Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1851-11-22
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Philadelphia called "the Protectors"
The Mississippi State Convention assemble
at Jackson on the lst inst.
De TocqueyiIle said that when he met an
officer OF the United States Army, he met
gentleman.
Canada consumes annually twcnty-four mil
lion yards of gray cotton.
Tie Louisville Courier states that 1916
hIds. tobacco are manufactured in that city
every year, for smoking and chewing.
A sight % makes man feel, is & staaIl chile
thinly clad in Il cold egeuin~, croUching down
shiyeringIy upon the sidewalk by a little board
Of attempting fruit, and hope and misery
blending il her gaze ut the Passers-by.
The Madrid correspondent of the London
Morning Chronicle thinks that the American
prisoners who have been brought TO Spain,
will be anncsticl by the Queen, to grace an
approaching festival.
At the late election in New York city, up
wards of four mi Iiou tickets were printed for
the several political parties. If they were
paid for. the printers had 4 nice time OF it.
VIM. Tunnel was convicted Of forgery in
Halifax county, N. G.. last week, and Seiten-
ced to stand in the pil!ory for one hour, re-
ceive thirty-nine lasiIes on the bare back, and
be confined in jul! six months.
I~singlass is made from the ~entraiIs Of fish.
J. E. Thompson, a Baptist minister, commit
ted suicide at Nevada, California, a few days
ago.
MA, Nr,l-b I,. l,,, ,I,.toj Dr. @to NJ.
York Legislature, by from three to four hun
dred N majority.
Owing to tile low water, nearly all Of the
towns along the Ohio are out Of coal.
Cotton was first planted in the United States
in the year 1889.
An ACCORDION Is styled by the negroes at
the South an dedicated bellows"
As the water that flows from a spring does
rot CONCEAL in winter, so those sentiments of
friendship which proceed from the heart can
mol, be frozen in adversely.
It is sai1 that Louis Napoleon intends to get
rid Of some Sal? obnoxious members Of the
Assembly, by prosecuting them for
subscribing to W4zliai's Italian loan.
Miss McCIeary, the vounc lady Of AlIeghe-
" city. T.. WIlo took ar>"F}c in consequence
II eHr44uitei affection, is d2ad. 1t is said she
of 4 respectable family.
a. Berlin artist has succveicl in taking da-
,uereotypcs Oh gas, when is covered with a
usion Of z;nc Of gold.
A Iyceum lecturer recently said that 10 nan
ouIi become an "estab isled fact in society,"
,,ttI Ia rnf r,arrt,.l fjft,a r. 40. mad ifar,t! |
oes farther: lie cannot become an 'estab-
shed fact until he surrounds himself with
cloud OF little Witnesses
Il is said that a piece of COED strong. tobac-
}, cheWcd until it is saturated with saliva, :
nd then applied with baudage to wounds oc- l
BY nails or other iron Instruments.
i'll relieve the sufferer, however deep and f
linfuI they may be. s
Seven eights Of the splendid fortunes in this ii
has been made by printers ink. v
e
The present canvass in Massachusetts is one y
the most exciting they ever had in that Ii
ate. u
whole number of grog-shops in Alba
IS 1856; being one to every 6t inhabitants. r,
'T'he quantity Of water which has fallen IN =
81 is less than for the last twelve or fifteen
ars. =
In a French work on the uncertainty of the
OF death, and modes Of burial, a fact is &
,ugit forward Off man, now alive, who has
en buried twice. e4
observed well, that it is TIE constant n
It, and inseperahle quality of amb:tion, new j
to look behind It. ca
Any body who will send an anonymous ar 50
e to a newspaper, calculated to in)ure anotll- III
iscertainiy a coward and very like u scoun- DO
IRIS. Farni,am has been sIiugiine her own Of
lse in California. She was clad IN the
amer costume. n
he kossusli enthusiasm appears to be dy- ~
of in New York; and when that civ can't oc
p it up, why, it Is dead sure. pr
n English %journaI is Of opinion that tempo on
superiority Of the Americans in some No
gs is the result of a diseased activity Of the ans
'ons system, which makes US bright, but !.
Lived. How philosophical! r in.
& we
ct not the grandeur of any mans station ed
Ter him proud and rilful but let him re- sto
der, when leis surrounded with a crowd Sot
lppliants, death shall level him with the ne
nest Of mankind s.. of {
. - ? . s-. the
is estimated that 1000 tons of tobacco v a,l
are annually squitted over the face of Boy
and 90 tons of ivory ire worn out, in viol
TIM r,oa1o,or, ger
'he JIG { every aeseh years. Forl
@1 = all /
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