The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-10-21

All this was very encouraSinS-U was u
step forward and upward but ii was attend.
ed with certain great evils, which, collect
lively, are the causes of The present distress
There is erea, extravagance of expenditure.
| Perhaps no minister was less severe on the
indulgence IN Injuries than he was, because
he saw the functions they performed; aud
besides, he never saw q house too com.
Portable for men and women, or dresses Too
elegant, though he had seen a great many
houses ADD dresses 100 costly for the wearer's
means. Look at the general style oi dress
among women-ils exceeding cosllness; moi
only among the rich, but everywhere, except
among The very poor, who would, but can
not. The fault is not with the women, who
bear all The blame, and are the butts alike for
the saliris's wit and the minister's dullness.
If men wished women TO be clad in sack
cloth, il would be done before tomorrow
night: for though women has a greater love
OF decoration than man, il is far less than her
desire 10 please him. And, indeed, The very
love OF dress is with her more o love Of pleas
ing others than feeling of self-sarislaclion
Then comes the increased cost OF ships, hou.
ses, shops, banks, offices, and The like, which
renders The transaction Of business more cost
ly. Then there is The increased expense Of
city, town, and State governments, ard the
foolish and wicked wasle of municipal mon
ey. Though the property of Massachusetts
has increased tenlod within few years, the
10 ~ in M
cases trebleL. Then there are The idlers. In
the town of Some where lives Mr. Manysirls.
He is toIlsome merchant, his wife hard.
working housekeeper. Once they were poor
now they are ruinously rich. They have Z
daughters whom they train up in utter idle
ness. They ars all DO nohinss. They spend
much money, hnt not in works of humanity,
not even in elegant accomplishments, in
painting, dancing, music and The like, so
paying in spiritual beauty what they take in
material means. They never read nor sing:
they are know-nolhinss, and only walk in
vain show, as useless as ghost, and as is.
noraul as the block on which their bonnets
were made Now, these seven 'ladies" Gas
significant and helpless), are not only idle,
can earn nothing, but they consume much.
| What u load OF finery on their shoulders, and
heads and necks. Mr. MaLygirls hires many
men and women TO wait on his dang hlers'
idleness, and those servants are Withdrawn
from the productive work of The shop or the
farm, aud sci 10 the unproducive work OF
nursing lhe seven great grown-up babies
On the other side of the way, Hon. Mr..
Manyboys, has seven sons, who are the ex-
act match Of tho merchants daushlers-rich,
idle, some of them dissoule-debauchery
coming before their beard-all useless, earn
ing nothing, spending much and wasting
more. Their only labor is to kill tune, and
in summer they emisrate from pord 10 pond,
from lake 10 lake, having fishing line with
worm at one end and fool al the oher.-
These are the first families in Somewhere.
Their idleness is counted pleasure. Six OF
these sons will marry, and five, perhaps, of
Mr.. Manyeir!'s daughters, and what families
they will found, 10 live on the toll OF their
grandfather's bones, until a commercial cr-
sis, or The wear and tear Of time has diss-
pa,ed their fortune, they are forced, reluctant.
ly, 10 toll.
Besides, there is an enormous waste of
food, fuel, clothing. OF everything. We are
the least economical civilized people on the earth.
/ OF course, the poor are wastefuI everywhere.
They do moi know how TO economize, and
they have not The means. They must live
from hand 10 mouth, and half of what is put
into the hands pershes before it reaches The
mouth. So likewise are the rich wasIeful
who have inherited money-ahiost never
the people are not economical, but wasleful
it is the habit of the whole country.
The next cause is the rashness OF expert
meEt. leading men to engage in enterprises
not well planned, and which turn out i'll;
cost much and come 10 little. Hence come
attempts 10 develop new forms of industry,
or old forms in new places; the building of
railroads in advance of population, or ia ad-
vance of business, and The great increase of
shipping. But this is failing that cleans 10
fTlu0 = oiuS.
Then the spirit which prevails in our trade
is not a very honest one. He would not say
that we were worse than other nations; he
was sure we were better, jus,er, more honest
than our fathers were 100 years ago. The
weallhiest merchant who did business in
this city so years ago, would not be tolera-
led on 'Chaoge a single day. But look at
The defalcalions of men intrusted with public
funds-look at he great swindlings by OFF,
GERS of railroads and banks-remember how
lightly all these things are passed over, ard
how very seldom great thief gets punished
al all-remember that men fail in trade,
leaving half a million of debt, and one.tenth
of million 10 discharge the debt-remem-
ber how The Pacific Company put $780,.
900 iu gold of oher mems properly, and 600
of their living bodies into ship, with only
six boats, and no pump that could throw
waler-in ship that had a reputation so bad
that she could not be kept afoat without
changing her name, and making the George