. R. Toral; Riobamba, I. Ord6flez; Guay- 

 aquil, Lizarzabnrea ; Manabi, L. de Tola; 

 and Loja, Archbishop J. M. Riofrio (pro tern.). 



