New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-05-03
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Anniversary Events May 2.
1855 1he great French nusicaI composer, Adolp
Charles Adam, died 4 raras, aged 81.
1851 serah Coleridge died !; the accomplished Al
only d.aehter II s +. Coleridge. She translat.
ffon II FAtin ~ curious works 81 Dobrizhoffer
pssaxusy. vpls., and completed the editorial ca
X ~ 1ksf Llteasy Remains, bsgun BY her hr
Ind
3 no i ssflous resurrection occurred at Dresde
= suEuny, but W. ID 1 few days put down.
I, James Morrison, selfstyled the Hygeist, d,
- aged 10. He Was the inventor OF the veg
aveSsAl medicines, known IS Morison's Pill
1iuGl he realized great profits, and il said
I've pax1 ~ English Government In ten years eco
90 tor medicine stamps.
1852 Fernando Paer. an Italian dramatic con
po1es, died at Paris. He was native Of Parma b
plsces have been performed in Germany, France an
ilaly, with success.
ISIS Capt. Rcss sailed from Shetland, on his frs
vsysss II The discovery Of tbs north-wess passage
i 1876 James McHenry, contidant Of Gen. Washing
w, ~ nor soma time Secretary Of War, died st Bal
tim0e
lslt Bouaparse arrived 4 The Island Of Elba. and
Louis XvlU made Iii III snos into Paris
lsls- Havs u Gssce, Maryland. burnt By The
British
1910 Lord Byrou, ii emulation Of Leander, swan
{ ~ pardaneliss, nom Abydos y sestos. The dis
tapce. iuc1adng ~ length he WAS carried by the
ciirfest. NJ ppMards q four miles though the &C
/ III IN hi II halsly ono.
l7s1 amin Flower, printer Of the Cambridge
~ " - i, ~ lined 4lo0 and ordered by tn,
y Lrds to b Imprisoned six months, for aomt
III dpn Win the speech n Bishop LANDAU.
Bonaparte invaded Venice, pretending thai
II ~ venetlans had ittreated the French. This issued
n republicanizing Venice and Genoa.
1874 James William Thouret guillotined; be wai
J FFesidsnt of the National Assembly when Louis XVI
ascspted the constitution Of 1871.
179S- Battle Of Famars, in which the allies drove
~ Frsnch from their camp with great loss
l576 Htr Peter Paskerl squadron of 20 sail ar
sivsd at Caps Far river, With Lord Corvallis
17sk aajah u Dowlah defeated at Calpy, in India,
" ~ British.
I55e-- young woman in England who had laid
y ide1abIs wager that she could ride 1000 miles
4 1909 hoan, finished her match in a little more
~ thirds Of that time. At her coming in the
ccuntry people stsewed flowers in her way.
I'M Naval battle between the English feet under
Anson and Warren, and the French fleet under NJ.
w y Jonqaiere, which was conveying six East India
clips and number Of transports and merchantmen
{ D Canada. After . regular and welfought battle,
tAe French struck their colers. The loss OF the
French, killed and wounded, was 700; that of the
BEitiah 500. The trophies OF the victory were six
notwaE. and Al Of their East India ships, and be-
tNesn four and 1--WE thousand prisoners. Thetreasurs
taken on board these vessels was afterwards conveyed
y a. Bank 81 England in twenty wagons. The
Erench loss BY this defeat was estimated at one mil
Hon md ! half
1893 Richard Cox, Lord Chancellor Of Ireland,
disd. He published history Of that kingdom.
III Richard Chiswell, noted English printer
ma 10 extensive publisher, died.
l702 Lord Cornbury commenced his administra-
sion Il tie government Of New York.
ss 1857 Kaldan, Khan Of the Eleuts, who had for
iIseral years eluded the formidable armies sent
IsasAinst him annually from China, accompanied by
~ Emperor himself being finally reduced to the last
extremity, and abandoned by his best subjects, put
= end 70 his lie BY poison.
1864 The Earl Of Tiviot, Governor of Tangier,
surprised and defeated by the Moors.
1866 The English took the Island of Jamaica from
the Spanish.
1921 Sentence Of fine and Imprisonment passed
upon Lord Bacon in the House Of Peers for bribery
1865 Dominique DO Gourges, having destroyed
the Spanish settlements in Florida, embarked for
France. The 6panards had seized the French settle
ments IN the same places, and murdered the nhabt-
ants. Gourges fitted out three vessels and $50
soldiers at his own expense to revenge their death,
REPAIR the honor Of his own nation The spanards
we're well fortified to the number of 400 in their
fors but de Gourges rcsolutely pressed forward and
after desperate assault carried the FORTS Those who
escaped the massacre hung upon the same trees
on which the Frenchmen had previously been hung.
The Epaniards had placed over their victims label
sgnify II do not this as to Frenchmen, but as to
Lntherans.n De Gourges replaced it with tablet of
fl wood. on which was craven the following: II do
not this to Spanards nor as to mariners but as to
traitors, robbers and murderers.'
1893 The Pope Issued q great bull, by which the
inidel world was divided between Ferdinand and Isa
bella on the one hand, and the Portuguese on the
other That is, the Spanish were granted the full
right to all countries inhabited by indels which thew
shond discover west Of an imaginary line drawn from
pole to pole, at distance Of 100 leagues westward
Of The Azores while the Portuguese were to have all
east Of that line.
l4Sl- Mahomet II, Sultan of Turkey, died, he
took Constantinople from the Christians, thereby
driving many learned men into the West, which was
great cause of the restoration Of learning in Eu
rope.
l4l0-A Alexander Y, Pope. died. He was origin
ally beggar but found means to cultivate his mind
and rose by degrees In the church till he reached the
pontifcal chair. He is distinguished as man Of
great drmness, liberal and munifcent.
138l-John Ball, priest and compeer Of the no.
torious Wat Tyler, preached to Tylers army from
proyerbial rhyme
Mhsn Adam dafe and Eyespan.
Who was then a gentleman ~ ss,
1324-A poetic festival at Toulouse called jeug
toraur, to which all the poets Of the Langue d Oc
were invited, where the composer Of the best poem
was 70 receive violet Of fine gold The celebrated
troubadour, Armand Vidal, won the prize.
& PoLITIcAL.- Under date Of the Goth, the Washing.
ton correspondent Of the New York Herald writes
For some days past negotiations have been going
on here between the chiefs Of the regular Democracy
and those Of the Douglas wing of the party ncludnp
NJ Douglas himself, broadly foreshadowng the fol.
lowing PRESIDENTIAL programme: First the reunion
q tne Two factions, upon compromise on the cues
ton o. slavery In the Territories which will leave the
exclusive supervision of the subject to the Supleme
court the right of the Southern people to settle in
the Territories with their slave property, REMAINING
e affirmed BY the bred Scott decision Second. two
National Democratic Conventions in 1870 tha ,uorL