New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-08-23
Anniversary Events--August 20.

lS50-Charles Dyer, midshpman in the unlteo
States navy, was drowned at Pensacola in nobly at
tempting to save the crew Of vessel in distress.
Alexander Hale, assistant engineer in the service,
and graduate Of Yale College, lost his life also IN
the same cause.
ls35-Massacre at Para, in Brazil, by the Indians.
The attack commenced on the 14th. The United
States Consul barely escaped with his fe 1t is sup
posed that the slaughter must have been immense,
and more complete sack of any city probably never
took place.
1s2O-Oliver Hazard Perry, a distinguished Ameri-
can naval officer died at Trinidad Of yellow fever on
the anniversary of his birthday which was the 23d
Of August, l7s5. His victory on Lake Erie over
British force superior in men and guns to his own,
has given bis name permanent place in the history
of his country.
| lSls-Frst steamer from Buffalo to Detroit.
1sls-Batte of Groos' 'Bseren, near Berlin in Prus.
sia; the French under Oudinot, about $4,000, de-
feated with considerable loss.
lsO4-Tripoli bombarded the third time by the
American Commodore Preble, from P. NJ. until
daylight the next morning without much effect
1793-Massacre of the French in ST. Domingo.
I7s9-Silas Deane, Minister Of the United States
to France in l776, died in England in extreme
poverty.
sault by the British Captain Campbell with $50
negroes He lost but killed Spanish loss 65 killed,
taken, mostly wounded.
l756-Foundation stone of Columbia College laid
at New York.
l723-Increase Mather died !; New England
clergyman during the witchcraft deluson, which be
labored to mitigate.
| l693-The first printing executed in New YorE
was proclamation of Governor Fletcher bearing
] this date.
l6s6-Buda, the capital of Hungary, after being
in possession of the Turks for l45 years, was takeI
by the imperialists.
l63O-The first court Of assistants held at Charles
town, Mass. They determined that ministers shoul
be settled houses built and salaries raised for then
at the public expense. SThey settled the price of
chanical labor carpenters joners, brickayers, saw
yers and thatchers should take no more than Is.
day, under penalty of los. to gver and taker.
4 this court Edward Palmer was sentenced for exto
ton, in charging 2l l3s. 4d. for the wood work {
Boston Stocks to sit in them one hour and pay fin
of five pounds.
l622-The Certain News of the Present Week
=, the title of q small quarto of eighteen pages pul
- :. ished this day in London, supposed to be the fir
weekly newspaper in England
l5OO-Don Francisco de Bobadilla arrived at
Domingo, royal commissioner to inquire into tt
, conduct of Columbus.
14sl-Thomas Littleton died; celebrated En-
lish Judge in the time Of Edward ", and author of
treatise on tenures titles, by which all estates we
"a ancienty held in England.
~, ~ l4oo-Edinburgh, the Scottish capital burnt
=. the armies Of Henry " of England.
~ ae l3O5-William Wallace, I" the peerless knight
Eerse,'' at the age Of about 35, executed on Tow
Hill, and his head set up on London bridge, to Il
public gaze.
634-Abdallah Atik Ben Abb Kohafah, bett
known as Abu Bekr, died. He was the first CALI
or successor of Mohammed in the government of t
l. faithful. He enlarged the empire, and caused t
precepts of the prophet to be collected in volun
~ called Al Koran, which is the sacred and cassie
- hooI, of the Nol,amnedapS,