Albert Hazlett convicted of murder in Charlestown, Virginia

Albert Hazlett was on trial for his life in Charlestown, Virginia for his role in the Harpers Ferry Raid.  The jury received the case on Friday afternoon and rendered a guilty verdict the following morning.  Hazlett was the last of John Brown's men to be convicted.  He and fellow raider Aaron Dwight Stevens were hanged together in Charlestown on March 16, 1860.  (By John Osborne)
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Jacob Miller Campbell (Congressional Biographical Dictionary)

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“Campbell, Jacob Miller,” Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000086.
CAMPBELL, Jacob Miller, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born at “White Horse,” near Somerset, Allegheny Township, Somerset County, Pa., November 20, 1821; moved with his parents to Allegheny City, Pa., in 1826; attended the public schools; learned the art of printing in the office of the Somerset Whig; later was connected with a magazine-publishing company in Pittsburgh and with leading newspapers in New Orleans, La.; engaged in steamboating on the lower Mississippi River 1814-1847 and in gold mining in California in 1851; aided in the building of the Cambria Iron
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present

Maryland legislature passes the Eastern Shore Railroad Bill

The Maryland House of Delegates authorized the building of the Eastern Shore Railroad and appropriated $1,000,000 towards its completion.  The first section opened later in the year from Delmar, Delaware to Salisbury, Maryland and had a significant effect on the economy of the region.  (By John Osborne) 
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Altercation on board U.S. Navy prize leads to four sailors arrested for mutiny

The suspected American slaveship Virginia was being sailed back to Norfolk, Virginia from the African coast with a U.S. Navy prize crew in control.  A member of that prize crew argued and fought with a member of the Virginia's crew.  The altercation spread with the final result of four members of the prize crew being put in irons for the crime of mutiny and confined for the rest of the voyage. (By John Osborne)
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Jordan Edgar Cravens (Congressional Biographical Dictionary)

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“Cravens, Jordan Edgar,” Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000885.
CRAVENS, Jordan Edgar, (cousin of William Ben Cravens), a Representative from Arkansas; born in Fredericktown, Madison County, Mo., November 7, 1830; moved with his father to Arkansas the following year; attended the common schools, and was graduated from the Cane Hill Academy at Boonsboro (now Canehill), Washington County, Ark., in 1850; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1854 and commenced practice in Clarksville, Ark.; member of the State house of representatives in 1860; entered the Confederate Army in 1861 as a private, promoted to colonel in 1862, and continued
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present

Royal Navy turns over suspected American slaveship to the United States Navy

H.M.S. Viper had captured the suspected American slaveship Virginia several days before off the coast of Africa.  The British warship then sought a U.S. Navy vessel and finding the U.S.S. Portsmouth delivered the Virginia into American hands.  The Portsmouth assigned a prize crew and the Virginia was sailed under arrest to the United States.  (By John Osborne) 
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Commercial vessel bound for New York sinks off Cape Hatteras

The bark Germantown had left New Orleans on January 21, 1860 bound for New York.  Once turning north onto the eastern seaboard the vessel had battled heavy weather for six days before springing leaks in her hull.  Luckily, as she was about to sink off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, the schooner Tillie out of Massachusetts appeared and took off the crew without loss.  (By John Osborne) 
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Powerful gales wreak havoc across the British Isles and north-west Europe

A furious set of gales inflicted damage for two days over much of the British Isles and northern Europe and score of deaths were reported.  Almost every town in England suffered structural damage and in France a railway train was overturned as it ran on the tracks near Perpignan. In the surrounding coastal waters, more than 120 ships were wrecked with ninety people lost. (By John Osborne) 
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