Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1851-02-08

.ez And some great lies were never pennd:
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But this that am gaun to tell,
4 Which lately onanight beieiI,
Is lust as true's as the Deil's in hell y 81
Those persons unacquainted with such a place
as New River evincc herein q defective
knowledge of Uncle Samuel's Register Of fine
Louisianians lands To remedy this shall
state, by way of prousm e. e. before intro-
ducing the great "bear," whose name begins
with sbug") that new River is "some." ST.
tuate in the opulent Parish Of Ascension,
few miles back from the sinister (!) bank of
the magnificent g Sire Of Streams"-of a pro-
ductiyely fertile soil "a large part yet untamed
wilderness,) of more than ordinary salubrity
-and intersected by noble river, cognominal
of the country,-it offers inconsderable in
ducements to settlers. ~
As an estival,resortit it is occasionally visited
by denizens, with their families, from the far
famed Crescent city; but, it is only inviting
to those who dofing the foolish feelings OF
pride and uppercrusdoln are satisfied with COM
mon rustic felicitations. lis people are hospi-
table and social, and care-dispeling amuse-
ments luxuriate unrestraneds for hebdomati-
cally, save the season Of" rolling and of Lent
may be seen fair rosy-wreathcd Terpschore,.
rejoicing TO behold her juvenile and aged pa
irons of both sexes
meet
With laughing lips aud winged leetn
Here too those, delightfully."- social and joyous
yeillees, .
.That when think thereon, my spirit clngs
And plays about in fancy =
for fair forms there are in attendance, and labial
salutations,-swee than mellifluents roses Of
Hybla,-
would shake the saintship Of anchorite.2
Forsturder pastme,--its rivers and bayous
TEEN with piscatory inhabitants. Beneath the
sylvan shades of its forests sport in blithesome
beauty /" the anttered monarchs of the waste"
and DER its lake of brackish waters resounds
unintermittingly the quack Of the wild duck,
and the noisy gabbling Of geese. Is
It likewise boasts of numerous pretty wo-
LuCH anu bIafC Lleil. ms opltnCth 'Nai1ciA
whlom abundantly characterized the latter,
manifested itself at one period so obstreper-
ously, in the manner Of maleyolent maledic-
ton and pugilistic battling, that they received
from strangers the wel-merited, yet opprobi-
goHs, ,appellation Of Tigers. Atpresent their
sanguiferous systemsyare .
s;strong without rage without overflowing, full.o
Pence and order prevails, and by z complete
Immersion, Religon has had the duple effect
of washing the foul flthsof unrighteousness
from very many Of their souls, and heighten-
ing their glow ofphysical inralescence. But
10 the tale.
Mans greatest apprehensions are for his
safety and weIl-being. Danger renders him
heroic, but alas this rule Qke mostly general
ones) has its exceptions. Quite twelve months
ago, and shortly after the customary time here
for enjoying Natures grand tonic anasthesia-
slecp,-on night dusky and cold, yetcam as
an infants breathing, deep, uncertain, and
awfully terrific sound, given in gifts, Z suddenly
saluted the unsuspecting tympanumns fSthe
good people of this place, Of which, Scots vivid
verse of the Battle of Beal and DUNE" gives
faint conception.
!!At once there rose so wild yell
Within the dark and narrow dell
As all the tends from heaven that fell,
Had peeled the banner cry of hell.
Can it then be matter OF Wonderment and
surprise that somnus, with his poppy
wand, started connussiyely from the leaden
Missionaries of the worn and wearled. No! the
most lcttargic would have been awaked, and
awaking trembled Every one expeditiousiy
eyinced vigilance, and many were the facul-
ties of the mind, this night ludicrously exhib-
ited
Here could be detected a good natured indi-
vidual exploding s'villanous saltpetre,' at what