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Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1849-09-05

FEMALE TEMpER.-We like to see q wo-
mon of spirit and life; for q dull, supine, prosy
woman is a poor affair indeed. And we have no
particular objection to see the "sparks fly" oc-
~casionally, when something really occurs. We
like to see her joyful, happy, playful and live
ly; and if she has a little spice of waggery, we
can put up with it very well; nay, we like it all
the better. But a cross sour temper we have no
good opinion of, for a woman who can never
look pleasant, but is always fretting and scol-
ding, will make an unhappy home for all within
her house. And we had as lief undertake to live
in a barrel of vinegar in a thunder storm, as to
live in the house with such a woman. Solomon
was right when he said, "It is better to live in
the corner of a house-top, than to dwell in a
wide house with a brawling woman" Let a wo-
man wear sunshine on her countenance, and it
will drive the dark clouds from her husbands
face, and joy will thrill through the hearts of
her children. Let a woman's words be soothing
and kind, and everything is happy around her.
Her influence will be powerful. Others will
catch her sweet temper, and all will strive to see
who can be most like her. Sweetness of tenn
per in a woman is more valuable than gold, and
more to 5be priced than beauty. But may Hea-
ven keep us from an untamed shrew, whose
looks are worm wood, and whose words are
gall! We would rather take Daniels place
with the lions, than to think of living within
gunshot of such a termagant. If women knew
their power, and wished to exert it, they would
Away show sweetness of temper, for then they
are Observation-Disclosures Ohue Branch.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1849-09-05

THE SECRET ExPED1r1oN.-Every paper has
its own idea Of the secret expedition. The
Boston Herald thinks it is intended for Canada,
and in commenting on the Presidents procla-
nation says:
"That the organized force referred to by the
President, is in fact destined for the invasion Of
the Canadas, whenever the inhabitants Of those
provinces can agree upon a concerted plan Of ac-
ton to throw off their allegiance to the British
CROWN, The late movements of several persons
known to us, who were formerly officers of
the volunteer division of the U. S. army in
Mexico, and who are engaged in this affair, lead
us to believe that the object Of the expedition
is yet the. same as when first projected, and
that the hints thrown out of the. intention to
make a descent upon Cuba or the Mexican
States are but feigned issues, for the purpose of
binding our Government to the real desings of
the leaders in this undertaking"
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1849-09-05
The Rev Affair.

We learn from the Bee of last Wednesday
that Rey returned to New Orleans from Hava-
na on the 28th ult, in the brig Salvatore, in
company with DIR. Gage, an American citizen.
1t appears that a short time previous to the
departure of the Salvatore from Havana, our
Consul, Gen. Campbell, accompanied by DR..
Gage, visited the Captain General of Cuba, and
in a protracted interview insisted upon the lib
Grafton Of Rey. The Condo de Elcoy was at
first 10th to yield, and asked for time to DELHI
crate. This was granted, and at the expiration
of some days the Consul and DR.. Gage again
visited the Captain General, and after much con-
v~ersation of an earnest and very serious char
acter, His Excellency concluded to accede to
the demand. 1t is shrewdly surmised that the
Count Of Alcoy's determination was consider
ably quickened in consequence of a letter re-
ceiyed by him from Senor Calderon de la Barca,
Minister Plenipotentiary from Spain, at Wash
ington, in which that functionary advised His
Excellency to surrender Rey to the authorities
Of the United States. Be that as it may, the
prlSOH Q0OTS Vi ttlc llIcdrcefaleu HILL WcFc
thrown open, and he was forthwith conducted
Oh board the brig Salvatore, and brought back
to New Orleans.
Rey maintains that he was ~villainously alb
Quoted. He was Immediately brought before
Commissioner Cohen, and in default of bail to
appear as a witness before the Circuit Court Of
the United States in December next, to testify
against Don Carlos de Espana, he was sent to
the Parish prison.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1849-09-05

LABOR AND GAMING IN CALIFoRN1A.-The
Boston Herald has the following: "James Fow-
Ter, an exploit, who left here overland last ia
nuary, soon after his arrival at San Francisco
purchased an old schooner for $4,000, and in
company with Augustus Dole, of this city, are
doing a good business in running the vessel up
the river, and keeping tavern, or a "shanty sa-
loon," at the head of navigation. They have
coined into their pockets already some 100000
each in the business; so say letters received
by last mail. A letter from one of the crew of
the bark Carib, of Boston, says: There is one
woman here who has been three seasons at the
mines, and who has made fue hundred thousand
dollars, There are some gambling houses
here, and you may see gold in them piled up in
heaps tVo and three feet high'" .sy
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1849-09-05

GEN. TAY1oR's ToUR.-aR.," the Picayune's
New York correspondent, thus writes respect
ing the tour of the President: "
Gen. Taylor's tour of observation is turned
into a triumphal progress in spite of himself
Once among the stalwart operatives Of Penn
s~ylvania, and the tough yeomanry Of the inte-
rior, he cannot stave of, the enthusiasm with
which he is followed up. His plain, honest,
homespun appearance, his downright hearty
address, his very freedom from all Pretension to
gifts of speech or miraculous intellect, the cor
dial shake of his big, brown hand, give him a
more welcome access to the hearts of the peo-
pie than if he was blazoned from head to foot
with orders of nobility or could charm them
into admiration with an eloquence equal to
Webster's or Calhoun's. He arrived at Bed
ford on the 18th, where he met with the same
fattering, spontaneous warmth of reception
that has greeted his steps throughout his jour
ney, and was able to pursue his course the
next day with health greatly improved.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1849-09-05
NcCiellan's Experience.
US about the FIGHT, 10

Len us ABOUT me ilHtll, 30.
"Why, you see, boys, it was one ofthc tichtest
places | ever was in-Jack, give US a light, will
you! | never seed perzactly as many men
round one poor fellow atorc; an | would MT Il
cared much then. eff it had i ben in Il place whar
| knoWed the ropes; but ! never had seen Louis
Vile: but, somehow. | thought eff | was to get
into a fife, I'd show some right tall Hicks. SOL
takes off my lomespun, rolls up my sleeves,
when all at once suthing struck me-"
"Who was it,"
"Nhy. I'd noticed a tall Teller on the outside
of the crowd pick up 4 rock: but it was Mt him,
for he threw it down again; another Teller, a Ma
ior something, had an eternal big hickory stick
in his fist, and
"Was it the Major!"
"No, | don't believe it was; as he d walked
away before the skurmage commenced; and |
didn't sec him any more; beside, he did MT look
like a man what would maltreat a stranger; but
as | was a savin,' suthin' struck me-"
whereabouts did it hit you, Jo!"
"On the head. As was sayin,' l had just
got myself peeled, and had sort a singled out a
pope-eyd lookin' feller just afore me, and was
thinking to myself, you re nay mut, sure, when
suthin struck me-"
"Did it knock youdown?"
"Hold on, ~tellers, do Mt be in such Il sqump-
tion-no, it did MT knock me down; but"
'Sort O staggered your
"No--can t say it did much: but, as | was a
saying, the pop-eyed Teller looked as eff he
thought he was about to catch the ~orfullcst
cowhallopin he d ever seed in his born days;
and I'd jest a doubled up these pertater grab
bers, calculatin' to plant one of EN- on the tip
Of his nose, and knock both his eyes back inter
the nateral n~OSitiOn. when. as I said before.
suthin struck me-"
"Was it the pop-eyed ~feller!!'
"No, stree! | knowed from his build | was
a quicker motioned man an hevwas; and had
jest sort O sot my upper lip stiff, and drawed
in 4 long breth, when suthin struck me-"
"VeH, rhot was H?"
why, an idear that d better be a maxim
tracks from them diggings fast; and boys, if
you'd only ben about thar that morning, you'd
4 seed old McCracken a making the fastest
time fur two miles and a leetle better, as ever
was made in Jefferson ! Whoop and if you We
got any more of that baldtace, pour it OUT"
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1849-09-05

EDITING A PAPER.-The majority of readers
seem to think that nothing can be more easy
or pleasant than to edit a paper; but of all the
different employments by which men make their
bread and butter, there is none, we firmly be-
lieve, that so taxes the mind, temper, and flesh,
as that of editing a paper. There is none that
requires a nicer tact, a sounder Judgment, a
more constant application, a quicker wit, Or a
kinder heart. A churlish temper could never
succeed as an editor; nor a narrow minded
man, nor an ignorant one, nor hasty one, nor an
u~nforgiving one. An editor must of necessity
turn himself inside out to the public. He can
not be a hypocrite any more than a husband
could be a hypoerte to his wife. He must ex-
pose himself in all that he does, as much in Sc
Letting the thoughts of others as in publishing
his own, and therefore the best way for him in
the outset is to begin frankly, to save himself
from after contradictions and notifications
Whoever succeeds tolerably well as an editor,
is something more than an ordinary man, let his
contemporaries say or think Of him as they will.
-HoIen's Mag.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1849-09-05

A DOC THAT CHEws ToBAcco.-A friend
has Just related to us a curious fact in natural
history, respecting a dog. In North Attleboro,
in this State, there is kept, in a manufacturing
establishment, a large mastiff, who takes as
much comfort with a quid of tobacco as does
the most inveterate lover of the weed. So ha-
b.tuated has he become to its use, that he must
have it, and will set all day in the centre of the
workshop, chewing away with great a appetite
and a good relish. He became thus much
like a man, by playing, when young, with
"old sogers," as the end Of cigars are procfes-
sionally termed. In such play he would oc-
casionally find a "soger" in his mouth, until at
length a taste was formed for the tobacco which
has since continued to increase, and now, he is
what he is. We believe this to be the 'only
instance on record of any animal but man and
one species of worm using the weed from pure
love Of it.-Boston Cabinet. Il VI
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1849-09-05
Important Discovery.

The Paris Moniteur Of the 22d ult., publish
ed an official report from M. Lanjuinais, Minis
ter of Commerce, relative to a discovery by
Belgian Chemist, M. Melsens, of a process by
which he is enabled at once to draw out all the
saccharine matter which the beet-root and the
sugar cane contain, and to obtain sugar of a
superior quality without resort to the compiled
ted and expensive apparatus now employed,
both for the manufacture and refining of the
beet-root and cane sugar. 1t is estimated, if
this invention shall realize the marvellous ex-
pectations raised, it will augment the produc-
ton of beet-root sugar at least a third part, and
that of cane one-half. A commission of SCI
entific men and practical manufacturers has
been appointed by the French Government to
make experiments at the same time at several
places, and at Valenciennes they will be con-
Quoted on a large scale.
We translate, says the Bee, the following ex-
tract of letter from the Independent du Nord,
in relation to the matter:
The discovery of NJ. Melsens is of the gra-
vest and most serious character as regards the
home and colonial sugar industry. By a pro-
cess of marvellous simplicity, and of very easy
application, there is obtained the decomposi-
ton and the separation of the primary matters
containing the sacchariRe parts, which he cla-
rifles without other preparation. The concen-
%tration, filtration, baking, and, | will say, almost
the refining, are needless. AS you will already
see, the new process is as vet only applied to
the beet-root. The graters, presses, and even
the boiling kettles are preserved; but the juice
once obtained, the miracle of NJ. Melsens com
mences. By the aid of a pinch of the marvel
lous substance, which he keeps secret, he OBJ
tains in a few moments, the Qualification and the
crystalization of the saccharine portion. The
seventh part Of an hour %suffices to produce a
cake of the purest and whitest sugar. 1t is
impossible to think or to calculate the conse-
quence Of such a discovery. .
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1849-09-05

SALT, a P~RoPHYLAcT1c TO WoRMs.-It is
said that persons who take little or no salt with
their food, are very subject to intestinal worms.
Lord SomervilIe, in his address to the Board of
Agriculture, stated that ancient laws of Holland
"ordained men to be kept on bread alone un-
mixed with salt, as the severest punishment
that could be inflicted upon them in their moist
climate; the effect was terrible; these wretched
criminals are said to have been devoured by
worms engedered in their stomachs." Mr..
Marshall tells us of a lady who had a natural
with worms during the whole of her life.
sgs 3 r4s EPereira, vol. l, p. 463.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1849-09-05

GREAT FAMILY GATHERnG.-The descen-
dants of Richard Haven, of Lynn, are to have a
great family party at birmingham, Mass, on
the goth inst. Five years since they had the
second centennial celebration of the family, and
it was then voted that a committee be raised to
call the family together again in lS49, and this
call is in consequence of that vote, and the gene
raj desire on the part Of the relatives to comply
with it. At the meeting in 1874, some fifteen
hundred Of the cousins dined together, and it's
supposed that a much larger number will meet
at birmingham this month. An Grafton and
other services proper to the occasion, to say
nothing Of a good dinner, will be furnished
The circular says, athat all the family, and all
those that are or that expect to be connected
with it by marriage, are invited" Committees
Of reception and arrangements are formed and
every effort will be made to accommodate the
amembers Of the family"
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1849-09-05

GEN. TAYLOR Forty YEARS AGo.-The
Chambersburg Wing, in speaking Of the re-
cent visit of Gen. Taylor to that place, says
"Forty years ago, as he himself stated, he pass
ed through, and as on this occasion, tarried one
day at Chambersburg, but under what vastly
different circumstances! He was then a young
officer in the army, and on his way from Balti-
more to Pittsburgh, the whole of which dis
lance he travelled on foot. Now he goes as
the honoredP President of a mighty nation, greet
ed at every turn by the overdowing love and
admiration of his countrymen!"
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1849-09-05

Ft&E - EF- &#@ Mz
RELICS OF LAKE SUpERIoR.-Speaking Of the
mines of the Minnesota Copper company, on
Lake Superior, the N. Y. Tribunesays:
There is much curiosity felt by all visitors to
this mine, on account Of the stupendous work
ings of a curious race Of people now extinct.
Their diggins can be traced on three principal
sides where veins are well-developed, from one
to two miles in extent. Their tools, and evil
dence of some skill in mining, remain. Their
age cannot be determined from existing circum-
stances, yet sufficient to Indicate great age
Some excavations are thirty feet deep. The
wash Of time has filed them, save a slight de-
pression-trees OF gigantic size have grown up
in them and decayed-eyidences that these de-
pressions are not natural, are that on opening
stone hammers are found, masses of copper re-
moved, copper tools also, similar in, size and
shape to those described by Humboldt in his
travels in Mexico and the historical accounts of
Egypt. a2 2@ 81 ~
It is known that the ancient Egyptians were
acquainted with the art of tempering copper
Their tools, from their shape and supposed OBJ
ject, give equal evidence of that art. Why not
then a reasonable conclusion that the race and
age was the same with the pyramids Of Egypt,
the ruins Of Mexico, and the ancient mining
works on Lake Superior! 4gfaaF5d e il .
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1849-09-05

LIEUT.. MAyNE RED.-One of the New York
papers states that Lieut.. Wayne Reid, who, as
one Of the New York volunteers in Mexico,
distinguished himself at Chapultepec, was in
London, at last dates, on the eve of starting for
the Hungarian camp, to take a part in the strug-
gle going on between Hungary and Russia and
Austria. He had an interview with the Hun
garian minister resident in London, from whom
he carries out letters to Kossuth, Benz and
Georgey. Accompanying him, and under his
command, are a band Of Hungarians, and others,
who, for the most part, left this country with
him, to share in the dangers and, it may be, the
glories Of the contest, now raging.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1849-09-05
G and Destiny.

In q letter written on board the boat which
carries Kossuth and the fortunes of Hungary
we find the following anecdote related of the
conqueror of Jellachich and the Russians:
Once Benz had not slept for three days. He
was near giving out with fatigue, and in the
midst of a desperate battle, at a moment OF
respite asked for acup of coffee. 1t was brought
to him, and he was engaged writing an order
with a pencil, he had it set upon a pile of wood
at hand, over which foated the banner of in.
dependence, and which was naturally the point
aimed at by the enemy's artillery. A flight OF
balls carried away the wood with the coffee,
and wounded Benz slightly in one heel.
"Another cup" he said quietly, folding his
order. His officers surrounded him, imploring
him to change his position, and not u~sclessly
expose his liIe-but the general refused.
Il shall not die till 1850, when the indepen-
dence of Hungary will no longer be disputed"
he replied simply, with that soft sad look which
you know is peculiar to him.
Bem's faith in fate shows at once his eastern
origin, and bis entire confidence that he was
born into the world for a special purpose-that
he has mission to fulfil, an end to be attained,
a purpose to accomplish. The Hungarian ira
ditions speak of a time when the Magyars dwelt
not in the valleys of the Thesis and the Danube,
but wandered over plains of the east and read
their fortunes in the stars. From these, if not
from instincts of his soul, the Hungarian hero
may have derived his faith in destiny; from
these, if not from the impulses of a will that
makes the distant near and the future present,
he may have been imbued with the convictions
which have so often guided the great and the
good of the race.
Unless, says the Crescent, a man believes he
can do nothing; unless he believes that there
is something great for him to do, he can do
nothing great. Hence so many of the captains
and reformers of the world have relied upon
fate and the stars. A great idea springs up in
a man's soul; it agitates his whole being, trans
ports him from the ignorant present and makes
him feel the future in the instant. II is natu-
raj for a man so possessed to conceive that he
is a special agent for working out into practice
the thought that has been revealed to him. To
him alone are known all the great consequences
that are to flow from the principle he has dis
covered. To his hand alone can be conided
the execution Of the great plan that lies perfected
in no brain but his. Why should such a revela-
ton he made to %him-why should he be enabled
to perceive what is hidden to others-ifnot that
he should carry it into practice?
Instead of regarding Bem's superstition as a
weakness, we look at it as a proof of the
strength Of his patriotic convictions. In con-
~victions such as those of Benz and Kossuth,
Lie the best and securest hopes of Hungary and
Hungarians.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1849-09-05

became President of the National Bank of New
York, and was increasingly diligent in his efforts
to promote the interests of the commercial
community. For some years past Mr.. Gallatin
has contributed much to historical and ethno-
logical science, and has finally sunken to the
grave with unblemished reputation as a man,
and with the highest position as a statesman,
citizen, aud scholar. Alone and unknown, he
exalted himself to the highest point the laws of
his adopted country permitted, and made his
career a brilliant commentary on the perfectness
of American institutions.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1849-09-05

WONDERS OF CHEMIsTRY.-Aquafortis and
the air we breathe are made Of the same mate
rails. Linen, and sugar, and spirits of wine,
are so much alike in their chemical compost
ton, that an old shirt can be converted into its
own weight of sugar, and the sugar into spi-
rits Of vine. Wine is made of two substan-
ces, one of which is the cause of almost all
cdmbustionpn burning, and the other will burn
with more rapidity than any thing in nature
strengthen stomaehs, and the poisonous princi-
pie Of opium, are found of the same materials.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1849-09-05

"HE's NOBODY BUT A PRINTER, ANY How!'
Who was William Caxton, one Of the fathers
of literature? Nobody but a printer!' Who
was Earl Stanhope? "Nobody but a printerr'
Who was Samuel Wardsworth, the poet!-
sNobody but a printer" Who was Benjamin
Franklin, the great American philosopher and
statesman? aNobody but a printer" George
P. Morris, James Harper, Horace Greeley, N.
P. Willis, Robert Sears and Senators Cameron,
Dix and Niles, and a host of no less %eonspicu-
Gus names-who are they? "Nobody but prin-
tiers, any how!"' s.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1849-09-05
MY GRAVE.

MY GRAVE.
would that when | die,
My form might lie
Where branches wave and wild flowers bloom,
Where a clear stream giides by.
There would | love TO sleep,
Where birds gay anthems keep,
Stirred by no memories of departing days,
Ger which we wake to weep!
Whatif the melody,
Though glad and free,
OF birds and brooks be lost upon mine earl
Perchance some changeIess friend might linger near
TO sigh for ME. A
Kind friends will think of me,
Not as one whose home can be
Where nought but pain aud sorrow dwells,
And grief across my bosom swells-
But as an eagle bird set free.
Then let such sleep be mine
Let Natures music, DER my place of rest,
Breathe out some simple song | liked the best,
In tones divine!
GUILFoRD, Conn, July, lS49.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1849-09-05

HUNGARIAN NEWS AT YALE CoLLEGE.-A
correspondent of the N. Y. Journal of Com
merce, writing from New Haven, says:
Il have only to add, that our graduates din
ner, while We were waiting a few moments
(some 600 or 800 Of us) for our M to
the tables, Charles ]Hebly Pond mounted a
platform and announcing the glorious intelli-
gence just received from Hungary, proposed
that "all who could rejoice in it, and give glory
to God, should give three cheers" which was
instantly, universally, and most heartily done.
Many a gray and reverend head, as well as
many a Younger one, was uncovered in that ur-
rah! Old Yale will never cease to be the stall
wart friend of liberty. In the war of the Re-
volution, one hundred of her sons left for the
army. How many of them now~Would flock
to Hungary, were there only a boundary line to
be crossed, / cannot say"