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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1859-10-07

SUBSTITUTE FOR LEATHER. "A new
fabric has been invented, which is in.
tended to supply the place of leather in
many of its applications. This fabric is
composed of cotton or .other fibrous sub
stances, either woven into cloth or in an
unwovon state, and saturated or coated
with a compound Of linsccd oil and burnt
umber, prepared by boiling in every gal
Ion of oil about three pounds of lumber
in powdered state, for such length of
time that tho composition, when cold,
will roll in the hands without sticking.
The fabric may be made in forms suita-
bic for the soles Of boots aud shoes, COW
erings for trunks, travelling bags, cap
fronts, OR as n substitute for carriage or
harness leather, or for machine betting
or hose pipe The mode of producing
this material differs, to some extent, ac-
cording to the particular use for which
it is designed, though the general prin-
cplcs are in all cases the same. The
unlber is stirred into the boiled oil until
it reaches the point desired, when it is
ready to be applied in the manner best
calculated to produce special articles. -
The resemblance the article bears to
leather is very close.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1859-10-07
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1859-10-07
COUNTY ADVERTISEMENTS.
UNION HOTEL.
Rockville ::;;:A Maryland
Nj. II. LECTION, Proprietor.

M N n y 7 4 W Z T " II 10 WI
TENlIE subscriber having rcfttcd and furnish
Il ed his house in the best style, is prepared
to accommodate the travelling public in the
most satisfactory manner.
His Table will, at all times, be supplied
with the best obtainable in the market, and his
BAR will be supplied with the best of Liquors,
Ale, Segars, &c.
BOarderS By the week, month or year can
have pleasant rooms, at moderate prices.
His stable is commodious, and will he I'M
der the care Of an attentive ostler, and always
supplied with plenty Of proycnder.
EJ- He will keep for hire several HORSES
AND CARRIAGES. for the accommodation
of the public generally, and at very reasonable
prices.
\ share of the public patronage is respect
fully solicited. NJ. IL. LETTOA.
feb lift
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1859-10-07
MARYLAND, FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 7, 1852

How TEcuMsEm WAS KILLED. The
Western Christian Advocate contains an
obituary notice by Rev A. Wright, of
the Indiana Methodist Epscopal Church,
Of Isaac lTamlin, Jr., who died at his
residence near Bloomfield, Ind, few
months since, aged about So years. Mr.
Hamlin was a man Of deep piety and I'M
questionable vcracity. He was in the
battle of Thames, and the writer gives
the following as his statement in regard
to the manner in which Tecumseh was
killed =
He says he was standing but few feet
from Colonel johnson when he fell, and
in full view, and saw the whole Of that
part of the battle. He was well acqualn-
ted with Tecumseh, having seen him be-
fore the war, and having been prison
or seventeen days, and received many a
cursing from him. lie thinks that Te-
cumseh, thought johnson was Harrison,
as he often heard the chief swear that he
would have Harrison's scalp, and seemed
to have special hatred toward him. -
Johnson's horse fell under him, he him
self being also deeply wounded in the
fall he lost his sword, his large pistols
were empty, and he was entangled with
his horse on the ground.
Tecumseh had fired his rife at him and
when he saw him fall, he threw down
bis gun and bounded forward like tiger
sure of his prey. johnson had only a
side pistol ready for use. He aimed at
the chief over the head of his horse, and
shot near the centre of his forehead. 49,
When the ball struck, it seemed to him
that the Indian jumped with his head full
fifteen feet into the air; and as soon as
he struck the ground, a little Frenchman
ran his bayonot into him, and pinned him
fast to the earth.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1859-10-07

MODERN ELIJAHs. 1t is not well al
ways to look on the shady side of affairs
There are men who camo into existence
under a shadow, and the shadow has
logged their lives, and all that is bright
and pure and beautiful takes the sombre
hue of their own fances. Their relig-
ion consists of bemoaning the evils Of
the world, in lamentiug the gradual de-
cadence Of good, and in regarding all
home evils and foreign complications as
"signs Of the times" They are the
Elijahs, who retire into the wilderness of
their own contemplations, saying 81
even only am left" unconscious that
all the time there are not only the "sey-
en- thousand who have not bowed the
knee unto Baal," but the multitudes are
everywhere obeying the gospel call .--
They are the Jonahs sitting under the
gourds Of their own security, amazed
that the judgments Of God do not de-
scend upon guilty world. These hy-
pochondracs are seldom found among
the earnest workers, who seek to leave
the world better than they found it, but
among those who see its evils and sit by
with folded hands.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1859-10-07

Fer The best capital that a young
man can start with in life is industry
with good sense, courage and the fear Of
Con. They are better than cash, credit
Or friends.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1859-10-07

PRospEcTs AHEAD. Our adyicos from
the different portions of tho State are in
all respects encouraging. They indicate
the speedy downfalfbf the imposturc Of
Know-nothingism. The sober second
thought of the intelligent farmers and
mechanics is lifting the veil with which.
the features Of the hidcous Mokanna had
been concealed ; and as the true charac-
ter of the imposture which infected tho
State is being developed, honest men
turn from it with disgust. There arc
no armed bands of ruflans in the counties
to overawe the honest voter or destroy
his ballot by fraud. There is no "Princc
Of Americans" there TO set the will Of
the people at defiance, and, backed by
his armed and trained myrmidons, to ar
rest or drive from the polls all who shall
not wear the badge of the sworn broth
erhood and vote the striped tichct. Tho
people of the counties are yet free to act
and free to vote, and they are determined
to show that they arc tired of the rule Of
a party without principles, whose only
objects are power and plumber We be-
lieve the vote Of the State viii show that
the shackles Of this bigot party have been
broken, and the spell which temporarily
enlhralled the people has been forever
Iispelled. --BthtHlore Repnbiicun.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1859-10-07

DYINo. Benjamin +. Taylor, Of the
Chicago Journal draws the following
beautiful picture in reference to the GER
tain departure for that undiscovered
country
There is a dignity about that going
away alone, which VIC call dying--tbat
wrapping Of the mantle Of Immortality
about US; that putting aside with a pale
hand the azure curtains that are drawn
around this cradle Of the world that
venturing away from home for the first
time in our lives, for we are dead there
must be lovely lands somewhere star-
ward, for none ever return that 90 thith-
er, and we very much doubt if any would
if they could"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1859-10-07

looked like an honest man, [ should not
have dared to make it.
Il have paid the note, I tell you"
said he; "I have it in my possession. .
" Where did you get 2"
Why, of course, when | paid it"
When you feloniously entered the
house of John Wallace, on the night of
Tuesday, February 20, at ten of the
clock, and took the said note from the
secretary"
You have no proof" stammercd he,
grasping chair for support.
"That is my lookout. have no time
to waste; will you pay, or go to Jail :"
He saw that the evidence | had was
little too strong for his denial, and he
Immediately drew his check on the spot
for twenty-one hundred dollars after
begging me not to mention the affair, he
sHeaked off.
/ cashed the check, and FASTENED to
Wallacc's house The reader may judge
with what satisfaction he received it.,
how rejoiced was Annie and her lover.
Wallace insisted that should take the
hundred dollars for my services; but |
was magnanimous enough to take only
twenty. Wallace kept his promise, and
ever after was a temperate man. lie
died a few years ago, leaving hand
some property TO Chandler and his wife,
the marriage between him and Annie
having taken place shortly after the
above circumstances occurred.
TIE UNFArHoMABLN WELL. Leaving
the palatial residence of the hospitablc
proprietor, short walk through lofty
grove where dark towering columns sup
port the immense mass Of verdurc above,
with no underground to obstruct the Wis
ion, led to an undulating field. This
was bounded west and south by heavy
forest, but open to the east and north,
with fine view of the Blue Mountains
bending northward to Harper's Ferry
In the midst of the field is a circular
chasm 80 or 60 feet in diameter, or gorge.
Jefferson and other tourists of olden
times tell us that the waters of this abyss
were believed to communicate with the
Shenandoah river, only few miles dis
tant that they rose and fell with the
waters of the latter; that the longest
sounding lines failed to reach the bottom
of the 'unfathomable we'll" How many
living creatures have plunged headlong
into this pit, which Cor thousands of
years yawncd in darkness, must be left
to conjecture. Only lately fine goat
lost his footing, while grazing too near
the brink of the chasm, and was hung
to death by the horns, amid the over
arching vines and brush wood. But the
days of the 'unfathomabe well" are
numbered
Trees and rocks have rolled in, and
earth has been brought down by the tor
rents from the higher adjacent grounds.
Thus floor is already formed 80 or 40
feet below the general surface and in a
half century or less the pioughman will
drive over, unconscious of tho deep pit
beneath him. All this fine region is
more or less cavernous- long ranges Of
sinks marking out the localities of extern
sive caves.
Plough-teams break in sometimes, bat
are rescued without great difficulty
There is single instance on record,
whore horse and plough went down to
depths unknown, leaving the driver well
satisfied with his own escape. This oc-
cured in distant county, possessing
geological features above described
Richmond Enquirer.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1859-10-07

Follow THE RIGuT No matter who
you are, what your lot, or where you
live; you cannot afford to do that which
is wrong. The only way to obtain hap
piness and pleasure for yourself is TO do
tie right Hing. You may not always
hit the mark but you should noyorthe-
less, always aim far II with every trial
your skill will increase. Whether you
are to be praised or blamed for it by 9TH
ers; whether it win seemingly make you
richer or poorer, or whether no other
person than yourself knows Of your ac-
ton; still, always and in all cases, do
HerightMing. Your first lessons in this
rule will sometimes seem hard ones, but
they will grow easier and easier, until
finally doing the right thing will become
a habit, and to do wrong will seem an
impossibility.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1859-10-07

Err Lord Bacon beautifully said If
a man be gracious TO strangers, it shows
he is a citizen Of the world, aud that his
heart ID no island cut of from The other
lands, but a continent that joins them.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1859-10-07

OProsITloS platforms. 1t is very
easy matter nowadays to fix up plat
form for the Opposition party. With
slight variations, they run as follows:
Rcsoirc3, That the Democratic party
must be got out Of power.
Rcsoteed, That the present admins
tration, by its reckless extravaganza, is
fast running the country.
Rcsolrci, That the Opposition party
contains all the political honor and IN
tegrity now extant.
Rcaiccl, That the welfare Of our
country and the rest of mankind impo-
ratively demands that We get iuto power
as soon as possible.
Resoiced, That we adopt all and any
means to secure to ourselves the spoils
of this Union
And there the thing ends. There is
sometimes little variation, but il is
very slight.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1859-10-07

A GOLDEN MORO ~ count only the
hours that arc SERENE" is the motto Of a
sun-dial near Venice. There is soft
ness and harmony in the words and the
thought unparalleled Of all tho con-
eeits, it is surely the most classical 81
count only the hours that are serene. :"
What bland and care dispelling feeling
How the shadows seem to fade on the
dial-plato as the sky lowers, and the
time present. only blank unless as its
progress is marked by what is joyous and
all that is not happy sinks into oblivion
What ine lesson is conveyed to the
mind--to take no more note of sine but
by its benefits, to which only for the
smiles and neglect, the frowns Of fate,
to compose our lives of bright and gen
tie moments, turning always to the sunny
side Of things, and letting the rest slip
from our iInaginations, UNDECIDED or for
gotten How different from the common
art of sclf-tormonting.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1859-10-07

OpposIrIoN. The Nashville Union,
in an article under this head, says:--
John Quincy Adams described "Oppo-
sition" to the Democracy, at ono period
of bis life, as being actuated by the sim
gle principle of "hatred TO every man of
purer principles than himself" The fact
that be himself was, at later period Of
his life, an incarnation Of this hatred,
detracts nothing from the power and
truth Of this description. And never
was IL more fully illustrated than at this
moment. when Northern fanaticism and
Southern Know-nothingism- noglccting,
the one bis love for the "poor Niger"
and the other his hatred Of ''the id
furriner," are laboring like brothers Of
tho fame blood to construct common
platform on which mutual hatred may
combine in an efficient Opposition" to
the mutually hated Democracy.
CLEASfso SILK. The following is said
TO be an excellent recipe for cleaning
silks:
Pare three Irish potatoes into thin Sill
ces and wash them we'll. Pour on item
half pint Of boiling water, and let il
stand till cold; strain the water and add
10 it AN equal quantity Of alchohol 49,
Sponge the silk on the right side, and
when half dry iron il on the wrong side.
The most delicate colorcd silk may DO
cleaned by this process, which is equally
applicable % cloth, velvet or Grape.
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-08-19
LEGAL.
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w aEkkAs "a ste s0tA dsy q Asens< D 1853
william BYorhy snd As,y his wire, executed
enD "eoiss Parker a. trustee, certain dsed q
uus', senveyinR to sad trustee The following DE-
isia 10 scott counts, Iowa, via ~ tbs 4 H.
.eIes ~ We sast az Of lot four f<) In oA saty
o1o to, " NE city Of Dav, nport, ~ al right Of
homestead therein. wi b s,ti Deed x.s maize tuY
80, .e,en a.tc iost scr El!spss ssl- IA ous year.
sitn Tn r-r cent .fs.eresr srdun a. IN which
~ re - nc ~ ius h. vvinei pal md interest a.
: " ss.u. Ana VT res on = = iTth cav Of revem
= = 1885, the all wT tgopfy aud =, 5id In III
nahaef tAecsir nnio the said tie. rae P.rker n
sta - certain piher deed % trnst .ony lying the
'qua " divided hsi OF lot No four "a 10 bios No
EH,y-a tei) IN The said city and coanty 20 secure
soaiher noe signed Is said william Brophy and Ma.
~ bis wife, N Parker for ei10 psyabi. % lie
Ip'h day 4 August, 1853. viii interest NJ the rate
~ yen PIT cent alter IN .tHtny on Which tht re IL
NV cue tue uta OF ti2o, interest al 10 per cen,
from August IL ISIS
And how said f~o notes having become ne and
peyab e. ana the - parties bavinc failed pay the
ssme 6eo Paiker, irn teeas aforesaid, 40 hereby
give this public notice tha BY vivtne OF the p,ver
The 10th day ~ September, A y 1859 at the hour Of
- O'Clock IN the forenoon Of said day at the Court
housr OF 10 tbs city % D4venporS, expose o. ofsr
tor sale BY public auction the parcels Of land ab,ye
describ q or 70 much thereof shai necessary to
satisfy snd pay the cunt NJ sa notes with the in.
nrest thereon 10 the day OF sale, together with all
The costs and expenses attending said sale OF
this notice and Trustees fees Cpon the compile.
ton OF such sale deed viii be given In accordance
Ing the title c0av yea TO aid trustee a. afore.
Dated the liza day OF AUGUST. A D 1859
GEO. II. PARKER
hngiS Truste 20
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-08-19
LEGAL.


WREaEAs on n. 9Th a., Of Inn ~
" ths'ies q vsfil and 0ssveree Av,,tn ~
wife sfecoted unto D.vid 9 Troe :. s,nssc. 49,
IAN hees OF trust conveying 70 aa ,,t : - 49,
S,ou cennty toSs. descr bid q fo,lc "a 10 ~,
La - ~ - blssk -" IeA No Q = 80 40 80
lot No ] u bse.a 70 o. II. LINK
Knox. sdSttscn 10 Prin sfo, nl.o - s,,fc-.~ -
az . ctson No Q. tovu,fip 10 na,th !, ,.s-
s'ns par OF acres dc. rioed As fo,a-s e 80
IRON nor to south. On .treet m prines,os srx,
one hundred So ery fsps Sypsn $50 - - 80
10, . INT on -0osh si6sof lAsd dsodea - Jseo No.
in-on " Thoms Novlatd, b. aeea b-s,in, 80.
June . 'ssS. recorded In ok - q, ase.s ~.
VI; wbicn said eonveyan.e vas made bv ~. ~
Chafiss Avsrili aud Margaret AveYin sc~ -
pm pose o. securing ms ymeni Of . Z. rtain .,O-
~ ofy M We ana the intsres thereon sign "A ~ ga
Charles q AveIill, dated the ath day Of Jun., =
10. and PAYABLE on the ath day OF October. 1857.
f.r the sum Il thirteen HUNDRED dollars q, ,-,sn
10 per cent istsstst after maturity
And now ssi0 afo4esxA note HAVING Asc,u,e A.
and payable and the said Cos-les q Avsrnl hsvins
failed 10 pay the ssme I. David 8 True trustee =
Aforesaid DO hereNy pve this pu> Is notice that b.
vtitue 81 The power which me vested " sai, s,sa
OF trust, u, % Saturday The lob dsy q, arp,eD
Der, 1859, ~ ths hour Of o'clock Ia the sf,er
noon Of said day. 1t the Court House door 10 ,nr etv
OF Davenport expire and offer for .. le Al uuhli,
auction, the parcels of lav d above r,be j, =.
much thereof - shai b sary to sstsfy Ana ~
the amount ~ SAID note With the nerret thev, ~, a.
TIE dAy Of sale together with all the costs and -
psnees attending saic sale costs Of hi. to,ice and
trustees tees 80
Dated the 18Th day Of August, A D lsse.
DAVID 3. rHUE,
s"ai$ Trustee.
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-08-19
ElRfiN,& NNlp.

TIM SIATEO OF IOWA, In the District Court ot
Scott County, Scott county, Iowa
by virtue OF spec al execution issued FRI m the
- ONCE OF the Ciers OF the District Court Of Scott
county State Of io~a, in favor Of william win
Simps u, Sarah eimTs son. Chsries N Hend. q, Colin,
harn,er, HAddox, q. PENDANTS dated June y
1859, aud to me directed me thu, OF the
real estate hereinafter described, Of the said "
Paine, mAke or Cause to tie made, the sum or,.ven
hundred and one 30 loo dollars with int. rest and
costs fail real estate lying and being situated IN
Scott county, Iowa, to wit Lot q 20 sevrnie IN
and twenty four (24l In Wintertowns sui dvis OF
the north hall OF the northeast quarter Of section
No twenty-four l24l In township NO teventy ight
(7b) north OF range three 81 east Of the NTH tol
Principal meri d. scribed iurther ~ follow 10
Wit: commencing nj point tbirty (30) FEET north OF
the ce' TER Of fouth Az nue., and thirty (3O) feet
east OF the coater OF Grove street, thence east
along the south line Of South Avenue sig hundred
(6OOj feet, thence north three buni al t8OUl fest
thence west distance of tx hundred IoOel fest on
line between lots iwsnty three 1881 I'd twenty -four
Ia eighteen isl and sevenie.n l7l thence souih
ON the east line Of Grove street 3J0 feet begin
Mug point, containing Ave 1851 scres more or lees
And hereby give pub c notice that shall der
for sale Ut public oucry 1t The door OF the Court
House In the city Of Davenport, Scott county lows
on Monday the 2Sth day 81 August 1859 At the hour
OF O'Clock Of said day TO the hishest and best
bidder therefor in cash, the abev detc,ib Prop
erty sufei.nt the eff 70 tatisfy the above d. bt
with interest and coats.
Dated this 18th day VI July, 1859.
II. LEONARD,
JyD Sheriff Of Scott county Iowa.
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-08-19

WHEREAS on the Sd day OF April A D. 1853.
w Patrick Foley Of Davenport, Sec 4 County,
Iowa, executed unto II b Mathews as Trustee, a
certain deed Of trust ing to sad trustee the
land In Scott county, Iowa described as follows to
wit That part OF out ot thirty (3) In the city
Of rAv nport. which is described as follows COM
menciDG iry t40) feet from the est corner of
said Lot on the south line thereof running n. nee
due north one halt the distance across said out lot
to POINT, thence west said lot ore half the
distance east AMI vest Of said lot womb he Nv
straight line thence south to the south line Of said
out ios thence east alonr the south line Of said ors
lot to the place Of beginning. ung fourth
part OF said out lot, the east line OF said one enc
fourth part being forty (40) feet west from the ore
nal east lice OF said out lot excepting theTesrom
Get running from the and west forty fSM e,
wide .Hgh the oentre OF said out lot No t31 thv.
ty-one. which said conveys made b. the
salt Patrick Fofy, for the purpose OF securing the
ptsuent Of one certain pvomissory note and the in-
terrst thereon signed by sid Patrick ley, dated
the srd dss Of April, D. 1865. aud pay able Is fol-
lows Fory-ive dolla 9, payable on the 3rd day oi
October, d, 1875, With intere 81 the rate Of ten
per cent. per an0um after duet q W Tlden OF
order.
And now said promise ry note having become due
and payable and the said Patrick Foley having fail.
ed to pay the same, Math w, trustee afore.
said, do hereby give this public notice, that by vir.
tue OF the power which is in me vested by said deed
Of Trust will on Saturday the 10th day Of S"ptem-
Der 1859 1t the hour Of O'Clock the afternoon
Of said day at the Court House door the city Of Ia
venport expose and offer for SALE at public auction
10 the highet biddsr for cash the parcel Of land
above described, much thereof rs shall bs
sncent to satisfy and pay the amount Of said note
with the interest thereon to the dsv Of ssie together
costs OF this notice and Trustees fees.
Dated the 18th day Of August, A 1859.
HBMATHRwR,
auei7 Trustee