Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1845-11-13

considerable advance on former prices
very readily at from So 25 to IS so.
Owners and purchasers hold on to 1t at
those prices. Three thousand barrels,
mixed brands, were sold in Baltimore,
on the 9th inst. at from So 18 "a to
So 80. Wheat, ofcourse, sells in pro-
portion to the price of flour.-Fair
brands sold in Philadelphia on the same
day al $5 62 and SIS Is. This rise is
owing to the injury done to the crops
Of Great Britain and other parts of Eu-
rope by the heavy rains in harvest, a
fact to which we referred few weeks
ago.
Sentence ofJohnson.- We learn from
the last Staunton Spectator, that the
white man, VIM. B. Johnson, one of
the wretches charged with being en-
gagged In the horrible outrage on the
person of a young lady Of Augusta
county, in August last, was sentenced
to Jorty-taco gears Imprisonment in the
Penitentiary.
Flour IN Richmond.-The Wing of
the 7th inst. says that "the news by
the Caledonia produced a most decided
effect on the Richmond market yester-
day. Wheat went up TO 81 25. and
flour to So, or within fraction.'
Distressing OccurYence.-We are
panied to learn, from reliable source,
that young lady employed in the Val
ley Factory, on Cedar Creek, miss
SwARrz, was SO seriously injured a
few days since, that her recovery is
considered doubtful. The particulars,
which were related by Mr.. MATTHEWS,
he proprietor, to a gentleman of this
place, are somewhat as follows:-The
Unfortunate girls dress was caught by |
IN upright shaft, while the machinery
Vas in motion, and instantly wound
Up; and the shaft being situated near
me of the looms, she was forced be-
ween it and the loom, and her body
vas shockingly torn and mangled-
both her legs, we understand, were
Miss S. is from New York, (
we believe.
MCornis selling in Richmond for
81 and 81 cents-Timothy seed, So
per bushel-Cloyer from Sc to IS so
beef So Is and 81 25-Hogs 81
and 81 25.
INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS IN VA
The Fsncastle Convention, Src.-A con-
vention met in Fincastle few days
ago, to take into consideration the best
Of improving Virginia. Ofthe
result of the deliberations of that body,
the Richmond Wing says:
&c We understand the digest Of improvement
agreed upon at Fincastle, to be somewhat this:
|. The prosecution Of the Canal to Buchanan
?. The continuation of the Louisa Rail Road
from Cordonsville by Stanton and the White
Sulphur, to Guyandotte. The South West is
to be gratified with their favorite McAdamised
Turnpike from Buchanan to the Tennessee
frontier: the Valley by the extension of the
Winchester and Stanton Turnpike to Lex
ngton and Buchanan: the North West must !
De content with the Staunton and Harrison
burg Turnpike, which intersects the projected !
Rail Road at Stanton, and let's them down
~ it to the Metropolis: the James River in |
crest must agree to remain contented with |
lorse boats, the present navigation, and or
miles an hour"
The above is grand scheme, truly,
and will require no small amount of mo-
ney to execute it; and no doubt, when
completed, it would empty the gol-
len cup Of wealth into the lap of the
Metropolis to the full extent Of its pro-
ectors' most brilliant expectations
Let the people discuss this grand af-
air, in the mean time-but let their
attention not be diverted from the great
:ause of EDUCATION Let the beam
If ignorance be cast out oftheir eyes
hen will they better understand hoao
ail-roads and turnpikes are made
hen will they better understand the
chemes Of ambitious politicians and
designing capitalists. !