In Hawaii, the cornerstone for the new Queen's Hospital in Honolulu was laid in a  ceremony that began with a prayer in Hawaiian from Minister of Health Richard Armstrong, Dickinson College class of 1827.  King Kamehamena IV then gave the dedication speech.  The king and his wife had personally collected the funds for the non-profit hospital which still operates today as the largest private hospital in the state of Hawaii.  (By John Osborne)  

At the New York state prison at Sing Sing, thirty miles north of New York City on the Hudson River, six prisoners attempted an escape from a work detail in the prison's marble quarry.  One prisoner was shot dead and the others easily recaptured after a brief struggle.  (By John Osborne) 

In what was rapidly appearing to look like an unprecedented "campaign tour" for a nominated presidential candidate, Stephen Douglas arrived in Boston in the early evening after a brief stop and address at the Worcester, Massachusetts train station.  Met by a large crowd and paraded through the streets to his accommodations at the Revere House where he gave a speech later that night. He was scheduled next for Philadelphia. (By John Osborne)

Lewis Davis Campbell announced in the press that he was leaving the Republican Party over a plank in the recently voted party platform that supported allowing unnaturalized foreigners the vote after a six month residence.  Lewis, who had served in Congress in the past as a Whig and a Know-Nothing and in the future as a Democrat, had become famous when a Democratic Congress had unseated him in favor of Clement Vallandigham in 1858. (By John Osborne)