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The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1843-09-22

The Editor.-We do not know who
wrote the following article, but j, is dread
ful true, whoever he may have been:
The business TT an editor who attempts
to give to his readers something new eve
ry day Of publication. we believe is great
ly moderated, especially by the more
learned of mankind. T@y think it very
easy matter to write for newspaper. Let
them try 1t. Let some of our ablest men,
and women, make tho attempt and write
for us one single article each day, with
out fail--an article, mind, which they
shall not hesitate TO put their name to, and
let the world know il is theirs We YER
lily believe that they would find it no easy
matter.-Yet such is the position of the
editor. With only modcum Of brains,
perhaps, he must not write one article, but
half dozen; and what is more and
worse too, his name goes out attached to
them all. Really the public should Judge
charitably Of an editors efforts. 1t would
be strange il he never said silly thing
very strange if he never said an unwise
one-passing strange if he never said an
erroneous one. His opinions Of transpi-
ring events are expressed hastily, usually
on the spur of the moment, before time is
given for thorough examination, and the
wonder is, that they are so uniformly such
as their authors are willing to stand by,
after mature deliberalion.
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1843-09-22

Beautiful i. is to see and understand
that no worth, known or unknown, can
die, even in this earth. The work an I'M
known good man has done, is like vein OF
water flowing hidden under ground, Sc
cre,ly making the GROUND green it flows
and flows, it joins with other veins and
yinle,s one day i, will start forth as a
visible perennial well.-Cariyie.
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1843-09-22

stu Mey come.--lhc Rochester, New York
Democrat Of the 2Sth ult.. says, eighteen cover.
ed wagons, laden with healthy looking men, wo-
men, onj children passed through the city yes
to-day on their way to Fox River, Ill.
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1843-09-22

Criiicism.--Thc New York Express, and the
New York Commercial Advertiser, notice Mr.. X.
Tyler's new Poem, They both quote passage
to show its Characteristic Commercial, to prove
the want of merit; and the Express, to set forth
its excellence; and it is worthy of remark, that
they both quote the same passage.
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1843-09-22

A letter writer in the Charleston Mercury says
there is dandy at Saratoga exquisi,ely cxqui-
site that he sleeps all night with gloves on, and
with lccchcs applied to tho end of his fingers, to
make hi, hands delicate and white!
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1843-09-22

The Soyeyegns d Erope--An amusing letter
has been published, written by Jefferson to friend
of his, formerly Governor of New Hampshire
which relates 10 the European monarcns Of his
day and acquaintance, and speaks pretty freely
OF them, as the following passage may show:--
LOUIS NVI was fool of my own knowledge,
aud IN despite of the answer made for him at his
trial. Tho King oi spain was fool; OF Naples
the same. They passed their lives in hunting,
and despatched two couricrs a week, one thousand
miles. To let each other know what game they had
killed tho preceding days. The King of Sardinia
was n fool. All those were Boufbons. The
Queen of Portugal; Braganza, was an idiot by
natutr. And SD was the King f Denmark
Their sous as rcgens, exercised the powers OF the
government. The King of Prussia, successor to
the Gfea, Frederick, was mere hog IN body as
well rs in mind Gustavus of Sweden and Jo-
seph Of Austria, wore really crazy, and George of
England, you know, was in straight was,coat
There remained then none but old Caharine,
who had been too lately picked up to have lost her
common sense. In this state Bonapatte found
Europe, and il was this state Of its rulers
which lost il with scarce n struggle. These AMI
and so will every hereditary monarch be after IA
few generations. Alexander, the grandsons OF
CalhaIinc, is yet mn exception. He Is able TO hold
his own But he is only the third generation.
His race is not yet worn out. And so cndeth the
Book of Kings from all of which the Lord dcliv-
! q
Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1843-11-23
DREADFUL EXPLOSION!
10000 Lives EOsa!!

The splendid new steamer, sClairv oy-
Qnce,' which left this SUBJ lunar terraque-
Gus globe. few months since, on voy.
age of discovery to the Moon, exploded
while rounding the tate OF comet and
ten thousand lives have been lost-6p
the explosion Of steamboat boilers and
lferculaneum and ponpeii were buried
by an eruption of VesupiusN Dreadful,
dreadful Yet the half has not been
told find are are likely 10 lose a thou,
sand DOLL.APS; perhaps more. Is
there no Balm in Gilead" Where can
we look?-where shall we 60?
EUREKf!-ve won't go to the moon
no, we worthy George! some Gle.
yer fellows owe US triffe or two-we'll
go to see them!
By Jupitel!-we'd rather ride an old
dan horse to The moon, than dun our
debtors every day. We know they will
bear with US yet this once.
We want money. A gentleman will
wait upon some of our friends in a few
days, who is authorised to receive and
receipt for money due this Office.
Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1843-11-23
BEAUTY OF FORM-A lint FOR
THE LADIES.

A correspondent of the New York
Tribune, writing from Genoa, says:
Sometimes you may travel, all day.
and see nothing but the ugliest faces;and
you wonder how nature could have gone
so awry in every instance; and then a.
gain, in another province, you can see at
every step the beautiful eye and sh,and
flexible brow, and laughing face Of your
true Italian beauty. In form, the ItaI
ians excel US. Larger, fuller, they nat
urallv acquire finer gait and bearing,
1t is astonishing that our ladies should
persist in that ridiculous notion that a
small waist is-and, pernecesetatHm,
must be-beautiful. Why, an Italian
lady wonld cry for vexation if she pos
acquire only by the longest, painfullest
process. | have sought the reason of
this difference, and can see no other than
tAat the Italians have their glorious stat
uary continually before them, and hence
endeavor to asslmi|ate themselves to
them; whereas our fashionables have no
models except those French stuffed fig
ures in the windows of milllner's shops.
Why if an artist should presume to make
statute with the shape that seems to
be regarded with US as the perfection OF
harmonious proportion, he would be
laughed out of the city. It's standing
objection against the taste of our ladies'
the world over, that they will practically
assert that French miIliner understands
how thew should be made better than Ma.
ture herself
We beg the attention Of the far read
er to the foregoing. Hundreds perish
annually in this country, victims to cor
sets. And yet it will be seen that the
models of beauty, as given by the cele-
brated sculptOrs, are by no means CHAR
acterized by the hour-gla waists, OF
which SO many. of the gentle sex OF this
country delight to boast. The truth is
it is almost impossible for female to
subject herselfto the fashionable system
which has so long prevailed in the Uni
ted States, and yet be healthful. graceful
elastic in figure and in spirits. She
may have thin waist. but the chances
are nine to one that her cheeks will be
Ebloodless, her movements languid, her
frame feeble, and her constitution i'm
paired. The question, then isis a
slender waist more important than rosy
cheeks, grace and ease OF movement,
cheerluness ofspint, and general health.
Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1843-11-23
Presidential Electors.

For the information of our readers in
general, and our political friends in par
tcuIar, we give the following statement
of the number of Electoral Votes each
State is entitled to under the late appor-
tionment law, in the selection of Presi-
dent and Vice President of the U. States.
1T will serve as an important matter of
reference in the approaching contest
The Wings have made wonderful calcu-
latlons by the aid of this table. They
have already elected their candidate fthe
chivalric Knight of 'Meal Bags') by the
aid of this table. Cannot the Democrats
do the same? Tho perhaps the safest
plan will be for thin to take the sense
OF the people upon the subject first
Some philosopher has said that there is
Many SIP between the cup and the
lip.' Here is the table:
Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1843-11-23

More Objections to National Bank.
"A National Bank is a Scheme by which
a few can live without labor upon the
earnings of the many.
A National Bank would be owned and
controlled by few, and that few would
have power to make paper money plenty
or scarce at will
They could make prices high by the
issue of an unusual quantity Of their pa
per money, or make prices low by with
drawing from circulation that which is
already issued.
Those who own and control a National
Bank would thus be enabled, with their
particular friends, in all the cities and
villages Of the Union, to buy when they
have made prices low, by curtailing pa
per currency. and sell, when, by increa-
| sing it, they have made prices high.
While those who manage the Bank,
are thus enabled to make vast fortunes,
the farmers, mechanics, and Iaborers. are
never in the secret, and, therefore, they
can never know, precisely, when to buy
and when to sell.
A National Bank thus gives few the
J power to accumulate, without labor. a
portion of the wealth acquired by those
who do labor.
A favored class is thus createt. in So
ciety. contrary to the genius and spirit
OF our institutions; and this is essential
" the odious principles of the monarches
and arlstocracIes of Europe.
! Wealth is produced by labor; and a
National! Bank coald not give the labor
ers more wealth than they can produce
by their own labor.
What, then, do the Federalsts expect
will produce the wealth which they pro.
pose to give the laborers, over and above
what they themselves earn or produce?
1t cannot be produced by the bank
rupt spectators, who go round the coun-
try and talk, with fears in their eyes,
about the wages of labor
1t cannot be produced by the bankers,
the brokers, the SPECTATORS in corner
lots, the oilers, dandies, and purse proud
nabobs, without whose aid the Federal
party would not hold together week.
1t it cannot be produced by these per-
sons, who will produce the wealth the
Feds propose to give the Iaborers over
and above their own earnings?
Are not these all the pretensions Of
the FederaIsts of special favor and re-
gard for laborers, detestabIe and con-
temptibe humbug, adapted only to impose
upon the imagined want of Intelligence
of the people?
These are suggestions which every la
borer should study, before he should con-
sent to join the Bank party. Remem-
Der, that rights and privileges once vo-
ted away, may not be reclaimed except
at the cost of bloodshed. Power never
voluntarily relinquishes its grasp;' and
the power to control the resources and
labor of the nation, if once placed in the
hands of few, when its ram6cations
are extended through all classes of socie-
ty, could only be eradicated but by vi
client convulson, which would shake our
Republic from It's centre to its circum-
terence.-Kao1UilIe .Argus.
Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1843-11-23
$50 YRclro,a.

u OST, on Thursday or Friday the 21st or
T. 22d of Sept. 1843, at Columbia Fur
mace, or on the road to Woodstock, A HUS--
SEPH, containing large number of Notes
and few Constables' and LAWYERS Receipts
the greater part payable to ]. n. Hill & Cd
A part Of the Notes are payable to other perl
sous-some of them are endorsed for their
use A few have no endorsement on them
We notify all persons indebted 10 the firm Of
John N. Hill g Co. not to pay the said notes.
to any person except to one of the firm or,
some one authorised to receive the same.
The above reward will be given to any per-
son who may find the Husserh and its con-
tents and return them to one of the firm
They will be of no value to the finder, but of
great value to the owners who have mem
morandum of them.
JOHN y. HILL. & CO.
October S, f943.
Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1843-11-23

his'own party-and his hopes of proGting
by our dssensions are fast vanishing in
to thin air. The Democrats have, then,
every thing to cheer them. Letthem
ponder well on the following spirit mo-
wing returns and never falter till the
day is ours. We begin with glorious
New York:
The Legisla'ure.-The Democrats e.
lect 8 Of the 9 Senators. and the Sen
ale will now stand &c Democrats to 6
W higs-Democratic gain a. In the
House, the Democrats will have 81 mem
bers and the Wings 81. The majority
in the Legislature will be greater than
last year.
The last Assembly stood 90 Demo
Gratis, to SO Wings.
Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1843-11-23

Our neighbos Of the Register informs
his readers that the Balloon Ascension
which came off at Harrisonburg on the
l4th inst. was NEST magnificent affair
TO behold. He says that everything ha,
wing been arranged to the satisfaction of
Mr.. Creever, he cooIy took his seat in
his fail vessel, and cutting the last cord
that bound him TO earth, waving bis cap
and shouting -huZZa FOR old R0ekin. ham.'
went heaveuward from amid the deafen-
ing shouts and the waving hats and hand
ke:cbiefs of the immense tnrong below. ,
The Balloon, says the editor, after as
cending almost perpendicularly for near
Iva mile. sailed off in northern direc-
tion for short distance, when it took a
direction almost directly due east, in
which direction ii travelled rapidly, skim-
ming the clouds like thing of life, bear
ing Creever through the trackless ether,
over the Peaked Mountain, and landing
him on the Blue Ridge, distance from
his starting point of about &c miles, and
which he travelled in one hour!!'
We are highly gratified at the success
of our neighbors. They have enjoyed q
handsome treat. And the way they crow
upon the strength Of it, is caution tc
their failing neishbors Of Augusta
Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1843-11-23

shall be able to manufacture a sufficient
quantity for home consumption
The 'lad' did not state whether there
were any newspapers published on the
moon or not; but as he saw books, the
inference is clear as moonshine, that
there are printing Offices there. If there
are any papers, we want to exchange.
Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1843-11-23

A1TENTIoN!-It is requested that the
Democratic party of this county con-
we're at the court house in Woodstock,
on the first day CT December court next,
to appoint delegates to represent this
county in the District Convention to be
holden in Siarrisonburg on the sth of
JANUARY next. A full attendance is re-
quested.
Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1843-11-23

Kent County. Letters from Grand
Rapids give US certain returns from sew
eral towns, which show that Barry will
get $50 majority over in Kent county.
Mr.. Lyons majority in the county for
congress will be about $50. Mr.. Rich
mond (DemocraO has handsome major
ity for senator. The county gives about
60 majority for the Wing Representative,
which doubtless elects him. The Dem
ocratlc candidate for county treasurer is
elected.
Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1843-11-23
A CIVIL REQUEST.

During the sermon at a meeting house
in this city, a neatly dressed boy about
four years of age walked in, and when
about half way from the door to the
pulpit, in an audible voice, very respect
fully said, FNIr. Minister, please send
my sister home
Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1843-11-23
Situation Wanted.

TEYHE undersigned is DESTROYS of obtaining
q situation N country printing Office
Having worked several years at the business,
he thinks he can give satisfaction to any one
who may employ him. Address him at
Woodstock, Va. II. 2. CAV.
Nov. %, 1843''
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49,

Cuba.-The latest aGvices from this
island received at New Orleans, repre-
sent that the general feeling is in favor
of the recent change in the Government
of the parent country, and that Esparte-
ro has no partisans in the feI IsIa de Gu
bG. tranquility reigncd throughout
the Standardization .American.
Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1843-11-23
NI9pVEe6a

On the 10th inst by Elder Robert
Ferguson, M. Joseph .Naphis, to TO Mss
Maria Rhodes, both Of this county.
On the same day, by Elder Frederick
Booth, M. Samuel Bauserman, to Mss
Catharine fritz, both of this county.
Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1843-11-23
MASSACHUSETTS.


The annual election for Governor,
Lieutenant Governor, and members Of
the State Legislature, was held in this
State Oh last Monday. The Boston
Courier (Webster Whig) dated Tuesday
morning, publishes returns from 147
towns, giving an aggregate of 1886
votes, and the result so far is as follows:
FOR GOVERNOR.
Briggs (Whig) 55,156
Morton (Dem.) 1874
Abolition, and scattering 6,254
Thus far Briggs had plurality of /,
254 over Morton; but lacks precisely 81
600 of having majority over all, which
it requires to elect in all the New Eng
land States. 1t is certain that there
will be nc election Of Governor by the
people, and that the election will de-
volye upon the Legislature, as it did last
year.
the Wings Of Massachusetts cannot
elect Governor by the people this year,
when honest John Davis and Daniel
Webster are pulling together in the
Wing traces, what can they do next year,
when one Of those gentlemen will be put
on the Wing ticket for Vice President,
and the other will pull against him?
The Courier claims Wing gain of l.
1855 i'll Boston, and Wing gain Of only
,161 in the l47 towns, including Bos-
ton: which shows that they have lost "a
out of Boston.
A fifth trial for four or five members
of Congress was made at this election.-
The Courier says that no election has
been made in the Sd district. No other
congressional District has been heard
from.
NEW YORK ELECTIONS.
The young lion Of Western New York
has aroused himself, and we have tri-
umphed SO decisiyely, that no one should
doubt the mighty aid of that noble State
on the Democratic side, in the great
struggle of 1874. We give the entire
returns below, from which it will be SEEN,
that we have carried the popular vote by
nearly 10000, and have gained six mem
bers over our Unprecedented majority in
the last Legislature. We have never
known such reaction in public senti
ment, as this brilliant result has effec.
ted. The Democrats are highly elated,
and the Wings have softened down their
noisy boasts to low murmurings. We
never had more confidence in our glori-
Gus triumph next year. We think it
next to impossible, that Mr.. Clay can
receive the vote of either of the large
States, which have just declared theil
decided hostility to him; New York by
10000, Pennsylvania by $4,000, and
Ohio by upwards of 5000. Virginia,
too, is as firm as rock, and will never
vote for Wing President. A great
many of the small States have also indi
Gated the strongest preference for The
: Democratic cause. Our own friends
too. are rapidly healing their divisions
and uniting against the common enemy
Where, then, is the strength of thu
Lord of Ashland?' Certainly, not il
Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1843-11-23
Recapitulatjon.

Democratic majority on joint ballot in
1342, IS; in 184S, IA gam of 6.
From the Richmond Enquirer.
Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1843-11-23
ELECTION RETURNS.
MICHIGAN.

The Detroit Free Press of the 10th in
slant publishes returns from sixteen
counties, all giving Lemocratic MAORI
ties; and in most of them, if we recoilect
right, the majorisies are unusually large.
The aggregate Democratic majority in
the sixteen counties is, according to our
addition, 1874. We must practise ad-
dition for a few days to come. else we
will not be able to add up the Democrat
ic majorities when all the returns are in.
We shall study addition alone, as it is
probable the returns will be one-slded-
that is, all on the Democratic sde-and
therefore, there will be no use for sub
traction.
The National Enteligencer of this
morning publishes the old Wing story,
taken from Detroit paper of the 9th.
that the Wings are lying IN for the pres
idential campaign.
From the Detroit Free Press Nov. 49,
Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1843-11-23
Preservation of the Teeth.
NJ. oVERFTET.D,

Dentist Of Winchester,
"OULD respectfully invite the attentions
w of his friends and the public to his in
tention to visit Woodstock and vicinity every
few months.
January 18th i84S.
Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1843-11-23
THE ELECTION.

The news by the afternoon cars, and
fyom other sources, enable US TO give the
following reported Democratic majori-
ties, for Governor, in the counties nam
al.
Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1843-11-23
To suppose that gentlemen prefer these
unnaturaIly compressed forms, is a great
mistake. Phil. Ing.


unnaturaIly compressed forms, is a great
mistake. Phil. Ing.
Some chit, good Apothecay.'- Some
body has sent MIR. Clay half a dozen BOT
ties of american Cologne Water which
Mrs Clay pronounces to be as good as
the best German OF French We sup
pose it has the 'odor of nationality about
it, anil we presume that Mr.. Clay will
forthwith take the American Cologne in
terest into his special protection. BY
the way. are we to have a Cologne, in
stead Of hard cider campaign in IA?
Cologne in gourds perhaps. -Fredeiacks4,
burg Recorder.
.MOurntuJ Cozqmsiy.-A most heart
rending scene occurred some three miles
south of this village on Tuesday after
noon. Three sons Of Mr.. Peter Gull
bert, named Thomas, William, and
George, aged 10, 10, and 8 years, resor-
ted to the mill-pond near their fathers
residence. to enjoy the newly formed
ice. Hardly had they ventured upon
it, however, before it gave way under
Them; and the elder brother went down.
AS he rose. he appealed to his comrades
for help. George, aware of the danger.
hesitated, and cautioned William against
the attempt; but the latter, regardless
of danger, rushed to the rescue, follow
ed BIZ the younner brother; and the three
persisted together. The bodies were
hut To T,rf to
hopes of a doating father and mother,
whose anguish may. indeed. be con-
ceived, but not described. - Bwlington
IT. free Press, Nou. 10.
WHAT'S IN q .Ndmc.--A raw freshman,
in the employ of Mr.. James Cooper, at
Cooperstown, (says the n. Y. Tribune,)
was sent by him few days since. TO the
Post Office, for letters. On receiving
those for Mr.. Cooper, he inquired if there
was any letters for the .jlntleman who
was STAYING at the hall, Mr.. Brich6at.'
The Postmaster. after looking carefully
through, said that there were none, and
asked if he was certain that was the
name. He protested yehentIy that it
certainty was. ds le was CHdlseu pdfuCu'
larly to recoIiect it. A friend of MIR.
Cooper's passing the office at the mo-
ment, the Postmaster inquired of him
what gentlemen were visiting Alr Coop
err. He replied that he knew of no one,
except Capt. Shubrck.
sOchE cried Patrick, that's the name,
but faith, didn't come near it, thought
Teras. 1t is said that the Govern
ment at Washington has received infor-
nation which goes to sustain the serious
charges recently made against Governor
Houston ofTexas. If This be so, The
fact. we presume, will not be long with
heidi Baltimore american.
eS9-
Cuba.-The latest aGvices from this