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The National City Bank, originally chartered in 1812, had resources of $16,750,929 in 1879 and of $18,214,823 in 1889. From that point its development has been electric. The resources of the Bank totaled 128 millions in 1899; 280 millions in 1909; $1,039,418,324 in 1919.
These sailors and marines had worked their way up to within a couple of hundred yards of the fort before the assault. The signal was given and the assault was made; but the poor sailors and marines were repulsed and very badly handled by the enemy, losing 280 killed and wounded out of their number.
more frequently quoted, than the finest Pieces of Wit in the whole Poem. Lycophron, who lived B.C. 280, and wrote a Greek poem on Cassandra, was famous for his Anagrams, of which two survive. I. p. 174, ed. Amst. 1713. The Menagiana were published in 4 volumes, in 1695 and 1696. Gilles Menage died at Paris in 1692, aged 79.
Early in June Lee's jubilant army, strengthened to 100,000, with 15,000 cavalry and 280 guns, started on its second grand Northern Campaign. It marched down the Shenandoah Valley, crossed the Potomac on the 25th, and headed for Chambersburg, Penn. The Army of the Potomac marched parallel with it, on the east side of the Blue Ridge, and crossed the Potomac a day later.
Forming in two columns, they advanced against the lower of the two covering stockades and, after an exchange of fire with the enemy, rushed forward and forced an entrance into it; although the enemy resisted with more resolution than they had, for some time, shown. 280 prisoners were taken, and the rest of the defenders fled to the second work.
It is stated that, under the government of Warren Hastings, to the arrival of Lord Cornwallis in 1786, the East India Company obtained from the kingdom of Oude, and therefore from the Exchequer of the people of Oude, the sum of 9,252,000l.; under Lord Cornwallis, 4,290,000l.; under Lord Teignmouth, 1,280,000l.; under Lord Wellesley, 10,358,000l.
"The English Cathedral of the Nineteenth Century," 1861, p. 195. See also Dean Stubbs' "Historical Memorials of Ely Cathedral," pp. 151, 152. The largest of these bells, weighing 6,280 pounds, was called by Walsingham's name. Bentham, pp. 221, 222. "Handbook," ed. Stubbs, 20th ed., p. 29. Ibid., p. 83. The full epitaph is given on p. 84. Bentham, pp. 177, 178.
It was the outpost of Roman city life towards the Atlantic. It was the only town of Roman municipal plan in Britain which was swept by Atlantic breezes. The three best defined examples measure about 260 x 260, 260 x 280, 275 x 275 ft. Accounts of the Caerwent Excavations, 1899-1910, will be found in Archaeologia, vols. lvii-lxii.
Each year about 280,000 babies under one year of age perish in the United States, according to estimates based on census figures. Outside of accidental deaths, which are but a small per cent., the mortality should be practically nil. It is natural for children to be well, and healthy children do not die.
"My dear Petrie!" cried Eltham, in his enthusiastic way, "you no doubt can do something to alleviate the poor man's suffering immediately. I will run back to your rooms for the bag and rejoin you at 280 Rectory Grove." "It's awfully good of you, Eltham " He held up his hand. "The call of suffering humanity, Petrie, is one which I may no more refuse to hear than you."
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