New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-01-01
CHRONOLOGICAL INDEX
FOR
184Q.
sRpfAkED rxPREssLY TOR ING SSw YORK TRIBUNE
BY WIN. GLAND BOURNE.


The narrative Of toe year ls4s forms Iemaraa
BILE chapter IN the H!s.cry ofihe World. Perhspsno
single year has embraced greater number Of i'm
portsut events. and certainly none has involved
so great and lasting consequences. 10 fuch
variety Of relations. rhe overthrow Of the sikhs
theestablishment Of the Brtish power on the ruins
Of tho Sikh dynasty the deposition OF the Pope,
the Declaration OF the Rons Republic, ana Its
early extinction by French lntervention-that In
expllcable development Of French policy the
struggles In Sardinia the movements oil the people
In Germany; the contest between the Danes and
Germans; tho intervention of Russia in Hdnga-
rlsn sffain the fall Of Hungary the overthrow
Of Venice and the movement in the National
mind of France on Social Questions, are all pres-
pant with vast and enduring results.
II we turn our eye 10 the Western Hemisphere
we see On The one hand Nsticn Of 20,sO0 600 OF
fresmen in The peaceful and resisless progrsss OF
q vrtuous ana enlightened Liberty, spreading in
inssitotions over the Continent from the Atlantic
~ tho Pacific, new States rising, AZ though spon-
taasoasly, fron, deserts. and new people acknowl-
sdging its power On the other hand large
pravincs disturbed with discussions OF public
polity and seeking separation from the Briti'h
throne. while South American Republics and Ma.
tions and West Indian Islands are rocked to their
eenters, in the struggle between DesPotism aud
Liberty.
IL We glance At the inner life OF the Nations q
the Old World. we see social expressions OF every
form pslsying and crushing the struggling snd
aspiring powers OF the People. These eppressions
in one place have written the condemnation Of
blood, In terrific famine, upon one Nation-in
another social disorder aud acknowledgements,
vice. despair, the accessories of all
While these events go forward in the Old
startling impulse has been given to the New
w. 81 s'sonv.rv of pnbeunded treasures
on the Western slope Of the Rocky Mountains,
has turned the current Of the Worlds thought, and
Commerce seeks iss new channel with an slacri'y
1t has never before known.
THIS salokenipgo of the Worlds great pulses has
never been squsled in history The progress OF
Ara and Science hAa been onward-the stretching
OF Electric Wirss over lhoa,arJs Of miles from
one extreme to the other, makes the North the in.
slant neisheor OF the South, to which il may speak
in whisper Of electric light.
In social questions the civilised world has bsen
compelled 10 take deep interest. The abolition
Of Capital Punishment, the Exemption OF tie
Homestead, the Prevention Of Land Monopoly.
the Universal Educ alton Of the People, the Abeli.
tioa Of Slavery, the Principles of Peace. the Evils
Of lntempsrarcs. the Organized Reformation Of
Dwellings, for the Lahosins Classes, the Reform
Of Prisoa Policy. the Prevention rather than The
Punishment Of Grims-these, AID many othe,s
nark the history Of the year.
CArsxslesy fer fS49.
JANUARY.
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Bnuss, which eommsneed On the 9Th OF December,
ls<S erninsaed th day By he surrender Of The city,
aAd The entry Of the btisk Ga the 18th Of December
the principal nsssasne blew up, With 10000 lss Of
sunPowder.
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Ger Mezxaros acgarisn) te;sten Tho c.ty OF ksscan
end the Hights u PszosA HsDsGisns routed the Aps
triass capturing 10 sunA and other smmuniuons with
oieosrs and 90 pfivsses. Austrian Ices small
Is Prince wipdiscerass entered ofsn and
fsssh the spsAorxes having sarsSadered- Cnoiers
osased In Nsv.Yoek CITY, after ioa ssses Of which 50
were fatal
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