Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1858-01-21

checks marked; interior Banks generally
| suspended, with Baltimore and Wilmington
Banks
28th Panic in money tremendous Phila-
] delpha Banks all in confusion; call issued
for extra session Pennsylvania Legislature !;
suspension extended to Washington and the
| Virginia Banks
Both. Brigham Young, by proclamation,
orders the U. S. troops to leave Utah, and
| defes United States.
30th. New York Banks hold out money
reported easier and no failures startling de-
falcation of f. w. Porter, Secretary Ameri-
| can S.S Union-$88, 900 disappeared.
October.
lst Emperors Of Austria and Russia hold
conference at Weimar.
I'd. Panic awful in New York all market
falling and no sale for any stocks.-Fire
man killed by falling walls at Pittsburg.
Propeller and warehouses burned at
Sandusky, Ohio.-Ramgurb mutineers de-
fcated in India forty five British killed.
4th. Thomas Kilby cuts OFF his wife's head
in Montgomery county, Pa.-Gen. Great
head beats Sepoys at Rolundshur fort Of
Malaghur taken flom Sepoys.
5th. Firemen's parade in Philadelphia ;
first for five years s-Governme trains del
stroyed by Mormons near South Pass.--
Gen. Greathead beats Indian mutineers at
Allyghur British loss 100, mutineers 1000.
9th. Election in Kansas carried by Free
State party NJ. j. Parrott elected Congress
sional delegate by 5000 majority.
7th. National fast day, on account of In
dian troubles, in England.
9Th. Gloomy times in New York Bowen
& McNamee, with other firms, failed-Two
shocks of earthquake at st. Louis and in IL
linois.-Bank Of England advanced rate
of discount to per cent on hearing of
American crisis.
9Th Two bank suspensions in New York.
-Gov. Walker, of Kansas, refused to re-
ceve pro-slavery fraudulent election returns
and driven out of compton.--America
ship Warden dashed to pieces on the English
coast; Z men drowned.
10th. Illinois Central and Erie Railroad
protested in New York and Brooklyn Savings
Banks.-G. w. 2. Custis died at Airing
ton, Ea.-Thomas Crawford, sculptor, died
at London, aged 43.
18th. Gen. w. f. Packer, elected COVER
nor of Pennsylvania ; S. p. Chase, Governor
of Ohio; Americans carry Maryland riots
in Baltimore three killed.-Eighteen
New York Banks suspended
Mcguire, first editor in Indiana, died.
100000 ofproperty burned at Grand de Tour,
Illinois,
l4th After desperate struggles the 81
New York Banks all suspended specie pay
ments, causing suspension all over the State,
New England, Michigan, and all over United
States.
18th. Train on New York Central Rail-
road thrown down embankment 2 killed, 20
wounded.-Steamer Tropie sunk in Mis-
souri, river Is lives lost.
10th. Fire and gunpowder explosion at
Brownsville, Texas killed loss $500, 600.
18th. Walls of new beer vault fell in at
Williamsburg, n. Y; 4 men killed.-Two
murders in Brooklyn.--In New York, Ro-
gers, aged IL, kills Swanston.
18th. Desperate affrays with fatal results
in Boston, with warehouses,
burned at Port Stanley, G. W.; loss $50, 900.
10Th. Terrible fire in Chicago twenty per-
sons killed loss 5000, ,000.--Storm on Lake
Michigan, vessels lost and thirty men drown
ed on steamer Reindeer.
22d. News of loss of Central America re-
ceived California, causing general gloom lit
tie business done in San Francisco.
23d. Slight earthquake in Southern New
York k-Sugar refinery burned at Cincin-
natl loss $4,000.
9th Financial panic in England and on
the Continent many heavy failures.
2Sth. Utica IN. " lock factory burned;
loss $50, ,000.-Cen. Valentine Best died q:
Danville, Pa.
Doth. Baltimore placed under martial law
by Gov. Lyon great fears of political riots.
-Freshet in Northern New York and New
England great damage to canals and rail-
roads. Boiler explosion, wounding sever
al persons, at Providence, II. l.; loss $50, 900.
30th Gen. Oavaignac died in France, aged
So.
November.
lst. Railroad depot at Cairo, H., burned !;
loss $3.50, ,000-800 English troops defeated
mutinecrs at Kutina, India.
Sd. Unsuccessful attempt to launch steamer
Great Eastern Tor Leyiathan) at Millwall,
London-New York State election carried by
Democrats, Wisconsin and Massachusetts by
Republicans, Louisiana and New Jersey by
Democrats, and Maryland by Americans
Colonel johnson, commanding U. S. Utah
| Expedition, arrived at Camp on Hams Fork
and pushed on towards Salt Lake.
4th. Financial crisis at its height in Eng
land consols So; many failures-Richard
Carter, President of Anthracite Bank, Tama-
qua, shot dead in Philadelphia by L. w.
Smith
5th. Rate of discount raised to per cent.
by Bank of England.
9th. Mass meetings of unemployed in New
York; march through Wall street, causing
excitement among Misunderstanding muir
ders, rapes, &C., in New York-Comonfort
made Dictator of Mexico.
8th Tornado along Memphis and Ohio
Railroad in Tennessee-Contingent of Ma
hedpore East Indian) troops murder their
officers, but are routed by British-Hamilten
shot dead in New York by Marony
9th Unemployed demonstrations in New
York, causing much excitement-Meeting of
stockholders Of Bank of Pennsylvania; direc-
tors resign and declare affairs in utter confu-
sion-Sir Colin Campbell, with 5000 men,
crossed the Ganges to relieve Lucknow.
10th. Goshen Bank, New York, robbed of
! 800, ,000-Stores in fremont Row, Boston,
] hnrned loss S1OO O00--Rate of discount