The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1859-04-07
interesting Items.

BGT The Buffalo Express says: sit is
probable that at least 10000 tons of iron,
costing $3.50, 900, will be consumed by our
iron works during the coming YER"
aea. There were 913 new books and new
editions published in America during 1863;
of which III were reprints from England,
35 new editions of books previously pub
| lished, IL i TRANSACTIONS from the French and
| German, leaving 800 new American works.
B&~ At the funeral of the late Rev. DR..
Kendall, at Plymouth, Mass, there was one
peculiar feature in harmony with the whole
arrangements. There was no mourning
drapery in the church, but instead of it a
green wreath hung in front of the pulpit,
and a beautiful cross of flowers, of the pur-
est white, laid upon the coffin.
asA, A Boston Baptist clergyman and his
wife have the pleasure of daily gathering
around their firesides four daughters who
We're born in four different quarters of the
globe, viz: One in Europe, one in Asia, one
| in Africa and one in America. a 81
| seaz The single rate of letter postage be
tween the United States and the Kingdom
of Denmark (by the Bremen or Hamburg
mail) has been reduced from 25 to l6 cents
prepayment being optional as heretofore.
This reduction goes into effect Immediately.
| B9 Southern papers concur in the
| statement that vegetation in that latitude
| is at least one month in advance of ordinary
years. s.
eSa. The Pittsburg Journal notices the
departure of quite number of young la
dies from that city en- route for Pixies Peak.
nsA. Not long ago an album on which
| Byron had written a few lines of poetry was
| sold at Venice, and Russian gave 81 600
| for it There were but four lines-four
hundred dollars a line. st
BGsH The Bedford Pressage says that the
| two Presbyterian churches (0ld and New
School) of that place have united and form
ed an Independent church, subject to neither
| synod or presbytery.
HSa, A man by the name of Jacks COM
mitted suicide in st. Louis on the LIST inst.
He is supposed to have been laboring under
an attack of delirium tremens.
RggH There have been four hundred cases
of measles at Niles, Mich, within the past
four months. A boy from, Chicago commu-
nicated the disease to the scholars in the
| Union School.
/ nEa. The laborers on the canal at West
Troy, N Y, struck, on Friday, for one dol
lar day and no store pay. The bosses ac-
ceded to their demands.
re- At Olney, ILL.,, the other day, soma
workmen had removed the stills of large
frame building which was undergoing re-
pairs, when, the wind blowing violently,
the house fell with a crash. The upper
story was occupied by the Olney Press print
ing Office, which was knocked into pi.-
There were three typos in the Office at the
time, but, strange to say, they were not Sc
riously hurt.
re- The friends of Aaron Jones in New
Orleans sent on challenge to Tom Sayres,
the champion of England, on Saturday last,
with an accompanying forfeit of one thou
sand dollars, challenging him to fight Aaron
Jones for any amount he may name; the
fight to occur as soon after Sayers fight with
Benjamin as possible. The fight with Ben
jamin will, it is understood, come off on the
9th proximo.
BGgn A new daily and weekly journal is
about to be started at St. Joseph, Mo-, as
the organ of the Free Labor party in West
ern Missouri. The Free Labor movement
it is said is gaining ground in Western Mis-
I Souri,, of the rasnlfs of the large Free
State emigration to Kansas The numpeI
of slaves there is comparatively small and
steadily diminishing.
gsn.. A private letter received at Wash.
ington from Fort Yuma, bearing date Of
March 4th, speaks very discouragingly Of
the prospects of the gold diggers in that vi
cinity. In short, the writer says that the
mines are one of the greatest humbugs Of
the day, and those who go there expecting
to amass fortunes in few weeks or months
will be wofully disappointed. He admits
that there is gold there, but says it is found
only in very limited quantities. in the veins
of rotten quartz rock, very close to the sur
face. . FsE
The Turin correspondent of the Lon
don Times says that, as a condition of the
marriage of Prince Napoleon and the Prin-
cess Clothilde, a secret compact had been
entered into, by which the Emperor Napo-
leon promised assistance, offensive as well
as defensive, to the King of Sardinia, and
guaranteed to him whatever territorial aG-
yantages might ultimately be obtained in
Lombardy. In return, Savoy and Nice were
| to be transferred to France, and Austria TO
be allowed to retain Venetia and the iol l.
resses. This statement has been distinctly
denied by the Emperor Napoleon.
RsS" The district represented by Mr.
Sickles consists of that part Of the city OF
New York which lies south of Spruce and
Ferry streets, east of Broadway and south
OF Houston and HammerSley west of Broad
way, comprising the first, second, third, fifth
and eighth wards. 1t is locality which
has always been more or less noted for cleo
ton disorders and illegal voting. His re-
election last fall is contested ON the ground
that it was gained by fraud. AT that cleo
tiCn 9,066 votes were cast, of which he re-
ceived about one-third, the other two-thirds
being divided between albridge, the indie
pendent Democratic candidate, and William
son, the Republican nominee. Sickles pu-
rality over the latter was about l62, and the
Developments of the Naval Committee of IN
vestigation together with evidence previ-
ously obtained it is said, will show this to
be entirely fraudulent The evidence will
be submitted by Mr.. Williamson at the open
ing of the next session OF Congress, and the
House may award him the bang
EOening Journal. .-Era