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The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1865-08-23

GENERAL LEE ASKING PARDON.


Explanation of His Course-Hs Object TO in
.fuence The Young Men of tie South in the
same Direction.
From The Petersburg Express, Aug 81
We extract the following from letter
/ which gives the conversation between a
planter and the writer:
| He went on 10 say that for time his high
admiration for the character of General Lee
had sensib!y declined. He had been told
that the general had made application 10
the Washington authorities for pardon. He
had supposed that rather than do that, the
general would undergo exile or death -
Not long afterwards an opportunity had
presented itself for speaking to General Lee
on the subject. The report proved to be
correct and not a SANDER. vouminous
application had been sent in, 10 which, how
ever, no answer has yet been made. Since
The time of his visit reply may have been
received. Having learned the motives
for a pardon, his admiration, his veneration,
for the man and the patriot was profounder
than ever. Had the general considered his
own feelings alone, he would have died
sooner than humble himself and Just cause
by seeming admission that it was wrong.
His application was one more proof OF his
love Tor his country. There were thousands
o! high-toned young men in the South who
meditated expatriating themselves, and who,
when asked why they did not seek for par
dom renIied that mill GanaraI loo baA
done so they would not. After long strug.
gle with his inclinalions, believing that
these young men ought 10 be saved TO the
country whose future they were so we'll
qualified to sdorn, aud, by participating 10
the rights of citizenship 10 guide and.shape,
the general has done violence 10 his own
feelings, and made the request. Still he
made no abject submission, but had accom-
panied the petition for pardon with full
statement of those things which made his
past conduct seem to him right and proper,
and had avowed his unchanging deVolions
TO his former principles.
asked Mr. K. if he supposed the govern
ment would send General Lee a favorable
answer.
"Oh, yes" he replied "und ou bledly'
card does he expect 10 he restored TO
full enjoyment of all the rights of citizen
ship?"
t'Yes, sir, he asked for that. And if il is
retssed him, he will, al any rate, have
done all that he intended to de. This class
of men whom he Intended 10 benefit have,
many of them, applied TO be pardoned and
probably all will do so. Thus General
Lees sacrifice will have saved many OF our
first young men from exile, and opened 10
would Otherwise have shut themselves
out"
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1865-08-23

The TOMATO AS FooD "A good medical
authority ascribes to the tomato the follow
ing very important medical qualities Ist.
That the tomato is one OF the most power
ful a2erieuts of the liver and other organs /;
where calomel is indicated, j, is one OF the
most effective and the least hurtful medical
agencies known TO the profession. I'd
That a chemical extract will be obtained
from it that will supersede the use of calo-
mel in the cure OF disease. Sd. That he has
successfully treated darrh oea with this ar
ticle alone. 4lh. That when used as an ar.
iicle oi diet il is almost sovereign for dys.
pepsia and indigestion. 5lh. That il should
be constantly used for food. Either cooked
or raw, or in the form of caisup, il is the
most healthy article now in uss.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1865-08-23

ELEVEN RgBELLIoN.-Since the organiza-
tion ol the Federal Government eleven al.
templs have been made TO resist its author
ity. The first was in I7S2-a cons piracy
of some of the officers of the Federal army
TO consolidate The thirteen States into one,
and confer the supreme power on Washing
ton. The second in 1887, Shay's insurrec
ton in Massachusetts. The third 1894
called the whiskey insurrection of Penn
sylvana. The fourth in 1914 by The Hart
ford Convention. TIE fifth in 1920 on the
question OF The admission of Missouri into
the Uuion. The sixth was collision be
tween the Legislature of Georgia and the
Federal Government, in regard TO the lands
given 10 the Creek Indians. The seventh was
in 1880, with Cherokees in Georgia. The
eighth was The memorable nr!lifyiug ordi
nance of South Carolina, 1882. The ninth
was in was in 1912, iu Rhode Island, be-
tween the Suffrage association and The State
authorities. The tenth was in 1856, on the
part of the Mormons, who resisted the Fed
eral authorities. The eleventh was the
late attempt al secession.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1865-08-23
Kembls and the Debutantc.

AT the time when the celebrated Kembl
was manager of Covent Garden Theatre,
gentleman called to confer with him sbou
\ an engagement for his daughter. II so hap
pened that Kembls expected al about tn,
same honr the visit of horse edeaIer, from
whom be wished to buy mare. KembIs
imagining the stranger was the expected
horse-deaIer, asked at once:
"How old is she 2"
"ln May last she was sixteen.n
"How! Sixteen ?-raiher old ahem =
ahem Don't like that much. But the mair
point, is she quiet :"
"Perfeclly, sir have never known :
more gentle creature"
Show long has she been in the city 2;
''Ii is now about eight days since arriv.
ed here from Grimsieac"
"Is she thoroughly schooled 2"
"Mr. rbeiwsll has given her some les
soas."
"Ws,l; il your conditions are not too
hard think we shall agree."
GAS 10 that, my dear sir, leave it entire
Iy with yourself Think you will be per-
fectly satisfied, ii you once bring her before
the public. She is down stairs; shall
bring her up 10 you :"
"Briug her up g. replied KeDble with an
ironicaI smile. "Thsuk you, no! Haud
her over to my groom"
"To yonr groom g"
eyes BY and By shall 60 down and
examine her. Tell him to take her 10 the
stable for the present"
"What! to the stable !" cried the stran-
ger, fuII of indignation.
"Cerlainlyt where else As you say that
she's quiet, | will Try her in a very short
time. My friend Weston is jus, writing a
me.odrama in which | have to play. As
soon as we have agreed upon the terms !
shall make mS debut on her back"
"WharI Upon The hack OF my daughter
you will make your debut Sir, do you
with to insult me -"
ga thousand pardons, my dear sir! Do
you not come from Cumberland 2"
'iNo; come from Grimstead."
With a mare !''
"No with my daughter, my child. whom
you want me TO hand over TO your groom" !"
tan error Quite mistake ! really am
very sorry"
The reader may imagine that it took sew
eraI minutes before both parties had suffi-
cientiy calmed down 10 speak about the en-
gagement of the young actress.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1865-08-23

THg DuTcH NILLER.-Mynheer Van Slau-
ken owned grist-mil, and Peter Snyder
owned one also, near by. Old Mynheer
Van Slsuken was subject 10 fits Of insanity,
and, when in one of these moods, would
assume that he was God Almighty, and
would get upon his throne and call such
person as he might have in his mind 10
Judgment, and would ask and answer the
question himself. The questions would be
put with sharp, strong speech, and the
answer very whining and meek. Having
one of his crazy fits one day, he mounied
his throne, and as there bad been lille
com petition in the grisl-nil business. he
took occasion TO call Peter Snyder 10 judg-
ment; so he calls out: "Peter Snyderw No
answer. Again, very sharp: " Peter Sny-
der"
"Ah, Lord, here l ishl Va, you want,
Lord?"
"Do you own grist-miIl"
"Ah, yes Lord, does!"
"veIl, Peter Snyder, do you ever take loo
much toIl,"
''Ab, yes Lord. ven my water vas very
low, and mine stones vas very dull has
taken leetIe too much iol!''
'svsII, den, you may go 10 de left hand
mid de goats"
As he had pas. Judgment upon bis neigh
Dor, he though he would try himself.
"Mydheer Van Slauken." No answer.
Very sharp-"Mynheer Van SlaHkenp'
"Ah, Lord, here ish-va, you vant!"
"Do you own a grisi-milIl"
"Ah, yes Lord, I.does own one."
"Does you ever take too much toll, Myn-
heer Van Slaukenp'
s'Yes, Lord sometimes has taken too
much ,oi'
swell, vat did you do NIT dat toIli''
"Ab, Lord, has given it 10 the poor"
(Afier a slight pause
''VeIl den, you may go 10 &c right hand /,
nit de sheep, bot it is dam digh sqasezsr''
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1865-08-23

OSE OF the greatest necessities OF our
physical and moral natures is employment.
il is one of The hardest things 10 human ma
iure 10 do nothing. A lady in Connect
cut, no, long since, employ ed stout young
woman, fresh from Ireland, for the SER
vice OF the kitchen. When Sunday morn
ing came Bridget hung on large kettle
of wafer.
"What ore you going 10 do, Bridgetp
'l'm going TO wash ma'sm."
"Bui We do not wash on Sunday"
"Whai shall do, then p'
"No,hng al all We do not work here on
the Sabbalh-day."
"Dear me. ! shall be tired o. keeping
aisy.n
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1865-08-23
A frightened COntraband.

J A letter received from an army cores
pondentor the Rsppahannock relates the
following camp incident:
i An amusing incident occurred in camp a
night or two since. porlIy young contra
band from Charleston, S c., who escaped
from his rebel master at Anlietam, and was
for awhile quartered subsequently in
Washington, was engaged by one of our
junior officers as his body servant, and
brought down here TO his quarters to attend
him. II chanced that the officer had served
his country gaIlanily at Sharpsburg, where
he lost leg, below The knee, the absence
of which had been made up By an artificial
limb, which the captain wore with so easy
a grace that lew persons who met him sus-
pected his misfouune-his sable attendant
being among the blissful ignorant, as to the
existence OF the fact.
The captain had been cont TO dine,n and
rsrurued in excited spirits to his tent Upon
retiring, he called out his darksy servant 10
assirt him in pulling off his riding boots.
Nov, Jimmy, look sharp said the cap
tain, "Pm litlle-ic-fimsy t'night Look
sharp, an'-ic-pull steady"
''Pse alters keerful, cap'n," says Jimmy,
drawing off ohe long wet boot, with consid-
erabIe difficulty, and standing it aside.
"Now mind your eye-Jim The other
jc-is a little tight" aud black Jim chuckled
and showed his shining ivory, as he reflect
ed, perhaps, that his master was quite as
eight" as ne deemed his boots to be-
"Easy, noW-thaps it. Pull away !" con-
tinued The captain, good-naluredly, and en-
Joying the prospective joke, while he hoos-
ened the straps about his waist which held
his cork leg up; 'now you've got IL! Zip
there you are! Oh, Lord oh, Lord oh,
Lo1dW screamed the captain, as contra
band, cork leg, riding boot, and ligatures
tumbled across the tent in heap, and the
one-legced officer fell back on his pallet,
couvulsed with spasmodic laughter. AT
this moment the door opened, and a lieu
tenant entered.
"G'way fun me-g'wsy fun me-lemme
be Lemme be aim, done muffin, )" yelled
the conlraband. Justify, and rushing 10 the
door, really supposing he had pulled his
masters leg clean off "Lemms goI |
didn't do nufin-g'wsI g'way ~
And Jimmy put for The woods in his des-
peration, since which be hasn't been seen
or heard from, though his captain has dill
gently sought for him far and near. jimmy
was good servant, but we never before
were treated 10 a sight of thoroughly
frightened contraband. There is little doubt
The darkey is running yet.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1865-08-23

"HURRAH FOR GOLDFISH. when we see a
young man dressed in the extreme Of fash
ion, promenading the streets, nourishing a
delicate walking stick ogling the ladies', and
turning up his interesting probosics with an
air of disdsin, al a neighbor's son or dangh-
Ter, when We know that his father acquired
the property which his fool of a son is max
ing himself ridiculous upon, by collecting
gresre and ashes, we are attempted to shout
in his assinine ears, "Hurrah for Goldfish"
When we see a young woman, whose
highest ambition appears desire 10 eclipse
her neighbors in dress, and who makes il
her constant boast that she never washed a
dish or hemmed a shirt, because she thinks
tt EN- as Vulgar complishmenis, we feel a
strong inclination TO whisper in her ears,
"Hurrah for Goldfish
When we see young man too proud TO
carry bundle in the street, when his father
is a wood sawyer or when we see a youLg
miss seated in a parlot, perusing a novel,
while ma is doing the kitchen drudgery, we
say TO ourselves, "Hunah for Goldfish"
In short, when we see people psttin9 on
naughty airs, because it has pleased Provi-
6ence 10 endow them with a liberal. share
of the worlds goods, or when we see The
supercillous sneer of contempt upon the
lace of person, TO show his or her esiims-
ton of one who "works for a living" we
feel strong desire to show our estimation
OF them by excaiming 10 their ears "Hnr-
rah for Goldfish ~
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1865-08-23

The New ARIsTocsAcY OF VIRcINIA-In
Virginia, some Of the negroes work on the
farms pretty well, but as general rule They
prefer walking about, working day or two,
and then 60 idle for a week, leaving their
women and children often 10 be fed by ,heil
late masters, while they so of, fancy free,
and fnd new wives without incomberances
The black aristocrats allow fine crops OF
wheat TO rot down for want o. cutting.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1865-08-23

ECONOMY OF CoURTs MARTIAL.-Certain
newspapers think the court martial sitting
in this city, for the last five or six months,
is exceedingly economical, because il has
tried less than one hundred cases since
1861. Why, our criminal court would try
as many cases in a single term, and not
boast of The achievement Al the rate The
court proceeds with the number OF cases in
hand, some of the accused will be dead be-
fore the period OF their Trial commences
Some of our contemporaries are so struck
with this speedy mode of dispensing JUS
tice that they think j! the best way 10 ad
minister it, and would even dispense with
ihe privilege of the writ of habeas corpus,
if The civil courts would allow it. Justice
Thompson has put check 10 that ilIeea
proceeding in time of p eace, and with thi:
guarantee OF personal liberty, we do no
think it matters much how long The court
martial may sit trying the causes which
come leeiiimately before it. Justice should
never be in hurry, for fear i! shoulG make
mistake, and the "speedy trial" secured
by the laws 10 every person accused, is q
trial in the civil courts. and cannot apply to
courts msrlial.-Lsdgu.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1865-08-23

PUT THAT IMPUDEET RASCAL OUT=W hile
the congreg eiion were Fcolected al church,
on a certain occasion, an old, dark, hard
featured skin and bone Individual was seen
vending his way up the side and taking bis
seat near the pulpit. The officiating min
lister was one of ih at class who detested
written sermons, and as for prayers he tho'i
they ought 10 be the natural oulpourngs OF
the heart. After the singing was concluded
the house as usual was called TO prayers.
The genius we have introduced did not
kneel, but leaned his head deVoIoualIy on
the back OF his pew. The minister began
by saying:
'FaIher of all, in every age by saint and
savage adored -"
"Pope," said low, but clear voice, near
old hsrd-features.
The minister, alter casting an indignant
look in The direction OF the voice continued
"Whose throne sittelh on the adamantine
hill Of Paradise"
"Milion," again interrupted the voice.
The minister's lips quivered for mo-
ment, but recovering himself began:
1--WE thank Thee most gracious father,
that we are permiied once more 20 assem-
BILE in thy name, while others equally mer-
itorious, bot less favored, have been car
ried beyond that bourne from whence no
traveller returns"
Shakespeare" interrupted the voice.
This was TOO much.
''Put that impudent rascal )" shouted
the minister
"Original," calculated the voice in the
same calm but provoking manner.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1865-08-23
Colonel DahIgren'S Body.

The Richmond Republic of Saturday has a
circumstaRtial account of the disposition oi
Col. Uric Dahlgren's body, after he was
killed al KilpaIrick's raid on Richmond, on
the night of March I'd, 1864. 1t is shown
that the body alter being brought to Rich
mond by the York river railroad, was inter-
red in Oakwood Cemetery, mile east of
Richmond, by two Confederate soldiers, who
sent The colored grave-diggers off from the
scene at The time. Mr.. F. w. E. Johnson, a
grocer, and olher Union men in the city
subsequently Interested themselves 10 dis
cover where the body was, and Mr.. Martin
Meredith Lipscomb, whose business it was
to attend to the interment OF Union prisoners
who died at Richmond found out that one of
the colored men who had been sent off by
the soldiers when they buried Colonel Dahl
gren's body, had fingered in the woods and
saw where the grave was made. By an ar
rangement with the negro they visited the
cemetery with a wagon one dark night, a
month alter, and disinlerred the body, took
1t through Richmond 10 the house Of Mr..
VIM. S Roulet, on Chelsea Hill, half mile
northeast of The city, where, on Tie 7th OF
April, metallic coffin was procured for it,
and thence il was taken in a wagon TO The
farm OF Robert O!rickS, living 10 Henrco,
and buried under an apple tree in field.
The Republican says /:
The resi- ol The story may be told in few
words. Ouicks, some months after The Sec
ond buriel of Colonel Dahlgren, succeeded
i1 getting through the Confederate lines, and
seeking an interview with Commodore
Dahlgren, informed him OF what had been
done TO secure the body of his son. The
corpse o. the soldier laid in this ls second
grave uniil atIer the evacuciion of Rich
mond, when an order sent for it by the War
Department it was again disinterred by the
;wo Lohmans and sent TO Washington.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1865-08-23

ATTORNEY GENERAL SPEED, in his opinion
upon the competency Of the military COM
mission TO try the assassination conspira-
tors, says:
GA military tribunal exists under and &C
cordIng to the Constitution, III time of war !;
The law of nations constitutes part of the
law of The land, and The laws of war con-
stitute the greater part of The laws OF The
nations"
We think The telegraph or the types have
done the attorney general injustice. The
law of nations only constitutes a part of tie
laws of the land in transactions between
our own citizens and governments, and 9th
er governments and their citizens. Our
State. and United States constitutions and
laws are The only codes bearing or which
can be brought to bear in any matter be-
tween those governments and our citizens.
Il is absurd TO assume that The law OF ma
lions is parl of The law OF the land, and
upon that assumption proceed 10 try and
punish individuals in defiance of our con.
stitutional and statute provisions. Suppose
The law Of nations provides for the trial o!
civilians by military tribunals. Our con-
tuition forbids it. Which is supreme 1t
is somewhat singular that neither Judge
Advocate Holt nor his assistant Bingham,
should have cited the law of nations, in
siead of acts of congress, in pleading 10 The
jurisdiction of The commission. Why did
not Mr. Sueed prompt them!
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1865-08-23

The ATLANTIC OCEAN The Atlantic Gee
includes an area OF 5000, ,oc0 square mi
Suppose an inch of rain TO fall upon OF
one nth OF this vast expanse it would we
$50 ,0oo.0 tons, and the salt, which
water held in solution in the sea, and viii
when the water was taken up as var
was left behind TO disturb the equilibrid
weighed $1,000 ,ooo more tons, or nea
twice as much as all The ships in the wd
could carry al cargo each. II nigh,
in day but occupy what time it mi
in falling, this rain is calculated 10 exerI
much force-which is inconceivably ri
in disturbing the equilibrium of the oce
II all the water discharged by the Mis-
sippi River during the year were taken
in one mighty measure and cast into
ocean al an effort, il would not make
gre aler disturbance in the equilibrium Of
sea than the fall OF rain supposed.
yet so gentle are the operatians of nal
that movements so vast are unperceived
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1865-08-23

AN EDITORIAL BRUTUs.-An editor out
West thus talks 10 his non-paying subscri-
bers and pa,rons:-"Hear us for our debls,
and gel ready that yor may pay; trust US,
we are in need, land have regard for our
need; as you have been long trusted, ack
nowledge your Indebtedness, and dive into
your rockies that you may promptly fork
over. II there be any among you--one
single patron-lhat don't owe Us something
then 10 him we say step aside; consider
know why we dun IN EN-, this is our answer,
not that we care about ourselves, but our
creditors do. Would you rather that we
went to Jail, and you go free, than you pay
we have worked for you; as we contracted,
we have furnished our paper 10 you; but as
you don't pay, we dun you. Here are
agreements, job work, contracts forsubscrip-
deferred payment. Who is there so green
that be don't take paper! If any, he need
not speak, for we don't mean him. Who is
there go green that he don't advertise? II
Who is there so mean that he don't pay the
printer? II any, let him shout, for he's the
man we're after. His name is legion, and
he's owing US for one, two three, four, five,
six years-long enough to make US poor
and him rich al our EXPENSE
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1865-08-23

A silksdyer placed on his sign the follow
ing parody on Goldsmith's familiar lines
"when lovely woman stoops 10 foily"-
"When lovely woman ills her saucer,
And finds too late that tea will stain,
What ever made lady crosser?
What art can wash all white againl
The Only arl the stain 10 cover,
To hid the spot from every eye,
And wear an unsoiled dress above her
Of proper color, is-to dye"
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1865-08-23

always buy your chesinuis billed, /" said
Mr.. Snow to Abimelech, who was about in
vesling penny in that little brown com
modify, "cause the raw ones want looking
arter, and the wormy ones you have TO
ihrov away; but with the billed ones il don't
make no difference AMI hurt when
they're biied.'
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1865-08-23

An officer expressed the wish 10 Mf.
Stanton to be appointed 10 command The
body guard Of some General. The Secrsia-
" repIisd,-' General HaIlsck tells me
that the only body guard he ever had was a
serrisr puppy
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1865-08-23

Somebody has found out a new way OF
taking pictures, by which they are taken
better in the night than in The day time.
A photographer has missed several from
the frames that hang by his door, and dosn',
approve of the new plan.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1865-08-23

A gentleman at the Astor House table,
New York, asked The person sitting next 10
him if he would please pass the mustard.
"Sir," said the man tdo you mistake me
for waiief!" "oh no, sir, was the reply
al mislook you for gentleman"
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1865-08-23

The production Of sugar in the Sandv
Islands has reached from eight to nine
ions of pounds yearly, and is increa
with such rapidily thai az intelligent 81
engineer, [Mr- M'Gtegor,) from the IsIa
estimates The production in 1865 at six
million pounds, and in 1860 at eigh
millions OF pounds.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1865-08-23

Carlyle lately made the following char
actssisiic uilsrancs to the American war:
sIi's the dirtiesi chimney that's been
sfire this century, and the best way is TO lei
II burn itself out.'