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North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1852, 1851-01-25

Painters AND PAINTING. ]. II. Buckingham, in
his series of "reminiscences in couIse of publication
In the Boston Courier, speaks Of the importance of
the printer to authors, as follows:
Many who condescend to illuminate the dark
world with the fire of their genius, Trough the COL
.unns Of newspaper, little think of the lot of the
printer, who, almost suffocated by the smoke of a
lamp, sits up till midnight to correct his false gram
mer, had photography, and worse punctuation. Thave
seen the arguments of lawyers, in high repute as
scholars, sent to the printer in their handwriting
many words-and especially technical and foreign
terms-abbrevated. words mis-spelled and few or no
points, and those few, if there any, entirely out
OF place. have the sermons of divines sent
to the press without point capitals to designate the
division Of sentences; sermons which. if published
with the imPerfections of manuscript, would disgrace
the printers devil if he were the author. Suppose
they had been so printed. The printer would have
been treated with and contempt, as an iterate
blockhead-as fellow better fitted to be a wood
sawyer than printer. Nobody would have believed
that such gross and pable faults owing the
Ignorance and carelessness of the author. And no
one but the practical. printer knows how many hours
The compositors and after him the proofreadet is
compelled to spend in reducing to readable condi-
uon manuscripts that the writer himself would be
puzzled to read.'
North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1852, 1851-01-25

Mr. HoKF, of Lincoln, does not please the editor
of the Sa sbury WalchBGn: he was not elected with
that view we believe Lincoln Courier.
North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1852, 1851-01-25
New hooks.

WRENCH on the Miraclcs-Sl IS; Mothers Recon-
i pense being Sequel to H ME Influence, BY Grace
Aguilur-50.
ALSO,
full supply of the Life of John Randolph, of Roanoke,
by Hugh A. Garland-$2 SO. This day received by
POMROY & O'NEAl.
January ls, 1851. 23-
North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1852, 1851-01-25

FLORIDA. Mr.. Mallory, democrat, of Key West,
has been elected to the Senate of the United States
by the Legislature of Floida, over Mr.. Yulee, the
democratic nominee.
North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1852, 1851-01-25

POSTSCRIPT. Glory enough for one day aye,
glory enough for many days! We have the high
qualification of announcing that yesterday at eev-
en- o'clock, the House of Commons concurred, by a
considerable majority the three-6hs vote, the
amendments of the Senate, and the Equal Suffrage
bill was ordered to be enrolled.
The people are at last triumphant! All honor to
the author Of this noble measure, and its friends
of both parties, who have so faithfully stood by i,
amid all attacks upon it, this hour which crowns
il with the light of victory!
North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1852, 1851-01-25
REMARKS OF MR.. SHEPARD,

PASQUOTASK,
Delivered in the Senate on Wednesday last the 22d
January. 1851, on the Equal Suffrage bill.
Mr.. Shepard said, he intended give different
this bill from the one he gave when the bill
was FIRST before the Senate, he would state to the
Senate his reasons for SO doing. He would change
his vote, although he could not say his opinion on
the subject had undergone any change. He did not
stand here, however, to represent his individual opin
ions but to vote in such manner would best
the interests OF his constituents.
We live in age when society and all its inter-
ests seem undergoing continual changes. He wished
these changes were always improvements, which in
his opinion far from being the case. AS we can
not stem the torrent that is sweeping us, the
wisest course is to give it such direction will
produce the least damage.
Since the vote was taken on this subiect of Free
Suffrage, by which it rejected few days ago,
he had become convinced both by what occurred here
and since in the other body, that the question was
narrowed down 10 choice of eVs-either rec Stuff
rage unlimited Convention-for as to this no.
ton of limiting Convention, it was a delusion. :
A Convention, assembled upon any of the plans
which had been mentioned, would be merely log
rolling affair, in which thing would be made
carry another; and this Free Suffrage matter which
had some popularity in all parts of the State, would
be made pack-horse TO carry all sorts of cha nges.
For this reason he would to submit this matter
alone and unconnected to the people. He believed,
from the number of votes already given upon Free
Suffrage that large majority of both houses sooner
than loose this little darling pet, would plunge the
Ide INTO all the unnecessary turmoil and uncertain
ty OF Convention. He would, therefore, vote to
send the bantling on its travels. Our Constitution
wisely provides for its amendment by bill. 1t is the
only safe and fair way of amending it. Iis the only
way In which the people can know precisely what
amendments they are voting for. He believed if
Convention were called, matter what proestations
gentlemen might make here, the basis of representa-
ton woud be altered, and that fundamental principl,
OF all just and fair government-that taxation and
representation should go .togeher-would be SWEEP
from the Constitution of North Carolina. To pre-
vent so dire calamity to the portion of Nortt
Carolina, he would resist Convention in all anC
every shape; and to take from its advocates every
plausible ground, he would vote for Free Su #
rage.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1851-04-05
Cay~:uitv Increasing.

There are now between this place and New
Orleans some eight or ten crevasses, which are
o~verfowing the whole Of that part Of the State,
and there is every prospect that millions OF
dollars worth of property will be destroyed,
while very little exertion appears to be exer-
cised by the planters to close them. We had
a COW .~rsation with Col. SPEAR this morning
upon this subject, and he is confident that if
the planters would adopt his mode OF closing
the crevasses, their property would be saved at
a comparative small expense. He would be
willing to undertake to close them, and not be
more than ten days at the largest, nor more
than from three to five days at the smaller size,
the means and materials to be furnished him to
do the work the assistance required would
be fifty carpenters and seventy-fye or one hum
drcd negroes. 1t is the universal opinion here
that Col. SPEARS plan is the only one that can
be adopted successfully.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1851-04-05

GENERAL ScoTT IN THE FIELD.-Hs Frs
Letter on the Presidency.-The following let
ter from General Winfield Scott, was addressed
to the Wing Committee Of Mifain county, il
Pennsylvania, in answer to a series Of resolu.
tons adopted by them recommending him as
a candidate for the Presidency Of the United
States:
WAsHNeron, March ID, 1851.
DEAR SIR:-The Wing Committee and its
Secretary, Of Juniata county, Pennsylvania,
have done me great honor.
The appreciation Of my conntrymen was the
first, and will be the last object Of my life. II
| have the happiness to obtain that, it will be
Of minor importance whether it leads to a
in my official position or not.
With my most respectful regard to the gen.
of the Committee, / remain, my dear
yours truly. WINFIELD SCOTT.
A. K. MCCLURE, Esq.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1851-04-05

The DEVIL AND THE PR1EsT.-About ten
days ago all the population of Brunn, in the
Austrian States, were thrown into commotion
by the appearance of the Devil, in propria per-
soma, surrounded by gendarmes with drawn
swords. His Satanic Majesty was, as he is al
ways represented, perfectly black, with two
enormous horns, goats ears, a body covered
| with hair, horses legs, and cloven feet; but he
seemed decidedly out o fspirits, and it appeared
that he was undergoing the indignity Of being
conveyed to durance vile. The old men and
women of the place fell on their knees, and
prayed to all the saints to protect them against
the terrible Prince of Darkness; but the young
men had the impiety to laugh and scott at him.
On inquiry the following facts were stated -
A few days before, as a peasant woman named
Hent was lying in bed after having been deli
vered of child, the Devil suddenly leaped
through a window, clanking a chain, and de-
manded that she should either give him the
child to be carried to the regions below, or
make owe: to him a sum of 100 forms in new
silver, which he knew she had collected. The
poor woman, greatly terrified, at once produced
the money, and the Devil pocketed it; after
which he went away. The next day the wo
man told the parish priest of the visit she had
received, and added that she had collected the
100 forins penny by penny to pay for religious
services on her ACCOMPLISHMENT. "Did you tell
any one that you had the money" asked the
priest. "Only the midwife" said she. .Well,
tell the midwife that the Devil was mistaken in
supposing that you had only 100 forms, for
that you have so forms more; and say that you
are glad he did not compel you to give them
up. The Devil will perhaps pay you another
visit after that, but | will be there to exercise
The woman told the midwife what the
priest had said. The next night the Devil re-
appeared and demanded the fifty forms, but at
the same moment the priest rushed forth, seiz-
ed him by the neck, and charged him with be-
ing a thief. The Devil, it turned out was the
husband o the midwife. He was fastened in
room, and the next morning was taken to pri-
son.-Galignani's Messenger.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1851-04-05

LOUIS NApoLEoN.-THE DEsPors.-From a
Paris letter brought by the Pacific, the Phila-
delphia Inquirer culls the following significant
extract:
SIT is more than suspected that Louis Napo-
leon is playing into the hands Of Russia, with
the exception of getting his reward, should Q
revolution chance to upset him. We shall
soon know his game, however, for it appears
that the Holy Alliance intend to march upon
Switzerland in the spring, with the object of
smothering what they describe as a nest of vile
republicans. They will have a hard t~ussle,
first with John Bull, who in the style of Ro-
deric Dhu, will put his broad back against one
oftte Alpine mountains, and lay about him in
a way that will cause a sensation. If Louis
Napoleon joins the Holy Alliance by playing
fast and loose with England, he will get his
passports from the Republican party of
France, one of these fine mornings, with a hint
that if he values his head, he had better carry
it off straightway."
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1851-04-05

SueAR.-The production ofthis article of prime
necessity, in the United States, is annually ~increas-
ing. The whole annual production Of the world
is estimated at 1,471 600, 900 pounds, of which the
United States produces 100, oof, 900, including TO-
ooo, ooo, of Maple Sugar. The production Of this
large amount of Maple Sugar will strike some Of
our sugar planters with establishment. OF the
whole amount of Sugar produced, Europe con-
sumes about one thousand millions, divided as fol-
lows; Great Britain, ase,see,soo France, 1eo,oso,-
900; Belgium, 1e,s4o,ooo; Netherlands, AZ, 600, 600;
Russia, 10000, 900; Denmark and Sweden, q, ooo,-
900 the German Zollverein, 1o1, 100000; other
parts of Germany, Ice, ooo, 900; Austria, SO, ooo,-
900.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1851-04-05

A FRENCH STORY Of SLEEP-wALK1NG.-The
Courier de la Gironde relates a curious in
stance of somnambuIism in a village near Bor-
deaux. Asmall farmer, after passing the even
ing by his fireside, with his wife and family,
retired to rest; but at midnight, when in a state
of somnambulism, got up, dressed himself,
went to the stable, harnessed his oxen to the
plough, made them drag it to his field at some
distance, and proceeded to pillow the field. At
six o'clock in the morning he had entirely
ploughed the land, and he returned home with
the oxen. Meanwhile his family had missed
him, the oxen, and the plough, and were scou-
ring the village to find them. They fancied a
robbery had been committed, and were about
to call on the gendarmes, when the man reap
peared. He now awoke, and was greatly as
tonished to find that he had passed the night in
ploughing. His father and grandfather were
noted somnambulists, and used frequently at
night to run along the roofs of the houses.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1851-04-05

ANOTHER CREvAssE.-A crevasse occurred on
Monday night last opposite the plantation Of BAL
THAzAR DUPUY 1t is now about one hundred and
seventy-fve feet wide but they have commenced
Mr.. SPEARS plan Of closing il, and we have been
informed by gentleman who is engaged upon it,
that there is every prospect Of its being speedily
closed.
Since writing the above, Mr.. SPEAR 1--WE be-
lieve, because he was not permitted to have the
entire management has left the crevasse with his
hands, and the work has been abandoned.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1851-04-05
Cant. Hart and his .Brilliant."

We had the pleasure Of two trips a short
time since, on this indiscribably magnificent
boat-and the pleasure Of being entertained by
| her skillful ard accomplished commander in
style, although elegant and luxurious in the
highest degree, left impressions and regrets
well calculated to make us shun such delecta.
Bile treatment in future. Private champagne
suppers may do very well for those who are
use to them, but it is dangerous for a countr.
editor to come in contact with one. But Of the
| Brilliant: her name is certainly more appro-
pirate than that of any other boat We have ever
seen. Notwithstanding the brilliancy of her
cabins, glittering with gold-the brilliancy Of
her elegant and superior n1achinery-and the
brilliancy Of that delectable department where
the champagne fowed-there is yet bril1iancy
which perhaps supercedes them all It is CEN
tired in him who, in the dark hours Of night,
may be heard or. seen on the hurricane deck,
watching with solicitude and care the safety Of
his boat and passengers, and occasionally toll.
ing that huge bell as the boat glides softly up
to the weak levee opposite some known PLAN
%tation, while darkness is so thick that the
hand cannot be seen before the face: and then
again, while some ambitious steamer is endea-
yoring to overreach him, giving his orders in a
manner as to convince all that he would rath-
er be delayed than to risk collision with such
reckless boats.
Any recommendations from US are entirely
supcrhuous. All that we have to conclude
with, is success to Capt. HART, his admirable
clerk, and most admirable steamer.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1851-04-05

DEATH OF GEORGE McDUFrfEs-We learn from
the Columbia, Is. c.. Telegraph that Genera
GEORGE McDurFlE died on the 18th instant, at the
residence of RICHARD SINGLETON, esq, in the dis
trict of Sumter, South Carolina. Mr.. McDuFrIE
had been afflicted for several years, and we presume
finally sank under long physical prostrations and
suffering, Mr. McDurrIE was a native ofthe State
of Georgia, and was what is called a selfmade
man. He was for a lumber Of years a Represen-
,ative and subsequently a Senator in Congress
from the State Of South Carolina, and he also serv-
ed at one period as the Governor ofthat State. He
was a man Of acknowledged abilities, and possess
ed great energy Of character.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1851-04-05

Tavern IN ~CAL1FoRNrA.-Six miles from Sacra-
mento City, says letter, noticed the -Four Mile
House, then, at equal distances, l passed the
4.hve, six, seven, eight, nine and ten mile houses,
On nearly every road is a aHalf way house,n
which is half way to or from no particular place.
In one part of the country aOld Virginia shoreo
may be found, and in another sOld acquaintance
not forgotten But General Satisfaction House,
beats them all. No person, it is said, ever stops at
it the second time.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1851-04-05

VERMONT FLANNEL.-A beautiful piece Of a..
mel, manufactured by the Messrs. Perkins. Of w..
Windsor, VT, has heen sent to President Fillmore
and a similar sample has beeu sent to the Wo,,x''
Fair. The manufacture is from wool grown !.
Mr.. William Jarvis, Of Weathersfeld, Vt.
The President, in acknowledgment, expres,..
his 'great qualification in seeing SO fine a specim.n
of our home manufacturer and applauds the skin
and industry which can produce such a fabric.
The Vermont Journal thinks that thi, apn,o,;,
ton, by the Pesident, of the manufactured artiel.
sent him, has additional value in the fact that !,
early life Millard Fillmo1e was a clothier's an.
prentice.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1851-04-05
CALIFORNIA HUMBUGs IN PARIs.-We have

CALIFORNIA HumBUGs IN PARIs.-We have
often alluded to the swindling companies
formed in Paris, ostensibly to erpzoiter the
rich auriferous lands of California, but really te
cheat and defraud the ignorant and unwary Out
Of their money. Several Of the head spirits o.
these rascally associations have already beer
arrested and punished, and by the last Paris
papers we see that another has got his deserts
It may not be uninteresting to publish the par
~ticulars of this latter case, which are as fol-
lows. They show the modus operandi of the
swindlers, and the easy manner ir which the
Partisan public may be gulled. We copy from
| Galignani, of the 9th ult:
The director of another California company
was yesterday tried by the Tribunal Of Correc.
ton Police for swindling. His name is Hoch.
gessangt, and his company was called the
"Californienne." The capital of the company
was fixed at 100000 francs, represented by
10000 shares of 100 francs each. Of these
shares NJ. Hochgesangt awarded himself 49,
600, as q recompense for having conceived the
idea of and got up the company; he also APP
pOlnteu Hiiilsell LuaHaSinS ulIectoi, Nv d s"IAiy
of 1000 francs a month, with a house to live
in. ITO make things pleasant" he arrogated
the right of nominating the committee charged
to examine his accounts, and control his acts.
He pretended to have purchased from a person,
claiming to be Earl of Stirling, some lands in
California represented to belong to him, from
having been granted to one Of his ances-
tors by Charles l. Up to the month of Sep
TENDER, 1850, shareholders had paid up $685.
900 francs, and had received an interest Of 5
per cent. But no profit had ever been realized;
so that they have been paid out Of their own
capital. Hochgesangt had sent to California
several detachments Of laborers, but the mo-
ment they arrived at their destination, they
abandoned the company, and worked for them
selves, and yet he assured the shareholders
that the men were working for them. Out of
the sum paid up by the shareholders, 100000
francs had been spent in advertisements, and
100000 francs in the management of the con-
Germ, and there was n deficit of 10000 francs.
H~ochgesangt did not appear, but the tribunal
condemned him by default to five years i'm
and 5000 francs fine.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1851-04-05
BALTIMORE, March 2e.

BALTIMORE, March 20.
The DINNER TO Mr.. WEBsrEAEThe grand din
ner given to Mr.. Webster BY knsnhssspft -
Maryland Reform Conventiak atoofk rdd1se yyester-
day at Annapolis EsaGevernor Spriggg presided.
Mr.. Webster md 1sSpeech, expressing the most
devoted 66ehment 70 the Union, and proclaiming
the olliigstion 81 al persons to sustain the Union
to binding as at the adoption Of the c~onstitu-
n He reiterated the assurance of his faith in
|the efficacy Of the compromise measures; said that
81 regarded them as the salvation of the country,
and denounced the opponents of those measures as
disunionists. He referred to Washington's resig-
nation of his commission at Annapolis, and adj
vised adherence to the principles of the Farewell
Address Of the "Father Of his Country" Mr..
Webster concluded by giving a toast, wishing that
the Constitution might endure forever.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1851-04-05

DANIEL WEBsTER.-We have known Mr.. Web
ster tsays that veteran democrat, Major Noah, d
New York; for thirty-fve years, and in the con-
ficts Of party have often differed with him, but at
no period has justice been done to his extraordinary
talents by his political opponents. Time, with It's
mellowing influence, has thrown the mantle ofob-
livion on former political errors, and he now stands
before the nation, prominent among the wonderful
menofthe age; with the patriotism Of Washington,
the eloquence Of Cicero, andthe wisdom Of Solo
mon.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1851-04-05
THE LAST MOBILE SHOOTING CAsE.-Fre

THE LAST MoBLE SHOOTING CAsE.-From
the large space yielded by the Mobile papers
to this fresh instance of a man deliberately
| shooting another down on the streets, and in
the light of day, it is to be inferred that pub
lie feelingin Mobile has been much excited by
the outrage, and that the desire to ascertain in
what way the act may permit Of a palliative
judgment upon it, is a very general one. All
of the facts as yet generally acknowledged, we
find in the Mobile Register:
"Mr. James Donaldson, a highly respectable
young gentleman of this city, was walking on
Church street, with a Mrs. Andrews, when
her husband, Mr.. A. Andrews, a jeweller on
Dauphin street, overlook them, and, exclaiming
to Donaldson, "Now, you id scoundrel, |
have caught you" Immediately knocked him
down with a stick, and, as he attempted to es-
cape, drew q six-barrel, revolving pistol, and
crying out, with an oath, "stop, or | will shoot
you" fired upon him twice. The first shot
missed, but the second took effect in the up
per part Of the spine, just below the first YER
tebre of the neck, ranging upwards. Donald
son staggered a few feet, and fell, completely
patAitLCu W VIC NOuL0. ~ "a ooon tAhVA
up, and carried into a house near by.
"Andrews, having fred as stated, turned to
his wife, who at first had begged him not to
shoot, and came with her down Government
street. He at once went before Justice Wig
gins, and made a statement of the occurrence,
and of his reasons for it. The Justice deemed
the case not bailable, and ordered him to be
taken to jail, which was forthwith done."
aE ZEE .=
On the affidavit of Mr.. Donaldson's brother,
Mrs. Andrews was arrested as an accessory to
the murder before the act. This gentleman
has asked a suspension Of public opinion till he
can yindicate his brothers memory. There are
countless rumors about letters having passed
between Mrs. Andrews and the deceased, Of
her previous character for leyity, etc. But all
ofthese details are uninteresting, except to in
sure due punishment, OF, it may be, to palliatea
murder.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1851-04-05

LONGEVITY IN Bosros.-Mr. Simonds, the Cit,
Register, in his report of births, marriages, and
deaths in Boston, for 1850, says that by an analy.
sis of the ages of more than two thousand per.
sons who died in 1850, taken from all the season,
of the year, it is found that the average period Of
human life in Boston is less than twenty-one yean:
that those of American origin average over twen-
ty-fve years, while those of foreign origin aver.
age scarcely seventeen.