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
