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Bolivar county, Miss. He was private secre- tary to President Jackson. 1829-37. He was charge d'aXTa ires to the republic of Texas, 1844-15, by appointment of President Tyler, and nego- tiated the annexation treaty. He was appointed by President Pt)lk U. S. minister to Prussia, eerviu;;. 1S415-49. and to the federal government of iM-niiany. serving. 1^48-49. He resigned in 1849. and became editor of the Washington Union, 18.">l-5'i. In 18r»:{ he joined the Native American party and in 18.J6 w:us nominated for vice-presi- Ji'iit with Millard Fillmore for president. He died in Memphis, Teiin., June 26. 1871.

DONQAN, Thomas, colonial governor of New York, was born in Castletown. Ireland, in 1G34. After attaining the rank of colonel in the British army, he received from King Charles II. the ap- pointment of lieutenant-governor of Tangiers, and in 1682 the Duke of York made him governor of tlie colony of New York. In 1686 he gave a charter to the city of New York, and in 1688 retired from uUice. He died in London, Eng., Dec. 14, 1715.

DONIPHAN, Alexander William, soldier, was born in Mason county, Ky., July 9. 1808; son of Joseph Doniphan. He was graduated at Augusta College in 1826, and was admitted to the bar in 1830. He removed to Lexington, Mo., where he practiseil three years. He was a student of mil- itary tactics and identified himself with the state militia, gaining the rank of brigadier-gen- eral in 1838. He commanded the state troops sent to quiet the troubles between the settlers and the Mormons, and he forced their prophet, Joseph Smith, to surrender their leaders for trial and to remove their people beyond the limits of the state. In the war with Mexico lie was colonel of the 1st Missouri mounted volunteers and was with Kearney's expedition to Santa Fe ; and with a regiment of less than 1000 men, after Kearney had left for California, he set out from Santa Fe to join General Wool at Chihuahua, Mexico. He first con- quered a peace with the Navajos Indians and on Dec. 14, 1846, defeated a Mexican force at Bra- cito river in the face of a black flag, killing and ■wounding nearly 200 Mexicans with the loss of one man killed and seven wounded. He occu- pied El Pa.so two days later and on Feb. 8, 1847, started for Chihuahua, 250 miles distant. On Feb- ruary 28, when seventeen miles from his destina- tion he encountered 20U Mexicans at the pass of the Sacramento, gave them fight and with a lo.ss of one killed and eleven wounded, he killed and wounded more than 800 of the enemy. Chihua- liua surrendered March 1. 1847. leaving him without orders, and after waiting .several weeks lie .set out with his little army for Saltillo, 700 miles distant, reaching the place May 21 to find the war eI|.l^'.! He then took his rommantl

to Brazos, Santiago, and thence by boat to New- Orleans where they were discharged. He was a representative in the state legislature, 1836, 1840 and 1854, and died in Richmond, Mo., Aug. 8, 1887.

DONNAN, William Q., representative, was born in West Charlton, N.Y.. June 30, 1834. He removed to Independence, Iowa, in September, 1856, was graduated at Union college, Schenec- tady, N.Y., in 1857, and was admitted to the bar the same year. He was treasurer and recorder of Buchanan county, Iowa, 1857-62; enlisted as a private in the Iowa volunteers in 1863, was promoted 1st lieutenant in the 27th Iowa regiment ; was brevetted captain and major for gallant and meritorious services, March 13, 1865 ; and was mustered out, Aug. 8. 1865. He was a state senator, 1868-70, and a Republican representative in the 42d and 43d congresses, 1871-75.

DONNELLY, Eleanor Cecilia, poet, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., daughter of Dr. Philip Car- rol and Catharine Frances (Gavin) Donnelly; and sister of the Hon. Ignatius Donnelly of Min- nesota, author and statesman. Her ancestry, both paternal and maternal, is of the best blood of the early settlers of tlie north of Ireland, celebrated for learning and philanthropy. She was a pupil of the Philadelphia public schools and of the Philadelphia girls' high school for six or seven years, and having fini-shed her educational train- ing at the French academy of Mme. A dele Sigoigne of Philadelphia, siie devoted herself to music and literature. Her labors received the si^ecial apostolic benediction of Pope Leo XIII. and a medallion from a religious oi'der of Rome. Her reputation as an author also extended to Great Britain and Spain, one of her poems hav- ing been read at the Grand Academia in the Royal college of the Escorial, Madrid, in May, 1887. She published : Out of Sweet Solitude (1873) ; Domns Dei (ISli) ; Legend of the Best Beloved, and Other Poems (1880); Crowned with Stars (1881); Hymns of the Sacred Heart, with music (2 vols., 1882; ; Children of the Golden Sheaf and Other Po- ems (1884) ; Garland of Festival Songs, with music (1885); Our Birthday Bouquet (1885); Little Com- pliments of the Season (1886) ; The Life of Father Felix Barhelin, S.J. (1886) ; The Conversion of Sf. Augustine and Other Poems; Jubilee Hymn, com- posed for the golden jubilee of the priesthood of Leo XIII., December, 1887; Petnmilla and Oth<r Stories {XmV) ; Poems (1892); A Tuscan Magdalni, and Other Poens(lSd6) ; l^ie Lost Christmas Tree nud Other Stones (1896); Amy's Music-Box and Other Stories for Children (1896); Storm-Bound (1898); The lihyme of the Frinr Stephen (1898) ; Christian Carols of Love and Life (1898); Girlhood's Hnud- hook of Woman (1898); A Klondike Picnic (1898); Prince Pagnal and otlwr ll«li<hiy Verses (1898).