Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1843-03-09

Tie Banhrupt LINZ Repea7ad -Anoth-
er of the brood Of the Extra Session is ex-
tinct. Another Of Mr.. Clay's offspring,
supported by him even against the wishes
OF his State, has passed TO the Tomb of the
Capulets. The Globe thus states the re-
SUI, and writes its epitapb-;
-" CoNeREss.-m the Sesnie. to-day,
the Bankrupt bill Of the famous extra
session received itssquictus. 1t was re-
peaied by vote of 50 to rs. The vote
would have stood "a to IS, had net the
proviso continuing it's operation in regard
to proceedings commenced. been consider
! ed by Mr.. Benton, and Smith of Connec-
{ ticut, utional-inasmuch as an
act which they have always held to be a
: violation of the Constitution, is thus made
eficacious after its repeal. These gen
tlemen hold the law to have been null
and void from the beginning; and could
not, therefore, consistently vote for the
repeating act, containing proviso CIV
I ing it vitality which they denied The
power of Congress to inpart in any way.
'.Mr., C|ay's hot-bed legislation has
now been almo't entirely done away with,
by those partisans of his, who were SO
eager and ardent in calculating it under
his lead. Nothing, we believe, is left, Of
any Importance. except the ultra tariff
bill-which would be repealed, if those
who passed itwere not deferred by very
shame. 1t is monstroas that Whiggery,
like Saturn. should swallow up all its off
spring. By the time another election is
held, it will be found to have done worse
than destroyed its whole progeny-it
will be seen that it has destroyed itself.
:. The retrenchment bill was reported
| to the Senate by Mr.. Morehead chairman
of the Committee on Retrenchment
The reduction in the pay and mileage of
members. adopted by the Senate commit
tee, is l2aa pc: cent. The same rate Of
reduction is, we understand. applied to
the salaries of all officers of the army aEd
navy, and civil department above 81 300
-eSe-
On DHs.-Our city was full OF runners
on Saturday evening, brought by the
Northern car. The most interesting
was, that the Cabinet at Washington had
blown up-Forward. Webster, and Spen.
Ger. all gone But late accounts do not
confirm the budget. The following let
ter from Washington. by the Sundays
mail. shows that the Capital itself is
! teening with rumors and specuIations !:
I-Enquarer.
" Washangion, Feb 25.-E give you the
on dts Of the morning. For most of
these things [ do not vouch, but there
NAV be much truth lin them.-Fnrward
resigned-Cushing. it is said 10 succeed
him-Webster to go to China as sort
Of Commercial Agent-he to be succeed
ed in the State Department by MIR. Up
shur -sMr.. Upshur to be succeeded by
Mr.. Wicklife. and Mr.. WickIitfe to be
succeeded by James Porter, the brother
of the Governor of Pennsylvania-Wise
to 60 to Austria, in place of Jenifer, and
Profit TO- go ito Brazil. These rumors
must be received with mary grains of al
Iowance, although, 1 think it likely that
some of them are true"
The Southern Planter says-'ExPeri
enced agriculturaIists tell us that all
plants, whether in the garden, field. or
forest. If in rows, should be placed in
the direction of north and south, in or
der to admit the suns rays every day on
both sides of the row..