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Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-07-17

Art jnions-The great object OF these
Unions is to promote the Fine Arts. In order
to cultivate a general taste among the people,
for paintings, engravings and statuary OF a high
order, and to procure 4 ready market fer the
works of artists at liberal prices, and thereby
give them ample encouragement, an association
is formed. On the payment, annually, of five
dollars, any person becomes a subscriber or
member This entities him 10 an engraving
and to the chance Of one Of the number of fine
paintings bought by the Society, and distributed
by lot among the members every year, each
member having one share for every five dollars
paid by him. An engraving is received by all,
but each one has a chance also to draw a paint
ing. In this way thousands of engravings and
paintings have been distributed throughout our
country. For the sum of FIVE dollars, any one
may have his parlor adorned with the works of
the greatest masters, works which, procured in
any other way, might cost hundreds, if not
thousands ofdollars. The American Art Union
of New York has over $4,000 subscribers, and
Its present property is estimated ut $4,000.
1t will be seen at once that this is a lottery, as
much so as any lottery in Havana. Persons
are induced to spend their money in it, from
the hope of obtaining, by chance, a far more
valuable return than they pay, which is the pri,-
cip!e of all lotteries, and the great source of
then evil. 1t is true, that the object in this
case is a good one. But a good end will not
justify improper means of securing it. We
observe that the Supreme Court of New York |
takes this view Of the subject. Two suits were
entered against the American Art Union-one
by tho District Attorney, in the name of the
State, and the other by the Governors of the
Alnshouse. The Supreme Court has pro-
nounced that Union illegal and demonstrations
1t comes under the statute prohibiting
rafting and lotteries, under which it is unlaw-
Ful for any one to hold forth to others that he
Or will have any articles, although thew be
of art, which are to be distributed bv
lot Or chance to any person who shall have paid
money for the chance of obtaining such article,
IN appeal has been taken up to the Court of
If the decision of the court below is
onflrmed, the entire property Of the Union is
liable to confscation.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-07-17

$50 for Webster by all means. end sare the
Wing party."-This sentence figures conspicu-
ously at the head of the reading matter in tie
Courier. Beneath it, is the word "Fillmore.'
We assert unhesitatingly, that Mr.. Fillmore
never used these or similar words. The report
originated in Baltimore, and was inconsiderate-
'y sent off by telegraph to various parts of the
country. The editors of the Richmond Wing
have taken the trouble to ascertain whether
Fillmore ever sent such a dispatch
to Baltimore, and have learned that il is entire.
~ false. Mr.. Fillmore, when consulted by his
expressed a hope that the Wings would
be able to unite on Mr.. Webster-but said not
a syllable about saving the Wing party.-Bee.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-07-17
The State Convention.

Most Of the articles touching the duties and
functions of the Legislature, have been adopted
without amendment.
The clause declaring the right of the Senate
| to elect its officers for two years, has been
stricken out, SO that hereafter the officers may
be chosen for the full Senatorial term. The
qualifications Of a Senator have been rendered
the same as those of a Representative. Cler-
| gymen are no longer inhibited from becoming
| members Of the General Assembly. The 36th
article, making the State Treasurer elective by
the General Assembly, was stricken out.
Articles 40 to 81 have been adopted with
out alteration. They refer exclusively to the
powers and functions of the Executive Depart
ment.
Article 9Th Of the present Constitution was
amended. Annual sessions of the Legislature
will henceforward be held. The members will
be elected for two years.
The Convention has determined that the
qualifications for Governor and Lieutenant
Governor shall be twenty-eight years of age,
and a residence of not less than four years in
the State.
Mr.. Layet has resigned the Office of Secre-
tary of the Convention, and Col. Walton has
been chosen in his stead.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-07-17

From the PlainS.-A correspondent OF the
ST. Louis Republican, writing from camp, near
Fort Kearny, on the goth of May, gives the
following picture Of the emigrants to Oregon
and California:
"The emigration is tremendous. Up to to-
day, there have passed this fort STA men,
1886 women, l,776 children. 1888 horses,
2,2l6 mules, 26,269 oxen and cows, 1864 wa
CONS, $50 sheep, together with a hog and a
hand cart. We see people travelling in all sorts
of ways. Ok teams are most nomerous, and
travel up as fast rs horses and mules, the rainy.
cold weather fAvoring the cattle. | noticed
ONE very genteel looking young men driving
oxen with long whips, whose erect carriage and
feet walk showed them bred in a different call
ing. 1t is a trip which tries a mans metlle a.
well as his aptitude. TO perform il success
fully, a man must make a drudge Of himself. a
very Niger, to cook, wash dishes, AXE care of
the mules and oxen, stand guard nights, wade
sioughs, sleep in wet clothes, eat like a pig and
kennel like a dog The difficulties and annoy
ances of the trip are legion. While | am writ
ing, | see a young physician of st. Louis hold
ing the bit Of an obstreptrous mule in one hand
and a dirty di>Icloth in the other, having gone
in haste from his dish TO kick the 'deviIish
muieh'
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-07-17
New YORK, June 2S.

- Ot@
Land Frauds.-WaII street is scandalized
this morning by the arrest of Edward F. Mex
son, a respectable broker, for alleged frauds
upon the Government, in connection with the
land warrant business. There were several
other arrests yesterday for similar frauds, and
the police of other cities have been telegrapbed
to lay their huge paws ~(without pause upon q
number Of confederates in a widespread asso-
citation of forgers Of land warrants, soldiers
claims, etc, by which Uncle Sam has been
cheated out Of several bundled thousand dol
lars within the year past. A SINCE fraud in
volyed the loss to tie Government Of $4,000
scres of land. Il really would appear that there
has been some otficia winkjng and blinking at
head quarters, or these impositions would have
men III Washington owe it to the country to
make it evident that Heir skirts are clean in
this mater. The press throughout the land,
without respect to party, ought 10 demand that
all the fIct>, aEi the names uf all the guilty.
parties in this wholesale peculation, snail be
made public.
Better vote every man a farm" at once than
have the public lands plundered in this shame
ful manner. The passage Of the Homestead
bill would appear to a superficial observer, un-
acquainted with the operation, to iajuGe the
value OF land warrants, bat shrewd purchasers
here think differen y. and though they fayor
the superficial impression because it enables
them to buy the land warrants cheaper, they
count upon selling 20 I~ocators Al as good prizes
rs ever. Buyers are paying for the 40 acre
warrants S33: &c acre warrants SIS; 100 acre
warrants $l28.-Corr. v. O. Bee.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-07-17

U The National LteAigencer remarks that
the acqulesence of the Wings of the union in
the nomination of General SCOTT for the presi.
dency is so general, and with so much less of
abatement by reason of prejudice and disap.
polntment of cherished preferences, that it NAV
be said to be almost universal. Upon a view
OF the whole ground, says the Intezigencer, we
see no reason to doubt that the V7hie cand;.
oafes' with the Wing platform, will be triumph
antly sustained.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-07-17
Plethora Of God.-The N. Y. Exnress ca

Plethora Of Gold.-The N. Y. Express says
the banks of the continent of Eurone are filed
to repletion with the precious metals, as also is
the Bank of England, and it is likely that the
stream of gold will continue to flow towards
these centres. The cheapness of money in
these countries will induce them, notwithstand-
ing the endeavors of the London press to derry
our securities, to continue their purchases here
Inc continental buyers of railway bonds have
SHOWN judgment in their Sc lection, as they have
universally taken none other than the bonds of
Tie trunk line roads. They have generally left
the lateral roads to be built by domestic capital.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-07-17
Beet Sugar.

Many are disposed to laugh at the idea OF
| that of cane, or deem the danger Of serious COM
petition purely imaginary. Facts, however,
are stubborn things, and cannot be easily dis
posed of. The West India proprietors never
dreamed that there would ever be a rivalry be-
tween cane and beet sugar worthy of consider
! alton, when manufactures of beet sugar were
first established in France, and the article was
selling as high as thirty-seven and a half cents
per pound. But in 1886 the quantity OF sugar
made from the beet in that kingdom, amounted
to one hundred millions of pounds, and now
| the whole quantity consumed in France ex-
ceeds that OF the cane about fifty per cent
| The culture of the sugar beet has been extend
ing through Europe, and the day may not be
far distant when its sugar will be universally
used. Within the las. three years the quanti-
ty Of beet sugar produced in all Europe has
steadily increased 70 per cent.-the quantity
of cane sugar produced in the East and West
Indies, in North and South America, in the
whole known world, has increased barely 10
per cent. With such a disproportion, it is easily
seen that cane sugar cannot long stand a COM
petition with Z rival so formidable. If the soil
of Europe has proved 50 propitioust to the beet,
and the manufacture of beet sugar so rapidly
increased as to lead a European journal to as
sert that the "beet sugar will ultimately swamp
Europe" what prevents its growth and manu-
facture on the most extensive scale in our OWL
country? 1t has driven, and will continue to
drive, Save grown sugars out of the European
markets, and what will be the result with US
when the beet sugar has been once fairly en-
tered into competition with our own cane sugar
manufacture? If, with a discriminating duty
of FIVE per cent, against it in France, the beet
sugar has nevertheless s triumphed over its COM
petitors, it requires no prophet to foreteIl what
our sugar planters expect in the course OF time.
We have already felt the influence of this com
petition, in the West India sugars being forced
into our own markets. Between the beet su-
gar, so extensively used on the continent of
Europe, and the West India sugars, as a con-
sequence, SO largely and increasingly imported
into the United States, the prices of our own
have been greatly damaged, and the
prospect Of the future presents a more gloomy
aspect. When the beet sugar shall receive, in
oar country, the same invention, skill and en-
that it does in Europe We may look for
he same decline Of the use of cane sugars here |
hat is Witnessed there. This is a matter that
need give no present apprehension, but 1t is
we'll to contemplate it as among the various
contingencies, or rather, uncertainties. that will
fleet the value Of lands aud saves, and one of
he W. staple articles of Louisiana.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-07-17

a Noble 1ri6ute.-Henry Clay, in the Sc.
nate of the United States. in 1870 s,ol,o g.
OF General Scott and the Mexican war. az n,st
TAKE this opportunity TO say, that, for skill
Tor sclence-for s~trategy-for bold and darino
hght'ng-for chivalry Of individuals and mass,
es-that portion of the Mexican war which was
conducted BY the gallant Scott, as chief com.
mander, stands unrivaled either by the deeds Of
Cortez himself, or by those of any other com.
mandsr in ancient or modern times"
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-07-17

ia wag in the Norfolk Herald observes
that the Democratic "pIal form is a characters
tic affair. 1t endorses the Declaration Of In.
dependence, re-affirms the gutta percha ~resolu.
tons of SO and so, which have been connected
for half "a century, is silent on the Maine Iiouor
law and the Rochester rappings, and exercises
the departed sprife of the National Bank. which
like some dark demon, seems to haunt the bed
curtains of restless spirits.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-07-17

A young naval officer, when asked what ps.
Rod of his first battle was most appalling, re-.
piled, "The few hushcd moments when thew
sprInkIed the decks with sand, TO drink the bu.
man blood as yet unshed."
| should not think the man sound at hear.
against whom the world has not something ia
say; tor some one always speaks il against q
bic man.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-07-17

Hon. Henry Gay and Gen. Scok-1he New
York ErpresS states that Mr.. Clay conYersed
Of Gen. SCOTS nomination, to one, if not more.
of his friends, of The nomination-says he spope
o. / on several occasions, to one Of his friendly
watchers, and adds:
His preferences were for Mr.. Fillmore, and
they remained unaltered 10 the last. His be-
lief, too, in regard 10 Mr.. FilImore's fitness,
availability and services, Were unaltered to the
end of time. What he wrote in The letter
which we published in May last, he re-uttered
IN substance in speaking of the acts of the
Convention. But he was satisfied with the
nomination of General Scott, and spoke in the
highest and kindest terms Of him, as a man. As
a soldier, and as a Wing, and the only draw
back to bis full commentator of the fra acts
OF the Convention, was the reileration of bis
early and known repngnance to the selection
of military men for the highest civil Offices
That was \ point which MIR. Clay defended
during The whole reign of Jacksonism, and he
was not likely to torego an expression of opin-
ION upon it II the close of his life, if at all dis
posed to express his views upon the subject
We believe, however, that Mr.. Clay would have
voted for General Scott had he lived. We be-
lleve he would have voted for General TAYLOR.
IN 1881 his ply stefan had not forbidden him
to leave his house at the time. We believe 50
because Mr.. Clay was pre-eminently a practi.
cal man; because he was an ardent Wing, and
more than all, because he 80 earnestly endea-
vored to restrain his friends from supporting 4
thiro man, and going over to a third party.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-07-17

Mr.. Clay's FamjLp-Of Mr.. Clay's domestic
relations, the New York Times gives the fol
lowing particulars:
Very shortly after his removal 10 Kentucky
he married Lucret;a Hart, daughter Of Thomas
Hart, ESD, a prominent citizen OF Lexington
Another daughter of The >ame gentleman was
married to Hon. Jas. Brown, of New Orleans,
Minister at Versailles during the administration
Of Messrs. Monroe and Adams. Mrs. Clay.
who is now in her seyenty-tirst year, and in the
enjoyment OF robust health, has been the mo
Their of eleven children, four of whom died in
cblld-bed. Eliza, a young lady of unusual
promise, was very suddenly removed BY death.
in 1912, while en- route to Washington with her
father; and almost at the same moment the af.
tiicted parents rece iyed intelligence Of the de-
cease Of another interesting and accomplished
daughter, the wife of Mr.. Durable, of New Or
leans. A third daughter, upon whom the ia
Tiers affections seem to have centered after the
death of the other two, died in 1876. She was
married to Mr.. Jathes Erwine, of New Orleans;
and her loss was a blow from which Mr.. CLAY
never recovered. Of the five sons, the eldest.
Theodore Wythe Clay, has been since boyhood
the inmate of a lunatic asylum. Thomas Hart
Clay, born IN 1903, resides in Kentucky, and is
engaged in the manufacture of hemp. Henry
Clay, Jr, it is hardly necessary to say, lost his
life at the battle of Buena Vista, while fighting
chivalrously for his country. James B. Clay
aud John NJ. Clay, the youngest, were both
educated for, and we believe are now practising
the profession of law in their native State.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-07-17

DR.. ~Channing's Opinion Of Gen. Scott
Dr. Charming, in the preface of his Lectures on
War, pays the following tribute to the man
whom the Wings have selected for their candi.
date at the approaching contest:
"Mucb, also, is due to the benifcent inAu-
enee Of Gen. Scott. To this distinguished man
belongs the rare honor of uniting with military
energy and daring the spirit Of a phiIanthropist.
His exploits in the field, which placed him in
the first rank of soldiers, have been obscured
BY the purer and more lasting glory of a pacif-
Gator and a friend of mankind. In the whole
history OF the intercourse of civilized commu.
n'ties' we doubt whether a brighter page can
be found than that which records his agency in
the removal of the Cherokees. As far as the
wrongs done to this race can be atoned for.
Usn. Scott has made the explanation. In his
recent mission % the distu. bed borders f onr
country he has succeeded, not so much bv noli-
cy as by the nobIeness and generosity of his
character by moral influence, by the earnest
conviction with which he has enforced ~, al,
win whom he had to do the obligations of pa
trlotlsin' justice, humanity and religion. #
would not be easy to find among us a man who
has won a purer fame; and | would do some
thing, no matter how little, to hasten the fine
when the spirit Of Christian humanity shall he
counted an essential attribute and the briob,es,
ornament in a public man."
This is high praise from a man who never
and it is deserved praise, too. The
military glory of General Scott, brilliant as II
is, has been matched by his civil services. hv
he integrity and beneyolence of his character
and the purity of his private life.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-07-17

Plank Road Meeting at Bruss Landing
There was a meeting he d at Bru>le Landing
on the Sd instant, with a view Of discussing
the Plank Road scheme by which it is contem-
plated to connect Crosse Tete with the Mis-
sissippi river. Nothing was attained, further
than the ultim ate benefits which may result
from a mere agitation of the subject.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-07-17

If Virginia is the mother of Presidents, New
Hampshire is the mother of Presidential candi-
dates. No less than five ofthe prominent can.
didates for that office are natives of New H,mn
s~hire--Cass, Webster, Dickinson, Pierce and
Douglas.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-07-17

Large Cab6age.-T. M. Knox, residing near
urenada, Mississippi, informs the editor Of the
kepu0iican that he has cabbages in his garden
FOUL feet seven inches across the to,
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-07-17

IA young lady named Morris was down
ed IN the Choptank river, near Denton, Md. On
the 6tl 'ist' She with several companions,
were taking a sail on the river, when the boat
upset, and The young lady met a watery prays
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-07-17
ANTHONY
Cabinet Mailer.

Plaquenline street opposite the Market House,
WOULD respectfully inform the citizens of
w Plaquemine and the Parish of I~berville,
that he is prepared to make TO order and at short
notice, ILL DESCRIPTIONS OF CABINET
WORK. He keeps always on hand and for sale
cheap, Chairs, Bedsteads, Mattresses, Cradles, Ar
mours, Safes, Wash-stands, Tables, &c. G~OId
Furniture repaired and taken in exchange for new.
He requests a share of public patronage iyl0
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-07-17
Corpartnership Notice,

THE undersigned have this day entered into
4 Copartnership, under the name and style of
VIM. HART & Co, for the transaction of the
wholesale and retail GROCERY IND PROVF
SION BUSINESS. Their store is the one lately
occupied by C.. w. Keep. A share of public pat.
ronage is respectfully solicited.
WIN. HART,
J.. McWILLfAMs.
Plaquemine, Jnly ;, 1852. +,
= Bbls Picked Mullets, for sally by
- jes A. MARIONNEAUX,
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Nem ORLEANS 3jrtces Current.
-WuOLkSALE-

lCorretsd Weekly from the ~ O. Price Cuyreml
NV ORLEANS. July ID. 1852
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-02-05

MARKETS SEWlIE RE.

PHrrAprrrHrA, Februacy 3-Frss Bosrd-sSD0 Whining
&C. S 100 Sohuylki Nsvgst int ~; 81 shares Penn
sylvana Railroad Al do t1 IL Girsrd Bank, 1875; so2o
Pennsyvania S. Sb1; shares Farmers and Mechanics
Bank. esx 80 ySketgrg S, 100 Suss ash,ans sssn ls
amboy S. 93sz 800 shares Reading, 3as 100 Mechanics
Bank. 30s 90, a 10 Reading o. 31s; s2so Sehuykili
36 30 shares Long Island b6, l SO do TO-
toseheyhill Saygaton RI % Miner, Bank Po;ssyiiie
sohuyikll Navigation 12 5000 County S. So 100 shares
Pennsylvania Bank, ia 400 Morris t5vn l& 10 Harrisburg
land bs lo 5000 SIS 50 After sales@ss)p
Penn &c. S9H 100 shares Mechanical Bank, 3
do. 2 20 Harrisburg Railroad 49, 10 susqushanra Car :.
I2 100 Slate il tbd 2s 100 Long Island Railroad, To- 30
Residing Railroad, 3l. Second BoardSla Penusyva-
ria Sc Sc s9 go a. 1000 Camden Ard A@SOy Railroad
20 ~ % shares ptnnsylvsnia Bank Ia 80 Commercial
hank CO. 6irard Bank ls; 10 United States Bank, 2s
union Bank, Kentucky. 0, Kentuiky Bank l0l; 100
sehSyltiil III Nsyssscn 2 $50 ke.tng R,5osd sax 70
ing Railroad b5 92 ice schu ylkilI Navigstou, l2 100
Long Island Railroad, 9Gi IS PennAYlyana Railroad. Il.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-02-05
Foreign Markets,

pERSAMnuco, Dec. IL Sugar. In consequences Of the
latenssa o ourtusar crop, md the high prices
ior this produce The amount u business has bsen small
compared 10 other years IT this season Our present
quotations g0r sugar - First quality, white, 700
q at cx 2slsd 24a3; seeoHd do do 1880 q 500 do
40 % l3gl0: third % do 1900 a n 100 DO do
2CF6 q 2g62 fourth DO do 2 loo p 30, do do 1913
Ion hfih and sixth do do 800 900 do. do ~ "a
do DO 1911 als3 Our receipts the interior have
to-day been large and packers having purchased 81 lover
rates expect to reduce quotations next week.
Cottou,.-We quote to- day 100 500 per arroba OF
sd CS sd IS peib Hides rule from ~ ~ rs, or
90 "a "a - per III Freignts are Gs du ~ It i pos
sIie 20 ~ ani the following quotations should he
edertd 10 nominal For sugar TO the Chanuel, sos a
96s l5r lctt, Liverpool, 81 7-i6d per lb Ex-
change Ten days ago about 10000 we're passed at
~ d. end 2pl cash Is I'd with 80 days credt Since
tnen moderate amounts have been negotiated at 2sd
with some credit, and lately az 2ski each r lay w5
tetr "a money AZ - Nl snl tie quote = La azs3id