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Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1849-03-02
boots and Shoes

Boots and Shoes.
y general assortment al extremely low prices.
HAT S and cars.
No. Broadway Hat, $3.50: if you doubt ii
call and see. great variety of Caps from IL l-2
cts TO 81.
HARDWARE AND CUTLERY,
A little cheaper than the cheapest.
In conclusion. we have but one word TO say TO
hose in want of goods, and that is, you we'll
aware that there never was at any one time over
one half the quantity of Goods for sale in South
port, and now is the lime to buy for in these days
of strife to see who sell the cheapest you will
have fine opportunity to make COED bargains, and
we advise YOU to lay in years supply AT least,
when YOU will have TO pay for goolsagain, where
you now have The orpor unity TO get them Mt
cost. What we mean by cost is atiording the
merchant bare living.
Southport, Nov. 5. 1913. 10
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1849-03-02
CERTAIN BOTANICAL AGENT.

which in all diseases arrangements tue female frame
DISTRACTIONS, difficulties. painful neHsrHatons, &c. has
eicca cure This root Is indigenous soil and
found in large quantities, and 4 medicinal property
stands without an equal it forms of the compounds
III tie PREPARATION which as whole is the best remedy
ever given 10 debilitaed female il is sure, and the
will t,,r fi,h p,I 8, I,;
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1849-03-02
CIOAKINGS
GLOVES AND HOSIERY

French Merinos, ] hibct Cloths, Gala Plai
Plaid Cloakings, &c.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1849-09-19

DESPERATE BRAvERY--TraPper Fight mHh
q Siour War Pany-The Jackson county
(Iowa) Democrat gives tin following account of
a desperate Indian fight:
Three trappers-Vale, Cass and Young
while looking for beaver in the vicinity of Nor
cou river, discovered a large trail, rightly sup
posing that they were in the vicinity of a strong
band of Indians. They selected a suitable spot,
and built of logs and poles a small but, to which
they gave the name of a fort. Before it was
finished the Indians made their appearance
They showed that they We're determined to
have their scalps. Vale and his companions
prepared for a desperate resistance. At the first
fire of the Indians Young was shot through the
thigh. Vale and Cass returned the fire, and
three Indians fell, at which they raised the war
whoop. The unedual contest lasted several
hours, Cass loading the guns, while Vale, with
unerring aim, thinned their ranks. Cass i'm
prudently exposed his face and received a ball
in the eye. Vale was now left alone to contend
against the Indians. He made the best of it,
loaded and fired in such rapid succession that
the Indians were on the point of retiring, when
he fell mortally wounded The Indians lament
his death; they buried him without scalping him,
and honor him with the names of Eagle Brave.
Twenty-eight Indians were killed in the action.
Vale's relatives reside in Milwaukee.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1849-09-19

DISCOVERIES IN AFRIcA.-A French explor.
1ngexpedition has partially assembled the Grand
Bassam river in Africa, and has dicovered it to
be a continent of the Niger. Capt. Boilet, the
commander of the EXPEDITION, writes that he has
discovered two magnificent lakes, where palm
Old is SO abundant that the ship had not vessels
eneagh to hold it. Now, according to the deal
ers themselves, palm oil gives a profit of 80 per
cent, whilst gold only yields so Or so. The ad-
joining villages are said to overflow with pro-
duce of all sorts Capt. Boilet, has, however,
visited unknown regions and established relations
in the midst of a country the very centre of the
gold trade, the only hitherto carried
on at Grand Bassam. 1t being the dry season,
it prevented its entire exploration; but in the
rainy season there are six feet of water, and the
river may be assembled as far as the c~ataracts of
Abouesson, fifty leagues distant. At that place
the traveller is within sixty leagues of Sego,
and the course of the Niger is still continued.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1849-09-19

SCIENTIFIC ITEMs.-The cause of the spiin-
tering and disruption of trees, when struck by
lightning, is the sudden expansion of the sap
that is converted into vapor by electricity.
NJ. Brandt has discovered, from AN examine
ton of the food in the teeth Of the antediluvian
rhinoceros, that they lived on the leaves and
fruit of coniterous plants; and that from this
fact, and that of the woolly covering they have,
there is no reason to believe they had ever lived
in any other part of the world, or that any
change has taken place in the polar and equa-
torial regions of the earth.
The miraculous blood spots on human food
that appeared in Berlin in ls4S, and that have so
often been alluded to as omens Of evil, have
been found, when placed under the microscope,
to be formed of myriads of small bodies, which
appeared to be animalcula of an inferior degree.
These little beings appear almost round, and
are from one three-thousandth to one eight
thousandth of Zine in length. When examined
separately they are transparent, but in the mass
they have the color of blood.
The nutmeg tree resembles our pear tree,
and attains the height of thirty-five or forty feet.
The mace is not the flower, as some suppose,
but it is the immediate internal coating of the
brown shining shell of the nutmeg.
The oldest work on Mechanics is that BY
Ramelli, and is mentioned by Mr.. Eubank in his
Hydraulics. That work was written in 1888,
and IS in folio, having 1913 pages letter press,
duplicated, and contains Italian and French
descriptions of 1876 different machines and
engines. 1t is now at the Patent Office, WASH
ingtOn.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1849-09-19

INTERESTING D1scovERy.-M. Paul Jeruais.
{says the Constautioaset0 has just discovered
in the upper tertiary stratum of Montpelier a
species of fossil ape, probably belonging to the
Macaque genus. On comparing this discovery
with that of Mr.. La.tet in the Gers, and those
made in the environs of London, it appears that
fossil apes have been discovered in the three
principal tertiary strata Of western Europe, that
is to say, in every part of the level of sedimsntasy
earths in which the bones ofmammalia abound.
If man had existed at the period when these
strata were deposited, the non-discovery hitherto
of the slightest trace of human skeletons, or
remains a~ttesting human industry, would be
very astounding. The discovery of these fossil
apes is therefore an additional indirect proof
of the very inferior antiquity Of man on the
earth. d.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1849-09-19
PLAQUEMINE, PARISH OF IBERVILLE, SEPTEMBER 49,, 1S49.

living, to Charlotte's mind. She became engross-
ed with what she had heard and seen. She
felt that sb" "as in the presence OF Il superior
nature, and that true excellence aud refined
morality were not confined to marble halls
Ihe Doctnr'S .fowerS mere besinniny to eermi-
naP.
Iast bet'xc leaving, Charlotte slipped half
an eagle into the widows hand, and whispered,
you shali hear from me again.'-Tlev Were
soon OH their way l"mc-tie Doctor studiotsly
avoiding any %allusion to the scene they had lust
witnessed, and Charlotte recalling to her mind
everything that had occurrcd SINCE they FIRST
set out. When Ire helped her from the car
riage to the room, she was Amos paralvzed
with cold. The transition was enchanting
There was q warm fire blazing cheerfully on
the hearth. The windows and mirrors looked
larger than when she left them; the carpet felt
as soft and rich rs any Brussels her little foot
had ever pressed: and eve. the face of the old
clock seemed transformed with pleasant smiles.
In short, everything stood out in luXuri;mt re-
lief, combining comfort with utility. Tears of
gladness really stole into her eyes.
A few days afterWard, the Doctor and Char
lotte were sitting together in their little parlor.-
The winds were bowling mournfully around
the house, and a cheerful fire cracking on the
hearth. She felt that she was surrounded with
every conceivable comfort. '1n the course of
the ensuing Spring. said Doctor Bell, eve
will lay the foundation of a new house, my
dear-what do you say to it"
II think, Doctor, the foundation has been
already laid" answered Charlotte, pressing her
hand ulaoi her heart, and smiling most be-
witehingly on her delighted husband:-1our
house is good enough; and may | never want
a better one" The Doctors fomers were intuH
bloom, shedding an infant freshness about his
heart,
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1849-09-19
The Bill of

The following incident is such Il one as will
call forth the admiration of all. 1t occurred in
New York, and the gentleman who appears to
so much advantage in it, we'll known on Wall
street:
Mr. w. is an Englishman and a Quaker. He
has realized Il handsome fortune in business.
and has now retired, spending nearly his whole
incense in benevolent objects; and his merit is
not lessened by the quiet and unobtrusiye
manner III which he effects his purposes, Some
years since a young gentleman came out from
England to New York, for the purpose of 90
ing into Business in which Mr.. w. then was.-
1he young Englishman brought letters of in
PRODUCTION to MIR. W., who Immediately gave
HIM all the assistance and counsel he needed to
make his success in business sure. After he
ilad been IN business some time, the Young GEN
tfeman, who was a quaker also, had oecasionto
remit funds to the amount of $4,000 of $4,000
to England, and seeing a bill of exchange for
about the sum advertised, he went to Mr., w.
and asked him if it were good. He told him
at once that 1t were so, and the young merchant
purchased it and sent it to England. But when
IL arrived there 1t was not accepted and the
loss fell OF course on the young merchant.
Some time afterwards, Mr.. w. accidentally
e'S All tHt CaSe, ana went to his
young friends store.
George" said he, "did thee not buy bill
of Jeremiah some tine sinee..'
'Yes sir"
WAS the bill accepted!'
"No sir"
"George, did thee buy that bill at nay re-
commendation?"
Il asked thee about it."
"Would thee have bought it had l nettold
thee it was good?"
mo. | don't think | should"
"Well, George, l want thee to give me that
The young man gave him the bill. He went
to his W store, calculated the amount of ex-
change at the time when the bill was drawn,
added interest mp to date, and drew his check
tor the whole amount, which he then sent to
his young friends store, The bill remains to
this day u~satistied by the drawer. Occasional
instances of this kind, and an unvarying prae-
tee OF truly Christian virtues, have placed the
Society of Friends among our most respected
citizens.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1849-09-19

HOUSE BUGs.--To prevent these trouble
some insects, use bedsteads that have no holes
through them, which screw together so closely
as to leave no cavities; use board Stats instead
of cords; and if there is any appearance ofbags,
apply corrosive sublimate and cheap rum, whis-
key, or alcohol to the places where they. are
likely to lodge themselves. 1t may be applied
with a feather only once a week. If the bugs
come out of the wall or floor, set the bedstead
where it cannot come in contact with them, and
occasionally apply the above named solution
around the bottom ofthe bed posts and on the
floor where they stand.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1849-09-19

QUEEN VICTORIA COMING TO AMER1cA.-Ihe
Kingston Wing announces the return OF the
Mayor and Alderman Counter, from a business
tour to the colonial Office in London These
gentlemen went eat as a deputation OF the city
to confer with the Home Government. As the
result of. their mission, the Wing says that
KINGSTON is to be the seat of the Canadian Go
yernment, and also of the British American
Provinces, when federal1y united. Earl Grey
assured the deputation that he would use his
best endeavors to induce her Majesty to make
= visit to her transatlantic dominions next sum-
NOR tits also said that Mr.. Counter has a prl-
vate commission to procure a suitable resi-
dence for her Majesty.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1849-09-19

NOVEL way OF MAKIFG A LIVING The
Commercial states that severl persons in Gin
cinnati make a living by diving for boulders. A
small flat boat is owned by each party, which is
moored over the bed of the Ohio, in front or
near the city, as the case may be, where boulders
are most plenty. By diving and grabbing up a
boulder the boat is soon loaded and rowed to
the city landing, where a ready market is
found, the city purchasing them for paving pur-
poses.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1849-09-19

COMING HoME.-M. T. Mcclellan, who left
INDEPENDENCE three or four years since for CAL
ifornia, writes that he expects to leave Califor-
MIA for old Jackson next February or March,
with a capital of at least $4,000. His family
returns with him. 1.-THE Oldest settlers, and
every body eIse," he says, "are going to the
States, as soon as they can make a suf6ciency
to live independently upon. Some who came
here poor have left, to my knowledge, with
100000 in gold dust" He says the gold is
inexhaustible.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1849-09-19

TAKING IT LITERALLY.-We see a paragraph
going the rounds, to the effect that the Bishop
of Oxford, having sent round to the church.
wardens in his diocese n circular of inquiries,
among which was: "Does your officiating
clergyman preach the gospel, and are his con-
versation and carriage consistent Herewith
The church-warden near Wallingford replied,
"He breaches the gospel, but does not keeb a
carriage"
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1849-09-19
PLA E:
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 49.

1--WE return our heartfelt thanks to the
country journals of the State generally for the
highly factoring remarks, induced by our new
issue, respecting this paper and ourself person.
ally. But it is due to custom, to truth and cour-
tesv. to saw, that we have not thus been honored
by a single Democratic journal. If any thing
could make us feel proud of our progress, it is
this silence on the part of the opposition press
in reference to an old and becoming courtesy
among editors.
Among the many fattering illusions to our
self and sheet that are before us, our vanity
if yanitv-cannot 90 farther than to publish the
following, We like to cherish that which re-
minds us of the hearts earliest and hapriest
feelings, ere manhood's cares brought the win
kles of thought, and before the mind was made
to taste of that bitterness and wrong which
Islander and vituperation engender-and which
make dim and paeasureless mans pathway upon
earth:
THE SOUTHERN SENTISEL"-Thls excellent
Wing Journal, published in the town OF FLA
oneminc, comes to us this week very much en-
larocd and decked out in an e~ntifeiey new dress.
Friend Bradburn has Our hearty congratH1a-
lions upon this conclusive manifestation OF his
prospcritv as an editor. Man and boy-on sea
and laud-we have known Brad. for many
wears. and have ever felt a lively interest in his
PROGRESS threagh the world. Always liberal to
a fault. this i, the first Opportunity ne has at
forded us of eongratulating him upon an in
crease of the worlds goods, and we embrace
it with cheerful NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Wing.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1849-09-19

THE CHRISTIANS END.-What a majesty there
is in the Christians death-what a glory in his
hope. AS the rivers run the smoothest the
nearer they approach the ocean; as the rose
smells the sweetest when dying; as the sun ap-
pears most glorious when setting, SO it is with
the Christians death.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1849-09-19

PRESERVATION OF VEGETABLEs.-Mr. HAM
nros PERRY, of L~ansingburgh, informs us that
he has succeeded in keeping beets through the
winter by the following mode:-He packs the
roots in barrels or casks, with earth in which
ashes, at the rate of about a peck to a bushel
of earth had been mixed. The root being placed
in layers, and each layer covered with the
compost. He states that he has kept them
sound in this way three years.-Abany Cult
GATOR.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1849-09-19

USelfishness has no soul. 1t is a heart of
stone encased in iron. Selfshness cannot see
the miseries of the world-it cannot feel the
pangs andt trusts of hunger. 1t robs its "
grave, sells its own bones to the doctor, and its
Soul To the devil.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1849-09-19

ExrLAcrs.-Ingratitude is, Of all crimes
what in all Others we account the most venai:
in others, the most objectionable. ..s
Nothing is more easy than to do a misefleis
nothing more difficult than to suffer without
complaining. "A
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1849-09-19

uThe consumption Of tea in England as
taken up to the 10Th inst, has increased three
millions of pounds, as compared with last year.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1849-09-19

UT is evident that most women live very
fast, as they look older than they are, az may
easily be discovered by inquiring their age!
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1849-09-19

Unlocking over the map Of North America,
the Gulf of Mexico seems like the mouth OF
the United States opened wide, with Cuba be-
tween the jaws, just ready to be swallowed
down the throat of Uncle Sam.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1849-09-19

UT"I've risen from the bar to the BENCH as
the young lawyer said when he quit law ana
went to shoemaking.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1849-09-19

U"That man is a fool" says Dow, Jr., "who
wastes his time in trying to throw salt on the
tail of tomorrow. #z s>
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1849-09-19

DIf you are for pleasure-marry! If you
prize rosy health-marry! And even if money
be your object-marry!
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1849-09-19

pDilligence, ~frugality and perseverance are
the leading steps to wealth.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1849-09-19


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Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-11-16
CONVENTION OF CALIFORNIA.

The Ara California, printed al San Francis
Co. as late as the lst October, presents snme Of
he interesting proceedings OF The Convention
which assembled a, Monterey on the 3ls Aus
gust, as follows:
E1ya,t fom Me Jou,nd' Of the coaosntton, to
n. 22d s, p'emtsr, iaelusire.
Robert Semple was elected Pres'den; WIN y
Marcy, Secretary; Caleb Lyon. First Ass's'anI,
aud & Field Second Assstan, Secretary.
September ga message was received rom
Guverho. Riley, nom which we xracI the 1911
lowing:
Ii appears from the returns mat the following
regular delegates ale elected IRON the several
districts, VIZ:
From San Diego-Miguel de Prdrorena, Hen
~ Hill.
From Los Ansees-S c Foster, Ca'iilo,
Nj Domincuez a Stsarns.
From San,a Barbara-P La Guerra, vi "a
banuvias.
From San LUIS Obispo-H A Fsft, } NJ Ca
harruvias.
G L Bots, P Ord, l. Dent.
From san JOSE Aram, X II Dimmick, J
d Hoppe, A VI Pico, r Brown.
From San Frarcisco-E Gilbert M Norton,
w M Gwiu, Hobson, w NJ Sie6ar'.
From Souoma-J Walker, Semple, l. w
& oegs, NJ G Vallejo.
From Sacramenlo-J RSnyd.r, w E Shan
non, w S Sherwood, A Suffer.
SAN Joiouls-lt appears, from the re:nrni
from this district, lhal in the town Of Stockton
flor reasons stated il the report CT the Judges anc
inspect,Is OF eleclion) the election was bed cr
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-11-16

shall, and 70 in Tyler, We have lost in Brooke and
Hancock Is. in Welze 20, 10 Monongaia 1922
in Marion Alp, [Shiie i, gave Newman 1858 ma
jorily, il now gives Raymond 90 majoriy!l in
Preston 2s5 (is gave Newman 252; it now gives
Raymond 35l) These Two last Counties have
caused our inglorious defeat; and we leave II to
The Democrats in those counties 10 chew he cud
OF disappointment over The bitter fruits of their
apathy, and 10 resolve, by Increased energy aid
devotion in the future, 10 wipe out The stain on
the Democratic banner.
II is, indeed, a mos, morlifyins reflection that,
while last spring the Democracy of Virginia
swept every District in The Stale, and placed her
name Oh the topmosl rouni OF the Republican
pyramid, and while, in almos. every State which
has voted this year, our party has lriumphed, IL
should be Left 10 the Wheeling Disricr, al mo-
menl so critical, 10 check The Democratic cur.
rent and give 10 that greatest OF humbugs, Tay-
lorsn, an apparent triumph. This defeat, in
one of The strong>holds OF Democracy, however,
will not be without some benefit. II will show
10 our friends there and elsewhere, The mischiev-
GUS effects OF loo much personal aspiration
and dissension, and will leach Them TO look alone
10 harmony and union, 10 secure The success OF
their principles. The gain OF Melville in
Mississippi, ard the defea; Of Paffey in Massa'
chusets, will sill give VI The House oil Repre-.
sentaiyes- but il is 100 bad, that Ibe Wheeling
District should have abandoned The tue path,
aad be disgraced by being enrolled among the
Taylor, Ewing and Collamer patty! Let our
friends now cease all dissensious, rally 10 their
principles and wipe out the odium Of their
nrespnt defect