DALLAS, GEORGE MIFFLIN, an American statesman and diplomatist, was b. at Phila delphia, July 10, 1792. He was educated at Princeton college, where he graduated with high honors in 1810. Soon after he was called to the American bar, he accompanied Mr. Gallatin in his special embassy to St. Petersburg as private secretary. On his return, he resumed the practice of the law, and. successively tilled the offices of deputy of the attorney-general of Philadelphia, mayor of Philadelphia, and district-attorney of Philadelphia, an office which his father had held. In 1831, he represented PennsjIva nia in the senate of the United States, but after two years retired, and resumed his pro fession. In 1837, he was appointed American minister at St. Petersburg, but was recalled in 1839. In 1844, he was elected vice-president of the United States, and held this office until 1849. In 1856, lie succeeded Mr. Buchanan as American minister at the
court of St. James. He was empowered to settle the Central American question; but shortly after his arrival, a dispute between the two governments, arising out of the dis missal of ?1r. Crainpton, the Bitish minister at Washington, by the president of the United States, threatened to bring the diplomatic mission of D. to a premature termina tion. Through the forbearance of lord Palmerston, lie was, however, permitted to remain, and discharged the duties of American minister until 1861, when lie was suc ceeded by Mr. C. F. Adams. In person, lie was tall, and of venerable aspect. He dili gently studied the politics and institute ns of the mother-country, and during his embassy assiduously attended the debates in both houses of parliament. He died in 1864