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110 far as they are facts, harmonize completely with the sacred record. In 1883 Dr. Dawson travelled in Egypt and Syria. His numerons scientific papers include " The Formation of Gypsum," " Boulder Formation," " The Renewal of Forests destroyed by Fire," " Mode of Accumulation of Coal," and " On the Triassic Red Sandstone of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island." He has published in book-form " Hand-Book of Geography and Natural History of Nova Scotia " ; " Acadian Geology " (1855) ; " Archaia, or Studies of Creation in Genesis " (1859) ; " Air-Breathers of the Coal Period " ; " Notes on the Post-Pliocene of Canada " (1873) ; " The Story of the Earth and Man " (New York, 1873); "Science and the Bible" (1875); "The Dawn of Life" (1875) ; "The Origin of the World" (1877); "Fossil Men and their Modern Ri'pi-csciitatives" (1878); " The Change of Life in Gc.ln-iciil Time" (1880); "Chain of Life" (1884); and •• Kgypt and Syria" (1885). — His son, George Mercer, Canadian geologist, b. in Pictou, Nova Scotia, 1 Aug., 1849, was educated at McGill col- lege and at the Royal school of mines, London, gaining at the latter the Edward Forbes medal in paleontology and the Murchison medal in geology, and being graduated as R. S. M. in 1872. In 1873-'4 he was geologist and naturalist in connec- tion with Her Majesty's North American boundary commission, and since then has been assistant director of the geological survey of Canada. He has travelled extensively in British Columbia, the Canadian northwest, and in Europe, in connec- tion with the investigation of mining industries. He is the author of " Geology and Resources of tlie Forty-ninth Parallel," reports in connection with geological survey, and in 1887 found a tribu- tary of the Yukon rich in gold.

DAWSON, Samuel Kennedy, soldier, b. in Fayette county, Pa., in 1818 ; d. in Orange, N. J., 17 April, 1889. He was graduated at the U. S. mili- tary academy in 1839, and assigned to the 1st artU- lery. He served on the frontier at Plattsburg dur- ing the Canada border disturbances of 1839, and on the Maine frontier, pending the " disputed terri- tory " controversy in 1840. During the war with Mexico he was at the battles of Palo Alto, Resaca de la Palma, and Cerro Gordo, and took part in the siege of Vera Cruz. He was promoted to be first lieutenant, 18 June, 1846, brevet captain, 18 April, 1847, captain, 31 March, 1853, and major of the 19th infantry, 14 May, 1861. Capt. Dawson took part in the campaigns against the Seminoles, 1851-'6, and was attached to the party engaged in the pursuit of Cortinas's Mexican marauders in 1859. During the civil war he was present at the bombardment of Fort Pickens, in 1861, and served in the Tennessee campaign of 1863, being severely wounded at the battle of Chickamauga, for which he was promoted to be brevet colonel, and subsequently brevet biiga- dier-general, for gallant and meritorious services during the war. He was commissioned colonel of the 19th infantry, 28 July, 186G. In 1865 and 1866 he commanded a detachment of the 15th infantry at Mobile, and the entire regiment at Macon, Ga. He was retired 11 May, 1870.

DAWSON, Simon James, civil engineer, b. in Scotland about 1820. He came to Canada when a boy. In 1851 he was appointed to plan and super- intend the construction of extensive works then contemplated on the St. Maurice, to open up the vast pine regions of that river and its tributaries (previously almost inaccessible to the lumber trade), which works he performed successfully. He was appointed in 1857 to explore the country from Lake Superior to the Saskatchewan, completed the work, and reported upon its adaptability for settlement. For some years afterward he carried on business as a timber-merchant on the St. Maur- ice. In 1868 he was commissioned to begin the construction of the route to Red River, now known as the " Dawson route " ; and in 1870 he conducted the Red river expeditionary force under Col. (now Lord) Wolseley, to suppress the half-breed insur- rection in the noithwest. In 1873 he was joint commissioner with the lieutenant - governor of Manitoba and the Indian commissioner of the northwest in concluding a treaty with the Saul- teux tribe of the Ojibway Indians. He resigned the charge of the Dawson route on becoming a candidate for Algoma, for which he was returned at the general election for Ontario in 1875. He resigned his seat in the local legislature, and was elected for Algoma for the Canadian parliament in 1878, and again in 1882. Mr. Dawson has done much to improve his constituency and to ameli- orate the condition of the Indians, and in parlia- ment has advocated the formation into a separate province of the great region between the 81st to the 95th meridian — i. e., from French river to the Lake of the Woods.

DAWSON, William Crosby, senator, b. in Greene county, 6a., 4 Jan., 1798 ; d. in Gi'eensliorough, Ga., 5 May, 1856. He was graduated at Franklin college in 1816, and completed his law studies in Litchfield, Conn. In 1818 he was admitted to the bar, and settled in Greensborough, where he was successful as a jury lawyer. He was clerk of the house of representatives of the general assembly of the state for twelve years, and several times sena- tor and representative in the legislature. He was a member of congress from 1836 till 1842, being chairman of the military committee and of the committee on claims. He was appointed judge of the Ocmulgee circuit in 1845, and U. S. senator from 1849 till 1855, serving on important commit- tees, and speaking on many questions of national interest. He published " Laws of Georgia " (1831).

DAY, George Edward, author, b. in Pittsfield, Mass., 19 March, 1815. He was graduated at Yale in 1833, and at Yale theological seminary in 1838, when he became assistant instructor there until 1840. From 1840 till 1851 he was settled as a pas- tor in Marlboro and Northampton, Mass. He was professor of biblical literature in Lane theological seminary from 1851 till 1866, when he was ap- pointed professor of the Hebrew language, litera- ture, and biblical theology in the theological de- partment of Yale. He edited the " Theological Eclectic " from 1863 till 1871, when it was united with the " Bibliotheea Sacra." He has translated Van Oostersee's " Titus," in Lange's " Commen- tary," and also Van Oostersee's " Biblical Theology of the New Testament." He was a contributor to Smith's " Bible Dictionary," and has published ar- ticles in periodicals and *' Reports on the Instruc- tion of the Deaf and Dumb" (1845 and 1861).

DAY, George Tiffany, clergyman, b. in Concord (now Day), Saratoga co.' N. Y., 8 Dec, 1822 ; d. in Providence, R. I., 21 May, 1875. At five years of age he was set to work in a cotton-mill in Hope, R. I., and for several years his time was occupied alternately in the cotton-mill and at school. He studied theology, and in 1846 was ordained and entered upon his first pastorate in Grafton, Mass., where he remained till 1850. While serving in various other places he became connected in 1849 with the "Morning Star" as assistant editor. He was also one of the editorial council of the " Free-will Baptist Quarterly," begun in 1853. He visited Europe in 1857 and 1866. In December, 1866, he