Dorpat

or Dorpt, 2 town of Ru ia, in Livonia. The university, founded in 1632, by Gustavus Adolphus, was reéstablished by Alexander I. in 1802, and since May, 1887, has been thor- ‘oughly Ru ian i zed. || Dorr, Mrs. Julia Caroline (Ripley), an American poet; born in Charleston, 8. C., Feb. 13, 1825. _ Dorr, Thomas Wilson, born in Providence, R. I., Nov. 5, 1805. He was a member of the A embly of Rhode Island in 1833-1837, and was the leader of Dorr’s Rebellion. This was brought about by di atisfaction with the voting system of the State; and a call for a constitutional convention was made by a party called the Suffrage Party, of which Dorr was the head. A constitution was made by this convention and submitted tc the people in 1841, receiving a ma. jority of the votes. A government with Dorr as president was elected Dorr was convicted of high treasor and sentenced to imprisonment fo: life, but was released under a genera! amnesty act in 1847, and was re. stored to his civil rights in 1851, the Rhode Island legislature ordering that his sentence should be expunged from the records of the Supreme Court. He died in Providence, Dec. 27, 1854.