New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-11-20

1572- Completion Of the first Presbyterian meet
: inp.honse in England. IT was at Wandsworth, j
: Surrey.
154s-A tanner named Kett, who rebelled agains
Edward, vas taken BY Dudley, Earl of Warwick, an,
hung III chains at the top Of Norwich Castle.
Ila7-The Portuguese navigator, Yasquez de Cana
t doubled the Cape Of Good Hope; which up to tina
time had been considered the extreme limit Of South
ern navigation and was called the Cape Of Tempests
1851 VIM. Caxton, the first English printer, pub
lshed his Last Siege and Conquest of Jerusalem.
1411-Death of Johannes Cantacuzenus, Byzan
tine historian, whose great wisdom caused him to b
called to accept the throne during one troubloui
period. He did So and upon the restoration Of orde
retired.
l347-Rienzi, the Roman Tribune, defeated ant
| killed Stephen Coonna
! 119l-Death of Baldwin, Archbishop of Canter
bury, at Acre, in Palestine, whittier he had accom-
panied the Crusaders.
87O-Edmund the Saint, King Of East Anglia, was
tied to tree aud shot to death with arrows, by the
Danes.
4 303Great triumph of Diocletiau and Maximan,
at Rome in celebration Of the victories of themselves
and the two Csars in Persia and Britain and on the
Nile. Danube, and Rhine. It was the last spectacle
Of the kind in Rome.
63-st Paul was shipwrecked on the coast Of
Malta.
EVENTS OF NOVEMBER 81.
Is56-Death Of Samuel swartwout, aged 49, He
was Collector Of New York during Jackson's Presi-
dency.
1852-Death Of the English authoress Mary Berry,
aged 80, celebrated besides her own works, for the
personal and epstoary attention paid her by Horace
Walpole.
1s35-Death of the Scottish poet James Hogg, the
Ettrick shepherd He was man ofhumble origin,
but great lion in bis day
l832-Great riots in Lyons, France, The silk
manufacturers struck for higher wages. The en-
ployers resisted and 10000 people were thrown out
Of employment Riots followed and for several days
the city was entirely at the mercy OF the mob. The
same day occurred the battle Of Konich, in which
10 900 Egyptians defeated rs 900 Turks and took the
Grand Vizer prisoner. The same day the Emperor
of Russia ordered the transportation Of 5000 Polish
families from the province of Podoia to the Seppes,
near the Caucasus also, abolished the University of
Warsaw, exGeptthe departments of medicine and d.
yinity, and had the library and medals sent to ST.
Petersburg
18l2-The British gave Fort Niagara tremendous
bombardment, firing during the day 1000 rad.hot
shot and $50 shells but could not take the fort The
American loss wassonly killed and wounded. The
same day occurred the battle OF Borisoff, in which
the Russians defeated the French and Poles with
great slaughter
l807--Death Of Abraham NeWland, for 60 years
cashier Of the Bank Of England.
1906 Bonaparte issued his Berlin decree, declaring
the British ports in a state Of blockade.
1s03-The famous German robber John Buckler,
and 10 of his band were executed. He began life as
an exeGutoner from that he took to petty theying
| and finally became the greatest robber Of his day.
Still, he never murdered any body and on this ac-
count be expected pardon to the last.
l7s3-Pilatre Roster and the Marquis d'Arandes
made grand ascent in balloon named the Mont
golfer.
17s0-The Bank of England settled up for the Hes
slams killed in the British service in America paying
for them at the rate Of $50, or $3.50 per head The
number lost was 1900 and Mr. Van Often, The
agent Of the Landgrave Of Hesse, carried home, in
three per cent stock, the snug sum Of f4Tl 0OO OF
1885 GOO.
l777-Silas Deane was recalled from Paris by Con
gress, and John Adams sent out in his stead.
1856 Porto Beo was taken BY the English squad
ron under Admiral Vernon.
l640--John, Duke Of Braganza, was proclaimed
King Of Portugal, which kingdom he had recovered
from the Spanish yoke.
1579-Death of Thomas Gresham, celebrated
merchant Of London His house was appointed for
tile reception Of foreign princes, ana it was by his
munifeence that the first Royal Exchange was plan
ned and built.
53s- The delegates Of Jastinan completed their
famous institutes, OF system of elementary law.
as b C.--Death of Marcus Licinias Crassus, sur
named DiDes, the rich on account of his tremendu-
Gus wealth. He was a triumYr with Caesar and
Pompey, and was killed at Haran, in Syria, with
great part Of his army, whilst on an expedition
against the Parthians. His prodgality reached
hight not approached by anything in history. He
once gave feast to the whole Roman people ten
thousand tables were spread and after the feast he
distributed corn enough to last each family three
months.
The Bonner aud Everett Donation to the
Mount Vernon Fund
MI. Bonner, Of the New York Ledger, has ad.
dressed the following letter to Mr. Everett, offering
the following handsome sum- and in a very handsome