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190 the revolution in 1855. The newly elected president, Comonfort, appointed him minister of foreign alTairs, in which olTice he displayed diplomatic ability, and through his mediation some difficul- ties with the government of the United States were arranged satisfactorily, and the existing govern- ment, proclaimed by the plan of Ayutla, was rec- ognized by France and Spain. Toward the end of 1856 he resigned his seat in the cabinet, as he had been elected deputy to the famous congress of 1857, and as such he signed the constitution of that year, which was based upon that of the United States of America. When Comonfort in 1857 gave himself entirely into the hands of the reactionary or churo^r party, Doblado was one of tlie first to suffer persecution ; but with Juarez and Lerdo de Tejada, of the liberal group, he worked incessantly to re-establish the constitution of 1857, and was one of the deputies that proposed the famous re- form laws, which comprised the confiscation of church property, suppression of religious orders, civil marriage, and other republican principles. After the victory of the liberal party in the battle of Calpulalpan, Doblado was elected governor of Guanajuato in 1859, and occupied this place until the difficulties between Mexico and Spain, England, and France arose, which led to the tripartite in- tervention, when he hastened to offer his services to President Juarez. After the landing of the al- lied forces at Vera Cruz, 8 Dec, 1861, Juarez ap- pointed Doblado and invested him with extraordi- nary powers to meet the commanders, and try to arrange the existing differences. At Soledad, Dob- lado encountered tlie advance-guard of the allied army and arranged a treaty that led to the evacua- tion of Mexico by the English and Spanish forces in April, 1863. After the declaration of war by Napoleon HI., and the invasion of the capital of Mexico by the French forces in 1863, Doblado fol- lowed Juarez and the cabinet to the interior, and fell a victim to malignant fever.

DOBRIZHOFFER, Martin, missionary, b. in Gratz, Styria, in 1717; d. in Vienna in 17!)1. He went as a missionary to South America in 1749, and was engaged in converting the Indians that dwelt on the west bank of Paraguay I'iver and in the interior of Paraguay. After the expulsion of the Jesuits from the Spanish colonies he returned to Austria and became a favorite of IVIai'ia Theresa. He wrote a history of tiie Abipones in Latin : " His- toria de Abiponibus equestri, bellieosaque Paragua- rial natione " (3 vols., Vienna, 1788-'6 ; German translation, Pesth, 1784; English translation, by Sara Coleridge, London, 1822^.

DOCAMPO, Rodrigo (do-cam'-po), Spanish sol- dier, b. at Zamora, Spain, near the close of the 15th century ; d. in Tomebaraba, Ecuador, in 1545. He went with Pizarro's expedition to Peru in 1531, took part in the conquest of that kingdom, and in 1533, being in command of a division of the army under Benalcazar, fought ip the plains of Riobam- ba, Ecuador, several battles against the Indian chief Ruminabi, whom at last he defeated decisive- ly, and thereby secured the conquest of Quito. In 1534 he was ordered by Benalcazar to leave Quito at the head of a small army for the north of Ecua- dor, and explored and conquered a vast territory, after terrible hardships and numerous battles with the Indians. For this service he was made lieuten- ant-governor of the town of San Juan de Pasto in 1539. After Pizarro's death in 1541. Doeampo supported the new vicei'oy, Cristobal Vaca de Cas- tro, was appointed captain of Castro's body-guai'd, and, as royal standard-bearer, took part in the battle of Chupas, 1542, against Diego Almagro the younger. In recompense he was appointed vice- governor of Quito, and was also authorized to undertake the conquest of the Sumaco and Ma- cas provinces. When Doeampo was informed that Castro's successor, the Viceroy Blasco Nunez Vela, who had been imprisoned by order of the supreme court, had been liberated by his custodian. Judge Juan Alvarez, and had debarked at Tumbez, he with his followers hastened to the coast and gave him every assistance (1544). The viceroy rewarded him with the appointment of marshal, and gave him the rich commandery of Toiuebamba. But these dignities and grants appeared to Doeampo in- sufficient for his merits, and he put himself into secret correspondence with Gonzalo Pizarro, who gave him written orders to imprison and kill the viceroy and the jiidge, Alvarez. During the retreat after the battle of Popayan, Doeampo conmiitted designedly so many blunders that Blasco Nunez, convinced of his treachery, ordained his execution in his own commandery of Tomebamba.

DOCKERY, Oliver H., congressman, b. in Rich- mond county. N. C. 12 Aug.. 1830. He was gradu- ated at the University of North Carolina in 1848, and studied law, but never practised. He repre- sented his native coimty in the state legislature in 1858-'9, and was candidate for district elector on the Union ticket. Bell and Everett, in 1860. He was for a short time in the Confederate service, but soon withdrew, and ever afterward was an out- spoken advocate of the re-establishment of the Union, and was active in the peace movement of 1864 in his state, under Gov. Holden. He was elected a representative from North Carolina in congress from 13 July, 1868, till 3 March, 1871, and was re-elected as a Republican.

DOD, Thaddeus, clergyman, b. near Newark, N. J., 7 March, 1740; d. in Cross Creek, Pa., 20 May, 1793. His early days were passed in Mendham, N. J. By alternate teaching and studying, he fitted himself for college, and was graduated at Princeton in 1773. He studied theology, was licensed to preach by the New York presbytery in 1775, and held pastoral charges in Virginia and Maryland. He crossed the mountains westward about 1773, when there had been for several years peace with the Indian tribes, but, in consequence of a fresh outbreak in 1774, his colony were driven back, and took refuge in an old fort near Monongahela river, where they found it necessary to build forts, and to live in them part of the time. He returned to New Jersey in 1777, and, with a view to preaching in the distant west, was ordained by the New York presbytery. After living at Patterson's Creek, in Virginia, for nearly two years, he removed across the mountains in September, 1779, organizing a church in 1781. Mr. Dod was the second minister that settled west of the Monongahela (Dr. McMillan only having preceded him), and he took a position farther westward on the frontier than any other, where, in 1783, the first administration of the Lord's supper in that region took place in a barn. The first house of worship was erected two years later, and the second not till 1792. Mr. Dod had an exquisite taste for music, was acquainted with it as a science, and caused special attention to be given to this part of the service, delivering sermons on the importance of sacred music. He introduced the custom of singing without reading the line. He taught in a classical and mathematical school in 1782, of which he was founder and builder, and it was the first school of its kind in the west and was in operation for about three years and a half. As the result of his enterprise, with the co-operation of McMillan, Power,