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306 DULWICH can and 61 foreign steamers and 91 American sailing vessels), with a tonnage of 204,159; 76 were from foreign ports and 293 coastwise. The value of goods entered at the custom house in that year was $1,205,722, of which $676,- 571 paid duties, $141,018 remained in ware- house, and $388,133 were bonded to Canada. One large grain elevator is in operation, and another is in process of construction, with a capacity of 1,000,000 bushels. Duluth is the seat of a United States land office. A dry dock, capable of accommodating the largest vessels, is in course of construction on Min- nesota point. There are 3 large steam saw mills, 1 shingle mill, 2 planing mills, -1 iron foundery (manufacturing engines, boilers, cars, and stoves), 1 manufactory of sashes, doors, woodwork for cars, &c., 1 wagon factory, and 1 railroad machine shop. The total value of manufactures in 1872 was about $450,000, in- cluding 7,500,000 feet of lumber, 1,000,000 shingles, and 1,500,000 laths. A blast furnace with capacity for the production of 6,500 tons of pig iron annually went into operation in November, 1873. The city contains a national bank, with a capital of $100,000, a state bank with $60,000, and a savings bank with $50,000 capital. It is governed by a mayor and a com- mon council of eight members (two from each ward). Th'e assessed value of property in 1872 was $1,927,120. The amount expended during the year in the erection of business houses and manufactories, and on public improvements, was about $1,200,000, including $70,000 on street improvements, $80,000 on dike, $75,000 on canal, $135,000 on docks, $75,000 in dredg- ing, and $55,000 on breakwater. There have been 20 m. of streets graded, and 10 m. of sidewalks built. There are a high school, six preparatory schools, two reading rooms, a li- brary of about 1,000 volumes, two daily and three weekly newspapers, and 12 churches Baptist, Congregational, Episcopal, German Lu- theran, Methodist, Norwegian Lutheran, Pres- byterian, Roman Catholic, Swedish Lutheran, and Swedish Methodist. Duluth derives its name from Jean du Luth, a French officer, who visited the region in 1679. In 1860 there were only 71 white inhabitants, and the num- ber had not much increased in 1869, when the place was selected as the eastern terminus of the Northern Pacific railroad. DULWICH, a suburb of London, in Surrey, 4fc m. S. S. E. of St. Paul's cathedral, and near Sydenham ; pop. in 1871, 4,041. It is chiefly remarkable for its college, founded and endowed in 1619 by Edward Alleyn, a distinguished actor. The college originally consisted of a master, warden, 4 fellows, 6 poor brethren, 6 poor sisters, 12 scholars, and 30 out members. Its income from endowment in 1 626 was 800, but through the rise in the value of the estates this has increased to 14,000. The college was reorganized by act of parliament in 1857, and some gross abuses were corrected. One fourth of the revenue is now devoted to DUMAS the support of aged people, and the remainder to the educational department, to which boys are admitted on payment of a moderate fee. It supports 24 foundation scholars ; and the mas- ter must always bear the name of Allen. It has a valuable picture gallery, mainly contrib- uted by Sir Francis Bourgeois in 1810. DUMANOIR, Philippe Francois Pinel, a French playwright, born in Guadeloupe in July, 1806, died at Pau in November, 1865. He received his education in Paris, and his first play, pro- duced at the Varies theatre, La semaine des amours, was received with favor. He left near- ly 200 plays, most of which have been pub- lished. Among his most popular pieces are Don Cesar de Bazan and Les premieres armes de Richelieu. D'Ennery was his collaborator in the former, and Bayard in the latter. From 1836 to 1839 he was manager of the Variety's. His ficoles des agneaux obtained a gold medal from the minister of state in 1855. DUMAS. I. Alexandra Davy (de la Pailleterie), a French general, born at Je're'mie, Hayti, March 25, 1762, died at Villers-Cotterets, France, Feb. 26, 1806. He was the son of the marquis de la Pailleterie by a negro girl, was sent to France to be educated, and at the age of 14 enlisted, under his mother's name of Dumas, in a cavalry regiment. He was noted for his vivacious tem- per, handsome figure, and prodigious strength, but at the end of 16 years he was merely a non-commissioned officer. Serving under Du- mouriez, he performed several daring acts, and then rapidly passed through every rank, until in September, 1793, he was general of division. In 1796 and 1797 he served in Italy under Bo- naparte, and at the battle of Brixen he alone defended a bridge against the enemy, giving the French time to come to the rescue. Bona- parte presented him to the directory as "the Horatius Codes of the Tyrol." He served with distinction in Egypt, but upon some disa- greement with Berthier departed for France. The ship being obliged to put into Taranto, he was arrested by the Neapolitan government and detained for two years. After his release the first consul declined to give him an appoint- ment on account of his republican principles. II. Alexandra Davy, a French dramatist and novelist, son of the preceding, born at Villers- Cotterets, July 24, 1803, died at Puy, near Dieppe, Dec. 5, 1870. After his father's death his mother sent him to school, where he be- came a good horseman, billiard player, fencer, and shot. At the age of 15 he was placed as copying clerk with a notary; at 18 he began to write for the stage, though none of the plays produced at this period were accepted ; and at 20 the pressure of family difficulties sent him to Paris, where Gen. Foy procured for him a small office in the household of Louis Philippe, then duke of Orleans, with a salary of 1,200 francs. He devoted his leisure to completing his imperfect education, wrote some light poems, and in 1825 with MM. Eousseau and De Leuven produced a play called La chasse et Vamour,