Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1842-11-17

ten cents ouSiei5 odlo wi Seh,9s Po'i
one dollar to one fifty per hundred
pounds. Are these the high prices tile
Wings promised?
Destruction Of Property at Portsmouth,
(.N II. )-On Monday, some persons in
the vicinity of Portsmouth Pier discover
ed that store on the wharf had separat-
ed little from another with which it had
been connected. They rad hardly made
good their retreat by rapid fight, when
sixty feet of the wharf sailed away into
the river, beneath the pressure of the
store, which was about fifty feet in length,
and in three minutes the whole was a
complete wreck. The store contained
I, O25 hhds. of salt, and more than 100
tons of coal. The whole loss IS probab
ly not short of $4,000.
Ieras.-Ihe last accounts received at
New Orleans from Texas state that the
people were making preparations to oppose
the Mexicans, should they land Oh their
shores. Ga the 14th 'uit. 800 Texans
were at San Antonio, and General Rusk
was expected next day with 500 more.
It was anticipated that about the Goth
ultimo 9, 900 men would be ready to take
up the line of march for the Rio. Grande.
Macy Register. We have been-favor-
ed with copy of the new Navy Regis
ter, compiled by Ben. Romans, of the
Navy Department. 1t is made up to the
18th of September last. and contains a
complete list Of the officers OF the Navy
Department, including the naval bu:eaux
of the navy and marine crops-of the
navy yards--of the vessels IN commission
and their stations--an,! all laws relating
to the navy which were passed at the
last session of Congress. The present
number Of captains in the navy is IS /;
commanders, 96; lieutenauts, 527 ; sur
seons, 60; passed assistant surgeons, 10;
assistant surgeons, So; purscrs, 46; chap
lains, "a; professors of mathematics, IS;
teachers of languages, s; passed mdship-
men, 1856; masters, SO; mllshlpmen,
1925; boatswains, SO; gunners, AZ; car
penters. 40; saiimakers. S..
-.tLUItUC OU1 Us .--tbuC COiOiiCI
dant, one lieutenant colonel. 4 majors,
IS captains, 90 first ieutenants, and 90
second leutenants.
The Home Squadron consists of the
Independence, 81; Constitution, a;
steamers Missouri and Mississippi, 10
each sloop Falmouth, 20; Vandalla, 90;
dolphin, 10; and Grampus. 10. The
Vandalia is now on the coast Of Africa.
.Mediiearaaean Sguadron,--Columbus,
"A; Congress, a; Fairfield, GO; Preble,
16.
Brosu Squadron. elaware, n; Co.
Iumbus, a; Concord, go; John Adams.
20; Decatur. rs; Enterprise, 10.
Pacific Squadron. United States, A;
Cyanc, 90; st. Louis, 20; Dale, Is;
Yorkstown, 16; Shark, 10; and store
ship Relief.
East India Sguaaroa.-Constellation,
SO: Boston. 20.
On Special Sefrice. Steamer Fulton.
New York, sloop Marion, Is. Norfolk
brig Somers. 10, ccast Of Africa; Boxer.
| 10, Gulf of Mexico and West Indies;
steamer Union, Washington city, prepar-
| ing for service.
Surveying erpice.--Brig Washington
and steamer Poinsett.
| Ertensiue Bookselling Mr.. Robert
Sears, of New York, has sold, within the
last two years, thirty thousand copies ct
his Pictorial Illustrations of the
Bible"
A fine specimen of the American grey
eagle was shot this morning near Belle
Vile, by Mr.. Thomas Ogden Of this city.
The noble bird measures, with the wings
extended, y feet from tip to tip. 1t has
been promptly purchased by the Union
Blues. who have presented it to Captain
Stewart, of the United States Hotel, to
be placed over the large portrait of Wash
ington, in his new saloon Ne0arE
Daily .Aduertise1.
Extraordinary affair Extract OF a
letter from Wexford ave were Tues
day treated here to little romance.
Some time ago, the daus her of a man
named Bolger procured suit of boys
clothes, and went to seek her Fortunate
at Liverpool as a 'dashing young Irish
men, She was hired by an English gen
tIeman as groom, and for months rode af-
ter him as such. On his leaving the
country, he recommended his groom ip
the strongest terms, and Miss Bolger was
next hired as inside servant. One OF the
maids, however, became attached to her,
and. to escape her importantly, Miss Boil
ger joined a twopenny show. where she
soon attained the exalted station of tum-
bling on the stage, and OF describing fig
guratively the letters of the alpha bet
| The show booth arrived last week here,
and her brother. by singular coincl-
dence, was employed in one Of the de-
partments connected with the building.