Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1847-11-04

war having been declared by the act Of Mexico, 4
we presume it will not be required of the Pres
ident to consult Congress before the army Of
the U. S. could conslitutionally repel the in
vasion -four territory.
A Perfect Rage.-1'he good natured and
jocular sold field" bird who edits the Harri-
sonburg Republican, in his last paper, says that
we worked ourselves into 'sa perfect rage"
in replying, AS We thought,i liz the most good hu-
mored style. to the precious morsel Of fun. a
bout county court attorney y "a lawyer, "&c.,
which We referred in our last. He further
charges US with getting "a fit Of anger!" Ha
ha! h-a~h!! "A perfect rage!" "a fit Of an
ger!!' Too bad! Now, my big sir, amt yon
ashamed toialk so2 Fie on you! And he
charges US with serving 1.-The Title PRESIDENT
Don't be scarf. old boss; we don't get mad al
such trifes; did'nt we tell you 50 long ago?-
And, as to the President, we understand he
stands six feet strong in his stocking feet, while
our much esteemed contemporary up the way
would appear ''small by degrees and beautiful
| ly less," by his side. Come, dent be- looking
up at the President SO fercely; he wouldn't
hurt hair on your head. He says. we used
"phrases, perfectly in character with the source
! from which they eminated!" Did they emf
nate? They didn't. He says he will keep us
busy, if we don't quit this ''bootess con.rover-
sy" Very well; ego it booss'"
He says we attempted to prove that "Mr.
Slidell had been rejected, as early as January
18th, 1886" Did we attempt to prove that?
No, no: its all a-mistake. We only did prove
that, he ,ras not received, as early as 18th Dec
PAS.
He speaks of san insulated paragraph of the
Presidents message" that is, dried IN the sun,
derived from IN and sol, in the sun.
To cap the climax of his foley, the dear
little follow says we "uttered barefacsd tslse-
hood" Naughty fellow, to use such bad
wordsl
And he says further, as if determined to pile
Pelion upon Ossa, in the way OF absurdites,
that he "neyer intended to provoke personal
controversy with the editor of the Sentne!''
That's clever; we hate personalities, vastly,
and @e rejoice to know that we shall at least es-
cape the sca;ping knife Of the editor.
So no more at present, but remain yours, in
future, even till death shall US part
THE MARKETs.-It will be perceiv-
ed that prices of flour, &c. have declin-
ed since our last. For correct state
ment of present prices, see the regular
table of markets.
The recent rise was no doubt caus-
ed by the scarcity, principally, of new
-four in the markets. The rains which
have fallen during the fall have opera
ted very much against getting the new
crops into market-larmers generally
being delayed in seeding, later than
usual, and consequently many of them
could not attend 10 threshing and hav-
ing their grain manufactured into flour
until nov. 1t cannot be reasonably
expected that large portion of this
years crop can be taken to market be-
fore the latter part of this month.
Owing to the recent heavy drain up
on the country, however, and the con-
sequent unusual demand for home con-
sumption, we do net anticipate very
material fall in prices, at least during
the present season and those who are
disposed to sell at fair prices, can have
no good reason to hold up for higher
prices.
@-It will be seen, by reference to a
uOttLC III duOtnGI tHd. tHCiC
will be public procession Of the Sons
Of Temperance, in this place, on the
18th inst. Mr.. GALLY, who is acknowl-
edged to be one of the most eloquent
and successful advocates of the cause
L AZ
understand has accepted an invitation
to be present and address the people
on that day.
Quarterly Meeting. The third
| Quarterly Meeting for this circuit, will
be held in the M. E. Church, In the
town Of New Market, on Saturday and
Sunday, the 18th and l4.h inst.