Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1845-05-15

tanatical, cannot be questioned. There
are also among them, doubtless,a num-
Der Of knayes, individuals who have
gone among these deluded people for
mercenary and vicious purposes. Of
the conduct and designs of these, we
can of course form but one Opinion
Yet we feel satisfied that the majority
ofthe Mormons, however simple-min-
ded they may be, however the victims
and the tools of the crafty and the de-
signing, cannot be either ferocious or
sangulnary, as some of the accounts
represent them. Indeed, we know of
number of families from this city, land
who while here, though poor and hum
Bile, We're honest and moral, who are
now at Nauvoo, victims of the inpos-
ture. These people, with others may
get excited and maddened by unjust at
tacks and outrages perpetrated by the
prohigate and abandoned among their
enemies-but in the name of all that is
just and Christian, let not a wholesale
slaughter take place, and hundreds of
murders and a general pillage be COM
mitted, in any section ola country that
boasts Of Republicanism, civilization
and Christianity. The authorities
should at once interfere, and secure
right, justice and freedom of conscience
even to the Mormons. BickneA's Re-
porter.
We find the following notice of
new source of wealth opened to the en-
terpr;se of our citizens, in the Mobile
Advertised of the Esd April.
LAKE SUPERIOR copPER.-The val
liable Lake Superior minerals will be-
gin to Yield their rich tribute the pres
ent season, and the prediction is yentur-
ed that ere long the copper of the world
will be manly supplied from the min
eral regions washed by the father of
lakes. We learn from Mr.. Menderhall,
the enterprising pioneer in Lake Supe-
rior exploration, that permission has
been obtained to transport one thou.
sand tons of mineral to Boston for
smelling, and.that so rich is the ore
that it commands $500 per ton at the
works in that city. Mr.. NJ. is on his
way to Copper Harbor to continue the
exploration and surveys.
-eSe-
The editor Of the Knickerbocker lu-
dicrously illustrates the necessitie of a
reform in medical nome nclature. We
ry much COMPOUNDED, says he, was our
friend Dr.. Doan, few years since, by
remaak of one of his patients. The
day previous, the Doctor had prescribed
that..safe and pala4able remedy, he syrup
of buckthorn, and had left his prescrip.
ton duly written in the usual cabalas-
tic characters, sSyr. Rham CATH On
inquiring ii the patient had taken the
medicine, a thunder cloud darkened her
face, lightning flashed from her eyes,
and she roared out: mo, I can't read
your Doctor writing-and | amt a.
going to take the Syrup Of Ram Cats
for any body under heavenn
A country clergyman, who was We
ny particular in the choice Of appropri-
ate words to express his ideas, one
day desired his servant to extinguish a
candle. sHow must l do it, sir'' said
she. Put it OUT replied her master,
in explanation. A fewdays after while
the clergyman was entertaining some
friends, Jenny, thinking that the cat
was rather troublesome to some of the
party, said to her master, 'Pray, sir,
shall extinguish the ca,''
Cleaning &M.-The following di-
rections for cleaning silks are by one of
the first Partisan dyers: Half a pound
Of soft soap, tea-spoonfu! of brandy,
and pint of gin;nix all well together;
with sponge OF flannel, spread the
mixture on each side Of the silk without
greasing it; wash it in two or three wa
tiers, and iron 1t on the wrong side; it
will then look as good as new.
-eGe
A stranger, dining with one of our We
ny luxurious City Companies, had help
ed himself to the first dish of meat that
stood near him; and being hungry, and
making no calculation as to TIE choice
dishes which were to follow, began to
eat his slices of the plain joints with
great gusto. God bless my soul!'-
exclaimed more experienced glutton.
Surely you are not going to throw a.
way that beautiful appetite upon leg
of mutton!'
Death ofthe Oldest Man ~ Yer
mont On tie 21st ult. Mr.. Benjamin
Bushe died at Greensboro, at the ex-