New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-05-05

IS unfolding; and lightning and thunder celebrate
he Inauguration and crowning of that which is new.
Monday, May 5.-Pope Plus Y, St. Hilary, St.
Angelus and others are the days guardians.
The apple tree, dedicated to SITS. Angeus and Plus
s the emblem. ssf ssTyt 4 K gss*53 ;z
/. IN Iz6O Earl Ferrars was hanged, in England, for
1lsird sard.
lBonaparte died at ST. Helena, in
Confinement. His life was 50
need no mention by usss
i. y John-two Of the same
aVfss asndSsft, 6s7, $50 are the days
lie sasis is the floral emblem.
sSh rel sBochart, q very learned French
Il otesyy and orientaIist, died, at the age of
)l8SIn KsA aylor prepared to leave Fort Isabel
ayilggpIeIs himself for vigorous operations upon
Me- In soil. 4sss
SEsYydnsssday, May, Ii. staniy1as, 1919 Pope
Benedict II ;and St. Beverley, are the Saints
catalogued and this. day, the Asiatc
dslI ehn, is the floral accom-
Id siith 2 300 men, left Fort
Isabel: a 4 ma marched eleven miles /;
eneaInpi les from the fort. He had
heard pm therg announcing that
he .W Hue direction, and showed his
readiNeg resssE saE sEEEd ssaF ny a@Ei, 'sS*7
Y The consequence Of hissmovement are chronicled
in the history of the subsequent days. .t. !.
- T1irssrs1ay. MAY s;zsThe Apparition Of st. Mi
chael, the ArchangeIaASt. Wiro; St. Victor, and
numberess others, beESag to this day. a:..g,
The lilly Of the valley, which Solomon praised, is
the flower. .,.,..I.
1nsthe English Church, Rogatiop Sunday.
In le47, Gen. Taylor resumed his march early in
the morning, and reached a broad prairie, bounded
by the Palo Alto On the prairie the Mexican forces
were drawn up, Id battle array The story Of the fell
fight is familiar to all, and Mays splendid charge
need only be reverted to. In two hours the enemy
was routed and fled in disorder. The Americans
slept upon the field ..u., s,o
Friday, May 9.-St. Gregory Nazianzen, 3s9 ;
ST. Hermas and st. Nicholas, are the days ghostly
defenders. .-..+5r
solomon's seal, dedicated to st. Gregory is the
flower. r-. rs,...-..,. ,=ry4-.
On this day, 1775, the news of the battle of Lex
ington heraIded to the good people of Machias,
Maine, and they resolved upon accomplishing some
thing equally renowned and revolutionary. A British
armed schooner the Margaretta then lying in port,
grew suspicious Of danger and put to sea. A sloop
however, was chartered by the Maine men and put to
sea, carrying thirty men. They came up with the
English craft, fought and took her, with a loss Of
twenty men on both sides. This was the first Ameri
can naval engagement, and was wholly private
speculation. -..
In 1916, the battle of Resaca-dela- Palma q CON
tinuaton of Palo Alto, was fought. 1t was shorter
but severer than its predecessor and resulted in Civ
ing the Americans eight pieces of artillery, three
standards and many prisoners. among whom was
General La Vega.
Saturday, May 10. = St. Antoninus, 1859 ;
Gordian, 362, and many others are the days saints
The slender leayed piony, dedicated to St Comgall
is the flower.
Mr.. Erskine's negotiations opening trade with
England were successful in 1909.
The second session of the Continental Congress
was held at Philadelphia, l774, and Gov. George
Washington was elected Commander-in.C Chief of the
American armies, as has been graphically described
by the elder Adams
In IT'S Ticonderaga was taken by surprise, by
Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold, who demanded it
I" in the name of the Great Jehovah and the Con.
tinental Congress-
Mrs. Dustan, one of the hero-women of the revolu.
ton, in 1775 having been taken captive, from Con
and fellow-prsoner, arose and killed ten Of the
twelve Indians who guarded them, and escaped
safely. The General Court of Massachusetts, re-
warded their sutferings and herosm with proper tes
timonials.
Sunday, May 11.-St. Mammertus, Of Venice
A. D. AT, and St. Maiout, 994, are the Saints.
The Lancashire asphodel dedicated to St. Nam
mertus, is the plant
In 1745 the forces Of Connecticut New Hampshire
New York, and Roode Island, amounting to 4,O0(
men, with II ships and the fleet of Commodore War
ren, appeared off Louisburg, and effected a. landing
before the enemy were aware of any such intention
They, Immediately commenced beseiging the place
which was taken on the 2Sth of june after forty
nine days Of seige. 'l. .-,..
In 1887, a court at Hartford, Conn.,, declared wa
against the Pequot Indians. Ninety men, being one
half the encible men of the colony were raised ant
the Pequots were extermnated.
In 1890, King James and his queen arrived in Scot
land.
In 1878, William Pitt, the great English Com
moner, died, in the House Of Lords, aged 70 years.
In 1882, Wilson, renowned English landscape
painter, died. ~