The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-12-31
MINUS DOMINI, 1853.
TWELVE MONTHS CHRONOLOGY
rHE UNITED STATES.
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INTERESTING LEGAL STATISTICS.
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THE WEATHER DURING THE YEAH,
&C., &C., DO.
events Of the Year from tho Opening to the
Close.
JANUARY
1-CoIIsion the Harlem Railroad, near Morrisauia
y which two men killed and number moro OF less
blurred Horatio Seymour took the Govsrnsr's oath Of
ioe Of the State Of New York. Brooklyn Female Aca-
3emy destroyed by fire.
3.-Jsoob A. westervelt into the ofee Of Mayor
n New York. Cholera broke out In Charleston, g. @.
aJAgs fire In Galveston, TEXAS Tremendous high price
W provisions in Californa-aour in many places s7s per
barrel, and other provisions in proportion.
A-First appearance Of snow In the streets Of New
York the present winter Lewis Cass introduced in the
United States Senate resolution rsasssrting the Monroe
doctrine BY declaring that future European colony
dominion aha with the consent Of the United States be
ossbshed on any part OF the American continent. As
mbng Of the New 70 legislature and receipt OF the
Governors message The oalorc ship Ericsson started
apon trial trip. The boilers of the steamship Fusi
ssr exploded below New Orleans killing three persons
md woundpg ave.
6.-Return Of the calore ship Ericsson from her trial
ep which proved the partial Of the
ery In motive power, the vessel having accomplished
some twelve miles per hour Message to the United
Bates Senate by President Fillmore in relation to the tr
parte treaty respecting Cuba including the letter from
Edward Everett Secretary OF State to NJ dc sariges
The steamers Bragdon and Csmanche came in collision
San Francisco, by which the latter was sunk and
Pm lives lost.
D. a ROatnn Nal Ra;Iro
as thrown of the track Andover and the psssen-
ar car which was Allied With passengers among whom
~ Gen. Franklin Pierce wife and son. rolled completely
over down an embankment. Gen. Pierce's son. boy
about twelve years old, Instantly killed. and Mr. and
Mr. Pierc' both slightly injured Steamer j. Wilson e.
Ploded her boilers At Columbia, Ark killing forty per-
SONS.
7.-Hudson river closed a. Albany second time during
The winter. The powder mill at Acton, Mass, blew up,
killing three men; hundred and afty kegs of powder
exploded. The steamer John Smonds exploded her boil
eEs, Louisville killing twelve persons and scsldnr
between twenty and thirty others.
6-The equestrian statue of Gen. Andrew jackson in.
Auguated 10 Washington. The shock Of an earthquake
Was felt Ut Aillee gevills, Ga.
mines in Australia Great floods in California whish de-.
sroyed br and great private
srovsi sns smonx the miners b,caws Consumed and NO
being left to repenish them great Distress and in
pumerous instances actual starvation, was the
Io-MadAme sontag's nrst appearance in America in
opera otalian operas 81 the same time in New York
Madame Henrietta Sontag prima donna 1T Nblos Garden
and Madame Marietta Aboni prma donna ct the Broad
nMC.Ioric ship Ericsson went on another trial trim
proving the complete Of the priocpe Of nagat
Ing vessels by the power Of expanded air The ship was
fer hour Steam boiler explosion in Reading Ps XIII
pg thres per, ons and wouncing FIVE.
lH.rhs ploteo.s last seen Of Egg H.rsorin
Mathew Belts Of Brooklyn; Thomas Scott Of New York
Thomas Saith apprentice Roger Clark, boatksspsr and
la-snsw . foot deep; good slsishing in New York.
everest winter known in California for many years.
aow among the mountains four and ave feet deep in
some instances actually srng up buildings and crush
Hfpg rot Is Of houses with It's immense weight
guam EACH With large number OF on board
" Of whom were safely landed.
1.-The brig Zebra, which left New Orleans the LIST
With one hundred and ten oOlorei emigrants Liberia
III into Savannah, having lost the ain and twenty
sven Of the smisrants BY cholera
T-PstrioI Fitzgerald, keeper Of /. grocery store in
~ Urited States steamship Fulton sailed from Norfolk
Havana, having on board Hon. WIN. King, Vice.
Is-Great speech Of Gen. Lewis Cass in the United
States senate on the Monroe doctrine.
.hn introduced in the New York Legislature 70 re-
snttDg privileges to construct railroads. Sixty
0eatns HON consumption occurred In New York during
the past week. the largest number that has yet occurred
q one week.
as-spseshes were made by Mr. souls Of Louisiana and
r. Cass OF Michigan, in explanation, interpreting the
onroe doctrine in relation to the Of trans
kaato nations with csatlsntie affairs law previous
ropriatsg $50 o00 for ,tiou Of an equestrian
vtatue OF Warrington at the seat Of government
City resolution e. 1quiry concern Ds the CLAYTON
and Bulwer treaty which granted ertAn rights to Eng
land in Honduras passed the United States Senate.
ne hundred thousand dollars worth CT property Niche
Has Hewlett and William Saul executed in York
Xnv fha Vnf Ra~k
vessel.
20 Enooh Reed indicted for participation Ia the res
aaos in New York Of troupe Of Chinese ja,glsrs.
FEBRUARY
"a serious fire occurred in Nassau street. in Hendsr
sons Intelligence establishment, in which Leopold Coa
and David Collin, brothers burnt to death Dense
fog the East and North rivers In Of which
numerous collisions ocaurrsd Fulton ferry boat
ran into the clipper chip Howqua by which number Of
persons were injured, ana others swept overheard
b.-AldeIman startevsnt, Of the Nov York Common
Council held to bail In $500 for contempt Of in
violating an injunction ia connection with majority of
The Board issued 10 restrain the Common Council rsm
Antarctic bound from Liverpool to New York. out into
Hampton Roads having lost sixty passengers on the pal
SUNDAY, 6.-Ths Ice In the Hudson river at Albany
broke up Two severe shocks Of an earthquake felt
San accident occurred =. Glen Cove Long leland By
the falling Of floor wnch great number Of pea
pie by which one msn vas instantly killed, and twenty
seriously injured. The Maine Liquor law in Vermont
1l.-Upwards OF one thousand men, employed the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and in foundries in and
around the city Of Baltimore struck for higher
12.--Joseph Clark executed in New York FIR the
der Of George T. Gill. spie, policeman.
15-Calorc ship Ericsson sailed for Norfolk. The Hud
BON river again cloaed Ut Albany,
16-Prssident Franklin Pierce arrived in New York en-
route for Washington Steamer Independence, whils
her passage from San Juan del I'D TO San Francisco
ashore OF Mar areta Island where che totally de-
BY fire. and hundred and tn riy human beings
persisted In the flames were drowned.
I7-Gen Pierce left New York for Philadelphia.
2l-News received from California, the telegraph
from New Orleans in pneteen days: the shortest time.
law ding the previous ment relative to the
half dollar, quarter dollar dime and half dime, and
zhozng the coming Of three dollar gold pieces approved
by the President The Law also provides that the silver
coin above mentioned shall be legal tender In payment
OF debts for all sums under 70 dollars.
22Cipper ship NoI thern Light which lett Boston for