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AN ELOQUENT APfEAL.

The followingis the eloquent close of o
speech laiely delivered in Congress by Hon.
James McLanahan of this state upon the
subject of slavery and disunion -
"With US the preservation of the Union is
paramount consideration. We cling to j,
as the sheet-anchor of all our hopes. We
venerate it as the ark of the convenant OF
our rational exhistence, and withered be the
hand that sacrilegiously touches it. The
great confederation of sister States cannot
perish; it must not be. Having many men,
bers, the republic has but one body. This
nation has but one heart, and every pulsa.
ton of that heart beats high for the Union.
Sir, cool, cunning, deliberate calculations
have been made in this Capitol as well as
II >f H. ---.i.-- e .i,-----.-----L
will not stop to point out the miserable fal-
lacy of sucn calculations. My feelings re.
volt at the moumful task.
Judas Iscariot sold his Lord and Master
for thirty pieces of silver. Conscience -stung
he flung back at the feet of those who had
S''oS' A'A'A shO 6hseCiAuS uodbufc3 anu fdifg-
ed himself His bloated and disembowelled
body fell disgusting spectacle to the earth
and his guilty spirit went Kissing to. hell
That American citizen who should betray
his country, and barter away the Union fol
mere pecunIary considerations deserves nc
better fate
But, sir, | say again, this Union is safe
Ii the President of the United States ant
Congress assembled cannot preserve it
twenty millions Of freemen can and will
and wo be unto him who, either North o,
South, raises the traitor cry of disunioa. Al
invisible but an electric chain of nationa
sympathy binds the people of this country
indissolubly together in one common bono
of brotheIhooa. 1t is their pride and thei
glory TO be one. What, sir, dissolve thi
Union "a Union comen,ed by the highcs
and holiest associations of the past, III,
proud triumphs Of the present, and the glo
rlous prospects of the futute Never! Dis
solve this Union God of my country for
bid itn s,-
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1850-02-28

IRISH DENIAL-An Irish boy, who was try
ing to get place, denied that he was an
Irish boy. Il don't know what you mean
by not being an Irishman," said the gentle
man who was about hiring him; @but this
know, you were born in Ireland.n sOch,
your HONOR" said the boy, ''that's all small
blame 10 that. Suppose had been born in
stable, would have been a horse!''
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1850-02-28

VD Some curious person at the North has
been calculating the area of the territory of
the United States not yet organized into Sta
tes not yet organized into States, and finds
that we have domain enough for forty six
and half States as large as Pennsylvania.
OF these, thirty five will lie north of 36o 30
min. and vii be free States, if that line of
compromise was adopted
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TO MY WIFE.
ny REV. G. W. BETHUNE.

Afar from thee The morning breaks,
But morning brings no joys to me
Alas my spirit only wakes
To know that | am far from thee !
In dreams saw that blessed face,
And thou vert nestled on my breast;
In dreams felt thy fond embrace,
And to my own thy heart was pressed.
Afar from thee IT'S solitude,
Though smiling crowds around me be;
The kind, The beautiful, the good
For can only think Of thee. .
OF thee, the kindest, lovliest, best,
My earliest, and my only one;
Without thee am all unblest,
And wholly blesi with thee alone.
Afar from thee! The words of praise
Issy iiet.uss v,.t.ovssetf ssrves
What sweetest seemed in better days,
Without thee seems no longer sweet;
The dearest Joy fame can bestow,
Is in thy moistened eye to see,
And in thy cheeks unusual glow,
Thou deems st me not unworthy thee.
Afar from thee! The night is come,
But slumbers from my pillow flee;
I canno. rest so far 6om home,
And my hearts home is, love, with thee
| kneel before the throne of prayer,
And then know thou art nigh
For God, who seeth everywhere,
Bends on us a watchful eye.
Together in his love embrace,
No distance can our hearts divide;
Fofgotten qnite the mediate space,
kneel thy kneeling form beside;
My tranquil frame then sinks to sleep,
But scars the spirit lar and free
o welcome be nights slumbers deep
For, then, dear love, am with thee!
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D'The following colloquy came off be
tween two bellies, one evening in she draw.
ing room, at ball, between the Dances
'Beok, how does my head geer looka" 20,
like a jilly fower!" "What did Nose Jewell
say about mew "He said you looked slick
as candle, and slicker too" ''Gingerarion
Name, let's fix and go in aginw
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D' A Returned Californian, at Boston,
with $4,000 of the dust, ran away with a.
mother mans wife. They were pursued and
caught. The Californian agreed to pay the
injured husbands travelling expenses, take
the lady off the old gentleman's hands, and
call accounts square. This compromise"
was agreed to and the parties separated .mu-
tually satisfied. ssaN 2
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1850-02-28

iy'A certain Irish attorney threatened to
prosecute Dublin printer for inserting the
death of living person. The menace con-
cluded with the remark, that "no printer
should publish death unless Informed of
the fact by the party deceased.
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WIN. c. PREsToN, of S. C.-The Baltimore
Sun on the authority of letter from Col
umbia, S. c., denies the New York Tribune's
statement, that the Hon. VIM C Preston has
become hopelessly imbecile, from softening
of the brain. He is still discharging shis in.
telectual duties as President of South Caro-
lima College. a ae o.
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LAUGHABLE.-To see half dozen uncles,
one or two brotheis, and an old maiden aunt
of seventy, holding consultation TO devise
ways and means" to preventa young girl
from marrying the "feller she leves.'' It's
just about as ridiculous, as to see an intoxi-
Gated man attempt to shoulder his own saad-
ow i-s. .'-. 49,.
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Fro m the ~ 0. Delta.
THE SKELETON HAND.
pY JOHN @. DUNN.

fsan. tan !, ran tap at the door Of tho heart;
Eao tan with a loud demand
Oh who Is il raps at the Goor OF the heart,
CRYING. matter and spirit shall surely part,
The one TO the dust, for dust thou art,
TIE rest to the spirit land! t-
,Tis | !! Ills |, who knocketh without
'Tis I OF the Skeleton Hand!
Rap tap! rap tap!-I have startled thee up
From the midst OF misty dream
Rap, tap! rap, tap!-I have startled thee up
When thy lips were red from the deadly cup
And thy curses grew louder at every sup,
And thy orbs in frenzy gleam'd
For tits /! tits | J, who knocketh without,
With a bony arm and a knuskle stout
''Tis of the Sickle Keen
Rap, tap! rap, tap! on the bony walls
What, hoI An ready within!
Rap, tap! rap, tap! on tae bony walls!--
Rap,tap rap, iapt Still louder 1t falls! !!
I'll rent thee no longer these csrnal halls
Thou hast made them den OF sin!
Make ready! Make ready! 'Tis without,
With bony arm and knuckle stout
.'Tis / of the Skeleton Grim!
Rap, tap rap, tap But voice Of prayer
Gushed forth from tho sinful weight.
Rap, tap! rap, tap!-A voice of prayer
Wen, trembling upward, 10 spare-oh spare
For another year-a year 10 prepare
For the regions of glory and light
A wear to prepare for him without,
With the skeleton arm and the knuckle Stout
For him with the breath Of blight.
Rap, tap-no more! The year is given-
Ayear of neglect and crime.
Rap, tap--no more! A year is given
To fight in the fields where the righteous
have striv'n
For their spo;less robes and a hc.,s n heaven,
But alas how feeting is time!
TITS psst--and again is heard without
The bony arm and the knuckls stout
Like wild and deathly crime!
Rap tap! rap, tap! on the bony walls!
What, ho! Art ready within9
Rap, tap! rap, tap on the bony wallis
Rap, tap! rap, Like the thunder it falls !!
IN rent thee no longer these carnal halls,
Thou monster of falsehood and sin!
In a tumul. of horror the spirit went out
Der Avemus, with him of the knuckle stout!
With him of the Skeleton Grim!!!
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1850-02-28

II Barone Boenne, Envoy Extraordin-
ary and Minister Plenipotentiary of tho Cen
trail Power of Germany at Washington, the
Republic announces, has been recalled,
new central power having been constituted
in Prussia,
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1850-02-28

Diuoyce in Massachusetts,. There are eaid to
be in the county Of Suffolk, (kiass.) embra-
cing Boston alone, fony-eight suits for divor-
ce, now pending before the Supreme Gourt
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'Is that clean butter" asked a grocer, to
boy who had brought quantity to mar
ket. II should think it ought to be-" re-
Piled the boy, "for marm and Sal were more
than two hours picking the hairs and notes
out of it last night"
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1850-02-28

VERY CLEvER.-They tell good joke in
Paris of the French police, who seeing two
persons fighting, interposed, and said-"No
fighting in the streets, you blackguards go
inside the Chamber, if you wish to do that "
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1850-02-28

T "You have broken the Sabbath john
ny,n said good man. to his son. Yes
said his little siste,, and dolhes's long comb
too, right three pecesl' iist :;
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!. BIooaIsBuRG. coLUMBIA COUNTY, PAs ffIURsDAY FEl

aa "Nor ours eithern w fe3l -,
"Such brute !n aa
"But, indeed, think he told his wife the
secrets" fa'Ai..3' ''.".9
"Oh no.n 81
Tndced he didn't"
Here could contain myself no longer, and
with smothered laugh, I accidentally kick
ed over chair, the noise of which adjourn
ed the caucus of the adjoining room
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A Rational Conclusion +.

An honest Dutchman, in training up his
son in the way he should go, frequently ex-
ercised him in bible lessons. On one of
these occasions he asked him: G 'i. g.. t
'Who vas dat vat would not shleep nit
Botipher's vifep
'Shoseph.' u.a
Oats coot poy! Veil, vat vas de reason
Wy he would not shleep nit herp
Don't know-shpose he was not shleepy.'
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Remission Of Punishmcnt.-We learn from
the Frederick Examiner, that Gov. Thomas
has commuted the punishment of John Tho
mas, convicted in Frederick City in Novem-
Der last, on his osen confession, of the murder
of Mrs. Preston, and sentenced by the Court
TO be hung, 10 confinement in the Penitenti-
ary.
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.~Povery is the mother of many arts.--
That accounts for the fact that SO many arts
are very "poor ones"--theyg take after their
mother" es Clys In
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VA Estates evidence" has been defined
as the term by which we designate the wretch
who pardoned for being more base than
his comrades. ,a 80 rat
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D~HMr. Brown, | owe you grudge, re-
member that W,e, el
81 shall not be frightened then, for never
knew you to pay anything that you owed"
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tT The Iron Works at Kittauning, (Pa)
are, it is said, to be greatly improved, and
will bepu in blast in April or May next z :
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1850-02-28

wGold and Silver are metals quite too
heavy TO be carried to Heaven, but, in good
hands, they may pave the way to it. .il
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( THE STAR OF THE NORTH

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~ on ae soath side Of Mafn street, third
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pad, unless at the option Of the editors.
ADVERTISEMENTS not exceeding one square,
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4 l;beral discount ,sia be made TO- those toho ad-
!sevtiss BY the gear.
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Ey"I'll watch and prey" as the fox said
when he saw poultry yard. 'V''es
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Bustles are all fleeing show,
For mans illusion given, -ls.. s..
They're filled with bran or stuffed with tow,
And stick out about "a feet or so,'
On six girls out of seven.
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ry-The Bank a. panvills is in operation,
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N Malice is said to drink ono.half Of, its
Dwn poison 3. ,,s, !, .c.s,sat.. s,..,,
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that every thing else TO be disposed of in accord
ance with parliamentary law and the rules OF the
Senate inhich may be adopted. Now this was not the
arrangement. Blake would not agree TO 1t, and
hence the agency of Il. s. HaHllin, and the new
contract, wherein all reference to Johnson's voting
for himself and TO any Senatorial rules there
after to be adopted, tcere omitted
Now who violated this contract-this agreement
We say that the Locoioco Senator'S, who originated
and made il, arc its volators--they proposed new
and novel set of rules for the adoption OF the Sen,
ate whereby Johnson should oote for himseB-an
this was Just what Blake would NOT agree to- on their
own showing-and il this violation OF the
agreement that exposed the trick, the plotting, inc
scheming, the trap-setting of the Locoioco dema.
gogues-it was this which caused them TO be caught
in their own trap, and has occasoned such o,as-
phemous and billingsgate denunciations oil Mr..
Blake by the unsuccessful trap-setter MIR. Payne)
and his associates -
The Cuyahoga Senator, writing under the NOR
LITIGATION of defeat in his avoritc vocation, DIS
Qraces the Senate and degrades himself by caiilng
the Speaker ga dishonest mana perildous wretch
an object of execration." In his paroxysm ne
exclaims "The very brutcs would turn away tneir
nostrils from your loathsome carcass IN disgust
ssyou arc rendered nfamous"-"your perhdious
bartered soul cannot rise to code OF honor recog-
Missed among thieves"
We did not expect that the Senator from Cuya,,
hoga would thus disgrace HIMSELF although tortured
by sense of failure in political intrigue. II would
have been more manly, and far more creditabie to
have "grinned and bore it."
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The instructions which we publish this
morning to collectors and other officers Of
the customs, have been rendered indispen.
sable by the legislation Of the last session,
compelling the Treasury Department tc
restrict its annual expenditures within the
sum of 81, $50, 900.
This object cannot be accomplished with
out breaking up our revenue service
throwing all the onerous expenses Of the
warehousing system on the importers
charging them with other expenses that
have hitherto been betrayed by the Gov.
eminent, and Withholding a proportion Of
the compensation that has hitherto been
paid TO persons employed in the collection
Of the revenue.
BY referring to the Congregational Globe
Of the last session, il will be seen that the
act to which we refer was passed through
both branches of the Legislature, without a
word Of debate, and evidently without the
slightest consideration. II appropriated
for this branch Of the public service sum
less, by six hundred and forty thousand
dollars, than the actual expenditures Of
the year previous for the same service;
and this, too, in view Of the additional ex-
penses arising from the charge Of new dis
tricts in Texas, Oregon, and California,
and the annual increase Of business in
other districts.
The Secretary Of the Treasury estimates
the expenses of collecting the revenue for
the current six months at S1,325, 900.
The law of the last session contemplates
the payment Of $4,000 for this SER
vice.
One Of two things is certain. Either
Mr.. WALKER improvidently squandered
$40 900 in the collection Of the revenue
for his last fiscal year, or the expenses Of
the current year have been improperly and
improvidently restricted in that amount,
and in the amount additional rendered
necessary by the enlargement Of our reve-
nue. system and the increase of business.
AT the first available moment, Presi-
dent TAYLOR called the attention Of Con-
gress TO this subject, by special message.
II is not his fault, nor that Of his friends,
that this subject has not been considered
and acted upon. II their affairs are in
disorder, and the public service suffers,
the people will understand that the re.
sponsibility Of this state Of things is not
with President TAYLOR, but with the Bit
ter-End opposition to him, who are deter
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lse then proceeded TO vote for
Necessary 10 a choice

N'NNN'"s~fJ
II will be perceived that Mr.. 8. M. Giddings, OF
New York, required but one vote 10 elect him.
Several motions we're made TO adjourn, and after
wards withdrawn.
Mr.. BOYD withdrew the name Of Newton Lane,
AZ candidate Tor Sergeant arms.
Mr.. COBB, OF Alabama, nominated Jrssr E.
Dow, Of The District OF Columbia.
MIR. STRONG nominated Mr.. GLossnRESNEa,
Mr.. HAMILTON nominated RHoDrarcx DoR-
Mr.. WALDEN, nominated HIRAM wALnnrper
Mr.. KAUFMAN moved that there be call Of
the House.
Mr.. JONES moved that the House adjourn. and
ttr question was determined In the ncgatve-ayes
%, noes 80.
The question REQUIRED, Shall there be call Of
the House and II was decided in the negative
yeas 65, nays 1873.
motion was made 10 adjourn. Tho question
was taken, and Il was disagreed to--yeas 80, nays
Another motion was made, that there be call Of
the House pending which,
On motion Of Mr.. EVANS, Of MARYLAND, at ten
minutes 10 three O'Clock, the House adjourned
The following petitions were to-day presented,
under the rule
BY Mr.. HOWE: Petition of Thomas Anderson
and one hundred and two others, citizens of the
counties OF Venango and Clarion, Pennsylvania
asking for the establishment OF a post route from
Clarion, IN the county Of Clarion, TO Tonesta, in
the county OF Vcnango. Referred 10 the Commit
tee on Poet Offices and Post Roads.
BY Mr.. BUTLER, Of Pennsylvania Petition of
Jacob Boston, praying for the passage Of an act OF
Congress giving him arrears of pension, to COM
mence from the time his disability, by wounds re-
ceived In the service, was incurred
Also, the memorial OF iona than holmes and others,
Of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, asking indemnity for
French spoliations prior TO 1900
BY Mr.. BURROWS: Petition of two hundred
citizens Of tbecounty Of Niagara, New York, pray
ing Congress TO grant appropriation for the inn
provement Of the bsrbor at the mouth Of Eighteen
Mile creek, in said county
BY Mr.. GOODENOW: Petition OF Sarah ~
Nickels, widow Of John Nickes, Hannah Miller,
widow Of Thomas Miller, and others Of Maine, for
indemnity for French spoliations prior TO 1900 Re
ferrcd TO Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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The spectator at the Potomae.


We have received the first number of Q
German newspaper with this title, just
established in this city by MIR. FREDERICK
SCHMIDT. 1t is political journal, in
tended to support the principles on which
General TAYLOR came into power "ln
our scrutiny" says the editor in his pros
pectus, Gas to the practicability or i'm
practicability of the measures which may
e be advanced by the several parties into
which the citizens of this country are
9 divided, we shall be guided by those
principles which the majority Of the cit
8 liens of the United States have endorsed
as their principles by the election Of
General TAYLOR to the Presidential
chair to maintain and spread these
principles--to cause them generally to
9 be acknowledged and acted upon ; this
is the aim and endeavor of the 'Spec-
tator' on the political arena"
The German population Of the United
States is estimated at four millions and
this number is constantly increasing by an
immense immigration. Mr.. SCHMIDT says
that from the fact that the liberal or popu-
lar party in Germany is known by the
name of Democrat" the immigrants
generally range themselves under the BAN
ner of the party which in this country
bears the same appellation the name acts
upon them like charm, and induces
them, without farther reflection, to decide
their future political course. Several hun
dred German Democratic papers have been
established; and to the influence of the
Democratic name is superadded the all
powerful influence of the press, to per-
petuate the false impressions under which
the Germans form their political con-
nexions.
The Germans are reading and thinking
people, and accessible to sound argument;
but with only one-sided facts and state
ments before them, they cannot arrive al
correct conclusions. Therefore it is that
we agree with Mr.. SCHMIDT in his views
Of the great importance of establishing a
German Wing paper at the seat of govern
ment, SO that the other side of the argu-
ment may be presented TO the German
mind. With such an organ of communi-
cation, we have no doubt that many un-
just prejudices would be overcome, and
many errors and misapprehensions cor
rected.
From our knowledge of Mr.. SCHMIDT,
we are induced to place the utmost conf
dence in his ability and good judgment in
the conduct Of such journal. We are
pleased to learn that he enters upon his
career with the satisfactory encouragement
of good circulation; and we hope that
every effort will be made by our friends
throughout the Union to give that support
to his press TO which, from its important
objects, and the character of its conduc.
tor, it cannot fail to be entitled.
The Office of the Spectator at the Po.
tomac is in the building Of Simm's & Son,
Pennsylvania avenue, opposite Jackson
Hall. 1t is published once week.