New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-08-13

l7ss-Thomas Sheridan died, aged Ga an eminent
pesh actor, pathological writer and photographer
son of Thomas Sheridan, the divine and poet.
l77s-American, General Lovel, raised the siege OF
Penobsco having sustained very considerable loss of
stores, 10 armed vessels, besides Transports etc.
l776-Lords Dunmore and Campbell, and Sir Peter
Parker, Joined Lord Howe at Staten Island, having
taken from the virginians about 1000 negroes.
INSTRUMENTATION of Maryland adopted
l775-Arnold left the camp at Cambridge, with a
detachment Of 1000 Americans, to penetrate into
Canada by way Of Kennebec river and the wilder.
ness They reached Quebec after great suffering from
fatigue, hunger and cold. .-.@ ,s...7s.
1775-The celebrated Liberty Tree Of Boston con-
secrated, by exposing on it the efigies Of the men
who had rendered themselves odious by their agency
in procuring the passage Of the stamp act. copper
plate 80 inches by AZ fixed upon it, bearing the
inscription in golden letters-1He Tree of Liberty,
dug IA, 1885, Ten years afterwards the British cut
it down, at which time it had been planted ITO years.
They left nothing but the stump above ground-the
root they could not exterminate It produced fourteen
cords Of wood. One Of the party engaged in demol-
ishing it lost his fe The destruction of this tree
led to the still prevalent custom of erecting liberty
poles.''
l76l-Action between British ships Bellona and
Brilliant, and one French ship and three frigates.
The Frenchmen were captured with the loss Of 240
killed and Ito wounded !; British loss killed, %
wounded.
l756-Fort Oswego capitulated to the French under
Montcalm. 1t was commanded by Colonel Mercer
with 400 men. Montcalm besieged it with an army
Of 5000. Colonel Mercer was killed by cannon ball
the 18th, and there being no probability Of aid,
the fort surrendered on condition that they should be
exempted from punder, conducted to Montreal and
treated with humanity. The terms were agreed to,
the garrison marched out, and the fort was demol.
ished.
l7l1-Sir Hoveden Walker, with the British and
Colonial feet intended to invade Canada, arrived at
the mouth Of the St. Lawrence. A succession Of
untoward winds and accidents rendered it necessary
to put back soon after, without accomplishing any
thing.
l67s--Three days after the conclusion Of peace
between France and Holland, the Prince OF Orange
fell upon the Marshal of Luxembourg, by which 1000
lives were sacrificed.
l621-An army Of fourteen men sent out from Ply
mouth Colony to awe the Indians. Corbtant petty
chief, had seized Squanto, friendly Indian and
threatened Massasot the menaces of revenge in
of any Disturbances, are said to have settled all diff.
culties.
l4e4-Pius II (Eneas sylvius), pope, died cele.
brated for his wise and witty sayings.
1457-John Faust and Peter Schoener published at
Mainz the Psalter supposed to be the first printed
book Of any magnitude, on record.
1433-John I, King of Portugal, died. It was under
his reign that the Portuguese began their famous
| discoveries.
124s-The great cathedral Of Cologne commenced.
1t prosecuted at intervals during 200 years. and
| then suspended 400 years. It was taken up again
with new vigor in 1872, and became popular enter.
terprise Of the day to strive for its completion.
| l21l-Llewellyn, Prince of Wales, made his sub
mission to King John of England, and delivered %
hostages at the foot of Snowden for his good faith
These young noblemen were hanged the ensuing
| year.
376 D. C-Chabras defeated the Lacedamonian
fleet off Naxos full moon Of Boedromion. The youth
Phocion here distinguished himself.
1874 B. Can eclipse Of the sun noticed by Keno
phon, which just preceded the battle of Coronea
where Agesilaus stood his ground against the Greek
co nfederates. Xenophon. who fought under the
Spartan describes the most desperate conflict in
| his time 5.Is..0