... the Past. Vicksburg.—The most notable siege of the American Civil War. Invested on March 18, 1863, and surrendered on Independence Day, 135 days later, when General Pemberton laid down his arms with 37,0600 men. Mety. —Surrendered on October 27, 1870, ...

... New York on Monday night, brought specie to the value of £132,000, During the vorage a two-fold anuiversary, that of Independence Day and the sailing from tb¢ Mersey of the first Cunard steamship, was cels brated. l'asseagers iun all classes sang ' The ...

... churoh parade from Victoria Square. He stated that this day was honoured in the British Colonies with as much fervcur as Independence Day in the United States, but the people in England had almost forgotten this anniversary. The movement was neither political ...

... AND THE CRACKERS. Little Billy had been sent to epenl the 4th of July, America’s great day of rejoicing, and known ae Independence Day, with an aunt at her new country. cottage, where she kept eeveral pets, among them a parroi—a bird he bad never yet seen ...