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resigning in 1862, he resumed practice at Han- 

 over and assisted his father, who was then Pro- 

 fessor of Surgery and Anatomy in Dartmouth 

 College, becoming his successor upon the death 

 of the latter. He also held a professorship at the 

 University of Vermont and in the Long Island 

 Medical College, and four years ago was ap- 

 pointed Professor of Anatomy at Bellevue 

 Hospital. In June, 1877, he presided at the 

 annual meeting of the New Hampshire Medical 

 Society, and delivered a valuable address upon 

 "The Ethical Relations of Physician and 

 Patient." Many of his interesting medical 

 lectures have been published. 



DANIEL, RALEIGH TKAVERS, died at Rich- 

 mond, Va., August 16th. He was born at Fal- 

 mouth, Va., October 15, 1805, and for 40 

 years was one of the leading public men of the 

 State, being at the time of his death Attorney- 

 General, to which office he had been elected 

 in 1873. 



DARBY, Prof. JOHN, was born at Forth 

 Adams, Mass., in 1804, and died in New York 

 City, September 18th. He graduated from 

 Williams College in 1831, where he remained 

 some time as an instructor. He afterward ac- 

 cepted a professorship in the Wesleyan Female 

 College at Macon, Ga., which position he left 

 to become Professor of Mathematics in Wil- 

 liams College, but in 1845 he was obliged to 

 go South on account of his health. He was 

 connected with the educational departments of 

 the States of Georgia and Florida, was the 

 founder of the Culloden Female College, and 

 afterward became Professor of Natural Science 

 in Auburn College, Ga. In 1869 he was elected 

 President of the Wesleyan University of Ken- 

 tacky, but in 1875 he was compelled to resign 

 on account of ill-health. He then removed to 

 New York City. He was a regular contribu- 

 tor to the religious press, and was the author 

 of several educational and scientific works, in- 

 cluding " The Botany of the Southern States " 

 (1840), and his " Chemistry " (1860). 



DAVIS, GEOEGE T., died in Portland, Me., 

 June 17th. He was born in Massachusetts in 

 1810, graduated at Harvard College in 1829, 

 became a lawyer, was a member of the Massa- 

 chusetts Senate in 1839-'40, and of Congress 

 1851-'53. 



DAYAN, CHARLES, died December 25th, at 

 his home in Lowville, N. Y. He was born at 

 Amsterdam, N. Y., in 1792, became a lawyer, 

 was a State Senator in 1827-'28, acting Lieu- 

 tenant-Governor in 1829, member of Congress 

 1831-'33, and of the State Assembly 1835-'36. 

 He was afterward District Attorney for Lewis 

 County. In politics he was a Democrat. 



DE BAB, BENEDICT, actor, was born in Lon- 

 don, November 5, 1812, and died in St. Louis, 

 Mo., August 14th. He made his first appear- 

 ance at the Theatre Royal, Margate, Kent, Eng- 

 land, in 1832, and came to America in 1834, 

 appearing in 1835 at the St. Charles Theatre, 

 New Orleans, as Sir Benjamin Backbite in the 

 " School for Scandal." In 1837 he opened the 



old National Theatre in New York City, and in 

 1838 played at the old St. Louis Theatre, and 

 afterward in various cities in the West. In 

 1840 he appeared as Mose in a "Glance at 

 New York," at the Standard Theatre, London, 

 and in the same year returned to New York, 

 where he appeared at the Old Bowery Thea- 

 tre. He became proprietor of the Chatham 

 Theatre in 1849, retaining it for 3 years, and 

 afterward went on a four years' starring tour, 

 playing in the principal cities of the United 

 States. In 1853 he purchased the St. Charles 

 Theatre, New Orleans, and the St. Louis Thea- 

 tre in 1855, leasing this theatre in 1873, when 

 he bought a large interest in the Grand Opera 

 House in that city. Through shrewd manage- 

 ment Mr. De Bar had acquired a large fortune ; 

 he was public-spirited and was highly esteemed 

 both as actor and manager. 



DENISON, General ANDREW W., for nearly 8 

 years Postmaster of Baltimore, Md., died there 

 February 24th, aged 46 years. In 1862 he en- 

 tered the Union service as Colonel of the 

 Eighth Maryland Volunteer Infantry ; and for 

 his gallantry at the battle of Laurel Hill, Spott- 

 sylvania County, Va., where he was in com- 

 mand of the Maryland Brigade, he was bre- 

 vetted brigadier- general. He was afterward 

 brevetted major-general for his services at 

 White Oak Ridge. 



DE WITT, ROBEBT M., died at Stratford, 

 Conn., April 16th. He was born in New York 

 City in 1825. In early life he was engaged in 

 the magazine business in that city, and was af- 

 terward associated in the publishing trade with 

 William Graham. He formed the publishing 

 firm of De Witt & Davenport in 1852, and failed 

 during the panic of 1857. At the time of 

 his death he was a large stockholder in the 

 New York News Company, and was one of its 

 original incorporators ; he also conducted a 

 large publishing and bookbinding establish- 

 ment. 



DISTTJRNELL, JOHN, was born atLansingburg, 

 N". Y., October 6, 1801, and died in New York 

 City, October 1. He began life as a printer in 

 Albany, N. Y., but soon removed to New 

 York City, where he opened a bookstore. 

 " The Traveller's Railroad Guide," printed and 

 compiled by him in 1840, was the first railroad 

 guide published in this country. He was also 

 the author of " New York as it was and as it 

 is," " Sailing on the Great Lakes and Rivers," 

 and "The Influence of Climate in North and 

 South America." For 20 years he published 

 the " United States Register, or Blue Book," 

 and was one of the vice-presidents of the As- 

 sociation for the Advancement of Science and 

 Art. 



Dix, Colonel JOHN W., son of ex-Governor 

 John A. Dix, was born in Albany, N. Y., in 

 1832, and died April 21st. He was an efficient 

 officer in the Assistant Treasurer's office, and 

 was secretary of legation with his father in 

 Paris, and private secretary at Albany while 

 his father was Governor of the State. 



