Dallas, George

MIFFLIN, an American statesman and diplomatist, B. in Phila., 1792. He graduated at Princeton College in 1810, and three years later was called to the bar. He soon afterward accompanied Albert Gall at in to St. Petersburg as his private secretary. He was subsequently appointed secretary to the American commi ioners at the treaty of Ghent in 1814, which closed the war between this country and Great Britain. In 1823 he became mayor of Philadelphia, and was elected to the United States Senate in 1831. In 1837 D. was appointed minister to Ru ia, which post he held till 1839. After his return, in 1844, he was elected vice-president of the United States, under the administration of Mr. Polk. In this position he gave the casting-vote for the Polk co., on the Rick real river, about 15 m. W. of Salem. Dallas, in Pennsylvania, a post-township of Luzerne county. Dallas, in Tezas , a county in the N.E. part of the State, irrigated by the forks of Trinity river. Area , 900 sq. m. Surface, variegated. Soil , good, and well timbered. Large yields of cotton, cereals, and dairy products are customary. Cap . Dallas. Pop . (1890) 67,042. -A city, cap. of above co., on Trinity river, 315 m. N. of Galveston. It has a university controlled by the denomination called Christians and an Episcopal college. It is an active manufacturing plane, and is surrounded by extensive wheat and cotton belts. It is the trade center for an immense agricultural region, and is one of the most flourishing cities of the South. Pop . (1897) about 47,500. Dallas, or BARRON, in Wisconsin , a N. W. co. Area abt. 1,200 sq. m. It is intersected by the Red Cedar (or Menomonee), Vermillion, Hay, and Apple rivers, all of which, except the first, rise within its limits. Surface , mostly elevated timber-lands, interspersed with numerous lakes. In 1888, the name Barron was legally substituted for that of Dallas for this county. Pop . (1897) 21,270. Cap . Barron. -A village of Iowa co., on the W. branch of Pekatonica river, a few miles from Mineral Point. Dallas, in W. Virginia , a post-office of Marshall co. Dallas burg, in Kentucky , a village of Owen ccunty. on Eagle creek, about 34 miles N. of Frankfort. Dallas Centre, in Iowa , a post-office of Dallas co. Dallas City, in Illinois , a post-village of Hancock co., on the Mi i ippi river, about 5 m. below Burlington Iowa. Dallas City, in Illinois , a village of Henderson co., on the Mi i ippi river. Dal'last own, in Pennsylvania , a post-village of York co., about 7 m. S.E. of York. Dalles, The, in Oregon , a city, cap. of Wasco co., on the Columbia river, about 120 m. E. of Portland, Has important shipping interests, handling grain, stock, and wool, and considerable manufacturing. Pop . (1897) about 4,000. Dalles ( dalz ), of the Columbia, form a limited portion of the Columbia river, about 20 m. above the Cascades. The whole volume of the river here flows between two wålls of basaltic rock, which at one place are only 58 yards apart. The word dalles (from dalle , a flag-stone) appears, in the language of the French hunters, to be applied to a narrow gorge or cañon. arity, from dæl , affable, and leik , leika , to play, to sport.] To play or sport in an affable or familiar manner; to toy and wanton; to sport; to interchange care es. To delay; to linger; to loiter; to procrastinate; to waste one's time in trifles. "He cried... 'tis now no time to dally , The enemy begin to rally." - Hudibras. v. a. To put off; to delay; to defer till a proper oppor tunity shall arrive. " Dallying off the time with often skirmishes." - Knolles. Dalmanu'tha, ( Anc . Geog .,) a town, or village, of Palestine, near the city of Magdala, on the W. shore of the sea of Galilee, N. of Tiberias. Its exact situation is unknown. Dalmanu'tha, in Iowa, a former post-office of Guthrie co., about 5 m. W. of Des Moines. Dalmatia, a country forming a part of the Austrian monarchy, and stretching along the Adriatic Sea, between 42° 30 and 44° 28′ N. Lat., and 14° 59 and 19° g E. Lon. It includes numerous islands, and is bounded N. by Croatia, E. by Herzegovina, and S. and W. by the Adriatic. Area , exclusive of the islands, 4,668 sq. m. D. , in general, is mountainous and rugged, yet it contains many fertile valleys. In the N.W. rise the Dinaric Alps, the highest peaks of which are the Diana, 5,675, the Biokovo, 5,530, and the Soilaya, 4,750 feet above the level of the sea. Rivers , dc . The Narenta, Kerka, Zermagna, and Cettina. The lakes, with the exception of that of Vrana, are periodical; that is, they usually dry up in summer. Prod . Maize, grapes, olives, wheat, and some silk. The country abounds with marble, and gypsum, and also in iron. Manuf . The industry of this region is as yet rather at a low ebb; the main articles of export are wine and distilled liquors. The building of ships, however, is carried on to a considerable extent. The inhabitants are principally of Slavonic origin, though there are many Italians. The Dalmatians speak the Servian language, whilst Italian is the official language of the country. Rel . The Roman Catholic religion is predominant; the number of Protestants, Greeks, and Jews being but small. Govt . The country, though bearing the title of a kingdom, is a constituent crown-land of the Austrian empire. It has its own legislature, but sends representatives to the imperial parliament at Vienna. Hist . In olden times, D. formed a part of the Roman prov. of Illyricum , having been conquered in the reign of August us. After the decline of the Western Empire, it was succe ively subjected by the Goths, Hungarians, Venetians, and the Turks. In 1797, it was incorporated with Austria. In 1805, Napoleon united it with the kingdom of Italy, but, in 1814, it again reverted to Austria, in whose po e ion it has since remained. It is now divided into 4 departments: Cattare, Ragusa , Spalatro , and Zara . Cap. Zara. Гор . 468,781. Dalmatia, in Pennsylvania , a post-village of North umber land co., about 40 m. N. of Harris burg. Dalma'tian, n. A native or inhabitant of Dalmatia. -a. Relating, or pertaining, to Dalmatia. Dalmatic, Dalmatic a, n. [L. Lat.] ( Eccl . ) A long, white gown with sleeves, worn by deacons in the Roman Catholic Church over the alb stole. It was imitated from a dre originally worn in Dalmatia, and imported into Rome by the Emperor Commodus, where the use of it gradually superseded the old Roman fashion of keeping the arms uncovered. A similar robe was worn by kings in the Middle Ages at coronations and other solemnities. Dal'ry, a town of Ayrshire, Scotland, 15 miles from Paisley; pop. 5,987.