The last known landing of slaves brought from Africa into the United States took place on the night of July 8, 1860 when the slave ship Clotilda entered Mobile Bay and was towed in the dark to Twelve Mile Island on the Mobile River.  There the 110 person cargo was transferred to the smaller ship Czar and taken further up the river to their new new life as American slaves.  William Foster, the captain, then burned the Clohilda to destroy evidence of his forty-five journey from Africa. (By John Osborne)

The Sydney Mail began publication on this day.  In 1871, it became the Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser.  In April, 1912, it reverted to its original title after being sold and ceased publication on December 28, 1938. (By John Osborne)

The Excelsior Club of Brooklyn was coming to the end of a week long tour of upstate New York, playing teams in Albany, Troy, Rochester, and Buffalo.  In Rochester, the Excelsior team had played the Flour City club over nine innings and won the contest easily by a score of 21 runs to 1.  They stayed in town at the Osborne House and two days later played Live Oak of Rochester, winning again by a lopsided score of 29 to 9.  (By John Osborne)

The Excelsior Club of Brooklyn was in the middle of a week long tour of upstate New York, playing teams in Albany, Troy, Rochester, and Buffalo.  The Excelsior team played the Flour City club over nine innings and won the contest easily by a score of 21 runs to 1.  They stayed in town at the Osborne House and played another game, against Live Oak of Rochester, two days later.  (By John Osborne)

Ground was broken under the direction of John Fritz for the state of the art industrial complex that would become the flagship of the Bethlehem Steel Company.  The newly reorganized Bethlehem Rolling Mill and Iron Company had selected the site for its proximity to a transport hub that linked Philadelphia, New York, and the coal regions of Pennsylvania. The factory began producing in 1861 and became the nucleus for the largest producer of iron and steel in the country.  Bethlehem Steel declared bankruptcy in 2001.  (By John Osborne)

Reflecting many of the views that fellow Catholic Archbishop John Joseph Hughes of New York had laid out in a sermon the previous Sunday, Archbishop Francis Patrick Kenrick of Baltimore wrote a letter to Pope Pius IX expressing the support of his flock for the Pontiff in the trying times he was facing with the rise of Italian unification.  Pius replied in August 1860 saying the letter gave him great comfort.  (By John Osborne)

The Excelsior Club of Brooklyn was in the middle of a week long tour of upstate New York, playing teams in Albany, Troy, Rochester, and Buffalo.  The Excelsior team played Niagara in Buffalo over nine innings and won the contest 51 runs to 19.  They were then entertained at Bloomfield's Hotel in the city.  Two days later the Excelsiors were in Rochester, New York to play two matches.  (By John Osborne)  

Apparently, John Kephart had murdered a woman and her daughter who he had been assisting in their journey home to Missouri.  The two bodies were found in the Skunk River in Jefferson County, Iowa.  Local officials tracked Kephart to Missouri and returned him to Batavia in the county for trial on July 3, 1860.   Two days later, a large mob took him from the jail to the site of the murder.  They had him dig his grave and make a statement before hanging him.  (By John Osborne)