Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-03-14

The amount 10 the United States de
posts. on the goth ult, subjec. 10 draft
was $50. 100000.
The Prussisns are pretty we'll of i,
seems. ln>s population Of sixteen and
q half millions, there ere only abou,
hulfa million poupcrs, which is a small
proportion, as things go now.
A Nebrasks Expedition has been or,
ganized in Chicago. Over 100 have
signed The roll, and Others are expected
10 60. The expedition starts April lsl
under The leadership Of Cap, Gibbs.
The great clock for The British House
Of Parliament is to strike hours on bell
oI fifteen tons. and chime the quarters
on bells OF which the largest will be
nearly the size Of the great bell Of ST.
Paul's.
A trave Ter asked Bot Triple, If he
lSd ever been round the Horn. "No,
sir" replied the innocent Bob. 81 ncv.
c: goes round the ho'n, | amt ashamed
10 take it, no matter who's BY"
The Wall Street Repore, says that
the Emperor Louis Napoleon has lately
invested between seven and eight mil.
lions Of francs in various public secu.
rifles in New York.
BY close examination OF files of
American journals, it has beer. ascertain. e.
ed that the total of killed by casualties
in line U. States, during the month OF
January, must have been about 500.
Some one says, "Therc are excep.
tons to every rule but the rule Of three;
,ha, is never changed. As your income
is 10 your expenditure, so will the amt
your debts be to your cash on hand,
and consequent ability TO meet them"
II has been stated, on authority ell.
titled to the highest credence, that there
is more work done every day in Englard
by the power Of machinery, than all the
men and women in the world could do
with out il.
The British brig of war Linncl ha.
captured two slnvcrs on the coast OF
Africa. The captain reports that the
slave trade is as active ns ever, if not
increasing. Nothing short Of the colo
nizalion Of the VII ole coast will relieve
Africa from this horrible curse.
The fare to California via the 18th.
mus, by steamship from New York, is
$3.50 in the first cabin, 1925 in the sec.
ond cabin, and from SIS to 100 in the
steerage. In the first class clipper ships
via Cape Horn, from $3.50 to $500 is
charged. TIE lreigh, on measurement
goods is from 55 10 Is cents per cubic
Ieet.
RArID GRowTn.-In lsl7 there was
scarcely dozen white Inhabitants in
the place now known as S,.PauI,in Min
nesota territory. The village now con.
tains 700 houses, and 400 inhabitants.
The amount of taxable property in 1853
was $904,437. The capital at presen,
invested in business is $s25.OOO.
"Suicide is confession" said Mr..
Webster in his address to the jury in the
great Selem murder case, referring TO
the relf.destruc,ion Of CrowningshelI in
prison. DR.. Grardiner's death by his
o yn hand settles the question of his
guilt in the matter of Obtaining money
from the government under the Mexican
treaty, by means of forgery and perjury,
A dispatch from Washington to the
N. York Herald states, that there is little
hope for the confirmation OF the Gadsden
Treaty by the Senate. Instead of bene.
fitting the propositions, the Presidents
amendments, it is thought, add to its
demsri,s. Santa Anna places entirely
100 high an estimate upon his barren
ands and wild Indians, particularly
when there is some prospect that we
'hall eventually get both at triAing cost,
hronsh the meditation Of Colonel Wal.
ier and his illibusters.
1t is said that the wholesale dealers at
New York are making something Of
ldo about scarcity ofteas, on account
If the civil war in China. Some of them
isure out large deficiency in the sup.
'lies, as compared with the imports OF
asst year. the immediate effect Of which
S, Of couIse, to raise the price Of the
riiclc in the market. 1t is also said
hat private letters from London state
ha! the tea merchants Of England have
ent orders for all their remaining teas
0 be shipped in American bottoms,
caring Tho Russian fleets in the China
cas-. .......i
TIE MARBLE TOMB. = In the base.
tent Of the Patent Office building is II
arcophagus or marble tomb, brought
,om Asia by commodore Elliot, which
ad. been prepared foran Eastern King
r Emperor.' The Commodore presented
TO the National Institute; and. in this
remarked: 4'. t
1T is believed 10 have once held the i
mains Of Alexander Severus, and it is /
ft resting place for all that is mortal