DAYAKS, See BousEo, and BROOKE, Sir JAMES.
DAY, or DAVE, STEPHEN, 1611-68; b. England; the first printer in the New Eng land colonies. Ile came over in 1638, and began printing at Cambrithre the next year, producing first The Freeman's Oath, but what freemen were meant 'does not appear. Then came an almanac, and afterwards the Psalms in the rude meter of the age. He printed also a catechism, The Body of Liberties, and many of the laws enacted.
DAY on DAYS. DARK DAY in New England; see DARE DAY.—DECORATION DAY, the 30th of May, when in the cities and large towns of northern states there are proces sions to the various cemeteries, and the decorating of the graves of union soldiers with flowers. There is a similar custom in sonic of the southern states, usually somewhat earlier in the season.—ELECTION DAY, in nearly all the states of the union, conies on the Tuesday following the first Monday in Nov.—mostly a legal holiday.—EMANCIPATION DAY (in the British colonies), Aug. 1. 1834, when 770,280 slaves became free. The day is still celebrated by colored people in the West Indies and the United States.—EMANCI PATION DAY (in the United States), Jan. 1, 1863, when president Lincoln proclaimed freedom to nearly 4,000,000 of slaves.—EVACUATION DAY, Nov. 25 (local to New York). The British troops held the city during the revolutionary war, but on the conclusion of peace were withdrawn; .Nlay. 25, 1783. was long kept up with great spirit, but is now falling out of UM-GENERAL TRAINING DAY, once important as the annual turnout and drill of the rural militia, and kept as high holiday. It was usually iu the latter part of the summer, In recent times the more complete organiza tion of the militia has had the effect of doing away with general town and county mus ter.-HuNDnED DAYS, the period betwen Mar. 20, 1815, when Napoleon left Elba, and June 22 of the same year, when he was forced to abdicate, and was sent a prisoner to St. Helena.-LucKv DAYS, certain recurring periods which people fancy are peculiarly fortunate for themselves; especially those which may be called "recurrent" days, as in the case of Thomas a Becket. who was born, baptized, fled to France, returned to Eng land, was assassinated, and 700 years later had a church dedicated to him by cardinal Manning, each event occurring on Tuesday. Cromwell's peculiar day was the 13th of Sept., on which day in successive years he was born, won the battle of Worcester, and died. Harold, last of the Saxon kings, was born, lost his kingdom, and died on Oct. 14. Napoleon's day was the 2d of the month, on which date he was made consul, crowned,won at Austerlitz, and married Maria Theresa. The last Napoleon effected the coup d'etat Dec. 2, was made emperor the same day, began the war on Germany Aug. 2, and sur rendered his sword Sept. 2. Some of the greatest rulers of France of the house of Bourbon have been curiously connected with the 14th of the month, and also with 14 as a simple number. On May 14, 1026, the of France named Henry was conse crated, and on May 14. 1610, the last Henry was assassinated. Fourteen letters enter into the name of Henri de Bourbon, who was the 14th king bearing the titles of France and Navarre. Dee. 14.1553, that is, 14 centuries, 14 decades, and 14 years after the birth of Christ, Henry IV. was born; the ciphers of the date 1553, when added together, give the number 14. May 14, 1552, was the date of the birth of Marguerite de Valois, first wife of Henry IV. May 14, 1588, the Parisians revolted against Henry III., at the instigation of the duke of Guise. Mar. 14. 1590, Henry IV. gained the battle of Ivry. May 14, 1590, Henry was repulsed from the Faubourgs of Paris. Nov. 14, 1590, the Sixteen took an oath to die rather than serve Henry. Nov. 14, 1592, the parlia ment registered the papal bull giving power to the legate to nominate a king to the exclusion of Henry. Dec. 14. 1599, the duke of Savoy was reconciled to Henry IV.
Sept. 14, 1606, the dauphin, af;ersvards Louis XIII., was baptized. May 14, 1610, the king was assassinated by Ravaillac. Henry IV. lived four times 14 years, 14 weeks, and four times 14 days. May 14. 1643, died Louis XIII., son of Henry IV.; not only on the same day of the same month as his father, but the date, 1643, when its ciphers are added together, gives the number 14,just as the ciphers of the date of the birth of his father gave 14. Louis XIV. mounted the throne in 1643; 1, 6, 4, 3 = 14. He died in the year 1715; 1, 7, 1, 5 = 14. He lived 77 years; 7 and 7 = 14.-RED LETTER DAY is so called from the practice of early printers of almanacs denoting holi days and fasts and festivals by red ink, all others being in black. THANKSGIVING DAY, at first a purely New England institution, within recent years has become national. It is supposed to have been in some degree a successor of the Hebrew feast of the taber nacles. Beginning almost with the beginning of the pilgrim colony, amid privations which seemed to offer small material for thankfulness, it rapidly spread over all New England. and has at last established itself in all the states, through the recommenda tion of governors and of the president in annual proclamations. By usage, the date appointed is the Thursday last in November.-UNLUCKY DAYS vary with different peo ple. The most noted among nations speaking English is Friday, as the day on which the Saviour was crucified, to which day, by common consent, until recently, were assigned all capital executions of the law on criminals. It is not many years since it was almost impossible to induce sailors to start on long voyages on this day; but the history of the great discoverer Columbus gives a remarkable refutation of this super stition. On Friday, Aug. 21, 1492, he sailed on his voyage of discovery. On Friday, Oct. 12, he first discovered land. On Friday, Jan. 4, 1493, lie sailed on his return to Spain, which if lie had not reached in safety, the happy discovery might never have been known. On Friday, Mar. 15, he arrived at Palos. On Friday, Nov. 22, lie arrived at Hispaniola, on his second voyage to America. On Friday, June 13, 1194, he dis covered the continent of America,-though unknown as such to him. Among the events of success and importance occurring on Friday, are the founding of St. Augustine, Fla., the oldest city in the United States; the arrival of the Mayflower (old style date) at the harbor of Provincetown, and the signing of the compact by the pilgrims on the same day; their landing on Plymouth rock (new style); George Washington born; Bunker hill seized and fortified; British surrender at Saratoga; Arnold's treason dis covered; and the final surrender of the British forces at Yorktown. In the war with Mexico, the battle of Palo Alto began on Friday, and the treaty of peace between the two countries was ratified on Friday. In the same year, the question of our north western boundary, with its menace of war, was settled by a treaty signed on Friday. In the war of the rebellion the main events occurring on Friday were: Fort Sumter cap tured by the confederates; Port Royal forts taken by time unionists; close of the battle of Pea Ridge; slavery abolished in the district of Columbia; Fort Pulaski taken by unionists; Memphis taken by unionists; Fredericksburg bombarded; battle of Gettys burgh ended; Vicksburg bombarded; president Lincoln offered amnesty to all except the chief leaders of the rebellion; Lee defeated at Five Forks (three days fighting); the union flag restored on Fort Sumter, and the assassination of Lincoln—both on Good Friday, April 14, 1865. A little knowledge and reflection must suffice to remand to the list of foolish superstitions the assignment of luck to days.