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The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1861-09-11
The Pleasant wv orld.

This is very pleasant world and very
pleasantly made, curiously contrived in
deed, to keep wide awake until we g round
il with sleep"
There is an arrangement effected in the
last way in the world we mortals should
have thought of-just by rolling the globe
over and over. OF CO urse we mean the
day and night-the lights and shadows of
life's fair perspective. Aside from the ne
cessity we feel of that almost dying now
and then, which we christian 'ssleep,
what could possibly afford grander series
of surprises than the alienation of night
and day. Day: nothing but lighted
vestibule to something, we know not what
Night: short dim hall that leads us to
another. And on we go, through this
grand suite of brilliant chambers with
shadowy passage ways between, until We
have explored this wonderous castle of
our mortal being
What if it were one great, unbroken
day, how dull twod grow in life's long
afternoonl How like a Monday would
existance be Nothing made over new !;
no dawning to await; no to morrow to
dream of or to hope for; no surprise to
quicken thought and heart, bat just a
steady blaze of day-an Arabia the Rocky,
without an " Araby the Blest."
For our part, We are glad we are igno-
rant; glad we are net ubiquitous we
would not have C the wings of the morn
ing,' if we could. This opening and shut
ting of doors all through the world pleases
US. It is a poem without piefactory
argument;'' play without program
me- Were life and action laid OUT
then action and life would be corpse, and
all we mourners should ego about the
streets Chicago Journal
CHANCES OF BATTLE.-stAt Waterloo, !"
said Napoleon, 81 ouught to have been
victorious.-The chances were hundred
to one in my favor. But Ney, the bravest
of the brave, at the head of 1000 thou
sand Frenchmen. suffered himself to be
delayed day by some thousands of Mas
sau troops. Had it not been for this in
explicabl inactivity, the English army
would have been taken Ragrant de/icfo,
and anihilated without striking a blow.
Grouchy, with 100000 men. suffered Bu-
low and Blucher to escape him. and f.
nally heavy shower of rain made the
ground 50 soft that it was impossible to
commence an attact at daybreak. Had
been able to commence early, Wellington
would have been troden down in the de-
files of the forest before the Prussians
would have had time to arrive. 1t was
lost otherwise without resource The de-
feat of Wellington army would have been
peace, the repose of Europe, the recogni-
ton ofthe interests of the masses, and the
democracy.
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The HEsLTHY Man = Oh all the know-no,h-
ing rersons in this world command Us 10
the man who has never known days
illness" He is moral Ounce, one who
has lost the creates, lesson in life, who
has skipped the finest lecture in that great
school Of humanity, the sick chamber. Let
him be versed in mathematics, profound in
metaphysics, ripe scholar in the classics,
bachelor of arts or even doctor OF divinity;
yet he is ore of those gentleman whose
education has been neglected. For all his
college requirement, how inferior is he in
useful knowledge TO a mortal who has had
but quarters gout or half years ague
how Infinitely below the fellow creature
who has been soundy taught his uc-doul>
oureux, thoroughly grounded in the rhu-
mates, and deeply red in scarlet fever I!
And yet what is more common Than to hear
a grea, hulking, iorrid fellow, braging oi
an ignorance, a brutal ignorance, that he
shares in common with the pig aud bullock
the generality or whom die, probably
without ever having experienced days
indisposition Hood.
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ONE OF TIE WESTERN OBITUARY NOTICES.
Mister Edatur-Jem bangs, we are sorry
10 stait has deseized. He departed this Life
last mundy Jem wos generally considered
gud feIler. He dGa at The age OF %
years old. He went 4th without ary strue.
gle and sich is life. Tu Da we are as
pepper grass, mighty smart IN Morrer we
are cut down like a cowcumber of the
ground. Jem kept nice sioar, wich his
w!fes now waits on. His virchews wos nu-
merous 10 behold. Menny is the things
we bot at his growcery, and we are happy
TO siait 10 the admirin wurld that he never
cheeted, spe shully in the wate of markreI,
which wos nice and smelt sweet, and his
surviVin vile is the same way. We never
knew him iu put sand in his shugar tho he
had big sand-bar in front Of his hous; nur
water i'll his Lickurs, tho the Ohio River
runs past his dore. Pece 10 his reniaues
Re eves a wife 8 children, a COW, horses
a growcery stoar, and other qsodrupeds TO
mourn his less but in the spaIendid lang
widge ov the poit, his loss is there eternal
game.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1861-09-11

QUALFICATIoss FOR OFFICERS The board
recently appointed Tor the examination o!
volunteer and army officers have resol-
we'd upon standard OF qualifications, as
following
"FieId officers must understand all that
is required of company officers, and also
be able to answer questions regarding evo-
lntions of line, proper conjuncture, the ele
ments OF military engineering, The circum-
stances under which the use OF field artila
Iery is proper. and other such collateral in
tenoeatons as the board of examiners think
poper 10 propose.
Company officers must answer orally
and correctly all questions on The manner
of insirucling recruits the use of the mar
nal of arms, the school OF the soldiers ths
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scceEsTIoNs upoN as OLD supIscr.

Few people, perhaps. have seriously and
temporarily considered the true force and
beni6cence OF those provisions OF our Con-
stitution which have attempted 10 secure TO
our country freedom of speech and free
dom Of the Press. These ofl-repeated phra-
ses too frequently pass from the lips as
sIereotyped expressions, the meaning of
which is but little felt. The privileges
which the guarantees of our Constitution
were intended 10 secure in these respects
make the distinguishing differences be-
tween our own and The worst Government
of the world. Without that difference,
America is no more free for the mass OF
the people than is Austria or Spain. These
privileges, moreover, were guaranteed by
The fundamental law with special reference
TO times of public excitement and public
danger. When the nation is quiet, and no
great emergency is pending or at hand, free
speech and free Press are of coorse harm
less and need no Constitutional protection.
II is Only when our liberties are threatened
that these privileges are endangered, and it
:
safety and blessing Without The good
will OF the people no government can right
ly demand support, whether in peace or
war; and, assnredly, that good viii cannot
be Justly gained without the utmost free
dom of thought and expression. If the
people rule themselves, they must do so
nationally and with the free exercise of all
the nobIesl attributes of The mind. Truth
cannot suffer from investigation. nor from
discussion-neither can Just cause nor a
Just Government. In fact, confding trust
in the conclusion and results of the free in
ierchange and communication or thought is
the strength aud support of just men and
Just governments at all times and every
where, and especially, in times of great
trial.
The consequences of a suppression OF a
press at the present Irying time in The his
tory of the American Union can hardly be
estimated. II the press is dangerous to the
existence. Of The Government, then is public
discussion equally dangerous. The princi-
pie is the same. So. also, it follows that
freedom in private discussion is danger
also freedom of private thought, especi-
ally in political matters, is but the germ OF
action. The suppression of one press,
Therefore, that is published within the pro-
lection of the Constitution, involves the
principle that free public and private dis
cnssion, and even private opinions, are
4 2a,cxoror,asf,,sshs> q ss,aaoa of the (Sovern.
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All Sorts of Paragraphs. !

Vaccination was first tried upon con-
demned criminals in the years 1772.
The interest of the national debt of
Great Britain is over twenty -four millions
pound sterling.
g looking glasses were first made in Ven
ice In the year 1900.
9 From was first discovered by the burn
ing Mount Ida, one thousand four hun
dred years before Christ.
Muslins were first manufactured in En-
gland during the year 96O.
Ihesoak 'fee lives in state of nature
one thousand FIVE hundred years.
. :! Alr = eighteen hundred and sixty times
lighter than water.
Military uniforms were first adopted in
France, by King Louis XIV.
-Linen was first discovered and made in
England, in21553.
8 The average coinage of the mint of
Great Britain for the last thirty years is
eighteen million pounds sterling per an
num.
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Freedom of the Press.

A correspondent OF the Philadelphia In
quIrsr, writing from Washington on the 23d
ut., says:
'The Administration decided to-day TO
take another sep, which will De quite as
startling at first as the former but itch is
equally founded on sound policy The
Constitution provides for The keedom of
speech and of The press. Bot i, also provides
for tie privileges of the writ OF habeas cor
Pus. Il has been found that the safety Of
The Republic required the suspension of
that writ. The Administration is now sat
isied that tie safely of the Republic re-
quires that those papers in the North which
do not yield hearty support TO the Gov
ernmenI, and TO all the measures of the Adj
minstration, and which, By their sympathy
with the South. nourish at the North hos
tile feeling against the Government shall
be suppressed. Attorney General Bates
has been counselled on the subject and
says that the Government would be perfect
ly justified in doing so y
As this proceeding would only be piece
with the other high-handed, uuconsiitulion-
al, and equally unjust acts of the Adminis-
tratien, dnring the past two months, no one
need experience any surprise if this stare-
ment, rhough eminating from an irrespon-
si5le newspaper correspondent should be
ministration has foreshadowed its policy in
This respect 1t has suppressed the Jder-
Soa'dn, al Westchesier and a religious pa
per in Philadei iphia-the' Observer II has
stopped the Nea0 Yo,k Daily Nescs while
passing through Philadelphia. in the mail
taking il out OF the mail by an arbitrary
act OF Government agent Ii las also ex-
cluded the Nei1 YoIG Ne1rS Freemen Jour-
nat, the Journal Of Commerce, the Log Book.
and the Brooklyn Eagle, from the mails
The Post-Master General having notified
these Journals, through the p. Nj. al New
York, that their papers will not be deliver
ed, or carried, from that Post Office. These
proceedings shave grave significance, and
indicate, beyond doubt, that the Admin
istra,ion is proceeding gradually in the work
of throtling the press. Subiugation is the
word and every Northern man who does
not voluntarily throw. mp has haf and hnzza
for Abraham Lincoln and the Chicago Plat
form, and who does not indorse every act
ofthe Administration, no matter how -un-
jusl, or how derogalory ii may be TO the
liberties of the people, must be coerced or
suhjugated. In this connection. we can
not do better than to direct the attention of
our readers to the following article from the
Daily Netss, of Saturday last We wish
every man. woman and child in the land
could read it:
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1861-09-11

The Washington papers are throwing out
pretty strong inumaiions that an onward
movements soon TO be made by General
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- When Lieutenant Governor Pat
terson was speaker of the Massachusetts
Legislature, some dozen boys presented
themselves for the place of messenger,
as usual at the opening of The house.
He Inquired into their names, conditions,
DC, that he might make the proper Sc
lection he came, in the course of his
examination, to small boy about ten
years Of age, bright looking lad.
- Well sir, said he, what is your name77
81 Ohm Hancock, sir 2 replied the boy !:
tsNhaf, said the Speaker, you are
not the one that signed the Declaration of
Independence, are you 70
No, sir, replied the lad. stretching
himself to his Utmost proportions, but
! would i I bad been. there
<<You ean be one Of the mes seneers, ?
said the Speaker
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yonng man named Neck his recently
been married to Miss Heels. They are
now, therefore, literally ied neck and heels
together.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1861-09-11

NoDERATloN In every locality there are
certain Republicans far more Jealous than
wise, who employ irritating, exciting and
threatening language towards aud in refer
ence 10 democrats. The effect OF this is in
every way, unhappy 1t impels men to
assume ultra positions aud 20 employ lam
guage Injurious TO the individual W 10 uiters
il and TO the community in which it is nj
tered. The inGiscreet remarks thus begni-
ten are frequently and wildly repeated and +,
generally, with exageerations, additions
and unfair coIoriug. From all this evil re-
suits 10 everything and every body.
The greatest danger to orr Stale now is
thai it may soon be precipiiated into civil
war. The agents of the secessionisis. iG
our Stale who are aiming 10 enlist and
commit a portion of our people 10 the
scheme OF annexing New Jersey 10 the
southern confederacy find the ultra republ-
cans 10 be their most efficient allies in their
wicked and horrible scheme. Those ultra
! republicans, by threats of mob violence.
and by unjust, ungenerous and provoking
! remarks in reference 10 really loyal and pa
! triotic men get loyal men under excitement,
! into positions where he agents Of southern
con tederacy can get them TO throw their in
| huence as the disunionis,s wish il to be
thrown.
Ultraism in one direction begets uliraism
in The opposite direction.
The times require the prudent efforts o.
all loyal men of every party. Democrat:
should not. under any provocaiion, permit
themselves to be provoked into disloyal
acts or words. Those republicans who are
loyal and who desire 10 avoid civil war il
our State, should employ all their efforts tC
restrain their fellow -partizans from those
excuses which crlminaie in mob violence
and in drifting aud forcing loyal men undei
disloyal influences and into disloyal auC
unlawful positions.-B1nner, N J
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Pay your small debts. Don't think they
are not worth your prompt attention any
the less because they seem trihins.-
Minutes make hours, drops fill oceans, one
by one the tiny types are sci mp 10 fill news
papers, and just or the same principle, the
settlement of the little accounts owing him,
may save the printer days of restless anxi-
ely, and countless business embarrassments.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1861-09-11

A clergyman once prefaced his service
with MY friends, let Us say a few words
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AsssuLTED--The office CT the Sunbury
Democrat was cowardly assaulted one night
.Iast week by number OF rowdiesi when
the discharge Of a pistol caused a general
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Judge flndlay Oh 1,obs.

On Wednesday of lasl week, the Hon
John X. Findlay The President Judge of this
District, took occasion to address The Grand
Jury upon the subjeci of mobs in an espe
cial charge
He stated that on the Monday evening
previous, as was engaged in lis room
| heard shouting and noise in the sireeif. hnf
supposed some political meeting was being
held, /: did not disturb him until some per.
son came mp 10 his room and told him what
was going on.
he then came oei and saw that mob
was destroying, or in the language OF the
times 'gutting" printing office He wen,
there and commanded the peace. He look
ed around and saw crowds of persons look
ing idly on or making demonstrations Of
approval, and he was surprised at persona
he saw there Withholding there disapproysI
but he could see no officer of the peace
As 10 the law nPon the subject, he said:
n mob is aftcays icrong, IL neuer can be r;yht
lhe country had witnessed with what una
nimity and alacriiy the whole North had
rallied TO The defense of constituted and con.
siInlIonal aulhoriiy-to support the Gov
eminent, and in favor of law and orde,
against rebellion and disorder. Yet wta,
90 "e beholde Here in The North. in times
ike these II is notorious that iawless mob
has violated the dearest rights of citizens.
and SET the Constitution and laws at def
ance DO men kno~ that they are con-.
mhiIng crimes which, if convicted of. migh.
conslgn them 10 the Peniienfiary for tern,
OF years, crimes but little below treason IL
sell When an armed mob is doing irs
work there can be no neutrality II is the
duty OF every citizen TO interpose and ,hs
prevent ii by afI The power they possess
The Sheriff should have been there with
posse, summoned on the spot, and if any
one refused 10 serve oil thai posse, he wa.
liable TO indictment and punishment
In view of these facts, he would say 10
the Sheriff, thus publicly. that if there was
any reason to apprehend recurrence OF
what had been so VIGOROUSLY done, il was
his duty TO summon posse sufficiently
large 10 command the peace in any emer-
gency and hold them in readiness TO keep
the peace. for where mobs are there is no
safety Tor any one and nc liberty for the
citizeus -EastOn piper.
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St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1861-03-14
Sherih''s Sale.

NOTICE is hereby given, that by virtue
~ of an Execution duly issued by tho
Clerk of the District Court of Floyd cOunty,
state of Iowa, and To me directed, have lev
led OH and shall offer for sale, at Public Auc-
ton, at my Office, in st. Charles City, Floyd
county, Iowa, on the 18th day OF April,
A. d. 1861, at one o'clock in the afternoon of
said day, the following described property, to
wit
Commencing at the northe corner of tho
southeast quarter of the southwest quarter
of Section 5, in Township % north, of Range
Is west of the 9TH Principal Meridian in Floyd
county, Iowa, and run south ON quarter line
forty rods, thence west parallel with quarter
line sixty rods, thence north parallel with
quarter line forty rods, thence east parallel
with quarter line sixty rods to place of be-
ginning, containing fifteen acres; levied on
us the property of Geo Brentner, to satisfy
said Execution in favor Of Titus Wray, and
against Geo. Brcntner and Geo. Scott, for
SGD So and interest and accruing costs.
Terms OF SALE-Cash III hand.
Dated, March ), 1851
JonN Blunt, Sheriff of
low2 Floyd County.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1861-03-14
A. +. HILDRETH, Editor.
St. Charles City, Iowa, March IA, 1861
The Inaugural.

We lay before our readers to-day. the In
augural Address of the new President. II has
been badly mangled by the telegraph, but is
sufficiently correct to give some idea of the
policy of the incoming administration. The
characteristics of Mr.. Lincoln's policy will be,
as near as we can judge from the message,
prudence without cowardcc, firmness without
obstinacy, and prompt action without rash
ness. The general tone of the message has
given great satisfaction throughout the North.
and received considerable commentator from
prominent Southern men, but it is, Of course
generally condemned by the Seccders and
their sympathizers. While conservative peo-
pie are in rapturcs over the Inaugural, it can
not be denied that many Southcrners look
upon it as Il precursor of war. They may,
however. take a calmcr view of it, Mr.. Weed
is delighted with it and even Wigfall public
ly declares it most able paper. Certainly
its conciliatory tone and frank, out-spoken
decl arations of loyalty to the whole country,
captured the hearts of many heretofore OPP
posed to Mr.. Lincoln, and its firm cnuncia-
ton of a purpose to fulfill the oath, to main
tain the Constitution and laws, challenges
universal respect.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1861-03-14

not SO much the attempt to exclude
slavery from the Territories of the
United States, and the failure to exc
cute the fugitive slave law, as it is
this everlasting discussion of the
slavery question among the people of
the North and l call attention to
that remarkable declaration to be
found in the Presidents last message
"a declaration unparalleled by any
expression, in any American State
paper, that | have ever seen-that the
agitation Of the slavery question has
at lrngth, as he says, "produccd its
malign Influence Oh the mind of the
slave, Inspiring in his bosom the hope
of freedom" He makes that charge
upon the Republican party. Now, sir,
that charge is as old as the Govern
mcnt itself. 1t was made against the
very system inaugurated by the foun-
dcrs Of our Government that they
had avowed hcresies in the Declare
tiuu of Independence calculated to in
spirc in the hearts Of the oppressed of
every nation this hope of freedom.
Such is the complaint of every despot
on the face Of the earth this day.
reply, in the language of Mcdowell OF
Virginia This hope of freedom is a
lamp lit up in the soul of the slave by
the hand of Deity; it is allied to his
hope Of Immortality, and can never be
cxtinguished." 1t is q species OF
atheism to attempt to cxtlnguish it.
Now, Mr.. Speaker, | have wore
or two to say in conclusion, for per
ccive that my hour has nearly expired
In my humble Judgment. all tn,
wrongs Of which the South complain
to-day can be rcdresscd in the Union
Let them recognize the power and
authority of this General Government
Let them resort to the constitutional
guarantees that they have. They
have appealed to the Supreme Court
to recognize their right to take their
slaves into the Territories and, as
they construe the decision of that
court, it has already decrced that they
have all they ask for under the form
Of the present Constitution. The
court has decided in their favor: and
yet they seem inclined to distrust
that decision, and ask us to give spe-
ciiic guarantees in the Constitution
itself for the future fidelity of the
court. To such terms | cannot con-
sent. If we can risk the court with
out guarantees, you, gentlemen, GER
tainly ought to be willing after the in
timations it has given in your favor.
Mr.. Hindmar--I would ask the gen
tlcman if the bred Scott decision and
the Chicago platform do not conflict
with each other in his Judgment
Mr.. Nandcvcr-The Chicago plat
form, so far as ] know, was never de-
signed TO conform to the dogmas ex-
pressed by Judge fancy as the opinion
of the court in the bred Scott case.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1861-03-14
Spinal Affection.

DIR w. h. SLOAN, Sir Il had been severe.
ly afflicted with Rheumatic and Spinal alice
tlon and had used many kinds Of medicine,
without obtaining any lasting benefit from
them. My complaint kept increasing in
strength and obstinacy, many times render
ing it impossible to move or turn myself III
bed for weeks in succession. lprocured Sloan 5
Family Ointment and applied it faithfully, ac-
cording to the directions, and experienced i'm
mediate relief
BY perScycringly applying it, ina short time
[ was perfectly cured. 1 consider it the hest
external remedy and Family Ointment in USE,
and shall usc my best cndcavors to make its
value more generally known, for the benefit
of the afflicted. RICHARD FREER.
WALES, Erie County, n. Y.
Ia" See Sloan's advertisement in another
column.