Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1849-01-04
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THURSDAY. JANUARY 4. 1s4S,

b~r"NeWyear s mas past WIN lis gay hIlai'ties'
ending with Joys greater TO many, and temporary
'miseries TO sanguine-limphetic temperaments to
not a few. But while we wish those who ended
this day with feelings no less delighted than when
it burst upon them, a succession Of such days for
years 10 come, W. are bnt 100 conscious that the
poor and detected in heartily the worlds destiny
who spent hours Of suffering on the second day
or 1s49, win rise TO brighter things and brighter
feelings, at the same time twelve months. Such
truth and such consolation proceeds from that dIa-
mond of mans mind-Hope! which overcones
ep many obstacles and leads to so many grand
achievements. Hope and kind feelings should be-
long 10 the breast ON Newyear's Day, and we pity
the man-proud, and hanghty, and selfish though
he be-wh0 at a time like this is whetting his We
nomed tongue, and polluted intellect, and little and
degraded sonl, to mar innocence or trample upon
the erring or the unfortunate. g. .sr...: f.e e
1,HE CHoLERA.-The Picaynne of Tuesday
says that the deaths by Cholera on Monday were
81, and that the disease was thought to be abating.
We have no later paper. 5l8#Et .!#ElasHs>s
1t is stated in the same paper. on the authority of
the Free Trader, that Natchez is perfectly healthy.
a G-TrHon. w. C. Adams, Jr., Of this Parish, has
been mentioned in the New Orleans Delta as a
gentleman whose high standing and unexceptiona>
BILE worth. eminenily recommends him to the Con-
vention to be nominated a candidate for the next
Governor Of Louisiana, ~ }'3#@# @jN@s''~
TT@The weather still continues fair. though we
had some signs Of a change last evening.
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eUBayou Plaquemine is still in a booming con-
ditlon'u .AZILL-AG-L LII u f.aa iaJ.
stQuARAsrlsE AT NArcHEz.-We learn from
the Natchez Courier, that a quarantine has been
established by the authorities of that city. and all
steamboats, from New Orleans, or other infected
ports, are required to land at the old quarantine sta
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NoRrH CARoLINA.-We are gratifed to learn,
says the National Inteligencer of the Dist instant.
that the Hon. George E.. Badger was yesterday re.
elected, by the Legislature of North Carolina, a
United States Senator from the State for six years.
from the ,4th of March next, when his present term
Of service will expire. aaqn ta'las aa .aa.
oIsDrAsA WHO. CosvEsrIos.-The wings of
Indiana hold a State Convention to nominate cans
didates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor, Oh
"Wednesday, January 8, at indianapolis. saa Z
....
The Corros CRop.-ln speaking Of the cotton
crop of this year, the Memphis Herald says:-The
best portion Of the crop having come in, it is ascer-
tanned to a certainty that the crop will fall short fnll
one third Of a crop. This we undo, stand to be the
case in West Tennessee and North Mississippi.
Under these circumstances, with an upward ten
dency in the cotton market, we see nothing to pre-
vent prices from going much higher than at pre-
South CAReLiNA.-The Hon. A. p. Butler was
on Thursday, the i4th inst. reelected a Senator of
The United Statesf from the stateiof South Carolina,
for six years from the 4th of March next, when his
presen, term will expire.
aMosnE CesTEsrED ELEcrlok.--I the case of
the contested Mobile election, Judge Bragg. of the
Circuit Court, has decided adverse to the positions
assumed BY Mr.. Langdon. the present incumbent.
These were merely preliminary objections, and the
whole case asiyet to be argued npon the merits.
WV DAsDalpeE EppEss-The General Coprt
refused TO allow a new trial in the ease Of VIM. Dam
bridge Eppes, convicted of the murder or F Adolf.
phns Muir, in Dinwiddie. He was executed on, the
22d Of last month. 1t was one of The most cold~
biooded and a~trocious murder of friend and neigh.
boz of which there is any record. He confessed
his guilt before his execution. eF.5sag sva4