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Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1854-09-16

sured them that they would not be attacked,
aud advised them to dispense and 60 home.
Some followed this advice; others were violent,
and DR.. Meighan, in a loud and exciting man.
ner, advised them to defend Reconsideration
inappropriate advice to menfwho were assem- :
bling in a public place with arms. Finally, the
party filed off into Tchoupitoulas street, march
ed down to St. Joseph, where they overlook
Major Fraser, riding in a cab, and in a threat
ening manner ordered him not to 90 in that
direction. They then wheeled into Camp, and
proceeded towards Julia, where, perceiving
several small assemblies of men near st. Pat
rick's church, they fired a scathing voIley of
musketry down the street.
Some eight or ten Americans getting mixed
up with this crowd, thinking it was composed
of their friends, a man by the name of Meow
ern knocked down one Of the "Americans,"
and was Immediately shot by a friend of the
man who was knocked down. Then ensued a
melee, in which pistols and guns were fired and
knives freely used.
During the tumult, DR.. Meighan was heard
to cry out "shoot every man that runs" Of
course in such tumult it is impossible at this
moment to get the facts in a definite and reli-
able shape, but of this we feel quite certain,
that there were not over a hundred engaged
in the melee, and that but a small portion of
these-hot twenty-were of the party of
"Americans." The conflict soon ended by one
party, that led by Meighan, running up Camp
street, pursued by their adversaries.
The tragical results of this ARRAY were thus
seen Edward Johnson, a man in the employ
of Stanton & Co., an "lrishman," was found
lying on the middle of the street, shot through
the head with two balls. A man by the name
of Gillespie, also an Irishman, was found on
the sidewalk shot through the shoulder--the
carotid artery being severed, causing his death
BY hemorrhage; he had also a severe cut with a
knife in the back.
Another man OF the name of McGovern was
found supporting himself by a pillar at the cor.
ner of Julia and Camp, badly shot in the side,
two balls having entered his body. Near the
sam spot a man of the name of McAdams
was also found badly cut. They are both in
the Charity Hospital.
The dipersfon of one party soon produced
comparative quiet, and several policemen came
on the ground, two of whom, Nixon and Horns
by, were particularly active and efficient; they
succeeded in tracing DR.. Meighan into;the alley
near st. Patrick's Church; when found, he had
the large sword that he had worn at st. Mary's
market and his pistol in his hands, but
surrendered himself without offering any resis-
lance, and was taken to the watch-house where
he now awaits a trial.
Such, we believe, is a faithful narration of
the events of last night.
We learn from the True Delta of Wednes-
day afternoon that after ~ O'Clock on Tuesday
night the riot was renewed. The "Old Alaba-
House." kept by one Tim Duffy, was at
tackled and Quilted, and one man killed and two
seriously. The same paper states
the slain during the riots, numbered ten
or twelve persons.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1854-09-16
PURSUANT TO PUBLIC NOTICE,

fChSCaIN1 ~ fUDLlI NOllCf,
GA meeting of the signers of the list, for the
purpose OF raising an Artillery Company. and 9TH
ers interested in its organization. was held this
9th day of Sept, 1854, in the town of Plaque
mine.
On motion, Saml F.. Lawes, Esq, was called
to The chair, and James Shanks appointed Secre-
tary.
The meeting being called to order, Mr.. Balch
briefly explained the object of the meeting. and
the following resolutions We're unanimously pass
ed:
1st. By ]. Webb; Be it resolved that the sign
ers and those DESTROYS of becoming members, come
forward and sign the roll, whereupon a number of
gentlemen, numbering about thirty, proceeded to
sign, &c.
I'd. Resolved, That we proceed to the election
of officers, and the following gentlemen Were una
nimously elected:
J.. B. HACKER. Captain.
J. H. Balch. LIST Lient., J. S. Webb, ID Lieut.,
A. Marionneaux, Sd do. James Shanks, Sec'y.
NJ. A. Es:evsn, Treasurer.
Sd. Resolved, That a committee of three men,
bers be appoin ted by the chair, TO draft rules, reg
~ulations, &C., for the government of the Compa-
ny. Whereupon the Chair appointed Messrs.
Balch, Webb, and Bowman. to serve on said COM
mittee.
4th. Resolved. that a committee Of five be ap-
pointed by the Chair, to be taken from the MEM
bers of the Company or otherwise, at the option
of the Chairman, to receive such contributions as
z..l. .u.->J f,oro %;,co IN +;rpo b, III ,+,,ou
of Plasuenine and parish Of Iberville. Where
upon, the following gentlemen were named up
on said committee: a. Talbot, F. w. Robertson,
l.. Landry, Geo. Forrest, J. H. Rils.
9Th. Resolved, That a committee of three be
named by the Chair, to furnish a design of mi
form, to report at The next regular meeting
Whereupon the following gentlemen were APP
pointed to serve in that capacity: J. B. Hacker,
A. w. Scott, and WIN. Bowman.
9th. Resolved, That the Captain be requested
to appoint the non-commissioned officers, artif-
GERS, &c, of the Company.
It'll. Resolved, That a committee consisting of
members, be designated by the Chair, to wait
upon his excellency Gov. Hebert, with reference
to obtaining the requisite ornaments. &C., for the
use Of the Company. Whereupon the following
members were appointed on said committee: J.
H. Balch, J. S. Webb, VIM. Bowman, A. Marion
neaux, A. Sullivan.
sth. Resolved, That the Secretary be requested
to furnish to the editors of the Southern Sentinel
and 1berville Gazette, respectively, a copy of
proceedings for publication. There being
no further business before the meeting, it was, on
9th. Resolved, That the meeting do now adj
journ to Saturday, the -th inst.
(SignedO s. E. LAWES, Pres't.
JAS. SHANks, Sec'y.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1854-09-16

Death Of q Revolutionary .Sollier.-Ebeno-
zer Loundon, died at Sharon Springs, On
Thursday last, aged ninety,four years. Mr.,
Loundon joined the revolutionary army when
seventeen years old, and marched to the cjtv
of New York where he was stationed until the
Americans were compelled to evacuate, when
his company crossed over to New Jersey and
from thence TO West Point. He witnessed
the execution ofMajor Andre. A the conclu,
sion of the war, he was one of seventeen from
a full company, who survived. He left the CITY
of New York in l777, and never again visited
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Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1854-09-16

There never was a time within our recollec'
ton, that provisions were so scarce and so
high in price as at the present period. We refer
to all parts of our country, as to our immedi'
ate locality. There seems to be no diminution
in the price of food, but increasing rather
wherever we turn our eyes, or whatever prices
current we look at. But from the tenor of a
short article in another column, the times, with
respect to provisions, are not so bad as they
seem to be, and intimates that it is the public's
own fault that prices range as high as now
quoted, and suggests a remedy to bring them
down.
Here, to poor people like ourself, the ordina-
ry necessaries o f,life, have got to be dainties
and l~uxuries, from the high prices which our
grocers are forced TO ask for them. Flour at
ten dollars per barrel, and hams at seventeen
cents per pound, are prices which the poor can
not afford, except they wish to spend their all
for something to eat. But there is scarcely
anything else to fall back upon as a substitute.
All other descriptions of provisions are pro.
portionably high. Our beef, pretty good at
present, is perhaps the cheapest article of food
we can purchase-and Of this, a dime certainly
will not get as much as a hearty working man
will eat for his breakfast. Chickens are from
twenty-five to thirty cents a piece-the same
for eggs per dozen-and as for turkeys. where
is the working man who can afford to have one
occasionally on his table! And broiled capons i,
that's a dish which none but our epicurian con.
temporary can afford to indulge in at the pre-.
sent time. Irish potatoes, it seems, are too
high even for our grocers.
Like Others, in various sections of the coun.
try, we are unable to account for this unusual
state OF things with regard to the provision
market. If it is caused by an unusual influx
OF gold, produced by the mines of Australia
and California, we can get a glance at but pre-
cIous little Of it in this vicinity, whatever may
be the case elsewhere. We can only live in
hopes of better times.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1854-09-16

Dreadful Murder.-On Sunday, goth inst a
white man named Nicholas Evans, and a color.
ed man, named William Wells, were PLAYING
cards for a small sum, at Lawrenceburg, In.
diana, when an alteration ensued, during
which, Wells struck Evans, and felled him to
the floor. Evans quickly recovered himself. and
drawing a knife, cut Wells throat from ear 70
ear, so that he died Immediately. Evans then
made his escape, and has not been taken.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1854-09-16

Take twelve hams of common size, eight
pounds of brown sugar, crystalized saltpetre
half q pound, and five pounds fine Liverpool
salt. Rub the hams we'll with the mixture,
and lay them in a cask, with the skin down,
where they should remain for a week. Then
make a brine strong enough to bear an egg
add two or three quarts Of lye from hickory
ashes, and refine the whole by Swimming. Cow
er your hams with the brine: let them remain
three or four weeks; then hang them up in a
smoke house, and smoke well hickory wood.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1854-09-16

A Srinde.-A farmer in Chicago was re.
Gently swind'ed our of $4,000 by a woman pro.
Tossing to be a necromancer. She told him of
buried money on his farm, guarded by evil
genii. He produced, at her request, three
thousand dollars, to avert the genii, and BY an
unperceived substitution she took the good
money and left a roll of brown paper and a
few cents in exchange. The process was eff.
fected during the performance of the solemn
rites. elaas 5gsu
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1854-09-16

VA. serious riot occurred in Newark, N. J.,
on the 4th inst, between the Protestants and
Catholics, during which a number OF persons
were shot, and the Catholic Churches sacked.
All good men should bind themselves together
to prevent such outrages, and bring 10 punish
ment those who commit them.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1854-09-16

The following is a list of all the States vet
to vote this fall, and the time of holding their
elections:
PENNSYLVANIA, October 10; Ohio, October
10; Indiana. October 10; Massachusetts,, No.
vember Is; New-York, November 7; New.
Jersey, November Z: Illinois, November =; Mi.
ehigan, November Z; Wisconsin, November , -
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1854-09-16

Vermont Election.-Vermont held her State
election on the 9Th inst, and elected the entire
Antl-Nebraska ticket. Judge Royce, a Maine
Law Freesoii Wing was elected Governor bv
$4,000 majority, in the place of John s. Rob.
inson, Democrat. The Legislature and three
Of Congress elected are Wings. A
Wing Freesoil U. s. Senator will therefore.
probably, be. elected to fiji the existing vacancy.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1854-09-16

A patent has been granted by the French
Government for making sugar from pumpkins;
it is said.the quantity produced will be as much
as could be obtained from an equal weight of
beet.root. This invention, it is said, comes at
a time when it has been found that beet root
can be more proftably employed in making
brandy than sugar.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1854-09-16
Terrific Gale i'm Charleston.

A terrible gale occurred at Charleston on the
9th inst. Immense damage to property took
place-several vessels were blown ashore-tbe
battery and Wharves were washed to pieces
houses were demolished and unroofed--and
boats plyed in the streets. We have no time
10 give particulars. Great anxiety was felt for
the people on Sullivan's Island.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1854-09-16

There are said to be in Ireland three ecclesias.
tica' bodies, offshoots of the Irish Presbyterian
church, still retaining the forms of tina, de-
nomination. which profess Unitarianism. They
have about fifty ministers.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1854-09-16
PLAQUEMlNE:
The New LntOnA.

The pablo will be glad to learn that the adj
mirabIe steamer Ne,o Lato,m, Capt. Gross, has
resumed her trips in the New Orleans and Bay
GU Sara trade-leaving the former place as usu-
al on Mondays at S o'clock, P. NJ, and on Fri
DAYS at 10 o'clock, A. NJ. We wish her every
success. The same obliging officers she for
merly had, are still on board.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1854-09-16

At Munich, in Bavaria, a painting on glass,
measuring forty.fve feet in height and fourteen
and a half feet in width, representing Christ
teaching the Apostles TO pray, has been exc
cuted for n window of 4 church in HAMBURG
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1854-09-16
Nem ADVERTISEMENTS.
Strayed or Stolen.

~ From the undersigned at Plaque
A%R mine, on Wednesday the 18th inst.
w " one BAY HORSE. sixteen hands
high, five or six years old and shod before. Any
person returning the said Horse to me at Plaque
mine will be literally rewarded.
sep16 JAMES ENNIS.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1854-09-16

Il wish you would pay a little attention to
your business" said carpenter to his careless
apprentice. "Well, sir, so l am paying as little
attention as l can" said the other, quite coolly.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1854-09-16

UIf there arc any of our readers who de-
sire to have a good hearty laugh, these dull and
p%inching times, let them read the article on our
first page, headed Rural Life.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1854-09-16
EirR In

destructive fire occurred in Mobile on Sum-
day morning last, destroying about forty
buildings. ibra =
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1854-09-16

To make enemies, be independent.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1854-09-16

natives, and like the clerks alluded to, they
will soon find they are marked men. For pre-
sumlng to speak as we have spoken-for utter
ing our political sentiments in the land and
beneath the sun where we were born, with the
same freedom that foreigners express theirs
we have already felt, as far as a loss of patron
age goes, the effects of free and conscientious
speech in the land of our birth. Let but a
word drop from a public man, or one in a pub
lie position, which has the least resemblance TO
what is termed Native Americanism, and he
will soon feel the combined efforts of enemies
to ~injure him, publicly and privately. Have
Americans showed to foreigners this illiberal
feeling! No-and WI trust they never WILL
Whoever, from whatever land, comes amongst
US to seek a living for himself and family, by
an honest vocation, we, as an American, are for
lending him all the aid and encouragement
which one brother of the human family should
extend to another. But when he SO far for
gets himself, through tho liberty, prosperity
and enjoyment he has found in our land, as to
leave his work bench, his counter, or the man.
ual labor he daily performs for his support, to
create disorder at the baIlot-box, and to effect
a political power and Importance never inten-
ded by the constitution or the spirit of our in.
situations, that he should possess, we are for
drawing a line, once and in all future, which
cannot be misunderstood or misinterpreted.
We cannot better conclude these remarks.
The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1854-10-19
The Late Elections.

A tornado swept over the States of
Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana on the 9th
instant, bearing down every democrat that
dared come in contact with it to stay it's
fury. Judge Pollock has beaten BIcLER,
the telegraph says, for Governor some go
900; in Ohio, Galloway, Campbell, Day,
Harrison, Mott and Sherman, Wing or In
dependent Democrats, have been elected to
Congress. Balance of the State not heard
from. 1t is reported, also, that the fusion
lists in Indiana have majority of 10000.
1t is to he hoped this lesson will teach our
friends in those states that it is suicidal to
their party to make distractions the issue
laying aside the old landmarks which
should be the only basis for fight Won't
our friends, who have been beaten, pay
Minnesota visit? She is the only oasis
now left.
The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1854-10-19
NEWS ITEMS.

The magnitude Of the potato crop in Ire.
land for 1854, is stated to be very much be.
yond any ever before known Ireland now
contains 100000 inhabitants, and the crop
is valued at $7O.OO0,OOO, or rather more than
$40 for each man, woman and child.
Col. d. S. Miles, United States Army, who
is now on his way to Mexico with dctacll-
ment of troops, writes from Fort Atkinson,
Arkansas, that he had been four days among
the Camauches and Ki-o-ways, AMI adds
" Some of the bucks offered me as high as ten
horses for my daughter, and had an offer of a
squaw for Mrs. NJ. l declined both advanta-
geous offers"
Rev. II. Wayland, son of President Way
land, of Brown University, has accepted a call
from the Third Baptist Society of Worcester,
Massachusetts,. lie declined the salary, as Of
fered him, but fixed it at less sum than was
rendered
Rev. DR.. McNE1LE, the celebrated cvangcl-
list preacher in England, has been deprived of
his license to celebrate marriages because he
refused to marry ROmanist and Protestant,
without guarantee that the children should
be brought up in the church of England.
The Albany papers announce the death of
JOSEPH COURTNEY, Esq, an old and highly es-
teemcd resident of that city. He died on Sat
urday morning, after brief illness, in the SD
year of his age.
A disgraceful fight occurred in Buffalo on
Sunday between the firemen who were return
ing with their machines to their houses
Frightful wounds were received by many of
the combatants. Liquor was the cause.
The Cincinnati Columbian says that FIND
LAY was tight" when arrested in Baltimore,
and being greatly alarmed, confessed his guilt,
and gave a detailed account of the whole
transaction in the great Kissane forgery.
Capt. Layfeld, of the steamer Locust
Point, from Boston to Baltimore, picked up
life-preservsr that belonged to the lost steamer
City of Glasgow.
The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1854-10-19

AMERICANS IMPRISONED IN MEx1Co.-Five
gentlemen from California, report to the
Western Texan, that in Durango, Mexico,
they found in prison three Americans, named
VIM. Phirly, Broome county, New York !;
William Rodgers, Star county, Ohio; John
Gaines, Dayton, Montgomery county, Ohio.
These m:n have been in filthy dungeons
fonr years and three months, and during
two years of this time they were chained
down to the floor in total darkness, where
they could not sec any person but the one
who fed them their starving allowance. AT
the end of two years, the huge chains around
their ankles and wrists had worn the flesh
off to the bone; and such was their horrible
condition that their chains were removed
to save their lives and keep them in misery
the longer. The flesh is partly healed over
these Misunderstanding the most heart sick
ening scars, which were all seen by the per-
sors who are mentioned above. They were
imprisoned on the charge of murder and
robbery, but have been unable to get
trial, and respectable Mexicans admitted,
that there was no proof to convict them
They have repeatedly written to the Ameri
can Minister in Mexico, but they do not be-
ieve he received their letters.
The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1854-10-19
A Fire Department.

lnasmuch as winter is at hand would it
not be well for our citizens to see to it, that
before navigation Closes we procure good
fire engine, with the necessary hose, in order
to guard against fire? Heretofore ST.
Paul has been fortunate in being rarely and
lightly visited by the devouring element.
But this is no reason why we should not be
prepared to resist its attacks hereafter
Our city is now more compact than it has
ever been, and the buildings being chiefly
Of wood, were fire to break out, the des-
truction of property would be great. We
venture the assertion that there is not
town in the United States of half the size
of our city that has not well organized
fire department-and yet our citizens rest
indolently, without taking any precaution
against the inroads of destructive fires.
The City Council last spring passed an Or
dinance creating fire limits, within the city.
This was well enough, and would have been
of some avail, had not the same Board, at
subsequent meeting, repealed the act
they had previously passed It is to be
hoped our property holders, and all others
interested, will at once, arouse and see to
the procurement of the necessary apparatus
and the thorough organizing of an energet-
ic and efficient Fire Department. There is
no time to lose In five or six weeks the
river will be closed, and then, it will be too
late.
The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1854-10-19

of dirty water at every step. Although its
price at present is somewhat dearer than CON-
mon Tagging, it will probably be furnished at
much cheaper rate in time and vie hope to
see it in general use. 1t will be q fine COM
panion for the Russ pavcments.
The meeting of the stockholders of the n.
Y. & N. H. Railroad Co. on Tuesday, result
ed as might have been expected, in nothing
but an open quarrel. The Connecticut people
pretend thas they can't breathe freely in the
noxious atmosphere of Wall ST., and therefore
the meeting Of next month is appointed at
New Haven. We hope that the bracing NOR
al air of New England will do much towards
cooling the feverish temper, and strengthening
the sinking heart of hope in the bosoms of all
interested in the occasion.
The State Fair which opened the third inst
closes Friday with an address by John P.
Hale, and the award of Premiums. A driz-
zling rain which grew into storm on the End
day, excited the fear that the affair would oc-
casion one Of those miniature delugcs which
camp-mectngs are supposed to provoke; but
to-day is singularly favorable. The fruit de-
parmcnt is said to be unusually good, especial
ly in Apples and Pears. Of the latter the old
favorites, the Bartlett and Virgelleau bear
away the bell The domestic department of.
fers little worthy of notice. A beautiful
cashmere goat attracted much attention from
the ladies, who, judging from the manner each
fair one stroked his worship's long silken goat
ee, rather considered that appendagc an orna-
mcnt than otherwise. AS whole the Exhi-
bition must be considered as inferior to that
of last year.
An additional feature of interest is introdu-
ced into the political scrub-race, to come of
this fall, that is the nomination of Danl Ull-
man for Governor, by the Known othings.
This cauld hardly hive been forsecn, but some
such thing was needed to make the medley
complete. 1t is doubtful if the Silver Grays
unite on him.
1t is the general impression that DR.. Ora
ham, the murderer of Col. Loring will be &C
quilted. A first cousin of Mrs. Graham is
one of the Jurymen. ~