Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1845-04-17

ted as the two countries are at the present mo-
ment-when our commerce is necessary to
the support of its manufactures? Or, would
| Mexico undertake to fight US upon her own
! hook-unless her statesmen We're stricken with
| the blindness Of insanity? What serious inju-
ry can she do to us, that can compensate her for
the blows which she will receive from us, we
will not insult our readers by disspating the
! idle specuaticns, that some Northern Anti
Texas Wing has pleased to weave out of his
own brain-that Mexican cruisers will cut up
cur commerce on the seas, and might even
eyade our rivers and burn our seaport towns.
The very suppositionj so ridiculous, that it
refutes itself The Secretary of the Navy is
already looking ahead, and getting strong
naval force in the Gulf of Mexico. An add
| tional squadron is about to sail from Norfolk for
| those seas. The moment that Mexico strikes
the first blow, our ships will fly to the defence
of our commerce. The moment we declare
war, if that measure shall be called for by her
aggresslons, she has no means ST maritime an
noyance, that we may net laugh to scorn. Let
her pretend to employ foreign seamen for her
vessels, they viii be treated as pirates under
the laws Of nations-just as the French Adini-
raj (Baudin) threatened off La Vera Cruz to
treat them. And q crew or two hung up at
the yard arm, would strike sufficient panic
upon the seamen Of other countries to prevent
their repetition Of the piratical act. Her
shores will also be open to our arrns-and the
irritated Texans will be glad of the opportun-
ty of revenging their own wrongs and lndul-
ging their own passions, by an invasion Of her
territory under onr banners. From such
! consequence, may the good sense of Mexico
save herl She has every thing to lose, nothing
to gain-and we trust, we shall continue to
enjoy the blessings of peace with her, as we
anxiously desire.-Enquirer.
-eGa-
MURDER-A wicked and cold-booded and
deliberate murder was committed by white
| man upon the person of free black man, in
the county of Bath, not far from the Hot
Springs, on Thursday evening the 9Th of
March. The circumstances, as they We're
exhibited in the evidence before the jury of in
quest, were substantially the following: The
white man and his wife We're passing the
dwelling of the negro, who was at work in his
yard, when a slight dispute arose and some
harsh words passed. The negro was probably
insolent and said more than he ought to the
white man, who Immediately turned, and shot
him dead in his tracks. The gun was charg-
ed with buckshot, four of which entered his
breast and two were lodged in his arm and
side The murderer and his wife Immediately
ran off and attempted to make their escape, bnt
they were both apprehended the next night,
and are now in jail at the Warm Springs to
answer for the crime. The white man came,
| it is said, from Greenbrier, and had been in
Jail at Lewisburgh for stealing. The negro
man who has been hurried prematurely and
without preparation to the bar of his Judge, has
been a resident of Bath fer some time, and has
sustained tolerahly fair reputation.
P. S. Since the above was written, the
man has been tried by an examining Court at
the Warm Springs, and sent on for further
trial He confessed, we understand, having
shot the negro, but says it was done in self-de-
Rockingham Registsl.