Birthdays

William Robinson Aldred
Turns 31 on this date

William Laws Cannon
Turns 20 on this date

John Henderson Carothers
Turns 46 on this date

Oliver James Dickey
Turns 36 on this date

Charles William Field
Turns 31 on this date

Eliza Paul Kirkbride Gurney
Turns 58 on this date

Joseph Meharry Medill
Turns 36 on this date
Events
Crime/Disasters | Dozens of miners are drowned when a mine floods in South Wales | 04/06/1859 |
Slavery/Abolition | In Philadelphia, the U.S. Commissioner frees Harrisburg alleged fugitive slave Daniel Dangerfield | 04/06/1859 |
Legal/Political | The federal trial of Oberlin-Wellington rescuer Simeon Bushnell continues in Cleveland, Ohio |
04/06/1859 to 04/14/1859 |
Lawmaking/Litigating | The murder trial of Congressman Daniel Sickles of New York continues in Washington D.C. |
04/05/1859 to 04/09/1859 |
Documents
Newspaper | New York Herald, “The Late Scattering Elections,” April 6, 1859 | 04/06/1859 |