Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1848-05-11

electeu over JdSptI,D., aEu rIencH, w {.
Fauquier. Scott and Rector, w.,
elected over Strother and Page, Dem.
Rappahanmock. J. F. STROLLER, W..
is no doubt reelected. r .aat
Lancaster and Richmond. VIM.
Webb, Wing, elected.
Amelia. According to the Union,
a Wing has been elected in this coun-
ty. A gain. his -1HfFeefa
Brook s. Hancock. A Democrat is
elected.
Loudon. Three Wings elected.
Rockingham. Harper received Sc
ven votes majority over Stevens
Mar.z and Harper are therefore elected.
Botetourt. John w. Thompson,
Democrat, elected.
Tyler g. WetSel. A Democrat elec-
ted.
Marion. The Fairmont Pioneer has
returns from all the precincts except
two; from which it appears that Ar
nett, Dem, has been elected over four
democratic and two whig competitors.
.Monongalia. Tanzey, Dem, is be-
lieved to have been elected over Wade,
the regular nominee of the party.
Ohio. Pitts, Wing, elected.
Randolph s. Barbour. D. Golf e.
lected. Wing gain.
Pendleton & Highland. Hiner is e.
lected. Dem. gain.
Lewis s Brarton. Beirne, whig, e.
lected.
Marshall. Mcdonald is elected.
Democratic gain.
Franklin. Full returns have not
yet been received; as far as heard
from, however, Claiborne and Ed
wards, democrats, have a majority of
155 over their whig competitors, Brook
and Tai:aferro.
Washington. Jno. B. Floyd, Dem,
elected wi,hou: opposition.
Smyth. Thompson, Wing, elected
over G.eiver, Dem. A gain.
Wythe. Boyd, Taylor Democrat,
elected over Smyth, do, land Porter, w.
Russell. Ashton, Wing, said to be
elected over omwel!, Democrat.
AGOOD ONE.
The New York correspondent of the
Philadelphia Inquirer tells an amusing
story of a new invention against rogues,
called the Combination Lock-" Re-
Gently Wall street broker, of consid-
cradle wealth, and lives in great style,
in the west enc of Gotham, purchased
a beautiful fre.proof safe, in which to
secure his valuables against the fiery
elements, to which he affixed one Of
those pieces of mechanism. They are
so strangely complicated that you may
lock them, hand the key to the manu-
facturer even, and the chances are as
one to ten thousand, that he will not be
able to open them. The wards and
interior arrangements ofthese locks are
alphabetically arranged, ard you selec,
a word in the language, take the letters,
and lock the wards answering to these
letters, one by one. Thus take the
word "chair'' you Jock C, then H,
then A, then I, then R. Now it mus,
be unlocked in the same way, and un-
less you hit upon the exact word you
will never be able to unlock it. Well,
the broker in question locked his new
safe according to the word shoots, y
but after working at it for an hour OF
more, the next morning, he could moi
unlock it. and gave it up in despair.
All his funds were locked up in it,
says the letter, and he had no money to
carry on his business that day, but as
his credit was good, he raised suffi.
cient for the purpose by borrowing Of
the banks. The next morning the
manufacturer of the lock, according tc
request, called to ascertain the Difficult.
ty. He said he had no doubt but thai
he could unlock the safe, # the gentle.
man would tell him the word to which
he locked it. "Boots' was the word,
and to work he set to unlock it to
shoots" Well, he tried, sangaine o.
success, but shoots" would not unlock
the safe. He tried again and again.
& was no more successful. He tried an
hour, two hours, ard three hours, with
no success. Finally happy thought
struck him. He wiped the perspira.
ton from his face, took drink of wa.
ter, examined the key again and look
ed at the broker STRAIGHT in tho eve