Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1853-01-18
90. At Bremen the franchise and trial

by jury were abolished by the Senate
and the freedom of the press suspended
20. Louis Napoleon inausurntcl Pres
idenl Of he French Republic.
A4rH 9. By decision of the United
States Commissioner, of this city, Hor.
ace Presto fugitive from Maryland was
sent back to his owner.
B. Terrible aflray in Havanna, be.
tween English and American sailors, in
which several Of both parties were kill.
ed.
8. Three hundred and fifty political
prisoners transported by the French
Government TO Algeria.
II. Coronation Of the Emperor Of
Iiayt,--hc assumes the title of Feus.
ton ].
Is. The Arctic Expedition sailed from,
England.
H II. Discovery Of new planet by
Mr.. Luther, Director Of the Observatory
at Blk, near Dusseldorf.
Il 90. During severe storm fifty vessels
were wrsckcd in the ice of the New
Brunswick coast, and several lives lost
French newspapers Of this date, an
nouncc that six thousand political pris.
oncrs are under sentence Of transpora.
ton.
%. Destruction Of the National The,
aire in Boston, by FIRE.
20. Execution Of Reid AMI Clement
in Richmond, for piracy.
The Chinese emigration discouraged
by Governor Big!cr, of California, in
"A special message.
2j. Sunk by collision on the Ohio
river, the steamer Chickasaw-twenty
persons drowned.
80. Considerable alarm was expert.
enced in Maryland and Washington BY
the shock Of an earthquake.
Nay /. Great storm in Indiana, the
town Of Lcavenworh nearly destroyed,
forty houses blown down.
9. Total destruction Of the Sclkirk
settlement by lrcshet, 81 600. 200 worth
Of property lost.
0. Assembling of the Archbishops and
Bishops of the Catholic church in coun.
Gil al Baltimore.
10. Louis Napoleon distributes eagles
among the troops of Paris.
IS. Queen Pomare, of the Society
Islands, obliged to fly before the Repub'
lican party, who defeated the Royalists,
and effected ii complete revolution.
10. Mecting 9 of the Protestant Epis,
copal Convention in New York.
26. Fire in Savannah; twenty hou.
scs destroyed.
2s. Arrival of Thomas Francis Mca.
cher, one of the Irish state prisoners, in
this city, after escaping from Van Die
mans Land.
Jne l. The Democratic National
Convention met in Baltimore.
o Howth and IIollyhcad, on oppo-
site sides of the Channel, have been
connected by submarine telegraph wires.
5. General Pierce, of New Iamp.
shire. and VIM. r. King Of Alabama,
nominated by the Democratic Conven.
yention as candidates for President and
Vice President.
10. Sonora, in California, almost lie.
stroyol by fire; loss about two millions
Of dollars.
July 4. About thirty lives were lost
and forty persons injured, by the cxplo'
sion of the steamboat st James, in the
bay of St. Louis.
5. At Baton Rouge, convention as,
scmblcl for the revision Of the Constitu,
lion Of Louisiana.
lG. Departure of Governor Kossuth
from New York, in the Africa for Liver.
pool.
20. Celebration of the obsequics of,
Henry Clay in New York city.
81. The South American powers rec.
ognisc the independence Of Paraguay.
%. The Steamboat Henry Clay was
destroyed by fire on the Hudson River
and about seventy two of her passen.
gers were either burned or drowned.
August 2. Sixty houses destroyed by
fire a. Savannah.
u. John p. Hale was nominated for
President, and e. w. Julian for Vice
President, by the Independent National
Convention assembled at Pittsburgh.
20. Terrible destruction of property
was caused by an earthquake at Sant
ago dc Cuba, all the houses in which
were more or less injured. About $lO,.