The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1865-12-20
[corre .poa 'enee offhs " 7. Ness. ]
Thanksgiving Day in Alexandria.
ALrxAkpsfA, Dec. 8, 1865.

ALEXAkpkiAs Oec ., lcO0-
As the Netrs circulaies loleraby freely ia
the seeiion o. country supplied with mail
matter through this Post Office. few local
paragraphs now and then from Alexandra
may no, prove uninteres;ing to at least
portion of lis readers. The opinions and
sentiments | may express will be those eu-
ienaine6 by vast majority OF the residents
Of This locality, Tor though not a represent
alive man, which means in The North
majority loving uickster, | am, aud have
been since my birth, mentally, physically
and pecuniarily Identified With them.
Well, Thanksgiving Day is over and gone.
Joy go with it It passed, ty 5ere without
The American eagle kicking up any fuss
he Gidn' raise his head or spread his Tail.
| had TO close up my place of business, not
on account OF President Johnson's ProcIa-
ton, because they ssS in Congress thai we
still belong 10 Inc so-cslled Confederate
States, bet because The Mayor OF the city
commanded all law abiding citizens 10 do
SO, and, not having anything else TO do,
wslked around 10 the Mansion House, talk
ed there awhile about tile last cock-fsht,
the accommodations at the watch house,
eIc., and then went home, when ] looked
over Scotfs autoeiogrsphy-the most pnrie
and vain glorious production ! ever picked
up, and Coiin's. 'Csn yon forgive him -
and though I've only read the book hall
through, don't think | caa.
And 20 the day was spen, By me. A few
only OF the churches were open, and these
few were but sIimly attended. The feature
of The day was the funeral OF George T.
Watfeld, a member OF the Seventeenth Va.
Iafauiry, Corsis' Brigade, who was killed in
The battle OF Frazer's Farm, and whose re.
m aims reached this city on Wednesday,
Nearly everybody in town of any account
went TO that, though they, nor ], didn't go
10 church 10 render thanks. The laci is
haven't had anything 10 give thanks Tor since
the 2Ist of July, 1861, and while was
praying then, somebody stole my horse.
aih'l thankful for getting whaied, nor for
having everything | had in The world de-
slroyed; nor Tor having to pay Murray
eighty dollars for a suit of clothes that used
to cost forty dollars; nor for having 10 pay
for stamp, which don't want, on every.
thing buy; nor for the iTeedmen's bureau,
where a negro is better than a white man
nor Tor having negro soldiers TO brush
against me il the street, when know they
We're put on duty here just TO -irritaie while
people. | ain'I thankful for any of these
things, nor is any body else; aud especially
ain'I thankful for being taxed TO defrsy The
expenses OF the late election, when the
elected have the Goors OF Congress Slam
med in their faces, aud when ! go 10 the
Uoorkeeper o! The House OF Representa-
lives aud ask for the member from my dis
tricI, Tor him TO tell NE, hnlTishiy, that, ave
don't know any such man." No, sir, there
ami anybody about here Ihankiul though
ine proclamations say We ought 20 be.
The transition stale 10 which he feelings
OF The people have been since The end OF
The war, is now over. We were at frsi
elaie with the bright illusions Of hope lhe
gloomy forebodings Of distant future came
upon n., and then, in their turn, have sell
lied into a wild aud almost reckless despair.
The prevailing opinion l., that the country
is going 10 destruction, and nearly all agree
with Gov. Wise in thinking that The quicker
it soes there the better. When everything
is eurs:ed up, those that remain alive can
possibly pick up from The wreck enough TO
slari new government, which, i; is hoped,
from The experiences OF what has Just pass
eG, may escape the breakers upon which
This one was ruiuej. When The war ter
minated, The North had it in their power 10
make the people of the South as loyal as
themselves, but lha, time has passed and
gone never TO return, ard Monlesquieu's
idea, as expended by Louis Napoleon, that
great effects are not produced by minor
causes, is again verified. The end Of gov
eminent is TO make The people live easy,
but our rulers dont seem 10 ihink so.
S. H.