Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1843-10-12

there is said to have been an insurance
on the cargo and vessel together Of near
| ly that amount.
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| A Miss Maria Burk was struck down
in the streets of Baltimore recently, a.
bout eight o'clock in the evening, by
some man with club. The blow frac-
tured her skull and occasioned her death
the next morning. She lived in a Mr..
Moale's family as nurse, was of ire
proachabe character, and was endeared
to Mr.. MS family by her amiability.-
The mayor OF Baltimore offers reward
of $500 for the murderer.
Il Duel at .Hlepaadlia liza. )-An af.
Tray of rather curious character occurr-
ed at Alexandra few days ago, the par
ticulars of which are furnished US By the
Transcript. 1t seems that the affair
grew out of the following notice, which
appeared in the columns Of the last Red
River Republican,:
'Iate the hint.-If the little, low, squat
ty. squirting, Well-known stable,lcf loaf
er, who visits rather too often our Office,
does not cut short his visits, we VII be
Under the painful necessity of fore ing his
departure with kick
| A gentleman CD whose capabi|ity of
deciding where the shoe plnched' we
have no right to question, who rc;oices in
the patrony inic of John r. Roach, CON
ceiving himself aggrieved, and that repa-
ration was due him from some quarter.
(thc editor being ABSENT proceeded with
adraw pistol to call to account one of
the apprentices, for, in technical parlauce.
the office deUils. } through the window of
that Office, demanding if he had written
the offensive article. The young gen.
tleman thus abruptly assailed, assured
Mr.. r. that he was a id FOOL and
requested him to go about his business.
The latter, however. maintained Iris Of
fenslve position through the window, un-
I'll the young representative OF editorial
dignity, feeling some what outraged at
what he considered most impudent and
lunwarrantable intrusion, seized a brass
canGlestick, and, presenting it. threat
ened to blow his assailant's brains out if
he did not leave. The assailng party
was instantly invisible; but it is said
there remained for some minutes, from
the Republican Office window round the
corner of the hotel, a forked ST. eak, re-
sembllng somewhat the tail Of comet.
" O. Tfopic.
Georgia Cotton Crop. The Savannah
Republican of the 27th ult. says that let
tiers from various parts of the State rep
resent the cotton crop as in a very flour
ishing condition. The editor adds:
'The fine, dry, and hot weather is ma
turing the plant very rapidly, and there
is now every prospect of there being as
much cotton made in this State as was
ever made in any year previous to the
last; and some writer's think it will be
even as large as last season. provided
! the frost keeps off till the Goth pro1.'
The President of tie United States has
appointed Greenbury Dorsey, esq, col
lector of the port of New Orleans, in
place of Thomas Gibbs Morgan, esq re-
signed.
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FIN Editor IN the Suds.-Mr. E. P.
Howe, editor of the Dollar Democrat,
published at Oxford. Miss. thus humor.
ously describes some of his Iabors and
the results Of his wife's. We are glad
to hear the latter is doing we'll as could
be expected. 1t appears that she is an
annual contributor:
We have been PARTICULAR y engaged
during most of the week, in the baby line
cutting UP domestic into slips of suitable
size and shape, preparing lard and bees
wax, pap. &c. washing dishes; keeping
a small army of voting Ho@es from rails
ing the ID and otherwise domestcally
: amusing ourself, in which interesting,
philosophical, philan:hrop'cal and physl
, logical advertisement we are unable t.
issue bat half sheet to day.
Fine boy; fat and saucy; very image
of his pappy, weight 10 pounds; aston
ishing babe; ate quart bowl of musf
first day, and squalled for more, lively
as colt; grows pound minute: be
ing toIerable well; SOS his nanny; hat
fine time ont.
: Hope our subscribers will excuse US
Don't happen but once year.
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Il VOID to Mothers. -Those who val
ire in their children an erect, gracefu
carriage Of the head, should not sufe
them IN infancy and IN early childhood Il
s5eep on high pillows. This practice con
!, tinued for years, while all the bones o
the young Frame are tender and yieIfng
will inevitably produce an awkwardnes'
; approaching deformity. The head ant
: shoulders get an ungraceful stoop, whlcl
/. all the torture o. stocks and braces in at
ter years will fail to remove.
Patents. The Washington correspon
dent of the New York True Sun says