New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-03-18
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IN q ! ~ nosth o. ~ Bsrm1das, and was lost
with psrtd ~ nall
leye Henry poeHnss1, Lieutenant General In the
II In1A Osne " ssrsics, died, aged 81. He
1890 = Ais1ssf Ii the A6ehanistan war, and
euud)ps - oelsm dilBcalty With the Chinese.
No. II Enpesor d Austria published BY pro
y, -, = MilAn. abolition OF censorship, and 4
- uua q ~ Htates But the people wanting
-; tsuhlss began.
lsls--Winhn n. Crane, Of the United States
hwy, died - M own hand.
l6l6 Fise Steamboat arrived at Austin, Texas.
1859 The Chinese Imperial Commissioner, Lin.
ia1ed ! PROCLAMATION It Canton, orderisg the for
sien opium dealers 70 deliver up all the opium ID
tsir possession, to havs il burnt and destroyed, and
futhading it, importation 70 al eternity, under pain
d Death,
1906 Bonaparts assumed the title Of King Of
Italy.
l7s7-Palna Nuova, ftoatier town h Italy, was
evAcaatsd BY The Archduks Charles who bad wfssted
Il from The venitians only ten days before. The
Ffsnch, under Besnadotte and eesufier on entering
Il. fcuhd 5000 naioas u btead, and million qnin.
tals Of nout.
l7so Ccsstsn resolved 70 call IN BY taxes in one
yeat sna haFs IN ~ Continental money emitted
prfcr Is ssnt ilue ara 70 issue ten million dollars
new moosy, redeemable In specie within six years.
l5w ~ Btisilh troops having evacuated Boston,
sif 1lchEeld Canpbell, unaware Of this movement,
d suiesiae che harbor with 100 men, was made
pru16r " Warrington.
l775 British General Gage seized Is, 425 musket
cartridges and $500 pounds Of ball, oil Of Il private
property, seored on Boston Neck.
I76s Laurence Sterne, an eccentric English author
and divine, died. His romance of '.Tristrsm Shandy
and the Sentimental Journey. are well known.
I766- Stamp act repealed BY the British Govern.
ment, reserving, however, tho right TO make laws
binding On Tie Colonies, in III cases Whatsoever.
Nsws Of this repeal excited great Joy ia America,
wsrs Il celetsated BY the ringing Of BELLS fire
wofks nd FESTIVALS
I75l The Arse theater established in the city OF
Nsw York closed With the aBeggars Opera. and
the Devil % Psy,n when the following notice ap.
peafed n The prints, which managers nowadays
have little occasion to repeat aLewis Hallam come
dian, intending for Philadelphia begs The fapor Of
those who have my demands against him to bring in
their accounts and receive .heir money!
l7l5 Robert walpole died, aged So. He became
heir % the family estate BY the death Of his elder
brother and il the jovial life Of country gentleman
soon lost his early inclination to literature He was
he repnted author Of the saying that all men have
their price
l741- Con6agation Of the chapel and buildings in
the fort at New York, which was followed immedi-
ateay BY the negro plot.
Ills Mary Wortley Montague made the tirst ex.
pertinent Of incubation for smallpox upon her own
ron q Belgrade, in Turkey. It was tried in England
upon criminals, with complete success, about nine
yeas after. This disease first made its appearance
ct Mecca. where It Is stated to have destroyed the in
vading Ethiopian army, and thus terminated in $50
what i denominated fhe Dar Of he elephant.
26l-Sk Cyril. Archbshop Of Jerusalem, died.