Dubois, Guillaume

( doo - bwaw ',) a French cardinal and statesman, B. in Brives-la-Gaillarde, 1656. He was the son of a poor apothecary in Limous in, and became valet to the superior of the college of St. Michael at Paris, where he studied, and entered into orders. Being appointed private reader to the Duke de Chart res, afterwards duke of Orleans and Regent, he received the rich abbey of St. Just, and subsequently became counsellor of state. In 1717 he was sent to England as plenipotentiary to sign the triple alliance, which had been entered into against Spain, between England, France, and Holland. On his return, he was made minister and secretary of state, and obtained the archbishopric of Cambray. In 1721 the Pope advanced him to the cardinalate, and, in the following year, he was appointed first minister of state. From that time he reigned absolute master, and the French court, already so depraved, sank still lower in its vices; but happily his death soon put an end to his power. He po e ed great talents, but these were sullied and clouded by his vices of debauchery, avarice, and guilty ambition. D. 1723. Dubois', in Illinois, a post-office of Washington co. Dubois', in Indiana, a S.W. co.; area, about 420 sq. m. Rivers. Patoka, and the E. Fork of White River. Sur face, diversified; soil, generally fertile. Min. Stone coal. Cap. Jasper. Pop. (1890) 20,253. town was first settled in 1788 by a French man named François Dubuque, but the colony was soon driven away by the Indians, who claimed the territory. The whites returned in 1830, and from 1833, the title of the Indians being extinguished, the town rapidly increased in population and importance. Pop . (1897) about 33,500. Du'cal, a . [Fr., from Lat. ducal is .] Pertaining to a duke; having reference to a duke; as, the ducal dignity, a du cal coronet. Du'cally, adv . After the manner of a duke. Du Cange, CHARLES DUFRESNE, ( doo - kang ' ,) a French historian and philosopher, B. at Amieux, 1610. He wrote a History of Constantinople under the French Dy. nasty of Emperors , and other works, the most celebrated of which is his Scriptural Glo ary, a book of constant reference. D. 1688.