Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1845-06-12

Charcoal Ecads.-They have
method ofhaking roads in Michigan
described iDdhe Cleveland Herald
which, it is ssid, 4suceeeds admirably.
Timber from. six to eighteen inches
through, is cut twenty-four feet long,
and piled up lengthwise in the centre
of the road about FIVE feet high, being
nine feet wide at the bottom and two
at the top,and then covered with straw
and earth in The manner Of coal pits
The earth required to cover the pile
being taken from either side, leaves
! two good sized bitches, the coal raked
down to depth fifteen feet, leaving
it two feet thick at the centre, and one
! at the sides. and the road is compile
ted
A road of the kind is now being
made near Blissfeld, in Michigan
About seventy rods have been compile
ted, twenty of which have been used
for seven months, and the rema;ndf
for three months 1t in bad swamp,
on the leading thoroughfare west. On
an average sixteen heavily loaded
teams pass over it daily, and yet there
is no appearance ofruts, but it pre-
sents an even, hard surface. The road
is made by contract, at the price of
$500 per mile. 1t is considered very
compact, and free from mud or DUST
/ Post
Distress in Mr.. Clcy's family--It is
announced in the Alton Telegraph, by
one just returned from Lexington, KY,
that the domestic Affections of the dis
tinguished statesman, Henry Clay,
have lately been greatly added to, by
his youngest sons becoming deranged.
This makes the second son that is now
an inmate of the Lunatic Asylum; and
we deeply sympathise with both Mr..
Clay and his wife, in this the hour of
their distress. We are also informed
from the same source, that Mr.. Clay
has become communicate in the Epis-
copal Church in Lexington. In the
consultations of the religion he has
embraced, may he find the means of
reconciliation to those domestic attic
tons which are beyond his control
I'D.
A Comet!-The Pittsburgh Repub-
lican states that most beautiful and
MAGNIFICENT Comet was seen in the
NorthE East by gentleman ofthat town
on Tuesday morning last about an
hour before day. The Norfolk papers
also mention that the same extraoroi-
nary visiter to our solar system has,.
been seen from that place. 1t was OBJ
served IN the Northeast from this
city on Sunday morning last, between
two and three O'Clock. --Emqrirer.
1t is now an amusing question, what
has become of Mr.. Commissioner Eli
ott9 He is said to have been left at
Vera Cruz on the 10th May. He had
not arrived at Galveston on the 22d.-
Where is he? Some anonymous ru
NOR has transferred him to Washing.
ton. But this seems to be incredi.
BILE.
Misfortune and missadveniure seem
to have logged his footsteps from Gal.
weston to Mexico. His treaty will
not~be ratified, and on his way to Mex
leo from the coast, he met with an ex-
traordinary adventure. A letter just
received at Washington, states as fol-
lows:
sCapt. Elliott, on his way from Vera
Cruz to Mexico, was robbed of all his
money. His dispatches were take,
from him. His clothes, even to his !
shoes, were taken from him, and he
soas left scith nothing but his shiyt"-
[W Union.
On the first of this month there were
in commission in the British Navy two
hundred and thirty vessels. Of these