New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-01-05
Anniversary ~ 'ents Jan >.


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l6S 6tsamship San Francisco foundered at sea.
81 roo persons on board, 247 were lost by being
washed overheard 10 the gale.
1858 Death d Commodore Charles W. Morgan
aged IS. He was . son Of Gen. Morgan Of the Revo'
luton and distinguished himself in the action be.
tween the Constitution and Guerrero. Same day,
revolution in Mexico Arista resigned, and Cevallos
elected President pro tsn
lS52-Death Of Baron Kemenyi, Hungarian pa-
triot and valiant warrior. aged So. Same day, death
of BENJAMIN "a Rochi at Paris, aged 81; the trans
1atnr of sbakspeare into French, Same day, death
If Enrene Ieyesone at Paris, aged 81 author Of q
h ook If American travel.
ls49-Lfeut. Maury announced to the Secretary Of
the NAVY the discoyery Of the magnetic clock BY Dr.
Toches ~ lhio
loIs Tia pr;,;sh nat;ona, debt At this date
| Amounted = e7a1la3e45.
la4r-Deatb Of .Iames Abraham H;llhonse. a noet
n sm;nence A. Ns,, Haven. aoea 81
1sa7-Death, q Frederick Duke Of York. AGED GA:
! man rho IA ~ eyentfnl and a;ssonte life and
~ .onoh 4; recs;pt n nr;nce,v salaries and non.
s;ons ,;as es,srol hnrrea "a nonnaa Il deht
| = h,s ta;,o,s IA othor cre,l;tors
,es. n.;,;sh .hns ona so,ecen fter
- Ian davs toox the fortress of cattaro.
!. IS. N, c,rclsta - s,rron,oro ~ Tho Rr;,;sb
20, = M. r-...h ~, ~, So 80 ro,;s
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1910 ~. French va,, sua,a nnaer sonlt attacked
| ~ Rr;t;sh raar .nard nnIer Sir .Iohn Moore The
Franch ware rann,sea and f,eners, Colbert nortallv
vounled
/ ,aoe- RreaIau anrrondared to the French With
/ 6sao prnss;an soldiers Ne 81 "a
1 17aa b r.onoraea naesed q hill, having Kosc;nsko
40 am and Il the onr daughters IF onnt do Crasse
! ston aacb mar .nnnm FIR Ave vears.
17a7 British shin poIvnhemus took the French
i shin ,,ITranie. off the coast Of ireland.
ITae .no.t, oe s,amnel Hpnt;noton a f,onnect;cpt
s;,,nsr & 10 ord !,
/ ~ 40 mon nr;c;no,lv moor forn,.r,a hny
liz horalv orv education he cultivated h;nself 40
y. ,,.a, <, ..na.a a. WITH horro,,sa hoo,s IN
80 60 ,ont !. "a f,,araI Assa,,bi af.a,
a.. r;r,,,s
81 cs.a,sa p.noh vss fralIn ssn. - rorarass
1ohn Ia "a President If that hoav and Il
~. ,;,a :, ~. .ath f,oyornor ~ II. stats
,1ng n.,.;,h sh;s pa,,ona ,,a A1oxn o.,,t,,.oa
~, r..,ah s,,;., ~ I,as.aa Az,
~ rrano, ro,sa ~ r;t;sh nnaer nnnsas ~ al
i
me Rrit;sb nnder Matthews tool, r,nore nesr
Roob,v nv assault and ma ssacred The garrison and
o,eot numbers of tho ;nbah;tants
17a2 The Rritist nnder Hrobes took Tr;ncom.lea
i Cay,on
GI7sI-The British shin Warwick tooh the pntcb
sh;n rotterdam the first cantnre n tho VAR viii
Holland. same dav Arnold invaded VIRGINIA With
l,f() men. and ravared Richmond
: y q z.
resolved 70 change the firm Of government.
1757-. Robert Francis Damiens snrnamed nm nc.
count Of hs vicious incnations. RobertL Dinb,e At
temnted to assassinate Iouis XIV. He stabbed him
in the side with dagger as he was about entering
his carriage at Versailles and surrounded by his aten
dants. For this Damiens was arrested tried and con-
demned, and on the 2sth Of March following was sub
jected to one of the most barbarous executions of
| modern times. He was bound on sedge and taken
to the Place de Greve, where the flesh was torn from
his arms and thighs with red hot pincers, and the
/ hand with which be had stabbed the King chopped
Off He was next mutilated and cut in pieces, and
the quarters drawn by four horses After that the
mains of the body were gathered together and burnt
j and the ashes scattered in the air.
l724-Death OF the oldest man on record, since the
/ antediluyian days. Czartan Petrarch died in village
near Temeswar, Hungary, at the unprecedented age
of ls4. he was born in 1888, and when the Turks
took Temeswar, was employed in keeping bis fathers
cattle. few days before his death, with the aid Of
staff, he walked to the post.house to ask charity Of
the travellers. He had few teeth left, little eye
sight, and some hair and beard ola dirty white color
he had descendants by the male line to the fifth gen
Grafton, with whom he played in childish way. His
only son then living was aged 81 and was still fresh
and vigorous this son being child of his third and
last marriage. The Commandant of Temeswar, hear
ing of old Perarchs sickness ordered his portrait
be TAKEN and just before it was finished the old mail
died.
llzz-Beli, the famous traveller, arrived at MOSCOW
on bis return from China
T05-Second eruption OF the Peak Of Teneriffe.
l675-Turenne defeated the imperialists at Turk
helm
.aao
loSs-u Viles SEM his coiohists from Fort AmsteI
dam to Staten Island to lay the foundation Of col
ony there.
Ieo1.Daotb If pan, Van somer a no,tra;t nointor
y ~. - p"'A>''
OF AntWerp' salu 10 nave equaied vanayhe.
l559-Death of Catharine de Medicis, aged 40, a
woman conspicuous in the annals of Europe, She
voe ,hroo ,;,ea Raoart Of Franco and sopndod tho
49, M. 49, 80 '.N -0NAsN Wv
Iu'lierles az farls.