New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-09-04

September 4th has been marked by the following
events, ID Che roll of time:
| ls50-MarshaI Haynau, the Austrian Butcher"
mobbed 10 London by the workmen in and about
Barclay & Perkins brewery.
l844-Matamoros, Mexico, ruined by hurricane ;
two thirds Of the houses blown down, and two hun
bred lives lost
l843-Capt. Ross returned to England, after a four
years voyage of discovery in the Southern Polar
Circle.
1861 Memorable in the annals Of Turkey. The
Sultan gave all the ladies of his seaglto outdoor pri
yileges Always before, residence in the seraglio
had been an elegant Imprisonment for life.
ls34-Death of George Clymer, in England, at
the age of so. He was Philadelphian and inventor
of the Columbian printing aress.
lS30-Death Of Donald Mcdonald, at Lynn Mass.
He was remarkable for being drunken yagIant all
the latter part of his life and yet reaching the age
Of los
ls04-Great hurricane in the West Indies 274
vessels wrecked and many lives lost.
1892 Garnerin, French aronaut, descended
safely in parachute from his balloon, at height of
5000 feet
l797-sixtyfiye Deputies in the French Directory
voted down and condemned to transportation, Tor
favoring restoration Of monarchy.
l7s5-First balloon ascension of Sadler, the first
English nronaut
l745-Perth, Scotland, occupied by Charles the
Pretender and his followers he then and there pro.
claiming himself King.
l69S-Death of Philip II Of Spain by a oathsome
disease one of The fastest men that ever lived 1t
was his own boast, that during his reign he had
spent 600,9O0O0o golden ducats, and sacrificed
| 10000, 600 human lives,
l532-Pizarro, having landed in Peru, began his
march into the interior with the enormous force Of
| 62 horsemen and log men on foot. He got this de-
voted band to follow him, upon representations that
he was on peaceable mission, for the propagation
among the Indians Of the Catholic religion
| l45G-neath of John CoFynus Hunniades a Hun
garian General, celebrated for whipping the Turks.
Tomorrow, Sunday, September 9Th, will be the an
| nisefsarg Of the following occurrences
| l84S-lnsurreetion at Leghorn, and capture of the
/ city by the insurgents,
l637-Death of Browlaski, the Polish dwarf, lust
three feet high, at the age Of 49, He had brothers
| over six feet high.
lsl9-faL Of several pieces of earth from d necn.
liar looking cloud at stadein. in Noraya; there
being no storm or elemental disturbance at the time
lsl3-1. S. brig Enterprise, Lieut. Burrows, Ii
guns, engaged the British brig Boxer Lieut. Blythe,
Is guns, off Seguin. The Enterprise took the Boxer
~ forty minutes. Both commanders were killed. and
buried together at Portland on the Sth
/ lSl2-First battle of Borodino between the Frennh
under Napoleon and the Russians under Koutousotr.
The approach Of night left il annndeermined battle.
l800-For acquisition Of Malta, from the
French, by the British, who have held it ever since
The French had taken the island from the Knights
| only two years before
1785-First balloon ascension in Scotland, by Iu-
nardi.
l18l-An indecisiye engagement, or the Chesa.
peake, between the British fleet under Graves and
the French fleet under De Grasse.
/ l7is-handing of the British under Gen. GREY,
and pilage and ineendlarism at Bedford or Dart.
mouth.
Meeting of the first Congress 1t Philadel.
phla o. members present, representing II Of the
iiSz-A memorable day in theatrical annals. The
nfst plaS BY a regular theatrical company in Amer.
lea was given at Williamsburg, then the capifa Of
Virginia. The programme consisted of Sbakspeares
Merchant Of FENCE, and afternieee written b,
Garrick, entitled L.ethc, In the play youno man
named Lewis Halam had to make his first aT,aor.
anee, and speak one line. When his turn came ba
was unable speak his line, and went off the STAGE
in bears and in disgrace But he did great deol
better afterwards and for nearly half century was
star actor in both tragedy aud comedy.
/ 1655-stuyvesant sailed from New York to fight
tue Swedes on the Delaware.
i654-oromwell's first parliament assembled al
Westminster.
l593-River Thames drained nearly dry by West
erly winds and low tides
l54S-heath of Catherine parr, sixth and last
queen Of Henry VIII.
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