The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1855-02-22
THE NEW HEGlmENr OF coLosELs

Governor Pollock is attending TO the militia
ry department with commendable zeal,
and seemingly with determination not TO
be ou,done by his worthy predecessor Gov
ernor Blger. Our contemporaries on both
] sides, and indeed on all sides Of the house,
are giving us The names of those who are
being promoted 10 the rank oi aids to the
Governor, and the queerest thing of all is,
they are without the slish,es, exception, the
very perfection OF The genus homo. No one
is made an aid to the Governor now a-days
who is not most "capital fellow" He is
the soul of honor, and the free expansive
pusa.ions of his heart are all impulses OF
'ptobiiy and virtue.
If we desired to select candidates for holy
orders, we think we should go first amongst
the Governors Colonels, at least if we made
up oar opinions of men from what we learn
from the views of our good brethren OF the
Press. One will announce that Gov. Pol
lock has just appointed our fine porly friend,
Nicodemus Ninckuindandy, Esq, one of his
aids, with The rank OF Lies,eEant Colonel
We Congratulate our warm hearted friend on
his new dignity, and although differing with
him politically, are free 10 say the new Gov
ernor of The Slate could not have selected
traer man on whom 10 confer this .remarka-
BILE honor" Something of this fashion finds
its way into the columns of the mahy news
papers that are daily laid on our table. AS
a matter of course after the honor conferred
is duly announced in the papers, that puts
an end 10 Ncodem US Nlnck kumdandy, Esq.
and he becomes ever after Col Ninckuln-
dandy. You will always hnd the Colonel,
when the Governor makes Trip 10 Phila-
delphia, closeied with his Excellency.
The very momen; he hears that his friend,
the Governor, as he obsequiously has it. has
arrived, he Immediately deserts his chair at
the ward tavern, ard baiakes himself 10 the
firs,.class hotel, and desires TO be immedi-
ately shown up TO the Governors suit of
apartments, where he Immediately ingrati.
ates himself acting as kind of gentleman
usher, who meets every one al the door, and
takes him forward gently By the tip Of the
elbow, and confers upon him an introduc.
ton. When the room becomes empty, Col.
Ninckumdandy sits down by his executive
Excellency, giving him all the political
knowledge of The day. He begins with the
state secrets at Washington, aud winds up
--viristizs nav-4- aziiafing - xssssaiaiir favsr
of the perfect administrations Of the Cover
nor himself He tells HIM what splendid
movements he has on foo, 10 secure his re-
election and finally, Col. Ninckumdandy
having exhausted himself, suggests that h e
will ring for the servant TO bring pitcher of
water, which the Governor, by single
glance at The nose of the Colonel, sees is
not the liquid he delights to indulge in, and
the consequence is thai a decanler accom-
panies the pitcher OF iced water.
This is new influence, and the Colonel
grows more interesting and more emphatic.
New friends call, and our military friend
takes the centre of the apartments, and ar
CUES point soto uoee, in ring OF good fell
lows. He is nging upon them a line OF
political policy which must be attended 10,
in order that his friend the Governor may be
fully sustained. The small hours of The
night warn the dgnitIiea thatit is time to
disperse, and Colonel Ninckumdandy leaves
the august presence with profound bow
and a promise lh at he will call early on the
morrow 10 escort his Excelloucy 10 see
few choice friends in his ward, who render
ed him especial service during The cam
palsn.
These officers, as a matter of course, are
all selected by the Governor himself, with.
out exlraneous assistance, because he and
every one else knows them 10 be amongst
the most prominent citizens. The Cover
nor needs the aid and assistance OF such
props and stays, and he accordingly ia kes
survey OF the Slate, and these gentlemen
peering up above The crowd are accordingly
selected. The idea that they had gone to
the Governor and limited that they should
like TO be Colonel, or any thing of that
kind is slanderous in the extreme, and our
contemporaries ~eh Nuno "Woi"sSo ~
any one who would suggest that so good
and so honorable fellow as their friend
Col. Ninckumdandy had eVef hinied the
idea of his official longings so the Executive
of the State.
We are free 10 confess that we think the
Colonel's ,rump cards and we hope Gov.
Pollock will continue TO increase the army
His predecessors have done their duty, and
il gives us unfeigned pleasure to be assured
that the present Executive will neglect moth
ing in this fine. l, is just as well TO have
the whole rank and file turned into these
military officials. The nexi war we get in
10, we can organize Two or three regiments
of these valiant officers, and it will be quite
interesting for the superior or commanding
officer to report that Colonel So and So was
killed, and Colonel This and That, badly
wounded, &C., &c.
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v A counterfeit article of buckwheal 10
said bv the Western papers 10 be abroad