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The Conviction and ssnssnoo of Hunt


Ane Huntington trial terminated la,te
ing, aiter occupying the court thirteen d
The jury returned a Unanimous verd;c,
guiity, and the prisoner was sentenceJ
iour years and ten months imnr;stnn,on,
The State prison-thc full penalty oc
law. r'y "a =
This case is one of the most ox,r,,r,r
IVY on record developing as it does the
cH'ar mode OF carrying on business on w;
sINet' ano the Vafiol's neans taken TO dra
nNney nom tne uns,'specting and ignorar
naks IN tue District Of Columbia, Iaundrie
onthe lstimus, cemeteries in different II
:a''uesnhc most Visionary and seeminpl,
impossible schemes-prove that "all /. asi
,M wn'a comes to ne" in the vicinity ol
'Cha,ge; The testino ony shows that esnc,
OF subordinate individnls are there: avs,
ready tor emoploymenby the highest bidde
and when tho latter lys the penalty Of
crimes, their services re soon again in
But extraordinary awast me case
fence was even more o. Tho r'
OF the operations, the eculiar II. ..
transactions, the long hnd sucee sssfnI =,
OF vllIainy, are adducedln eStenu' ation of
crime, and moral insanity [offe red az. rs,
in favor of tue accused. ->:>tlkfese grounds,
Schuyler, Redpatl,, Monroe edwards, and
hundreds Of others, would 1tlavc escaped
their reward, and continued to operate in
Wall street and criminals he'wide world
over might flourish with ihrunty on the
profits of their crimes.
The case of I1untingto rand the Enslisl,
Redpath are counterpark Of each other.
The same recklcssness Of consequences. the
like gigantic and long +}1ccessful scheme
the similarity Of tools, tllf same dasl,ine style
Of living, the like par'ia5ity for fast horses.
gay women, objects dc ,3ertu, and the variou.
adornments which THROW species of ro-
nance about the mosl( hardened yiIla;ne
characterized them both It's cause of sat
'stactlon to every right minded person tn
neither wealth nor the most brilliant le
defence has availed to shield these often,
from the just reward Of their il.doinos.
the Imprisonment Of Huntington and t,
portation Of Redpath will stand as warn
to their confcdcrates, that society i,
forever to be exploited with impunity.
Three indictments were selected bv
District Attorney on which to trv tho n,;,.
oner, and on the first one brought into
court he was found guilty. It is improba
Die that the others will be proceeded with; bn
at all evens the ends Of justice arc answere,
and tho public mind may now be at re.
until the tecming womb OF ; Wall sire,
furnishes successor to Schuyler and Hun
ington.-Nesc York Herald.
The Productive Industry of the ooun.rv:
The aggregate production of the industry
OF the United States, for the year. 1856, is cs-
t'mated at forty-fivc hundred million dollars.
4,50O, O,O0O,OOO) more than the vast sum
OF the national debt of Great Britain, which
has been accumulaling for three centuries
and which appears to be Of such enormo"
bulk as to be an unpayable sum. Yet
found that tie product Of one years lak
this country would discharge the who
amount.
The whole value Of the real estate in the
country in 1850, was estimated at $4,5Oo..
100000; its other property at about $3,
OO0,O00,OOO. From this, it would appear
as If the earnings of the labor of the country
was every year equal in amount to al the
real estate in the country, and yet the atten-
tion of government is given mnch more to
the preservation of what we have create
than to the industry which produces me
than halt us much every year as all we ha.
got. Labor is the great predominant inter
est in every country, and its profitable EN-.
ployment should be the first care of every
government.
A community that saw one or two thou
sand dollars Of its property destroyed every
day by confagrations, would arouse i,selfin
all its energies, to stay the destruction.
But the same community bebolds five hun.
drcd laborers wasting their time in idleress.
ON: worthless employmens, whose labor
soui4 be worth thousands, without appa-
rently Being conscious Of aloss. Every L.
borer is capable Of producing 8 or a per
day in value to tie community, though non.-
inalIy it is estimated by the wages he geta
at only one or two dollars. And heiabor-
er consumes just as much idle as he docs
employed, and the cost of what he might
have earned, is as actual as If his work bad
been destroyed dy fire. The three great in
terests ofagriculture, manufactures and COM
merce contribute moreequally to the annual
wealth OF the country than most of us sup
pose. Agriculture yields $l,60O,OO0OOt
Manufactures and mechanical arts, $780,.
100000. The seas and commerce, &l,20O-
100000, making the aggregate product
from these rival interests $4,000, 100000.
CHRISTIANS FEsrlvAL.-Hibernin Hall |
was. crowded on Christmas night with lap
py hearts and joyous faces. The Christmas
Tree bloomed and blossomed in rsacnitf.
cent luxuriance, and toys and presents
were displayed in tempting profusion
His Honor the Mayor graced tile oc
casion with his presence, and opsA
the exercise with a very appropriate
eloquent address. The Choir, under
direction ofMr. II. L. Deden, discou
most excellent music, and was warmly
piauded. The presents were then dist
ted, and. after a few mora suoot aonn.a1