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Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1848-01-20
COL. MORGAN.

!. We had the pleasure ola long and
very agreeable Interview with the gal
liant commander of The 10Th InEanlry, a
regiment whose indomi'abIe courage
at Churubusco was amply proved by
The loss Of more than a third of It's
members. 1t was on this occasinn
the Colonel was badly wounded in the
thigh, on the account of " hich lie has
retained hofhe to recruit. Col. Nor
gan is the youngest colonel, and per
haps the youngest field officer in the
army, being Gust twenty-ssven years
old. He, is however, not a young sol
der, having served in the Texas cam
paigns with great dis,ltclion when bu,
a beard!esS youth. Last summer he
commanded a regiment of Ohio volun-
teers, WHICH did good service IN keep
ing open the communication between
Monterey aud the Rio Grandt; of
whose efficiency Urea, CanaIes, and
other guerilla chiefs, had very striking
proofs. Col. Morgan, in his sepera,e
command, carried into practical and
successful operation the Napoleon
principle of making the enemy pay the
expenses apd damages of the war
His uniform rule was 10 levy on the
enemy, for any losses sustained by him
through the thieving guerillas, to pun
ish those who gave aid and comfort TO
the enemy, and for better security, to
detain with him hostages, in the per.
sons Of certain respectable citizens,
whose fate and treatment we're made
to depend or the behavior of their
neighbors and friends. The system
proved admirably efficient ard success.
full.
Colonel Morgan is an officer of grea:
intelligence. His opinions bear the
impress of a strong, thinking, active,
practical mind. He is of the true Sax
on character, as his blue eyes and light
hair indicate. Every action, thought,
and feature betoken an energetic ma.
ture, dauntless courage, and clear,
rapid intellect. We predict that Col.
Morgan will win still higher dis,inc-
ton than he now enjoys in the field of
ambition and glory, on which he has so
early entered.-N. O. Delta.
Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1848-01-20
SIGN OF 4 SiNdER.

"An' Cuff, will ye be after tipping
us a little bit of a sang this cowld morn
in'?" exclaimed son of the Emerald
Isle, 10 brother of the sable race, a
co-aborer in the division and sub di
vision Of wood.
"Golly, massa, can't sing!"
"Can't sing! and what is yer leg
stuck in the middle Of yer Fur for, like
birds, if ye can't sing:''
Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1848-01-20

It is stated in an English paper that
a Jealous wife recently ed her husband
IN bed while he slept, & then poured
boiling water over him. When arraign-
ed for trial, which resulted in transport
tation for life, she boldly confessed the
crime.
Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1848-01-20

Col. Morgan of the Ohio volunteers,
IN late speech in Ohio, declared that
the men Of industry, worth, and capt.
tai, in Mexico. are now DESTROYS that
our Government should keep the entire
country. They want quiet and happi
ness. which they can never attain UNI
der their own government.
Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1848-01-20
SINGULAR DECtsIoN.

The London Observer states that i
has been decided recently by Lord
Denman and the other Judges of the
court of Queens Bench, that according
to the new law of England, a marriage
acith the sister Of a deceased aoye is
absolutely null and void; and as a mat
ter Of course all the children of such
marriage are iltegitimale.
Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1848-01-20

Mr.. Charles Mobray, of Deansville'
Ohio, it is said by "''he Greenfield
Gazette and Courier" has invented a
continuance by which railroad cars
can travel without the aid Of steam ~
and with great celebrity. Mr.. Now
bray is about taking out patent for HE
invention.
Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1848-01-20

A doctor once returned his coat to
a tailor, because it did not exactly fit
him. TAe tailor, afterwards seeing
the doctor at the funeral of one of his
patients, said TO him:
'Ah, doctor, you are a happy man.
why, SOP inquired the doctor.
Because said the tailor, you never
have any Of your bad work returned
upon your hands.
Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1848-01-20
INSCRIPTION FOR GAMBLING Hoy

INSCRIPTION FOR A GAMBLING HOUSE.
Who come to this abode of sin and death.
Three gates-Hope'-ShGnas! tnta Death
Pass through
IT'S by the first they enter in.
And leave it by the other tive!
Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1848-01-20

A Vermont genius has trained four
hogs to go in harness, ard attaching
them to car, lie drives them to mar
ket.
Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1848-01-20
ESQUIRE.

A modern writer very pith;ly re-
marks, that that title is now conferred
on all who wear good coat or clean
shirt
Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1848-01-20

NOTHING LIKE SYSTEM

NOTHING LIKE SYSTEM.
cav! Pummell, what do / owe
youi'
"Oh! not much, sir. It's of no con-
sequence.
"Aw! No! But | think Of taking
the Benefit Of the Act about Christmas;
and as man of system, | am very
particular about exact amounts
Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1848-01-20

The Albany Knickerbocker recon-
mends as lie best mode of preserving
apples, to lock them up III dry cellar
and hide the key.
Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1848-01-20

Chesterfield, hatitis been informed
by his physician that he was dying by
inches, ''thanktd Heaven he was not
so tall b. a foo, as Sir Thomas Robin:
son.
Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1848-01-20

I; was la:el y decided in an Irish
court, that the absence of married
man from his wife for four years, in
America, made his wife widow.
Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1848-01-20

The man who threw a squash at The
head Of his scoding wife, remarked
that "a soft answer turne,h away
WRATH
Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1848-01-20
WEARING OUT WIVES.

A poor person residing in Green
wich, applied TO The magistrate to have
two of his children admitted on the
poor's roll.
How many have your said the
bailie.
Five-and-twenty, sir replied the
petitioner.
Five and-twenty!' re-echoed the
bailie, "and all by one wite"
%, no, no. replied the poor man, Il
am wearing the fourth.
A certain son of ST. Crispin recently
called on a neighboring blacksmith, to
get the steel corks of his horses shoes
sharpened, and, being in great haste,
he asked
Cans you do lit without taking the
shoes OFF,
4 don't KNOW says Vulcan, but il
you will hold his feet in my forge, III
try
:Pease SIR, l don't think MIR. Dose
um takes his physic reg'lar,' said a
doctors boy 10 his employer.
How SOP
s'Cause he's getting well SO pre-
cious Fast
A young lady tainted, last market
morning, when told by one OF the
country chaps that he had chickens fol
sale, but they were undressed.
A gentleman upon being asked
whether he was seriously injured when
steam boiler exploded, is said to have
replied, that he was so used to being
blown up by his wife, that mere steam
had no effectupon him.
A short man became attached TO a
very tall woman, and somebody said
that he had fallen inlove. with her.
DO yon call that falling in lover said
an old bachelor, It's more like climb
ing up to it,
A Brazilian merchant at Para re-
Gently asked an American whether the
United States was rs large a town as
Para! Para contains II or IA 900 in
habitants, seveA-eights of whom are
colored. i
Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1848-01-20

A striking example of an impfovi:
den, IIish marriage, says the Leicester
Express, was lately exhibited at Mon
eygan. A happy couple who were
married in the morning, were caught
stealing hay in the evening to make
their nup,ial couch.
Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1848-01-20

The Indiana Legislature have cruelty
determined not to grant any bills Of dls
yorce al their present session:
Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1848-01-20

An army correspondent, writing
from San Angel, says: 81 have ceased
to use American manufactured to bacco,
as our sutler wants four dollars pound
for his stock. The same quality might
be purchased for tacenty cents a pound
in the States"
Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1848-01-20
A FAIR WAGER.

A Georgia negro was riding a mile
along, and came 10 bridge when the
mule stopped. "I'll bet you quarter
said Jack, "I'll make you go ober dis
BRIDGE" and with that struck the mule
over the ears, which made him nod his
mead suddenly. "You take de bet,
tIen," said the negro, and contrived to
get the stubborn mule over the bridge.
III want dat quarter, anyhow" said
Jack. "But how will you get your
money!" said man who had been
close by unperceived. "To-morrow,' y
said Jack, "massa glib me dollar 10
get corn, and takes the quarter out. D
Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1848-01-20

The ship fever was last week rapidly
increasing in the Institutions at Staten
Island. At the Seamen's Retreat
there are over 200 sick sealnen. A
large number are down with the ship
fever.
Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1848-01-20

Drinking glass of spirits is no tri-
fle. A profane word is no triile. One
visious step is no trile. Remember
this. Impress deeply on your minds
that nothing can Be trifle which en-
dangers your future peace and puts in
jeopardy your immor soul.
Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1848-01-20

On Sunday, lady called TO her lit
tie boy who was tossing marbles on the
side walk, TO come INTO the house.
'Don'tyou know you shouldn't be
out there, my son? Go INTO the back
yard, if You want to play marbles-it
lis Sunday
We'll, yes. Brt amt it Sunday Il.
the back gard, mother
Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1848-01-20

SeIfshness has no soul. 1t is a
heart of stone encased In iron. Sell
6shness cannot see the miseries of the
world-it cannot feel the pangs and
thrusts of hunger. 1t robs lis own
graye-sells its own bones to the DOC
tor, and lis soul TO the devil.
Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1848-01-20

"Ten years ago, the American citi-
zens who had emigrated to Texas on a
nations faith, and were deceived, re-
volted. Few in numbers though they
were, yet thrice is he armed that hath
Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1848-01-20

A puichman was relating his mar:
vellous escape from drowning, when
thirteen Of his companions were lost
by the upsettlns ola boa, and he alone
was saved.
"And how did you escape theft
fate?" asked one of his hearers.
81 It'd not 60 in lie poat," was the
Duchinan's placid answer.
Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1848-01-20
gGe 81 s.t;'.se eG&s oC~rrsy
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Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1848-01-20
BREvlTlEs & LEvlTEs,

An honest Da,ch,nln meeting a yil.
lage NJ. d. one morning, the following
dialogue ensued :-'Goot mornin'
Doctor'' Good morrow to ,ou Mr..
Schmidt?' ANY body unwell down
your way?' Eyes, Mr.. JONES'
'Oh, mine Got, Doctor, vot ish de mat
Ter vid Mr.. jones' Hes sick
Seek, seek, ish ola, Alp y thought
he had feuer or something.'
Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1848-01-20

At late Examination o. the College
of Surgeons, a candidate was asked by
Aberne,hey, what he would do if a
man were blown up BY gunpowder3-:-
"Why," cody answered ,hetyro, "wai}
till he cains down again" "'rIue,"
said Aberne'hy, "ahd SUPPOSE | kick:
ed you for your imper'inent reply,w what
muscles should I put in motion?"-
"Why," replied the young man, "thS
fexors and extensors fmy arm, for |
should floor you Immediately
Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1848-01-20
COLD WATER VS.. wH1sKEY.

A drunken fellow yesterday, stand.
ing on the corner Of Lower Market &
Sycamore streets, surveying the flood
INDUCED in the following solloquy:-
CHOW great many people talk (himp)
agin whiskey- whiskey, i never done
half the dam Chimp age that are cold
water is dom. Now you see j.
that cold water only was whiskey,
they'd drink it up long afore it got here :,
lhimpj so you see ! go.for whiskey."
I'hen turning round he staggered off in
search of his favorlte Beverage Gin
ciinnati Paper.
= IN Mexico the average Of human life
IS only fifteen years, which circum.
stance aloneis suficien. TO show the
vast difference existing between the
moral and physical condition Of that
people and our own.
Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1848-01-20

A young lady tainted, last market
morning, when told by one of the
country chaps that he had chickens for
sale, but they were undressed.
Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1848-05-20


six ,emales and thirteen children--will most
Of them be sold and sent 10 Southern plan.
tstions. Where the carcass IS, there will
eagles be gathered, is one Of the truest, a.
II is among the most eloquent and expires.
sve, of scriptural sayings. II is verified
here and now, for prominent in the arrivals
ofdealers in men and women who have been
attracted by the scent of prey, is MIR. Hope
=. Slater of Baltimore, distinguished thro'
the South as the great negro buyer Of Bal.
timore and the District. One of the ftIgi.
tives was offered the alternative Of being
returned to her master and mistress or being
sold and taken to the South. She had been
q family servant, and Ind escaped with her
young child. She refused to return, and
when asked why she ran away, she replied
with simplicity and brevity which in her
case was true cloquence, sHavc mot tho
same right TO my freedom that you have,
aud could you have neglected chance Of
gaining it, had you been slavei"
Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1848-05-20

ted to bring about, repeated his belief that
1 IT that Senator were to visit Mississippi be
must die upon the scai1old.
Mr.. Douglass-I congratulate the Sena-
tor from New Hampshire, that he has got
5000 more votes by the hast speech of the
the Senator from Mississippi. He did not
wonder at the Indignation of the South; but
he urged the necessity of discretion in their
efforts at redress.
Mr.. Jefferson Davis had no fears of
servile insurrection. The institution of
slavery in the South was paternal institu-
ton; bur he contended for the necessity of
protecting ourselves by the punishment of
incendiaries who may come among us.
MIR. Douglass farther discussed the qucs..
ton with much good sense, in opposition TO
the extreme views urged upon him by MIR.
Davis, Mr.. Calhoun, and Mr.. Foote, sue
cessively.
/ Mr.. Butler, in speech Of some length,
earnestly pleaded the issue presented by
Mr.. Calhoun.
Mr.. Davis, of Massachusetts, urged a
calm and dispassionate consideration of the
bin.
Mr.. Cameron defended PENNSYLVANIA from
the charge of abolition, and said that the
negro law of that State was not so hard
upon the south ms The law of New York.
He had no doubt the Senator from New
Hampshire had introduced this bill, as he
had many others, for his amusement
/ Mr.. Hale raised question of order.
The words of Mr.. Cameron, last given,
heing taken down, they were decided by
the Chair us not out Of order.
Mr.. Hale appealed.
The appeal was overruled ripa roce
Mr.. Cameron concluded his defence of
Pennsylvania from the suspicion of aboli-
tionism.
| Mr.. Calhoun maintained that the fugitive
slave law of Pennsylvania was nearly equiv
TALENT to that of New York.
Mr.. Johnson of Maryland, gave notice oil
an amendment to the bill for the protection
of slave property in this District.
And the Senate adjourned.
Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1848-05-20

% JOHN 0UtNC1 ADAMss
gi. Gunner, MASS.
In days of vore, the poets pen
From wing Of bird was plundered,
Perhaps of goose, but, now and then,
From Jove's own Eagle sundered.
But, now, metallic pens disclose ~
Alone the poets numbers;
In iron inspiration glcws,
Or with the minstrel slumbers.
Fair Damsel! could my pen impart,
In prose or lofty rhyme,
The pure emotions of my heart,
To speed the flight of time;
What metal from the womb Of earth
Could worth intrinsic bear
To stamp with corresponding worth
The blessings thou should'st share'
Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1848-05-20
LANCASTER, WISCONSIN, SATURDAY, MAY 90, 1913.
POETRY
Touching Memorial.

Few of our readers but will read with
deep and even tender interest the following
copy of verses, written by Mr.. ADAMS on
the day proceeding his fatal attack of i'll
ness, and designed to accompany his auto
graph signature, which had been requested
by female friend:
Written for Miss c. L. Edacards, Of Mas
sachusetts, on the day before has attack.
Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1848-05-20

uC-An appeal for volunteers at Vienna,
10 march into Italy, is said TO have been fol-
lowed Nv the enrolment of 5000 names in a
single day.
Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1848-05-20

I1- The Law forbidding the sale of
less quantity OF liquor than twenty-eighf
gallons, has passed the Massachusetts Leg
islature.
Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1848-05-20

JOHN Qu1NcY ADAMS,
QUINCY, MASS.
Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1848-05-20

Merchants and Dealers in Dry Goods, Groceries,
Hardware, Produce, etc.
Eeescsr-, TItconsis.
The northern tribune. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1847-1855, 1848-03-18
THIRD DAY.
AUGUSTA, March l6, 1874

AUGUSTA, March 16, 1913.
The Court met pursuant TO adjourn
ment. The crowd Of ladies and gentle.
men in attendance as spectators continues
as great as at irst-in fact, it seems TO in
crease from day to day.
DR.. Moves recalled---Saw Prof. LOOMS
bottle containing the contents OF Math.
ews' stomach in DR.. N. K. Bontele's Of
flee. The bottle was on the table when
witness entered, with a stopp,e in it
Witness removed the stopple, smelled of
the contents of the bottle, and detected an
odor of prussic accid--Presumes DR.. B. is
in Phladelp hia-he left Walerville the
last of October, and has not returned
since. DR.. B. likewise smelled of the con-
tents of the bottle.
Cross eramined-Witness was student
in DR.. Cooidges Office part of 1915 and
1916. DR.. G. kept prussc acid amongst
his ordinary medicines kept a larger as
sortment OF medicines than physicians
usually keep. Does not know that his
students used the acid for experiments.
DR.. C. has been in the habit Of keeping
students. DR.. Bontelle was a student
,here-afterwards Mr.. Hint. Does not
KNOW tndl Ut. was oluuCut tuSiC
he was with Dr.. Potter. Has been ac-
ouainted with DR.. c. ever since ne came
to Watervile-knows nothing against his
good reputation as citizen, or as HUI
man physician.
Question by Mr.. Morrill,. Have you
no, heard things agains; the character of
DR.. Coolidge al any time, aside from this
transaction This question was objected
to by Mr.. Evans. The Court said the in
quiryy mus, be confined TO general reputa-
ton. Mr.. Morrill, then asked if the wit
ness had heard reports prejudicial to the
character of DR.. Coolidge. He answered
that he had since this tragedy, but did not
remember having any unconnected with
this affair. Has been in practice in Wat
erville recently. and has been amongst the
people in that vicinity.
Question by Attorney General. Have
YOU heard any other charge against DR..
| Coolidge, than that Of murder? Objected
The northern tribune. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1847-1855, 1848-03-18

acid is only 2 rer cent; knows of but one de-
gree of strength as kept by apothecaries the
standard of the U. S. Pharmacopaia. Should
he wish it stronger, he should probably apply
to chemist. Supposes wholesale druggists
in large cities may keep it stronger. Acids
are used in different strengths by physicians,
and diluted when necessary. Have heard the
descriptions of the wounds on the head /;
should Judge from the descriptions they were
inflicted after death. Witness Judges princi-
pally from the absence of all appearance of
inflammation. Had they been inflicted but a
short time before death, they would have
produced inflammation.
Cross examined. Has never been present at
post mortem examination of person who
died from prussc acid. Cannot say what
modification the fluids of the system would
exercise; but if he discovered the odor, he
should believe it; should rely with perfect
confidence on either the odor or the chemical
tests. There may be cases where the odor
would not be perceptible, but chemical tests
would discover it; this would depend on the
suddenness of the death and attending cir
cumstances. 1t is said that the odor may be
discovered in cases where no prussic acid eX-
lists in the system, and that the acid may be
generated by the decomposition of bodies /;
these statements are made by authors vaguely
and without personal knowledge. and are not
entitled to confidence. Witness has attended
the examination of many dead bodies, but
never discovered anything of the kind. Has
examined standard works on the subject
Cannot say whether acid taken in brandy
would be retained in the system more cer-
tainly. Prussic acid was used some thirty
years ago with great confidence for consump
ton thinks if it had any efficacy it was in a
disordered state of the stomach. Has seen
an experiment where brandy and acid were
administered and after IA hours and again
after 40 hours, the acid odor was perceptible,
but the odor of brandy was not. Has known
chemical tests applied with success in cases
where the acid was administered with brandy.
Witness knows that DIR. Coolidge kept on
hand all kinds of medicines supposed he had
a greater variety and kept a larger stock on
hand than almost any physician OF his ac-
uuaintance. Cannot say whether physicians
who have students purchase articles for them
to experiment upon. Thinks brandy would
have no material influence to prevent the eff.
feet of prussic acid; has seen an animal de-
stroyed in one minute by mixture of the two.
Has examined several persons who died from
habitual drinking, and found nothing peculiar
In the stomach; the liver was always strongly
marked; thinks injection of the brain would
be likely to occur in those cases. Has known
DR.. Coolidge four or five years, and has fire.
ouentlv met him and been called to his pa
tents. He had an extensive practice. Never
heard aught against his character as citizen
thought him humane in his practice.
The examination of this witness here closed
and the Court adjourned to half past s in the
morning.