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Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-07-31

Distinguished Acquisition.-Hon James E.
Belser, for many years leading Alabama Dem
ocrat, and member of Congress from the
Montgomery district, has announced his deter
minaton to support Scott and Graham. At a
recent ratification meeting in Montgomery, his
remarks were reported as follows:
"Mr. Belser, on being loudly called for, re-
marked that it was not his desire or intention
to make speech, but that he was one who
was not afraid to declare at all times his opin-
ions. nor was he affected with the slanderons
misrepresentations in reference to Gen. Scott
that he had carefully examined for himself the
character and acts Of Gen. Scott throughout his
whole career, and that he was free to declare
that there was no citizen of the whole country
who could show so clean bill, so perfect and
untarnished record, or any one who was more
worthy to receive the hig CHEST honors his coun-
try could bestow, etc. The remarks OF Mr;
Belser, though brief, were highly animated and
eloquent, and were received with unanimous
and continued cheering"
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-07-31

Manners Of General Scoa-Mr. Warland,
editor Of the Lowell Courier, who was with
Gen SCOTT in the Mexican campaign, truthful
Iy says: "There are very few distinguished
men in this country who possess more popu-
lar or winning address than General SCoTT-
His personal bearing instantly attracts to him
all whom he chances to meet-and this with
out any respect Of person, rank Or condition.
The private soldier or citizen stands before him
upon the same level with the commander of
brigades or divisions. Each is received with
the utmost cordiality and urbanity, and at the
same time with inimitabe dignity and grace,
whether in the camp or in the parlor. In this
respect he presents a marked contrast to many
military men, whose stiffness and hauteur-as
if the finer feelings were cramped up in their
uniforms--they can never lay aside. The ex-
pressions of the Generals eye, on ordinary oc-
casions, is mild and gentle, but when the drum
beats and the war-horse rushes to the field, it
kindes with unwonted blil!ancy, as ifthe heart
Of tE... yalant hero were speaking from i
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-07-31

Isl have little sympathy for machinery; the
action of machines of great power always ter
rifles me by its impossibity. There are some
above all employed for beating out metals, and
which do so to an alarming extent. Whatever
these may happen to seize between their teeth,
once seized, the thing must pass through a
hole more or less great, towards which all fab
ricable substances are conducted. Of what
ever size the thing may be when it goes in, let
it be beam of the greatest thickness, it will
come out stretched into knitting kneedle Of
the greatest fHeness. AS for the machine, it
merely turns--that is its business and its duty,
and it matters not to it what the substance be
which it has to crush and draw out You offer
it an iron bar, the monster draws it to itself and
deyours it. You don't take your hand back
quick enough, the machine pinches the end Of
your finger, and all is over: you may cry out,
but if there be no workmen present with a
hatchet to cut the wrist off, after the finger
comes the hand, after the hand the arm, after
the arm the head, after the head the body
Shrieks, oaths, prayers, nothing will avail you ;
the shortest plan for your friends or family is
to look out for you on the other side of the
machine. You went in man, come out a
wire: in five minutes you have grown two
hundred feet 1t is curious, but not agreeable.
Alexander Dumas.
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HRLAQUENEsNE:
Saturday, July 81, 1859.

4. y. Consul at Acapulco.-The New York
Times says that in contradiction of rumors to
the effect that upon complaints filed against
Francis W. Rice, u. S. Consul at Acapulco,
his removal has been accomplished, the editor
learns from the State Department that Mr. r.
still occupies the position of Consul, and that
the Department has taken prompt action in his
behalf, in reference to his difficulties with and
imprisonment by the Mexican authorities of the
port Of Acapulco.
4 correspondent writes to the Times ALSO
that our difficulties are increasing with Mexico
so rapidly that Il "burst up" at an early day is
looked for by those most intimate with affairs
between the two Republics.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-07-31

Sugar Cane from he Eost.--We have much
pleasure, says the Washington Republic in an.
nouncing, that at the request of citizen Of
Louisiana, the Secretary of the Navy, more
than year since, directed the commander of
the East India squadron to procure and send
home roots of the sugar cane from Salangar,
and the Straits of Maacca, which is now be-
lieved to be superior to the cane grown in the
Southern States Of the Union, and that several
boxes of roots, in growing state, arrived in
the Marion, at New York, and have been turn
ed over to the Department of the Interior for
distribution among sugar planters at the South
of course allowing a first and due proportion
to the intelligent gentleman, Governor Roman,
at whose suggestion the importation was made.
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The Presidential ticket of the DemOcra

1JThe Presidential ticket of the Democracy
possesses a negative order of merit, which will
probably commend itself to many who are hos
tile to improvement and progress. 1t has al
ready been shown that General Pierce was op-
posed to internal improvements, and can stand
upon the Baltimore platform very comfortably.
1t will be reeoIected that during the session
Of lS5O-5l, the river and harbor bill which had
passed the House, was defeated in the Senate
by the factious opposition of the minority, on
the last day of the session. One Of the most
active of those who were engaged in this un-
demanded opposition was Mr.. King. He voted
against resolution to take mp the bill, and op-
posed it in every available way--making nine
different motions, having for tter object the
proIongation of the debate until the close of
the session. He and his facetious coadjutors
succeeded in defeating the bill--Bost. Journal
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-07-31

Treatment of Poulhy-The following rules
are authoritalively laid down for the treatment
Of poultry:
|. All young chickens, ducks and turkeys,
should be kept under cover, out Of the weather,
during rainy seasons.
2. Two or three times week, pepper, shall
lots, shives or garlic, should be mixed with
their food.
8. A small lump of asafutida should be
mixed up with their food.
4. Whenever they manifest disease, by the
dropping of the wings, or any other outward
signs of i'll health, a little asatntida, broken
into small Jumps, should be mixed with their
food.
5. Chickens that are kept from the dung
hill, while young, seldom have the gapes; there
fore, it should be the OBJ ject Of those who have
the charge of them, SO to confne the hens as to
prevent their young from the range of the barn
or stable yard.
g. Should any of the chickens have the
gapes, mix up small portions Of asafetda and
rhubarb and pepper, in fresh butter, and give
each chicken as much of the mixture as will lie
upon half the bowl of 4 small teaspoon.
7. For the pip, the following treatment is
iudicous: Take off the indurated covering on
the point of the tongue, and give twice a day,
for two or three days, piece of garlic the size
of pea. If garlic cannot be obtained, shallot
or shiyes will answer and if neither of them
be convenient, two grains of black pepper,
given in fresh butter, will answer.
s. For the snuff1es, the same remedy as for
the gapes will be highly curative; but in addi-
ton to these, it will be necessary to melt a
little asafntida in fresh butter, and rub the
chicken about the nostrils, taking care to clear
them out
8. Grown up ducks are sometimes taken off
rapidly by convulsions In such cases, four
grains of rhubarb and four grains of Cayenne
pepper, mixed in fresh butter, should be ad-
minstered.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-07-31
PLAQOENINE" PARISH OF IBERVIILE LA, JULY 81 1852.

Spiritual NanyeStG,ionS.-It is proper that
4 daily journal should give as honest an ac-
count Of the occurrences which takes place
from day to day, and as straightforward views
Of all the topics which agitate the community,
as lies in its power.
| The following account of spiritual mani
testation which occurred in the presence Of one
of the editors of the New York Tribune, was
| called out by Il description in the Spiritual
Telegraph of certain communication which
had been made through the medium spoken Of
David D. Hume. The extract from the Tri-
bune is as follows:
The Spiritual Telegraph for this week con-
tains number of remarkable accounts Of al
| legged communications from the spirits of those
we call ''the dead" of which we will cite two
remark ing, that while David D. Hume, the
youth of eighteen, who is the "medium" in the
following narrative, WAS recently in our city,
We witnessed the moving Of table in his pre-
sence in opposition to the laws of gravitation,
and while no material visible force or substance
was in contact with said table. Afterward,
two persons, weighing over one hundred and
one hundred and fifty pounds respectively, sat
successiveI y on the table, "a very plain, COM
mon one, in daily use, in a strange house, where
the .'mcdium' had never before been) and it
was first agitated, then turned partly around,
then raised on the two legs on one side, where
it remained for minute or so in plain sight of
all; then raised in like manner on the other
two LEGS, and so continued for some time; and
finally, with lady weighing a hundred or
more sitting on it,) it was rocked backwards
and forwards like cradle, first the legs on one
side rising three or four inches from the floor,
then those on the other, until at length-al
present having avowed themselves perfectly
satisfied--the motion entirely ceased, and the
sitting was broken up. What was the cause
Of this motion we do not know--and our guess
at it would be Of no value to any one We
simply report what we witnessed in clear, bright
gas light. and leave those who choose to ac-
count for it as they may. We heard nothing
purportng to be ntinlations or messages from
the spirit.world which were in any degree con-
vincng or satisfactory. And OH the other hand,
Dr. Richmond's theory that these movings of
furniture and other ponderable bodies are the
result Of an electric vacuum, and are always
made tornrd the "medium," was completely in
fault here The movements were scarcely at
al in the direction thus indicated, but from side
to side of the medium table being be-
fore him.
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Mr. Claws Will.

The following is from the Lexington (Kv)
Observer, of the l4th instant:
The will of Mr. Clay was presented in court
on Monday last by two of his executors, and
ordered to be admitted TO record. As every
thing relating to the deceased statesman is in
vested with peculiar interest at the present
time, we do not suppose that we violate any
rule OF proprety in briefly stating that the will
IS drawn by his own hand, and bears date July
10, 1876 that it relates almost entirely to the
disposition OF his estate among the members
OF his family, and that there is therefore but
little to invest it with public interest. The
only exception to this general remark is to be
found in the provision Of the will which has re-
lAtion to his slaves. By that clause, it is pro-
vded that the children of his slaves born after
the lst Of January, 1850, are to be liberated
and sent TO Liberia, the males when they shall
have arrived at the age Of twenty weight and the
females at the age of twenty-five; that the three
years Of their earnings prior to their cmancipa-
tion are to be reserved for their benefit, for the
purpose Of lifting them ont for their new homes:
and that prior to their emancipation and re-
mOTaI they are to be taught to read, write and
cypher. Tie slaves in being before the lst of
January, 1850, are bequeathed to his family.
Ashland is left to Mrs. Clay for her sole use
and benefit during her Iife at her death it is TO
be sold, and the proceeds divided among his
children.
The following are the only specific devices
made by Mr.. Clay outside Of his family:
Il give to my friend, DR.. B. W. Duncan, the
gold snut!-boX presented to NE by DR.. Hunt,
late Of Washington City.
Il give to MY friend Henry T. Duncan, my
ring containing piece Of the coffin of General
Washington.
Il give to my friend, Dr. w. n. Mercer, my
snrt-boX inad with gold, said to have beiong-
ed to Peter the Great, Emperor of Russia"
Mrs. Lucretia Clay, his wife, is left eXecutrN
and the Hon. Thomas 4. Marshall and James
q. Harrison, Esq, executors Of the will, with &
provision that no security shall be required Of
either Of them.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-07-31
Readings for ALL

The light of the great fire at Montreal was
seen distinctly at Burlington, VT, a distance of
400 miles.
There are 42,s0O members of the Legion of
Honor.
The man who was injured by burst of ap-
plause is recovering.
The proprietor of the Gait House, at Louis
vile, a few days ago received an invoice Of
100000 toothpicks from Rio.
A land sail boat has been constructed at
Southampton, England, which can run along
The constabulary force of Ireland ,ver
twelve thousand persons, who cost the Gov
ernment over two millions and half of dol
lars annually.
A New York paper says that everything in
this country is free except niggars and editors.
The remark, though colored, is true to the
main.
In Paris they only pay soldiers five cents a
day, even in war time, while Louis Napoleon
gets salary of seven and half cents Sc
cond.
A militia officer being told lately by phre-
nologist that he had the organ of locality very
large, innocentIy replied, "Very likely, was
fifteen years colonel in the local militia.
1t is said that the first batch of political con-
victs sent from Havre to Cayenne, were so
thoroughly used up on the voyage that they
resolved never again to mngle in political mat
ters as long as they lived.
1t is said that the first gold found in AUS
tralia was by native, who gave it to n white
man for pair of corduroy pantaloons. The
lump was worth some $4,000
A Western editor, in putting village hotel,
says that new tooth brush has been supplied
for the wash room, attached to a strong iron
chain, so that the public will always be accom-
modated in that respect.
machine to write editorial, by the aid of
galvanism, is contemplated. Gas has long
been employed in certain quarters, but the Ia
ter method will be generally acceptable while
Leo glows with raging fire, as he does now.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-07-31
GRoCERI les,
a. HUAREONNEATX

ID ESPECTFULLY informs his friends in Pla-
IL quemine and throughout the Parish, that he
has removed his Grocery Store to the building on
Bank street; next to Theodore Orillion's Coffee
House, where he has now on hand and will con-
santly keep for sale wholesale and retail the fol-
lowing articles, and everything else pertaining to
his business:
HAMS Shoulders and AIiddlings;
Sugar and Coffee; Rice:
Loaf and Crushed White Sugar.
Flour, Salt, Potatoes;
Teas, Spices and Candies; -.
Crockery; Wooden Ware of all description
Tobacco and Segars;
Lard and Butter; Candles;
Wines and Liquors, &c. &c.
In fact every thing pertaining TO the Grocery
business of the best quality, which he will sell on
moderate terms. Call and judge for yourselves
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-07-31
Scott and iNadison.--President Madison

Scott and Nadison-President Madison,
though early persuaded of SCOTS great quail
ties, nevertheless out of the abundant caution
of his nature, always besitated at every step of
our hero's promotion, Gill it came 10 the last,)
on the ground of his extreme youth Thus he
thought he was too young when it was pro-
posed to make him Lieutenant Colonel, too
young when he was Colonel of a double regi-
ment, and finally too young when he was pro-
noted to the place of Brigadier-G But
at last, when, after his then recent extraordna-
ry and brilliant success it was proposed, in
Cabinet, to make him Major-General, Mr..
Madison promptly remarked, "Put him down
a Major-General, am done objeeting to bis
youth."-Rough Notes.
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Soaps--Eusady's Lane.

In the night hours, long ago,
Gathering on the battle plain,
Know ye how they sought the foe,
Mid the gloom OF Lundy Lane
Face to face the foes were met,
Heart to heart the lances set;
But hero's blade was there,
Flashing through the midnight air
See, the routed foemen yield,
WINFIELD SCorT has won the field!
Know ye how our victories ran,
Through the trenches of the foe,
From the stones of San Juan,
To the walls of Mexico?
How the bomb-sheIis fell for dews,
Night by night, on Vera Cruz?
How. Ger Cheruhusco stream,
Waved that sword, with tateful gIeam!
Still the opposing leg ions yield,
WINFIELD SCoTT doth win the field
Lo! DER myriad plains afar
That firm hand hath borne It's part
First in council, first in war,
First In every patriot heart.
Wheresoe'er our flag may wave,
On he leads his legions brave;
In the hottest of the fray,
Shrinking ne 'er from dangers way:
Strong that sword of flame to WELD,
WINFIELD SCorT wins every field!
With the triumphs bravely won,
Like mantle round him thrown,
He, with no proud deed mdone,
Stands on Victory's heights alone:
Towering DER all heads affair
As before the morning star
Fade all paler lights away
Vanquished by his glorious ray,
Still the opposing ranks must yield,
WINFIELD ScoTT shall win the field
3ufalo, June 81, 1852. H. E. a.
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Summer Retreat.

BATHING, FISHING, dc. dc.
An extensive BOARDING ESTl-
80 BLIsHMENT has been fitted up at
|ssEEAs Last Island,
&z5 and is now open for the reception of Vi
sitors 1t is under the personal superintendent
of MADAME E. PEcoT, whose reputation in this
capacity is well known:
The advantages of this delightful location, its
unsurpassed fishing and sea-bathing render it the
most agreeable summer retreat on the whole south
ern coast.
No pains will be spared to render visitors COM
Portable The charges will be moderate, and the
tables furnished with everything the neighboring
markets afford.
Attached to the establishment is a well~stocked
bar, Billiard and Bowling Saloons, and Livery
Stable, where Horses and Carriages can be pro-
cured to enable visitors to ride drive on the ex-
tensive beach that bounds the Island towards the
Gulf
N. B-Mrs. Pecot's Boarding House in Frank
lin will be conducted as heretofore under the su-
perintendence of her sister, Mrs. Curtis where
She will be at all times prepared to receive those
who NAV patronize her. my15-3m
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-07-31

Hmrib3s 7'rqgeay.-A frightful double mu--
der ard suicide occurred in Shelby county,
Texas, on the 18th inst. Jesse Ballard, a
young man residing in his brothers house, in
a fit of insanity, shot negro boy belonging
to his brother, and afterwards shot his BROTH
er's wife. He then reloaded his gun and de-
liberately blew his own brains out. His bro
ther, to whom Jesse was passionately attached,
was from home at the time, and returned just
as the last act of this dreadful tragedy was
consummated.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-07-31

Vazeaictory Of an Editor.-The following is
the valedctory article of an editor out west -
"The undersigned retires from the editorial
chair with the complete conviction that all is
vanity From the hour he started his paper,
to the present time, he has been solicited to lie
upon every given subject, and can't remember
ever having told wholesome truth, without
diminishing its subscription list Or making an
enemy. Under these circumstances of trial,
and having thorough contempt for himself, he
retircs in order to recruit his moral constitn-
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-07-31
G.. BROWN,
Fashionable Tailor,

(Maia street, second door aboue Capt. Dales store)
Has lust returned from New Orleans, with a
stock Of Fancy Drillings, Vestings, Merinos, Silk
Alpacas, &c, that he will make up on moderate
terms in the best style of workmanship, at sh 7rt
notice, and will warrant his work. He also keeps
constantly on hand Gentlemen's Furnishings such
as Fascy Csarats, Under Shirts, Fine l. b. Shirts
Goats, Paats, Dya.cas, Vests &C., already made up
Chean-cbean for cash. ap17
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-07-31

A iiodeL Newspaper Patron.--There is Il
lady now residing in Roxbury, Massachusetts,
who assures the editor Of the Boston Advertiser
that she became a regular reader and patron to
that paper in 1872, (then under a different
nameD and has continued her patronage TO the
present time. She has every numUec oi the
paper since she became subscriber.
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sNNTAERM SEMTAMEA,


n onoSE4f'on, tlVe dollars per annum, in advance
no subscription taken for a less period than one
year.
r, advertisements, charged one dollar per square
lo lines or ess) for the first, and fifty cents for
every subsequent insertion. All advertisements
published until forbid. and charged accordingly.
"A liberal discount made to yearly advertisers
payments invariably in advance.
.7"nonnccmeats for office SO, in advance-and
each Candidate will be charged $ for printing
Election Tickets.
J06 Work. cash on delivery
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BAYOU Crosse Tete Packet,

,f%an@@ The good safe steamer ANNA.
IA s&zHEFffsss' JOHNSTON, master will commence
szsszzEz=@her regular trips on the first rise of
water. The .A,sna was built for and is we'll adapt
ed to this trade. Shippers may rely upon her re-
naming to the close OF the season.
pIaoupuine Dec "a 1881
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BAYOU Sara Packet.

,GsD@a"h For Bayou Sara, Port Hudson. Baton
HAsE& Rouge and Coast-the splendid pas
GzSsazaz=zazS senger steamer NEW LATONA
j. G. LANDRY, master, will leave New Orleans for
Bayou Sara and intermediate landings every
MONDAY, at o'clock P. NJ, and every FRI
DAY, at 9 clock A. NJ. Returning. leaves Bayou
Sara every Tuesday and Saturday after the arrival
of the Railroad cars. Fer freight or passage,
having fine accommodations, apply on board, or to
J. A. BRAUD 4 LANDRY. Is Bienyille st.
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ANTHONY WILBERT,
Cabinet Maker,

Plaquemine street--opposite the Market House,
TXTOULD respectfully inform the citizens of
w Plaquemine and the Parish of lberville,
that he is prepared to make to order and at short
notice, .ALL DESCRIPTIONS OF CABINET
WORK. He keeps always on hand and for sale
cheap, Chairs, Bedsteads, Mattresses, Cradles, Ar,
mours, Safes, Wash-stands, Tables, &c. gUOld
Furniture repaired and taken in exchange for new
He requests share of public patronage. Ulo