eorner where Le knelt, and led him into tticfmidst of the ghostly, assembly. .. Ale was conducted to the stall of the Grand Master, which no one had occupied, during mass, and thus . filled th most conspicuous seat in that august assembly,' next ta the episcopal chair.- The well known Tom of the Grand Master Pinto, the immediate predeces bot in office of Iionpesch, now glided to the mid dle of the choir. While ho spoke a dead silence reigned throughout the assembly, and the lights seemed to buru blue. "I hereby do solemnly impeach Ferdinand de Honpesch as a f.ilsh traitor- of the honor of God and the weal of the Order of Knights Hospitallers, which hesolemnlv iprvi to uphold, and I ask that the sentence he deserve bypassed upon him in this noble assemoiy oi ma brethren and predecessor in office.'' : ' ' The unhappy knight trembled from head to foot, and when solemnly interrogated by the bi shop, what he had to say in his defence, his tongue cleaved to the roof of his mouth, he could not utter a word. The bishop now arose: " In accordance with the cannons of the Church and the constitution of the Order of St. John, it is de creed, if it please the Chapter, that Ferdinand de Honpesch, as a recreant knight and a false traitor, be degraded from Knighthood." All answered, "Fiat! fiat! fiat!" Three of the spectre knights now went up to the trembling Honpesch, one of them was Laval Jette. Seizing him by both arms, they led him outside of the sanctuary rail. Aere one of them tore from his neck the Grahd Cross of St. John, the second unbuckeld his sword and took it off from his waist, while Lavallette unsheathing his own historic blade, struck off from his ieels the spurs of knighthood. Overwhelmed with a sense of utter shame and hopeless misery, the degraded Grand Master cov ered hia face with his hands. When he dared to breathe and look up again, he. found himself leaning- against a pilaster in front of the Church St John, which was dark and silent as the tomb. Simorrnt nnb imtitul Eicn.uu white: :::hbxbx c. dbtijik WHITE DEVIHE, Editors and Proprietors. EBENSBURG. WEDNESDAY MORNING::::::::::::::::-JAN. 2. POa PRESIDENT, JAMES niJCIIAXAX. Subject to the Decision of the National Convention. CO- See new advertisements. (jej- Both editors being absent from home, will account for the lack of editorial this week. Orgasizatiox of the Legislature. Both Ilouses have organized. Mr. Piatt, (Dem.) Spea ker of the last session is re elected. Richardson L. Wright, (Dem.) was elected Speaker of the House. The Hew Year. Once more we have the pleasure of greeting our patrons and friends with " a happy new year." The new born babe which we gladly welcomed twelve months since, has passed through the dif ferent stages of existence and retired to the fami ly tomb of its ancestors, and a short obituary may not be amiss. . j- All good men and true lovers of liberty have very much reason to congratulate themselves in the last year. Gloomy indeed and dark was the opening of it ; sombre clouds obscured the sun ; on every side distrust reigned supreme. Penn sylvania before conservative had been swept over by the pestilence of Know-Nothingism, and black spots remained on her shield. The legislature then about to assemble, was looked upon with fear. Fanatics filled the seats occupied formerly by lovers of the constitution. A few weeks suffi ced howorcr to turn that fear into disgust and pity-disgustat the motives which actuated them, and pity for the weakness which prevented them carrying those motives out. They would govern the Stat and yet could not govern their own cau cus. A few weeks Bufrked to show the utter want of principle by which they were actuated; the en tire want of honesty which governed them. . The good citizen was aroused, and when the time came Pennsylvania was redeemed ; she was reinstated id her proud old position of Keystone of the Arch; conservatism once more triumphed, and the leg islature now met is composed of better material than it has been for many years. - It is composed of thinking men, men who have a desire to pro mote the best interests of the country. Not alone in Pennsylvania have we cause for congratulation, but also in almost all the other States of the con federacy. The foe which one year ago was look ed upon as unconquerable is now prostrate. The secrecy which caused neighbors to look on each other with distrust has been exposed. The nar row proscriptiveness and blind intolerance which made the friends of .law and order tremble for their safety has been humbled. The poisonous XJpa which was. then apparently extending its branches over the land has been cut down. These are truly pleasing reflections. Aside from politics we have much to be thankful. A plentiful har vest blessed the husbandman, and the well filled barnes and sleek cattle pre;ent a pleasing contrast to the scarcity of last winter. The. harrowing groans of poverty which then resounded on all sides are now subsided into the quiet smile of contentment. The cheek which was then blanch ed and thinned by hunger, now wears the ruddy glow of health. Every branch of trade is pros perous, all classes, of people are happy. . From this picture of happiness in our own land, how distressingly unpleasant to turn our eya to Eu rope ? War with its accompanying evils has laid its heavy finger on it. Homes broken, families separated, love ties severed, misery and augu:sh on all sides. But this is the dark side of tho pic ture, and in these happy times we do not wish to dwell on it. We have much reason to be thank ful and we are thankfuL. . 1 fft Mr. A. J. Kite, Esq., has opened a Job Printing establishment in Johnstown, in the room formerly occupied by the editor of th " Cambria Tribune." Mr. II. is an experienced having few equals. We hope to see him liberally patronized by the . business community of that Nourishing town. :'. Holves & Young. We would refer our read ers to the advertisement of thifirm. Their es tablishment can be found on Main street, Johns town. They are both practical workmen, and all work entrusted to their care will be -finished in a workmanlike manner. They have on hand a large stock of Jewelry, Watches, &c, &c. Give them a call when you visit Jonstown. jCf- It will be seen by an advertisement in an other column, that our friend ilr. Jsme M Miffle, ,pTprietor..jf the Mansion Ho&ee, at Suoimitviile, will gUjgoJ Oillion. party, on Tuesday evening, the 8th of January inst. We hope all who are fond of amusement will attend, as nothing will be left undone on the part of Mr. It. to make the evening pass off pleasantly. President's Message. We have received the message, but too late to lay it before our readers this week. - For the Democrat Sentinel. The Letting of the Poor House.. Messrs. White & Devixe: Permit me through the columns of your valuable paper, to call the attention of the public to what is said to be a farce, played off on the 27th ult. under the above cap tion, by the directors of the poor of our county. I am well aware, that if these men acted with clean hands as the. directors of the poor, and the agents of the tax-paying community, that what is now said about them will fall harmless at their feet, and like all other calumny, will neither poison them with its sting, nor disfigure them with its slime. But on the other hand, if they have been playing a smart game, playing fake to the trust reposed in them by a tax-ridden county, it is right that they should be visited by the scorn and contempt of an indignant public. Now let us take a glance at the complaints made against them, and the facts by which the public endeavor to bear them out. An act of the legislature was passed in May 1854, establishing a house in Cam bria covnty, for the relief and employment of the poor. Under that act directors were elected, the fury of Know-Nothingism made the board consist of men who could have no concert of action to do evil, and things were done satisfactorily during that regime. The no less fury of anti-Know Nothings has at the last election, defeated one of that class, and consequently destroyed the guard around the former board of directors, and renders the present one by no means void of suspicion.- The first great official act of this new board was to "have a letting of the poor house, though it is said the contract had been previously promised to the present contractor long before the letting. If such be the case, then the directors would have to resort to some manoeuvre, to lauify the public vision, or in the vernacular, to pull wool over their eyes. A letting was advertised, responsible bidders made their appearance, and bade in good faith as if there were no gouging. One of the di rectors of the poor, having a large establishment and well able to turn to good account almost ev ery material necessai y for the building, might naturally look out among the contractors to see liich of them Le could make the nicest thing out of, if he had not seen that man already. Another of the directors, whose philosophy would scarcely rank with the seven wise men of Greece, had fix ed his mind on the same contractor, having formed an attachment for him because they hunted in couples for the last year or two. Thia contractor's proposal, was underpinned by one from the son cf the director aforesaid, and that again underpinned by the director's son-in-law, so by taking out these underpinnings the foundation should stand on the right place. But behold! there were several other intermediate obstacles, and another manoeuvre had to be resor ted to. The declaration of the contract was post poned till the next day in order to give them time to reflect. They came then to the conclusion that they could make the manner of payment cover up the matter, and could easily get round it in that way, by telling the contractor to go a little lower than any of the others in his time of payments, as if it was any difference to the taxpayers whether they pay it this year, or next year with interest. Now if these things be true the people have a right to complain, but if the following be true, they have still a greater right to complain. There were three or four proposals under ten thousand dollars, by men as . responsible and as honest as any of the directors or the contractor, (although I consider him a deserving and worthy man) and yet I am informed the directors have entered into an agreement with him for ten thousand five hundred dollars. What right I ask, had John ston Moore, R. J. Troudfoot, or Edward Glass to filch from the treasury five or six hundred dollars of tho peoples taxes'? They may answer, they Lave the right of office. They were placed there by the voice of the people, although that voice ha s been in their case, expressed in wrath and fury, regardless of qualifications. These directors are sworn to act truly, faithful ly and impartially, and they are presumed to do so until the contrary becomes manifest. I wish for their sake and for the sake of the public that they may not be trne. It is there duty if these things are unfounded, to demand an investigation from the next Grand Jury and County Commissioners, and let their acts if they will "bear the test, be justified. If they do not do so, it is the duty of the taxpayer to have it done by those men who are authorized to do so. Wo had tru sted that the days of letting to in terested favorites had passed away in Cambria county with t?ie abandonment of the old Portage Railroad, and its wood and horse power. But if these things be true, it is a bold miniature sketch of what these men would do, had they the power of Canal Com toLssi oners. " He that U iman in little things, Would be a traitor in the courts of Kings." This communication is not made in the spirit of malevolence or ill will, but with the kindliest feelings to all parties concerned, by pouring oil on the troubled waters of public opinion. 4 . XT i IT m . -XT T . mn Libel Scit. David Wilmot has enm- nienced a libel suit against iu. B Chase, Esq., senior editor of the Montrose Democrat, and laid his damages at 1 0,000. -Mr. , Chase had tho independence to coma out and ex pose tho official corruption of Wilmot, and for doing this he has been pi osecuted for libel I We presume, the whole band of Know-Noth-ing Abolitionists who infest the counties of Susquehanna, Bradford and Tioga, will re joice at the effort of Jessup, "Wilmot & Co., to annihilate a bold and fearless Democratic .niitor. - SUHMARY OF NET7S. , - - The Missouri legislature has granted a loan of 25Q,000 to the Pacific railroad. i CCf"; A- State Military Convention is to be held at Barrisburg, on Monday the 21st inst. . CO- Thackeray commences a course of lectures at Philadelphia on the 2d of next month. 03-The reported death of the wife of the late Louis Phillippc is contradicted ; she is recovering. 03- Such . is the demand for -ships in Bajmore thai there is hot an unemployed f hip in port. . Crj- The Grand Division of the Sons of Tera perence for the District of Columbia has dissolved its organization. . : JJ-The Indianapolis Sentinel estimates that over one hundred thousand hogs will be packed at that place this season. . - fjcj- James Buchanan is said H be sixty four years old. The Washington' Star says he was born on the 12th of April, 17011 l)r3- The Calais (Me.) Advertiser says that there is more lumber of all kinds on the wharves of that city than has been seen for 15 years. 0r The taxes of New York city for next year will bo but a trifle below $7,000,000 much more than the whole State tax of Pennsylvania. . (JCJ- Bears are very plenty in some of the north ern counties of this State this season. Two big fat fellows were killed in Potter county last week. 09- The Secretary of the Interior has decided that the Volunteers who were engaged in the re moval of the Cherokee Indians are entitled to bounty lands. ' ; Tasmakia. Queen Victoria litis accecdod'to the request of the colony of Van Dieman'x Land to chauge the name of that island and colony Tasmania. ... CCJ- The semi annual report of the New Orleass chief of police shows that in six months nearly one-twelfth of the eutire population of the city has been placed under arrest. ' ! " 03- Lord P.almerston is stated to have written letters to Washington, in which he mentions that the British Ministry expect Mr. Crampton wf.l be dismissed by this Government. CtJ- A train of seventy-three cars of live hogs recently passed over the Eaton and Hamilton Railroad to Cincinnati. There were between four and five thousand hogs, valued at $52,000. CO- Crowds of people are daily wending their way into the territory of Kansas, and it is be lieved that its population is now nearly 70,000, and will be 90,000 or 100,000 by spring. The name Republican has become so bad since the party of treasonable proclivities adopted it that the liock Inland (Illinois) Republican, a staunch Democratic sheet, has taken the name of Argus. 03 Alvarez has resigned the presidency of Mex ico and been succeeded by General ComonfGrt. A new ministry has been formed, and affairs took a little more promising for that unfortunate repub lic. ' y It roust be remmebered by letter writers, that no letters can now be sent through the mails, unless they are pre paid by stamps. Every, per son, then, should take care to provide hinself with stamps. . - 03" Preparing in time. It is said that 'the French are making preparations' for the scelfn modation of the expected heir to tlie Crowd. Queer people, the French. Suppose it shiild happen to be a girl. . 00-Col. Cuming, U. S. Superintendent of Inan Affairs, St. Louis, has returned to Council Bltffs, after an absence of several months, having forme! treaties with the Black Feet, Nez Perces, and oe or two other tribes of Indians. fjcj- Anthony E. Drane, keeper of the State Ar senal at Harrisburg, has been charged with taking arms from the Arsenal and "selling them. ' ft is thought he has accomplices in Philadelphia, tnd that the arms are sold to filibusters for Nitar agua. 03- Owing to the withdrawal of the transpor tation companies from our main line of public works, its earnings for the year just ended will be $96,000 short of the year previous ; but the ear nings of all the public works of the State for the year will nevertheless exceed those of the previous year by $37,000. A Caitoidate for Senator Withdraws. Wm. Montgomery, Esq., of Washington county, who has been urged by his friends for the office of TJ. S. Senator, and for whom the members of that county were instructed, by public meeting, to vote, publishes a letter, withdrawing his name from the list of candidates. ; Manufacture of Wine in Georgia. The Southern Cultivator states that the attempt to manufacture wine from a native grape has been successfully tried by Mr. A. Leary, of Monroe county, Georgia. The grape is known as the Warrenton," and the produce is at the rate of eight hundred gallons per acre. : CO- At a Know-Nothing Gjnveution hi-ld in the Thirteenth Congressional District of New York, where seventy-five Councils were represented, a resolution was adopted in favor of potpni(g tht nomination of President and Vice President to a later period than the 22d of February. The indi cations are that the Convention will be postponed to some time iu June. . , . 03-The Tribune says George Law spent $10, 000 to carry New York State for th Know-Noth-ings at the late election. The Argus says if, he has so much spare cash, he had better come to Easton and settle the washerwoman's bill he Tor got to pay, when he left there a few years ago. So! "Murder will out!" The Great Open Sea. Dr. Kane states that he discovered at the highest latitude he reached, an open sea of thousands of miles in extent, abounding in animal life, such as fish and fowl, and this sea was iceless. lie is of opinion that it may be reached with boats of proper organiza tion, and that some day it will be reached, navi gated, and explored. . v , V Sib John Franklin j A party from the Arctic regions arrived at St. Pauls,. Minnesota, a short time since, bringing intelligence of the fate of Sir John Franklin and his gallant followers. They died of hunger on the barren coast opposite Mon treal island. A party of Esquimaux reached them just in time to see the last man expire. Tho intelligence appears to be reliable. Synopsis of the President'i Message. - Washington Citt, Deo. 31. The Presi, dentfs Message was read, to-day, in the Sen-, ate. ' He states that he has delayed until this time his annual communication to tho two Ilouses in consequence of the non organiza tion of the House ; but his convictions of duty will not permit him to delay any longer its going to Congress, for information of the state of the Union, and for recommending such measures as he judges necessary or ex pedient He commences by going Jnt the history of Central American affairs in particular. The President refers to the reeent troubles in Kan sas, and says that her people must be protec ted ia the exercise of their rights without interference on the part of the people of any other State, commending the subject o the early attention of Congress. He eulogises the popular sovereignty, and gives a history of the formation of the Union, expatiating on State rights, with particular reference to sla very and the Fugitive Slave Law He regards the agitation of the subject of slavery as dangerous to tho durability of the Union ; re grets to see States disregard their constitution al obligations, and refuse to obey the laws of Congress. He denies that the South has obtained advantages over the North in the Federal government, and proceeds to refer to the ordinance of 1787, and the acquisition of Louisiana, to illustrate. The balance of pow er between freedom and slavery comes down to the annexation of Texas, the repeal of the Missouri Compromise, etc., and argues that the South has got no more than' belongs to her ; give an elaborate defence of the princi ples of the Nebraska bill, and indignantly denies that it was a breach of faith. Several grave questions are pending with regard to some of the foreign powers, the most important of which is that with Great Britain arising out of the Nicaragua question. It was the understanding of the United States in making the treaty that all the pres ent States of the former Central American Republic would thenceforth . enjoy complete independence, and that both the contracting powers engaged equally and to the same ex tent for the present and future, that if either of them had any claim of right in Central America, such claim was unreservedly relin quished by the stipulations of the convention, and that no dominion should exist in any part of Central America by Great Britain oi the United States. This government consented to restrictions in regard to a region of count ry wherein we had specific aud peculiar inter ests only upon the conviction that like restric tions where in the same sense obligatory on Great Britain. But for this understanding it would never have been concluded by us. Great Britain so construes the convention as to maintain unchanged all her previous pre tentions over the Mosquito coast etc. These pretensions are founded on assumptions of political relations between Great Britain and the remnant of Indians on that coast, entered into at a time when the whole country was in the colonial possession of Spain. It cannot be successfully controverted that by public law of Europe and America, no possible act of such Indians or their predecessors could confer on Great Britain any political Here the dispatch ends, and starts again as follows and part of Costa Ilica, This aft of Great Britain being contrary to the rights of the States of Central America as understand by this government, has been made the subject of negotiation through the America. Minister in London. Great Britain has, by repeated and successive treaties, redounced all preten tions of her own, and recognized the full and sovereign rights of Spain in the most unequiv ocal terms. Great Britain now re-asserts her right to this extent of the gulf coast. On the eastern coast of Nicaragua the in terference of Great Britain, although once exerted in the form of the military occupation of the port of San J uan del Norte, she now presents claims of the right of a protectorate over the Mosquito Indians. The President adds that this government steadily denies that at the date of the treaty, Great Britain had any possessions on that coast, other than the limited establishment at Balize. The President states that the British gov ernment sees no reason for the interruption of peaceful intercourse on account of this differ ence of opinion, and hopes for an amiable solution of this controversy. He adds that jthere is, however, reason to apprehend that with Great Britain in actual occupation of the disputed territories, this international difficul ty cannot long remain undetermined without involving in serious danger the friendly rela tions which it is tho interest as well as the duty of both countries to cherish and preserve. It will afford me sincere gratification, eays the President, if future efforts shall result in the success anticipated heretofore with more con fidence than the aspect of the case permitted me now to entertain. In regard to recruiting by Great Britain, he say : The traditional policy of the United States has been, not to interfere with belliger ents. No solicitude was felt until Parliament fassed an Act to provide for a foreign legion, t became a matter of surprise to find persons engaged in the United States in this business. Ordinary step3 were immediately taken, to arrest and punish the parties concerned, but the matter acquired additional importance by the disclosure of the fact that the enlistment was prosecuted upon a plan devised by official authority. After stating that a recruiting rendezvous had been established in the United States, by the complicity of British civil and military officials, he says these considerations, and the fact that the cause of complaint was not a mere casual occurrence, but a deliber ate design, conducted by responsinsible public functionaries, impelled me to present the case to the British government. : The subject is still under discussion, the result of which will be communicated in due time. South Carolina. The Legislature of South Carolina adjourn ed on Wednesday evening lrst sire die. A despatch from Columbia Bays: The bill to give the election of Presiden tial Electors to the people was lst. The bill relating to the imprisonment of negro seamen was not reached. . . . ' The .meeting'caHea to consider tho affair of Kansas declined to act for want of reliable information. - - 44 The meeting called to appoint Delegates to the Cincinnati Democratic) Convention did not act for want of time ; but it is understood that over fifty members of the Legislature are in favor of the State being represented in the Democratic National Convention." - CoagreasionaL Washington Cut, Deo. 31. House. Immediately after the reading of the journal, Mr.' Webster, privajLo secretary of the Presi-. dent, appeared announoig from a letter th tnessage in writing. Great excitement was produced; amid which Mr. Clingman moved that it be read in order to hear what it was. Mr. Morgan called for the yeas and nays on a motion that the message be read. He wanted no reading until the House had orga nized. Mr. Giddings and others struggled for the floor. - . : t , :. M. Clingman did not know what the mes sage contained, but the President had tho right, on the assembling of Cougress, when in his judgment necessary, uj communicate in writing The Constitution gives him this au thority, i Mr. Campbell, of Ohio, contended that the ; reading of the message is business; holding that no business can be transacted till the House organize The sending of the message i in advance of organization vas an innovation. Mr Clingman was perfectly willing that gentleman should decide on' a question of or der, f Mr. Orr said the Conititution expressly recognizes this body as a louse, saying that the House sh '11 choose their Sp.aker aud oth er officers. He thought Mr. Campbell, of Ohio, contended that the reading of the mes sage is business; holding that no business can be transacted till the House organize. The sending of the message in advance of organi zation was an innovation. Mr. Clingman was perfectly willing that gentlemen shall decide on a question of order, Mr. Orr said the Constitution expressly re cognizes this body as a House, saying that the House shall choose their Speaker and oth er officers. He thought Mr. Campbell, of Ohio, raised his point too soon. It is respect ful to the President that the message shauld be re-read. - Mr. Camplell, of Ohio, replied that it was utterly useless to have it read unless they could do something with it after it was read. Mr. Stephens insisted that the messsag should be read ; it might contain matters im portant for Congress to know. Mr Washburn, of Maine, contended that this is not a Congress, and the President can not communicate until organization. Mr. Giddings said ; this is too great a question to be decided on technically. He wished to meet it frankly and boldly on its merits ; It was an attempted -innovation on the practice of this government. If it was important for the President to communicate, why did the President delay it for four weeks ? Mr. Giddings would not submit to suca pro ceedings. The debate was continuai conc erning the constitutional power in the above premises, during which Mr. Orr said that the sending of the message, at this time, was an innova tion, but the extraordinary scene here presen ted justified the President in taking the respon sibility. The question was, shall it be received. Mr. Humphrey Marshall thought the mes sage should be received and laid on the table till the House organized. - The House, after a long debate, refused to read the message, and laid the whole subject on the table. The House then adjourned. Senate. After the reading of the journal, the annual message of the President of the United States was presented and real. After the reading of the message, Mr. Clavton'made some remarks rolaiive 'to thi treaty of April 19th, 1850, in order to show the people of the United States the strength of the position assumed by this government re lative to Central American affairs, and the injustice of the position taken hy Groat Brit ain with regard to the construction of that treaty. He agreed generally with all that thcr President had stated, and contrasted the pa cific character of this country with the aggics sive policy always pursued b Great Britain Mr Seward inquired whether the ground taken by the Baitish Government, regarding the conatructiou of that treaty, namely : that it was merely prospective in its operation, and had no reference to actual occupation by that country of the territory in question, was the understanding of the government of the United States, when the treaty was made,' 3Ir. Clayten then being Secretary of State. Mr. Clayton replied that it was an entirely new construction, one that he had never be fore heard. The debate was further continued at some ! length, and the Senate finally adjouaned until Wednesday. General Cass. General Cass, at a late meeting of Demo cratic Senators, delivered an impressive ad dress. He referred to his long connection with the party now in a majority iu tho Sen ate, bow steadily it bad aided to maintain the Constitution, secure the just rights of each State, and preserve inviolate the integrity of the Union. He dwelt upon the sad and dis tracted spectacle now presented by the other political combinations in the country, and of the eminent dangers, which fanaticism and intemperate zeal threaten to the repose and security of society. He spoke of the weight of years upon him, urged his political friends around him the necessity, at this crisis of un ion and harmony, to watch the coming events, and stand together to defend the constitution from -tho grasp of, misguided, men, ..Before, taking his seat he took occasion to reiterate a determination before expressed, that he was not, nor would he be a candidate for the Presidential chair. Fuxny. A correspondent of the Spring field Register tells the following story : "Gen. Cass has fixed himself at the 'Na tional' in Washington, the new proprietor of which, Guy of Baltimore, curiously enough, is a living fac simile of tho great Micbigrnder. Thereby hangs a tale A guest at the hotel lately astonished the Senator, by a demand for a better room. About an hour afterwards as Gen. Cass was leaving the house for the Sen ate up came the man again, and this time he commenced his remarks by a familiar slap on the shoulder. Now I've got you, old Guy,' said he, ' and I want you to have me moved down a story or two. Confound it, I thought I asked you this morning, but it turned out to be old Cass I was speaking to, and he look ed as cross as a bear with a sore head " "Sir," replied the Senator, in a stern tone and with a pulverising glance. 4 you are evi dently liable to mistakes, for you are now talking to Gen. Cass a second time. Gcod morning, air." The astonished victim rushed to the bar, paid his bill to Nicolson, (once of the Hanover House, Boston.) and moved to WiUkrd's without delay." Seme of the Consequence of Diminished. Ln migration. It is estimated by persons familiar with the rate of immigration, that if the average be no greater the next six months than the past, there will be a falling off in 1856,-f some 150,000 or 180,000 iu th number of for eigners arriving on our shores. This is a tions from those who in business or morals are speculating on the future of our country. Probably 80,000 of those who stop at home are Germans : the rest of thn dpfif it ia mnr? up almost entirely of Irish. IS each of these immigrants had consumed or spent $4 in New York as he passed through, it will make a difference next year in the city of some $700. -000 income. If each had possessed in readv money the average which the returns from Castle Garden show at present namely, about 80 it would diminish the import of specie into the country by about thirteen and a luilf million of dollars money which is, not even an exchange, but is so much clear addition of wealth. Then all these people consume our products; they rent our houses,, they wear our clothes, they cat our corn and rye; our beef and mutton and fish ; they buy our timber and brick a id iron and coal ; they read our books and papers and magazines. Setting down the average cost of living at two dollars a week to each man. and woman and child which would be a low estimate and. supposing that they at least earn all they cou suuie by their labor, we have a loss next year to the producers of the country to the farm ers, the grocers,' the builders, ' the clothiers, the house owners, the brick-makers and coal ininers, the editors and booksellers, of seven teen millions of dollars. If these estimates be correct, we have a direct loss next year to the country in this decrease of immigration of over thirty mill ion of dollars . We canuot easily appreciate this loss until wo take some corresponding destruction of value to our most apparent wealth. People do readily see loss and gain on a great scale. It has taken centuries to make the mass un derstand that a penny or a farthing duty ou a pound of some foreign article imported, is an immense loss to their own pockets. Texas was thought a valuable acquisition by niany, in its rich farms, though we paid a rouud price for it: j-ct the value of all the farms iu Texas, and Arkansas besides, is no greater than the value lost by this year's de crease of immigration New York aud Penn sylvania boast themselves of rich crops of wheat, but the wbolo-growtb of their crops, if. no greater than in 1S50, would be two mil lions short of the worth to us of these iiinii grauts who stay at home for a single year It would se-v.u a fearful blow to the country, if by war, (ire, or any calamity, our Tvholo ex ported manufactures all these to cherish which we have been paying duties so long should suddenly be utterly destroyed ; j et the loss would be four millions of dollars less, ta king the value in 185i, thau the loss this year from impeded immigration. The quick destruction of all the flour aud corn, and the products of agriculture, which we usually ex port, which bring wealth to so many thous ands, would be but little greater than the de struction, this year, of value imported by the immigrants. If cno third of the cot.oa crop List year had been lost, what lamentations would have been re-echoed from one end of the Union to the other! how many would havj been bankrupt ! how many would have felt p wrer! Or, if tho whole Indian corn crop last year, of' New England, New York, New Jersey, Pennsjlvania, Delaware, Mary land and the District of Columbia had per ished, what a Jerniaid of mourning would have aiisen! To appoint a new Fast would have been the least which our Governors could have done. Yet the first of t hese sup posed losses is no greater, and the last is less, thau we shall silently bear, this ear, from de creased immigration. Will not some good Know Nothing Governor instituts a Fast. A1 Y. Times. . ' The Potato Crop in Ireland. Mercury, of Dec. 1st, from which we take tho following account of the potato crop in Ire-, land : ' The potato crop is at length raised, and its abuudant produce has been stored up in excellent condition. Some of the newer va. rietics of the Irish esculent have turned out far beyond the ordinary amount of yield, and: even the older and what may be called moro finished qualities, gave very ample produce.' In several districts of this country the gross amouut of yield has been nearly l!50 bushels per acre, ou other lands 200 bushels w.jro raised, and the less active soils produced about 150 bushels. Iu very few instances have traces of the disease been found, and even where that malady had caught on "somo portion of the crop, the tubers so attacked are still lit tor cattle Iccuing, tnui in a great degree making up for the loss that might otherwise have been sustained. The extent of the soil under potatoes in Ireland this sea son is given at 981,529 acres. Taking round numbers and averaging the total produce at 200 bushels per acre, the gross amount of food so produced for man and cattle would be about two hundred million bushels. Throw ing off one-fourth for waste and unmarketable potatoes, there will be found a net turn out of one hundred and fifty million bushels." : , The value of this crop is estimated by the Mercury at Is 8d per bus., giving to the en tire crop a money value equal to twelve and a half million sterling, and this, too, without takinn- into estimation the small, the diseased, or the otherwise inferior portion of the ag gregate crop. The quality of the yield is said to be very fine. Suit for a Loss in tub Cars. A suit was brought on Thursday in New Jersey City, be fore Justice Gardner, against the New York and Erie R-iilroad Company, by Lewis Bar num, of Jersey City, for an overcoat, which was stolen from his seat in the cars on that road. The train stopped at Port Jervis, and the plaintiff seeing a notice posted up in the cars that passengers in order to keep their seats, must leave some article of baggage or wearing apparel in them, left hia overcoat there while he went into the refreshment sa loon. .Upon returning he discovered that his overcoat bad been stolen. The Company de. clined to pay for it. He brought suit against them as common carriers, and maintained that they were liable as such for the loss of wearing apparel, whether stolen or otherwise taken, under the said printed note ; and the court gave a decision accordingly. Newark Advertiser. , . . - - -
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