The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-01-30

v. Y. CITY CORRESPONDENCE.

new J DIRK, Jan. rs.
The recent arrest of that erratic Bohe-
milan, Geo. Francis Train, by the Cork
authorities, for making Fenian stump
speeches in America, attracts more or less
attention OF the journals The whole af-
fair is looked upon here as huge joke.
1t is believed that Train purposcly invited
his own arrest on his arrival at Queens.
town, aud sailed hence fortnight since
with that sole object in view, though it is
given out that lie was on the way to Dub
lin, as the special correspondent of the
New York World. So long as there is no
real danger impending, Train would be
only too glad to make temporary martyr
of himself, and by this means become a
prolific subject for diplomatic correspond
enee, crafty his hobby for advertising
himself into further notorety, and tans.e
himself up into a test case, demanding
the prompt interference of our govern
ment for the protection of American citi-
zens abroad confined, metaphorically
speaking. III loaihsome foreign dungeons
Sympathizing meetings have already been
held in various parts Of the city, where
the usual "whcreas the time has at length
arrived, &c, &c"; and :" therefore resolv-
ed, 'ce demand, in the name Of, &c, &c"
1t seems almost impossible to get up the
necessary amount of excitement just at
this time to stimulate the collection of fur
Their subscriptions for the men in the gap
from poor Bridget and Patrick Trains di-
plomacy in this matter is much like that
OF a certain California statesman who was
/ cup" for congress few years since
Failing to get respectfully sized audience
to listen to his speeches, it was whispered
around San Francisco that q sanguinary
duel with bowie knives, between two well
known prominent characters, hostile to
each other in politics, would certainly
take place at a given locality, on such a
day, between 9 and II A. NJ About
three thousand people assembled 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
inging the crowd together, bit the duel
however, never came of, or was any Sc
rious affair de honneur ever dreamed of
by the parties implicated. Train, since
his release, is talked Of now for head cen.
ter of the L. 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 Amer
can eagle from its lofty perch at Washing
ton, 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, busting and ANNA
ted appearance. The rush OF ftreign emf
grafton to our shores, notwithstanding it
Is the middle of winter, continues unaba-
ted. Europe has contributed the last
year very literally TO the population of
the United States; but the great flood OF
emigration was not as usual from Ireland,
but from Germany. The Irish used to
far surpass, in numbers, the emigrants
from the European continent; but the
late war in Germany. and the appreheu-
sion Of another, ut some not very distant
period, between northern Germany and
France, has turned the tide, and the Teu-
tonic freshet promises to become flood.
Last year the foreign immigration into the