The true Democrat., 1855-02-21
From the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. INTERESTING EVENTS OF 1854.
JANUARY,


 I'd. Boiler explosion in machine shop. at Baltimore 6 men injured.
 Sd. Accident on the Albany and Northern Railroad. Cars demolished and brakemen kill led
 Caravajal, the Fillbuster General, acquitted at Galveston.
 4th. Terrible snow storm and severe cold in England Many vessels lost on the coast
 Female college at Albion, Mich, burned.- Loss $15,OOO.
 9th. Steamship San Francisco, from New York, bound to California, with troops. went down. About POO lives lost
 Princes born to the Queen of Spain. 9th. The British and French fleets entered the Black Sea.
 Great Battle at Citate on the Danube. be- tween Turks and Russians The Turks bril- liantly victorious. 7th. Eight warehouses burned at Louisville. Loss $5O,0OO.
 sth. Lafarge Hotel and Metropolitan Hall burned, at New York. Loss about S5OOOOO. Custom House, etc., at Portland Me-. burned. Loss $2OOOOO
 The young Infant of Spain died.
 9th. Convention of soldiers of 1912 in Phil adelphia
 Hon. H: A. Munlenburg M. C., ofPensyl~ vania died at Washington.
 Phil. Trajetta an eminent composer, died at Philadelphia
 Dr. R. I. Lutener murdered at his office in Broadway, N. Y., by some one unknown. 10th. Fire at Detroit. Loss about S35. .OOO. llth. Destructive tornado in western Geor- gla Several lives and much property destroy. ed
 14th. News received at New York, Phila- delphia, etc., of the loss of the San Francisco. causing much excitement.
 Rev. C. Pllman, an eminent divine of the M k. Church, died at Trenton, N. J.
 Bedini, the Pope's Nuncio, burned in effigy at Cincinnati.
 18th. Fire at St Louis Loss about S12O.- OOO
 18th. Hon. R. M. Charlton, an eminent Georgian died at Savannah. 18th. The iron emigrant ship Tayeur, from Liverpool for Australia, wrecked on Lambav Island. APO lives lost.
 The New City Hall in the Park, N. Y, burn ed. Loss $lOOOOO
 2Oth. A terrible tornado at and near Mt. Vernon, o.
 Grand Kaine Law Banquet at Philadelphia Chinese Museum
 21st. Fire at Rochester, N. Y. Loss about S15O,OOO.
 Fire and explosion at Savannah, Ga One man killed. 22d. Great storm on the Ohio. Many coal boats destroyed and lives lost The town of Tchula, Miss, destroyed by fire.
 23d. Mr. Bodisco, Russian Minister to the U. S., died at Washington
 Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Allegh- eny, burned. Loss about S2OOOO
 26th. Roof of iron foundry at Yonkers, N. Y, fell. One man killed and several injured. 18th. Terrible explosion at a cartridge factory, at Ravenswood, L. I. Seventeen children kil- led
 31st. The British Parliament opened by the Queen in person.
 A row in Boston about Bedin, the Pope's Nuncio.
 FEBRUARY.
 1st. Railroad opened from Auburn, Schuyl- kill Co.,, to Harrisburg.
 Three steamboats destroyed at St. Louis by jam of ice in the Mississippi
 2d. The bill to consolidate the old city and county of Philadelphia became law by the Governors signature.
 Fire in the Bowery, N Y. 4 firemen killed. Fire at London, O. Loss S33,OOO
 Sivio Pellico died at Turin.
 Capts. Creighton and Low, the rescuers of the San Francisco sufferers handsomely received in Philadelphia. Sd. TheBelvidere Delaware Railroad opened ito Easton. Fire in Petersburg, Va. Loss S75OOO 4th. Fire among steamboats at New Orleans. Six burned valued at S2OO,OOO. 8 lives lost. 8th. Clipper ship San Francisco wrecked near San Francisco k 10th. Owens Hotel, at Louisville burned Loss S3O,OOO. . 18th. Collision in Alabama river between steamboats Magnolia and Wetumpka lives lost
 l6th. Steamboat Kate Kearney exploded at St. Louis. or killed and wounded. Fire at Petersburg, Va Loss S35,OOO. 17th. A night battle by mistake-Russians against Russians-near Kalafat. Several hun dred killed. Desperate fight between Wm Wright and burglars at his residence, 173 st. 9th st. 18th. Terrible coliery explosion at Wigan, England about 100 lives lost.
 Fire at Alton, III. Loss S25,OOO.
 2Oth. Tremendous snow storm at Phladel- phia and throughout the Northern States. Elliott Cresson, an eminent citizen, died in Philadelphia.
 An alarming instruction broke out at Sara gassa, Spain.
 21st Fire at Little Rock, Ark. Loss 5O,OOO. Public reception of Rev. Dr. Duff at Concert Hall, Philadelphia.
 22d. Fire at Cincinnati. Loss $1OO,OOO. 23d. Destructive fire at 400 N. Sd st., Phil adelphia.
 Gen. Robert Armstrong, editor of the Union, died at Washington.
 24th Fire at Portland, Ky. Loss $35,OOO. 25th. Two steamboats burned at Mobile, Ala. Loss $7O,OCO.
 18th. Steam boiler explosion at Hartford, Conn. IS lives lost
 Collision between steamboat Fanny Fern and Thomas Swan, in the Ohio. Several lives lost.
 Great freshet in South Carolina.
 MARCH
 Ist. The steamship City of Gzasqoao sailed from Liverpool for Philadelphia, with about 600 souls abord. She was never afterwards heard of and is presumed to have foundered, been crushed by ice or otherwise destroyed at