New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-03-03
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TOR The readers of the Double Sheet Crescent. q
In the progress and Journey of time whose traVea
is never Stacked; in which there are alts but
steady advancesfrom what was to what is towards
what is to be another week has worn away, and the
world stands at the threshold of its successor
Eighteen hundred and fftysix times has the same
event occurred since the Christian era began with
many thousands Of times previously. Many hopes i
have hung around its dawning, some of which grew
fullorbed and crescent in its progress while others
contracting and whitening in its career shrank towards
its close and melted to nothingnesa
Monday, March 3.-St. Cunegunde, Or, as the
old chronicles embalm her memory, Kunegunde-an
Austrian Empress, when the immediate descendants
Of the Caesars sat on the great German throne-A. D.
1O4O-is protectress Of the present day, aided by
many others of lesser note. The golden fig marygold
dedicated to St. Cunegunde, is the floral emblem.
In 1897 on this day, George Washington, President
for eight years of the country his raor had created
and his wisdom had cenented, retired from the high /
position to which he had been twice elected and
which he filled with such honor such purity and such
wisdom as to cast on it .quenchless sluster that
neither time, nor envy, any weakness Of his
cessors, can wholly do away with. |
| Tuesday, lIarcT, 4-Gcneral Doniphan, in 1S47, /
took the city of Chihuahua Mexico containing 1000
soldiers and 10000 inhabitants, with army of one
thousand Americans. .s
st. Adrian, a Bishop, who died A. D. s74, and St.
Casnir are the principal guardians of this day.
The chickweed is the floral emblem. -. *
= St. Casimr, as is indicated by his name, was q
Pole born in l45S, and deceased March 4th, 1852
not five and twenty years of age. He was son of
Casimr the third, and committed suicide after which
the chronicers state, that he reappeared on earth,
" lied Polish army through an impossible river!
r and conquered the Muscoyites.'
In the spring of l776, Washington proposed to ex
pei the British army from Boston, In order to do So,
it was deemed expedient to fortify and occupy Dor
: chester Heights which commanded the barber and
! shipping. On the evening Of the 4th of March a
L L covering party of sO0 followed by working party
of 1900 with entrenching tools took possession of the
heghths and by morning had constructed such forti-
ications as completely sheltered them. On March l.
l791, Vermont admitted in the Union -.
:: Wednesday, March 5.--St Adrian and Eubu
as lus, who lived A. D. 3o9 and St. Roger who lived
D. in 1886, the patron saints of the fifth. Greer
Hellebore, dedicated to st. Adran, and peculiarly
noxious drug, is the plant mentioned in the floral i
- rectory
The smithers of tin, if they pay special regard to
any day. should do to this by of the regard
=, due to st. Pan, worthy member of their craft,
ct who is reported to have communicated secrets
IS concerning tinnery their ancestors He was born
in Ireland but died in Cornwall.
V In l77O an ARRAY occurred at Grays Rope Walk,
N in Boston, which fired the troubles initiating the
r luton. The difficulty between soldier and q
citizen, in which the proyocation given by the
he latter; whereupon scufle ensued in which the
s soldier was beaten IThe trouble occurred the
third but on the fifth the soldiers while under arms
p were nsulted and dared to fire. Seven of them die
it so killing three citizens and woundng five others
bo ;D-to Mi, 1oniD
blage convened under arms. The tumut was queeG
by Gov. Hutchinson, who promised that the soldier:
* should be properly punished. Two of them on the
n trial. were convicted of manslaughter, and the day
et afterwards celebrated anniversary in that
ar city.
or or Thursday, March G-st. Chrodegang st. Fri
de dolin Sts Kyneburg and Knyeswid and Others are
the tutelar divines of the day and the lent lily Oh
IL naressus pseudo7orcissus multiplied is the flora
en- en- emblem.
cr- The Romans used to celebrate the day witt
floral sports Ludi F7o1ules; supplcating beneficen
ne ne influences upon the grass trees, flowers and othe
all products, with great many ceremonies of pleasant
- nature.
o. In 1925 old DR.. Samuel Parr modern Methuselah
died at very advanced age celebrated both for his
, ~ learning and longevity who had lived in two
nd centuries enjoying the better half of each The Ger
mans celebrate this day with festivals welcoming
ST. spring and pleasant weather.
rs "a Friday, March s--St Thomas Aquinas 1874
-, ST. Perpeua 205 and st. Paul, anchoret, abou
"N 800. The early daf1od is The emblem.
M In 1774 Parliament passed the Boston Port Bill
by which that port was prohibited from the landing
:ed or dischargng, loading and shipping goods ware
IT. and merchandise. The bill grew out of what is no,
M called the Boston Tea Party when the inhabtant
fly that city mingled whole cargo of Bolea with TIN
T. waters of the bay rather than suffer an unjust ia
!. alton. -
II, Vera Cruz was summoned to surrender by Gcner;
ale Scott in ls47 and refusing very shortly takel
Saturday, March stI-St. john St. Duthak, S
IF Rosa and many have charge of the eighth I'll
. cver-blowng Rose and great Jonquil are the 1or
ST. emblems.
the In 1850, all earthquake shook all London, abo,
ey half past five in the morning 1t awoke people fro
their sleep and drove them out of their houses. II
per bells were rng in the churches, dogs howled and h
as Jumped half yard above water. At Westminster
to was thought the judgment day had arrived and LAY
I'm. yers began praying, as they known to
ma fore nor sincc.''
In 1906, Chief Justice Jays treaty with Great Bl
b tain was submitted to Congress this day providl
indemnity for unlawful captures of slaves carried {
by the British at the close of the The obstru
t. tions to collecting debts to cease and the pos
Oh the frontier, were to be evacuated Other stpui
tions were embraced and the treaty was limited
twelve years.
In 1916, General Taylor moved from Corpus Chris
toward Point Isabel, which he reached on the 25th.
. Sunday, HIarch 9th-'rhe petticoat dafod
dedicated to St. Catherine is the flower Of the day
anu scientifically called Narcsuss Bulbocoam the latt
being the Latin for pettcoat. st. Gregory, of Il
fourth century, is the tutelar of the day
Aside from the events occurring in the earlier pc
ton of the month, there are some Of Importance, t
specific dates of which do not recollect. Of the
eho may be nstanced Governor Carvers treaty with vi
sasot the great sachem of the Massachusetts, Indal
- which was kept inviolate and unbroken upon bo
Grip sides until the breaking out of King Phillips war;
noi n more properly, the Naras ansett war in 1915
kept up by his lieutenant, Agawam even after Phil
had fallen. He was savage noble almost classic
his personal appearance, and animated with as mol
spirit of patriotism fired any of those who
~ - at Thermopyle.
~ From this history of the week little can be gle
an ed Of the charactero the In countries wh
ivao the shines warmly men shake off the trammel