New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-01-11
Anniversary Events---Jan. IL

lS53--Ericsson's caloric ship started on her trial
trip from New York to the Potomac. Same day, the
Northern powers recognized Louis Napoleon as En-
peror Of France IN
lsa5-Death of Francis s. Key, at Baltimore, U
s. District Attorney and author of the great national
song, the Star Spangled Banner. 5.s..s
1885, Earthquake in Martinique; only is houses
left standing out Of 17oo and 800 people dug out OF
the ruins.
ls2s-Death Of Gregorio Fumes, at Buenos Ayres
apatrot Of La Plata, active in the South American
revolution, and an author Of note.
lSl7-Death Of Timothy Dwight, President of Yale
College, aged 65. BE entered the College at the age
OF l3, and was tutor at 10. Once, his health fail
ing, his physicians advised him to walk and ride
this be did, walking 1000 miles and riding 5000 within
one year, aud it cured him. He wrote numerous
books Of theology, poetry, and travels
1876 British ship Dragon, Capt. Barrie, took Cum.
berland Island, Georgia. Same day, British sloop
Barbados took the American privateer Fox, guns
and Y men. from Wilmington.
lsll-Death OF Marie Joseph de Chenier, highly
popular French poet, and conspicuous actor in the
revolution. a 4a
lslo-The mercury froze in the thermometers at
Moscow.
lS05-Letters Of marque and reprisal issued by
Great Britain against Spain.
lS0I-Death Of Cimarosa, a celebrated Italian mu.
sician.
l795-The French under Pichegru crossed the
Waal on the ice at different points.
1852 Ostenburg, in Ceylon, taken from the Dutch
BY the British. .s,,. q IS
l77s-The collections in England for the benefit Of
the 924 American prisoners there confined, amounted
up to this pate to f3,sl5. When DR.. Franklin, at
Paris, applied to the British Ambassador for an ex-
change Of these prisoners, the latter said "No ap.
plication received from rebels unless they come to
implore his Majesty's PARDON
l17s-Death Of the great Swedish botanist, Chas.
Lime, or Linn@us, aged II. In his cath year, he
conceived the sexual system of plants. Once the
Academy Of Sciences at Upsal gave him so Swedish
dollars with which to make scientific exploration of
Lapland On that small sum he made Journey of
more than $500 miles, being alone all the time and
enduring many hardships. In his after life he re-.
ceiyed abundance Of honors was created knight of
the Polar STAR honor never before conferred unon
literary man and after that was elevated tn the
rank Of nobility a ~ l715
F75-First Provincial Congress of South Carolina
met at Charleston. !,
l752-Death of the great English or Irish natural.
let, Sir Hans Sloane. he was physician whose
genius SCARED above medicine and his private mu.
scum, composed Of the rarest curiosites of nature
which be bequeathed to the public on the condition
Of 100000 per annum being paid to his family, was
the foundation Of the now worldfamous British Nu.
senm.
1893 Peter, Car Of Russia, visited England, and
worked as . mechanic in Deptford dock yard, and
in other mechanical capacities with the view Of car.
rying the English arts into his own country.
1859 Drawing Of the first lottery in England. The
prizes consisted Of money, plate and merchandise !;
and the lottery had been advertised two years before
the drawing.
$50 Death Of Theodosius the Great, Emperor of
Rome.
We can't hear i amt for lack Of earsp as the
ass said to the corn field = Z ~