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574 war, and after the figlit he was made acting brigadier-general, superseding Gen. E. W. Pierce. In August, 1861, he received his commission as brigadier-general and was given command of a brigade in Gen. James B. Ricketts's division. He participated in the battles of Cedar Mountain, Thoroughfare Gap, second Bull Run, and Chan- tilly, and with the Army of the Potomac was at South Mountain and Antietam, where he com- manded Gen. Ricketts's division when the latter succeeded Gen. Hooker as corps commandei-. He then obtained a short leave of absence, and on his return to the army found that his brigade had l)een given to an inferior in rank. Hio claims for the old position were ignored, and in conse- quence he resigned in January, 1863. At the close of the war he received the brevet of major- general. Subsequently he was elected colonel of the 71st regiment, and brigadier-general of the 4th New York brigade, but both of these honors he declined. Besides his own regiment, the 165th {2d Duryee zouaves) and the 4th regiments in the national guard bore his name. In 1873 he was appointed police commissioner in New York city, which office he held for many years. At the time of the communistic gathering in Tompkins square during January, 1874, with a small force of polijce he attacked the crowd, captured their banners, and drove them from the square.

DURYEE, William Rankin, clergyman, b. in Newark, N. J., 10 April, 1838 ; d. in New Jersey, 20 Jan., 1897. He was graduated at Rutgers, at the New Brunswick seminary, and ordained in Ber- gen, N. J. In 1862-'3 he was chaplain in the army, and after a brief pastorate at East Williamsburg became in 1864 pastor of the Reformed church at Lafayette, Jersey City, N. J. He pul)lished a premium tract for soldiers, entitled " Sentinels for the Soul " (New York, 1862) ; " Our Mission Work Abroad," " Centennial Discourses of the Reformed Church " (1876) ; and critical essays and poems in religious journals. His song of " The Kingdom of Home " was awarded a prize.

DUSSAUCE, Hippolyte, chemist, b. in France ; d. in New Lebanon, N. Y., 20 June, 1869. He stud- ied chemistry under Chevreul in Paris, and held important scientific posts under the govern- ment of France. About 1863 he came to the United States, and subsequently acted as chemist to various firms, being at the time of his death in cliarge of the laboratory of a manufacturing chem- ist in New Lebanon. He translated, edited, and prepared numerous technical works for the press, including "Treatise on the Coloring Matters de- rived from Coal Tar" (Philadelphia, 1863); '• Blues and Carmines of Indigo " (1863) ; " A Com- plete Treatise on the Art of dyeing Cotton and Wool" (1863); "A Complete "Treatise on Per- fumery " (1864) ; " A Practical Treatise on the Fabrication of Matches, Gun-Cotton, Colored Fires, and Fulminating Powders" (1864) ; "A New and Complete Treatise on the Arts of Tanning, Curry- ing and Leather-Dressing " (1865) ; " A Practical Guide for the Perfumer" (1868); "A General Treatise on the Manufacture of Vinegar " (1868); and a " General Treatise on the Manufacture of every Description of Soap " (1869).

DUSTIN, Hannah, pioneer, b. about 1660. She was the wife of Thomas Dustin, of Haverhill, Mass., whom she married, 3 Dec, 1677. In the spring of 1697, when the New England frontier settlements were almost depopulated by the French and Indians, Plaverhill, thirty miles from Boston, suffered greatly, forty of its inhabitants being killed or captured. Among them was the family of Hannah Dustin, who, on 15 March, with her infant and nurse, was captured and carried off. Her husband, who first saw the savages approach and hastened to the rescue of his family, obeyed the entreaties of his brave wife, and fled as a protector to the re- maining seven children. Mounting his horse and overtaking them, he placed himself between the foe and the little ones, and all escaped. The captive mother saw her infant, a week old, killed in her presence, and her home set on fire. The following day she was compelled to begin a long march with her enemies, walking eight hours on the first day, through snow, without shoes, and with inadequate clothing, after which they were suffered to sleep on the wet ground unsheltered. These hardships were repeated day after day until they reached the home of the leader of the savages, who lived on the island at the junction of tlie Merrimack and Contoocook rivers, near the present sight of Concord, N. H. Mrs. Dustin being told by the chief, to whom she had become a slave, that his prisoners would run the gauntlet at an Indian village and be subject to torture and wounds, re- solved to escape. Instructed by an English lad from Worcester, who had been a prisoner of the Indians for a year, and aided by her companion in suffering, she learned how to kill instantly and how to take off the scalp. In the night, while her captors were asleep, she obtained a tomahawk, and killed nine of them, the lad killing the lead- er. A squaw, unhurt, and a young Indian boy, though badly wounded, escaped. Sinking all the boats, the party prepared one for their own trans- fer, with provisions ; but, when about to leave the place, Mrs. Dustin, remembering that she had not full evidence of the tragedy, returned and scalped the slain savages. Reaching Haverhill after many hardships, she found herfamily safe ; and in recog- nition of her heroism she was made the recipient of many honors among the people of her own and adjacent colonies. To the governor in Boston she presented a gun, tomahawk, and ten scalps, trophies of her victory. The general court gave to Mrs. Dustin and her child-companion $250 each. The island is now call Dustin's Island. There, in 1874, the commonwealths of Massachusetts and New Hampshire erected a granite monument, on whose tablets are inscribed the names of Hannah Dustin, 3Iary Neff, the nurse, and Samuel Leonard- son, the English boy.

DUSUAU, Francis Emanuel Frederick, Count de Lacroix, statesman, b. in New Orleans. La., 1 Jan., 1801 ; d. in Paris, Prance, 1 Sept., 1836. He was the son of Francis Dusuau De Lacroix, founder and president of the bank of Louisiana. At the age of fourteen he was intrusted to the guardianship of Bishop Dubourg, of New Orleans, who took him to France and placed him in the academy of Abbe Liautard. He showed remarkable ability in his studies, and on their completion entered the bureau of the department of foreign affairs. During the ministry of the Baron de Damas his talents and activity placed him in the first rank among the pupils of the diplomatic school founded by that statesman. He afterward became secretary of the cabinet in the ministry of Prince de Polignac, and in 1830, during the three days of July, showed courage and skill in performing a difficult mission intrusted to him by Charles X. After the accession of Louis Philijipe he threw himself with ardor into the cause of the legitimists, in whose interests he made several journeys to England, Holland, Italy, and Portugal. He entertained Don Carlos at the time of his journey to Paris, and was decorated by him with the order of