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Rh ter" and "Memoirs of John A. Dahlgren " (1882) ; and " The Lost Name " and " Lights and Shadows of a Life " (Boston, 1886). She has translated from the French, Montalembert's " Pius IX " and De Chainbrun's "Executive Power" (Lancaster, Pa., 1874), the preface to the latter being written by James A. Garfield, and from the Spanish, Donoso Cortes's " Catholicism, Liberalism, and Socialism," for which sjie received the thanks of Pius IX.

DAILLE, Pierre, clergyman, b. in France in 1G49; d. in Boston. Mass., 21 May, 1715. He had been a professor at Saumur, one of the four great Protestant schools of France. The school was de- stroyed by order of Louis XIV. in 1685, and about 1683 Daille was banished on account of his Hugue- not faith, and was called by the consistory of the Reformed church in New York to labor for the French there. The scattered Huguenot families in Staten Island, Bushwick, Hackensack, and Har- lem were also under his care. In 168G Rev. Lau- rentius Vandenbosch drew away two thirds of his country congregation, and established a new church on Staten Island, but he was suspended a few years later, and in 1692 the churches were re- united. Daille received a colleague. Pastor Peiret, in 1687, and from that time till 1692 he was an itinerant. Up to 1688 the Fi'ench congregation w^orshipped in the Dutch church in the fort, but in that year they put up a church of their own in Marketfield street, or Petticoat lane, half way be- tween Broad and Whitehall streets. In 1692 Daille fell under Jacob Leisler's displeasure for exhorting the commander to meekness, and disapproving of his violent measures, and both ho and Peiret were threatened with imprisonment. Notwithstanding this, the pastor showed his Christian spirit by sub- sequently endeavoring to prevent Leisler's execu- tion. For his efforts in this matter he was cited before the assembly and narrowly escaped impris- onment as a " promoter of sedition." He went to Boston in 1696, took charge of the School street church, and remained there till his death. The Boston " News-Letter " spoke of him as " a Person of great Piety, Charity, affable and courteous Beha- viour, and of an exemplary Ijife and Conversation."

DAIN, Charles, French magistrate, b. in Gua- deloupe, West Indies, 29 Sept., 1812 ; d. there in 1873. He was graduated in law and admitted to the bar in Paris. Having made the acquaintance of the economist Considerant, he neglected his profession for communistic disputes, and became a follower of the phalansterian doctrines, then pro- fessed by Fourier, Enfantin, and Marquis de Saint Simon. He took a prominent part in the Euro- pean congress that was opened in Paris in 1833 by the French royal historical institute, and opposed the Christian philosophers Buchez and Roux-La- vergne. He was a contributor to " La democratic pacifique," in which he denounced slavery and urged its abolition in the French colonies. After the revolution of 1848 the slaves emancipated in Guadeloupe elected Dain their representative in the French chamber of deputies, and soon his radi- cal colleagues recognized him as their leader. As such he denounced the conduct of President Ca- vaignae, and went so far as to ask, on the floor of the legislative assembly, for the immediate arrest of the president and all the members of his cabi- net. When Louis Napoleon was elected president of the republic, Dain tendered his resignation, but the assembly refused to accept it. He returned to Guadeloupe in 1852 as judge of the supreme court, which office he held until his death.

DAKIN, Thomas Spencer, merchant, b. in Orange county, N. Y., in 1831 ; d. in Brooklyn, 13 May, 1878. He was the eldest of four children, and, until he was seventeen years of age, worked on his father's farm. He then walked, about sev- enty-five miles, to New York, arid began life as an office-boy. In 1858 he estiiblishcd the firm of Thomas S. Dakin & Co., cdinniission agents, con- tinuing it until 1861, when he engaged in the oil trade, and became the head of the firm of Dakin & Gulick. In 1870 he retired from business. He was elected captain in the 13th regiment, Brook- lyn, in 1862, and served in the Virginia campaign as a member of the staff of Gen. Crook, who then- commanded the 5th brigade. After the war he be- came major-general of militia, and was widely known as a member of the American rifle team. He especially practised shooting at long range,, and took part in the first international contest at Creedmoor in September, 1874, when the Irish team, under Maj. Leech, was defeated by the American team. In the following year the Ameri- cans again defeated the Irish team at Dolly Mount, Ireland, when Gen. Dakin made the remarkable- score of 165 in a possible 180. He was afterward elected a member of the legion of honor of France. In the international match in 1876, when the Americans defeated teams from Ireland, Scotland,^ Australia, and Canada, their success was mainly due to the instructions of Gen. Dakin. In the first day's shooting he made the highest score, 203. He also took part in the Irish-American return match- of the same year, when his score was again the highest, reaching 208. He was the only rifleman that shot in every international contest held either in this country or in Europe. He was a director in the National and several other rifle associations. In 1876 he was the democratic nominee for con- gressman in the third congressional district, but was defeated by a small majority.

DALCHO, Frederick, physician, b. in London, England, in 1770; d. in Charleston, S. C, 24 Nov... 1836. PI is lather, a distinguished officer under Frederick the Great, had retired to England for his health, and at his death Frederick came to Bal- timore, Md., at the invitation of his uncle, who- had removed to that place a few years before.. Here he received a classical education, and then studied medicine, giving special attention to bot- any. He then entered the medical department of the army, and was stationed at Fort Johnson,. Charleston harbor, but, in consequence of some difficulty with his brother officers, resigned in 1799, and practised in Charleston, where he was active in establishing the botanical garden. About 1807 he left his practice and became one of the editors of the Charleston " Courier," a daily Fed- eral newspaper. He began to be interested in theo- logical studies in 1811, was ordained deacon in the Protestant Episcopal church in 1814, and priest in 1818. On 23 Feb., 1819, he became assistant min- ister of St. Michael's church, Charleston, where he- remained until his death. A monument, erected to his memory by the vestry, stands near the south door of the church. Dr. Daleho published " The- Evidence of the Divinity of Our Saviour " (Charles- ton, 1820) ; " Historical Account of the Protestant Episcopal Church in South Carolina " (1820) ; and " Ahiman Rezon," for the use of freemasons (1822).

DALE, James Wilkinson, author, b. m Cantwell's Bridge (now Odessa), Del., 16 Oct., 1812; d. in Media, Pa., 19 April, 1881. He was graduated at the University of Pennsylvania, in 1831, at the head of his class, and began the study of law, but abandoned it for that of theology, which he pursued at Andover and Princeton. He wished to become a missionary, and was appointed by the Ameri-