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* DONDUKOFF-KORSSAKOFF. 388 DONGAN. attaiued tlie ruiik of general in the Kussian Aiiny. mid in 1878 was iippoiiited (lovernor of Bulj.'aria. After the fonelusiun of tlie arrange- ment efTected by the Ik-rlin Confjre.ss, he re- mained in Bulgaria, whose first Parliament he opened at Tiniova in 187!). He was eliosen Prinee of Bulgaria, lint was inst meted by the I'zar to refuse the dignity and to secure the elec- tion of Prinee Alexander of BattenU'rg, From 1S8'2 to 1890 he was commanderin chief of the Kussian forces in Caucasia, and administrator of the civil government in that region, DONFIATT, dA'n6', Hugues, Latin name Do- NEi.i.is ( Ii'j27-!U ). A French jurist. He was born at t'halons-snr-.SaOne, and was educated at Tou- louse and Bonrges. After having been for twenty years professor of Koman law at Bourges, he was compelled to Ilee to Geneva at the time of the massacre of Saint Bartholomew's Day. and subse- quentlv became professor at Heidelberg (157.'5), Leyden (157;i). and Altdorf (1588). The civil jurisprudence of modern times has availed itself of his .systematic methods. His celebrated Com- minlarii de .lure Ciiili (10 vols., tith ed. 1822- 34) is a faithful compilation of the civil law and legal procedure of Kome. DONEGAL, don'e-giil' (Ir. Dun-na-n Gal, Fort of the Stranger, in allusion to the Danish in- vaders). A maritime coimty of Ireland, in Ulster Province, hounded north and west by the Atlantic (Slap: Ireland, C 2). It has an area of 1870 square miles, and an exten- sive and much indented coast-line, off which lie numerous islands. The surface is, for the most part, either mountainous, moory, or boggy, in- terspersed with many small lakes and rivers. The inhabitants are mainly engaged in agricul- ture. T.inen and woolen manufactures are carried on. and the female population is largely engaged in the working of muslin. Many of the inhaliit- ants on the coast are occu|)ied in the fisheries. Capital, Lillord. The population since 1841 shows a continual deerea.se, having been at that dale 206.500: in 1851, 255,200; in 1891, 185,035; in 1001. 173.000. DONEGAL. A seaport in the south of Don- egal County, Ireland, at the mouth of the Eske, on a shallow creek of Donegal Bay, 11 miles north-northeast of Ballyshannon (Map: Ireland, C 2). It lies in a rich alluvial tract, sur- rounded on three sides by hills, behind which rise lofty, picturesque mountains. Kear the town are Donegal Castle, formerly belong- ing to the O'Donncls of Tyreonnel. and the luins of a Franciscan monastery, founded in 1474 by lltigh O'Dimnel. in which was written the col- lection of early Irish chronicles known as the Annuls of the four Matiters. Population, about 1 .'lOO. DONEL'LTIS. Sec Doxeau, Huoue.s. DON'ELSON, AXDREW .Tacksox (1800-71). An .merican politician and diplomat. He was born near X;ishville, Tenn., and was educated at Nashville College and at West Point Military Academy. Conunissioned a lieuti-nant of engi- neers, he accompanied, in 1820. his uncle, Oen. . drew .Tackson. as his aidede-camp. to Florida. In 1822 he resijrned his oonmiission, and after a year's study of law at Transylvania University at licxington, Ky., he Avas admitted to the bar. He actively participated in the campaigns of .Tack- son for the Presidency in 1824 and 1828, and after the latter's inauguration in 1820 became his private secretary at Washington, continuing to act in that capacity throughout his two adminis- trations. From 1830 to 1844 he livcil in retire- ment, and in the latter year, by appoinliiicut of President Tyler, he filled a diplomatic mission to Te.as to arrange a new treaty of annexation, the first having been rejected by the .'senate. His mi.ssion terminated successfully with the admis- sion of Texas to the I'nion in 1S4.'). In IStti he was appointed by President Polk .Minister Pleni- potentiary to Prussia, and in 1848 was accred- ited to the Federal Covcrnment of (Germany. Kc- turning to the I'nitcd States toward the close of 1849, he took an active part in the discussion growing out of the acquisition of territory after the Mexican War. lie attended the Southern Convention at Xashville in May, 1850, where he was one of the ablest and most earnest champions of the Union. He was a strong supporter of Clay in the com|)romise of 1850, an<l in the year fol- lowing became editor of the W'nxhiuflton I'uion, an organ representing that branch of the Demo- cratic Parly that believed as he did. In 1853, however, he became entirely alienated from the Democratic Party, tind in 1850, when ex-Presi- dent Millard Fillmore was nominated for Presi- dent by the -American Party, Donelson was made the nominee for Vice-President, .fter his defeat he retired to private life, and although always a strong Union man. took no jiart in the events preceding the Civil War, throughout which he lived quietly on his estates in Tennessee. DON'ELSON, Fort. See Fort Hexky and Four ])tJM:is.. DONETZ, d6-ny«s'. A tributary of the Don, rising in the Kussian Government of Kursk (Map: Russia, E 5). It Hows through the Prov- ince of the Don Cossacks, and joins the Don at Konstantinovskaya. Its total length is over 070 miles, and it is navigable to Izum, in the Gov- ernment of Kharkov. Its banks are thickly wooded, and there are eoal deposits in its basin. The commercial importance of the river is as yet insignificant, owing to the imdeveloped state of the country through which it (lows. DON'GAN, Thomas, Earl of Limerick (1G34- 1715). . Colonial (iovcrnor of New York. He was born at (,'astlcto . County Kildare, Ireland. He served in the English ami French armies with the rank of colonel, and in 1078 was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Tan;;ier by Charles 11. The Duke of York appointed him Governor of the Province of Xew York in 1082. Being a Roman Catholic, he was at first looked ni)on with suspicion by the colonists, but he showed himself champion of their interests and managed the re- lations between the English. French, and Indians with great sagacity. He granted a charter to the city of Xew York, and another to the city of Albany, whicdi still remains the basis of its nuinicipal rights. Refusing tfl carry out the in- structions of King .Tames II., to introduce French priests among the Five Xations, on the grojmd Ihat the measure was dangerotis to English ])ower on the Continent, he was obliged to resi<rn in 1088, but did not return to Eng- land until 1001. He succeeded to the title of Earl of Limerick bv the death of his brother in 1008.