Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1858-01-07
New Series---Vol. III, No. 8.
From the Phiiadeiplia pnlletin-
Principal Events Of General Anf
Local Interest During the Yer.
1857.


Principal Events of General ands
Local Interest During the Yer
1857.
January.
lst. Gen. w. Walker at Rivas, Nicaragua:
San Juan river in possession of the allies,
who hold San Carlos Twenty buildings
burned at Halifax, N. s. Loss 500, 1000
5th. Neapolitan frigate Charles LII blew
up, killing crew and contingent Of troops on
board, beand for Sicily.
9th Battle between Mexican Goyernments
and Reyolutionists under Gen. Garcia tioy-l
errrnent victorious, with heavy lpss err
mont State Capitol, with splendid library and
cabinet, burned.
9Th. Gen. Henningsen besieged IN d chAr0h
at Granada, breaks through lines Of aliies,
and makes his way to Rivas. Loss zoo men,
allies Lost severely.
9th. Severe earthquake in California isou-
ses thrown down, at San Diege and Fort Ic--
jon; two persons killed.
18th. Suburbs Of Canton destroyed bgs
English feet; steamer Samson fuught larE8
fleet of junks in Canton river. #
18th. Gen. Simon Cameron, of Pa, eIecfBd
U. S. Senator from March 4, 1857.
18th. Foreign residents in China discover
plot TO murder them with poisoned bread and
oranges; 5000 poisoned oranges discovered
at Hong Kong.
10th. Cold weather. At Philadelphia, 2o.
above zoro; Woodstock, Me-, 25o below zero.
Riot at Albion, NJ. Y, between American
and Irish canallers; two killed. six wounded
Heavy shocks of an earthquake at Panama.
IS. I. Norcross, of Mass, killed by d. S.
McKim near Altoona, Blair county. Pa.
18th. Verger, French priest, sentenced to
death for attempted assassination of Arch
bishop Of Paris. Royalist prisoners, on
whose account the Neufchatel difficulties were
caused, released and sent from Switzerland.
18th. Great snow storms and obstructiov
to travel about Philadelphia; TaBer
Methodist Episcopal Church burned
cold weather over Middle and Southern
with gale at sea steamer Black We
drifted before it ffty-two hours.
Goth. Bombardment of Canton by ]
Admiral Seymour ceased having COZ
since October 28th, during which time 7u,vvu
lives reported lost.
22d. Dwellings belonging to Washington
Manufacturing Company, at Gloucester, New
Jersey, burned: twenty families rendered
houseless.
24th Dr. Harvey Burdell found murdered
in his Office 8 | Bond street, New York, hay-
ing received fifteen stabs. Intense excitemert
created by mystery surrounding murde
j. Eckel and Mrs. Il. A. Cunningham.
ed on suspicion Gen Hennngsen feh
retire from 0braje by Costa Ricans
loss on both sides.
25th. Hon. Andrew Stevenson.
Minister to England, died, aged Sc.
in Albemarle county, Virginia. -. -.
Goth. Captain and fourteer1 r1"na,,s ' os
British barque Sir G. Campbe. and other
their sinking vessel by Anne The effee,
pole and brought to Cape Tshe'her casual
9th Preston S. Brooks, BY following
Carolina, died, at Washingt nses OF O0~e'
18th. Fire at Girard bull
Chestnut street, Philadelps
Sl00, 000.-Battle of San Ge6h are The es.
ningseh made an unsuccessfu,.cn' mnsn @
drive off Costa Ricans. Gen. III. i.,se Of
Walker at Rvas.
February.
3D. Nathaniel West sentenced to dealt
murder of Arabella, his wife, at Philadelphia.
Saw mill and fifteen dwellings on Peg and
other streets, Philadelphia. burned down.
9Th Col. Lockridge defeated on San Juan
river by Costa Ricans.-Block of houses, on
Chestnut street, st. Louis Mo-, fell, killing
three persons the ruins caught fire.
Sth. Great freghet in Delaware, Schuylkill,
Susquehanna, Ohio, Hudson, Oswegs and
other rivers much property destroyed about
Albany, New York, loss estimated at $500, csc
English Gen. Outram obtained signal vic
tnry over Persians, at Kooshab. Persian loss
700; English loss 20.
9th. 10000 bales of cotton in warehouse
Mobile, Ala, burned loss $4,000. r
10th. Perceptible earthquake at Philadf
phia and in New Jersey.-Bosch's dwellii
and cabinet warehouse, New York. burn
down; Mr.. b. and wife burned to DEATH
Twelve Mexican robbers hung by Californii
at San Diego.
llth Freshet in Delaware river; saA>
damage done on Jersey side, above Phila
phia $780, 900 worth of property destrd
by fire in Broad street, Newark, Nj.
18th. Inquest on DR.. Burdell FINISHED
New York; bills brought against Mrs.
ningham and Eckel.
18th. Serious riot among laborers at
gen tunnel; two killed, twenty-five woq
and seventy captured by military.
10th. Dr. f. X. Kane died at Hat
his remains we're brought home via Ne
leans, honors being paid by principal
along the route.
lTth. Freshet, with destruction of d
ty, in New England rivers.-MassaF
Europeans by Chinese in Sarawak aH
neo Sir. j. Brooke Rajah) narrowly eS
18th. Ship Cathedral, from Philad
for San Francisco, lost off Cape Hork
nine lives.
10Th. Print Works in Dutchess ccupt~
Y, burned $500 men thrown cut Of
loss Sl25, ,000.- Report brought intd
at Washington in favor of the expnA
four Representatives for bribery and 4
ton Man named Sherwood shot dea
fight at meeting of Gov. Walkers frii
Leavenworth, Kansas
2lst. Steamers Belfast and Humbol{
ded at Napoleon, Ark; IS lives lost
sunk and became total loss,