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136 Count of Buenos Ayres, and ordered to return to Europe, but retired to Mendoza. His deposition produced a new revolution in Buenos Ayres, and soon compelled Cisneros to abdicate ; but when De Liniers, at the head of 2.000 men, whom he had collected, marched upon the capital to re- establish the royal authority, he was defeated and captured by the revolutionists, and shot in Oabeza del Tig-re, Cordoba.

DELLET, James, member of congress, b. in Ire- land in 1788; d. in Claiborne, Ala.,'^21 Dec, 1848. His parents emigrated from Ireland and settled in South Carolina when he was a boy. He was gradu- ated at the college of South Carolina in 1810, studied law in Columbia, was admitted to the bar m 1813, and was for a time a commissioner in equity. In 1817 he removed to Alabama and set- tled in Claiborne, Monroe co., where he distin- guished himself as a lawyer, and by speculation in land became wealthy. Pie was appointed a judge of the circuit court, and frequently represented his county in the state legislature. He was a repre- sentative in congress from Alabama from 1839 till 1841. and again from 1843 till 1845.

DELLIUS, Godfreidus, clergyman, b. in Holland; d. in Antwerp about 1705. In 1683 he came to this country, and was settled at Albany as assistant to Gideon Schaats, pastor of the Reformed church there, and preached also at Schenectady. He continued in this service about sixteen years. In common with all the reform clergy, he refused to recognize Leisler's usurpation in 1689, and the latter, among other accusations, charged Dellius with being a principal actor in the French and English difficulties, and an enemy to the Prince of Orange, who had succeeded King James. After the execution of Leisler, in May, 1691, Gov. Sloughter recalled Dellius, who was on the point of embarking for Europe, and he soon returned to Albany. On the conclusion of peace between England and France, Dellius and Peter Schuyler were sent as agents, in April, 1698, to Count de Frontenac, in Canada, to announce the peace, and bring to an end the provincial hostilities. Acting under the authority of Bellomont, they took with them nineteen French prisoners, and obtained the delivery of British colonists held as prisoners by the French. Soon after his return from this mission, two Christian Indians declared on oath that Dellius, Peter Schuyler, Evert Banker, and Dirck Wessels had, in 1696, fraudulently obtained a deed for a large tract of land from the Indians. This land, the deed of which was confirmed by Gov. Fletcher, was on the eastern side of the Hudson, above Albany, and was seventy miles in length and twelve in breadth. Dellius also obtained a tract of land in the valley of the Mohawk, fifty miles by four. The Indians, at an appointed interview, told Bellomont all the circumstances of the conveyance of the deed, and the latter, in the spring of 1699, secured a bill to vacate the lands, and also a vote to suspend Dellius from ministerial duty in Albany county. The classis of Amsterdam complained to the bishop of London of Bellomont's conduct, and Albany and New York contributed £700 to enable Dellius to go to England and oppose the vacating bill before it received the king's signature. The Indians who had sworn against him afterward took counter-oaths, and, just before his departure, asked Dellius to forgive them. But, as they were his converts, and he was known to have great power over them, this circumstance loses its apparent force. Some accounts say that he returned to this country and was a missionary among the Indians from the Episcopal church in 1705-'10.

DELMAR, Alexander, political economist, b. in New York city, 9 Aug., 1836. His father was a native of Spain. He was a writer on a New York journal in 1854, and became financial editor of " Hunt's Merchants' Magazine," and of several New York papers. He established the "Social Sci- ence Review," and was its editor in 1864-'6. He was called upon to organize the U. S. bureau of statistics in 1866, was its director in 1867-'8, and has attained note as a mining expert. He is the author of "Gold Money and Paper Money" (New York, 1862) ; " Treatise on Taxation " ; " Essays on Political Economy " (1865) ; "The National Bank- ing System " (1865) ; " Statistical Hand-Book " (1866); "What is Free Trade?" (1868); "Letter on the Finances " (1868) ; " The Suppressed Re- port" (1869); "History of the Precious Metals" (London, 1880) ; and " History of Money in An- cient Countries" (1884).

DELMONTE, Felix Maria, Dominican lawyer, b. in Santo Domingo city, Dominican Republic, about 1810. He was educated in his native city, where he was admitted to the bar. He was a member of La Trinitaria. a secret society founded by Duarte to free the country from Haytian rule. Delmonte has filled many high offices in the gov- ernment of the republic, and has been many times a member of the Dominican congress. He has published " Las virgenes de Galindo," an historical tale inverse; "El Mendigo," a drama; " Ozama," a drama ; and many lyrical poems. Several of his poems are included in " Poetas Contemporaneos " (Madrid), and also in the " Lira Quisqueya" (San- to Domingo).

DELMONTE Y TEJADA, Antonio, b. in San- tiago de los Caballeros, Santo Domingo, in 1783 ; d. in 1861. He took part against the revolted slaves of Hayti, afterward studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1805 in Santo Domingo city, but emigrated to Cuba, where he spent the rest of his life. He published " Historia de Santo Domingo." the history of the island from the dis- coveiT until the present day (3 vols.. Havana).

DE LONG, George Washington, explorer, b. in New York city, 22 Aug., 1844; d. in Siberia, 30 Oct., 1881. His early education was obtained in the public schools of Brooklyn. He was appointed an acting midshipman at the U. S. naval academy in 1861. "graduated in 1865. and was promoted to be ensign, 1 Dec, 1866 ; master, 12 March, 1868; lieutenant, 29 March, 1869; and lieutenant-commander, 1 Nov., 1879. He served in the European squadron in 1865-9 and 1873-'4, in the South Atlantic fleet in 1870, on the North Atlantic station in 1874, and was executive officer of the school-ship "St. Mary's," off New York city, in 1875-8. On 1 March, 1871, he married Miss Emma J. Wotton, the ceremony taking place on the U. S. steamer "Shenandoah," in the harbor of Havre, owing to the impracticability of complying with French laws as to marriage on French soil. In 1873 he was serving on the "Juniata," which, commanded by Capt. D. L. Braine, was ordered to search for the missing arctic steamer " Polaris " and its crew. Supplementary to the movements of the " Tigress " in the north water of Baffin's bay, Capt. Braine thought search along the fast ice of Melville bay important, and detached Lieut. De Long with the steam launch " Juniata." He left Upernivik, 2 Aug., with Lieut. Charles W. Chipp and seven others, crossed Melville bay in a steam launch Hiirty-two feet long, and reached a point less than ten miles from Cape York, but was prevented by a violent gale from landing or further pursuing the search. From October, 1873, till 1878, Lieut. De Long served as ex-