Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1851-12-13
PLAQUEMINE PARISH IBERVIIl1E, La, DECEMBER l3 l8
Items of Various Kinds,

Items OF various Kinds.
1t is said that there are at present in the y.
nited States no less than five millions Of Ger
mans.
1t is stated that General Cavaignac, who is
fifty-nne years of age, is about to be married
to an heiress of nineteen, daughter of NJ. O.
der, the banker of Paris.
"Constitutonally tired" is now the polite
way of expressing the fact that man is natur-
ally lazy. We live in wonderfully rehfed
times.
Mrs Jacob 3. Flory, of Wrightsyille. Pa
gave birth to three fine children on the Goth
uit. Last year she had twins.
President Fillmore was nominated as can
didate for the next Presidency, at a large meet
ing held in Henry county, Ind, on the 18th ult.
At St. Charles, Mo-, they have not raised
enough pork this year for their own consump-
ton. They want 1000 weight. 20
A little girl named Catherine Doyle, aged 7
years, has been sent to the Boston House of
Correction for drunkenness and immortality.
Marshal Haynau has offered for sale the es-
tate he purchased in Hungary with a money
present from the Austrian Emperor He could
not procure laborers to get in single Drop.
M. Schoefler, a Roman Catholic Missionary,
was beheaded in May last, at Son Tay, in Co.
offence of preaching the religion of Jesus, con-
trary to law. The offending priest met his
doom smiling.
An American newspaper is about being star
ted at Paris-a Yankee rivalto Galignani.
At least 100000 in New York city alone me-
yer attend religious worship.
The New York Courier and Enquirer, one
of the ablest journals in the country, takes
ground against Kossuth.
To see young man swapping kisses with a
pretty girl, is an affecting sight.
With all thy faults love thee still, as the
loafer said when he entered distillery.
Nine of the scholars at Yale College, are
from the State Of Louisiana.
1t is said that the steamer James Robb, now
building at Cincinnati, will cost upwards OF
100000.
| S37OOO,O0O have been received at the port
Of New York within the last eleven months
from California. .s7z,ga ..
A young girl named Jenny Mahoney has
! been arrested at st. Louis, charged with horse
stealing.
| An Irish editor, in speaking Of the miseries
of Ireland, says: "1reland's cup of misery has
been for ages overhowing, and it seems to be
not get fuM" =.-u. as 5s ~.. aazs.
It is singular fact, that when an Indian
swears he swears in English. There are no
| oaths in the Indian vernacular.
Twelve millions seven hundred and eighty
seven thousand five hundred and forty seven
pounds of butter is annually made in Indiana.
Mrs. Swisshelm, Irregular brick" says,
"there is something unnatural and revolving in
the idea of a woman getting into a pair of
trowsers, even alone in the dark.
| An immense American hotel is about being
built in London--the last place where the gre
garious principle could be supposed introduca-
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In a single century, four thousand millions of
human beings appear upon the face OF the
earth-act their busy parts-and sink into its
peaceful bosom.
Foote, being scolded by a lady, said, II have
heard Of tartar and birthstone; you are the
cream of the one and the flower Of the other.''
A new steamer, the R. H Winslow, has just
| been completed for the New Orleans trade. A
new feature has been started on her, in the
shape Of library for the use Of passengers.
The old bridge at Nashville, which was erect.
ed about 80 years since, at cost OF $l00 600
tumbled down on the 18th, to the great joy oi
the people. 1t had long been serious OBJ
struction to the river. t-,># 5g1s..
A writer, more than two thousand years ago
mentions the fact that hens eggs which are
nearly round invariably produce female chick
ems, and those which are long or pointed pro
duce males.
The Philadelphia Sun says, Lola Montes's
professional visit to this country is delacah
experiment. This is probably the only instance
I in which that word will be associated with hel
name. +fs5=
There is said to be an Office in Boston to in
sure women against dying old maids. Th'
rates Of premium differ, according to looks art
disposition. While smart, tidy, sweet-tem
pared girl is insured for two per cent, sour, ill
natured spinsters are charged in some instan
ces as high as ten. When snuff is used, on,
per cent extra is charged.
| The Memory Of the Dead.-lt is an exquisit
and beautiful thing in our nature, that, whel
the heart is touched and softened by some tran
oui] happiness or afect.onate feeling, the mem
ory of the dead comes over it most powerful
and irresistibly. It would almost seem a
though our better thoughts and sympathie
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