Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1857-05-08

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could get along SO as to overcome them
and, finally, that l did not know what t
do. CThe notion of running away
kept to mysolf) She listened, woman
like, to my doubts and fears; cheere,
me by pointing to others around wors
off than we were, and finally encourage,
me to go on with my work, and try t
do the best | could. My meal was fin
ished; | mounted the log, cut it off, an
thought no more about running away.
BY honest and patient industry, tn
Gillams overcome their early difficulties
and obtained a respectable competence
Mrs. Gillian became the mother of 81!
children. She was married to sccont
DISQUALIFICATION T. Sheppard. In he
old age she resided with her son, Gen
James Gillian, a highly respected either
of Abbeville, and lived to great age
She and all other members of the Cald
well family were Presbyterians and she
trained her children according to the sa.
cred maxims which had guided her own
early life; though her literary culture
was limited to elementary instruction. -
She had been baptized in infancy by the
Rev. Patrick Henry, uncle to Virginia's
great orator.
In her ninety-second year, she was in
good health and able to take active exer-
ton, though deprived of the sight of one
eye. She had kind and honest face,
possessed vigorous mind, with untring
industry and energy, and was cheerful
and fond of social intercourse. She add
ed the crown of eminent piety to the ex-
cellence of her character as q wife and
mother.
Rebocca Caldwell-her mother, and
the grandmother of John G. Calhoun
died at Mill Creek, in 1907, at the age
of ninety-nine.
lIoRRmLE SUGGEsT1oN.-T Penn
sylyanian contains an intimaton that the
disease of poisoning at the National IIo-
tel, Washington, originated in a desire
to destroy Mr.. Buchanans life. We
quote:
There are certain condolences con-
nected with this subject which are sug-
gestive of the most horrible suspicious
but for the honor of human nature, we
hope they may be unfounded. Mr.. Blu
chanan arrived at the National Hotel on
the 25th Of January. On the Goth DR..
Hall was sent for to see the first case.
A few days afterwards he had thirty
five cases, and quite a number took sick,
many Of them after leaving Washington.
Mr.. Buchanan was among the latter -
The symptoms in all cases were the same
violent, copious purging, inflammation
of the larger intestines, with constant
disposition to relapse.
During an interval of several weeks
previous to the "a of March, no new ca
SEES occurred. On the evening of that
day, Mr.. Buchanan returned to Wash
ington, and about that period the Hotel
was crowded with visitors On the 4th
of March, the disease broke out with in
creased violence, and many hundreds
were affected The symptoms uniformly
indicate poison, which some physicians
consider of miasmatic, and others Of a
mineral nature probably copper. No
satisfactory elucidation Of the mystery
has yet been made"
The Albany Argus, commenting on
this, says:
One Of the newspapers has said that
the President had received letter warn
ing him not to partake of food at the
National. If so, here is the evidence Of
crime, aud perhaps a clue to its discoy-
cry. Why is it not pursued?
We by no means conclude that there
has been crime. But if what is said
is true, the presumptions are strong that
the life of the President was aimed at,
and that the criminal was some gross,
ignorant, brutal creature, who knew no
better how to compass the death Of his
vlcTTm I6dn ~ q Wholesome a55assfna-
ton"
1t is said that there have been 20 deaths
and 700 cases of extreme sickness from
this cause; and yet it is treated with a
levity that is wonderful. The Washing
ton Star says of the recent renewed at
tack of the President, that
E" He was entirely free from the action
of the disease for three or four weeks up
to the night before last, when he was
somewhat affected by it until yesterday
forenoon. 1t then vanished Our own
experience with it, which has been dear
ly purchased, indeed, teaches that in the
Presidents case the disease is at its very
last stage, and that, hereafter, he will
be entirely free from it,"