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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-06-12
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R.er. Ar LOUISVILLE, KY-SEcorp DAv.--Wedncsdsy,
juuc Ist.--Two mile heats
r. Duplanticrs b. c. Creath, by imp. Trnnby all
i. J. Brcngmnns b. c. Tiberias, by imp
PTiams. . : a -
r. Hers che Nick Davis, by imp. Glcnco. 43o dis.
william Buford, Jrs CHI c. Big Aleck, by
Mcfoc,. ...........u.. A2o OF
Time 3 4 Ga q. Won casilv
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Krsp~sssThe whole OF the Senate Of Tennessee talk
Il rcsgniug for the purpose Of submitting their Cases to
new election by the people a-
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FossILs.-Wc are told that in the excavations now ma
king in the Atlantic Docks at South Brooklyn at the
depth Of twenty feet good many roots Of trees have been
found evidently in the position in which they grew and
still lower down, bed Of pcst.
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Morxr VgRsox RAcrs--The match race for $3.50 over
the Mount Vernon course Alexandria, on Saturday
ast. between Col Thompsons Wilton Brown and James
Longs ssssndra three mile heats was one by Wilton
Brown with ease In two heats.
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DARING FEsT.-The Cincinnati Gazette of the 3Oth ut
says-As one of Neil Moore X Co.'s stages desc end
ing hill GAINESVILLE few days ago. the lever broke
throwing the driver OIL his seat and the horses started
into One of the passengers crcpt ont of 'hc win
dowthcn the topfrom thence into the drivers scat
then down on the pole and then Of the wheel
horses, and actually pulled up the team. This
of
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FaEsHET AND LIVES JosT.--The Nashville Banner
that by late fresEet in the counties Of Smith Ma
and Jackson, the mills aud fences on Goose creek
Dxons creek Peytons creek Salt Lick creek nnd Dc.
ieated creek swept off, together with many dwell
ugs u,-bouses the contiguous bottoms. Two per-
sons were drowned y ton creek and two Defeated
creek and numbers Of cattle and stock destroyed Mr..
Lestwitc and his wife, who were drowned Peytons
creek got the top Of their house. but, unfortunately
the house sweep. of and both their lives lost The
other persons drowned on Defeated creek were
groes and lost under similar circumstances, by the
washing away Of the house. The crops the creeks
above mentioned entirely destroyed and the land
much injured The creeks rose foot per minute.
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SOMETHING NEw.-A new enemy to the cotton planter
has made its appearance in Pamela and De Soto counter
Miss in the shape Of nnumerabc snails which and
destroy the plant, commencing with the leaf and ending
their rcpast with the bud They apparently the COM
mon sized snail without she'll such may be found adj
herring TO the bark Of trees in wet weather Several en-
tire cotton plantations have been ruined BY them.
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RAILROADS & STEAMBOATS,.


II scrbes ctfuly announce which they
have recently made with samuel Hght, ESQ., u s. Consul
at Antwerp. fer the purpose of establishing
GENERAL CONTINENTAL, AGENCY.
that place. for of Forw ading and
Business and for facilitating the increasing commeciai inter
course between this country and Connenth r,urnpe.
As Antwerp sifu1ted in the centre OF the turing
region of Europe only 10 hours DISTANCE IRON Lonu9n 80
many and directly with all by railroads OF steam
packets lis location affords advantages for
chasing and forw srding continental goods; a., ,
All received offices IN Boston, Albany New
York and Ph,isd.ha In season that will be for
waried by The Belgian steamer BRITISH QUEEN, the
7 Of June NEXT and will generally be executed for
tie return Of the same STE amer which will leave Antwerp
the 10th July.
HARDEN & co.
New York Nav I7th 1912 MIR
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TWtNEioe bales Bndpor manufacture. compris-
ing eome sscrnrnt OF seine, herring and gill net
VII = 49, T. X. COLLINS & Co, 70 sou'h..
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MARTINS mSes
Cash Tailoring Establishment.

OF lie q MUD IMFON-
TANCE
ITO purchasers Of Marshas Troy Shirts Rosoms and Col
lars la consequence Of the many mistakes having been
made Of late by and Others In finding only Troy
Shirt Depot therefore Obliged made public the
for the benefit OF AL in Of highly cputed Troy
Shirts Bosom AMI Collars. 1t this. store has lately had
painted on h window, and absi, their premises, sign par
porting 10 be Troy Shirt Depntp Now inform alt they
do not keep Troy Shirts Bosoms and Collars, aud
guard mistakes that future, OF
this the therefore, shall circulate
extensively the following card Cor the benefit of deae in
our goods =
This is to inform dealers and others that Marsha!s only
Troy Shirt Depot IN the city about sixteen doors from the
Of Pc l mud Chahlm Streets the right hand side in
passing the CITY HallNo. 90 Chatham This
only Troy SHIRT Depot for the highly
Troy Shirts Bosom aud Collars in the city. We shalt cause
this be extensively circulated consequence of many
takes having been made ofatc Be particular the
MARSHALL'S, the window gl,ss; also the following
street No patronage asked Of those who beat down
New York. June 3, 1872 les msc
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CHAINED GLASS AND WINDOW SHADES.-HAN
- NlNGTON & co, 800 Broadway, near Resde ST, Glass
Stncs and decorative Painters respectfully solicit families
and Others fitting up their dwellings, TO inspect their stock
which for style aud execution Of work Is not TO be spasss
and pcrs times Washable window shades from
dollar to the richest styles equally cheap in proportion.
Architects and Others furnished with designs for stained glass
Tor church windows dwellings, Nc the shortest notice. and
orders executed with economy and despatch.
Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1842-09-08
From the Wing.
The latest Hltmbug !

The greater the humbug-the great
err the success attending it II
It is known that Mr.. French, from
somewhere down south, has underta-
ken to enlighten our city upon the
mysteries of Mesmerism. We did not
hear his holding forth, nor have we
seen any Of the wonderful feats, by
which be convinces all beholders ofhis
per-human capacities.
This, altho' now, for the first time
brought upon this stage, is really too
old and bald humbug, to be subject
ed, at this late period, to serious analy-
sis and exposure. This was effectual-
ly done in Paris by DR.. Franklin and
four other members of the Academy of
Sciences, in 1778-and since that day
it has been utterly repudiated by all men
of science. The humbug had its ORR
gin with German quack, by the name
of Mesmer. He first undertook to prac-
tice his black art in Vienna. He was
detected as an impostor and driven out.
He betook himself to Paris-and in
that great city of excitability, he made
considerable noise for a season-un-
til the philosophers took him in tow,
and then he exploded. He evaporated
forthwith, under an assumed name,
and his art fell into utter disrepute.-
From time to time, however, it was re-
vived by persons disposed to make a
penny out of the credulity of their
neighbors-or may be, by persons,
dupes of their own art-and fourished
for a while in benighted regions, and
among people addicted to mysticism,
until about 1921, when dire catastro-
phe befell tan allusion to which may
be found in the American Encyclope-
dia, under the head Of Magnetism
1t was taken up few years past by
the enterprising Yankee nation-a
penny turned upon it-and now it is
turned over to us of the south.
Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1842-09-08
(From the Cincinnati Times }
A MARVELLOUS SNAKE STORY.


We were shown a letter yesterday,
by gentleman of this city, which he
received from friend living in Louis
vile, giving description of a monster
of the snake species, captured near Ba-
ton Rouge, on the 30 ult. We rather
inclined to the belief that it was hoax
but having seen paper of the goth,
which detained the whole history OF the
expedition, battle, and capture, we can
see no reason to doubt theauthenticity of
the statement referred to. It lis thought
that his majesty came up through some
of the bayous, or numerous outlets of
the Mississippi, in that part Of Louisi-
ana. We give the condensed state
ment taken from the letter mentioned
above.
"The pilot of the steamboat Plac-
quemine, lower country boat, just
before she reached Baton Rogue, on
rounding the point, discovered, close
ahead, what he supposed to be float
ing tree, and as it was somewhat foggy
at the time, 7 o'clock A. NJ, he rung
the bell, and the engine was instantly
stopped. The stopping of the boat at
tracted attention, and as usual, every
/ eye on deck was directed forward to as
certain the reason, by which time this
huge monster of the deep, having prob
ably satisfied his curiosity, moored of
majestically to the opposite shore, in
clining down the stream. The sensa-
ton produced on all who witnessed the
fearful but magnificent unduiation Of
the body, as he passed rapidly through
the water, to judge by my own feelings
/ and the countenanee of those around
me, was indescribable. The alarm ran
quickly thro' the boat; altho' every
person on board was on the lookout,
not morethan 30 persons saw him as the
fog almostimmediately hid him from oul
sight. Steam was immediately let on
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haunted his waking thoughts and slee-
ping hours. Urged on, therefore, by
a spirit of disquietude, he went to Tex
as; from thence he travelled with car
AVIAN to Mexico, worked at various en-
Payments there, but still so perturbed
was his mind, that the labor of the day
brought not sleep to his eyelids.
In endeavoring to fly, as it were, from
his own infamy, he came back to this
city, remained here we know not how
long, left, and was making his way
through the interior Of the state, when
he was arrested in the parish of Rapides
on the 18th inst
And here a new feature in his extra
ordinary story presents itself to the re-
Elective mind, and one showing forth,
in colors too perceptible to be mistaken,
the retributive justice that belongs to
Omnipotence.
At the time that Freeman murdered
his wife, she had an only brother, nam
ed John Crawford, residing in the state
of Alabama, some five hundred miles
from Edgeield. Having heard Of the
fatal affair, and Of Freeman's escape
from prison, he left his home, resolved
to pursue him to the death, and avenge
sisters blood. He followed in his
wake in this city, Texas, and else
where; but never could lay his eyes
on him.
After four years crusade of this
kind, and holy one it was, he became
broken in spirit and bankrupt in means,
and with view of recruiting both he
offered his services to Mr.. Tanner, Of
Rapides, and in this capacity he was
when a providential fate
THAT shapes our ends,
Rough hew them as we wilP-
drove Freeman in his path, who was
then on his way to Texas.
Now we come to a close. Craw-
ford saw Freeman pass, but had some
doubts of his identity. They soon van
ished, however, and taking down his
gun, and requesting Mr.. Tanner to ac-
company him, he followed after Free
man, and ordering him to stand, he adj
ded, well, Wiley Freeman, | have
come up with you at last!' The other,
apparently in state of paralysis, re-
piled, Don't kill me, Jack! I give
up; I did kill your sister, but it was
all Tompkins' fault
He was arrested, and is now on his
way to South Carolina, to make repara-
ton to the laws of his country for his
bloody and inhuman deed.
Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1842-09-08

On Saturday, Mr.. French was polite
enough to visit us at our own house,
and brought with him the boy and the
girl. We prepared ourselves for the
superintendent we We're determined
to subject the great and curious law Of
community Of sensation to the severest
analysis. The experiments we now
made were conducted with every adj
vantage-in perfect quiet-and in the
presence Of our own family. He Mr..
F. requested that one Of the young la
dies should attempt to mesmerise the
girl. Having seen the experiments
made four years ago in Philadelphia,
she was somewhat familiar with the
process, altho' she had never practised
it. The little mesmerizee was amused
by the attempt; but very quietly sub
mltted to the operation. In few min
utes the girl yielded to the influence,
which was exerted over her by the
rubbing and the passes of the rather in
expert operator-Her eyes were closed,
as if touched Mercury's wand of slum-
brous notoriety;' her hands rubbed by
those of the operator, twitched in a
singular manner, and followed the
lifting hands Of the female mesmeriser.
After about 10 minutes, she proposed
to the girl to walk--and she readily a.
rose, following the operator into ano
Their room. When she obtained pos
session of MS hand, she would not
relinquish it-and expelled every other
hand, even Mr.. French's-except that
of the younger sister Of Ne. when put
into to communication by M. at the
music stool. The experiment was
thus left under the control of the young
lady-and it resulted, in establishing
beyond the possibility of doubt, the
great law Of community of sensation.
J The sense Of Taste.-The eyes wer
Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1842-09-08

MORMONISM EXPOSED

WAR AMONG THE LEADERS-sECEs-
SION OF GEN. BENNETT-HIs EX-
POSTURE OF JOE SMITHS vILLAINY.
Gen. John G.. Bennett, who not long
since, as our readers no doubt recollect,
had a personal difficulty with Smith,
is now publishing letters in the Sanga-
mo Journal, in which developments
are made in relation to the conduct of
Smith and his deluded followers, and
of their enormities, which are disgust
ing in the extreme, and which, we can
but believe, will be the means of putting
an end to this miserable humbug.-
The following is an extract from Gen.
Benefits Introductory letter, dated
at Nauvoo, June 9th, 1872
e'I was in your city a few days since
for the purpose oftaking advice in rela-
ton to the contemplated bankruptcy of
Joe Smith, the notorious mormon Pro-
phet and swindler-and procuring
commissions for the officers of the line
and the now appointees to brevets in
the staff of the Nauvoo Legion, for dis
tribution prior to the parade on the 4th
of July; but had no time to prepare an
article for the press, as | was bound to
be in Nauvoo on the 26th inst. But ]
now write you from Mormon Zion, the
city of the Saints, where am threaten
ed with death by the holy Joe, and his
Dante band Of murderers, in case ]
dare make my disclosures in relation to
the conduct of that polluted mass o.
corruption, iniquity and ud,-that
King of Impostors,-the holy and i'm
maculate Joe Smith. l shall, howey-
err, and if | fall by the ruthless hands O
such assassins, let my blood be aveng-
ed by the friends of God and my coun-
try.
Rememberhe has threatened me witt
DEATH propria IN persona, and if
should be inundated to satiate his he'll
lish malice, let his blood atone for it
put his ehead in charger But Ifea
him not-he is a consumate blackguaro
and dastardly coward. He is at al
times ready to assassinate man Of e
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quail corporal strength, or to infllct
corporeal punishment on a man OF fee
BILE frame; but he fears his equals and
breads his superiors. Joe Smith stands
indicted for murder, treason and arson
| in Missouri, and he de6es the laws and
the legally constituted authorities to de-
liver him over for trial. What hor-
riple state of society, when men fear to
execute the laws!-especially in rela-
ton to the most foul impostor that ever
disgraced the earth. IfGov. Reynolds,
of Missouri, with make another de-
mand for Joe Smith alone, disconnect-
ed with any other person-(for there
are many thousands of unoffending,
good and holy people among the Nor
mons. who ought never to suffer, and
never shall by my hands, or through
my instrumentality-men, women, and
children, who have suffered more than
death for the infamous prophet)- and
if Gov. Carlin will place the writ in
my hands, | will deliver him up to JUS
tlce, or die IN the attempt, unless res
trained by the constituted civil author
tiles.
Now, remember that if ] should be
missing, Joe Smith, either by himself
or his Dante band, will be the murder
er. Illinoians, then, let my blood be
avenged! They seek my life by day
and by night-look well to the issue !!
| am In the infamous impostor's city ::
but | fear him not, neither do regard
his idolatrous god. He believes not
in the God Of Heaven, and | fear no o.
Their.
Joe is great man of the kind but
God will damn the kind-for if the de-
vii don't get Joe Smith, there is no use
for any devil"
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closed, and then closely bandaged by
handkerchief. Different substances
We're presented to NJ. so carefully, that
it was impossible for the mesmerizee
to see them or present them to the cog
nizance Of any of her senses. Then
as M. drank, and swallowed, so did
the girl-distinguishing water from
wine. M. chewed, and swallowed
cake-And the girl being asked by NJ.
what she (the girl) was eating, prompt
ly replied cake.
lSnaeH.-M. had snuff applied to the
nose. The muscles of the girl's nose
imm ediately contracted, as if she were
smelling-and upon being asked, what
she was smelling, at once replied with
some little disgust. snuff.
Touch.-M.'s hair was pulled with
some force and pain, and the girl COM
planned Of her hair.
Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1842-09-08

and IN about 20 minutes we reached
Baton Rouge. Some time elapsed be-
for the citizens could believe we were
in earnest, but after while it was re-
membered that several negroes, cattle,
and hogs, had disappeared within the
last few days, in an unaccountable and
mysterious manner, and that the ne
groes bad been talking about big an
lmal, seen in a bayou, which an old
native Of Congo said was one of God
Almighty's Spirits, come to see the
niggers, and take them back to their
country. Our two boats were soon
filled with volunteers from the steam
boats, among whom We're two old
South Sea whalers, who fixed up har-
poems, and made the regular arrange
ments for desperate encounter.
1t. Brooks, of the y. S. Navy, who
was on visit to a brother attached to
the command, volunteered 10 90, and
was unanimously appointed comm2nd-
er Of the expedition. After row Of a.
bout an hour, we arrived at the spot
where his snakeship was last seen.--
About one mile and half below, we
found the monster half upon the bank
and the other half in the water, in a
bend where the water runs exceeding
~ swift. One of the garrison boats,
in the bow of which was a small can
non or swivel, went ahead; this gun
had baen loaded with musket bullets,
and when the boat approached the
dreadful looking creature, man laid
down in the boat, for the purpose of
taking aim, while another stood ready
with a match, which he applied Instant
ly as the word was given, and at the
report, we found that most, if not all
the bullets, struck the monster and cut
the monster nearly in two ; he fell over,
however, into the river, dragging with
him large calf. AS he gave way, one
half of the men in each boat fred four
rounds alternately upon his majesty,
when We We're satisfied he was helpless.
We then rowed cautiously, and having
satisfactorily ascertained that he was
dead, made fast to him and lowed him
to shore, and in a few minutes the
steamboat Rosabel came along, and
towed our prize up to town. On mea-
surfing him he was 50 feet 8 inches
long, and two feet and j half in diane
ter at the thickest part-his skin re-
sembling somewhat that Of a young al
ligator, but with scales-his head is
more like an alligator than common
snake, and his jaws were fearful and
horrible to behold; there was double
parallel row of teeth, as sharp as nee
dies at the point, and about two inches
long. Great was the excitement when
we started, but still greater was the joy
at our return; every man, woman,
child, and negro, within five miles ap-
parently, came to the landing to see
the monster. Preparations are making
to dress and stuff the skin, and place it
in some Of our museums.
Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1842-09-08
From the National Tntelligencer.
The Polar Plant of the Western PYairies
A VEGETABLE COMPASS.
WAsHINGToN AuGUsT 9, 1S4S.

VEGETABLE COMPASS.
WAsH1SGToN AueUsr g, 184o.
DEAR SIR: In offering through you
to the National Institution dry-press-
ed specimen of the Poy0r Plant Of the
Western Prair,ies, it is proper that I
should give description of it, and of
its location. 1t is species offern with
one large fat leaf, e0hose plane alacays
points TO the north and south. The
leafs symmetrically disposed about the
stalk. 1t attains the height of from ten
to sixteen inches, and it is believed that
it never blossoms. 1t is spread pro-
fusely in large beds over all the Yves
tern prairies, from the far Northwest to
the far Southwest. 1t has been seen
in the prairies of Wisconsin and other
regions east of the Mississippi. 1t is
never found in the forest, or in other
words, out Of the prairies. 1t has been
we'll known to the hunters and trappers
ofthe West, and to the officers of dra-
goons; but I believe that its existence
has never at least extensively been
made known to the world. It's plane is
always in the plane of the meridian,
when not disturbed by high winds or
other external causes. The indications
are most accurate IN the valleys, where
the beds are sheltered from the winds,
and where the traveller finds them ar
ranged in parallel positions, faithfully
pointing out the direction Of the meri-
dian. The leaf is symmetrical and
thus there is nothing in its indications
to distinguish the north from the south.
The specimen which ] send was
plucked from the prairies near Fort Glib
son, west of Arkansas.
That its indications are actually the
same wherever found is the universal
testimony Of all who have known of it;