The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-04-17

THE Bowling Green Patriot says a woman
was divorced, at the recent term of the
Clay county Circuit Court, and was married
again in fifteen minutes after the petition
was granted
Two events of immense interest TO the
disorderly and rowdying elements of the
world occur this month-the Charleston
Convention and the Heenan-Sayers fight.
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UNIONS are taking place between the
Unitarians and Universalists. In Lowell,
Mass, the two Unitarian and two Univer-
salist Societies have formed Sunday
School Union, which meets in the four
churches in rotation. At Fremont, ILL.,, the
Universalists aud Unitarians have engaged
the pastoral services of Rev. C. G. Rowland.
+.' Exchange.
THE Charleston IS. C. Ne,cs says:
The loss of Connecticut by the Democracy
foreshadows the result of the Presidential
contest. 1t shows that the South may
hope but little from the aid of Northern
Democracy. Not even Pennsylvania will
go with her unless she pays the ruinous
price of high protective tariff to the iron,
coal and general manufacturing interests.
IN one ofthe districts of the Romagna, it
is said that 500 women presented themselves
to deliver their opinions and votes on the
political questions of the day. Tie offer
was most ungallantly declined, and it is
not made known how the ladies intended to
vote; but, judging from the well-known
sentiments of the sex, we should say they
would most unhesitatingly have voted for
annexation.
AT Dieppe, in France, a famous bathing
place, there is a police established, whose
duty it is to rescue persons from danger.
The following notice was recently issued to
them: "The bathing police are requested
when lady is in danger of drowning, to
seize her by the dress and not by the hair,
which oftentimes remains in their grasp.
Newfoundland dogs will also govern them
selves accordingly"
THE pro-slavery press are very fond of
asking why STAKEHOLDER has not the right
to carry " his property" wherever his bust
ness or his pleasure calls him. This
question is answered in the true Yankee
fashion by asking another, and the follow
ing: Why can't | carry nv property
where please ?" as the man said with two
polecats in basket and a pound of ASA
frtida in each pocket, trying to force his
way into ball room.
THE CENsUs-PAY OF DEPUTIEs.-Quite a
rivalry exists among applicants throughout
the Western States, for the Office of depu-
ties under United States Marshals to take
the census of 1860. The pay of these de
puties by the law, is liberal, and will hand
somely compensate for the time and labor re-
quired 1t is fixed at two cents per head of
the population, with ten cents per mile for
all necessary travel, ten cents for each sta
tistics of each farm, fifteen cents for each es-
Establishment of productive industry, and two
cents for each death reported. The Marshal
is prohibited from receiving any part of the
fees of the assistants, under IL penalty of
81 900 for each otfense. The assistants
have five months in which to perform their
duties as the districts are restricted to a
population not exceeding twenty thousand,
and, for utility, may he divided into smaller
areas. Ample time is given for the work to
be seasOnably and thoroughly done.
SPLENDID SIGHT.-The Illinois Central
Railroad, at a town called Mattoon, is cross
ed by the Terre Hante & Alton hailroad
Every day at about two p. NJ, is seen at
this point one Of the most splendid effects
of the triumph of mind over space aud
matter, that can be witnessed anywhere.
1t is that of four trains coming from four
different directions, arriving at this point at
the same time to n second every day.
They can be seen as they approach, for ten
miles in each direction, the prairie there
being smooth, broad expanse, stretching
away TO the horizon without an inequality
to obstruct the sight. As they arrive they
approach their cow-Catchers within twelve
feet each other, as though exchanging
salutations, which gracefully hacking, las
though bowling an adieu,) two of the trains
go on the switches, while the other two
scream away over the rail iron bound prai-
RE. The trains left, then go on the main
tracks again, and they off aud away.
TO our mind, more superb triumph of mau
and machinery, cannot be exhibited any
where than at Nation. on the occasion
mentioned. T. H. Jour