Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1859-08-19
The elopcmen, of D. b Williams, la.s

5 young lady OF Harrisburg WHO had hith-
: erto bore very respectable character, has
5 created considerable scandal in that com p
: muDity. II is said Williams has wife,
: aud he had reported that be had divorce
, from her No doubt the young lady with
whom be eloped was imposed upon By this
story. May her fate be warning to
others Of her seq, who are too apt to pre-
fer the companionship Of smooth ,tongued
aud well.dressed strangers, TO that Of we'll.
known, respectable and honest men Of
their own town.
Hon. Richard Rush died at bis resi-
dence in Philadelphia, on Saturday last,
at the advanced age Of seventy nine. He
had been sick for some time past. Mr..
Rush had filed many public Offices with
great credit, and in the course of bis life
had taken an active part in politics. Mr..
Rush was son of DR.. Benz. Rush, aud
run once for Vice President with John
Quincy Adams.
NARROW EscArE-A young gentleman
Of Bsl.cfonte was out on CUNNING excur
sion, few days sincc, and becoming
weary, be lay down upon the ground to
take rest, laying his gun, which was cock
ei, upon bis arm, with the mazzle toward
his bead. Ia q short time be fell asleep,
bat vas sooa aroused from his slumbers BY
the report CT his gun. 1t is supposed that
his dog ran against the gun iu such man.
ncr as to discharge it Fortunately, be
was "wusser skesTt ash hurt
Henry Wa!d Beecher writes au article
in the iadepeRden. iu which he denies
with characteristics pleasantly that be is S
spiri: medium. He says: "Now, if any
spiri, or any corps Of associated spirits, ara
employing US as liue to telegraph truth
from that sphere 70 this, they ara doing it
without. our knowledge or consent. We
protest agains; The operation" Prot. Fell
ten, Of Harvard, who was claimed as
convert to SpiEitualisn, denies it most il.
dignautly.
The Bachanani,es in Huntingdon couu.
.y have purchased the Shitlsysburg Her
aid office, aud removed i, to Huntingdon,
where they will this week issue new
paper called The Cnion, devoted to tho
support Of their fiction of the party. The
GLbs, the old organ of tbs Democracy, is
soundly anti Buchanan, aud pitches into
hi, Lscomptou Excelleney at round rate.
Blair C,uny Register.
John ]. Hart, who mystariOusly disap.
peared from bis home in Tuscarora town.
ship, Juniata Co, abou. two months ago.
since which time nothing had been heard
from him, until about one week ago, when
the intelligence was received BY his friends
that ho had been drowned in Texas
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8-A cargo Of
500 Africans has been landed on the coast
of Florida, near Tampa. As soon as tbs
landing was effected the vessel was fred
and abandoned. The s;ateuen, is mads
on the authority Of United States Marsh
81 Blackburn.
AWFUL On the night of the 18th
ult., the wife of Jorion 4 Jackson, Of
Brandon, Miss, hai occasion TO raise the
window Of the room in which she and her
husband slept, when Mr. Jackson, awaken
ed by tie noise, seized his gun, and under
the belief that robber had entered the
room, sho, his wife dead.
LoSG Day TERM-ln some Of the wes-
tern countie, Of this State, no rain has
fallen since the l2th Of July, and vegeta-
tiou hes suffered very much 10 consequence,
the drought dung more damage than ,hs
July frost
Tha Galveston Civiliar states tia,
wheat is beng shipped from tha, port for
New York, which is regarded as harbln.
ger Of success, in new branch Of asrioui-
tural industry in that State There vii!
also ba large surplus of corn for export
ta,ion.
Prosperity Is no. jus. scale; adversit7
is the only balance to weigh friends Re
lision Is the best 0rmor, but the worst
cloak. Liberality is no, giving largely
but wisely. He who makes al idol Of his
interests will make martyr of his own
The General Superiuteni.n, Of Police in
New York city ha, issued an order direct
ng tho removal By the police Of beggaIs
rom tho streets.
4 French bounst-make- told a customer
sho complained Of the price demanded fo:
new bonnst-"Consider, madam, it cost
no three slcepless nights to imagine ii =
Aasus. is coed time to make new bed,
It Strawberries. The ground should %
ieh, finely pulcerired, and the plants Sc:
u, before or after shower, or il ths
rsn;ng if in that cass watersd.
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