The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-02-04
Aug. 2i-The Capitol building at Washing
ton was burned by the British.

sept. ll-Battlo OF GlAttSDufB N. 4.
Sept. 12-Battle OF Baltimore, Md.
Dec. 24-Treaty of peace between the United
States and Great Britain concluded at Ghent.
Dec. 27-The treaty of peace was ratified by
Great Britain.
Jan. S-Battle of New Orleans.
Jan. 9-Congress imposed another direct tax
upon the States for S6,000,000
Jan. 20 President Madison vetoed the
United States Bank bill.
Feb. 1.-THE Treaty of Ghent was ratified
by the United States Government.
Feb. A-Robert Fulton died, aged 80.
March 13-War declared against Agiers for
depredations committed on American COM
merce.
April C-Massacre OF Dartmoor Prison.
1910.
March 5-Congress imposed third direct
tax upon the States for 80 000, 900.
April-The United States Bank chartered
by Congress for twenty years with capital of
$35, 600, 900.
April 19-Indiana admitted into the Union.
1917.
Jan. limited States Bank founded.
March 4-James Monroe, of Virginia.
inaugurated the fifth President Of the United
States.
July 4-Ground was broken for the Erie
Canal.
Oct. 16.-Thaddeus Kosciusko died, aged II
years.
Dec. 10 Mississippi admitted into the Union.
: 1918.
During the year the Seminole war was COM
menced i'll Florida, internal revenue duties
abolished and revolutionary pension granted.
Dec. 3-Illinois admitted into the Union.
1919.
Feb. 23-Florida ceded to the United States
by Spain.
March 2-Alabama admitted into the Union.
1920.
Fourth census OF the United States Popu-
lation, 8, 63S 100. National debt $50 987. .427.
March 6-NIissouri admitted into the Union
with proviso that slavery should be Inhibited
north of 80 deg. 80 min. north latitude. This
was termed tho Missouri Compromise.
March 15-Maille admitted into the Union.
March 22-Stephen Decatur an American
naval officer, was killed in duel with Commo-
dore Barron.
August-Oliver Hazard Perry, an American
naval officer died, aged 35.
1924.
December-The House of Representatives
elected John Quincy Adams President.
1925.
The Erie Canal completed.
March 4-John Quincy Adams, Of Massachu-
sets. was inaugurated the sixth President Of
the United States.
June 1.-THE corner stone Of the Bunker
Hill Monument was laid.
1926.
July 4-John Adams. aged 81, of Massachu-
sets, and Thomas jefferson, aged 49, of Vir-
ginia, both died Cn the ifty-first anniversary of
the independence of their native country
They were the only two signers Of the Declara-
ton of Independence that were chosen Presi-
dent.
1927.
Nov 14-Thomas Adds Emmett died aged G3.
1928.
Feb. 11-DeWitt Clinton, who projected the
Erie Canal, and was -four times chosen Gov
ernor of the State of New York, died, aged SO.
1929.
March Andrew Jackson, of Tennessee,
was naugurated the seventh President of the
United States
tice OF the Unitei States Supreme Court, died,
aged 81.
Fifth census of the United States Popua-
ton, u S66 020.
Jan. 6-Daniel Webster made his great
speech in the United States Senate in answer to
Mr.. Hayne, of South Carolina.
1881.
July flames Monroe ex-President of the
United States, died OH the fifty-siXth anniversa-
ry Of American Independence, aged ".
1882.
Jan. The national debt Of the United
States had become reduced to 524, 1892 234.
July 10-President Jackson vetoes the bill re-
chartering the United States Bank.
NATURALIZATION Convention held in South
Carolina.
Nov. 14-Charles Carroll. of Carrolton, Nd,
the longest survivor of the signers of the Dec
laration Of Independence died, aged 80.
Dec. 11---President Jackson issued his
proclamation III relation to nullfication i'll
South Carolina.
1898.
Jan. 16---President Jackson sent a message
to Congress deprecatng the action of the State
of South Carolina in declaring a determination
to nullify certain laws of the United States.
1884.
McCormicks reaper patented.
1885.
Dec. 23-Maj. Dade and his command con-
sisting of III men, were all but one cruelty
massacred by the Seminole Indians i'll Florida
1896.
NIarch-Texas declared its independence and
separation from Mexico.
March 3-The United States Bank ceased to
exist, President Jackson having vetoed the bill
for its recharter
April 2l-Dattle of San Jacinto. i'm Texas
June 15-Arkansas admitted into the Union
June 2S-James Madison, ex-Presdent Of the
United States died, aged 85.
1887.
Jan. &c Michigan admitted into the Union.
March Martin Van Buren,, OF New York
was inaugurated the eighth President of the
United States.
1888.
April 17-Destructive fire in Charleston, S. c..
1910.
Sixth census of the United States. Popula-
tion, 17,O6S,666.
March 4-William Henry Harrison. of Ohio
inaugurated the ninth President of the
United States.
April 4--President Harrison died in the
White House in Washington aged 6S.
April 5-John Tyler, Vice-President, OF Vir-
giDia, became the tenth President of the United
States.
1912.
April 1.-The Ashburton treaty was signed
This settled the vexed Northwestern boundary
question.
1874.
The first telegraph messages were sent be-
tween Washington and Baltimore.
June 2-War declared by the United States
against Mexico.
1915.
March 3-Iowa admitted into the Union.
March flames Knox Polk OF Tennessee
was inaugurated the eleventh President OF the