Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-01-28

II Rev. DR.. Cahill, besides lecturng in In,
l nlted states is engaged in corresponding will
Dublin paper, writing about this country and
people. His last letter addressed to the laborine
classes Of Ireland, has created a sensation in tina
country. The writer gives schedule of th,
wages paid here To labOrers and mechanics bn
does not yet advise his poor fellowcountrymen t,
enlHrate To America. Speaking Of the cold
weather and drunkenness here, he saws that when
tpsy man sits down to rest he " is frozen into
hsshy icicle in few minutes g"
H. The = Metropolitan Record organ O.
Arc hbishop Hughes. of New York, publishes ;
pastoral of the provincial council of New Yorl
upon the Plpal sovereignty question The maui
festo Is signed by the Catholic prelates Of New
York. Albany Boston, Buffalo, Brooklyn, New
ARK. burlington, Portland, and Hartford. Its at
gument is directed against the French proposition
to circumscribe the PoPe's temporal power
DIVORCE l.Aws.-A strong effort has been made
I'm the Legislature of New York to obtain mod
lhcaton OF the present stringent divorce law o.
that state. which recognises cOnjugal infdplit,
as the only utiicient cause for annull ing the a
rlage contract. 1t is desired to include among til,
grounds of divorce, continued desertion con
hrmed drunkenness and similar habitual Injuries
Essex county. Va. have elected delegates to thu
state convention and expressed In their instrur
tlons preference for Hon. R. NJ. r. Hunter fo,
the Presidential nomination.
The Democracy of Prince Edward county bay,
resolved to leave their delegates untrammelled b,
instructions.
IL One Mr.. John F.. Eschbach of Baltimore
city. as Judge of election in one of the wards
LOOK upon himself, on memorable day in No.
veinber. to propourd certain unauthorized queries
TO respectable clergy man, native of the nited
safes He is now endeavOrng to defend his inn
pertinence. with slender success
STATE ALLEGIANCE.-Mr. W oolfolk, OF the Vir-
ginia House Of Delegates, has offered resolution
taken by all immigrants from non-sla veholdino
regions This regulation would not operate as an
embarrassment to any one whose sentiments would
render him desirable acquisition to the body of
citizens. ~
FRIeHrruL Sr1cIDE-Welearn from the w heel.
Ing lntellgencer, that on Sunday last Mrs Bui-
Ser, whose mind has become unsettled by domest-
ino alctlon put an end to her existence by throw.
Or neisef from the suspension bridge over the
e', into the river e
WA some months since valuable t,ott;no ho,,.
necticut I'm sne sinking Of ferry boat on the Con
ford ThS between Hartford and East Hart.
costs from the mas just recovered 81 "a and
81 500 Haven't Ct The horse vs. ws. Q, nsS ins suit ~
...ppi m The !: New o.l.an. picsvnD. .,r. CO.,, , .
across from the mouth 81 ieet thick all the way
as in Hon I1'.on crop is skated dn der 70 St Louis,
CH.xcr carry eggs to market ), ioe Jus'
Herald reports that haLi,sr-The Newb,,v..
city, who was somewhat ,.sSentiy died In that
ano nAo one room Of the house i IN her habits,
ta 1s,ssS xs. had entered for forty mo per-
.ice ON Friday, having been found albany jus
not public 5nses 1I.a decided that vacant sp
eAo.se law and accordingly DISCHARGED hig OF the
Az, In the city Of st. Paul they rent .,o..
reeent ss%S auction either by the month o. vea, eaa
- res ana i've dwellings to be rental 81 ,s tour
one ,ne mig hest bidder, al given time III '0'' way
ths, th.,a n..owsHIr . IN cALIFoRN1A.-It Is .,
tsn ,.1 .o. sos,l membership Of eiS cShaiornia,
the lodges the last ysss have been d.IOussd by
ID A new-stove has hse,
ior est ortiz Of traveller: to be p"i for the
IL. heas Pa,es o. their wSies ns,
!. IA Ia chstauqua Lake, in III. Stat. ,.sem. -
ever been 1s the highest Of water S,h hGss
drsd ssss .so1s sss By '.ssn s seven hnn. nns
O The.s are about .ooo ;,,'s,. .s
In commission In The staie Of No. a ne peace