Named Entity Results, Saint Michael (Pennsylvania, United States)

lieutenant in 1869; and lieutenant-commander, Nov. 1, 1879. He was with Capt. Daniel L. Braine on the Juniata, when he was ordered, in 1873, to search for the missing Arctic steamer Polaris and her crew. On July 8, 1879, he was given command of the Jeannette, which had been fitted out by James Gordon Bennett, Jr. (q. v.), for a three years exploration trip via Bering Strait. By an act of Congress the vessel was placed under the authority of the government. After touching at Ounalaska, St. Michael's and St. Lawrence Bay, the Jeannette sailed to Cape Serdze Kamen, Siberia, in search of Professor Nordenskjold, the Swedish explorer. Sailing northward the vessel was caught in the pack-ice, Sept. 5, 1879, off Herald Island, and, after drifting 600 miles to the northwest in a devious course, was crushed by the ice, June 13, 1881. Thus Lieutenant-Commander De Long and his crew were adrift in the Arctic Sea 150 miles from the New Siberian Islands and more than 300 miles from the nearest

ed States district attorney appointed for each district in which circuit and district courts are held, to look after the interest of the government in all cases that concern it. Women were admitted to practise in the Supreme Court of the United States by act of Congress, approved Feb. 15, 1879. In addition to the above, there are special courts created from time to time for specific purposes, as the court on Spanish War claims. In 1900 Congress established a district court for Alaska, with judges residing in Juneau, St. Michael's, and Eagle City, and also provided a civil code for the Territory. In cases where constitutional questions are involved, appeals and writs of error from this court may be taken to the United States Supreme Court; where other questions are involved they may be taken to the United States Circuit Court of the 9th District. For a full list of the judges of the Supreme Court, Circuit Courts, District Courts, Court of Claims, etc., see federal government.

St. Michael, defence of On the eastern shore of Chesapeake Bay was the little town of St. Michael, in Talbot county, Md., founded by ship-builders, and famous as the place where most of the swift-sailing privateers, called Baltimore clippers, were built. Seven of these were on the stocks there in August, 1814, when Admiral Cockburn appeared, with the intention of destroying them and the village. The veteran Gen. Derry Benson, commander of the militia of Talbot county, prepared to receivSt. Michael, in Talbot county, Md., founded by ship-builders, and famous as the place where most of the swift-sailing privateers, called Baltimore clippers, were built. Seven of these were on the stocks there in August, 1814, when Admiral Cockburn appeared, with the intention of destroying them and the village. The veteran Gen. Derry Benson, commander of the militia of Talbot county, prepared to receive the invaders. He constructed two redoubts, and the militia from the adjacent country were called to the defence of the place. Benson had, in the aggregate, about 300 men. Between midnight and dawn on Aug. 11 the invaders proceeded to the attack in eleven barges, each armed with a 6-pounder fieldpiece. The night was intensely dark, and the first intimation of their presence was the booming of their cannon. The Marylanders, though a little surprised, made a gallant resistance from the batte