Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1849-03-22

peTB AZ the IO5tOf1Ce III uiS pace, cdu Always
have them every "Wednesday afternoon. ana. "a
InruRrarr Nornss-We are very sorry to I'M
derstand that some Of our subscribers at Bayou
Coula and other places have stated that they have
not received their papers for several weeks. Al
that We can say in our defence is this Since we
commenced the publication Of the Sentinel, we
have regularly written the name Of every subscri-
Der on bis paper, pu. mp each package, directed it,
and carefully dispatched the whole to the Posfofice.
Nearly half the time this has been done semi.
weekly--and never as yet have we missed a publica.
tion- We mus. all unite and remedy the evil But un.
I'll this ia done we hope none Of onr patrons will give
to our collector the above excuse, when he can as>
sure them, beyond the shadow of a doubt, that their
papers have been regularly mailed.
CxEvAssE.-A crevasse in The Bayou levee &C.
curreden Monday ashort distance below this place,
which at one period created good cause for alarm,
ba. through the timely ~exertions Of the neighboring
planters and our citizens generally, it was efectu.
ally stopped
The WATERs.-Our citizens, from all that we
can learn from our exchanges, have more reason at
present tofear an overiowtb than at any period since
the high stage Of The waters became a matter of
discussion. The river at this point is again on the
rise, though slowly. From above, we have &C,
counts that' sll the upper rivers Of note have taken
second rise. This taking place a, a season Of
the year when The mississippi Heretofore, at such
time has been Of allow stage, and able barely to
contain within ito rbsnks the food from the upper
streams, what are we to anticipate now, when The
'evses are alre ady giving way to this unprecedented
rise,s when the foods have Recommended above.
and when, the melted SHOWS from the mountains
VIII soon 30 pouring their wa,ery weight upon us 7
Look az The prospect in the most, favorable light,
and a vest destruction Of property South must BE-
the result; and it is reasonable to conceive that
a great deal Of misery and no little loss Of life
will likewise follow. s,
Henry Cars EMANCIPATION ,LxrrER.-Tbe
Lexington Observer and Reporter contains q long
letter From Mr.. Clay, in his usually forcible and
strongly afgunnentasise STYLE on The subject Of sla.
very ana the mode. Of its emancipation in Kentucky.
The letter is dated at New Orleans, February II,
and addressed TO Richard Pindel, Esq. Mr.. Claws
v'ess upon this subject are well unders,ood: thew
are theHsaaae TINT characterized his Mexican sneech
and which have peryaded his writings since 17ee.
.1e 1 nss eysf been opposed to slavery--and the fol-
owing paragraph from the letter is sufficient n
a"ow shat ihs FEELINGS hav,e, undergone no change:
argument III favor Of reducing the
AisoAe face to slavery, Is sometimes 40.
rived from their alledged intellectual infs-
1'of.ty Y the Eiite races; but, if this .
mept be founded in fact, las i, NAV he.
ous, which / shall not now eram;ne !,
would prove entirely too much. Il wonld
pro,e that any white nation. which had
naNe greater advances in ~ciyilixa,;on
Answ'edge and wisdom than ano,hs,
Snl.e naslou. would have a righ. to re-
ance The latter % . state Of Sondsse,-
nay, further, it the principle of snh!S..-
t'on founded on intellectual suner;o,;tv k {.
.Iue, and be applicable to races and = oe
.ons; wnat 10 to prevent it's being Mis-
g lndssidaalsi And then the w;.sa .p.'ss
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