Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1859-05-27

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new Dem. (Buchanan) paper at Williams
port, seem to have had some effect. The
Gazette this week puts up the names Of
Wright and Rowe as 'The State Ticket.
but evidently gives it cold support-sp'ts
upon the Payorn,-asserts that Wright
and Rowe do the same-and diselaims all
responsibility for the result
We have just received intelligence Of
the election, on Monday last, of J. +. St.
James, Esq. to the office of Mayor of the
city Of St. Genevieve, Missouri. Mr.. St.
James was among the FIRST and boldest ad
vocates of freesoiism in Missouri, and is
known and recognized throughout the
States as one among the ablest of thou
sands of young men in our State who have
enrolled themselves under the Republican
banner for the battle in 1860. National
Democracy had not even the boldness to
offer any opposition to his election.-.&.
Louis Democrat.
The TIcINo.-A name which is in
every ones mouth, should be correctly
pronounced The letters of the Italian
language do not all have the same sounds
which they have in English. The true
pronunciation of this name is 7echeeno.
1t is small river, connecting the Lake
of Maggiore with the Po, and has its i'm
portance from its being the boundary be-
tween Lombardy and Sardinia; therefore
the AustriaEs become invaders the mo-
ment they pass to its western bank.
Refuse any note Of the denomination Of
FIVE dollars having for vignettc a man
feeding hogs, a portrait of Henry Clay on
the upper left, V in medallion work on
the lower corner, man carrying basket
of corn on the lower right, figure 5 in
the upper corner, dog lying down be-
tween the signatures, aud purpor,iug to be
engraved by Wellstood, Hay & Whiting,
New York.
DEATH OF BARON vow HUMBOLDT
Recent advices from Europe bring US
news of the death of the venerable Baron
Won Humboldt, the great German natu
ralist and philosopher. The Baron was
born in Berlin, Sept. II; 1863, and was
consequently in the Goth year Of bis age,
at his death.
Many Italians have left, and others are
about leaving this country, to take part
in the threatened struggle on the soil of
their native land. They hope that, in
the strife, something favorable to Free
dom may "turn up" But how, when, or
where, is not SO clear.
Gen paraguay De Killers is to COM
mand one of the French divisions in the
war with Sardinia. His father served under
first Napoleon in Italy, in 1896 and 1897.
He was in Egypt under Napoleon. lie
has been in the French army over sixty
years, and is over ninety years of age.
An insane prisoner had his reason COM
pletely restored through fright, at the
burning of Jail in Ohio, last week, In
which he was confined.
Mr.. Wheeler Green, of Ashley Falls,
Mass, over 100 years old, has recently
married Mrs. Schemmerhorn, of Norfolk,
Conn, over so. A "love match"
The Courts have awarded the property
Of the murdered DR.. Burdell to his rela-
tives, thus deciding against the claim OF
Mrs. Cunningham.
Death-bed bequests are not valid in
Canada. Bcquests, to be valid, must be
made six months at least before the death
of the testator.
Every person who smokes in the streets
of Salem, Mass, renders himself liable to
a fine of 50. The authorities arc entor
cling the law.
The New Bedford Mercury says every
body ought to take two copies of a news
paper, one to read and one to file. That
is go.
Mr.: Rarey is now in St. Petersburg, but
his first experiment upon an indomitable
horse belonging to NJ. Arapof was uusuc-
cessful.
Jacob Little, the well known broker Of
New York, has failed to the amount Of
two millions of dollars.
Two and a half million dollars vera
sent by one ship, last week, from New
York to Liverpool-,he heaviest on record.
The widowed mother of Philip Barton
Key died in Baltimore last week, aged 15.
Senator nourlas i in New Orleans