The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1855-12-27
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10 elect speaker hssst length caassd,to b,
exciiing3 and the news Of the attack Of ths
Hon. w. Smith Of Virginia upon the edito
| Of the Washington Star did not create ,hs
slightest feeling ofinieresi 10 city like this
where much more ssnguinsry sffiays are o.
daily occurrence.
Insurance Compsnies are caving In, hers
every day or Two. The latest explosion o.
that GLASS Of swindes is thai, Of the Henry
Clay Fire Insurance Company. The Presi,
dentand other officers are TO be tried fofper-
fiury, and Of course win be acquitted ; for jus.
lics in New York is quite as much an article
of barter as -four. II would be better to com.
pats IL with otto Of roses; for il is an expsn.
siye luxury, and can only be enjoyed by the
rich. Yes, justice in the city of New York
s either uncertain. polluted, or 30 expensive
as to be entirely beyond the reach oflhe poor
and the uninfuential. | am no growler.
like New York az residence better than any
other city have lived il; but I would not
hesitate TO stake my life against dollar, that
there 10 not city in Chrisiendom, whose
pu bile functionaries, as body, are so bare
facsdiy venai and corrupt, and so incredibly
| iguoran, and vulgar, as are those OF the city
of New York A few short.sighted people
imagine tina, our Bench would be more pure
.if judges were appointed, as Of old, instead
Of beng elected, as they now are; bu, mo-
men''s reflection in the righ. direction will
not fail TO convince any man Of the falacy
of such reasoning. The city was mis.gov.
erned when many Of the officers now elect.
i've were filed by appointment; !; and it is be-
| cause il was go mis-govefned, and because
matters grew worse and worse 90 fesrfully
fast, by an abuse y the appointing power,
that The people were induced to elect their
judges, aud see how that would work. OF
one thing they felt quite confident they
could not make change for the worse.
Twill concede that there may have been
elected, here and there, more vulgar black.
guard than would have been appointed but,
after oil, an educated and refined sooundrel
isihe worst and most dangerous of scoundrels.
am not a politician, in the usual accepta-
tion of sha, word. was never at primary
meeting, or caucus, in my life-if had
been living in quiet village, il nigh, have
been otherwise--but watch pretty closely
The application ard practical working of prin-
ciples and the result OF my observation and
reflection, in one direction is, that The soon
or every Office is made elective, the better,
and that the incompetency Of public officers
does mol resut from the unfilness of the peo.
pie TO choose them, but from the fact ihss,
virtually, the people do not choose ,hem.--
This internal primary election sysiem--these
sirocious Philadelphia and Baltimore Con-
vsntlons--this placing, by designing, fish,
wire-working politicians, of only tsco men
before three hundred or three millions of vo.
iers, according to The Office 10 be filled, and
telling these hundreds or miIlions, as the
case may be, that they must choose one of
the two, eithe: Whig or, Heaven save The
mark! Democral--all this kind ofhumbuc
saddles upon the community as judicial, leg
sIa,ivs, and executive officers, knavss aud
fools, to whom the enemies of popular gov
eminent point, as the result Of the elective
| franchise. rsE
When large house fails, or ls premises
are destroyed BY fire, We often hear that sew
eral hundred people are thrown out of EN-.
ployment never fully realized the fact that
the happiness of very large number of
people could depend 90 absolutely upon The
success of one man, until one day last week,
when certain duties that had to perform
made me somewhat familiar with the busi-
moss OF ore Of our merchant princes, David
Devlin. Mr.. Devlin is the head and founder
of the house Of D. Devlin & Co., the frs,
clothing house in the world, and which
gives direct employment to over three thou
sand men and women and many OF these
having families, il is estimated that not less
tlan ten thousand persons depend upon his
success for their daily bread. Here, then, is
one firm dong business equal 10 that of a
small city, or fourishing manufacturing viii
lage. Their bes. descriptions of rsady-made
work are cut in style quite as fashionable,
ard The workmanship on them is quite as
good, as il made 10 order for a private indi-
vidual. A few years ago no New York gen.
ilemen ever thought Of buying good gar
ment ready-made, for the reason that there
were none such but Mr.. Devlln, seeing
this want ia the market, Immediately hired
the best cutters and wotkmsn that London,
Paris and New York could furnish, and add.
ed TO his stock a class Of ready made goods,
such as he had never seen before. The con.
sequence is that he has succeeded. Men of
taste now buy ready-mad clothing ard MIR.
Deviin's sales, last year are said to have
amounted 10 over 5000, 900
/. A friend posted up in financial matters and
financial men, pointed out to me, the other
day, al the dining-table of the principal ho-
tel of this city, the Metropolitan, twenty-five
lhen from different parts Of the Union, each
of whom is known 10 Wsll-sireet to be worth
more Than half a million of dollars! could
not really discover anythina remarkable a