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 1C2 DIX 1861, major general of United States volun- teers. He was placed in command of the de- partment of Maryland, and in 1862 was trans- ferred to Fortress Monroe, having the com- mand of the seventh army corps. In 1863 he was stationed at New York, where he was military commander during the riots which ensued upon the president's order for the draft. During 1864-'5 he commanded the department of the east. In September, 1866, he was ap- pointed minister to France, which place he resigned in 1868, and returned to New York. In 1872 he was nominated by the republican party as governor of New York, and was elected. He is the author of " Resources of the City of New York " (1827) ; " Decisions of the Superintendent of Common Schools of New York, and Laws relating to Common Schools" (1837); "A Winter in Madeira" (1851) ; "A Summer in Spain and Florence " (1855) ; and two volumes of " Speeches." DIX, Morgan, an American clergyman, son of the preceding, born in New York, Nov. 1, 1827. His early education and training were received in Albany, where he resided till 1842. He graduated at Columbia college in 1848, and from 1849 to 1852 studied theology in the general theological seminary of the Episcopal church. He was ordained deacon in 1852, and priest the next year. In Sep- tember, 1855, he became an assistant min- ister of Trinity church, New York; he was chosen assistant rector of that parish in 1859, and on Dr. Berrian's death became rector, Nov. 10, 1862. He is a trustee of Columbia college, and holds a prominent place in the management of affairs in the Episcopal church in New York. He has published " A Com- mentary on the Epistle to the Romans," "An Exposition of the Epistles to the Galatians and Colossians," " Lectures on the Pantheistic Idea of an Impersonal-Substance Deity," " Essay on Christian Art," " Lectures on the two Estates, that of the Wedded in the Lord and that of the Single for the Kingdom of Heaven's Sake," several manuals of devotion, and occasional sermons. DIXON, a N. E. county of Nebraska, sepa- rated from Dakota on the N. E. by the Mis- souri river, and watered by several streams ; area, 700 sq. m.; pop. in 1870, 1,345. The surface is level. The soil rests upon limestone rock, and is fertile. The chief productions in 1870 were 27,923 bushels of wheat, 19,725 of Indian corn, 11,135 of potatoes, and 4,574 tons of hay. The total value of live stock was $96,511. Capital, Ponca. DIXON, George, an English navigator, born in 1755, died about 1800. He sailed in Cook's third expedition. On his return he was made captain in the navy, and in 1785 in concert with Capt. Portlock sailed on a new expedi- tion, with two vessels, under the auspices of the Nootka sound company. In the course of their joint explorations they discovered a num- ber of harbors, ports, bays, and small islands DIXON on the coast of North America, and arrived at Hawaii, Sept. 28, 1786, whence Dixon proceed- ed to China, and in 1788 returned to England. He is the author of a description of his own expedition, under the title of " A Voyage round the World, but more particularly to the N. W. Coast of America " (1789) ; " Voyage of Meares" (1790-'91); and'" The Navigator's Assistant " (1790). DIXON, James, an English clergyman, born in Leicestershire in 1788, died at Bradford, Yorkshire, Dec. 28, 1871. In 1812 he entered the Wesleyan conference, and continued in the itinerant ministry till 1824, when he was sent as a missionary to Gibraltar. In 1825 he la- bored at Wakefield ; in 1828 he preached in London, where he remained till 1833. After a term of pastoral service in Liverpool, he was appointed successively superintendent of the Sheffield and Manchester circuits. In 1841 lie was chosen president of the British confer- ence, and in 1848 he was elected by the Wes- leyan conference a delegate to the general con- ference of the United States. He published " Methodism in its Origin, Economy, and Pres- ent Position ;" " Memoir of the Rev. William E. Miller ;" " Notes on America ;" " The Pres- ent Position and Aspects of Popery, and the Duty of Exposing the Errors of Papal Rome ;" and "Letters on the Duties of Protestants with regard to Popery." DIXON, William Hepworth, an English author, born in Yorkshire, June 30, 1821. He entered a mercantile house in Manchester when 14 years of age, but early contributed some fu- gitive poems to several periodicals, wrote a tragedy which was printed privately, and be- came at length literary editor of a paper at Cheltenham. In 1846 he removed to London, and entered as a law student at the Inner Tem- g'e. In 1849 he published a memoir of John oward, and followed this by various publica- tions, becoming well known as an author. He was a deputy commissioner of the world's fair of 1851. The next year he made a tour of the continent, and in 1853 became chief editor of the " Athenasum," which post he held till 1869. In 1864 he travelled in the East, and on his return assisted in founding the Palestine ex- ploration fund. In 1866 he travelled in the United States, and visited the Mormons in Salt Lake City. Subsequently he made a journey through Russia. In 1869 he was appointed a magistrate for Middlesex, and in 1870 was elect- ed a member of the London school board. His more important works are: "John Howard," which reached three editions in the first year, and many later editions in England and the Uni- ted States; "London Prisons" (1850), which first appeared in the " Daily News ;" " William Penn, an Historical Biography" (1851; 2d ed., 1856, including a reply to Macaulay); " Robert Blake " (1852) ; " Personal History of Lord Bacon" (1861), which first appeared in the " Athenreum ;" "Lives of the Archbishops of York" (1863); "The Holy Land" (1865);