The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-11-27
Bonds
SEVEN DAYS OF
AMERICAN HISTORY

>o-
| 1500-Columbus returns from the
| third voyage.
| 175S-English flag raised yer ruins
Of Fort Duquesne. and the place
| named Pittsburg, after the great
commoner.
1775-At Philadelphia, Congress de-
| clares British vessels open to
| capture by Americans in retail
| iation for ordering the attack
on American seaport towns.
| 1782-The British ~evacuate New
| York city and Washington en-
l tiers.
/ 1796-Ffre In Georgia; $50 houses are
| burned in Savannah; loss 81
600, 900.
| 1S1e-A Philadelphia theatre is the
first to be lighted by gas.
1S5S-Vermont legislature passes the
/ Personal Liberty BILL espec-
| tally to prevent the operation Of
/ h fugitive slave law.
| 1S64-Copfederate agents accused OF
! city by starting fires in their
| attempting to burn New York
own rooms; fifteen incendiary
fires break out in as many no
| tells.
1S67--The report of the impeach-
| ment committee Of the house
| directs that Andrew johnson,
| President of the Uuited States,
I be ~impeached Of high crimes
! n misdemanors."
| 1S91-Prof. s. G. Chandler informs
the Boston Scientific Society Of
n discovery that the pole of
the earth revolves around a cir
conference Of about thirty feet
radius in 427 days, and hence,
that all parellels Of latitude are
| mutahle.
| November 2g-
notwithstanding Day is observed
! by the ~colOniSts because the
French are driven out of Fort
Desquesne, and the Valley of
1 the Ohio n the great West
/ are opened for the advance of
| the English settlers.
| 1Sa2-AppeaI made to American wo-
men against slavery, adopted by
| the Duchess Of Sutherland and
| bearing the signatures Of &c.
| 900 Englishwomen.
| 1S62-General Grant starts on expedi-
ton into Mississippi.
1S33-General Burnside defeats Cen
| eral Longstreet in an action
south Of HOlston River, the
Co~nfederates having seized a
/ position which commanded the
| Knoxville fort.
| November 81
| 177S-Washington goes into winter
quarters at Middlebrook, N. J..
! 1S63-At Locust Grove, Virginia, Gen
/ eral Meade loses 1000 men;
/ General Lee, 500.
| 1868-General Custer defeats the pa
| belliOus Indians on the Wichita
! river.
| 1S93-New tariff bill proposed by
! Ways and Mean Committee Of
! the House of Representatives
made public.
| November IS
| 152o-Magellan enters the Pacific
| ocean.
|! 1s63-At Knoxville, General Long
street makes an unsuccessful
assault on Fort Sanders and
| loses 500 men.
| November o.
| 1729-Indians attack the Natchez set
Element: only twenty whites
and six negroes escape death Or
captivity.
1774-Old South Meeting House in
Boston used by patriots for
town meeting, to discuss the
tea question the Dartmouth
having arrived in port with q
a new arg
1775-An American ~privateer cap
lures three British ships con
tanning military stores.
1775-Congress first seeks admission
into the family of nations by
appointing Franklin, Jay and
three others. a committee to
confer with friends Of the colo
MES in "Great Britain, Ireland
and elsewhere"
1S02-OhiO, the seventh state, comes
into the Union by authority Of
congress-.
1814-Battle with the Greek Indians
at Autosse, Ala; Indians de-
feated by General Andre
Jackson, the hero Of the Creek
war.
1S24-First genuine italian opera
] given in America.
1S25-The completion of the Cham
paign canal is celebrated.
1854-Armed political intruders from
Missouri take possession Of the
polls in Kansas and elect J. w.
Whitfield as a slavery delegate
to congress-: 1929 illegal votes
Dat Of a total Of 2,7S0 cast.
f1S7S-GovernoI Jackson sends troops
into Breathitt county, KY, to
suppress an old fued.
November 30
1699-William Penn, accompanied by
wife, arrives in Pennsylvania,
purposirg to abide there.
170e-The Colonial assembly in North
Carolina repeats acts Of intoler-
i1776-Washington's army occupies
Trenton.
17s2-Adams. Franklin, Jay and Lau-
rens sign a preliminary treaty
OF peace with Great Britain.
f17S5-John Adams, American Minis
ter to st. James, demands the
surrender OF frontier posts &c
United States.
1se1-England orders Lord Lyons. the
British minister. to Ieave the
country II Mason and SIidell arr
not released within seven days
1s64-At Honey Hill, S. c., Genera
John P Hatch is defeated b.