A category two hurricane struck the Louisiana coast and then moved across Mississippi before blowing itself out in Alabama.  There was significant damage across the entire area.  Several ships were driven ashore, La Balize, Louisiana was completely destroyed, and destruction in Biloxi, and Mobile, Mississippi was extensive, as well.  Several people were drowned in Louisiana and around a million dollars in damage was done.  La Balize was never rebuilt.  (By John Osborne)   

One of the largest manufacturing buildings in Albany, New York caught fire in the early hours of the morning and the piano maker of Boardman, Gray, and Company suffered heavy losses.  The well-known firm, founded in 1837, had been prospering, completing a reported twenty-five pianos a week and provided instruments to some of the famous names musicians and venues in the country. Total losses were estimated at around $60,000 but no serious injuries were reported.  (By John Osborne) 

Democrats from both the Douglas and Breckinridge camps held a large political meeting together in Philadelphia in support of the Pennsylvania state-wide candidates.  They determined to unite in these races in November and heard a speech from the grateful gubernatorial candidate, former congressman Henry Donnel Foster.  Democratic unity was of no avail, though, for Republican candidate Andrew Curtin triumphed in the general election with more than 54% of the vote.  (By John Osborne) 

In a heavy storm twelve miles off Cape Cod, Massachusetts, the sailing brig Mary Pierce bound for New Haven, Connecticut from Bangor, Maine with a load of lumber got into difficulties and capsized around nine o'clock in the morning.  The seven people aboard were thrown into the heavy sea and tried to cling to the wreck.  Only the mate was still alive when a British schooner appeared later in the day and took him aboard.  (By John Osborne)

Two Brooklyn baseball clubs Excelsior and Independent played a game at the Excelsior home ground.  The powerhouse Excelsiors were run away winners by a score of 46-14, having led by the end of the second inning by 18-2.  Meanwhile, in the Bronx, the Union Club was hosting Putnam, a game that the visitors broke open in the early innings, finally winning by a score of 12-6.  (By John Osborne) 

Douglas and his wife arrived in Elmira, New York in the early morning hours and after an afternoon of speeches and receptions left for Canandaigua, New York by train.  Douglas made stops and short speeches along the way, stopping at Jefferson, Havana, and Pen Yan before reaching Canandaigua at the end of a punishing campaign day.  (By John Osborne)

New York City Democrats hosted a massive barbecue in Jones' Woods, an Upper East Side beer garden with Senator Douglas and other local Democrats in attendance.  The "Grand Political Carnival and Ox-Roast" drew a reported twenty to thirty thousand people, all provided with free barbecued beef and pork from city butchers.  All meats and 2000 loaves of bread disappeared in minutes. Douglas spoke at length in the afternoon, as did August Belmont.  (By John Osborne) 

The American Pomological Society had been founded in 1848 by Marshall P. Wilder as the American Congress of Fruit Growers, taking on its new name four years later.  Meeting every other year, the sixth national meeting of the Society took place in Philadelphia with Wilder in the chair and Thomas Field as secretary.  The Society remains in existence as the oldest organization of fruit growers in the United States, publishing a journal, and promoting the study of the cultivation of fruit and nuts.  (By John Osborne)