The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1865-08-09
STATE NEWS ITEMS.

Island, died on Tuesday, aged 20 years.
THE rebel Generals Wheeler, Kershau.
Marmaduke and Fagau are ia New York
"colored convention" met yesterday at
Alexandria, Va, 10 secure the right of SUI
irage land other benefits"
THE Siamese twins, having lost their
property in North Carolina by the rebellion,
are about TO again exhibit themselves in
the Northern cities.
The fashion ri Newport this season is for
ladies' 10 invIle The nice young men to ride,
the lady driving.
ELEVEs sDb2enas in divorce have been
granted ny the Lazerne county Court and
issued, reiurnabie 10 August Term.
AMONG those pardoned by The President,
Is Duff Green and Chancellor Ridley, OF
Tennessee.
The Brazilian government, Withdrew lis
concession of belIIgerent rights TO tie in
surgenIs in this country on Iae 2Isl OF May
lasl.
GEoaGE FRAscIs TR4IN has a summer res
lceDce al Newport, and rides abou, on the
veriiable war horse of SiohewaIl Jackson.
TIE gross receipts OF one rubber factory
in New York during The war were 81 300
per day tor rubber blankets alone.
The Supreme Court of Wisconsin has de.
cided that the law OF Congress requiring
stamps on legal papers, either at the begin
nins or o'her stages OF suit, is unconstilu-
tional.
A PARTY Of soldiers have arrived a, Sa-
vannah, en- route 10 AndersonvIe. 10 give
proper burial 10 the Union soldiers who
have died thera dnriuO The war
PooR Brigham Yong is a widower One
OF his wives died on the 22d OF last month
She was The handsomesl ol all Brigham's
wives, except six.
A MAN in cusIody in Benton county, Mo-,
Tor being concerned in Ihe murder of sew
ersl UnTor men, was iorcibly taken from
the sheriff on Jolly is, aud shot dead by
mob.
John CESSNA succeeds ex-Presidenr Buch-
anan az president OF the board of franklin
and Marshal college. There is bu, one step
from the sublime to the ridiculous.
Hon. Isaac SLENKER, the present Demo-
cratic AudHor General, is soiourniRg al Bed
ford Springs for the benefit OF his health -
He Will return 10 this city in The course OF a
week
seul from Wheeling o Fort Delaware. where
he has been sen.enced 10 one years i'm
prIsonmenI Mr. Blown was charged with
having said that be was glad that Lincoln
was dead.
STRANGE CoIScIDEScE lit is a rem ark
noie coincidence, and o3e worthy of notice.
that the literal de6nrIon of the name
Weichmann is what a New Englander
runufd doo
AcuDENT.-On Wednesday last, five men
were killed al the Lehigh Gap, while al
work on the Lehigh Navigation r. r, in a
cut, The earth caving in upon them. The,
were all men OF families.
The device of the Stale seal of Virginia
has been altered by the new State govern
ment. The old device is retained, but The
words Liberty and Union; surmount The
Goddess of Liberty, tramping on the iaiIen
Iyrant, instead OF The mouo SIC 5emPsr Tg
r0Hnis.'
THs New YORK f5.a5tas says the present
interest OF one hundred and forty million
dollars (Si39, ,262, sos 2s) on the national
debt viii be increased 10 the extent OF at
east ten millions (SIO 600 0OO) by mex,
January Pleasant prospect, truly for tax
payers.
TRE Deserd NelUs announces the death OF
James Duane Doly, Governor of Utah. who !
expired al Great Sail Lake City on The 18Th |
Of June. The deceased was litIle over six
y five years of age, having been born in
New York, November 3, 1893.
STORY is told Of soltier who dropped
rom car on the Northern Central Rail-
road, was run over, had both his legs cut
n faa., d., - =
lls peukLIfe /; arrested the bleeding of he
s;GmPs; hailed another train by firing his
pistol, aud was finally succored, after being
sx fOsed all night.
BRADFORD CoUNrY.-A violent whirI wind |
recently passed over the village OF Athens, |
caring up trees and fences and hu-ling |
hem more than hundred feet into the air. |
They have commenced boring for oil /
II Alba Burlington and SyIvania, with
anguins hopes OF success.
GEsERAL MEADE has taken up his sum- i
ner residence near Jsnkiniown, on The
Vonh Pennsylvania railroad. He is now in |
command Of the Eastern Military Division,
which includes the whole seaobard from !
Maine 10 Florida. HE permanent head
quarters are in PhIladelphia.
The Maiamorss correspondent of The
ew York Tribune says ihal some seven
thousand ConiederaIes lately crossed The
Rio Gfande TO join the cause OF MaximiIian
Ito oe organized into corps bv General /
Shelby Wade Hampton is at Camsrgo
With six hundred men. Magrnder is al
Monterey. General Kirby Smith is at the
capitol The Imperial cause is looking up
lEd The Monroe Doctrine down.
SERIOUS AFFAIR--A sione>bee, held in
exeter on Saturday last, al the house Of
Mr. DrIesbach, resulted in serious disIur
'ance- 10 The evening a gathering assem-
He'd 10 have dance. bur the parties pres
mt disagreeins raised fight. In the scuff1e
hal snsued Mrs Driesbach was struck on
be head. A physician was called and the
wound examined, when il was discovered
bat her skull was fractured. Ii is :honght