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GREEN GAUZE Wells, new bonnet rib
" ands, French flowers, brown satin riband, fine

GREEN GAUZE Wells, new bonnet rib
" ands, French flowers, brown satin riband, fine
white Paris kid gloves.
l box extra rich white bonnet riband
box extra black, do do
Ladies' white silk gloves
New mourning caps
French worked collars and inside hdkfs.
Wors,ed scarfs, only rs cents, worth 81 SO
New lace goods in great profusion, embracing all
the new styles and patterns.
We have bought the above goods uncommonly
cheap, and will sell them IS per cent. lower than
others do.
The ladies may expect to find at our store, during
the coming season, decidedly the newest, richest,
most fashionable, tasty, and cheapest goods In the
District.
Our motto will be, "largc sales and small profits.
BRAGDON & TWOMBLY,
New York cheap lace store, between 10th and
llth street, Penn. avenue
Sept ll--3df ALEX. Gazette.]
BY WIN. MARSHALL,
Mahogany Board and Vcneers.
an Tuesday afternoon, Sept. Is, at o'clock, l
~ will sell at my store good lot of mahogany
hafinch and inch board; also lot of mahogany
veneers, viz:
746 feet of inch mahogany
$50 feet halfinch do
22OO mahogany veneers.
WIN. MARSHALL, Auct
Sept. IL
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BOARD wANTED.--A gentleman and lady
- wish board by the year in respectable fami-
ly, where they can have midding-sfzed weIl-fur-
nished psrlor and lodgng-room. location on or
near Pennsylvania avenue is preferred. Persons
wishing to furnish board above are requested to
address A. B. at this Office, giving their residence
description Of family, rooms, terms, &c.
Sept l0-3ts
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MARRIED.

!. p. TRrsr, Acting Secretary Of State
Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1846-02-12
Correspondence Of the Commercial .4drertiser
Buried Alive In a COaE-alainc.
WONDERFUL ESCAPE.
Honesdale, Jan. Is, 1916.

On Monday morning last, about nine
o'clock, an accident occurred in the
coal-mines of the Delaware and Hud-
son Canal Company, at Carbonate,
which has produced considerable ex-
element in the community. A large
portion Of The hill or mountain into
which the mines extend, following the
law of gravity, suddenly descended on
the honey-comb cavities within its bo-
som, burying all the unfortunate indi
yiduals within its reach. Very many
acres descended in a mass; and SO
great was the pressure of the Amos
phere, occasioned by this descent, as
to shoot out from the mouth of one
of the mines, as from cannon, train
of cars with horse and boy, throw
ing them to considerable distance
Painful TO relate, fifteen individuals
were beneath the descending mass,
only one of whom has had the good
fortune to escape, and his adventures
exceeding every thing on record. The
remaining fourteen are buried alive, il
not crushed, and may now be hopeless.
~ wandering in those gloomy caverns
beyond the reach Of human aid, anc
Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1846-02-12
FIFTY YEARS AGO.

THEN, the French revolution was
in progress all Europe was em5roiled
in war-infidelity and atheism triumph
ed over a nominal Christianity, and
threatened the very existence of the
Church-terror reIgped, and threw its
dark banner to the breeze, till all Chris
tendon trembled. Now, peace extends
her olive branch over all nations-in-
fidelity retires into corners, religion is
honored by the great, and multiples
her influences, till all classes of society
feel them, and are glad.
Then, the resources ofthe nations
their hard earned treasures, and their
blood were all expended in carrying
forward the work of slaughter and
death. Now, the conflicting elements
sleep quietly, and the same treas
ures are expended in improving agri-
culture, commerce and education, and
the ingenuity Of man is turned TO the
invention Of new means of increasing
wealth, and all the comforts it Sc
cures.
THEN, there was scarcely Il mission
AIRY on heather ground-all the bibles
in the world did not exceed four mil
lions-scarceIy a Sabbath School was
in existence, and when God in his
providence called it like light out of
darkness, glstrates and MOBILES frown-
ed on it as IN instrument of disloyaIty
and sedition-religious tracts were un-
Observation-Disclosures education Of
poorand pious youth for the ministry was
unthought of. Now, missionaries are
enumerated by thousands-B Bibles
have more than quadrupled their num-
bers- three or four millions of children
ane! youth are enjoying the instructions
of Sabbath Schools, not only without
hindrance, but with the smiles of all
classes of men--the religious press
teens with tracts and the condensed
wisdom and piely ofthe past and pres
emf generations-and many hundreds
Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1846-02-12
A BRAVE MAN.

The Richmond papers publish the
obituary notice of DR.. McCaw. In
reading this obituary we were struck
with the heroic conduct mentioned in
the following extract, which will no
doubt prove as Interesting TO our rea-
ders as it did to US: when the appal-
ling burning ofthe Richmond Theatre
took place, in the winter of 1871, DR..
McCaw was present. AT the cry OF
fire, recollecting the great crowd and
narrow lobby, he leaped from the side
box on the stage, in the hope of secu-
ring the escape ofhis party behind it.
Pressing the curtain aside, he discov-
cred such mass ofhame as most eff
fectuaIIy cut of all egress in that way.
Returning instantly by a backward
leap, and supporting his wife, he fore
ed his way to the famous east window,
around which he found clustering and
snffocaung crowd Of persons, whose
every effort had proved unsuccessful in
opening the shutters, which were
strongly barricaded on the outside.
BY an effort Of strength, almost super
natural, he dashed to pieces the obsta-
Gle, and the first gush OF fresh air gave
life to numbers who would have perish,
ed without it. Taking his stand then
by the high window, he announced his
determination to secure the safety of
every female before any man should
escape. This he carried into effect,
and then Literally surrounded with
flames) assisted the men in the same
way. At last, after saving very many
lives, his clothing reduced to a crisp,
as the floor sunk beneath. his feet, he
leaped from the window, the last hu-
man being that escaped through ina.
outlet. His fall produced an injury of
the thigh that rendered him poweriess
for motion, and he lay under the wall
Of the burning building until his own
son, a mere lad) recognized his voice
crying for aid, and dragged him down
hill, out of danger from the falling wall.
Months of severe pain followed, during
the first weeks of which be could not
permit the removal of single piece of
his clothing; when at length this was
done, the very flannel next his skin
was found burnt, and universal cica-
trix of the back evidenced the amount
Of heat he bad borne, the painful effects
Of the burn having been completely
concealed by the greater suffering from
the torn muscles Of the thigh. The
heroism of this conduct was only e.
qualled by the modesty which preven-
ted his giving the details for publica-
ton, often solicited from him.
Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1846-02-12
FEBRUARY.

So named from Fsbrua, Fe6su0ca,
or iebruals, names of Juno. Our Sax
on ancestors named it Sprout kele:-
meaning, By kele, the kele- wurt; called
by us cole-wurt, an herb in great use a.
mong our forefathers.
The days are now sensibly iengthen-
ed; the cold generally begins to abate,
and the sun has occasionally power e.
nough graduallyto melt away the snow
and ice. Sometimes a sudden thaw
comes on with south wind and rain,
which all at once dissolves the snow
Torrents of water then descend from the
HILLS; every little brook and rill is
sweile< to large stream; and the ice
IS swept away with great violence from
the rlvers.--Seors' Mag.
Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1846-02-12
SINGULAR ANECDoTE OF A PARROT.

A Quaker lady in England had a
little servant girl, whom she frequently
called into the parlor to instruct her in
reading, and as she had low numb
ling voice, her mistress had frequently
to reprove her, telling her to speak up
can, # thee acill-mutter, mufter,
matter. A favorlte parrot, which
was Gagged in the parlor, from the fire.
quent reiteration, learned to repeat the
form of reprooi verbatim. 1t happen
ened that a ministering friend, in his
travels visited this family, and had
what is called family sitting, in which
the friend felt concern to speak; and
beginning in rather low voice, the
parrot sung out-speoh up-can, If
thee Uilt-mutter, muttea, mutter.-
The preacher raised his voice a little
But presently he heard the same COM
mand-speak up-can, IF thee wiil~-
nautter, matter, mutter-and the re-
proof was repeated until the preacher
found that nothing but the audibility
of his voice would silence the pert re-
proven. 1t is needles to state that poll
was never after permitted to be present
during family sitting.
Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1846-02-12
TAKING HATS TO GET sMooTHsp

A fellow went into the hall of a
boarding house in Barely street. New
York, few nights since, while the
ooarders were at supper, and gathered
up all the hats on the table. He was
making his way out with his booty,
when boarder a little behind time
came IN, and asked him what he was
about.
90 says the thief, Il am taking the
gentlemen's bats round to Leary's to
get Smoothed'
WELL replied the boarder, take
mine along
Certainly, sir, said the accommoda-
ting soafer, and vanished.
Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1846-02-12

A Fate! Duel.-We have been
grieved to learn, and are now panied
to inform our readers, that Duel was
fought yesterday morning near Bla-
densburg, between DR.. Daniel John
son and Thomas F. Jones, ESQ.,, of
Perquimons county, North Carolina
which terminated at the first fire in the
instantaneous death of the former.
1t is said that the surviving comba-
tant, and his second, were arrested up
on the spot by the civil authorities of
the county, prince Georges, Mary
land. Wat. Int. Tuesday.
Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1846-02-12

solid masonry is thrown across thu
stream, and aqueducts are from theme,
constructed, on either side of the river
to convey the water from the main res
ervolr to the houses and gardens of th'
city and the plantations below. Thes'
aqueduets were constructed perhaps ;
[ century and half ago, by the Catho
lie establishment; and under the regula
tons then established, the proprieto
ofeach hacienda was, as is said, per.
mitted to use the water for irrigating
his entire plantation as often as requir
ed, and III quantities proportioned to
the extent of his possessions.
There are three old Catholic mission
airy establishments in the vicinity Of
San Antonio, situate on the river be
low the city, at intervals of a few miles
These-Conception, San Jose, and
San Juan-are each a church, surroun-
ded by wall intended forpurposes Of
defence. Within these walls are also
erected numerous small buildings for
the shelter and protection ofthe neigh
boring farmers, and their families du-
ring the predatory visits of the In
dians.
1t is curious fact, that in a city
like San Antonio, with the improve
ments described, its antique churches
and the other public ediiices, should
have existed for centuries, compare
lively unknown, near the extreme Wes-
tern frontier ofthis now infant republic
of the wilderness.
The other principal towns of Texas,
are Matagorda, at the mouth of the
Colorado, on Matagorda Bay; Wash
ington, on the Brazos; Corpus Christi,
just sprung into existence, and num-
bering already about 1900 people, be-
sides, the United States Army, of near
5000, making in all a population OF
about 1000; Nacogdoches, Brazoria,
on the Brazos River, and Montgome-
ry, the capital of the county ofthe same
name.
Cotton is principally raised, and to
best advantage, on the Colorado, Bra
EOS, Trinity, and Red Rivers; but is
also proftably cultivated in other sec
tons. The sugar region is near the
the coast, and lying south of latitude
80. Wheat, and the fine grains, are
raised to most advantage in the noun
tains and billy regions of the upper
Colorado, Brazos, and Trinity Rivers.
OF the wilderness region above this
point, towards Sante Fe, but little
comparatively is known.
The principal streams are, the Red
River, navigable within Texas about
600 miles; the Sabine, navigable four
months in the year about 400 miles;
the Neches, for the same period, about
$50 miles;tbe Trinity, for seven months,
about 600 miles; the Buffalo Bayou,
navigated by steamboats, every day in
the year, from Houston to Galveston,
about 100 miles, and the greatest thor
oughfare of the country; the Brazos,
four months in the year, $50 miles, and
may be easily rendered navigable 300
miles; the Colorado, which by reno
wing the raft at its month, may be nav
igased a: least 400 miles, the Gauda-
loupe, navigable about 80 miles; the
Nueces, about 100 miles; and the Rio
Bravo del Nor,e, about GOO miles.
-RNa-
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Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1846-02-12
BEST PRESERVATIyE.

When a young man has acquired
love of reading, and of course a health
full relish for intellectual pleasures, he
has become possessed of one of the
best preservat:ves against dissipation.
Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1846-02-12

THEN, the education ofthe mass of
the people entered not at all into the
minds ofthe learned and the great, but
was confined to the plans and efforts of
few despised Puritans. Now, uni
versal education is The choicest theme
OF the popular orator, enters into the
deepest counsels of the statesman, and
touches the noblest cord III every pa
triotic heart.
Say not, then, why are the former
days better than these, for thou dost
not enquire wisely concerning this
thing. boston Recorder.
Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1846-02-12

of the INDECENT sons of the church
have been prepared and are preparing
Tor the ministry and missionary labor
al home, and in foreign lands.
Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1846-02-12

FLOUR. The Cincinnati Atlas es
Inmates the quantity of flour in that city
at the present time to be not less than
%, 900 or 10000 barrels.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1846-02-05
TO MAKE CREDIBLE CAKES.
EaH. FeFmtT's library,
New York, December 10th, ISi5.

Best way to make them is 10 use milk
altogether, instead of waier-two eggs,
both youlk aud white, 10 be allowed for a
pint Of corn meal-lhe milk TO be little
warmed and the whole 10 be well beat
up with spoon or ladle. There must
be milk enough used 10 make the whole
so liquid as that it will pour out Of the
saucepan on the griddle-one spoonful
of wheat -four, and lard (pure butter still
better the size Of a walnut.
The GRIpDLE.-MUch nicely is 10 be
observed in the preparation of the grid
die. which, as must be we'll known, is
a fiat, round, iron concern, standing on
three legs, and Of any size-it must be
made not very hot, because then il would
burn the cakes, and it must be well
cleaned and CREASED while warm, that it
may be perfectly smooth, so that the
cakes may be easily turned, that they
may be done brown mot burnt on both
sides-to promote their turning easily is
the object of adding the wheaton flour.
BE il rendered that the dough, or rather,
the batter. as above directed. must be we'll
beat up and prepared directly before be-
ing cooked-though it nigh, set an hour
this is mentioned 10 prevent its being
supposed that il, like some other bread,
would bear to be mixed over night. The
cakes are usually poured on until they
spread on the griddle to the size of the
bottom Of a breakfast plate. You will
think this recipe rather proliS, but it is
my way in all such cases to be very ex'
acl. Better be too particular than 10 omit
any essential iiem. j. s. s.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1846-02-05
GENERAL PAREDEs.

This general, who appears. At ihe pre-
sent time. 10 hold The destiny Of Mexico
in his hand, is thus skelched by WASH
ibgton correspondent Of The N. Y. Her
aid:
Gen. Psredes 10 q man Of shout forty
eight years Of sge; frsll and Sigh, in
form, aud not ungracefu!, though maiDed
by the wounds OF many battles. His eye
in repose is ss mild as sunshine, but when
excited. il CLEANS like the edge Of his own
good sword. lie is known throughout
The republic ss " FL Nance" Paredes-
or, ",he hand wounded" He may be
considered the Mu,at of Mexico. as he
knows no fears in his almost mad and
reckless daring. lie was once bsnlshed
to this country, and as al exile studied
our institutions and worshipped our en-
terprise. Ills American feelingssre strong.
and in ell business transactions he is a
man Of honor. Amid the thousand op-
porluni,ies that he had fur smasslng en-
immense fortune, his poverty has remain
ed monument Of his patriotism.
twas his skill, energy and indomila-
bic courage. that made Santa Anna Pres
ident Of the Mexican Republic; and when
he uiiled with the liberties Of his below
ed country, 1, was he who hurled the Die.
tstor from place and power. and bani.hed
him an exile in land Of strangers. A
favori,e with The people-he is above the
tawdry and garish military pomp and die.
play tina. ollumes clogs end disgus,s them.
A lsvorite with the srny-he never los,
a battle. A favoriie with the priesthood
lie has ever sdvocs:ed their rights, and
been their steadfss, friend. The CON.
mander Of the forces, and the governor oil
one of The richest departments Of the re-
public, his influence is seen and fell
throughout the land. Such is General
Paroles; who is The embodiment of the
spirit OF reform al lh,s moment al the
Mexican empire.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1846-02-05

one Of his nsighbOr', II e.rnO. siEsrd 20
lsks H."
" wtsi !. he friss 81 il pr rear -
said lleoIser.
"Thts d..llaEs." wss lie EsVly.
aAnd san'i ysn Afford three dali.ts
yeIs Think NJ II. truly, three a.llars
= year. A year 10 long lime. Ps,hsps
You have ouly frw such 10 spsnd here
on earth. A year! . Whole year and
only three d"ll.r,l And What 90 you get
Tor your m"R.y! A I-Ise. closely pTin-
ed. useful Flesl; giving sou the nexs 0f
The setk, and large amnrnl II misrsl-
lanSnns rtadirg. And You raa'I afford
three dcllafs isr such . paper = Hh.ls
year."
"Wsll. dselsrr. neighbor. you tlk
Ike sn txprrisnerd man. Inesrr thought
oi il jusI in thal l'ghl before. |, 10 only
three dollars for scar, and YET lie pa
per cones 10 ne every week. sud love
10 read Il; slways find son.ihing in IL
that ihlsrests ne. And moreover. on =
second Tbs ugLi, ! perceive thai. .flsr n.
a good newspaper is about she cheapest
tiiing q man can hsre. lie gets mDrs
Te,d'ng for his money Than be can 10 any
other way"
"Trus. neighbor, end thIs show, that
What have alHsys SAID. - true: newsra.
pers seem 10 hsve bsen designed almost
exclusively fr tie bentiiI Uf lie poor.
No man IL too poor TO take good news
paper. bsc.uss At Is The eh.sfesI thing
he can have"
Here both The speakers ioired and
said:
Blessed are the editors, for they feed
the poor with knowledge" aud item they
seParsIed with looks Of high satisfaction.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1846-02-05

90 three months. On lie continent, G.r. in
the pEssrniday. The great sionrs Of wheat
gathered up siih government inflaenee
and iaE nsii0nai purposes a. the tines
= Sa5srnheT' ailndes %, Hlll Be r und 70
have been chiefly in The south Of Europe
and lie noEih Il Alrira; and - he wheat
Of those districts are both harder and
'ougheF in The present day Than those of
ihe AoElh of Europe, and also contain
less moisture. Il is only natural 10 infer
that there Was the same coincidence Of
circumstances in 0lden times; and rs The
natural quantity Of moisture in wheat will
he increased IN the North Of Europe 10
perhaps double The quantity IL contains IN
the South, 50 also win be the chances
against il keeping Tor any long period
he more diminished the farther we Teeede
from the tropical portion Of the earth.
Moisture. therefore. in wheat must be
considered a. one Of The principles which
lend Ia its decay; and although artificial
means, As kiln drying, may be used for
rnbhing il Of a considerable portion Of The
moisture. YET il does mol appear probable
that any such process will ever render the
soft wheais Of the North so well adapted
im keeping as the hard and horny wheals
Of warm countries.
| have only TO repeat the expression Of
my hope that the experiments ia England
will mol be generally on The -four of In
dian corn or northern growth, which may
prove unlaVoralle TO success: but If gentle
men sending this article to their cores
pOndents would procure il from Richmond.
OF south of the Chesapeake, and with il
send Il copy Of the recipes have appen.
dsd to this lnr making Egg Pone and vir-
giBia Cakes, will undertake TO promise
that they will become The favorile bread
at the breakfast table of Queen Victoria
herself. As The Indian meal ash cake ever
was with General Washington. II shall
even augment that desire which she, and
il is To be hoped every Christian human
being eniertains, to preserve peace and
all spris OF kind Offices between the moth
err aud the daughter country.
Yours with best wishes.
]. S. SKINNER,
Edit. Formers Library.
New York, December 10th, lSi5.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1846-02-05

Esia. Bat sOon eel aslssP. IS slila'sa
sill.
fla ihs morning. l rushed D. NJ
mnihrs's Faem. uih = slr-ngs dEssd -
eEil - cane pPoa ne. II as joss - |
l~aIeA. There Ess The while linFn. cseF
lie sisaight cold I'D. lnIe Il aside.
There wss lhe hard CLERK. lie slos-
ed eye, the stOny bFaw. Bet. Ihark Gad.
ny moillsr's dear. dear smIie uss there
aisn. Or my heart waula hare bFak.n.
in an inslsn'. al The lillie faults. faE
which she had so aflen TrPr0seI m.
rushed upon nv mind. l lrngrd II tel
her hos good ! ssuid slwsys BE-. Il sic
would bnI stay aitb me.
al logged TO I'LL hs', haw. in I'll tine
10 come. her verde would be = lsw n me.
! would be al Ih.s size had prayed nc ID
be.
81 wss q passionate. hsad-suong boz:
but yer did this frame 81 trmper c me
upon me. but | seemed % see her mid,
fearful eyes ell upon me, Just - size us.
ed 70 look 10 life; aud when ! slroEe la'
lhe..msslery. Islt her smile sink iaI0 ny
very heart. md | vas happy.
Ny whole character undsTwenl q
change, eEeB from Tie moment Of hsI
death. Her sphjI was foreter With me,
to lid the good. and 10 root out the evil,
Ihal was in me. ] lelI u would griess
her gentle spirit IN see me err, snd
could not. would not do so. | was lhs
child Of her sGeciiUn; | knew che had
prayed end wert over ne, aud that even
on the tbre,hOid e tie grave. hsr anxiety
for my lsIe had caused her spirit 10 lingeI,
that she might pray onre more Tor NE.
al never forgot my m"thers LAST kiss,
II was with me 10 sorrow; il was With m'
in JOY; IL was With me in mouents o
evil. like perpetual gcoI."
Tue sb0Fe 10 . part of . letter Of 81
ole man, whn has seen his children m,
his grandchildren about him, and who i
cheerful nsn. with his gray hairs, ful
Of reverence. Mrs. Seba Smith.