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At the time of--the last meeting of Coll- • gresp,_iOyas confidently predicted, that _he fore-tii6 doie' of the pieaent - fear,`the finam t cip.l4l4ctitxquAttial condition of Use country 'would/lie lie - Prachd. on 'a permanent basii3. The sweePinggevulsion 0f1857, which para lyzed "the industry and enterprise of the country, nowappeari; to have been too deep inits effects to be thus suddenly recovered , . . from. The country is still suffering most .sensibly,frompineffects of that revulsion. It is true that confidence in the pecuniary institutions of the country has been in a gresg,tmeasure restored, but their actual con dition is now probably much the same that it .bas,4ert for years past, and . there, is no telling at what moment another crises may be his:Right about by causes similar to those whidh produced the last. At the time of the mists of 185* there were few who appreciated the full,extent of the evil and the predic tions of a speedy return to prosperity, have beendiatippohated. The laple of two years has not greatly improved the business con dition of the country, and the industrial , intefeita'are still sensibly affected.- 'lmpor- tation has recovered from the shock, and has been painfully brisk during the current year, bttt manufactures continue to languish. In order to keep their establishments in thoton. - ilriantifacturcrs were compelled; to make many sacrifices, the effects of, which are plainly risible on their bank b00k... Congress is now about, to ,meet, and the nafion i lotlks - t6 it among its first action to provide, so far as lies in its power, a remedy for the pre.sent condition. 'of affairs. The prosperity the country 'demands a checi. upon., importations, and some sort. of en couragement to home manufacturers. Our mines,. rilill,and factories do not occupy the labor of as many hands as formerly, yet constin4ption has not diminished, and the extent of foreign importation exhausts the resources of domestic enterprise and indus try. The necessities of the'government for purposes of revenue will affordto the prcs ent-Congress an opportunity of doing an effectual, per good to the country, by. providing such a tariff, as will, in sang degree, protect our home interests. The country looksto Congress for early action to provide such a tariff as, while it will fur nisir,the sum which government, requires a rev4ue, will also afford the fullest po:sible prOction toAnierican industry. We hav, thuldl - I, raw materials, locrd advantat,re., an( lvorking - forces to become a great roan ufacturing nation. All we need is 'such a •e* , re o gt*tion of our, tariff and. banking lacy= as prevent the waste of our financi, , l merrns, -without Ivhich, the machinery of pro' Action cannot be sujcessfully operated notilthstanthng We possess abundance of` labor and - materiaL The tariff guess- tiort,is ono.::which involves the politiczd I moral and material welfare of the country, andis one which the people expect the preont Congress to take action upon—wi,e ly and speedily. • ' Death of Washington Irking-. .. Tliedateifshock to the lovers of the great and good of our country, came, though not unexpectedly, - -on: 'Tuesday; with the an nouncement of the death of that veteran of litth i atUre,Vashington Irving. He died on.l.lOrhty.night.a.t his resilence at Sunny Side, .peacefully and painlessly. lie retired to his room about ten o'clock, feeling more languid, thap,usual, and complaining' of pain but iipparently not more unwell than he had been for several months past. 'TuTst as he reached his room, and while his niece was near him, he suddenly fell, and in a moment was no more. A physician was soon with him, but no mortal aid could ayail„to.bvingaclt. 'r. - 4;:iii-rlntnin on the 13th of April, 1783, and was consequently in his seventy seventh year. „He lived and died a bache elorra:pad, as is - usual with such celebrit the world dished up many romances of 'early diiipPointments, ' with which, true of not , truti,we have nothing to do. worlos i are known to,all who read,and have gained him an undying fame. They show forth lirs - geneial character, and make him:beloved by all - his - readers. The world haslcist him, and .as . he ha's so tratat to . exalt The namn, ful people can do no less than to affectionately honor his mem- ory. 1,, OOIT,R.RNIIIR,NT CONTRACTS. - Messrs. Irwin, White Magraw have al ready, , :1 1 ,en . .annotuaced as the contractors to transmitaupplies to Utah, Arizona and the military` postx of the West. These gen e ' tletnerny'liaye at command the means, and Posses4,itlf.the requisito energy to serve the public . .fidthfully and well. In this city, they have made a contract with Mr. John 2ki'Vay to supply there with five hwilyed-large; transportation wagons; which tfrp , now being made here. Under his stifielilsien,'Messrs. Hemphill (47, Rush enberger are building these wagons. They are miule . of the best material,in the strong est and Most workmanlike manner, and will all be - ready-for delivery at, the opening of - The mechanical execution of this svork. 4 g to hoof - the 'very hest' 'clescrip tion..4 ZeW the - right kind of a man-toientrust with business of this kind. He posseasesenergy and tact, with a .deter mination` that tilitltever he undertakes shall be well rdonor -, 'Tlieso wagons are to have a ,new patentrubber or lock for the wheels, which ,wilLbe-not only a - relief to the cattle, - but will b,d . rk&eat saving on the wear and tear of thew ,ehieles,... `he- govern merit contract ors may rely upon it that Pittsburgh will turn ont,l hetrer wagons than they can prOtture here else in the country. The hind case. in Chicago•has been decided by th,e'l3:nited States Circuit Court, in. favor of the Illinois Central Railroad Company._ It involved .thi right to the depot property in that city occupied.by, the Illinois Central Railroad Company." This is Me second decision of a similn , purport. SONS OF MALTA. Grand Disclosures of the Ceremonies and Mysteries of the , Won derful Order. DEC. 1 FUN AND 1110Ri" FUN-GRAND (Fr , h,o. the Zatteptilh, In almost every town and eity in this coup try, there is a lodge of the Solis t.r This mysterious order took ite rise in Nee: Orleans sortie three or four years ago. There Ere two accounts given et' its,' Orig,in. It is said, by one account, to have originated '0 ith the army of "\Vaiker, the Filliliuster," at the time that worthy was preparing to take Cub a . Another account says it originatild during the ravages of the' yellow fever, and v,•as intended to divert the minds of the frightened peopl' as well as to supply a fund for charitablepur posessuch as burying the homeless dead, &c.. However it may have originated, it is not: the order that outsiders take it to be ; as we shall presently shOw. Ono-of the brethren, who has been turned oat of -the important and secret office, the ini tiate of which are " G. R. J. A.," has taken offence at the order,' and communicated to us the whole • pro ceedings—pass-Words, grips, signs, &c. When about to become a menther of the I. 0., S. M. (Independent-Ord. - sr Sons Malta) the candidate or candidates presents himself' or themselves-in an outer room, where he meets a committee of officers of the lodge who cons: to him out of the 'lodge-room, with drawn swords in their handli, with is kind of three. barred 'sheet-iron hats on, which hide their faces ; these officers put test. questions to candidate; and any - candidate who hesitates or falters, is allowed to depart in - peace; those who remain pay live dollars each, and the coin mitte returns to the - lodge-room to report On the cases, and have them balotted for. The fund thus raised pays the rent of the room, and the balance is enpended in charities —there are no other dues, for reasons which will appear hereafter. After the candidates are balloted for and elected, the Grand Conductor goes out to the ante-room and escorts the candidates to the inside entrance door, where. he rounds on the door with the hilt of his sword three times— the inside sentinel raises a little , slide in the door—peeps out; and the chief officer from the inside asks in a loud voice: • "What is the cause of the hub-hub'." The sentinel answers: "Strangers coining into camp!" To which the chief replies: -Let 'cm rip." . Here the door is unbarred with a great clanking of chains and bolts, and the candidates are admitted. . 'What . a sight breaks upon their vision! The room fa'nearl3,- dark, as it is only lighted by a lamp, of alcohol which site, upon a coffin in the middle of - the rooM,and throws its blue, flicker-' ing light around upon the cc one. And sa'h a scene! The members, dressed as our eitiaens have seen them upon:the street, are ranged around the, room thus : one lies upon hi; tee k like a corpse:and another kneels down Upon his knee beside him in the attitude of a mourner. All is still Le a tomb around Lim room, except in the centre, where. the coffin lies upon the bier and the pale lamp dickers upon the scene Beside that coffin, which is covered with a 1 pall or black cloth, marches and rid man who carries a musket and bayonet upon his old. man whose- white locks of hair hang in weird and tangled niteisses about his neck—with his left hand he snatches untnean higly at his hair, end then mutters to, himself as he turns upon his heel With military precis- 1 ion and marches back and forth, pa:i s ip,-,: and repassing the black pulled coffin and flickering light. At either end of the coffin stand; a fig. _ . . ure draped in whit,: from 11. - .5d to Gent. ri:t uplifted hand. and ti.:,tirri;,..l luutt, rzn. lilt, from ivhirli no Etqlnii, 4 t: the flicti vi,ible but. the l'yro ❑n:i Doti At one- etai ~r the rc.orn in red and 1.4 . 01 d color., but ruoti,:uh , s—at tit, ~the r e nd : it., a skeleton giid.,l up—rl his head: with one belly Lan,: upward, wi II Wit: the other he cif.sp,l:. •Je..this ribs the figure of an inf4l,l--at e;si-• r de of the tie Grut.diThane:li, , r -.lt I lt ,, ..:order. Erich rola All 1“ , t h,. lia or the. Around tint, ettfsti ciii.ditim k t, titarcit Ir, PaS , i nf: Art int7t from told ricare - tt to the member?, andotteeN—.l..t -1,:1"..115g,' 0:11 old mar,tol4.A, to ;aid /rto, lip ttr d down the ro...tiz. The Grand Cendue.t,r rmirches with dear, !!!.• ::nd t. Grand Sargent. o! !let tappets , marelteo also with drawn ,word, at the ,7,f the line of candidates for initiation. Tilt, times round the line march,--twice in painfui silence, through ‘.%hieh npthins - is heard bat the elanking nt ewi.rd I - canal& t: they each step, the leg, of the., Conductor and c.'ar.2..ant —during the third round an organ or inekwieon strikes up a low,wailing,tremulo, wild hollow tune. which is echoed back by in a lazy doath song, while the el.! nein nrireh inure nipikily and mutters lou.ii r louder luntil, as the ditts P.rJhl th.• r. , :ind the G. (as tits chief is cabel - voice, " Pet:cc, venerable fat hi..r 1.• tip sorrow, and the .world is rip:Ding for Furrow greeter than thine' Peace' Peace Be still thou Wounded :" which all the members. respond :—" Beare! Peace ! Ii still P'—then the music ster 't -h^ old man resumes 11isquictmarch. The candidates tiro now arranged ar,,und the G. R. who Jue,-tions then; a 4 to their rnc.t4we and intention. If the a.n:..weN are Ca . 't detory (as they always are) the candidate:: are conducted to the chair of the skeleton where a person, hided behind the grim 117ure, admini.iterF , an obligation to each whiell Find . him from the i,!rialle. (represented roy an iflfallt!) never to divulge. what he ton: there learn. After assuming the the candidates are conducted brick to the ii. C., through the gaillo Seelle of sileneo and sorrow, who gives them some advice after which they are conducted out .to the ante-rooni. And this ends the first teene. . After the candidates go out and the door is closed, the members in an irndant spring to their feet, light up the room, throw otT their gowns,- put away the cojn, &c., and prepare for film In the mean time the candidates are being blindfolded e that they cannot see in this condition they are conducted to the - i.oor again by the same parties as before; the door is again raped upon, and this time, G. C„ says in a loud 'oice: "What is it makes the alarm !" To which the Sentinel replies : " Friends! Who will do us no harm r' Jrhich G. C. answers Beward! Beware! merica. in A n d w \dcoinc to enter here!" To w hiel,2ll the members respond, " Wel come to enter Itcgs,l" The candidates are then led in, in single Ilk tail of the other. in each holding to theVcat total blindness they me ttnn ; „marched about the room several times whip tun r 6 Grn.is lighted brilliantly. All is now nh.stile and grins—ex cept on the part of the sternly commanded to indu Levi ty."lgt..'commanded.J.`;hoa‘€ They are brought to the,chair of the Grand C°ln qo m n ' s 'n tioti ders' where t h ey Fe asked al manner of , touching then 1055 . to bear arms, to swim, to march, as to the condi tion of their health, their teeth, to their moral - character-whether they have been or are, intemperate—whether they have overstepped the, bounds of chastity, and so MI. In order to get this informotion one of the pre viously initiated heads the line and stammers out answers to the questions, gradually and painfully making himself out a mighty bad fel l Ow. The others, who are blinded-and cannot see, of course hold thornselvcs in boner bound to speak out the whole truth in such 3 solemn place as they imagine this still to he—se they cannot see how the scene has changed. At each answer the G. C. says " let it be recorded," and the recorder ting e out in a low, hollow tone, as he writes it down in a gre'at book : "It has been so recorded ". (cure.—The re cords in that hook must be intereitting 1] During thee questions the candidates are tried, to test their ability to swim. to sing, to play the drum or iustrunients, an d it must be amusing tone staid, sober citizens lying down face foremost upon the floor, and "stikingout as if miming for dear life front Florida of Cuba; as well as going through other tests to a similar ridiculous character. But then, each man thinks, we suppose, that -he must do its all good "Sons of Malta' have done before him, and therefore lie goes the Whole figure. After enough of the above questions are asked and answered, the candi dates take another solemn obligation having reference tothe con quest of Cuba, which is administered to them nitheir blind state, while each places his hand upon a big book, which is always carried in procession, .aiad. whi6ll contains nothing but the pictures of two Jackasses one in tliepritne of:life and the other in &rapid decline. After tifia the candidates are told. that they must retire for a moment and prepare to go SCE?: E through a trying, nrileal, which will severely test their nerve :t and manhood. They retie,, ends.,:cone iPeond. iamb. The candidate:; are now brought in 'ono at et Litre, mill blindfolded. Ench candidate is •hr - mght in, rdpidly ma-relied around the room dcubie quick time between two guards, and is then rude to run npia steeply inclined ladder compa;ed of ron:,, tvhich are set close to_ gether, and which torn tinder his feet at every and make Lisle:, fly I - isle:tell other like spokes of a rani; way buggy—when he gidi: to the top of till., ladder he lands upon a platform, where stands MO iii,tre guards, who turn him titanic and arils. himte down ; Itc sib; down, and they give hiia a shove down the ladder, over the rollers. Without any sled. he rides this way to the bottom of the ladder, where he til;es snrinuing loard, just us it is jerked tip by two St t t men, which sends him with a, bound -up towards the ceiling of the room—as he cninei down, hen raught upon the board in a sitting posture—one of his legs is then pull ed about so that he is iiiiitride of the hoard ; and in thiS condition he is carried in-ound the mom in is preces.don of the members, while drums and gongs me being beaten in a most furious manner. By this time the candidate, blind as ho is, begins to see through the matter, and gets scared or riled.according to the state of his feelings, but it is too late to stop. After taking him round the room on the hoard, the G. C. says, 'del the cavern bci open ed," and at, that moment the beard is lowered at one end and hoisted at the other, and the candidate slides down to the mouth of of hag.) sliest iron eylinder--- seinethimg, similar to the smoke,tack of a steamboat—rind as ho slides down, a rough voice whi.Lpers in his ear "crawl fop your lift , ':—.l6llowing this advice he crawls through the thing. While all hands are pound ing on the outside of it with'•sticks—just as comes out, he is taken again up the steep ladder of rollers to the platform at the top. He is now told to stand up straight, and divest him self of all matter that will spoil by coming in cord itt with water. While he is being thus pr. laired 5r the water, tlm members have got ready a large canvas sheet with rope all round it; this is plaeed behind him, and held out stretched by as many as can hold of the ropes : as as all is redy, the Vandidate is thrown from the plat f..rni back open this sheet, and away he goes—up and drown—no sooner down than op agam—like l-3ancho Pen Ztt tossed in a blanket--until th e members get tired toss ing him, at which time he is let down upon a from which he is lifted back upon the platform, v, here he is re!, uliun thus' ter rol ler with his Met directed towards the bottom; an umbrella without any mvering is then hoisted and given to him in bi< left hand, while in his right hand is placed a cow bell— he is told to hold uo the umbrella and ring the hell, and thus he sails down over the rollers into a tub, fun opt' wet. sponges, at the bottom. Here the blinds are taken from his eyes and he beholds himself surrounded by about fifty per in their shirt lees( till laughing at him. At first the candidate is astonished, then he gets angry, and finally he loughs with the rest; and twines a ecah‘il , , member of the Venera ble 0r4.:.e. 11 i , then iiitrocti - ot how he i4 - to get in to the ledge. lie in it:tru:...ted to ennle to the out -idc door, twice, :aid rip uuo , nt thic,the sentinel rniees th.• =fide or wicket in the door and the candidate F:.ys •• Squi," to which the sentinel •" HA" then both aut :141.1 the ne-inter enters. He then advan, , ,.2 t.i in-i,±ede.:T. where he Ff1t.t..20,4 and raj, ' at whieli the slide 1= lifi,ct and tho can didate Fity , ‘'Lager," to which the I.entinet re- Bo< r and then both 421,1 t 1,.• enndirlate enter;—pnweed. , to the t•i`litn. of the v. here be hi= two opra kind , of th