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Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-03-20

Kossuth's Defence of Himsey-In his fare,
wellspeech at Cincinnati Kossuth, in this single
sentence which follows, disposed" ofsall the
questions and doubts which have been raised,
in regard to his claim 10 be still Governor of
Hungary and the constituted agent ofthe Hun
garian people for collecting material aid for
another struggle against Austria:
"Let ambitious fools, let the pigmies who
live on the scanty food of personal envy, when
the very earth quakes beneath their feet, let
even the honest prudence Of ordinary Eoushola
times, measuring etefnity with that .himble,
with which they are wont 10 measure the bub-
bles Of small party interest, and taking the
dreadful roaring Of the ocean for a storm in a
water glass, let those who believe the wealth
er to be calm because they have drawn a night
cap over their ears; and burying their heads
into the pillows of domestic comfort, don't
hear Satan sweeping in a hurricane over the
earth; let envy, ambition, blindness and the
pettifogging Wisdom of small times, artistical-
ly investigate the question ST my official ca pa-
city, or The nature of my public authority, let
them scrupulously discuss the immense prob
lem II possess yet. or possess no more the IT,
tie of my once Governorship, let them ask the
credentials, discuss the mits of my commits
sion, a representative of Hungary; 1 pity all
such frog and mouse fighting, B~atrachompoma-
cha, in the. language of Homer"
A mighty individual, certainly-the q%uintes-
cence OF sarcasm and arrogance.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-03-20
Homestead Exemption Bill,

! An net to exempt the Homestead of q House.
holder from seizure and sale on execution,
and also to exempt from eyecn ion, from sci.
zure for rent, and from being Furnished, GER
tain personal property aud effects, and the
Wages oi labor, and compensation for pro-
t~esslonat or other services.
l. Sec. 1. Best enacted in the Senate and
House OF Representatives Of the State ofLou-
lslana. inGeneral Assembly convened, That in
addition to the property now exempt from sale
under execution; there shall be exempt BY law,
from sale on execution of debts hereafter con.
tracted, the lot or piece of ground, and building
thereon, occupied as a residence and bona fde.
owned by the debtor llasingSa family, to the
value OF one thousand dollars: provided that no
debtor shall be entitled to the exemption, pro.
kvlded for IN this section, whose wife shall own
IN her oWnsright and be in the actual enioy-
mentss of property worth more tfan one thou.
sand dollars.
SEc.2. Be it further enacted, &c, That to
#entltles any property to the Exemption provided
form thesp1eceding section, a full and aeon.
rate description thereof shall berecorded inethe
office Of the recorder of mortgages of the ma.
rish in which said property is situated in a hook
to be. provided anG kept for that purpose. bv
said recorder, and to be known as the aHome-
stead Exemption book" but no propertv shalt
by virtue of this.act, be exempt from sale for.
non payment of taxes or assessments levied
pursuant to law, orfor debt contracted for The
purchase Of money thereof or prior to the re-.
eording of the description of said property as
aforesaid.
Sec. 8. Be it further: enacted, Sc, That in
addition TO the homestead herein before ex.
en'pfed from sae under execution, there shall
be exempt bys1a'sfram seizure for rent and sale
on execution, such household effects as may
be necessary foc housekeeping, owned BY any
person beng "a housekeeper or having a family.
tor which he or she provides, to the. amount Of
two hundred and fifty dollars; Provided that
such exemption shall not extend to execution
Issued on Il demand for the purchase of money
of any of the effects or things in this section
or contained.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, &c, That in
edition to the property and effects herein be-
tore exempted from seizure for rent and for
sale under execution, there shall also be ex.
empt by law, from seizure for rent and sale on
the books OF. the family library, the
family Portraits and pictures, the working tools
ana Instruments of mechanical trade, and the
DOCKS, instruments, apparatus of any lawful
which may be necessary for the ex.
srcise Of such trade, or the practice Of such
profession, and by which anv person oains a
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-03-20

GHoraee Mann thus sums up q few of the
advantages of modern inventions :-"One boy,
with a fourdinier machine, will make more pa
per a twelvenonth than all Egypt could
have made in a hundred years during the reign
of the Ptolemies. One girl, with apowerpress,
will strike off books faster than a million
srcibes could copy them beforethe. invention of
printing. One man, with an iron foundry, will
turn out more utensils than Tubal Cain. could
have forged had he worked diligently tillthis
time"
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-03-20

Things in Paris.--A correspondent of the
New York Express thus speaks of the Paris
Correctional Police:
This tribunal is certainly not remarkable for
the ~leniency of its verdicts. A man who sold
his wife for $4,000, has been sentenced by it to
five years imprisonment, 1000 francs fine, five
years loss of civil rights, after release from
prison, and ten years surveillance by the po-
lice. A gentleman by the pastoral name of
Colin, has been condemned to three months
durance vie for the preparation of il practical
joke. He went, in the dead of nioht, in the
guise OF a police officer, to a lodging house ic
one of the suburbs, awoke up the landlady,
made her produce her license, took her severely
to task for sleeping alone, made her promise
never to do SO again, reused the dodgers, and
invited them to drink ut the landlady's expense.
1t may or may not be known to your read
ers that the thieves of Paris employ gentlemen
of imagination 10 compose and devise for them
new and original methods of committing grand
and petty larceny. As fast as the public learn
to be on its guard against one system of OPP
o%rations, an untried plan is substituted in its
place. The following dodge, to speak the
slang language Of the profession, was success
fully perpetrated in several tobact o shops yes
terday. A man in a blouse, stating that he had
some purchases to make for an absent indiyid-
ual, asked for Is cents worth of fine cut, ut
the same time depositing upon the counter a
small took with a five franc piece upon the too
of it. Having put the fine cut in his pocket
he asked the shop cir! TO choose him some ci.
CARS, while he asked his employer, who was
just outside, how many he shon'd take. In the
meantime, he woald leave his book and tho
money on the counter. The man in the blouse
would then disappear forever. Wondering Mt
his stay, the girl thought proper to secure the
value of the fine cut, and so turned her atten.
ton to the property left as security. The five
franc piece was a sugar plum made in imitation
Of the national coin. The cook was an alma
mac of some years standis... The two were
glued together, in order that the cojr
might not by any accident fall upon the coun-
ter and reveal by the sul'enness OF the con'aus
the base metal of which ii was compo~ed.-
This invention may be considered a failure, for
the shop keepers in town have heard of it
by this time, and it can never be pracliscd
again. Some other, however, equally inacni-
ous, will speedily take it's place.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-03-20

A Serious Mistake-The, father of three
daughters in Washington a few days since in
tereepted a .letterSaddressed to one of them,
proposing to meet her at 5 o'clock in the even
!agg in a certain street.. The old gentleman,
with a bosom full Of wrath, repaired to the ap-
pointed place, and in the vicinity he meta Mr.
Nelson. ofBaltimore, who was perfectly uncon-
scious of any thing wrong. The old gentle
man thoughtde must be the man. sure, and
stepping up toshimahe asked if his name was
not Roberts, that being the cegnomen appen-
ded to the letter. On receiving a negative re-
ply, he called Mr.. Ma liar and fred at him with
a pistol. Fortunately he missed his aim: Dir.
Nelson found out who his assailant was and
sent a friend TO demand satisfastion, but he
could obtain none until he met the fre-eatine
father IN the street. when he cowhided him
severelys
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-03-20

7~i"-isms-How naturally, says the N. York
Express, Interventionism and Abolitionism coal
escel We have before us a series of resolutions
passed at an anti-slavery convention at Princeton,
Illinois, recently, which set out with some awful
execration of the Fugitive Slave Law, and those
who would execute il, and winds up with a fulsome
eulogy Of Kossuth, and declaring it to be the duty
Of this government to aid, "by direct and positive
action" the cause he has espoused.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-03-20

UEquaIly with the willingness that we in
sert the following communication, will we give
as brief a replication, if desired to do so:
(coMMUNIcArED.l
MI. Edtor-Wil you be SO kind as to allow me
the use of your valuable columns: to make enquiry
Of our Municipal authorities, the reason why the
Ordinances are executed with such rigor in one
part of the Corporation and not in another? And
in particular, why no effort is made on their part
to compel the proprietors to open Front street at
the corner of Fenn's Alley, so as to give a tho
roughfare, as was required of Mr.. Lacoste?
By so doing you will confer a favor on
ONE OF THE SUFFERERS.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-03-20
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
The New Orleans Female Seminary-7rans

The New Orleans Female Seminary-7rans-
Jsrred TO Plaquemine, Parish Of IberriAe.
M RS. VAN NOOTEN having, on all occa-
Iva sions, invited the friends and guardians Of,
her pupils, freely to visit her Institution. would
respectfully call their attention TO the quarterly
review, which will take place during the week
commencing with the goth inst. On these review
days, the regular order of recitation is adhered to:
every lesson only embracing a part of what has
been gone over in the course of the last three
months. Wherefore, those who should visit the
school on the occasion, will have a fair opportunity
70 judge of the proficiency OF each pupil, and also
of the mode of teaching pursued, and various daily
regulations observed, in the classes. mh20
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-03-20

Going It Rind-The late Democratic. Conven-
non In Maine, among other spirited resolutions
passed on that occasion, adopted one in which they
approve the Baltimore platform of 1914 and that
OF ls4s, and also that to be adopted in 1852! Let
that platform be where it may, the Democracy of
Maine are resolved to be thar!
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-03-20

What is ira correspondent writing to US
last week from New Orleans-which was re-
ceived too late for insertion-thus concludes
his letter:
"a little faur pas in high life has been whis-
pered about, but yet nothing of a positive ma
ture has transpired. It however promises
much, and I may accidentally hear something
10 few days which some people would like to
bury in oblivion"
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-03-20

DThe number Of emigrants who arrived at
New York during the months of January and Feb
ruary, is 16,0s9, which is a decrease Of e,7ss on
that of the corresponding months of 1851. Ia.
February alone the number was only 4,4ss, and
OF these 1880 were from Ireland, 1,342 from Ger
many, and 400 from England.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-03-20

Cspa and Diplomatic BW.-It isssaid that, this
bill, now before Congress, cuts down the expenses
OF all the U. s. Courts, from $500, 600 to $500, 900.
The Judiciary Committee of theHouse has intro
duced a bill cutting down all expenses and fees,
full fifty per cent, and in some cases reducing them
nearly to nothing. The bill is some % pages long,
and terri6es the lawyers who practice in the Uni-
ted States Courts.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-03-20
U~The Legislature of New Jersey has passed
q homestead exemption bill.

Monroe county, Miss, has been we'll re-
membered in the political and judicial Offices
One of the citizens is a U. S. Senator, another a
Representative in Congress, another U. S. Judge
Of the Northern District of Mississippi, another
o.. S. Marshal Of the same District, another U. S.
District Attorney, and another a Circuit Judge of
the State of Mississippi.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-03-20

Mrs. Van Nooten's Seminary.-We refer
our readers to the card of this lady. Her In
s~titution is rapidly advancing in prosperity and
from the fact that her pupils are obtained from
various sections Of the State, we may presume
that its reputation is steadily spreading. and
that through intrinsic merit, it is fast attaining
the highest niche of just and legitimate cele-
britv.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-03-20

w-Samuel Hilton, the last surviving pall-bear-
or OF Gen. Washington, diedat Alexandra, D. c.,
on the 22d ult., the birthday of the illustrious
man for whom he discharged that melancholy Of
fee.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-03-20

Homestead Erenptiom-A homestead exemption
bill has passed both branches of the Tennessee
Legislature. 1t requires the person intending to
take the benefit of it it to file his intentions before
the issuance of execution.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-03-20

U-Mr. Petin's new system of navigating the
air involves the useaef movable flaps, screw pro-
pellers, end sails. His machine is suspended bv
ropes from three large silk balloons, and the. body.
is of slender timber work, 81 metres 10 length,
one in breadth ane two in height. He intends to
exhibit it in Boston, and afterwards in New York.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-03-20

- III The Russian force in the Baltic at the
present moment numbers forty-two sail of the
''ne' all powerfully equipped, ably manned, ex-
tensively stored, and ready for aetions
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-03-20

H-Late Paris letters to the New York Courier
des Eats Unis, announce that a petition was beiag
signed in the departments, and would be presented
to the Senate, requesting that body to proclaim the
Empire, and to make it hereditary in the family
of Napoleon.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-03-20

IL Rhett says the Union is to be dissolved
IN our opinion, it will take place the same dav
the A~llegsanies melt and the Atlantic heeaSoas
dust. When the last trumpet sounds. and alh.
loosened stars shall fall like wind.tossrd frn;t
then, and not till then, shall this gIo,ious con
federacy 60 into the civil war line.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-03-20

w-The amount of California gold dust receiv-
ed at the Philadelphia Mint from New York during
the year 1851, was about ninety tons! The mint
consumes annually about seven hundred tons of
nitric and s~ulphuric acids in ito operations.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-03-20
Douglas and BucAanan.-A Washington

lctter say:
sit Is stated on good authority that Senator
Douglas has consented to throw his strength
into the Buchanan interests; the. morale of the
move being, that if General sCass were to get
the nomination. it would, in any event, prevent
the Northeast from receiving it in 1856; where
as, by going tor Mr.. Buchanan, Mr.. Donglas
stands we'll for the next election. At all events,
you may rely that the move has been agreed
upon"
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-03-20

u-It is denied that Louis Napoleon has as
sumed an attitude unfriendly to this country. 1t
was said that he required the retrocession of LOU
isiana to France, and the refunding Of the money
paid by the French government to the United
States during the administration Of Gen. jackson.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-03-20
PLAQUEMINE:
SATURDAY Y, MARCH 20, 1859.

TOur patrons must excuse the inferior de-
%scription of paper, which we are compe He'd oc-
casionally to make use of, rendering it difficult
to make the print readable. We trust to make
such arrangements soon as will prevent us
from being imposed upon by sdth an inferior
article.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-03-20

Important Nmice.-Any Democrat in the
Parish can have the Sentinel, by paying for it
when the nominee of the National Wing Con-
vention is elected President of the United
States.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-03-20

DSamuel A. Smith was shot dead in Amelia
county, Va, recently, by A, L. Tucker. Smith
opened his bosom and told him to shoot, and Tuck
er took him athis word. They were both sons of
respectable parents, but Incorporate,
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-03-20

DThe Indiana Wing State Convention rec
commended that the National Convention be held
at Cincinnati on the 18th June.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-03-20
Epave.

~ IN Arrete par FRANCOIS Gomez, lie 1eF,
WA Mars 1852, sur lie cote gsuche du
nus D feuve Mississippi, une Jument Ale
0$M Fan; ellie est etampee de la lettre @,
S&r=.k& sur son epaule gauche; ct ellie a plu-
sieurs taches blanches sur son DDS
aagee environ 10 ans; avec aucune autre marque
apparente.
LIE proptietaire de la dite Jument puet lie reclamar
ct en- prendre possession en- prouvant SON droit, ct
en- spayant les frais; simon ellie sera vendue par lie
soussigne JUICE de paix, lie SEINE jour dAvril, / la
residence du dit F. Gomez.
mh2O A. HEBERT, il.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-03-20

MIR. J. H. HAASE is my authorized agent in
lxl P~laquemine, for the collection and paying Of
debts, and attending to other general matters con-
nected with my interests.
mh20 B. KELLAR.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-03-20

other apparent marks; aSed about 10 years.
The owner of the above animal can have the
sameby proving property and paying costs, other
wise#he will be sod by the undersigned Justice
of the Peace on the 9Th of April 1852, at the re-
sidence of the said F. Gomez. t
mh20 A. HEBFRT. J. P.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-03-20

Will effect a perfect cure; is so constructed as to
be worn with perfect security in the worst cases:
and when once properly$6tted, is warranted to an
swer in every case.
urSold only at his office, 10 St. Charles street,
opposite Union. For further information, observe
the lengthy advertisement in another place in this
paper. dec6-1v
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-03-20
Estray.

Taken up by FRANCOIS Gomez, on
the lst of March, 1852, on the left
bank of the Mississippi, a SORREL
MARE horse; she is branded on her
left shoulder with the letter Q. and
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-03-20
Rsllass way i'm Jail.

eAM Was brought to the Jail Of this Parish
Ava runaway negro, who calls his name
~JAMES, and who SAYS that he belongs TO
~ Mr.. Tickley Nicholas, OF the Parish of
St. James; said boy is about 40 years OF age, ! icor
6 inches in height.
The owner will please come forward, ia.
chragesand take him away.
mh20 HENRY SULLIVAN, Tailor.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-03-20

TX BOXES CHEESE, for sally by
III noy29 A. MARIONNEAUX>
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-03-20

The Governor signed Yesterday the bill for
re-districting the State. The House passed
to a third reading the Senare Bill, relative to
swamp lands; the bill appropriating FIVE thou
sand dollars for medical institutions and the bill
appropriating six thousand dollars for the me-
;hanic's institution, were passed also.
The Senate rejected yesterday, the bill abol.
ishing usury loans. p .
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-03-20

81 net to exempt the Horaestead Of a House,
holder from seizure and sale on execution,
and also to exempt from cSecn ion, from sell
zuro for rent, and from being Furnished, Ger.
tam personal property aud effects, and the
Wages oi Labor, and compensation for pro.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-01-01
MORTALITY OF NEW YORK CITY

today furnish our usual yearly statistics restveto
the mortality Of the city The suboned tables exhibit in
succnct comprehensive form the number Of deaths that
have occurred In this city and county In each month
during the past year. the number OF persons Of each
sex; the names Of the countries las far as could be
ascertaned Of which they were natives the assigned
causes Of DEATH and the various periods Of Life at which
the deaths have taken place. Alss the total mortality
from each disease during 1851 compared with 1850.
The whele number Of deaths, reported to the City
Inspector during the year last past including 25s still
born infants 2Os65. OF the 1850 born alive less
than onehaf (s25s) attained the age Of ave years.
During the year 1850. the total mortality (includng
ll52 still born nfants) was l6 97s; showing increase
Of mortality during the last year Of 1857 over the pre-
ceding one.