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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hornet, (search)
ad struck her colors after a battle of twenty-three minutes. She was the brig Penguin, eighteen guns, Captain Dickenson. She mounted nineteen carriage guns, besides guns in her top. Her complement of men was 132, and her size and weight of metal was the same as those of the Hornet. The latter lost one man killed and ten wounded. The loss of the Penguin was unknown. Among the slain were her commander and boatswain. After taking from her all that was valuable, Captain Biddle scuttled her (March 25), and she went to the bottom of the South Atlantic Ocean. Special honors were bestowed upon Captain Biddle. When he arrived in New York a public dinner was given to him, and his native town (Philadelphia) gave him a beautiful service of silver-plate. Congress thanked him in the name of the republic, and voted him a gold medal. Converting the Tom Bowline into a cartel ship, he sent his prisoners in her to Rio de Janeiro. See Biddle, James. When sailing towards the Indian seas on the
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), John Adams, the (search)
e two preceding years in some respects, fully sustained the character of the American navy. the John Adams frigate had been cut down to a corvette of twenty-eight guns in 1813, and was the first that figured after the opening of 1814. She started on a cruise from Washington in January, and on the night of the 18th passed the British blockading squadron in Lynn Haven Bay, put to sea, and ran to the northeast to cross the track of the West India merchantmen. She made a few prizes, and on March 25 she captured the Indiaman Woodbridge. While taking possession of her the commander of the Adams (Capt. Charles .Morris) observed twenty-five merchant vessels, with two ships-of-war, bearing down upon her with a fair wind. Morris abandoned his prize, and gave the Adams wings for flight from danger. In April she entered the harbor of Savannah for supplies, and on May 5 sailed for the Manila Reef to watch for the Jamaica convoy, but the fleet passed her in the night. She gave chase in the
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Kansas, (search)
ession until the present, nobody ever thought of incorporating this principle in all new territorial organizations; that the committee on Territories did not recommend it in their report; and that it required the amendment of the Senator from Kentucky to bring us up to that point? Will any one of my accusers dare to make the issue, and let it be tried by the record? I will begin with the compromises of 1850. Any Senator who will take the trouble to examine our journals, will find that on March 25 of that year I reported from the committee on Territories two bills including the following measures: the admission of California, a territorial government for New Mexico, and the adjustment of the Texas boundary. These bills proposed to leave the people of Utah and New Mexico free to decide the slavery question for themselves, in the precise language of the Nebraska bill now under discussion. A few weeks afterwards the committee of thirteen took these two bills and put a wafer between th
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Mexico, War with (search)
mmodore Conner, sailed to the Gulf of Mexico to protect American interests there. In September Taylor formed a camp at Corpus Christi, and there remained during the autumn and winter. He was ordered, Jan. 13, 1846, to move from his camp at Corpus Christi to the Rio Grande, opposite the Spanish city of Matamoras, because Mexican troops were gathering in that direction. This was disputed territory between Texas and the neighboring province of Tamaulipas. When he encamped at Point Isabel, March 25, on the coast, 28 miles from Matamoras, Taylor was warned by the Mexicans that he was upon foreign soil. He left his stores at Point Isabel, under a guard of 450 men, and with the remainder of his army advanced to the bank of the Rio Grande, where he established a camp and began the erection of a fort, which he named Fort Brown, in honor of Major Brown, in command there. The Mexicans were so eager for war that, because President Herrera was anxious for peace with the United States, they
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Mobile, Ala. (search)
de of the bay. The 13th Army Corps began a march on the 17th from Fort Morgan over a swampy region in heavy rain, and the 16th Corps crossed the bay from Fort Gaines and joined the other. At the same time a feint was made on Mobile to attract attention from this movement. General Steele, with Hawkins's division of negro troops and some cavalry, had been marching from Pensacola to Blakely, 10 miles north of Mobile, to induce the belief that Montgomery was Canby's real objective point. On March 25 this force encountered and defeated 800 Alabama cavalry under General Clanton. The Confederates lost about 200 men killed and wounded, and 275 made prisoners. Steele found very little opposition afterwards until he reached the front of Blakely. The Nationals on the east side of the bay pushed on to Spanish Fort, 7 miles east of Mobile. It was invested, March 27, but its garrison of nearly 3,000 of Hood's late army, with its neighbors, made it a stout antagonist, willing to give blow fo
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Spain, War with (search)
Spanish fleet sailed from Cadiz for the Canary Islands. March 14. Senator Proctor's report on Spanish atrocities in Cuba was published. March 19. the Maine court of inquiry completed its labors. Its report was delivered to the President March 25, and transmitted by him to Congress March 28. March 25. Commodore Schley took command of the flying squadron in Hampton Roads. March 30. The President requested permission of Spain to relieve the reconcentrados, which was granted. ApriMarch 25. Commodore Schley took command of the flying squadron in Hampton Roads. March 30. The President requested permission of Spain to relieve the reconcentrados, which was granted. April 2. The Spanish fleet arrived at the Cape de Verde Islands. April 4. The pope appealed to Spain in the interests of peace. April 5. United States consuls in Cuba were recalled. April 7. The diplomatic representatives of the great powers of Europe waited on the President with a plea for peace. April 9. Consul-General Lee, with many Americans, departed from Havana. April 11. The President sent a message to Congress outlining the situation, declaring that intervention was necess
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Sumter, Fort (search)
rt was his judicious messenger on all occasions, and his trusted caterer for the garrison in fresh provisions in the Charleston market. A source of great anxiety had been removed when, on Feb. 3, the women and children (twenty in number) were removed from the fort and taken to New York. During March rumors were everywhere afloat that the government was about to give up Fort Sumter. Anderson was perplexed by these rumors, but held firmly to his determination to defend it. Beauregard made （March 25) a proposition for its surrender on degrading terms, to which the major replied with warmth, If I can only be permitted to leave on the pledge you mention, I shall never, so help me God, leave this fort alive. Beauregard apologized. The message of the President to Governor Pickens produced a crisis. It caused intense excitement throughout the Confederacy, and especially at Charleston. Beauregard received a despatch from the government at Montgomery (April 10), conditionally authorizin
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
am Berdan, inventor of a longrange rifle, dies at Washington, D. C.......March 31, 1893 Thomas F. Bayard, of Delaware, nominated ambassador to the Court of St. James (the first ambassador of the United States), March 30; he takes the oath of office......April 3, 1893 Arguments of English and American representatives begun before the court of arbitration in the Bering Sea dispute......April 4, 1893 Minister Hicks telegraphing that the consular agency at Mollendo, Peru, was attacked, March 25, and the agent shot, Secretary Gresham directs a protest and a demand for reparation......April 6, 1893 Chief of the diplomatic service to France, James B. Eustis, of Louisiana, raised to the rank of ambassador......April 8, 1893 Caravel Santa Maria, a reproduction of the flag-ship of Columbus, given to the United States by Spain, March 26, reaches Havana......April 9, 1893 Sir Julian Pauncefote received by the President as ambassador from Great Britain......April 11, 1893 Ameri
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Kansas, (search)
h, both in opposition to the Lecompton constitution......Dec. 24, 1857 Election of officers under the Lecompton constitution; vote for governor, 4,097......Jan. 4, 1858 Result of a people's vote on the Lecompton constitution was: Against, 10,226; for, with slavery, 138; for, without slavery, 23; election held......Jan. 4, 1858 Last meeting of the Topeka legislature; no quorum......March 4, 1858 Free-State constitutional convention at Minneola, March 23, adjourned to Leavenworth, March 25, frames The Leavenworth constitution ......April 3, 1858 Compromise bill known as the English Swindle and Lecompton Junior passed, admitting Kansas under Lecompton constitution amended, approved......May 4, 1858 Governor Denver takes oath of office......May 12, 1858 Leavenworth constitution adopted by the people......May 18, 1858 Attack on free-State men by a party of twenty-five under Charles A. Hamilton, at Marais des Cygnes; five killed and five severely wounded......May 19