The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1855-05-31

MosDAY, May Is, 1866.

4A. 4HA HE=t EL -
The town TALK among the politicians,
classo very useful person., who psricdi
csily saye the country from utter wreck an
ruin, BY the election Of Smuggins OF The dc
feat Of Soroges, Is the result of the recen
election in Virginia. The Know-Nothingl
look glum, and with a desperate sort o
graveyard whistle, cay the returns are in,
complete and indecisive," while the Democ.
racy rub their hands In great glee, and talk
Of Salt Peter Explosions in the Park. They
would have brought out the abig gum be-
fore Ibis time only for the unpleasant reccol-
lection of the fact, that on the occasion oil
bur State election. last Fall, three seperate
publications. we're held in turn in that same
old Park, on the supposed triumph Of each
Of the prominent candidates for Governor.
First, we had Mr. Ullmau, the Hindoo, for
Governor, and his friends rejo;ced bolster
ousiy; then came Mr.. Seymour, and there
was conside iable g~un-powder and oratoiy
wasted by the .Softs" snd advocates Of free
iulips and smashers and, AFTER all, the at.
fair finally resulted 10 The triumph and joliif.
cation of Clark, the Maize Law, and the
Wolley Heads. With this Instructive bit Of
history painfully fresh in their memory, the
Democracy thought it best mol, to crow this
time iiII they were fairly and surely g out Of
the woods" But their couiion was quite
unnecessary. Sam is badly beaten In this
contest, beyond a question or a doubt yet he
is BY no means disposed Ito give il up
So"
Three hundred and fly English Mormons
arrived al this port yesterday, on their way 10
Join "ihe Saints" a, Great Salt Lake City in
Utah. While Patriarch Young seems TO be
gathering strength from abroad, the domes-
tic felicity Of his Household is slightly rnffled
by the occasional revolt Of a f~act:ous WIFE
One OF the former fifty Of those ladies an
nounces a forthcoming book, which promi.
ses some entertaining disclosures in regard
10 the little domestic affairs OF the Governor,
and 10 relation to female life in Utah, gener-
ally.
Mayor Woods field-day with the police,
in the Park, is, as he intended il should be,
the subject Of extended comment, in the
City papen of to-day. No man in New
York, not even Barnum, understands the
science of clap-trap better than Mr.. Wood.
His career so far has been emiuenlly melo-
dramatic. He gained a good deal of eelat
for a time, by closing the liquor shops on
Sunday, and the temperance folks hailed
him as their friend and champion but since
lie has caved in as regards the meaning of
the Liquor Law, and no longer shuts up the
grogseries on the Sabbath, he has been
tread out" by the cold walerisis as a weak
disciple.
The correspondence from SebastopoI con.
tanned in the English papers brought by the
steamer america and Union, indicates that
the commanders Of the Allied forces have
been pushing forward the siege operations
with The energy, since the termination ofthe
Vienna conference. The advanced works
Of the besiegers are now, by the admission
Of the Russians themselves, within sixty
yards of the main line Of the ciiy's defen.
ces. There lie, however, an awkward gap
of some five hundred yards between the
outworks of The Allies and the next parallel,
so that it would seem that a sortie in force
would play the deuce with them before help
could arrive from the rear. Both sides are
short Of shells and shot, and THEFT artillery
are used up with constant FREEING. The adj
vanced batteries are TO be furnished with
Paixhans from the feet, and it ishoped that
with these" big guns" a practicable breach
may be effected. That done, il is thought
tha, the Mimic rifle, tie ~bayonet, French
dash, and English bull.dogism may do the
rest; always providing that the Allies are
not compelled 10 raise the Siege by a " FIRE
in the rearn from the Russian army in the
Geld. The appointment Of Count Walevo.
ski, a bastard son Of Napoleon !, TO the head
of the French war department, is looked
upon as an indication of uncompromising
hostility 10 Russia on the part of the Empe.
ror. Walewoski lisa Polish refugee, and, il
is said, enthusiastically attached to his
country. His selection, may be considered
as q hint to Austria that in case she PLAYS
false, she may expect TO see a French army
bearing the standard Of revolution into her
Polish dominions.
RI