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The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1860-09-05

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Flour and Feed Delivered !
CHEAPER THAN THE CHEAPEST

THE undersigned has made arrange
i menis that will enable him TO deliver
Flour and Feed, FOR Cash, about ten per
cent. cheaper than any BODY else in town.
His prices ars as follows:
Flour ST % Corn and Oats Chop 81 So !;
Corn and Rye Chop 81 65; Bran 81 10;
respectfully solici, share OF the public
patronage. MOSES CoF rMAN'
Bloomsburg, June IA, 1860.
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FIaE-On Saturday evening last, the barn
Of JACOB BoUSD, was consumed by fire, with
all its contents, in Orange township, near
Orangeville. His entire crop was destroyed,
together with two horses and two cows
The loss is estimated in the neighborhood
of 81 600, more or less. He was insured,
we learn, TO The amount OF 5000. II is sup
posed to be The work of an incendiary Mr..
Bousp is an industrious and hard working
farmer. His loss is severely felt.
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PRICES TO SUIT THE TIMES.
TIE Largest. and Cheapest stock sue'
offered in this City.
Oh 6. W DE - N.
WHOLESALE Dealer IN


French and German Baskets, Wood and
Willow Ware. Notions, Brushes. oil cloths,
Cotton Laps. Wadding, Carpet Chain, &c.
No. 1l9 MARKET Street, below End, (norlh
side) Philadelphia.
VNHE subscriber has Just opened an entire
" new and complete stock of goods OF
the best quality and description. 10 which
he would respectfully call the attention OF
Merchants and Dealers who wish 10 find
good article CHEAP FOR CASH.
These goods were bought for Net Cash,
al the greatly reduced prices consequent
upon the slringency OF the lines, and be-
lieving the ''nimble sixpence" TO be better
than The "slow shilling" they are now of
fered TO the public al prices they DEFY COM
petition.
The following are few o: the articles al
ways on hand
Pals and Tubs of all kinds and qualities,
Toy Pals, Salt and Sugar boxes, Half Bush
els and Peck Measures, Well Buckets,
Towel Rollers, Patent, head and straight
clothes pins, wash boards, wooden mop
handles, Grain scoops, toy wheelbarrows,
corn brooms, every variety, shoe paint
scrub and sweep brushes, &c.
Blothes, brushes, Baskets, willow aud ra-
tan chairs, shirt rsians, bird cages, clothes
lines, bed cords, skirt cords, tie yarn, iwine
Of all kinds, together with large sssort-
ment of Notions ard Fancy Goods. Hosi-
cry, Gloves, Shirts, Drawers, Threads, &C.,
cheap from auction.
These goods are all new and carefully
selected, and are offered al prices tha; can
not fail 10 attract attention.
Buyers will invariably find il TO their own
interest 10 call before purch asing elsewhere.
II Perticular attention given TO packing
goods for shipment, so as 10 prevent damage
or excessive charges for freight.
c. Orders by Mail promptly attended
10. CHARLES w. DEAN.
1Ie Market ST., north side, below End,
Philadelphia. Sept. FL, iS59-ly.
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ADMITTED TO PRAcTiCE On motion OF
RoBrsr F. CLARK, Esq, of this place. on
Monday last, WELuNGToN H. EST, of Light
Street, was admitted to the practice of lawn
the several Courts of Columbia county. MIR.
ENr has been previously admitted to the
practice of law in all the Courts of the
State of New York. He is young man OF
considerable ability destined to become an
able and successful lawyer.
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Senatorial Conference.

We have been credibly informed that the
time and place for the meeting OF the Sena'
torial Conlerees of this District, has been
agreed upon. They will meet in Conven-
ton al the Public House of MIR. Brown 10
Northumberland, on Monday, the 10Th
inst, for the purpose of nominating candi-
date for Senator, to be supported al the
next general election.
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Couar-As we go to press Court is still
in session, with fair prospects OF lasting the
whole week. Quite considerable number
of Commonwealth suits had accumulated,
and some of rather delicate nature. The
civil list is smalI-most of the causes hav-
irg either been arbiiraied or put off for next
term. A synopsis of the proceedings will
appear in our next.
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AUDITORS NOTICE.
In The Orphans Court.

IN the OfPhdnS C0uTI.
TVNHE Auditor appointed TO make disIribu.
IL ton of the balance in the hands oi
Abraham Robbins, Administrator of the es-
tate of Thomas Robbins, late Of tie said
county, dece ased, will NEE. the distribn-
lees and all persons interested, for The pur-
poses of his appoint meni, at his office IN
Bloomsbury, on SATURDAY the 25lh day
OF AUGUST next, between the hours oil nine
A. Nj. and three P. NJ, when and where
all persons having claims are required to
present them, or be forever debarred from
a share of said fund.
J. &. FREEZE, Auditor.
BloomsbuFg, July 25, 1860.
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The Lackawanna and BIoomsbuFg Rail
Road connects with the Delaware, Lscka-
wanna Rail Road at Scranton. for New
York and Philadelphia, and intermediate
points East; also for Great Bend, Bingham
ton, Syracuse, Buffalo, Niagara Falls, and
all important points West.
At Rupert il connects with the Catawissa
Railroad for points both East and West.
AT Northumberland il connects with the
Snnbury and Erie Railroad, for points
West and South. M. w. JACKSON,
August e, 1860. Superintendent.
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GREAT EXCITEMENT DOWN TOWN !
ATL. 7. SHARPLESS' STORE.
lSiEiES[sI AlGlHIV0M
OF
SPRING AND SUMMER
GOODS.

THE undersigned having taken charge OF
i the New Store formerly kept by Joseph
Sharpless, he takes This method oil INFORM
ing his numerou customers that he has
Just returned from The CITY with large
assortment of SPRING AND SUMNER
GOODS, which be offers for sale al his
CHEAP CASH STORE,
on Main Street, Bloomsbury, al the very
lowest living prices. His Stock has been
selected with great deal Of care and ludg-
ment, and it will compare favofa5ly with
any stock of goods ever brought 10 thus
place. Country ProPuce taken IN exchange
Tor goods al the market prices. He has on
hand everything commonly kept in coun-
try store. Give him call before purchas-
ing elsewhere. l.. L. SHAMELESS.
Bloomsbury, April 25, 1860.
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STAR OF THE NORTH.

Os motion of Robert f. Clark Esq, on
Monday last, Robert s. Howell, OF Espy,
was admitted TO the practice of law, in the
several Courts of Columbia county.
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Bloomsbury, July IL, 1860,

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E For Catalogue and Specimens OF Wri-
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Judges.-Pelsr NJ. Tfaugh, Brlarcreek ;
Philip Reese, Greenwood G. w. DreIs-
bach, hemlock.
CLASS 7-GREEN & DRIED FRUIT.
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collection of agricultural imple-
men,s and tools the property OF The
exhibitor, who must be farmer 10 90
Judges-ElIwood Hughes, Centre WIN.
Howell, Mount Pleasant John DieIerlch,
MonlouE.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-11-07
PREDICTING THE WEATHER.

The Edinburg Scotsman, of septembes
l3, prints letter form Sir J. f. w. Her
schel, relative to some predictions as to
the weather, which lie was alleged to have
made. Sir John Herschel, in his letter,
says that from solar phenomena last year,
which still continue to some degree, he had
formed and perhaps expressed the opinion
that the summer would be rainy. through
he did not suppose that this had become
publicly known lie does not arpire to the
uuenviable reputation Of a weather prophet.
but thinks that by connecting scattered
indications and remarkable phenomena, au
opinion may be formed as to the general
character Of seasons without any such haz-
ard. Scientifically speaking. connecting
the phenomena referred to with the ascer-
taine1 laws Of solar periodicito established
by Wolf and Schwabc, lie thinks the wea-
ther for the last twelve months more in
struetive than for any similar period on
on record, and intimates design to make
his views public in a definite form. At
present, however. he thinks it impossible
to announce any given sort of weather at
any particular time, except from barOmet-
ric changes and similar indications.
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C0aIE IT WILL.

Manhood viii come. and old age will
come, and the dying bed Will come, and
the very last look YOU shall ever cast upon
your acquaintance viii come, and the ago
ny of the parting breath viii come, and
tie time when you are stretched liicless
corpse before the eyes of weeping relatives
Will come, and the coffin that is to enclose
you will come, and that hour when the
company assemble to carry you 70 the
churchyard will c)me, and that I2inu.e
when you are put down into the grave will
come, ard the throwing il Of the loose dirt
into the narrow house where you are laid,
and tie spreading of the green sod over it
all, all will come on every living crea-
ture who now hears me; and in a few lit le
years, the minister who now speaks. and
tie people who now listen, viii be carried
to their long homes, and make room for
another generation. Yes, the day of final
will come, and the appc arance Of
the Son of God in heaven, and His mighty
angels around Him, will come, and the
of men of all generations before
the judgment-seat will come, and the sol
emn passing of that sentence which is to
fix you for eternity will come DR..
Chalmers.
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THE CHANGES OF HALF A CENTU-
RY IN VIRGINIA AND OHIO
TEE GROWING GREATNESS OF
TIE BUCKEYE STATE.

4 Wide Awake celebration was Leld in
New York On Monday evening last James
\. Briggs, one cf the speakers, referred to
the doirgs at Cleveland that day, at the
Inauguration of the Perry statue. In the
course Of his remarks, lie said:
What change in the State of Ohio. til.
eldest born Of the daughters Of the orJi-
nance of 1897, in the short space Of forty
seven years. Then Ohio had 275, 900 pop
ulation. To-day she has 2,4OO OOO.-
Then she had no turnpikes nor canals, and
railroads were unknown To-day she has
more miles Of turnpikes, plank and macad-
amised roads, canals and railroads, than
any other State in the Union. Then she
had no cOpmon schools. Now she has H.
600 free schools, 2O,240 teachers, and
ll,000 youths constructing 1.-The bulwarks
of well educated minds and well cultivated
hearts in her peoples colleges at an ex-
pense Of 100000 a year, paid by tax
levied upon the property of the State
She has sJ,OO0,O00 worth Of common
school houses and SlO,OOO,O00 worth of
churches, pointing with their silent fingers
LIES weary pilgrims to that "bctter land
beyond the stars, where the subject IS equal
with the king, the slave with his master
In 1850 in the Southern States, 165.-
573, ,760 acres of land were valued, accord
ing to the United States census, at S38I,-
IG3.S70 In 1860. the value of real cs-
tate in Ohio is s7OO.O0O.OO0, and the to-
tai taxable property Of the State $780,
100000. Then, Ohio had G representa-
tivos in Congress, and Virginia had %
Now, Ohio has 2l representatives AMI Viz
ginia has l3.
The cash value Of the products of the
farms in Ohio in 1917 was 1882, 100000.
The cash value Of the products & man,
Cidcturcs and mechanics arts, ; lJ,3u0,-
O00. Making a total of the productive III
dustry of the State Of S252,OO000O.
Such is the Empire State of the West.
Such is her material wealth. while, in all
the elements Of moral au'l intellectual pow
cr-in all that tends to adorn social life,
and to elevate. ennoble and dignity man
her progress, her unexamplcd prosperity,
and almost countless wealth, isdue to free,
educated. intelligent labor, upoHa soil dct-
icated foreser to freedom, BY men who, in
far seeing wisdom, laid the foundation Of
this Ee2ubliean government the world
best treasure AMI last hope, upon the ba-
sis of Universal Liberty.
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WHEN DDS WERE INVENTED.

The title of Doctor was invent ed in the
twelfth century, at the first establishment
of the Universitiss. The first person up
on whom it was conferred was Irnerius, a
learned Professor Of Law at the University
of Bologna. He induced the Emperor lot
haire H., whose Chancellor he was, to ere
ate the title and he himself was the first
recipient of it. lie Was made Doctor Of
Laws BY that University. subsequently
the title was borrowed by the faculty of
theology. and first conferred by the Uni
versity of Paris on Peter Lombard. tie
scholastic thcologian. William
Gordenio was the first person upon whom
the title of Doctor of Medicine was bestOw-
ell, who received it from the College at Asti
in 1929. For several ages the dOctorate
was invested with high honor; but in the
present century, AMI especially in this
country. there are 50 many thousands of
them that the title is greatly diminished d
in value, and now is hardly worth having.
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PUNISHMENT OF A CRUEL FAITH.
ER.

1t will be remembered. says the Lafay-
ette, Qnd. Journal, that some time since
we published a notice that a citizen of the
Fourt'L; yard was in the habit of maltreat-
ing his family, and beating one Of his child
reu, to whom he appeared to have an especial
dislike, so that the screams of the little
sufferer could be heard throughout the en-
tire neighborhood, leaving the marks Of the
l>SrsewAip he used upon the body, 50 that
tbev we're visible for several days after
wards. He va! waited upon unmbcr Of
times by til. Sc living near, and rcmonstra-
ted with for his cruelty. lie promised
everything. bztwkeni i'll humor would
abuse his family, ks,,ack tie child down
end beat it until scHsel, 'ss. Forbearance
having ceased to be a viItle, a cc'9mlttee
waited upon him in the evcni,; 2 abou$ tan
o'clock, after he had retired, and ,-:Guostsa
him to dress himself and step outsl,e, as
sogne important business was to be tra3.-
acted SuspectinS nothing, he came out,
was Immediately seized, gagged, thrown uT-
Oh the ground, his clothes Stripe fr1m his
person and stout man with leather strap
gave him taste Of the punishment he had
.ecn 50 ready to inaiet upon his child. 4
physician was in the party, who felt the /
Dul,e of the brute, and allowed the exceu-
iOner to lay on as long as he thought it .
.ould be borne without endangering the
ife of the prisoner. After he had received .
/ just reward for his cruelty he was liber-
lted and informed that if he did not wish
o have a repetition of the punishment the
sooner he left tbs city the better for him.
Acting upon the suggestion he left the next
morning, and kas not since beea heard
rom.
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SHORT SERMONS AED SHORT
SPEECHES.

From the " Y Indipenlant
We arc not about to argue this matter
at length but only to bring to tie notice
of young ministers few notable examples
which certainly deserve consideration
And we begin with referring to other
classes of public speakers. The same rules
are applicable for most part to the pulpit
and to the forum. We are sure, moreover,
that advocates at the bar, and members Of
COngrcss stand at Least. aas much in need
as ministers of examples and exhortations
on this point In the present ''flst age, "
they may well learn lesson Of brevity
from their most eloquent and effective pre-
decessors. 1t is said of the three most in
huential members of tie Convention that
formed the Constitution of the United
States, that in all the debates of that body,
no one of them made a-speech of more than
twentyminutcs. We have good authority for
stating that Alexander Hamilton, though
reckoned among the more difuse orators of
his day, did not occupy more than two
hours and a half in his longest argument
on the trial of cause; and his rival, Aaron
Burr, not more than an hour and a quar-
ter. \ judge who was intimately acquain-
ted with Burr and his practice, confirmed
this statement, adding that within his
knowledge this advocate repeatedly and
successfully disposed of cases involving a
large amount Of property in half an hour.
Indeed said he, "on one occasion he
talked to the jury seven minutes in such a
manner, that it took me, on the bench, lalf
an hour to straighten them out" He add
cd, Il once asked him, Col. Burr, why
cannot lawyers always gave the time and
spare the patience of the court and jury
by dwelling only on the important points
in their cases?' to which Burr replied. Sir,
you demand the greatest faculty of the hu-
man mind, selection. " He is well known
to have been one of the most effective ad-
vOcates in his own time, and in this mat
ter, if in nothing else, he deserves to be
studied and initiated. We refer to sin
gle foreign example, an eminent English
barristcr 81 asked Sir James Scarlett,"
says Buxton, "what was the secret Of his
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pre- eminent success as an advocate. He re
piled that he took care to prcss home the
one principal point of the case, without
paying much regard to the others. He al
so said that he knew the secret of being
short i find, said he, that when l ex-
eeed half an hour, am always doing mis-
chief to my client If l drive into the
minds of the jury unimpOrtant matter, l
drive out matter more important that had
previously lodged there We commend
his method, and his reason for it, not only
to ministers, but quite as urgently to law
yers and members of Congress. VIII not
some of those third or fourth tate speakers
of any sort, who in these days plume them
selves on a speech Of three or even six
hours, be obligiug enough to cut out this
paragraph, and "inwardly digest it?
The argument for brcvity on these for
ensic occasions. is still stronger for brevity
in the pulpit: But not to nulify our ar
gument by too long an article, we will
here follow DR.. Emmons in Withholding
the application until our next edition.
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CONCLUDED NEXT WEEK.
WHAT We sow, WE SHALL REAP.

There was once an old man whose eyes
had become dim, and his ears deaf When
he sat at the dinner table, he could hard
ly hold his spoon, 50 that sometimes he
split his soup on the cloth. His son and
daaghter-in-law were much displeased at
this; at last they made their old father sit
ina corner behind the stove, anI gave him
food in little earthern plate lie never
got 50 much as he could eat, and he would
look towards the table with wet and long
ing eyes.
One day his shaking hands let the little
dish all, and it was broken. The women
scoldcd, but he said nothing; he only sigh
cd. They then brought a wooden trough
for him Once he was sitting thus in the
corner: his little grandchild, about four
years old, was playing on the floor near
him, with some pieces of wood.
What are you making?" asked the
father, smiling.
81 am making trough" answered. the
child, ''for father and mother to eat from
when they are old and l am grown big"
The man and his wife looked at each
other in silence. and their tears flowed fast
They brought their old father back to the
table and gave him as m Ich as he Wished
and they never spoke angry words when
his trembling hand split soup on the cloth
Christian Witness.