Evening star., 1915-01-03

Bourbons. Louis XVIII re-enters Paris
and makes Talleyrand chief minister.
July 15-Napoleon. having failed to
make escape to America. surrenders to
Capt. Maitland of the British forces.
July 3o-Hundredth anniversary OF
the birth of Thomas Rodman. lieuten-
ant colonel of the army. To him Is due
the honor of inventing the method OF
hollow casting and from the results OF
his experiment upon metal for can
non and gunpowder the design and
construction of fifteen and twenty inch
cast iron guns were based. The path he
marked has been followed by other in
veStigators and led to the development
of modern guns.
August-DurinS this month the first
peace society of the world was found
ed.
August s-The British transfer Napo-
leon to the Northumberland at Torbay,
and he sails for St Helena
Sept emher-Talleyrand resigns Office
and the Due de Rchelieu is given the
office, which he occupies for three
years.
September CA holy alliance fs
formed between the emperors of Aus
tria, Russia and the kingdom of Prus-
sia Oh basis favoring morality and
religion it is really alliance for
the protection of absolute monarchy.
October l5--Napoleon arrives at St
Helena and is left for the remaining
ave and half years of his life in
exile.
November Ia-The harmonists. hav-
ing e-u:-rnted from Wurttemberg.
found :. new Harmony" in Indiana.
They hole property in common and
consider marriage a civil contract
November 20--Second peace of Paris
concluded between France and the
allies It reduced France nearly to the
limits Of 1890.
November Birth in England of
Grace Darling the daughter of the
keeper OF Lon SStone lighthouse. on one
Of the Farne Islands. AT the wreck OF
the steamer l'orfarshire September I.
1878. she rescued nine persons.
November 27-A new constitution was
granted for Poland and Cr2cow war
declared a free republic.
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December 13-Centenary of the birth
of George q. Meade. famous civil war
commander. He was born in CadiE
Spain, his father having been a consul
at the port at the time. After training
in the Military Academy he was ap-
pointed IA second lieutenant of artil-
lery. He remained in the army little
more than a year, during which time
he was engaged againr- the Semin oles
ir Florida.
He resigned his commission in 1895
and entered upon the profession of civil
engineer. which he followed for six
years. He was reappointed to the army
in 1912 and in the Mexican war served
on the staffs of Gems. Taylo and Scott
He rose to the rank of brigadier gen.
eral at the opening of the civil war
and was appointed in command of the
I'd Brigade of reserve corps which
constituted part of the Army of the
Potomac. Here Meade remained until
the close of the war.
Meade distinguished himself in the
battles of South mountain and Antie-
tam. being placed in command of the
1st Corps when Gen. Hooker was
wounded He led the attack at Fred
ericksburg which broke through Lees
line and penetrated far into the rear.
though he was driven back with heavy
loss.
In the latter part of the year he was
promoted to the command of the 5th
Corps and at Charlottesville his sa-
gacity so impressed Gen. Hooker that
he named Meade as his successor when
he asked to be relieved June %, 1853
President Lincoln appointed him COM
mander- chief of the Army of the
Potomac. then scattered and moving
toward the great battlefield of Gettys-
burg. at which he commanded and won
a battle with whose glory and decisive
victory his name will ever be associat-
ed. From this time he commanded the
Army of the Potomac until the close OF
the war.
His ability as a commander was con
spicuous and he received the thanks OF
Congress with the rank of major gen.
eral in 1864. After the close of the
war he was assigned command of the
military division of the Atlantic.
which post he held until his death In
1877. An equestrian statue of him
stands in Fairrnount Park. Philadei-
phia.
De .mber 17-Birth of Arthur PEN
hryn Stanley. dean of Westminster and
eminent author. He was a favorite
student of Dr. Thomas Arnold at Rug
by. He took orders in the Church Of
England and affiliated himself with the
broad church party. He was elected
preacher at Oxford and became chap
lain to Prince Albert. Queen Victoria
and Edward VII. then Prince of Wales.
He declined the archbiShoD-ic of Dub
lin to become dean Of Westminster.
He made tour Of the east and acted
as travelling companion to the Prince
of Wales. He was a highly gifted and
picturesque figure. the author Of many
publications OF an ecclesiastical ma
ture. He died in the deanerv of West
minister and is buried in Henry Wis
chapel