Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1848-08-21


"THE SOUTHERN SENTINEL.-Snch is the title
ola new wing paper at Plaqletnlnes, the first mum
Der of which we have received by w. P. Brad
burn, late of this city, The Sentinel is a bold, vi
gorous and able advocate of Gen. Taylor. and Will
do good service TO the wing cause. If the wings
had had a Sentinel at Plaquemines N 1874 it would
have been well for them. We most cordially wish
our friend BIadburn and MS spirited paper the Sic
cess tney both so much merit."-N. o. National
The above is not inserted through egotism on
our part-allhongh we believe bat egotism origi'
mated with poets, editors and stump-orators-but
simply to corect an error which the National, as
well as many individuals, have fallen into. The
town of Plaquemine, where this paper is published,
is the county seat Of the coielty or parish of her
vile, Zone Of the VvealttIlest parishes Of the State, }
and is about 10 miles from New Orleans. The
parish of F%iaquemlnes lies below the city, and is
small and spasely populated. PIaqnemines in Eng
fish is persimmons-aad we must acknowledge from
the numbsf of woes polIed ia 1914, in comparison
with the number of hex legal voters, that she is Ger
tainly a "huckeberry above our persimmon."' The
National may rest assured tbN no such trickery az
that performed i'll the parish of PIaquea,ines at the
last Presidential election, carr be carried on in the
parish of iberviIle and town of PIaquemine. We
are confident of sweeping every thing before us up
here. Besides the business of our principles and
the invinc!bility Mat has hitherto characterized our
candidates, we have in this region able orators and
working-men in the cause, of h;Y;an-toned impulses,
and what is not the case everywhere, we have al
honorable set of democrats 10 deal with.
So our friends Of the National will please correct
their error, and to mark it down, that in November
the town of Pla1uemine and parish of IberviIe will
give a proud minority for Old Zach.
A Black Repubtic.-In Gen. Cass's letter to
Nicholson, we find the f~olossing paragraph copied
from Mr.. Buchanan's letter and fully endorsed by
him:
" Sould we acquire territory beyond the Rio
Grande, and east of the Rocky mountains, 1t is still
more impossible that a majority Of the people moud
consent to re-esanbl.sh aorery. They are themselves
a cotored population, and among them Ike negro
does n~otbstons socially TOT degraded race"
If we Can understand English, says the Richmond
Wh5g, this means that a majority of the inha6i>
trnts in tls new,y-anluired territory are colOred,
that they can prohibit slavery and will do SC, and in
fact having as much authority to act as the people
of the States, they nay even prohibit the introaac-
ton OF ,chtc people within their domain. Is this
what Southern Democrats mean Is il their
object to establish d Black Republic in our South
are so enthusiastic for Cass7
EXTRA PAY OF Misunderstanding following
joint resolutions making provision fer the immediate
settlement of three months extra pay due TO volun>
teers, was unannaousIy passed by both branches of
Congress:
Joint resolution for tie speedy payment Of die three
months extra pay to the officers, aon- commissioned
Officers, musicians and prtrates ,cho hace serted IN
the aoar Uih Merico, aitoued By tie act of July 10,
lS42.
Be it resotvedbyhe Senate ard House Of Rfpresem>
tatiucs of the Unnei States of america in Congress
assembled, That the three months extra pay pro-
vided by the fifth section of the act approved July
II, lS47, to the officers, no~n.comlnEsioned officers,
musicians and p~rivates who have been III actual
service in the late war with Mexico, and who have
served out the term of their engagement, or have
been honorably discharged, and to the widows or
hens Of those who have died or been killed in the
service, shall be paid and settled by the pay depart
ment Of the army under such regulations as the
Paymaster General, with the approval of the Secre.
tary of War, shall establish. a...C.
PENNsYvAsIA.-A correspondent Of the New
York Express, writing from one of the most bitter
portions ofwestern Pennsylvania, gives tho follow
ing cheering prospect: ~ @#ts 'sts1
II never knew a better state Of feeling than that
which exists at the present time in the Wing party
here. We shall do much better for Taylor and
Fillmore lhan we have done for any Wing capdi-
date before. nthis, one of the strongest %Iocofoco
counties in this State, the changes in our favor al
most promise that we may win the victory. Some
very important changes have taken place. in my
own neighSorhood. The enemy despairs just as
we take courage" r
WIscoNss.-A correspondent of the Louisville
Journal writes from Rock county, Wisconsin, al
follows: z-, ss.E e=ss,5t
As to po'&fcs, the eastern part &c our new STATE
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