1855. The new suspension bridge at Niagara falls crossed for the first time by a locomotive and train of cars. MARCH 15. 44 B. C. CAIUS JULIUS CÆSAR, the Roman general, assassinated in the senate house. He perished at 5 o'clock in the afternoon by 23 wounds. As a _soldier_, he was unquestionably the greatest except one in the history of mankind; his character as a _citizen_ is variously stated by different factions. He is said to have fought 500 battles, conquered 300 nations, taken 800 cities, defeated 3,000,000 men, and slain 1,000,000 on the field of battle. 35. LONGINUS, the penitent, who is said to have pierced the side of Christ, was killed at Cappadocia, probably in this year. 1079. A reformation in the Persian calendar effected by a general assembly of the Eastern astronomers. It is called the Gelalean era, but is only a renovation of that of Zoroaster, which had been neglected after the fall of the Magian empire. 1527. Pope CLEMENT VII concluded a treaty with Lannoy, viceroy of Naples, which the duke of Bourbon disregarded, and marched for Rome. 1573. MICHAEL DE L'HOSPITAL died. Few French statesmen were more liberal than him. He narrowly escaped the Bartholomew massacre, and his daughter, who had embraced the reformed religion was saved by the widow duchess of Guise, who concealed her. 1617. THOMAS EGERTON, an eminent and learned English lawyer, died. He was chancellor under James I. 1655. THEODORE MAYERNE, an eminent physician, died. He was born in Switzerland, studied in France, and settled in England in the service of James I, where he died. 1660. Dr. WREN, bishop of Ely, released after fifteen years' imprisonment. 1665. JAMES, duke of York, established at Gunfleet the first regular system of naval warfare in England. 1672. The famed act of indulgence, passed by Charles II, containing a clause for liberty of conscience. 1743. JOHN BAPTIST MOLINIER died; a distinguished preacher and theological writer of Toulouse. 1754. DENYS FRANCIS SECOUSSE, a learned Frenchman, died. He was one of the first pupils of Rollin, and left the bar for the study of literature. 1781. Battle of Guilford court house, in North Carolina, in which 4,400 Americans, principally militia, under Gen. Greene, were defeated by 2,400 British regulars under Cornwallis. Loss of the Americans 400 killed; British loss 532 killed. 1784. THOMAS FRANKLIN, an English scholar and divine, died. He was possessed of no inconsiderable share of learning and poetical abilities, and was long a favorite in the literary world; translated Sophocles, Phalaris, Lucian and Voltaire, and is the author of a comedy and two tragedies, which were received with great applause. 1798. Chenango co., N. Y., erected; and the following year (1799) Oneida was formed.