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Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1844-08-29

Had our trade with Texas increased
during the last three years in the pro-
portion it did for the first three, we
should now, in the year 1914, export
10 Texas between three and four mill
lions of dollars worth. But from that
the great commercial nations Of the
world recognized the Independence of
Texas, and formed commercial treaties
with her, our trade with Texas began
TO fall of. Il is now almost totally
monopolized by England.
The following table will show the
character of our exports TO Texas:
From the Treasury Report Of 1910.
Export to TEXAS III 1910.
Products of the Fisheries $43, 426
Forest, 157 ,474
" Agriculture, 289,092
" Manufactures, 929, 071
Nothing can be more conclusive to
show the great advantage to the manu-
featuring States that would result from
the annexation of Texas to the Union.
If Texas was admitted into the Union
in less than twenty years from the pc
Rod of its admission our exports Of
Manufactures to her would exceed
our exports to the rest Of the world
But Texas independent or under the
British influence, and our trade with
her is annihilated. She will furnish
England her cotton, and procure from
England her manufactures.
The following extract from Senator
Walkers able letter to the people Of
Carroll county, Kentucky, will show
the importance of annexation to the
manufacturing sections Of the United
States.
tAnd when Texas by the refusal Of
remuneration shall have fallen into the
arms of England, and the American
people shall behold the result, let all
who shall have aided in producing the
dread castrophe, flee from the wrath of
an indignant nation, which viii burst
forth like lava, and roll like fiery tor
rents over the political graves of those
who shall thus have contributed TO the
ruin Of the country. And who would
place England at New Orleans to the
mouth Of the Mississippi! Who would
place England on the banks of the
Sabine, the Arkansas, and Red river2
Who would place England along the
coast, bays, and the harbors, and in
the great interior ofTexas, and see her
become British colony, or-what is
the same to us--a British commercial
dependency Could Texas be pow
er friendly to us, even if not British
colony Would our refusal of re-an-
nexation secure her friendship Would
her rivalry in our great staple insure
her good will' Would the monopoly
of her trade by England increase her
attachment to ourselveso No. Let
the remuneration be now finally re-
fused, and she becomes foreign and
a hostile power, with al. her interests
antagonistical to our own. Indeed ,all
history tells as that there is no friend
ship between foreign and contiguous
nations, presenting so many points Of
collision, so many jarring interests, and
such rivalry in the sale and produce
ton OF the same great staple.
"Much is now urged in many ofthe
States in favor ola home market for
our manufactures. Now, here in
Texas is a home market that may be
secured forever, ofincalculable and in
value-a market that is lost
20 Us for the present &C the tahinr &c
Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1844-08-29

Angast Elections. Very little news
Of Importance relative TO the elections
of this month was received by the last
mails. The correct returns will be gil
ven before long.
Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1844-08-29
WAR, DISTURBANCES ANDM
REVOLUTION.

The brig Souther, from Cape Hay
ten on the 1st inst. had arrived at BoS-
ton. The Spanish portion ofthe pop
ulation were not only at war with the
Government, but among themselves.
A few days previous TO the departure
of the Souther from the Cape, the Dan
ish brig Lucy arrived from Port au
Platt, with one hundred Of the inhabit-
ants of that place, they having been O..
bliged to leave on account OF the dis
turbances. There was an army col.
Letting at the Cape to march into the
Spanish part ofthe island. The Pres
ident intended 10 make a tour through
the island, and was daily expected at
the Cape. 1t is thought his visit to
diffele nt towns will have a tendency
to stop the disturbances which daily
occur in all parts of the island. Ow-
ING to the revolution, the coffee crop
has been very much neglected, and
that article has become very scarce and
high. 1t was worth ST., % Hayden
money. The duties, cost Of bags, and
other expenses, will make ii cost So
II 12 Spanish on board.
-eSa
THIRTY ESGLIsH EATEN BIZ rHEMAN-
EATERS AT NEW ZEALAND
The Journal des Debats gives the
following story communicated BY a
correspondent at Akaroa, in New Zea-
land:-
"Probably before my letter arrives in
France you will have learnt that the
Mahouris, a tribe of Zealanders, have
killed thirty English Of this colony; but
you will perhaps not know that the boz
dies Of these unfortunate men were eas
ten. This is but too true, We had
been out on a hunting party for about
a week when one evening we arrived
among the friendly tribe of Terauparaa,
or Mahouris, and found them RECALLING
themselves with humaGaeslAa. We al
conceived that they were eating some
captiyes or native slaves of their own.
AS | understood the language, | could
net resist expressing my Indignation,
and threatened them with chastise-
ment from the crew of the Corvette
The sayages were alarmed, and endea-
vored to appease me by saying, "They
are not men of Mahouri that we are
eating, but some Kee-yes"- it is
thus they call the English. They then
exhibited to us the heads of their vic
Tins, and I recognized among them
that Of Captain Wakefield, one of the,
distinguished inhabitants of Port Mich
olas, who had enthrtained us at his own
house when we went TO the town TO
procure provisions. | was seized with
horror at this sight. My companions
blamed me for having riSked irritating
the cannibals, as we were only five a.
gainst two hundred. But they gave
us confidence by saying, ooh, the
Oeoi-Oui, (for so they distinguish us)
are good people, but the Eee-yes are
very wicked" They then related that
they had killed The English because
they wished to establish themselves in
a bay which they had not purchased,
and which the Mahouris were unwil-
ling to give up. We then retired with.
our hearts full of horror and disgust"
Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1844-08-29
democratic Electoral Ticket

Districts.
st !. 5. MILIsos. of Norfolk Va.
"a I. WALLACE, ofPetersburg.
~. IN. n. bAsKERvilrs, Of Mecklenburg
F' ~, "a' oASiEL. Of Campbell.
s O., nacsseeALD STUART, of Patrick,
o.h i, ). kANDoLrH, of Albemarle
IN WIN Smith, of i'augniei
ON WM. +. TAyLon, OF Caroline.
yin WN II RoANE, of Henrico.
loth RICHARD COKE, ia, of Gloucester.
tn II. BKDfNaSR, Of jefferson.
12fh G. B. SAaugLs, of Shenandoah
18th j. HooE. of Pulaski.
ifth II, S. KANE, of Scott.
10Th K. a THOMPSON. Of Kanawha.
10th j. JoHSsov. of Harrison.
18th w. s. MORGAN, of Marion.
Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1844-08-29
COL. POLK AND THE PENSIONERS.


Revolutionary Heroes. The FEEDER
al editors have coined base ISLANDERS rel
alive to the votes of JAMES K. Pork
touching the compensation to the revo-
luton soldiers and their widows. The
editor of the Ohio Statesman has taken
the trouble to procure extracts from the
journal Of the House of Representa-
tives, showing the falsity of the feder-
al charges. The evidence which the
editor of the Statesman has collected is
official, and we here subjoin it:
In the House of Representatives,
Thursday, April 81 1926.
The House proceeded to the consid-
Grafton of the bill for the relief Of the
surviving officers of the Army OF THE
REVOLUTION. A motion was then
made by Mr.. Mitchell, of Tennessee,
that the further consideration of the
said bill be postponed until the first
Monday in July next. And the ques-
ton thereupon being put, in was deci-
dea in the negative-yeas 46, nays
124. JAMES k. Polk voted with the
nays to sustain the bill.
Several leading federalists, whose
names are given to lay the above bill
on the table-JAMEs K. Polk voted
against IT'D. p oge 5O2.
In House of Representatives, Tues
day, January Is, 1927.
The bill for the relief Of the surviving
officers of the ARMY OF THE REvoLU-
rIoS being under consideration. John
Woods, of the Ohio delegation moved
to lay it on the table. JAMES K. Polk
voted against it.
On the same daya motion was made
to postpone the consideration of the
bill until the Sd of March, which was
to defeat it.--JAMEs X. Polk voted
against it.
See House Journal, Second ses-
sion, 18th Congress, page 1915
In House of Reps. Wednesday,
Feb, 25, 1929.
The question being on the passage
of bill to amend "An act to provide
for certain persons engaged in the land
and naval service of the United States
in the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, JAMES
K. Polk, voted in favor of the bill.
See House Journal, second session,
Goth Congress, page 347.1
In House Of Representatives, Feb
%, 1929. 3
The question being on ordering 10
a third reading bill to compensate Su-
san Decatur, widow of Capt. STEPHEN
DECATUR, JAMES K. Polk, voted in
the affirmative. Ibid. page 359.
But later, viz, in 1882, JAMES X.
Polk succeeded in getting the law
passed, a liberal and just law, the one
under which the old soldiers now re-
ceive their just reward
In House Of Representatives, May
l, 1888.
On motion to grant pensions to those
who defended oar frontiers in the In
dian wars from 1776 up to the treaty
Of Greenville, in 1895, JAMES X. Polk
voted in the Affirmative.
See House Journal, first session,
22d Congress, page 678.
In House of Representatives, May
"a, 1892.
The question being on ordering to a
third reading the bill from the Senate,
supplement to the act for the RELIEF
OF CERTAIN SURVIVING OFFICERS AND
SOLDIERS OF THE REvo1UT1oN, JAMES
Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1844-08-29

Meeting at Freede1s's Church,
meeting of the Maurertown Democrat
ic Association will be held at Free
denis Church on Saturday the 14th Of
September. A full attendance is re-
quested. One or more speeches will be
delivered On the occasion.
Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1844-08-29

Mr.. Tyley's Wahdro,col. Mr.. TY-
Ter has addressed letter to the people
Withdrawing his name from the list Of
candidates for the presidency. We
are truly glad TO see that he has adop-
ted this course. We are glad, because
the president is thus relieved from the
most unenyiable position in which he
was placed by his acceptance of the
nomination OF the Convention by
which he was nominated in May last.
Him and his friends cannot hesitate as
to the course they shall pursue in the
coming contest. 1t istrue we do not
expect to receive very considerable
accession from that quarter; but we
cannot see how Mr. Tyler and his par
ty can support the econ candidate, who
has been SO lavish in abusing them.
Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1844-08-29

The TARIFF. Deception Of the
Coons. Sit is utterly impossible to I'M
derstand the position which the coon
wing party occupy relative to the Tar
if question. Some of their Editors
and crack orators tell the people, that
the Legitimate effect Of a protective
Tariff is to compel the manufacturers
to sell their fabrics to them at a much
lower price than they could otherwise
be purchased. This is what they say
to the people. Now hear what they
say to those for whose exclusive bene-
fit Tariff is intended. We find the
following table in recent speech de-
livered by Mr.. Stewart, of Pennsylva-
MIA, who IS, if the coons are to be be
legged, one Of the most powerful sup
pofters Of the protective system in that
State. This table is going the rounds
of the coon papers; published BY them,
we suppose, for the purpose Of proving
to those specified, that if they support
II. Clay, they sgiU reaJize much greater
profit than they would under the policy
The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1844-05-08
Female Beauty an Ornament.

The ladies' of Japan gid their teeth, and those
of the Indies paint them red. The pearl of teeth
must be died black to be beautiful in GuZeTat
In Greenland the ladies' color their faces with
blue and yellow. However fresh the complex
ion ofsa Muscovie may be, she would think
herself very ugly if she was not plastcred over
with paint.
The Chinese must have their feet as diminu-
tive as those of the she goats, and TO render
them thus their youth is passed in torture. In
ancient Persia an aquiline nose was always
thought worthy of the crown; and if there was
any competition between two princes, the peo-
pie generally went by this criterion of Majesty.
In some countries the mothers break the noses
of their children, and others press the head be-
tween two boards, that it may become square.
The modern Persians have strong aversion
TO red hair, the Turks, on the contrary, are
warm admirers Of it. In China, small round
eyes are liked, and the girls are continually
| plucking their eyebrows that they may be thin
and long
The Turkish women dip a gold brush in the
tincture of black drug, which they pass over
their eyebrows; it is too visible by day, but
looks shining by night; they tinge ther nails
with a rose color An African beauty must
have small eyes, thick lips, large fiat nose
and a skin beautifully black. The Emperor
of Monomotapa would not change his amable
negress for the most brilliant European beauty.
An ornament for the nose appears to us per
lectly unnecessary. The Peruyians, however,
think otherwise, and they hang on it weighty
ring, the thickness of which is proportioned to
the rank of their husbands. The custom of bo-
ring it, as our ladies do their ears, is very COM
mon in several nations. Through the perfora-
ton are hung various materIals-gold, stones
a single, and sometimes great number Of gold
rings.
The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1844-05-08
MISCELLANEOUS.
Execution of Coz. EEayne.

Among the distinguished men who fell VIC
tins in the war of the American Revolution, was
Col. Isaac Hayne of South Carolina; man, who,
by the amiability of character and higher senti-
ments of honor and uprightness, had secured the
good will and affection of all who knew him. He
had wife and six children, the eldest boy
thirteen years Of age. His wife, TO whom he was
tenderly attached, fell victim to disease-an
event fastened, not improbably, by the inconve-
nences and sullerings incident to a state of war,
in which the whole family largely participated.
Col. H. himself was taken prisoner by the British
forces, and in short time was executed on the
gallows, under circumstances calculated to ex-
cite the deepest commiseraton. A great num-
ber of persons, both English and American, in
terceded for his ife the ladies of Charleston sign
ed petition in his behalf his motherless children
were presented on their bended knees as humble
suitors for their beloved father, but all in vain.
During the Imprisonment of the father, his eldest
son was permitted to stay with him in prison.
Beholding his only surviving parent, for whom he
felt the deepest affection, loaded with irons and
condemned to die, he was overwhelmed with con-
sternation and sorrow. The wretched father en-
deavored to console him by reminding him that
the unavailing grief of his son tended only to in
crease his own misery, that he came into this
world merely to die, and that he could even re-
joice that his troubles were so near at an end
"To-morrow," said he, 81 set out for immortal
ity; you will accompany me to the place of exc
cution; and when am dead, take my body and
bury il by the side of your mother The youth
here fell on his fathers neck, crying, "Oh my
father, my father, will die for you, | will die
with YOU"
Col. Hayne, as he was loaded with irons, was
unable to return the embrace of his son, and mere
ly said to him in reply, "Livemy son, live to hon
OR God by good life; live to serve your country;
and live to take care Of your brother and little
sisters'
The next morning, proceeds the narrative of
these distressing events, Col. Hayne was conduc-
ted to the place Of execution. His son accom-
panied him. Soon as they came in sight of the
gallows, the father strengthened himself and said
Snow, my son, show yourself man. That tree
is the boundary Of my life, and all my life's sor-
rows. Beyond that the wicked cease from trou-
bling and the weary are at rest. Don't lay too
much at heart our separation-itwill be but short.
To-day die, and you, my son, though but young
must soon follow me-"
"Yes, my father" replied the broken-hearted
youth, 81 shall shortly follow you for indeed |
feel that cannotlive long" And his melancho-
ly anticipation was fulfilled in manner more
dreadful than is implied in the mere extinction of
life. On seeing his father in the hands of the
exccutiongr and then struggling inthe halter, he
stood like ono ransfxed and motionless with hor-
The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1844-05-08
AbYssinian Marriages.

In Sboa, girl is reckoned according TO the
value of her property; and the heiress to house,
field, and bedstead, is certain 10 add hus-
band 10 her list before many summers have shown
over head. Marriage is generally concluded by
the parties declaring, before witness, "upon the
life of King" that they intend TO live happily
togetheri and the property of each being prodi-
.ced, is carefully appraised. A mule, or an ass,
dollar, shield, and sheaf of spears on one
side, are noted against the lady's stock of wheat,
cotton, or household gear; and the bargain being
struck, the effects become Joint for the time, un-
til some domestic difference results in either la
king up their own and departing to seek new
mate.
Matrimony is, however, occasionally solemn
lied by the church, in a manner somewhat similar
to the observance of more civilized land the
contracting parties swearing to take each other
for life, IN wealth Or in poverty, in sickness or
in health, and afterwards ratifying the ceremony
by partaking together Of the holy sacrament, and
by an oath on the despots life. But this fast
binding is not relshed by the inhabitants of
Shoa, and it is of very rare occurrence. To the
extent Of his means, every subject follows the
example set by the Monarch, who has five hun
dred wives.
The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1844-05-08
CLAWS sOLELOQUY
NOT HAMLET'S.
BY CHEEKS.

BY CHEEKS
To be, or not to be, that is the question:
Whether next Fourth of March shall see seated
With all due pomp and circumstance, upon
The Presidential chair or the base rout
OF the Loco Focos shall defeat my purposes!
To hit--to miss--no more; Aye, If we hit,
To end this cursd incertitude, these doubts
We coons are heirs to-'tis consummation
Devoutly to be wished. To hit-to miss;
To miss perchance the spoils-ay, there's the rub;
For in the loss of them whatel may come,
When we have shufled off this 'lections coil,
Must give us pause: There's the respect
That makes calamity Of standing thus
A candidate with coons; for who could bear
The whips and scorns of time, the Locos' sneer,
The honest mans contempt the bitter palgs
Ola scared conscience, rousing from its dumps
The insolcnce of wor6ies. .and the spurns
Defeated coons must of the Locos take,
When he himself might his quietus make
With--three gin-cocktails? Who would be the fool,
To grunt and sweat under this knavsh life,
But that the thought of gaining the election
(That unreach'd goal for whose attainment, twice
I've strove with might and main)-braces the will
And makes me hope 'gainst hope it may be SO:
Thus interest does make rascals of us all,
And thus the native hue of Patriotism
Is sicxled DER with narrow selfshness;
And measures Of great moment ofthe State,
With this regard, their currents turn away,
And lose the name of action.
The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1844-05-08
The Greatest Mem from the Ranks of
Industry.

In early life, David kept his fathers sheep;
his was life of industry; and though foolish
men think it degrading TO perform any useful la
Dor, yet in the eyes of wise men industry is truly
honorable, and the most useful man is the happi-
est. A life of labor is mans natural condition.
and the most favorable to mental health and bod
lily vigor. Bishop Hall says Sweet is the
destiny of all trades, whether of the brow Or of
the mind. God never allowed any man to do
nothing" From the ranks of industry has the
worlds greatest men been taken. Rome was
more than once saved by man who was sent
for from the plough Moses had been keeping
sheep tor more than forty years before he came
forth as the deliverer of Israel. The Apostles
were chosen from amongst the hardy and labori-
Gus fishermen. From whence infer that when
God has any great work to perform, he selects as
his instruments those who, by their previous oc-
cupatIon, have acquired habits of industry. skill
and perseverance; and that, in every department
OF society, they are the most honorable who earn
their own living by their own labor.
The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1844-05-08
HISTORIAN Weddings.

Avoiding among the HISTORIANS occupies two
or three hours. When matters are all arranged,
the principal ohiciator, assisted by various other
priests and deacons, reads the prayers and long
portions of Scripture e,-such as the account of
Abraham's sending after Rebecca for his son
Isaac; Jacobs serving for Rachel, and all the
other venerable Scripture authorities that enter
into the marriage service; the whole of which
would, doubtless, be more interesting, if not
more instructive, were it not read in an unknown
tongue. The bride remains yelled in one cor
ner Of the room, until the time comes for the
parties to join hands. Then several of the wo-
men catch hold Of the bride and pull her, by
main strength, half across the room toward her
intended husband, and several men, at the same
time, seize the bridegroom, who is, at first,
equally resolute in his modest resistance, but f.
nally yields and advances towards the bride.
When Mar Yohannan was in New York, cler-
gyman, with whom he passed Sabbath, had an
application to marry couple, at his dwelling,
a few moments before the bell rung for third
meeting. He performed the ceremony in the
Bishops presence, with all due solemnity, of
course, but in formula so comprehensive and
brief that he occupied, besides his short prayer,
about one minute and half. Mar Yohannon,
remembering the HISTORIAN marriage service, by
way of contrast, humorously asked, "Do you
marry people on railroads too?"
The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1844-05-08
Bathing in the Dead Sea.

The correspondent of the New York Ameri-
can gives the following notice of visit to this
standing problem in the natural history of the
Holy Land The gentlemen of the party had
determined TO test the reported buoyancy ofthe
water by personal experience.
They state, that where the wafer was five
feet deep, they were SO buoyed up that they
could touch the bottom with the points Of their
toes. Advancing to where the water was six
inches deeper, their feet were suddenly taken
under them, and they were thrown IN horizon
tai position under the surface of the water.
They could not maintain perpendicular position
without using some effort. They then swan to
where the water was extremely deep, and endea-
vored to sink, which they found impossible, even
with some effort, to do They could walk in the
water equally as we'll as on the land, with their
heads entirely above the surface. They found
that they could sit and converse as easy as on
a divan. A strong breeze came on from the
south, and with it a heavy swell. They desert
bed the sensation produced by this riding on the
sea, without vessel or plank under them, as
very singular. One of them had never before
ventured beyond his depth in water; while here
he was enabled, without the least sense of dan
ger, to go to any distance from the land They
became convinced that what had been said re-
specting the great specific gravity and buoyancy
of the water of the Dea Sea is entirely correct.