USA > Massachusetts > Middlesex County > Lowell > The Lowell Directory 1858 > Part 2
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27
7 0 49
19
20
3 31| 9 27
7 4 52 10 13 6 13 10 55
6 rises 11 33
6 11 A 10
13
14
15
16
17
8 40
MOON'S PHASES. [ Full Moon, 22d day, 10h. 35m. afternoon.
5 36 7 2 33
5 41 10 59
11 37
7 21 0 20
10
7 56
0 58
Sept. 6th, C. C. P. Lowell. (Civil.)
Sept. 20th, C.C.P. Newburyport and Dedham. (Civil.)
MOON'S PHASES. { New Moon, 6th day, 9h. 22m. afternoon.
4
Monday
6 16 6 4 27 10 29
1 6
13
6 32 6 1 21
Oct. 11th, C. C. P. Lawrence. (Criminal.)
3 16
5 24
27
11
NOVEMBER, 1858.
De Mo
Days of week.
COURTS.
Sun R. & S.
rises.
Water.
1
Monday
6 50 6
2 4 8 22
2
Tuesday
6 51 6 2 59 9 10
3
Wednesday
6 52 6 3 53 9 55
4
Thursday
6 53 6 4 59 10 38
5
Friday
6 54 6, sets 11 19
6
Saturday
6 55 6 4 55 11 59
7
SUNDAY
6 57 6, 5 50 morn
8
Monday
6 58 6 6 43 0 43
9
Tuesday
6 59 6 7 35 1 26 7 05 8 28
7 15 9 20
2 58
12
Friday
7 2 5 10 13 3 5,11
6 4 35
14
SUNDAY
7 4 5 morn
5 25
7
5 5| 0 11
6 18
7
6 5 1 16 7 5 2 22
8 0
7
85
3 36
8 51
7
95
4 50
9 41
21
SUNDAY
7 11 5 rises 11 25
22
Monday
7 11 5| 5 50 A 18
7 12 5 7 8 1 15
7 13 5 8 26
2 13
26
Friday
7 15 5|11 2
4
4
7 15 5 morn
5 0
28
SUNDAY
7 16 5 0 11
5 56
29
Monday
7 17 5 1 21
6 50
30
Tuesday
Nov. 2d, Superior Court for Suffolk, Boston. Nov. 2d, S. J. C. Dedham, (Law Term.)
Nov. 9th, S. J. C. Salem. (Law Term.)
Nov. 8th, C. C. P. Greenfield.
Nov. 9th, S. J. C. New Bedford. (Jury Term.) Nov. 16th, S. J. C. Boston.
7 18 52 31
7 44
MOON'S PHASES. ( Full Moon, 20th day, 9h. 40m. afternoon.
¿ Last Quarter, 27th day , Oh. 54m. morning.
DECEMBER, 1858.
D.
Days of week.
COURTS.,
Sun R. & S.
Moon rises.
High" Water
1
Wednesday
7 18 5
3 41
8 33
2
Thursday
7 19 5
4 51
9 22
3
Friday
4
Saturday
5
SUNDAY
7 21 5 4 55 11 37
6
Monday
7 21 5| 5 55 morn
7
Tuesday
7 22 5| 6 51 0 23
8
Wednesday
7 22 5 7 50| 1 8.
7 23 5
8 51 1 50
10
Friday
7 23 5 9 52 2 32
11
Saturday
7 23 5 10 52
3 13
12
SUNDAY
7 24 5 11 38
3 55
13
Monday
7 24 5 morn
4 39
14
Tuesday
7 24 5
0 24
5 27
7 25 5
1 11
6 18 7 12
7 25 5|
3 41
8 10
18
Saturday
7 25 5 4 50
9 11
7 25 5 6 11
10 12
7 25 5| rises.
11 13
7 25 5 5 57 A
9
7 25 5 7 13
1
7
Thursday
7 25 5
8 29
2.0
24
Friday
7 25 5
9 45
2 50
25
Saturday
7 25 5.11 1
3 37
26
SUNDAY
17 25 5 morn
4 26
27
Monday
, 25 5 0 18
5 5
28
Tuesday
29
Wednesday
30
Thursday
7 24 5 3 42
7 59
|31
Friday
Dec. 6th, C. C. P.
cester. (Civil.)
Dec. 13th, C. C. P. Cambridge. (Civil.)
Dec. 13th, C. C. P. New Bedford.
Dec. 20th, C. C. P. Salem. (Civil.) Northampton.
(Criminal.) Dedham.
7 24 5 4 49 8 54
MOON'S PHASES. ( Full Moon, 20th day, 8h. 22m. morning.
Last Quarter, 27th day, 1h. 54m. morning.
Thursday
(Criminal.) Wor-
b. m. b.
h. m.
h.
m.
· [First Quarter, 13th day, 10h. 44m. morning.
16
Tuesday
7 8
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
7 10 5
6 3 10 33
MOON'S PHASES.
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
7 14 5 9 41
3 9
10
Wednesday
2 12
11
Thursday
3 45
13
Saturday
7
15
Monday
(Jury Term.)
MOON'S PILASES. ( New Moon. 5th day, 5h. 25m. morning.
15
16
Thursday
7 25 5
2 26
17
Friday
19
SUNDAY
20
Monday
21
Tuesday
22
Wednesday
23
-1-1-1-1
7 24 5, 1 26 7 24 5 2 34
6 9
Wednesday
Springfield. Plymouth.
7 20 5
5 53 10 9
7 20 5 sets 10 56
9
27
Saturday
h. m. h.
h. m. h. n m.
§ New Moon, 5th day, 0h. 2m. afternoon. First Quarter, 13th day, 3h. 58m. afternoon.
GENERAL EVENTS
1855 AND 1856.
1585. JANUARY.
Ist. - The cities of Brooklyn and Williamsburg are consolidated into one corporation. Thus united, the population amounts to 200,000, making it the third in the Union.
2d. - Belcher & Co., sugar refin- ere, of St. Louis, fail for $2,000,000. A delegation of the Wyandot tribe of Indians visit Washington, to ne- gotiate with the government rela- tive to the division of their lands.
3d. - A Fire in Haverhill street, Boston, destroyed property to the amount of $25,000.
4th .- Severe ravages are made by the small-pox among the Indians in Utah. .
6th .- The barometer at 10, A. M., reaches the highest point it has at- tained for fifteen years, namely, 31 .- 023. - A terrific gile prevails on Lake Erie.
8th. - The liquor shops in New York are closed by order of Mayor Wood, who commences his mayor- alty by a general endeavor for re- form. - The surviving soldiers of the war of 1812 hold a convention at Washington. About 12,000 are present; among others, a large number of Indians.
9th .- Extensive efforts are made in the large Atlantic cities for re- lieving the poor and distressed. Soup houses are established in New York and Boston.
11th. - Samuel F. McCleary, for twenty-eight years City Clerk of Boston, dies in that city, aged 75 years.
12th. - Senator Norris, of New Hampshire, dies at Washington. - All the Irish companies in Massa- chusetts are disbanded by order of Gov. Gardner.
13th .- Page & Bacon, bankers of St. Louis, fail for a large amount .- The residence of John Appleton Haven, at Fort Washington, near New York, is burnt, and three of his daughters lose their lives.
16th. - A shock of an earthquake is felt in various parts of New Eng- land. - The first Territorial Legis- lature of Nebraska assembles at Omaha.
18th. - Daniel Webster's birth day is celebrated in Boston by a supper. - A powdermill at Wilkes- barre, is blown up, and two lives are lost.
20th. - A fearful riot occurs on the Buffalo, Brantford, and Gorden- rick Railroad, at Ridgeway, in which one man is killed, and several wounded. - The corner stone of a new Custom-house at San Francisco is laid.
22d. - Considerable excitement is caused by the movements of an emigrating expedition under the command of Col. Kenney, who at- tempts to make a settlement in Nicaragua. The government of Nicaragua protest against the move- ment.
24th .- Capt. Simeon Hicks, the last of the Americans who were at the battle of Bennington, dies at Sunderland, Vt., aged 99 years, 5 months.
26. - The steamer Massachusetts is seized at New York, on suspicion of being about to participate in some unlawful expedition.
27th. - The steamer Pearl ex- plodes her boiler at Sacramento, killing some seventy persons, and injuring many.
31st. - During the month of Jan - uary, about forty fires occur in the United States. where the loss ex- ceeded $10.000. The total loss reached $1,055,000. Eight lives were lost by the above fires. - During the same month, 43 American ves- sels are reported as totally wrecked, and one burnt. The total value of ve sels and cargoes is $1.200,000, with an insurance of $1,095,000.
FEBRUARY.
1st .- A fire in New Orleans de- stroyed property to the amount of $125,000.
3d. - The U. S. Frigate Sabine is launched from the Brooklyn Navy Yard, after being ou the stocks thirty-two years.
7th. - The thermometer in Bos- ton, for thirty-four hours, ranges from 5 to 12} degrees below zero, this lower point being reached at 7 o'clock this morning. - Through- out the whole of New England, and
13
GENERAL EVENTS.
as far South as Washington, the weather is unprecedentedly cold.
9th. - The Maine Law is adopted in Indiana.
10th. - During the first ten days of February, a most terrific snow storm prevails through all parts of the U. S., north of forty degs. The storm at the West was of unprece- dented fury. All communication on many of the railroads is stopped for several days, and great suffering occurs ; passengers in many cases narrowly escaping with their lives from cold and starvation.
12th. - The Senate of Michigan pass a bill refusing the use of the jails of the State for the detention of fugitive slaves.
18th. - Good sleighing in Boston and New York.
17th. - U. S. frigate Santee is launched at the Portsmouth Navy Yard.
President Pierce vetoes the French Spoliation bill, after it has passed both branches of Congress.
22d. - The birth-day of Wash- ington is very generally observed throughout the Union. - A great financial panic takes place in Cali- fornia, during which five large banking houses suspended pay- ments, and all business is either suspended or thrown into disorder and dismay As the news spread into the back country, the excite- ment is unparalleled.
24th. - Poole, a notorious fighter, and leader of a gang of political rowdies in New York city, is killed in a drunken melee. He is buried with a great and ridiculous pomp.
2"th. - Col. Benton's house in Washington is injured by fire, and his valuable manuscripts are de- stroyed.
28th. - The third annual session of the United States Agricultural Society commences at Washington.
MARCH.
2d. - Anthony Burns, the fugi- tive slave who caused so much ex- citement in Boston at the time of his arrest and rendition, is pur- chased and made a freeman, and returns to New England.
3d. - A Court of Claims is estab- lished by Congress, and the follow- ing gentlemen are appointed Judges thereof : J. Gilchrist, of N. H. ; Jo- seph H. Lumpkin, of Georgia ; and Isaac Blackford, of Indiana.
4th. - The 33d Congress adjourns sine die at noon, Sunday, after a stormy session of twenty-five hours.
A great amount of business is pres- sed through at the eleventh hour.
8th. - A locomotive crosses the Railroad Suspension Bridge at Nia- gara Falls for the first time.
9th. - Extensive fires prevail in the woods of South Carolina and Georgia, doing immense damage.
11th. - A terrific storm rages along on the South shore of Massa- chusetts, doing great damage to shipping. A vast quantity of snow fell.
13th. - Gubernatorial election in New Hampshire. The Know Noth- ings elect their Governor, and a ma- jority of other officers. - By the falling of the floor of the Town Hall in Meredith, N. H., some four per- sons are fatally injured, and a hun- dred badly maimed.
16th. - The Reciprocity Treaty between the United States and the British Provinces is proclaimed and goes into force. - A terrific explo- sion occurs at the Midlothian coal pits in Chesterfield, Va., by which 34 persons are instantly killed, and a large number seriously injured.
24th. - The steamer Bulletin is burnt on the Mississippi River, and 20 lives are lost.
26th. - A great excitement in Boston incident on the swindling transactions and tragical end of Thomas W. Hooper, Teller of Mer- chants' Bank, Boston.
30th. - Trouble arises in Kansas in consequence of the citizens of Missouri crossing the line on the occasion of an election for members of the Territorial Legislature, se- lecting persons not agreeable to the actual settlers.
APRIL.
2d. - The Know Nothings are victorious in Connecticut. - At an election in Cincinnati, a fearful riot occurs between the Know Noth- ings and foreigners, in which sev- eral lives are lost.
4th. - The Know Nothings sweep the State of Rhode Island.
8th. - A riot occurs at Oxford, N. Y., between the Catholics and Protestants .- The hundredth birth- day of Hahnemann is celebrated by the Homoeopathic Societies of Bos- ton and Philadelphia with great eclat.
18th. - The first thunder storm of the season occurs in New Eng- land. In all parts of the country, a severe but brief storm occurs.
20th. - The U. S. sloop-of-war Albany is officially given up as lost,
2*
14
GENERAL EVENTS.
and promotions made accordingly. - The propeller Oregon explodes her boiler near Detroit, and nine men are instantly killed.
26th. - During the latter part of this month, there is much excite- ment relative to the Liss affair in Massachusetts.
27th. - A ruinous fire in Boston, Mass., destroys half a million of property.
30th. - An earthquake is felt at Cairo, Ill. - The troubles in Kansas increa-e, until finally at a meeting ot citizens at Leavenworth, after an angry discussion, blows ensue, and a man named Clark is shot by a man named McCrea.
MAY.
5th. - Serious election riots occur in Louisville, Ky.
10th. - Gov. Gardner refuses to remove Judge Loring, as requested by the Legislature.
16th. - At Chicago, a fearful tor- nado does immense damage.
17th. - At Petersburg, Va., fire destroys property to the amount of $100,000. - Sundry outrages are committed in Kansas Territory.
18th. - Springfield, Ill., is visited by a serious conflagration. - In San Francisco, on Commercial st., 28 buildings are burned, involving a loss of $62,000.
20th. - The new Prohibitory Li- quor Law in Massachusetts goes into operation.
22d. - The election for the first Legislature in Kansas takes place, and the pro-slavery candidates are elected.
24th. - A fire in Baltimore de- stroys property to the amount of $150,000. - In the gubernatorial election in Virginia, the Democratic ticket is elected over the Know Nothing.
30th. - Trow's Printing Office is burnt in New York. Loss, $75,000.
31st. - The barque Release aud the steam propeller Arctic, under command of Lieut. IIartstein, start in search of Dr. Kane's Arctic ex- pedition.
JUNE.
2d. - A liquor riot occurs in Port- land, Me., to quell which the mili- tary are called out, and fire upon the crowd, killing one man and in- juring others.
3d. - The Law Commissioners of California decide in favor of the Bolton claim, in the city of San Francisco. The claim comprised
13.000 acres, and was worth $10,- 000,000.
6th. - The National Know Noth- ing Council holds its session at Philadelphia.
13th .- A Convention of the Know Somethings meets in Cleveland, Ohio. The Know Nothings at their Convention at Philadelphia, have a strong time, and finally pass Ne- braska resolutions ; and the result is a feud between the Northern an l Southern State delegates.
27th. - The Massachusetts Medi- cal Society hold their annual con- vention at Springfield.
JULY.
2d. - The Kansas Legislature is organized, pro-slavery men being chosen officers. - The steamer Lex- ington explodes on the Mississippi river, wounding about 35 persons.
4th. - The Fourth of July is cel- ebrated with great eclat in all parts of the country. At Dorchester, Mas., Hon. Edward Everett deliv- ers an oration two hours and twen- ty minutes in length. A large num- ber of fires and accidents occur. A prohibitory liquor law goes into ef- fect in New York.
6th. - A murderer is lynched at Janesville, Wis.
10. - Great excitement is caused in Boston and vicinity by the dis- covery that W. S. Tuckerman, Treasurer of the Eastern Railroad Co., was a defaulter to the amount of a quarter of million of dollars.
15th. - Two destructive fires oc- cur at Manchester, N. II., involving a loss of $300,000.
18th. - The 216th Commence- ment Day at Harvard College is observed. A party of slaves be- longing to J. H. Wheeler, U. S. Minister to Nicaragua, while he was taking them through Philadelphia, escaped. Passmore Williamson, who informed the slaves that they were free, is arrested, and is finally committed by Judge Kane for con- tempt of court, in not producing the slaves who had never been in his possession. The affair excites great feeling, and Judge Kane is strongly condemned.
27th. - A Grand Council of all the various tribes of Indians in Mi- chigan, is held at Detroit, to meet the U. S. Comissioners for the pur- pose of making a treaty.
AUGUST.
1st. - The yellow fever rage 8 fearfully at Norfolk and Ports-
15
GENERAL EVENTS.
mouth, Va., and is also severely felt at New Orleans.
3d. - By the explosion of a pow- der mill at Wilmington, Del., six men are killed.
6th. - Fearful election riots occur in Louisville, in which a large num- ber of houses are burnt, and twen- ty or twenty-five killed, and a large number wounded.
18th. - Hon. Abbott Lawrence, one of the most opulent and influ- ential merchants of the United States, died at his resideuce in Bos- tou. '
23d. - The Annual Musical Con- vention is held in Boston.
28th. - An unsuccessful attempt is made to lay a telegraph cable from Cape Breton Island to the Newfoundland shore. The cable is obliged to be cut when partly laid, and about 40 miles in length of it is lost.
30th. - The political gubernato- rial campaign in Massachusetts is opened by an Anti Liquor-Law Con- vention held at Worcester, who nominate for Governor E. D. Beach, of Springfield.
SEPTEMBER.
3d. - A great battle occurs near the North Fork of the Platte river, between the Sioux Indians and U.S. troops. The Indians are defeated, with a loss of 80 killed and 50 pris- oners.
13th. - The annual meeting of the American Board of Commis- sioners of Foreign Missions is held at Utica.
16th. - A fearful mortality occurs on the steamer Uncle Sam, on its way from the Isthmus to San Fran- cisco, some 150 passengers dying of cholera.
17th. - The corner stone of the Public Library Building in Boston is laid with appropriate ceremonies. -The Know Nothings carry the State election in California.
25th .- The total number of deaths by yellow fever at Norfolk during the continuance of the epidemic was 1,900, including 22 physicians. - President Pierce visits Harris- burg to attend the celebration of Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society.
26th. - During the fortnight end- ing this day, a large number of cat- tle shows are held in various parts of New England. - A large delega- tion of Massachusetts Sabbath School Teachers visits New York city.
OCTOBER.
5th. - The new Asteroids are dis- covered between Mars and Jupiter.
11th. - Hecker & Bro.'s flour mills at New York city are burnt. Less $72,000.
12th .- A powder mill at Gorham, Me .. is blown up, and seven persons are instantly killed. - The expedi- tion sent out in search of Dr. Kane and his party return home with the objects of their search.
23d .- The United States Agri- cultural Society hold their Third Annual Fair at Boston. - On the 26th there is a great banquet, at which Hous. Edward Everett and R. C. Winthrop make addresses. The 28th is made a general Holiday in Boston.
30th. - The cotton factory at Southboro', Mass., is burnt. Two or three operatives are killed and many injured by being obliged to jump from the upper stories of the mill, so rapidly did the flames spread. Loss, $60,000.
NOVEMBER.
1st. - An awful railroad accident occurs on the occasion of the open- ing of the Pacific Railroad from St Louis to Jefferson City. A bridge falls, and the cars are thrown into the water. About thirty, including Dr. Bullard, of St. Louis, and other distinguished persons, are killed, and fitty badly injured.
2d. - Passmore Williamson, of Judge Kane notoriety, is freed from the charge of contempt of court.
4th. - A festival is held at San Francisco in honor of the fall of Sebastopol. About 10,000 persons are present, and the affair ends in a general row.
6th. - The Know Nothings suc- ceed in re-electing Gov. Gardner to the office of Governor of Massachu- setts.
11th. - A grain elevator at Char- lotte, . Y., falls, involving a loss of $40,000.
12th. - The propeller Trinity ex- plodes at Port Coltourne and is a total loss. Eight of her crew perish.
27th. - Walker's warehouse, on River street, Chicago, is burnt. Loss, $150,000.
DECEMBER.
3d. - A great steamboat fire oc- eurs at Memphis, destroying several valuable boats, and causing the death of fifteen persons. - The 34th Congress assembles. - The steamer
16
GENERAL EVENTS.
Crescent City is wrecked on the Ba- hama Banks.
7th. A serious fire occurs in Sing Sing prison. Loss, $80,000.
10th .- At the municipal elections of Boston, Newburyport, Roxbury, and Cambridge, the K. N's are de- feated, and the Citizen's Ticket prevails. - James B. Stuart and a party of Indians return from a trip to the Arctic regions, and give definite information relative to the death of Sir John Franklin.
15th .- An election riot occurs in Kansas.
21st .- At Plymouth, Forefathers' Day is celebrated. An oration is delivered by Senator Seward. In New York, the New England Soci- ety celebrated the day, Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes being the orator.
25th. Great excitement in New York consequent on the stopping of the steamer Northern Light, which was about starting with 400 fillibus- ters. A severe storm damages a large number of trees in Massachu- setts, and breaks down the tele- graph wires, so that all communi- cation to New York is cut off for two days.
1856. JANUARY.
2d. A severe shock of an earth- quake is felt at San Francisco.
5th. A violent snow storm ex- tends from Washington, D. C., to Halifax, N. S. Travelling on the railroads is much obstructed for some days.
6th. The packet ship St. Denis founders at sea. The captain, three passengers, and part of the crew are lost. The survivors are picked up by the ship Naples, Capt. Lovell, and conveyed to New York.
8th. The Potomac river is frozen across from shore to shore ; many persons cross on foot with safety.
11th. A meeting is held in New York by the Emmett Monument Association, at the Tabernacle, the object of which is to procure the liberation of Ireland from British rule, by the force of arms.
12th. The roof of the station house of the Richmond and Dan- ville railroad in Richmond, Va., gives way, from the great weight of snow upon it.
18th. The Ladies' Seminary, at Auburn, N. Y , is destroyed by fire.
21st. The casting of the colossal statue of Washington, modelled by H. R. Brown, is completed at Chic-
opee, at the foundry of the Ames Company.
23d. The Presidentof Nicaragua suspends all official communication with Mr. Wheeler, minister resident of the United States, because the Government of the United States, "in opposition to the sentiment of that country," have refused to re- ceive Parker H. French, the ac- credited minister to that country.
24th. President Pierce commu- nicates a message to Congress upon the affairs of Kansas, giving his statement of the causes of the dif- ficulties the'e.
29th. In Washington, D. C., Albert Rust, member of Congress, from Arkansas, assaults Horace Greeley, the editor of the Tribune, and beats him with his fist in the Capitol grounds, and again near National Hotel.
30th. The Chilian war steamer Casado foundered at sea, and over 300 persons perished.
30th. The Southern Commercial Convention assembled at Rich- ond, Va.
FEBRUARY.
Ist. The preliminary articles for peace are signed at Vienna, agree- ing to open the conference at Paris, within three weeks.
2d. Nathaniel P. Banks, Jr., of Massachusetts, is elected Speaker of the House of Representatives, after a contest of nine weeks.
3d. In Kansas the thermometer sinks as low as 30 deg. below zero. The cold extends over the United States, and in some parts to a de- gree unknown before.
5th. A destructive fire consumes Patten's building in Manchester, N.H., which is occupied with print- ing offices, lawyers' offices and stores.
6th. The ship Great Duke, of Boston, on the passage from New Orleans to Liverpool, is totally lost, at Poolslaughter Bay, 29 of the crew, including the captain, are drowned, and 3, including the chief mate, are saved.
7th. There is a severe gale on the English coast, in which many vessels suffer injury, among which are several from the United States.
10th. A decree is promulgated at the city of Granada. by President Rivas, claiming and annexing the whole Musquito territory as an in- tegral portion of the State of Niear- agua, and nullifying the Kinney purchase.
17
GENERAL EVENTS.
11th. President Pierce issues a proclamation in regard to Kansas matters, warning all persons again-t unlawful combinations, against the constituted authority of the terri- tory.
15th. The United States press in Kansas are put by the Secretary of War under the requisition of the governor of that territory.
15th. A severe shock of an earthquake is felt at San Francisco.
16th. John Saddlier, member of the English Parliament, expecting a discovery of his frauds, commit- ted suicide.
18th. A disaster occurred on the Seaboard and Roanoke railroad, in which four persons are killed and ten wounded.
19th. The ship John Rutledge from Liverpool to New York, en- counters an iceberg, and is found to be in a sinking condition. Five boats leave the ship, but only one is found, which contains Thomas W. Nye, the only survivor. He was picked up by the ship Germa- nia, Capt. Wood.
22d. The National American Convention assembles in Philadel- phia, and nominates Millard Fill- more, of New York, for President, and Andrew J. Donaldson, of Ten- nessee, for Vice President.
24th. Owing to the breaking up of the ice in the Ohio river, six steamers and several barges were sunk, causing a great loss of prop- erty.
25th. The Peace Conference at Paris holds the first meeting, at which Count Walewski presides.
29th. Delegates from the belli- gerent armies, in the Crimea, meet to concert measures to carry out the armistice.
MARCH.
1st. Col. William H. Garland, city treasurer of New Orleans, is found to be a defaulter to the amount of $150,000, and attempts to escape by the river, but is ar- rested and brought back.
1st. Hon. Geo. M. Dallas sails from New York for London, to take the place of Mr. Buchanan, as American Minister to England.
1st. The colossal bronze statue of Beethoven, the gift of Charles C. Perkins, is inuagurated at the Mu- sic Ilall in Boston.
2d. A destructive earthquake occurs in the Island Great Saugor, one of the Moluccas, by which 2,- 800 lives are lost.
4th. The Free State Legislature of Kansas is organized at Topeka.
5th. The Covent Garden Theatre is burned.
6th. The Essex Cotton Mill, in Newburyport, is destroyed by fire.
7th. A. H. Reeder and J. H. Lane are elected U. S. Senators by the Free State Legislature at Topeka.
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.