The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-12-31
INDEX TO TIE YEAR 1864
HIS STORICAL.
Annual Chronology Of Events in
the United States

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Deaths Of Revolutionary Patriots and CcnA
gcnarsans-Ffrcs and L.0ss o. Life-RAik-
| road and Steamboat Accidents-asaa-
grasA0n-The Law Cousts-Shlp
Building I'm Now YOsk.
h., TO-, "a.
5pacialy Prepared from tho Files OF tina Msw
York HeraId
l--Fins DAY; good seashiDg Now Year's ceisbsa6sd
IN Now York N very Satisfactory manner. Hno1n
sperr snd icaAbod Umbernead were horribly murdsrs1
in Woodbridge, Conn, BY insane u,an, csd CHARTS
Sanford The murderer . relative Of OF ths pref
nent members q 81 Of religious fanatics IN New Hsven,
called wAkemani:es. Presids.ts Mssssgs pubsheA =
Nsw YoEx HHAID. Tss President nsser waSisg ss~
weeks sent bn annual n~sass (Dsc. 3D 70 ths sws
houses Of Congress. noswshstanAng thsIouss o. Reeve
sentatives had organised elected Speaker.
prohibory liquor INV, having receivsC the sanossa q
Queen Victoria, into operation In me provtnss q
New Brunsvsck
3-Isrssl Adams, engineer Of the traisiof ~
Camden and Amboy Rklrosd which met with dcpassa-
bic accident ~ Burlington n j. having 5sen four tays
ON rial on charge d massaughtsr, vas acquitted ~
the jury "a shock Of earthquake fsx =
Sun FrAnctsco.
A-Navigasior OF the Ohio river closed tyics :. ~
persons, al lrsh arrested IN Cincinnati caegs
Of violating the neutrality laws II was tie inpoa10
that they acting In concert with parties In rsW
Yor1, having in wow . descent upon Ireland.
5.-Great snow storm In New York and ether piasag.
Snow fell in New York city TO the depth Of treay ssA
and drted in banks from four to sess gh bIss
Ing up the railroads and readeag travel vsry uncsr.
Tho storm, which continued through The night Of the -
and ssh, the most that had becn known fw
Book.
The new city government Of Now York. vss b.
both boards Of the Comm0a Council.
ga convention Of the Veterans Of the war OF lsls
wA held in Washington city. Upwards of two hundFo4
celssases present. Tho object q the esaveaun
w 70 drais measures to upon Congress The
Veterans me last war and 70 extend ths psovsess q
the bocny land shook Of IN sarthqaaks wss
Good weather all over the country. Thesnens1R
In New York i've degrees below zero Excslsss ssOA-
20 S Sns =.
Attorney and the arrest OF three Of her passssGsrs vD
we-e suspected Of being engaged In hostile szpsdiAn
terrible accident occurred The Hudson Eaysv RsA-
road, near Poushksepss The Albany train, vhch -
into BY The Poughksspsie ra,n, asd assss q
moisaed FIVE PASSENGERS we're killed and t.sa1Xa Ave
went lahore Al Fire Island bar ana four Of her ersv,
plot osok and two apprentices were lost young -.
ssos; ssssn S ear: oid W. ss. = Sm s ne vs:ss vs
frc "a 10 desn, for the space Of thirty SIX borss.
Nl-Aaosher aociaess occurred on shs HaAsss ny~
bridge scross spuy.ende7il Creek. An esrsssr -
nreaas were killed, and number d passengers ssa-
l6-Eyrou II Clark Governor Of New ycvk ssus -
annual message 10 the Legislature the House Of RspsS
ns o. sieesDr spe.ls n' seS, o. ,hs -
the Havrc packet ship 81 Denis. The captain, psassn-
gers and portion OF the crew, IN all thirty souls vsrs
23-Tae American steamship Pacids coumanded ~
Capt AaA udridge Of the Collins line, sallng bcsws.s
never afterwards heard Of She on beard forty avs
passengers any eight oncsrs and crew, thirty sevsn
All one hundred and forty persons
2A-The President sent message to Ceasvsss relasvs
as-Tns shock Of an esrsD quake w.s rels IN rredss
Nd. Indians 70 the number Of sovsn hundred attscs4
me Town Of Seattle, m ws:hnEsos Tsrrsery, and we
rspulsed by the Of The sloop wAx Dcoatur wn
the loss Of eighty Indians killed and wounded.
23-Another deep snow fell In New York, vtAsn
four consecutive weeks A party q fugitive savss.
fron Kentnoky, arrested In Cncianasi but bs6se
psr,y murdered her own child, BY cassias Is throat
3o-Soathcrn Commercial Conveuuoa oommsnoea ~
session m Richmond, ya,.. bon issss os.a q Mo-
ate on Ccairal American sfArs.
3i.--Hon VIM. II. seward, Of Row. York. delivered
speech in the tinted States SeDste On Central AmsvsaA
arArs. Tho January Just closed ahe celdsst tang
the entire month"; Of which there n any record. n
cold seemed 70 exsead 70 nearly ovsrT par a -
oou,sry.
FKBHsARY.
2-AB the Fast river and Long IsAad sssad bosss Akd
~, being able TO make passage shro-gh the sos.
The Southern Commercial Couvsnsos aaw sss~os -
four days. as Rchmosd adjourned 10 nsss u sAvsAsaA
on the sth Of December, 1859.
4-Tss nven and harbor srsuad New York alnsss
Blocked up with ios... Tho brig wm. n sAnord havng
- - a.
the East river and waabo~s bay, Broskfyu.
Ths captain, his wife and Two oAIldssn, ne nas. I've
two seAnsn and cook-in all o.sN pwsoas-vsas down
with ths vessel and drovnsd Two Of The ssa3sn
ssoaped BY going up V the naas hssA from wtch pas
ton they rescued by boat asn The Un,sd saess
ahip North Carolina. George r. Dallas, Of rsnssyfv~-
MA appointed by The Prsstsas and Senate Minister "
Enehnd I'm plaes o. james BsGhAzas, who rssaissa
She action Of ,hs Commisss ssssrs % ~ New Tee
Cessrai PNk was ,sanrmsd oy ths Supreme Oeur q -
Sass The mine lrtshmen IN C1onnau vhA were wt94
On charge q v1aasisg M assarsiiV hw soqun-
ted The bole~ Of the sssambsaA Bss. oncrAnsnD
river California, exploded, Killing thirty psssaas ssd -
7.-Pollcs J-ssAos Abrza 9sssrA Of Esw YORK, vss
found gully By jury n ,hs osust Of ssasrAl sssross
seesws Lewis Cass fsa, IRON Ne ssps Of ths SsasnA
omos in wssAiBssna, and - ssrssuAy f.lursS.
v.r. sem. % o% ss ~ ss . ioss 3 - rsss =
render assirlnScs required. rhs Prsss6ent BueA
pssss Ha.sss rsrs,.%r .nS shrsss,ns 3 Ssss %
vmnDena 6oops sgAas. ~ border vufnans su6 rsf0c
tory squssaer sovwesgpe, peace was not mAnAaned.
H.-Nsws recsfved rom the eland Of kantuokeA
Nas, vAAsh hsd beca cut on fro@ all oetanunicsuoa
from Tho main lasd for .sary tvo wsskn ~ AbAss -
cc.
is.--rhs cony@uca Of sss I,,sA Enlgr.sA Aid scoss
", which vss composed q daountes frsn the Gpl>nA
StaAes end Canada nter ssesson = fsur sAys, n Ban
10, adjourned Ths ossenable cIort of Ne oonveneSs
vas V dsv.s means 10 render "A 70 rvuh c2igrAe1B
vhe deairok " cooese puba lADda ethss 10 III
ry or the Bnash provinces rhs csssns u San Fr1n-
tbs shosk of esrshquAha scass a whom mach
NGhts,ei unost everyshnG IN - city vNs m0veA
wAa u Of the builA.nU ~ ~ Mrowa down. clccnn
vsrs stcpDsd and connAsrasIs ssssswy W. byckn-
ne shsck vss nm N dnssns yare = ~ e.aAs.
tnsvills La which dsaoys e9oo go wcth sf propse-
w. and, By - sxponsa IN sss Il Ne burning Suil6nG
twelve or fourseen ifvae WIRE lcss.
7a-Washsgions binnday snHaversayy oeiebrated
AhgeugAout the country N styla snpsror 10 Any pRs