On the following “ Jan. 25th,” Shepard, commanding the State forces at Springfield, discovering a
body of “ eleven hundred” Insurgents under Daniel Shays advancing towards the arsenal, gave warning,
That if they approached nearer they would be fired upon : the "insurgents replying, “ That is .all
we want,” continued to advance against firing over their heads; but at length received a volley, and
in spite of the efforts of their leader, retreated precipitately. By Lincoln, the State commander in
chief, the main body of the insurgents was surprised and dispersed Feb. 4th ; many seeking refuge in
the surrounding States.
“ The same y e a r ” (Nicol.), Frederic II. the Great succeeded by Frederic William 11., fourth
king of Prussia.
“ The same y e a r ” (Kobell ii.), by Lord Dundonald, first experiments on the illuminating power
of the carburetted hydrogen of coal. — After three years or thereabCmts, gas-liohting was rendered
practicable and profitable by Murdoch ; but more than twenty years elapsed before the lighting of
streets was effected.
“ In this y e a r ” (.Spreng.), Joh. Sim. Kerner publishing his Flor. stuttgard.
“ In this y e a r ” (J. E. Smith), Villars publishing his Plant. Dauph.'
“ In this y e a r ” (Winckl.), Vahl publishing the Sixth volume of the Flor. dan., — tbe Seventh
“ in 1794.”
fo. . , . .0 o iu L ii., d im vvincKi.j, jacquin puDlishing lus Lollect., and continuing his
Icon, rar., enumerating * Patagomca ic. ii. pl. 306; — the third and concluding voluine of
his Icon. rar. “ in 1793,” and the concluding volume of his Collect, “ in 1796.”
“ 1787 A. D .” (Holmes), government by a Congress proving inefficient: ordinances being disregarded,
many States neglecting or refusing to furnish their quotas of expenditure, treaties with foreign
nations being in some States openly violated, and the danger of insurrections being now manifest,
a conrention of all the States e.xcept Rhode Island assembled in “ May ” at Philadelphia ; and “ Sept!
17th,” unanimously agreed on a federal constitution. In accordance with the prescribed plan of action,
Congress Oct, 4th ” unanimously resolved, “ eleven States being present,” That the new constitutioii
be transmitted to the State legislatures, to be submitted to conventions chosen by the people.
“ The same y e a r ” (Drayton iv. 155, and Holmes), by the Legislature of South Carolina, the
Western territory of that State toward the Mississippi ceded to the general government. Baltimore
at this time containing “ one thousand nine hundred and fifty-nine houses.”
“ Aug. n th ” (Sieb. elucid. Vries p. 72), the strait separating Yeso from Krafto (Saghalien), dis-
covered by Lapeyrouse.
“ In this y e a r ” (Winckl.), David Heinrich Hoppe publishing his Ectyp. plant. Ratisb.,t — the
eighth volume ‘‘ in 1793.”
As early as this year (see Ph., and Winckl.), Retz publishing the fourth volume of his Obs. botan.,
enumerating Pedicularis Groenlandica n. 760 : the sixth and last volume “ in 1791.”
“ In this year ” (Winckl., and append. Sibth ), Ehrhart publishing his Beitr., enumerating Eq u isetum
pratense, Carex choraorhiza, Cornus paniculata (Pursh), — the Seventh fascic. “ in 179 2 -”
died “ in 1795.” ’
As early as this year (see Spreng., and Winckl ), Scopoli writing his Del. insubr. — He died
“ in 1788.”
“ In this y e a r ” (J. E. Smith, and Spreng.), Curtis publishing the first volume of his Bot. Mag.
He completed fourteen volumes ; died in “ 1799,” and the work was continued by Sims as far as
the forty-second volume inclusive.
“ In this y e a r ” (Winckl.), J. Dav. Schöpf publishing his Mat. med. amer. ; — “ in 1788,” his
travels in North America.
* Euxolus caudatus of Western Equatorial Africa. Received from Guinea, and termed
“ chenopodium caudatum” and “ c. Guineense” by Jacquin rar. ii. pl. 344, 345,— and col. ii. 325
(Pers.). By European colonists, was carried to Tropical America, Bengal, Java, and Australia (Moa
and A. Dec.). ^ ’
t Praya alpina of the Arctic region and alpine summits farther South,
the Carinthian Alps — (Koch, and A. Dec.); by Fries 29, in Lapland only.
Hooker, growing on the Rocky mountains from 57° to 52°.
Observed by Hoppe on
Westward, according to
Lu zu la glabrata of Arctic Europe and the mountains of Switzerland. Observed by Hoppe,—
and Rostkow, on the Salzburg Alps (Pers.); te rmed“ ], intermedius” by Host, “ j, montanus” ’ by
Lamarck; observed by Mougeot on the Vo.sges; by Lecoq and Lamotte, on the mounlains of
Auvergne ; growing also according to A. Decandolle in Arctic Europe.
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itoti ™ róairo in Egypt, death of the American traveller Ledyard
n this year (Winckl.), Timm publishing his Flor, megapol. prodr *
..i.;/!::: ++++';!•
“ In this y e a r ” (append. Sibth.), Roth publishing his Tent. Flor. Germ
in» u l l E U Z Z J E f i E E - - embassy to Tippoo Saib, visit-
“ton “ ” ™ ™ n d .-H e died at Senngapatan “ m 1790,” and his Herb, manrit. was published
“ in totoi to in d to l ” and Winckl.), Gmrtner publishing his Fruct. p la n t ., t -H e died
1791, and the publication was completed “ in the same year.”
a c k n l/w ? to to '” the necessity of an efficient government being generally felt and
ir „ + 7 r 7 L ”‘" "+
R h o r t Island adopted the federal constitution, and was annexed to the Union ” Y 9 ,
of nob? tocf rffi fn Z h to r l ’ .0 ®#''""-" # L # '" X V I . of France of the states-general. “ consisting
.,t ito ‘ ’^''0 "™®fr®to” 0 ‘‘® AM-el-Hamid succeeded by Selim I IL , twenty-ninth Turkish
sultan Coins issued at Cairo by Selim III. are figured in Marcel p 249 ^
M e n r k T T Hort. Kewensis. enumeratin» Andromeda
E z 71 1’ F i u t a t a i. r8l, Corallorhiza innata, A llium ^ 07777E i a
striata, A r i d i l a parviflora, Potentilla tridentata, Mimulus alaiusxx. 361, Nardosmia hal,nata iii 777r \ I petioiaris, stricta, muPiradiata iii p » 1 ,-3 .'
A s t e r P T d o s u ^ m .g . 201, A . salicifolius, spectabilis, aestivus, corymbosus, radula; Betula "excZsI
^ F o r a i. 307,
, ,8 I Z Z E Z E ^ by Timm, in Roth n bevtr i
tond I t o t o S t o d 7 Z 7 7 Z Z Z E ' - fr"'™“ ®* rana. zuia westwaid, in Greenland, and in British and Russian America fWa'^ls"® I® • ''"o h'®sp Srvwetdo zehrv!
myself on the alpine summits of the White mountains, having a contracted spicifbr? p anic lfan d
" "L®®'"'®" ™®to “to nrountainsffiftomTiffiS
\ Zephyranthes tubispatha of Austral America. Transported to Europe is described bv
L Heiitire seit. angl, 9. — By European colonists also, carried to Hindustan ; and “ from Dr Carev'/
Prto, » Bu™.,,. ■ k,,„L
Hindustan, and according to Drury »/owing at O o to c am S ™
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fell lit