New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-01-14

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II ctsri "a, died, axsd "A. HI wes twSnty thse
n ysam President 4 1flddlsbasy College
lsss.-slQAsy hland evseuatsd BY IL Canadiars
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numher. Ihs arms belonging y he Unitsd state
i were surrendered, - aso tie cannon ~ nging 4
~ stats Of New York.
1854 william Polk, revolutionary o6icer, died
he lid H. rank Of Colonel q the clos, Of the war
and Ma he - Surviving feld oGicsr Of The Nortl
Carolina line. h M among tie small band Of pa
tsiots who declared independence in Necklenbur,
county, &c, Nay 10th, Its.
1881 Henry Mackenzie, the novelist, died, age
So. He studied the Nv, at the same time cultivatn
elegant llterature. His drst effort was tragedy
which was fasorably received his frst novel Up
peared in It'll 10 which he was eminently successful
| Scott entities him the Scottish Addison.
1922 The Grand Duke Constantine declined, b,
70 his brother Alexander the succession to th
throne Of al the Russias.
lsl5-Com. Decatur sailed from New York in th,
6igate President.
lsl4-Treaty Of peace signed 1t Kiel between Den
mark and England.
lsls--Anengagsment OF Pernamhuco between ths
United States privatser schooner Comet Capt Boyle
a guns and l20 men, and three British vessels Of "a
guns, conveyed By Portuguese ship Of 50 guns and
l65 men. The Portuguese vera beaten Oh, and the
Britain vessels captured. She also captured three
other sessels On The passage.
| 1909 Formal treaty OF peace, friendship and 81
liance, between Great Britain and Spain.
| lS0l-An embargo laid in England on all Russian,
Swedish and Danish ships More than one hundred
Swedish and Danish vessels were Immediately seized
l7sS-Fiye English gentlemen who had been sent
toinvestisate the title Of vixier Ally, were by his
orders, assassinated 1t Benares, in India.
1877 Battle Of Riyoli, in Italy. The contest was
continued three days. and decided the fate OF Mantua
The French, under Joubert were victorious over the
Austfians.
l7s5 Intense frost in Holland, which enabled the
remainder Of the French army to cross to WAL.
l7s2- Joseph jackson, celebrated English type
founder, died While an apprentice, his master had
carefully kept from his view the mode Of making
punches, but by boring . hole through the door be
got N occasional glimpse Of the art, and succeeded
l7s4- Congress ratified the deanitiye treaty Of
peace.
1883 Cervetto, an italian Of extraordinary mu.
steal genius, died at London, aged 103 he was
member Of the orchestra Of Drury Lane theater.
l7el French took the island Of Nevis.
l753-George Berkeley, Bishop Of Cloyne In Ireland,
died, aged S. He appeared as an author before his
twentieth year. He devoted seven years, and con.
siderable part of his fortune in an effort to establish
= college at Bermuda, for the education Of Indian
preachers. which miscarried.
u l742-Edmnnd HALEY, the astronomer, died, aged
IS. He devoted himself to mathematics with great
success and spent much time abroad in astronomical
observations and experiments His astronomical
pursuits tended greatly BY their results to improve
the art Of navigation.
1739-The Pope issued an edict against the Assem-.
hlesof Free Masons, under penalty of the rack and
condemnation to the galleys.
1854 OF seven sailors left at spitzbergen, in the
fall Of 1888, BY the Dutch fishermen, for the purpose
Of wntering there, the first Of the number died The
journal which they kept relates that they sought in
vain for green herbs bears and foxes ID that desolate
region, II November the scurvy appeared among
them. Their journal ended February rs, and they
were ~ found dead on the return Of their country
men IN spring. an.
E 1922 Petro Sarpi, better known as Father Paul
Of Venice, died, aged 90. He employed the latter
part Of his life in writing history Of the council Of
Trent one Of the most interesting and important pro-
auctions Of the cless to which it belongs.
l6l1-Edward Bruce, q Scottish statesman, died.
y 1904 The episcopal divines and Puritans held a
conference at Hampton Court in the presence Of
King James,
1526-Treaty Of Madrid, between the Emperor
Charles v and Francis Of France by which the
latter obtained bis liberty.