davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-03-04

TIE CAIffoRAn yIcuAscE COMMITTEE AND
THE LEGIsLATuRE.--it is stated in the San
Francisco Sun that the late Vigilance Com
miiiee OF California will apply to the Legis-
lature OF that State now in session at Sacra-
mento, for an ac, Of amnesty in regard 10
their proceedings in San Francisco. The
Democratic members, who compose large
majsriiy, are said to be bitterly opposed to
the committee, and will refuse 10 pass any
such acs. We do uol see how any Leslsla-
ture could grant an amnesty for acts subver-
sive OF the constitution and laws, The only ss-
curity for government administered By the
sovereign people.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-03-04

DocroRs EsoueH.--In Philadelphia there
are no less than nine medical schools, I've of
them being irregular. Fifteen hundred stu
dents are claimed by the nine collectively as
being the attendance this winter. OF these
the Jefferson College is said TO have SOC;
the old University School 400; Pennsylvania
College 15o; and the Philadelphia 100.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-03-04

~.The Missouri Democrat states thai
there are twenty-lhree wild cat banks in the
Slate OF Illinois, located IN the swamps Of
Egypt and the forests elsewhere, with q cir
cula'ion amounting in The aggregate 10 three
and half millions.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-03-04

T. Chicago, ILL.,, is said TO be becoming
the religious metropolis of the West. There
will soon be, within and around il, not less
than five theological seminaries.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-03-04

sung Dy Inc bfOtDer5 dutcltsOD; hlOulC
'e committed TO memory, and repeated oc
Tue daughter si,s tn Ine pafIor,
And rocks in her easy chair,
She's clad in her silks and salins,
And Jewels are in her hair;
She winks and giggles and simpers,
And simpers and giggles and winks,
And though she talks but little,
'Tis vastly more than she thinks.
Her father goes clad in bis russell,
And ragged and seedy at that;
His coats are all Out at the elbow
He wears most shocking bad hat,
He's boarding and saving his shillings,
So carefully day by day,
While she, on the beaux and poodles
Is throwing il all away.
She lies a-bed in the morning
Till nearly the hour of noon;
Then comes down swapping ard snarling
Because she was called so soon.
Her bair is still ir the papers,
Her cheeks still dabbed with paint
Remains of her last nights blushes,
Before she intended 10 faint.
She doats upon men unshaven,
And men with the "fowiug hair"
She's eloquent over mousaches,
They give such foreign air.
She talks OF Indian music,
And falls in love with the moon,
And though mouse should meet her,
She sinks away in swoon.
Her feet are 80 very small,
Her hands so very white,
Her Jewels so very heavy,
Her head so very light,
Her color is made OF cosmetics,
Though this she will never own;
Her body made mostly of cotton,
Her heart is made wholly of siune.
She falls in love with fellow,
Who struts with foreign air;
lie marries her for her money
She -naartias him for his hair;
: One OF the very best matchas--
Both are well mated in fife!
She's got fool for a husband,
And he's got fool for wife
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-03-04
THR STAR or TIE NORTH
Is PUBLISHED EVERY wEpsEsDAY MORNING BY
R.W. WEAVER,

Is FuBLisBED EVERY WEDNESDAY hohEiEo BY
N. w. WEAVER,
OFFICE-U UP stairs, tn theaew brick build
ing, on The south side Of Main Street, hird
square beiow Market.
TER Nj 8 Two Dollars per annum, if
paid within six months from the time Of sub
scribing two dollars and fifiy cents if not
paid within the year. No subscription re.
ceived for less period than sik months no
discontiuuance permitted until all arrearages
are paid, unless al the option OF the editor.
ADVERTISEMENTS not exceeding one square
will be inserted three times for One Dollar,
and twenty-five cents for each additional in
seition. A liberal discount will be made TO
those who advertise by the year.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-03-04

y General Washington had set Of arii.
teeth, for which he paid $500.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-03-04
THE MODERN BELLE.

fSung by the Brothers Hatchison il should
be committed TO memory, and repeated oc-
casionally.1
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1857-04-08
[For the True American
The Christians Home.

This world is not the christians Home.
He finds here nothing to satisfy him.
Within he feels an immortal essence which
tend to more elevated and substantial OBJ.
jects. Heaven with its wealth of glory is
the only sufficient subject for the souls
contemplation. There God, the Father
sits enthroned in light ? His presence is
inelIablc joy, and his nature n profount
and delightful study.-There is the Son o
the living God, seated on His Father.
throne, dilfusing the light of love among
His redeemed creatures there the
Holy spirit keeps His eternal residence
with the Father and Son, completing that
Trio, which is the fulness ofall things, ;
Surely with such God, for Rulers, an,
angels, and the spirits Of the just made
perfect. for inhabitants, the christian,
Home is an attractive and gloriou.
place.
What though the outward man perisl
dpy by dqy, and this earthly tabernacle
be at last dissolved the deathless spiri
will mount above the wreck, and SCALING
the parapets of Heaven, strike with sera
phims the golden harp, and sing foreve
I" the song ofthe Lamb" o.
Sfnnhenuilln 0hin
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1857-04-08

A very tall and near sighted man was
sleeping in a bed with short man. The
latter had crawled far down in the bed to
keep warm, as it was freezing night,
and the legs Of the long one protru'led
far beyond the bed clothes. The latter
awaking in the morning, and seeing apair
of feet sticking cut at the foot Of the bed,
and noticing that lis fellow was lying
low kindly awoke him and warned him,
TO take in his extremi,ies, OF he should
take cold. But they are not my feet"
said the short man; they are your
own." Can it be possible T. exclaim.
ed long legs; I" it may be you are right,
but please look again. as / cannot recog-
Mise the feet at this distance" .. Z
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1857-04-08

A NEW DoDeE,-A few days since
we'll dressed and gnllemanly looking man,
leading beautiful boy some five years Of
age, entered q jewellers store in Broad
way, New York, and asked the price of a
gold bracelet; it vas 1925. The gen
lleman examined, and finally bought the
article and put it in his pocket. lie
then took out large purse, full Of shin
ing pieces, and opened it. AT that mo-
ment he suddenly exclaimed with look
of alarm, Why where is s4Cha,ley T. and
dashiug the plump purse on the counter.
he rushed from the store in frantic search
Of his boy who had disappeared. The
clerk awaited the genlleman's return for
some time, with the purse lying where
he had cast it down III his excitement.
No fear of trickery was entertained as the
purse evidently contained money am.
mounting to twice the value of the brace
le'. But when hour after hour pnss6d
without the genteman's return, and it
was found that The purse only contained
brass medals the size Of half eagles, the
clerk and his master both came 10 The
conclusion that their customer was. a
slippery one, and that tho Innocent look =
lug boy was not being brought up in the
way he should 90. sar,
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1857-04-08
Principles Of the American Council
OF steubenyille. Obi,


VIZ, whose names are hereunto subscribed
do hereby adopt, and agree to be governed in
oar political uction, by the following princ
ples.:-
LIST. None but Americans to rule America.
Cd. The Union must be preserved
Sd. No Foreign interference in American
affairs.
9TH. No union Of Church and State
5th. Inviolability Of National Treaties.
9th. Personal morality Indispensable to
office.
7th. An open Bible, without note or COM
ment. in all our Public Schools.
9Th. Thorough reform Of the Naturalization
Laws.
9th. A capitation tax that will exclude
foreign paupers and convcts.
10th. No appointment Of foreigners on
diplomatic posts.
llth. Strict ecunomy ia the administrati on
u the Government.
18th. No Interference with the right of citi
Eeusilp already acquired by foreigners, and
the protection Of law 10 ali who immigrate
from love Of liberty, but uncompromis ing
Opposition to Political Catholicism, whether
in the person Of an American demagogue, or
foreign Ecclesiastical Despot.
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1857-04-08
GdtgraqBit.
FROM EUROPE,
.arriVal of the Steamer .asio.

sHrrtVdt OF me Ntelnser .hSl0.
New YoRK, April 4.-The Steamship
Asia arrived to day from Liverpool, with
dates to the 2lst ult.
The papers are almost entirely filed
with electieneering. M
In anticipation of the election, Austria
threatens 10 suspend diplomatic relations
Sardinia and England have had a diff
ficulty with Japan. f
Sales Of Cotton for tho week have been
10000 bales, including 5000 on specuIa.
ton and 10000 for export. Market
closed steady and prices generally un.
changed. Breadstuffs dull and declined
Weather has been favorable for crops.
LONDON, 20Lh.--Wheat has declined
2a3d; -four dull aud declined Is, sales
at 27a3Os, corn declined Is; lard dull
rice firm sugars and coffee firm.
The export of gold continues. Stock
of bullion in the Bank of England has de.
clined to ST., 900 during the week.
Consols quoted at 938a939 for ac'
connt 93Sa93&. In American stocks
there has been an average business with
out quotahle change.
HAvRE, March 17.--Sales of Cotton
for the week have been $4,000 bales,
closing quiet but steady stock in porI
lO2, 500 bales. There is at sea $4,000
bales hound thiIher. Quotations un.
changed. sA. ast
Austria is reported to be on the point
of breaking off her di iplomatic relations
with Sardinia, and the Sandman Cham
ber have voted large sums for forti6cation.
A modification of the French Cabinet
is again discussed. 1t is believed the
object is to incorporate The Cabinet with
the Department Of State and imperial
household.
A difficulty has occurred between
Great Britain and Japan, and two, ships
of war have occupied the port Magassai.
1t is rumored that Concha will be re-.
called from Cuba; doubtful.
LONDON, Saturday. Noon. - The
final sitting of the Paris Conference,
on Turkish affairs, chiefly concerning the
Principalities, will be held in June.
Full Instructions have been sent from
Cadiz to the Governor General Of TTa-
vana. respecting the difficulty with
Mexico.
DENMARN.-The text of the Sound
Due treaty is published. Denmark en-
cages not to levy any dues whatever on
vessels passing Belts or Sounds also,
to maintain lights, buoys, &c, &C., al
and along the coast, etc.
CHINA-Private letters from Pari,
state that the Bakers and their accomple
ces had been convicted for an atlemp
TO poison the British Charge and family
at Hong Kong, and shot.
is said a great portion Of Canton
within and without the walls is destroy
ed.
The Paris correspondent Of the Dail5
NeOs asserts positively that negotiations
are progressing between France and Eng
land for sending French army Of 20, :
900 men to China. M 91 aa.
The Russian Minister at Constantine
pie has demanded an explanation. re
specting the force of 300 Poles, fttet
out by English sympathzers, and landet
in Circassia. .... -....
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1857-04-08

~The last Buckeye State contained
the valedictOry Of R. G. WILSON, Esqr.,
its former co. editor and proprietor.F Mr..
W. has sold his. interest in the paper to
EnwkRD RIcuARDs, Esqr., who will in
the future-in connection with Mr.. Nc
CAsKEY-conduct the business of that
paper. In the hands of the former editors,
the Buckeys" has done a good work
for the cause Of humanity, and we hope
that in the hands of the new firm it will
continue iearlessIy to advocate the great
principles Of Repub'iccnism, SO vital to tie
interests of the country. We are sorry
to lose so noble champion as Mr.. w.,
from the corps editorial but we hope
that in the substitution or Mr., Richards,
we shall find an equivalent.
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1857-04-08

as il Is at present carried on, particularly
in Onr large cities, is fast destroying the
purity Of our system Of suffrage, and sap
ping he foundations Of our civil and reli.
gious liberties. 1t must be conceded,
even BY sincere and intelligent parlizans,
that of late years our boasted elective
franchise has been rendered comparatively
useless, as a means Of asceriaining the
fair and honest expression Of the popular
will. In fact we are constrained to con-
fess, that the days of pure elections have
passed away, and that there has sprung
up in our midst, like the choking iares
among the wheat. despicable class oI
reckless and unprincipled men, who ma
king trade Of politics, and pursuing no
other avocatiOn, are continually engaged
in devisiug expedients for polluting the
sanctity Of The ballot tbox, and manufactu-
ring illegal votes and voters. In confr.
nation Of this it is only necessary at pre-
sent to refer to the astonishing develop
ments daily brought to light by the in
vestigation of the contested election eases.
From the foregoing considerations, it is
apparent, that there is really much dan
ger to be apprehended from the existing
morbid condition of our American poll
tics, and that danger should at once in
cite. us to rouse ourselves from the SUI.
pineness and lelhargy, which the prospe-
rity of our condition may have heretofore
brought about, and bestir ourselves with
the energy and alacrity of (reemen, in de-
vising and consummating the necessary
means for eradicating the evils we have
been contemplating. 1t is a somewhat
trite remark, but one, nevertheless, emf
nen'ly true, that the price Of liberty is
eternal vigilance; and as matters now
stand, there is none so able to bestow that
vigilance, and inculcate its dissemination
broadest through the land. as a we'll Oh
ganizeG, sincere, patriotic, and honorable
Native American Party.
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1857-04-08
The River.

PlTrsBUR5H, April G-Noon River
5 feet and stationary.
St. LOUIS. April Arising. Upper
Mississippi and Missouri also rising
The Illinois at stand, good stage Of
water to Cairo and in all the upper
streams.
LOUISVILLE, April 4-Scven feet wa
ter in the canal Al feet on the falls
falling slowly. Weather cloudy, indica
tions Of rain. Mercury 80 degrees.
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1857-04-08

BoTH WITTY AND TRUE,--A black
smith brought up his son, TO whom he
was very severe to his trade. One day
the old man was trying to harden cold
chissel, which he had made Of foreign
steel, but he could not succeed. I" Horse
whip 1t fatherW exclaimed the young
one "if that will not haldcn il, | don't
know what will" ~ a3s
The cause Of ladies' teeth decaying at
so much earlier stage than those Of the
other sex, has been usually attributed To-
the friction produced by the action Of the
tongue. 1t has, however, been suggest
ted with some gallan,ry, and perhaps with
equal truth, that il is owing 10 the sweet
ness Of their lips, as i. is a fact well es-
tablished by popular belief, that sweet
things spoil teeth.
In carving chicken. | splashd Miss
Markham with gravy from head to feet.
and though | saw three distinct brown
rills Of animal juice trickling down her
cheek, she had the eomplaisance to dc.
clare that not drop had reached her |!
Snch circumstances are the triuinphs Of
civilized liie.-Sidney Smith.
A Yankee in Boston has SET up q one
horse machine, 'for The convenience iof
parents and guardians having unruy chill
drnu Hafll l;oI,. /. :, ..rchtn ike lh0n0ak
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1857-04-08

10 press. If any additional evidence is
elected TO point out the offenders, we
will at once issue another extra.
The funeral of the deceased took place
on Tuesday afleanoou, and was one oI
the larges, and most imposing ever wit.
messed in the neighborhood, We are
told that the procession was at least hall
mile long. Dr. Hanna Of this Borough,
and Rev. Mr.. Thompson of Mount Plea
SAINT Church, were the attending Clergy.
men, and ofiiciated with unusual solemn,
ty. The deceased was buried in the yard
attached to Mr.. Thompson's Church,
where he rests as unconscious of the ex'
element created by his bloody and un.
timely end, as he was OF the ATTRACTIONS
Williams who SO mercilessly deprived him
of life.
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1857-04-08

PUNCH ON ENcoREs. what right,
we beg TO ask, does an auditor cheat and
lob an artist by encoreing. A play bill
promises that by paying specific sum
You shall have specific song. You pay
the money Tor 60 in with an order) and
you demand twice the music you have
bargained for. Do you serve any body
else so, excepet an artist =! If you buy a
pair Of trousers, and they please you.
do you encore your trousers; that is, re-
quire your tailor to give yon another
pair I! Do you encore a dozen oysters,
asking the second dozen for nothing be-.
cause the first were sweet and succulent Z?
Do you encore portrait and because a
painter has succeeded admirably in ta-
king your likeness. do you clap and
stamp about his studio until he paints
you another for nothing?
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1857-04-08
From Washington .

WASHINGTON, April 4.-The Presi-
dent has fixed the ammount of penalties
on bonds for receivers Of public mon-
ey for the new land districts in Kansas
and for the Chppeway districts in Wis.
cohsin, at $50. 900 each.
There is an unusual large number oI
applicants for Counsufships.
Next week will! be entirely devoted
to foreign affairs, as the president this
morning informed his friends.
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1857-04-08
Stand from UnderI

We are neither panic maker nor an
alarmist, bat we see the evidences Of an
impending crash aecumulating in every
direction around US. We read d great
deal more than we print and write about;
and have been marking the tone Of cor
respondents in all parts ofthe country.
In the East financial pressure is looked
upon as inevitable; in the Westthe indica-
tions Of q revulsion are unmislakable.
The land fever has spread over this broad
Union like on epidemic for several years
past ; it RACES even now with unabated
fury it fires the brains Of all classes Of
citizens, il is a mania Of unexampled fa-
tility, aud we feel Smost solid convictiOH
that thousands of our fellow countrymeR
will soon be involved in indiscriminaie
ruin. Citizens of Iowa, Illinois, Kansas
Nebraska and Minnesota, writing conf
IDENTIFY to friends, predict il travellers 10
the West return home and after. their
warning voices, Lands in these States
and Territories pass from hand to hand,
acre by acre, as so much money in COM
mercial transactions. Their intrinsic
and real value is inflated beyond anything
ever heard Of before. Millions of acres
are being sold, bartered and exchanged
at fom five TO forty dollars per acre.
which are not one whit better than Gov
ernment lands lying around them. 10 be
had at the minimum price fixed by law,
They have been located and patented,
that's all. No improvements have
been made on them the soil is unbroken
by the plough; and they possess no
more real value now than they did when
they wee bought for $l,25 per acre. In
towns of few years growth, small lots
eclipse in price the choicest ground OH
Broadway. New York. Rents loom up
in proportion and as agriculture lie al
most deserted for speculation, articles Of
daily consumption are not only scarce
but exhorbitant in price. Men in the
Eastern States pay heavy interest for
msney to invest in Western lands, not
with a,view 10 their. cultivation by them
themselves; not 10 secure homes for their
children; but for the purpose Of realizing
fortunes without labor. Their obligations
are held by a hand that would take the
"pound Of fesh;" pay day will come.
and they must be met, But howF
Their present means are buried under un.
productive prairie soils; interest on inter-
est is accumulating at home, buttheir in
vestments yield them no return. There
is but one alternalive-une resource -
Western lands will DO forced into market
and soon reach their leyeln value with
the domains of Uncle SamI II requires
no far reaching sagacity 10 witness this
picture we see il as plainly as the pencil
we write with ; and shall make no claim
to The reputation of a prophet when it is
fully rcalzed.-Weeky Tribune.
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1857-04-08

To CORRESPONDENTS. We have more
than once stated in our paper, that, we
would not consider Ourself under any OBJ.
legation to publish communications un.
accompanied by the name of The author.
Several letters with this omission have
been received since our last issue.
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1857-04-08

"It is strange mullered young
man as he staggered home from supper
party, chow evil communications cor
rupt good manners ! have been sur
rounded by iumblers all evening, and
now I'm iumbler myself" es8y 'es
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1857-04-08

A TRAGEDY IN BRoADwAY.-About 81
O'Clock this morning, quite tragedy was
enacted on the corner of Broadway, which
came near resulting in the death of Two
persons. From information already at
hand, it appears that al o'clock in the
morning, Margaret Cunningham, an Irish
woman, of questionable character. in pas
sing through the Bowery, near Bond ST.,
was accosted by two men, one of whom
is named Barr. The latter persuading
her to accompany him to 767 Broadway,
corner Of Ninth street.
Here difficulty occurred, Barr, as the
woman states, went to bureau drawer,
and taking therefrom loaded pistol, pla-
cling it to hel head, threatened to blow
her brains out if she made any more
noise. Thinking she was Immediately to
be killed, Margaret begged for mercy, and
at the same time made rush for the
door, and succeeded in opening it-ran
down flight or two Of stairs in the dark,
till she reached front window in the se-
cond story of the house. Hastily raising
the sash, Margare, in Ter anxiety to es-
cage from Barr. whom she supposed was
in pursuit of her, leaped 10 the sidewalk,
and injured her back and legs in very
dangerous manner. She was soon disco.
vered by some citizen. and officer Little
Of the Fifteenth ward Police. Barr was
arrested.
The prisoner on being conducted to the
station house, believing that Margaret had
died from the injuries she had received,
or from other causes, became very despe-
rate, and pulling his pistol from side
pocket, shot himself in the head, inaict-
ing dangerous and perhaps fatal wound.
He was hurried off to the police station,
with the injured woman, where DR..
rendered such service as was in his pow
er 10 the sufferers.-N. 7. Jour. Com.
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1857-04-08

TEMPERANCE. ~ Two old gentlemen
were complimenting each other on their
habits Of temperance. odd you ever,
neigbbor," said one, "see me with more
than I could carry!" "No, indeed"
was the reply, "not |, but ! have seen
you when ! thought you had better have
gone twice after it" ~ ~ ~ ''-a
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1857-04-08

ANEcDoTE OF WESLEY. AT one time
when Mr.. Wesley was travelling in Ire.
land, his carriage became fixed in the
mire. and the harness broke
While he and his companion were la
boring to ext'icale it, poor man passed
by ia great distress. Mr.. Wesley called
to him and inquired Tie cause ofhis dis.
tress lie said he had been unable thro'
misfortune, TO pay his ren. Of twenty
shalings, and his family were just being
turned ont Of doors. Is that all you
need said Mr.. Wesley, handing him
tho ammoupt, here 60 and be happy
Then turning TO his companions he said,
pleasantly. Eop see now why our car.
iage was stopped here in the mud