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The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-10-28
The Result in Kansas.

During the excitement attending our owu
State election aad the financial irou bles, the
public almost lost sight Of the fact that peace.
able and quiet election has at last been held
in Kansas and that that eleation has resulted
in favor Of what the Black Republicans call
freedon.n hr. PARRoTT, the free state
candidate, elected TO Congress by over 1000
majority. Aud this under The mnch.abused
Kansas and Nebraska bill. And yet, strange
to say, the Republican papers have scarcely
a word 10 say about it, they seem so disap-
pointed. they persisted that Kansas would
be slave Slate-lhat Douglass and Buchan-
an designed to make il Slave State and that
there was no t'ope al oil for "freedom." Thus
is this vexed question, which has conrulsed
the Union froE Main to California and some-
times threatened 10 dash it to pieces, perma.
nently and peacefully settled by the quiet but
ef1ectual workings of popular sovereignty.
And lhus does the much abused measure
vin;'icate Itself before the country and re es-
tabsh The grand democratic doctrine that in
a government like ours all power can be safe
ly entrusted INTO the hands of the people.
What now becomes of the Republican party
and lis predictions What will be their mex
hobhy, now that bleeding Kansas is virtual ly
disposed olf
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-10-28
Tho Agricultural Fair

Last week brought 10 town on the second
ever gathered here before, and all OF them
seemed content and satisfied, except some
who though, they had reason To expect pre-
miums, aud did no, receive any. But this
The principal attraction seemed TO be the
horse-races, which were KEEP, up nearly all
the time.
The public dealt very literally with ,h1
society making ils income during The exhihi,
lion amount to some S40o-a sign indicating
anything else than hard times among our Tar
meIs.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-10-28

SOME OF THE BEAUTIES OF BANKING The
following rich revelations are furnished by
correspondent OF the 81. Louii Republican:
"ln conclusion will depict lor you an
Illinois bank. A frame house, a counter so
high that you can barely lay your wrist on
the sharp edges of ii, aud so narrow that but
ore man ca" approach al time. The spe-
Gle scoop hangs high up, like the laws OF Ne
70, but unlike them, covered with cobwebs.
Your check is cancelled in deadly silence.
You hear some fumbling behind green
screen. A package of shin plas,ers, as thick
as bulls horn, and twenty-five cents in sill
yer, are handed you for your incons,terable
check. The bundle is tightly laced the notes
are inside, so that, with the other inconveni.
ences, you can hardly count them. You
open the bundle and sift out the unkhams,
almond trees, and Wisconsins. and you ore
peremptorily told, mo use in asserting that
is all you can gel.' Yon say: please, then,
return ms check Answer 'Yonr check is
already cancelled This is ihe return made
you by The best ofibem for gold advanced
on grain. Had the grain gone down, you
would have had it, bu., hayse gone mp,
they return you such shinplaslers Tor you
advances in gold, or stand suit,
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-10-28
Ago1urR AsrERo,p-Bv the English pa.

AEorHER AsTERoip.-By the English pa
pers which arrived yesterday, we learn that
on the 18th of September, DR., r. Luther, at
Blk, near Dusseldorf, discovered new
planet, of the eleventh magnitude, the fifth
seen in 1857, and the 47lh now known 10 ex.
ist between Mars and Jupiter. 1t was stated
in the Washington Union of the 9Th October,
that on the preceding evening, Mr. Fergu-
son, of the National Observatory, discovered
yet another planet, also of the eleventh
magnitude, which, ifhitherto unknown, will
be the forty-eighth of the Asteroids. The
size, however, of,hese planets is very small
the diameter of the largest being supposed
TO be but forty miles, and of the smallest
only four!
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-10-28

How PaopHETIC.--The following is an ex.
tract from speech made by Presiden, Bu-
chanan, when in Congress, on the indie
pendent treasury bill:
"The evils of a redundant paper circuIa-
ton are manifest to evory eye. 1t alternate.
ly raises and sinks The vane Of every mans
morrow who INDUCES in dreams OF wealth
today. 1t converts the business of society
into a mere lottery, whilst those who dislrib.
ute the prizes are wholly Irresponsible 10 the
people. When the collapse comes--us come
il mns,--ii casts laborars out of employ.
ment, ciushes manufacturers and merchants,
and ruins thousands OF honest and induslIi.
ous citizens"
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-10-28
You can try IL.

Our readers will observe in our columns
the advertisement of Duane RuiIson, offer.
ina gifts IN connection with books; whllo
they sell the books al publishers prices
Las, week we sent Tor three books 10 this es'
iabIishment, and they came at The regular
price, Que accompanied wiIh a neat solI
pen and holder, another with sendeman's
breasipiu, and the third with ladies' breast.
pin. Whether every body will have as good
luck we cannol tell, bul some kind of gift ac-
compa anies every book worth ST, according
70 their terms. We do not know now the
thing is done, unless it be that the books are
bought very cheap al trade sales, which we
suppose is solution Of the mys'ery. lfyou
send, you will at any rate get book which
you can select from hei; catalogue, that will
be worth your money.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-10-28

EF DIMENSIONS AND OTHER DATA OF THE
psoPos ID SnP CANAL ACROSS THE lsTHMUs OF
PANAMA Length ftom shn-e TO shore, I5i
miles. Leuslh ftGm five ialhoms water III
Nugy BaJ ca The AllWiic. 10 thlee lahoms
water in Panama Bay, on The Pacific, 4Si
miles. The prism OF wafer 10 be 15O feet
wide at the bottom, 27O, ;eet wide at surface,
and 81 feet deep, The locks TO be 400 feet
IN clear length of chambsss aud 90 seeI III
clear width. The summit level will be $50
feet above mean tide Of the Atlantic and Pa.
clhc ocean. The summit ont will DO about
miles long. The deepest cutting OIL this
level will be 1856 feet, aud the averase teplh
al the cut will be 40 feet. The river Cha
sres yields an ample supply OF water for the
canal at all seasons OF he year. The summit
level will be supplied by a feeder about %
miles long, which will tap the river Chaeres
about 81 miles above The town of Cruces
where the level of the river is about Is;
feet above mean tide, and about 35 fee
above the summit level. The cost Of lhi:
canal, iucludln. the requisite harbor improve
ments at each end, will not exceed $4,000,
600.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-10-28

"WHAT is Ton ?n-Chiei Justice Lewis,
of This State, has given an opinion deciding
,ha, the law Of Pennsylvania making 1000
pounds ton was constitutional, tha, although
the United States Constitution had given Con-
gress the power 10 regulate weighs ard mea-
sures, making uniform law thtonsh houl the
Uni'ed States, yet, until they dld exercise the
power, each State had jariesiie,ieo over the
subject within her own borders. TINS Judge
Grier's decision that nothing less Than 22i0
pounds could form ton, is oversee.
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The European News.

The dates by the Europa, rs 10 the 10th
inst. There is no,hipg new or startling from
India. The London Morning Chronicle pro.
fesscs 10 have good authority for stating thai
steps have been taken for proclaming Queen
Victoria Queen OF Hindoston. This move.
meni, if attempted, will be an open attack
upon the East India Company, and its an
nounrement has therefore created some in
lerest in London.
In Ireland proclamation has been issued
by the authorities extending the limits of the
proclaimed district around Belfast, nforma-
ton having been received that the people
instead of delivering up the arms were con-
cealins outside the original limits, so thai
they would be available in case of fresh dis
turbances.
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Chinese Sugar Cane.

A great deal of putting has lately beer
done for the Chinese sugar cane, and vari-
GUS experiments have been made 10 extract
sugar aud molasses from it. These all sue
coed; but the article can eviGertly be raised
in this county only at disadvantage. The
higher price OF labor here over China would
OF Itself prove an insuumountabe check To
ils cultivation; and we Predict that the enter
przs will turn out morus multicanlus fail.
ure.
Theoretically tue United States seemed
perfectly adapted 10 the raising of silk hy
its soil, climate, Sc, just as il does for rats
ing sugar from Chinese cane. Butthe prac-
lical operation of the matter is a very differ.
en-, thing; and then il, too late, appears thai
some of the mos, important considerations
have been left ou, of the calculation.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-10-28
How England expects to reconquer Iudia.

The London Times begins TO appreciate tho
magnitude oil the work which has been
carved out for the English government in
India, aud now admits that the revolled pro-
vinces will have 10 be recoDqnered at greater
expense than that at which they were ac-
quired.
"The Bengal army is no more. A hun,
dred thousand met are lost TO us, and the
greater part are in arms against US. That
noble body of born and bred solders,,by The
aid of which we have conquered and annex.
ed so many rich territories and warlike tribes,
and which dissi?ated in few days the dark
cloud from the Pujab, 10 which our Europe
an neighhors had long pointed with expect.
ancy, is now s,ernly beat on numbering
Engla I'd in the long list of lis conquess,
"lf it were ever true that The native army
was the whole, or nearly the wi ole, of our
strength 10 India, then our empire would in-
deed be now in its last hour. Bot the world
viii shortly find they must give US credit for
other resources and stronger hold upon In
dia than this one has proved 10 he. II is now
said We have 10 conquer India. That ex.
presses The very .naiuts Of the task, though
only half Of il, for we have 10 teconquer
India organized, disciplined, trained, armed,
provisioued,j fortified, emboldened by OUT
selves. II is task far greater tnan that
which offered itself TO us century ago. We
can ouly now succeed by the extraordinary
prowess OF the British soldier making up for
tue most fearful odds; and even That would
now se utterly unavailina, but Tor another
means equally the subjact OF invidious skep.
tirisn. We could not now march 500
miles right through India with a handful Of
men, opposed everywhere by magnificent
army of our own creation, and with every
advantage Of possession, unless we enjoyed
The confidence and good will Of the native
population. When we resume our position
there, will our neighbors, who now tell US
csndldly how we have recovered il? II can
only be done by viIiues which must then bs
conceded 10 us, with Whatever reluctance.
We must be a nation Of soldiers; and, what
is more, we must have. The qualities ior at
tachng 10 us those less powerful natl ons
whom The lortnne Of, war throws upon .op our
hands" --:..,.s-t......
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-10-28

ABOLITION Ex Rev Henry C. Wright
in a letter 10 The Boston L'bera:or, dated
Smyrna, Chenango county, New York, San.
day, Sept. 9Th, says among other things OF
the same sorl, ,-"Treasou, rebellion against
The Aruerican Union, moral, social, political
and religious treason, is the one paramount
duty of the Northern States. at this hour -
The man who susatns the American Union,
and becomes or continues q part of IT, be.
lieving it to be The ally and buIwark of sla-
very is traitor 10 liberty and humanity, the
deadly enemy OF his kind"
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-10-28

REsUMING WoRK--The Allentown Ecmo.
erai snys that operations are about 10 ne re-
sumed al many OF the iron works in Lehiah
county, which had suspended few weeks
ago. The Thomas lion Company aud the
Crane Company, Il is said, will both conin-
We their furnaces in blast during the WINTER.
The Allentown Iron Company are going on
uninlerrnptedly. This will afford employ.
ment TO many a man along the Lehish who
would Otherwise have an idle dreary winter
before him.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-10-28

Low PRIcE OF NurlT IN lowE-The Iowa
Ciiy Republican states that farmers are offer
ing wheat in the city for lot,y cents bushel
and cannot find purchasers. The Repuhli.
can adds: "The same state Of facts is repor
ted Of the Muscaliue and other river markets,
and indeed we say OF The NJ arke,s generally
/ OF The state"
! FooR CoMEoRT FOR CUR CousISs.-The
s'eauler Arabia, which left lasl Tanrsiay for
| Liverpool, touk out l02 passengers and fifteen
! hundred dollars in specie and Sad news
I eaouoh 10 >iuk a man OF war. Bat John BAH
/ mu,t grin and bear it, as we have done.
! THE LAST FINANCIAL PANIc.--The last great
/ financial revulsion was begun in 81. with
! the suspension of the United States Bank
/ and ended in 1870 the very one that began
! he war. Wi'Eiu those yesis 80 600 houses
( hfuke and took Ihs benefit OF the harkrno,
/ lsw nt 1911. Their dsbls amouuied 10 Sin0
/ 600 ,Oo0-lheit ssseis 10 almost uo;hing.
EA Wisconsin correspondent OF The Ro.
chester Ua'On STATES that, in gong from Pra'-
iie dn Chen TO La Croose, lew days ago, a
singular scene was presented on the steam.
boat. AT one end of The ioCg saloon cier-
gyman was preaching TO a small crowd gath
cred around HIN; ia the middle, gambling
was in busy progress ard al The other exlre-
mi!y OF line saloon there was muse and dam
cihsl
Coon OUT OF Erii-The panic han had one
good resuI, at all events. The Convention
which was TO meet al Cleveland on the 26lh
for The purpose of dissolving the Union, has
been postponed on account Of The financial
difficulties o: the country. Whether they
fea,d they would be auable 10 raise money
TO carry ou, Their scteme of dissolution, OF
TO pay their Railroad fare, we are not in
formed,
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-10-28

VThe superiority of American inventive
genius, not only over tha, of our English PRO.
aenilors, but indeet OF all other nations has
become too tangible 10 be disputed. 1t was
notorious at The Worlds Fair in London, that
the Americao's far outsIrpped all others in
the useful Inventions which they supplied.
We hea, the English in vessels, railroads, aud
manufactures hy power. We are beating
them in the scientific arts of Chemistry and
Medicine, as we have long hea, the resi- of
mankind. A new and practical proof Of this
assertion is shown 10 the fact tha, the priuc-
pal remedies of The aided armies OF the East
are furnished from the laboratory of our own
coun,rymar- Dr.. c. AYR OF Lowell is ill
ina orders for immeuce quantities OF his Cher
ry Pec,oral and Ca.haric Pills, for both the
Land Esd SEA {orcas in Turkey. His medi-
cines have been tred aud approved BY ,hoss
in power who have found them the most re-.
liable which they could procure for the exi.
eencies in which they are 10 be employed
~ Y. Aiy Times,
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-10-28

The yAluE OF SPECIE Nothing shows
r,ore cieary The comparative souudness of
the faances Of the country a, Ibis time, than
lhe iact that the price OF gold has already
fallen from about six 10 ons and ;wo per
cent. In some cases in New York, the gold
drawn in larSe sums from the banks, has
been already deposited aaain-rhere being
no sale ioF il, al price worthy the mention
The rae OF exchange s,dl continues against
Europe, and specie is flowing in upun us
The las, steamer from California, il will be
no,irsti, also btoueh over million and a
half ia sperie. In 1897, The rate OF exchange
with Europe was heavily against US, and
coin was shipped ou, Of the country by The
millicas. The more the present distress is
looked into, the more it seems TO differ from
great financial revulsion, reaching down
10 the bass of things. The foundations oil
the great fabric of trade seem as sound and
srong as ever. Everything belokens fair
weather not very far ahead
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-10-28

Who WANTS MONEY ?-Unce Sam has GO
plenty, and is anxious 10 get rid OF it, He
for his own six per cent. stock, and will pay
for il in specie.-Erehangs.
All, yes all well enough. But, first catch
your fish," as Mrs. Glass advises those whc
want to follow her recipe for cooking trout
First get hold of the stock, sou can. 1t i:
mol quite as pleoty in the market as railroad
stocks, and those who own il don't appeal
to be tempted by the bait of 6 TO l6 per cent
premium offered for It's redemption. Uncle
Sans credi, is so good, that everybody i:
glad 10 trust him.-Reading Gaseae.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-10-28

The Sgcerr OF PREAcHlNe-ll is no dero
CATION from an orators genius 10 say his pow.
er lays much less in what he says, Than how
he says il. Manner makes the enljro differ.
ence between Macteady and the poores, slrol.
Ter tha, murders Shakespeare. The matter
is the sams in the case Of each. Each has
the same thing 10 say; the enormous differ
erce lies ia the manner in which he says it.
Hugh Miller tells us that he heard Chalmers
read 4 piece which he (MiIler) had himself
written. lis author never knew how fac il
WAS III then, All This is The result Of that
fipe gift Of genius-,o feel with The whole
PAPER.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-10-28

WILMoT's DIsTRIcr-Amopg the graufy-
ing evenls Of The election just past is that OF
the vote in Wimoi's District which has large.
ly fallen of from the Fremoni's vote last
fall. In Susquehanna rounty, his majority
is only SsO5, which last fall Fremont had
over 1900 Some Of the county ncke, runs
as low as 500. 1t would thus seem that the
people there are returning TO their reason
and probably falling back 10 their ancien!
party fidelity. 1t will be but little while
before white man will be as good as ne
gro in The Wilnol District.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-10-28

THe Rhode Island Banks have fifteen dol.
lars ot p; per circulation to one oI specie the
New Hampshire banks thirteen; the Conrsr.
licnl nine; Maine, Vermont aud Ma.sArhn
sets four and half; and those OF New York
only three. OF The sixty millions of specie
iC the banks of the unneJ States aboui one
third Is in the banks of the cities Of New
York. New Orleans aud Boston. Rhode Is.
land has niUeiy-eisfN vruAr utrd eigtrry -ev,
en- towns.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-10-28

MAYOR Woop has been re-uomina'ed by
the Democracy ot New York.
WILLIAM CARPENTER, a democrat, has been
elected Pro,honolary OF Lancaster County.
TINS State Senate will BE- largely democrat
rc--- more SO than ii has been Tor years
Judge BELL, the democratic candidate, is
elected Senator in The Chester aud Delaware
District.
| GEN. PACKER will have a larger majority
! than has been given 10 governor OF Penr-
sylvania III many years.
To make times good, respectable T. people
must work more, spend less, and mind their
! own business.
General JACKSON once told a man who came
| 10 him 10 complain oi hard times, so home
and talk less, spend less aud work moIe.'
ESr AT the suspension in 1897, gold sold
in New York a, Is per cent. prsmium-bu,
II is now sold as low as per cent
E~ An original miniature OF Napoleon, said
10 be Que of the ouly ;hree in exlslance, is
advertised for sale by The executors OF the
late Andrew Stevenson, OF Virginia.
lRos sepless are being made 10 replace he
pew ia Henfy Wsrd Beecher's church, al
Brooklyn.
The proprelors OF The Gtard House have
reduced the 2rIce OF board from $3.50 to 50
per day.
EY There is more silk consumed in The
United States Than in any o!her connlry on
the globe. Lasl yesr there was imported
inlo this country and consumed here S32,-
553,oIs.
e A young man named While, who al.
tended a wedding party in Lancaster county,
Fa., last Thursday, drank 100 much and was
found dad on the premises next morning.
q The population OF California is estima-
ted 10 be 400, 900 o; whom Io0, 600 are Chi
nese, and 100 ,O00 native caiIlornians and
European immigrants. leaving 200 900 Amer
icsns. There are 2U0 Poies,anl clersymen
of ell denominations, or oDs minister 10 eve.
~ 1000 Of the Americas population.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-10-28

S DR.. John makes up the table of the
offic ial vote of the county for bis last paper
10 read from right to left. He must have
bern studying Hebrew! And, By The way,
his statement OF the vote in this Senatorial
district does not give the vote Of either can.
dida,e in this county correctly. Mr.. Ents
vote in Moniour is also stated wrong. We
are efrsid our neiehbor is not well enough
suited with the returns 10 bes,ow much care
upon tteir publication.
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THE ELECTION.

Gen. Packers majority in the State over
Wiimot is about 10000! and over the vo,,
ofWilnot anJ Hazlehurst combined, 1 3 600
The Hazlehurs vote is about es 900 ant one
half of it in Philadelphia. Ia that city vii
mot gets bot one cole IN .JfUe, and he gets no
more in Northampon-ln this county Bieler
had majority in 1854 of ISL, and Pumer
for Canal Commissioner in 1885, majority
ot but 652. The majority for Pierce in 1852
was 937 Packers majority Of 1866 over
Wimo. is therefore fine increase over ma.
jofies given prior 1856. In that year, Bu-
chanan's majority over all was 1898, upon
a total vote polled i'll the county of 1880.
The total vote this year is $3.50, upon which
our majority would be hut lll2 # it ran in
the same proportion 10 The whole vote, that
it did lasi year. That is elegant vo,ing-2ilo
10 ll74 for all opposition more than two to
one, and that without much effort by us, and
10 spite Of effort asains, us. Our friends mag
congratuIat themselves upon this great and
decisive victory over the opposition, which
is a sort Of supplement TO the Presidential
triumph OF last year, and ftly concludes the
work than so well begun.
The Democratic party lives becaus 1t de-
serves TO live; because The safety and pros
perity of the county depend upon its success.
And at this time, when The people arc hearl-
lily tired of negro harangues, and OF the men
who concoct them, they have given black
Republcanism "a seter," aud pronounced
emphalically lor Peace, and "lhe good old
cause" against Agitalors, Demagogues and
Fanaicism.