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Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-05-08
Authorizations of Articles of Food.
from the Picayune.l


The Analytical Sanitary Commission of Lon
don has been in existence, we believe, since the
beginning of 1851; during which tne it has
prosecuted its labors with the most untring
zeal and uutlinching courage, and with results
sufficiently astounding. They are still pro-
cceding with their labors, the results Of which
are published from week to week in the Lon
don Lancet The object of this commission is
to make actual and careful analysis of samples
of the various solids and fluids consumed in
that metropolis, in the way Of foods and drinks,
and to record the results oftheir examinations
Thus far these examinations have embraced
the following articles Of every day consump-
ton: Sugar, tea, coffee, chicary, cocoa, cIloco-
late, mustard, pepper bread, flour, arrowroot,
tarjnaceous food oatmeal, isnglass, water, milk,
vinegar pickles Of all descriptions, cinnamon
and spices.
The result Of these Inquiries have exposed
deep and whispered systems Of aduIterations,
commencing often with the manufacturer and
terminating only with the retail dealer. It has
shown that in purchasing any article Of food or
drink in that metropolis the rule is that one OBJ
tains an adulteraod articie-tLe genuine conf
modify being the exception.
The articles used for these adutcrations are
always of an inferior quality generally worth
less-trequently positively injurious, and not
uncommonly even poisonous.
Thus it must be pleasant reflection to our
readers, (fOr we presume there is no reason to
suppose that many, at least Of the articles men,
toned above which are used by us are not as
much aduteratcd as the like articles used i'll
EEgland) it must be pleasant, we say, to think
that when we sip our tea of an evening, it is
more than likely We are drinking decoction in
which suIphate of iron, logWood, black1ead,
tale, China clay, soap-stone, indigo, turmerc,
Prussian blue, mineral green, verdigrs, arsenite
Of copper, chromate Of lead, and many other
like delecticable substances, form no inconside-
rable ingredients. 1t is edfying too to think that
we cannot take spoonful Of sugar, drink a
cup of coffee Or chocolate, season our edibes
with little mustard, pepper or vinegar, take
mouthful of bread, eat a bit OF pickle, or enjoy
our pastry, but that the chances are we are
swallowing some vile poison. Yet such actual
experiment has demonstrated to be the case.
All the substances enumerated above, and ma
ny others, were found in the various samples
of tea examined by the commission in no incon-
siderable qualities.
All the samples examined were purchased
from dealers, and were therefore in the exact
condition in which they reach the consumer
These examinations are made with the aid of
the microscope, and are followed by the publ
cation to the world of the names ofall the par
ties of whom purchases have been made. The
publication of the results of these inyestga-
tions, together with the names of the dealers
in the articles, whether the latter prove to be
aduterated or genuine, has already, it is said,
produced a most favorable effect.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-05-08
Moping-Reader, did you ever move, if SO

Noring.-Reader, did you ever move, if SO
you can appreciate the following poetic etfusion:
"Come Sally, catch hold here, and give US lift,
let us pull up the carpet and set It adrift; un-
cord the bedstead and pack up the quilts, be
careful the crockery doesn't get split; let the
baby yell murder, the boy 60 to grass, and be-
ware how you handle that glass. Take the
stove pipe apart, set the stove on the cart, let
the bureaus remain till the next load, and see
the yictuals don't spill off in the road. Never
mind about dinner to-day, wife only furnish us
something to eat, for It's the first Of May, wife,
and we want to keep every thing neat. I'm
sorry we've moved all the chairs, for we've no
place to sit down and rest, but you may squat
down on the stair, or floor, or where you think
it best. Drive slow Mr. Cartman while steady
we go--there hold up moment, knew it
would be so--the grease has split in the -four
the vinegar jug is now sprung a leak; oh wish
they were all in the middle Of next week" j"
Thus will the day in the noise pass away, and
none will be happy on the first day of May.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-05-08

Childhood--A few years more and YOU will
not know the same child; the age of play is not
over, but hard taskmasters have broken into It
There is morrow to be thought of which in.
ter1eres with to-day. Consciousness has come,
and the terrible burden of kind of respons.
bllity. There is the expression of tho wish to
please; or, alas! of the fear to displease. Tho
features have come forth into some drawing:
for the child is a graduate for this weary
world, and the face has heightened accordingly.
But this age is beautiful, like every other, if
expression and feature be true to it. The ex-
preston may be wistful and plaintive with timi-
dlty or tender health, and it is called fretful or
it may be careless or tomboy with sheer ami
NAL spirits and it is called vulgar; but either is
safe. 1t is the precocious look of cunning, or
peevlshness, Or primness, we turn from with
intultive dislike, for such are old signs, The
features also may be common and character.
less, but if they are soft and uncertan, and the
spaces around them ample, they are safe as
we'll. But the defined forms and the scantv
Quantities let us beware of, though fond mo.
tfers call them 'chiseled features and "repular
protiles;" what is admired as delicate and pre-.
else now may be too likely 10 turn out sharp
and mean by and BY.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-05-08
A Steamer Seren Hundred Feel I0uo -

A Steamer Seten Hundred Fccl long g--Ac-
cordlng to the London Times, a movement s
now on foot to build iron steamers seven hun
dred and twenty feet in length, with ninety feet
beam, and thlrtysix feet in depth, with foug
engines Of 1000 horse power, and screw
whilst there will be eight masts, with huge lat
ten sails: The vessels are to be built Of iron
and to be shot and fire proof while their novel
structure and superior strength, and immense
length, it is supposed, will render them safer
than vessels of smaller construction It's calcu-
lated that each shall carry 1000 passengers, witt.
theatre for amusements; and i'll case of war
battery Of three hundred guns conId be open.
ed This projected scheme, it is said, is for the
purpose of bringing the English colonies with
in a months reach of London.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-05-08

The Jamaica Sugar Crop--A late jamaica
paper says: We regret to learn that there will
be very serious falling offin the sugar crop of
this year. In St. Thomas, in the east especially,
the decrease Of export will be without parallel
The best estimates that can be formed induce
the belief that the crop Of the present year in
that parish will not reach one-half Of that of
1851. The district of Plantaiu Garden River,
which usually ships 1000 hogsheads of sugar,
will not this year reach 1000 hogsheads, whilst
the Blue Mountain District will fall off in quite
as large proportion. We wish we could say
that st. Thomas in the east was the only par
ish thus circumstanced, but we have similar re-
ports from other parishes. On the whole, we
doubt whether the crop Of 1852 will exceed
10000 hogsheads.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-05-08

Reception Of Kossuth in Neac yersey-Kos-
suth arrived at Burlington on the oath ult, and
was entertained at the residence of Mayor
Wall. He spent the Sabbath with Bishop
Doane, and on Monday proceeded to Trenton,
where he was received by the ringing of bells,
and other demonstrations of welcome. He
made an address in the NJ E. Church to about
five hundred persons, who were each charged
q dollar for admittance. Two citizens also
gave him $10O EACH
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-05-08
Block of Copper for the Washington Monu.


Block Of Copper for the Washington Monu-
mem.-Mr Andrew Harve, to whom was en-
trusted the task Of preparing the block of ma
has directed to be placed in tho Washington
Monument at Washington as the contribution
of that State, in a communication to the De-
troit Advertiser, announces that the offering is
now ready for transmission to Washington,
The block was taken from the celebrated Cliff
Mine, and is three feet long by twenty one
inches broad, nine inches thick, and weighs two
thousand one hundred pounds. The designs on
it are in Michigan native silver, and consist of
the arms Of the State of Michigan, with the
motto-"IIer Trust is in the Union" 1t is be-
lieved that nowhere out Of Michigan could a
mass of copper suited to the formation of such
i block have been procured.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-05-08
M Kossmh in Bost0n.--The Common Coun-

VI. Kossuth in B0ston.--The Common Coun-
Gil Of Boston have, by vote Of 80 to 6, adop-
| ted a report in favor of postponing indefinitely
any proceedings in relation to the visit of NJ.
| Kossuth to Boston. There was sharp debate
| took place on the subject, but the vote of the
! Council was decisive, more than five to one,
| and the Transcript says their action "meets
with the warm approval of q vast majority of
the people Of Boston,
1t will be remembered that some time since
a committee ofdhe Common Council of Boston,
was appointed to visit NJ. Kossuth, and invite
him to 90 to Boston. The Committee had an
interview with him, but it was not satisfactory
on either side In the debate in the Boston
Common Council Mr.. Lincoln said:
''The city had already extended to kossuth
more civility than he merited from her; and no
charge of want ofdignity, nor threat of revenge,
would frighten him out of his conviction that
kossuth's conduct towards Boston-and espe-
cially the City Council which invited him to
partake of her hospitality-was insolent.
The Boston Transcript thus explains what is
meant by the word insolent:
sWe regret to record q fact which was elci-
ted by the discussion last evening. 1t appears
that when the committee representing the city
of Boston had an interview with Kossuth, they
were somewhat startled by his query, "Why
did you not come beforeT'
"While we are willing to adopt the sentiment
of an English statesman, in pardoning some-
thing to the spirit of liberty, it surely requires
more liberalty than we are willing to adopt to
forget the above unfortunate salutation received
by the representatives of our city,"
But M. Kossuth is to visit Boston tomorrow
on the invitation of the Legislature of Massa-
chusetts; which, though it came much later than
that from the Boston Common Council, he did
accept, without asking "wby it had not come
before!"
There is one thing the people of the coun-
try may learn from NJ. Kossuth, if they chose
to avail themselves of his example; it is man.
,sers--but whether good or bad, every one must
decide for himself.
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PLA&gUENsgE:
Saturday, ETay @, 1Gs2.

Itco Dr0mioS in he Rhoie Island LcgislG-
ture.--There are two brothers in the Rhode Is
land Legislature, named Christopher Columbus
Potter and Americus Vespicus Potter, who are
so much alike thai it is doubted whether either
knows himself from bis brother. The Proyi-
dence Journal says:
Christopher is a whig, and Americus demo-
crat; and there will be a pretty muss when they
get to Newport. Nota soul in the House can
tell one from the other and the democrats will
be running to Christopher, and the wings to
Anercus, with all the secrets of their respec-
tive partes.--We have ourselves sometimes
commenced political conversation with the
democratic brother, who always had the gen.
erosity to interrupt us before we got upon
dangerous ground. Now, when we meet Ell
ther we say, as we take his hand, sis this you
Or your brother?" If it be Christopher, he
says, sit is l." and we talk about politics; if it
be Amoricus, he says, ''it is not lit is my
brother" and we talk about the weather.
We should advise them to wear a badge
around their hats like the railroad conductors;
but then they would be sure to change hats,
and that would make it worse.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-05-08

Lqgic.-The following "Questions in Logic"
may interest some Of our readers. No matter
where they came from if they are sound:
Teacher-What do you understand by PEN
ny wise and pound foolish?
Pupil--The omission to pay small sum in
order to secure a great benefit.
Teacher-Can such thing be, and if so
how?
Pupl-It can-the cause may be penurous-
ness or neglect.
Teacher-Give an example ofpenny wisdom
and pound folly.
Pupil-Refusing or negleeting to pay five or
ten dollars for advertising one day, and missing
custom worth hundred by it the next.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-05-08

TWe were somewhat amused by the fol-
lowing receipt for "Common Biscuits" which
met our eyes recently, in an English periodical.
If these are acommon,'' the uncommon ones
must be something little extra:
"Beat eight eggs halfan hour, put in pound
Of sugar beat and stiften, with the rind Of a
lemon grated; whisk it an hour till it looks light,
then put in a pound Of flower, with little rose
water, and bake them in tins, or on papers, with
sugar over them"
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-05-08


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BAYOU Sara Packet.

{7szsSa@ u For Bayou Sara, Port Hudson, Baton
s5s5sFgfffs' Rouge and Coast-he splendid pas
E.sssszsszsszsssd% Essssszsss% senger steamer NEW LATONA,
!. G. LANDRY, master, will leave New Orleans for
Bayou Sara and intermediate landings every
MONDAY, at 5 o'clock ?. NJ, and every FRI
DAY, at o'clock \. NJ. Returning leaves Bayou
Sara every Tuesday and Saturday after the arrival
Of the Railroad cars. For freight passage,
having tine accommodations, apply on board, to
j. 4. BRAUD 4 LANDRY, lG BienVillesst.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-05-08

Socrates and his Pup1-A young man, who
was great talker, was sent by his parents to
Socrates, to learn the art of cratory. On being
presented to his tutor the lad spoke for Il long
time without stopping, so that Socrates was
out OF all patience. When the bargain came
to be struck, Socrates asked him double price.
why charge me double!" said the youth.
"Because,' said the orator, Il must teach you
two sciences, the one how to hold your tongue,
and the other how to speak"
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-05-08
Polish for Editors.--The education necessa

Polish for EdHors.--The education necessa-
ry to qualify an Arkansas editor for the duties
of his Office, is the following: s5
Two months practice with hair trigger rifle
at target, one hundred PAGES distant; six weeks
practice in swinging a two foot bowie knife;
six or seven months experience in gouging, ear
biting find rough and tumble at an election.
These qualifications will enable the possessor
Of them to write political and slanderous arti-
cles with impunity.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-05-08
WHY Ladies use Vinegar in France "A let,
or from Paris, in the Boston Atlas, saws:

tcf IoLl iafla, III the Boston Atlas, says:
Ladies in Paris have the greatest horror of
being fat; death has fewer horrors than corpu
lency There is no doubt the corpulence of
the Duchess de Praslin was the remote cause
Of her murder, and | really believe that if the
SaIlque law did not prevent a lady from ascend
ing the throne, the first Empress would ordain
the destruction of all children who appeared in
elined to corpulency. During the past week
there has been buried at Pere la Chaise; the
Marquise de-, who died in consequence
of having ruined her digestion by the excessivs
use of vinegar; the Princess de-, from the
same cause, having exhausted herself by refu-
sing to take sufficient nourishment aud slime
-, the wife of an agen de change, "kiIled
10y vinegar The "mother" of vinegar is the
first cousin to death. The first and last per-
sons drank daily three large tumbIers of vine
gar and they died-horrble punishment
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-05-08

GTOne of the arguments made use of in
England in favor of continuing the explorations
in search Of Sir John Franklin is, that the Arc
tic regions produce at least eight kind of vege-
tables, all of which are nutritious, and that,
therefore, there is no risk of starvation To- be
encountered by the explorers
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-05-08

U"There is but one way of securing uni
versal equality to man. and that is to regard
every honest employment as honorable, and
than for every man to learn, in whatsoever
state he may be, to be Herewith content, and
to fulfil with strict fidelity the duties his sta
ton, and to make every condition post of
honor.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-05-08
BAYOU Crosse Eete Packet

{fsss@z4@as a The good safe steamer ANNA,
A.sssTHsyyfFErR JOHNSTON, master will commence
j:ssss.ssssszz regular trp the first rise of
water The ,4ana was built TOR and is well adapt
ed to this trade Shippers may rely upon her
manning 10 the close OF the season.
plaruarnine Doc -, 1851,
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-05-08

"What did he Meang' = General Casa, in his
letter accepting the nomination in 1913, said,
"No circumstances can possibly arise which
will induce me again to be candidate for the
Presidency" What did he mean!"
". Y. Sundap Alias.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-05-08

G5-lt is stated that Prof. KinkeI, who was
collecting money in this country to revolution
ize Germany, has laid out a hundred thousand
dollars for big brewery in Cincinnati. Liquor
VS.. Liberty. The beer has it. We cannot vouch
for the truth of the above. If it is true, it is
decidedly an interesting fact.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-05-08

uThe tribe of Cafusos, of Brazil, have long
hair, half curled, rising from the head a foot,
and SO tangled that combing is out Of the ques.
ton. These natural perukes are round, prod-
gious and ugly--ngular woolly heads.
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DJ-A man who narries frivolous, snowy
woman, fancies he has hung trinket around
his neck, but he soon finds it milestone.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-05-08

"Long may Waue."-General Wayne an
nounced to General Washington the victory of
Stony Point thus laconicalg
"Dear General:--The American Flag waves
here! Yours, truly.
ANTHONY WAYNE"