The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1864-08-03
The slave Market Outdons.
A WHITE MAN SELLING HIS SOY

loudly as they pteas5 abouttthe oaToaSien
OF sIsyery," and Mts. Slows may rack i'm !
aginsticn to create monster like the bgv
tai Le9re, but, we had 40 exhibition iD this
town during the examination ot those re-
Gently conscripted which for inbumen end
brutal barbarisu, we defy any slave mart
in the world 10 mstch. fsiher, who bad
already soid one minor son IS q subs'itBte
to the human Shsmbfes, where he fell
victim, appesred in oo5 town. on last Mon
day, dragging al bis heels lsso hsli.erown,
ill-,hapsd boys. Trey were all tbs SONG
be. had, and be had contracted 10 cell them
both a- subsiiIutes- They had been bar
gained for by 'loysl" men The smaller
one, almost U,ere child, wss prosrectivs-
ly the properly of loud mobthed and pes
tilent Aboli,ouist--e huge bss., Of man,
who stood SIX tie, two IN his stockings an,
weighed over goo pounds
This Intensely ..ploysp' and "pst7ioiJe''
fellow, shen bis owu son, a stur.ey. y III
grova young man, enlisted, followed him
10 ChambeT.bntg, and bfougti hya back
home on the PLAZA Thar he was = D NOR. aud
had enlisted WITHOUT his istheyts con,enf.-
Yet he is always fuil OF ssr, and eager Tor
fighting 50 long as il is a. the aexpeu.e Of
the blood OF some one e,ze than himself or
his own lauliIy. belDrg drafted. however,
snd wishing 70 Isssr,n the probability Of
such misfoFtuns Detailing him again spec
diIy, sna aimpeRed the same lime 10 save
: little money. be had bargsined With
brutal fsib,.r 10 pay . less rprn tssn three
hundred dollsrs for tne body, the bones tbs
blood, nay. more. the lite of child We
DEFY The ~hose South to fnfnish sn jasisnce
OF snch g Disgusting "dicketh in human
Hesh or, from among all The profeseioHsi
slave raiders who have disgtared It's soil.
suc,n pair of monsters ss these There
.eas no veil o: pretended loyalty or stimn>
lated patriotism 10 concssl the naked hide
eusness Of this traneaction. The father wss
actnated solely BY soFdid desire for gain
ihe purchaser was moved by the suesSing
white .lisered cowsrdicef that forbade his
riskiug mss own worthless carcass in war
for the prosecution oi which he howIs daily
aud by the mean .elfshuess Of his nature
which prompted him to make ? cheap hid
when bsr,ering for human victim A plot
had been made up by the parties 20 this die
eus,ing iraBeac,iou by which ,hev hoped 10
deceive the board The boys we're made 10
lie IS to lhsir sges, and Represented ihen-
selves az Older thsn they really were so
immature and youthful, however, was the
appearance of ihe lir,le wrelehes, that the
Board refessd 10 believe the sts;ements
made 10 Them. even though ihe father him
self lied as TO their ages in order thar he
might be enabled TO effect a sale Of his off
spring They were both rejected io5 this
reason as entirely toe ycnne Tor me service
The cvererown human br6ie, who had eS
psc:ed to save himself in this wsv, sorrow-.
fully and Reluctantly paid over his money 10
save his cowsrdly carcass for a lime and
the wreiehed Fsthef, after reefing sbout orr
streets for day OF 50 in dronkeaness vent
home disappointed, no dosbt, in being oslk-
ed in the sale OF hIs sons There ie no col
oting about this siory,n fct:cioas s'o--,ns
II il true Just as ve tell il, and known 10 be
so TO the very letter by many who ~iil read
this statement We need make no com
rneUt. Human language would tail to char
acterize the transaction 1t deserves 10 be
The concentrated cur.es OF aIFfhe devils IN
hell would scarcely be sufficient 70 vent the
fierce indignation which ought to move any
man OF Witnessing such scene. We have
seen negross sold on the block in tbe South
TO tho highest bidder, 5ni ths, only involved
change Of service Here was white man
with one son whom he had sold dead at
ready, endeavoriug to sell two more boys 10
whst was almost certain death. He found
loyal ebolitiouis,s ready and eager to De
coms the purchasers Of cheap substitutes
Lei ma hear no more about The barbarian
of slavery, whsn the, barbapsrn Of this var
can exhiei, rnch revofiing spectacle 10.
the light Of heaven. on. the free soil Of Penn
syIvania.-Ft.lton Democrat
a ToUcBlse isolDsNT Mr. John Soy
mour's recent ,.reporr contains many thrili
ing incidents We extract the following
which trsD,pired or be battle field 81 Get
iysburg
A rebel prisoner asked cleap shiu Tor
his comrade whoss fresh, on blood sained
bandages, told Of reesut amPuia,iop jas'
above the knee.
One Of the Sanitary Commission gave the
shirt, bu, said the boy must frat BE wash
ed. "Who will do that 20 "On, any Of
those womsn yonder." A kind looking
woman from Philadelphia was asked il she
was willing tc wash a rebel prisoner ''Cer-
tainIy," was The prompt reply, 81 have a
son in the Union army, and would Ike 10
have somebody 10 wash hin.'
With towel and waier in Tin basin she
cheerfOFly walked through the mud to The
tent. Careful no, to disturb the smpusaied
leg, che gently removed The old shirt and