Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1842-07-28

yister, in speaking Of the prosperity OF
1.-THE temperance cause in Harrisonburg,
holds that town up as beacon light
worthy the imitation Of our little village
OF Woodstock, not only IN the temper
ance cause, but in Eess ard to every other
species OF benevolence, SC. Well, bro
ther Warttman, we are really glad to
hear that your citizens are SO ,free-heart-
ed 4 Jealous in supporting this heaven
BON and holy cause;- it shows that they
are not inssnslble to those high duties
which they owe tleirfellow- M % and es-
pecia'lg that portion of them who, of ali
"thers, stand most IN need of their faith
crly protection. The number Of those
who have signed the total abstinence
pledge IN Harrisouburg, we are .is}fornled,
is 500. Pretty well. Our -neishbor
wishes to know how many signers we
have. There are about 200, who have
signed the pledge here. But We assure
the editor that there are at least 500 per-
sons in our village, (.pculging the ladies,
Of course,) who are practical ttetotol-
lers, although, for reasons best known to
themselves, they have not seen ft to give
us their influence. This coulse on
their part, we most heartily reprobate.
! They should join for they know that sin
union there is strength" We are fully
persuaded that something good can
..come out of Nazareth" and that our
people (who are inferior 10 none OF our
neighbors in hospitality will be ere long
lin full blast" against King ..alcohol.
1885,
| $50 mach for a fool. o-''Mr. Tyler
would not sign the tariff bill" ''says the
! WING, ss5ecause it gave the land money
to the states-and he wanted it for fed
cral g1u poses. In this he headed him
| self doubly--for the distribution bill is
| still in force-and by abolishing the rere-
nae laws. he can collect no revenue, and
| loses ten times as much as the moaev a
/ mounted to-. So much for fool. sHumph.
the Wing conplan osCapt. Tyler head
ing himself doublys'-that.s what you
want. Quere: If Captain Tyler s'heads
himself dou6ly,''is '.headed" by Mr.. Bots,
and is attempted to be .sheaded" by the
"Universal Wing Party how many
.'hedds" has he?
The you@g people belonging to the
| Woodstock Total Abstinence Society,
are respectfully requested to meet at the
Academy ON FRIDAY EVENING
| NEXT, at r O'Clock. 1t is hoped there
will be general attendance, as the OBJ
ject of the meeting is an important one
and will be fully explained on the occa-
sion. The young ladies' are PARTICULAR
i solicited to attend.
I -: -- ST.
! Members ofCongress, whig and dem
ocratic. have distinguished themselves
during the past week in discussing the
tariff question, pro ct con. Among those
who have participated, are Kennedy, OF
Baltimore, j. R. Lngersoll, of Philadel-
phia, .Jno. McKeens Of New York, and
| Nathan Appleton, of Boston. Three OF
these gentlemen, says the Washington
! correspondent of the Enquirer, adyoca-
ted protection. .and the remaining one
the broadest and most enlarged principles
of free trade. Mr. Keon's speech aboun-
ded in arguments and was fortified by
facts, which were irrelrasable. On Fri
/ day, Messrs Staurt of Va, Morris of o.,
Stanley If n. c., Mathiot of VT, and
Hudson OF Mass, spoke in favor, and
Messrs. Gwih Of Mass, Brewster Of n
Y, Davis If NY, Saunders Of N. c.,
Weller OF O.. Gordon Of N. Y, Daniel
! Of N. c., and Burke Of N. H.. in opposi-
ton to the tariff. They were all able eff
forts. On Saturday Messrs. Smith (dem.)
4 and Summers (whig) ,f Va, took the
hoor---the latter for and the former a.
gainst the tariff. 1t is said that MIR.
Smith "cut the tariffites rght and Left
MIR. Hunter Of Va, also delivered pow
| erful speech upon the subject.
/ -eAe-
/ Louisiana Elections From the com
/ plexion Of the returns, which are not
complete, Mr.. Mouton, ihe republican can
/ didate for Governor, is doubtless elect
| ed. The editor Of the Richmond
Whio. who can ALWAYS manufacture