Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1868-01-30
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.


Bohemian, George Francis Train, ny
the Cork authorities, for making
Fcnian stump speeches in America,
attracts more or less attention of the
journals. The whole affair is looked
upon as a huge joke. 1t is believed
that Train purposely invited his own
arrest on his arrival at Queenstown,
and sailed hence fortnight since with
that sole object in view, though il is
given out that he was on his way 10
Dublin, as tho special correspondent
of the New York World So long as
there is no real danger impending,
Train would be only too glad to make
a martyr ofhimself, and by this means
become a prolific subject for diplomat
ic correspondence, crafty his hobby
for advertising himself into further
notoriety, and tangle himself up into
test case, demanding the prompt in
reference of our Government for the
protection ofAmerican citizens abroad,
confined, meta phorically speaking, in
loathsome foreign dungeons. Sympa-
thizing meetings have already been
held in various parts of the city where
the usual "Whereas the time has at
length arrived, &c. D., &c." and "There-
fore resolved zoe demand, in the
name of, &C., &c." 1t seems al
most impossible to get up he neces-
sary amount of excitement just at this
time to stimulate the collection Of
further subscriptions for the men in
gap from poor Bridget and Patrick.
Trains diplomacy in this matter is
very much like that of certain Cali
fornia statesman who was up tor Con-
gress few years since. Failing to geta
respectfully sized audience to listen to
his speeches, it was whispered around
San Francisco that sanguinary duel
with bowie knives, between two well
known prominent characters, hostile
to each other in politics, would cer-
tainly take place at given locality,
on such day, bctween9 and II A. M.
About three, thousand people assem-
bled at the appointed spot on the day
named the speech was delivered, the
bar-rooms done a rushing business,
the speaker received a purse of 5000
from the saloon keepers for bringing
the crowd together, but the duel, how
ever, never came of, or was any seri-
GUS a6dired honneur ever dreamed of
by tho parties implicated. Train, since
his release, is talked OF now for head
of the F. BIS, and will probably be a
candidate for Vice-President of the
United States. Till then, let the
English lion roar its au revoir to all
peaceful relations between the two
countries, and the American eagle
from ITS lofty perch at Washington,
flap its wings in dignifed yet danger
GUS silence. Train is martyr at last,
and Seward is aroused !
Castle Garden, the headquarters of
our Emigrant Commissioners, and the
landing place for all the fresh arrivals
from the Old World, for this time of
the year presents an unusually lively,
bustling and animated appearance
The rush Of foreign emigration to our
shores, Notwithstanding it is the mid
dlo of winter, continues unabated.
Europe has contributed the past year
very literally to the population ofthe
United States; but the great flood Of
emigration was not, as usual from Ire
land, but from Germany The Irish
used to far snrpass, in numbers, the
--->:s..~ -.s Gonl vi.~ D..o,svs.s -vvutiu-
ent but the late war in Germany.
and the apprehension Of another at
some not very far distant period, be.
tween Northern Germany and France.
has turned the tide, and the Toutonic
fresh tpromises TO become flood.
Last year the foreign immigration
into the United States exceeded
anything of tho kind witnessed
for the previous eight years. This
year il promises to exceed in numbers
anything of the kind we have ever
witnessed before. Most of those who
arrive, however, appear to bo of bet
ter class of small farmers and agricul-
turists, who bring with them no little
amount of worldly wealth to contri-
butte their share to our general pros
perity.
The rather suden demise of John
Jacob Astor at the age of65 years, a few
days since, divulges facts which seem
like romance. A bright, promising
boy, he had been sent to a college.in
Switzerland, where his intellect be-
came impaired in consequence of an
accidental injury. In 1922 he was
placed in an asylum in Cambri6geport,
Mass, under the care of DIR. Dexter
Fairbanks. But his malady proving
ihcu able, he was brought to the house
which his late father had erected ex-
pressly for him, on Fourteenth Street,
in this city-a large, baronial, gloomy
looking structure, surrounded by a
high wall, and the very existence tits
unfortunate millionaire inmate was un-
known to thepresent generation. Here
he remained until his death, the sub
ject Of unremitting attention on the
part Of his medical attendant, who,
for forty-six years, done all that skill
and self.sacrifcing efforts could do TO
contribute to the comfort and relief of
his patient. The violence which at
times used TO mark the case gradually
disappeared, and of late years tho
general health Of Mr.. Astor has been
comparatively good. Strangers who
met him enjoying his daily exercises
could not have been readily distin-
guished him from any other infrm
old gentleman. But one other son re-
main alive, VIM. b. Astor, the possess
or of forty-two million dollars worth
of real and personal property, and him.