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Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1854-06-10

existing contract of mine was broken for that
purpose; that the same thing was done in
1858, shortly after our contemporary lad start
ed a new paper, and that | thought some such
liberali,y should be shown me, now that his
friends seemed to be in the ascendent, and not
mine, as was formerly the case and ended by
requesting our petition to te read, which had
been presented to a former meeting, and which
will be seen in another column.
We had scarcely taken our seat, when, to
our dIsmay, we observed our diyniiicd contem-
porary slowly rise from the seat where he had
oeen calmly and gracefully reclining. We
thought he had the odds sufficiently against
us, without calling to his aid his well known
oratorical powers and as the lightning began
TO flash from his ~lustrous eyes, and he waved
gracefully his hand towards his Joye>like fore.
head, ard turned aside the dark curls which
nestled over the region Of thought and intelli-
gencc, our knees began to weaken and we ra-
,her squirmed But when he opened his mouth
to speak, and the modula,ioas of his charming
voice fell ike pearly drops upon the silent and
entranced ears of his admiring friends, and he
Numbered forth as the reason why he should
be favored, that a certain former police jury
member threatened to "give the Locofocos
fits" W., felt that our doom was sealed Never
did the Cicero and Demosthenes of our parish
sit down amidst a greater triumph. He had
touched a chord which found a sympathetic
beat, before which, justice, honor, and every
noble principle, must succumb.
We began to feel that we were a used up
man. That last clap had settled our HASH
A film seemed to gather over our eyes; and we
began TO feel around for our hat; and Selling
it, we made a dash for the door, considering
ourself fortunate in having escaped from such
a sulphurous proximity-meditating, as we
took our way to a cigar shop, upon the hypo-
crisy, the base friendships and faIse.hearted
ness of the world!
We understood, that rs soon as we departed,
our petition was read, when Mr.. Woods moved
that the Printing be given to Mr.. Jennings at a
salary Of $500 per amman, which was carried
-Messrs. Woods, Rils and McDaniels, voting
in the affirmative, and NIr. Hagan in the mega
tive-Messrs. Grass and Simmons remaining
mum!
We have nothing more TO say. We believe
this about ended the Police Jury proceedings.
We cannot close, however, without thanking
Mr.. Hagan, on the part Of those who advocate
what is right for the sake of principle, for the
noble stand he maintained on this last subject, |
and in ask ing those whom we supposed were
our friends, to excuse us for the haliucjuation
had taken possession of US!
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UCapt. URE's new boat is to be called The
Capitol. She will be a magnificent steamer.
The stBanner."

We had the pleasure, last Saturday, Of TAX
ing q trip to Crosse Tete on this admirable
little boat, in company with a large number Of
our citizens, who were all, doubtless, equally
Us much pleased as ourself. Everything about
the boat is neat and tidy. her fare excellent,
and the officers strict in their attentions to
their duties. We understand that Capt. SAvo.
Ry intends to run the Banner to Crosse Tete
rs q regular packet; and our citizens on the
bayou will encourage her all they can if they
know their true interests. She gets up the
Bayou faster than any steamer that ever before
attempted it.
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PETITION TO HAVE THE PARISH
PRINTING. DIVIDED.

To The President and Members of The Police
Jury Of the Parish Of BerriAe:
GENTLEMEN: | have taken the liberty of pc.
t%itioning your honorable body to have the Pa.
IRISH Printing published in both papers in the
Parish-in the Sentinel as well as in the Ga.
-ene-that all the people of the Parish may
have the advantage of seeing your proceedings
instead of a portion of them (Which is the case
BY the course at present pursued,) and the pay
(S5OO) be equally divided between the propri.
etors of the two papers, for the performance
of such work.
could not be induced to make this petition
to your honorable body, had I not a precedent
in point, of the strongest nature, and claims
and reasons Of the most powerful! kind, to rs.
~socia,e with that precedent.
f. | beg you to consider, that whatever | state,
/ hold myself in readiness to substantiate by
| evidence which will admit Of no doubt or con-
In the latter part of July, 1913, I purchased
the NerriHian newspaper from Judge DUrToN,
and changed its name to the Southern SENT.
mel. One consideration of that purchase was
the fact that he had the printing contract from
the Police Jury for the year ending in June,
l849.3 But, in the month of October following,
a member of the Police Jury, (the late Paulin
Dupuy) inquired of me if l would consent to
a division of the printing-that is, that Mr.. Jen.
nings, then proprietor of the. Democrat, do the
printing likewise, and the sum contracted for
$4,000 be divided equally between US. l re-
marked that the contract was valid with me till
the following June-but, Notwithstanding, /
held myself in readiness willingly to acquiesce
in any arrangement which the Police Jury
might think proper to make with regard 10 the
matter: Be this MS it may, the resolution was
passed, and is upon the Journal of the date al.
luded to, giving the printing to both papers, and
the pay to be divided, in the face of the fact
that 1 held the contract By purchase for an an.
expired period!-and by references to the Trea.
surer's book, you will perceive that Mr.. Jen-
nIngs, for the time he published his paper, re.
ceiVea Il larger amount OF money for work per-
formed than did the undersigned.
After doing the printing about a year, we
the Democrat was suspended, and
alr: Jennings left the parish; and in Septem.
Der, $780, regular contract was drawn up by
your present clerk, and entered into between
nln'' on the part of the Police Jury, and your
by which he was to receive 5000, as
per contract, payable ser i>annually. 4
In April, 1852, Mr.. Jennings, who had re.
urned to the parish. again started a paper, the /;
iaseae, and again sought a portion of the Po. {
ice Jury printing. Neither at this time nor at 5
ny previous period, did endeasor, in any man. t
er, to prevent the consurnmation Of his wish.
8 IN getting a portion Of the printing. But it
'as not until April, 1853, that the Police jury 0
tied in his behalf. One year is a short space =
! time for a corporate body to change the ma. |,
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U,The Picayune of Wednesday publishes
a letter from its admirable Havana correspon.
dent in which we find the following paragraph:
"fou Government are backing out com.
pletely from the Black Warrior affair, and have
sent q commission out here to take TESTIMONY
in support Of q denial which a Spanish paper
in Madrid has made regarding the afidayits of
the captain and consignees of the ship. From
the tenor of the questions asked in this com.
mission, begin to think that the present ad.
ministration will manage the Black Warrior
worse than did the last that of the Crescent
City. What has become of the stop, Ameri-
AZ statesmen Of former days."
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State Of Louisiano-Parish of BerriAe.
Succession Sale.

QY virtue of an order or decree to me di.
ID rected from the Hon'ble the Sixth Dis
trict Court of the State OF Louisiana, in and
for the parish Of IberviIle, | will offer at public
sale to the highest and last bidder, on
Monday, 10th Of July, 1851.
at 10 o'clock A. NJ, at the court house of the
parish of lberville, the following described pro-
perty belonging to the
Succession Of Sam Shea, !: NJ. c., Decd,
to wit:
A certain lot Of ground or Town lot with all
the buildings and Improvements thereon being
and thereunto belonging situated in the town
Of Plaquemine in said parish, and being the
east half of Lot No. l9, measuring seventy
nine feet three inches front on ViIliers street
by one hundred and fifty two feet, more or less,
in depth on Bank street, according to the plan
of said town, said depth extending from Vii
Tiers street to Greaud street, bounded Soutl,
by Villiers street, North by Greaud street,
West by Bank street; and East or towards the
river by --V
Terms Of sale cash.
JOS. II. ERWIN, Sheriff.
Parish Of lberyilIe, June 9, 1854.
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"A New Warehouse.

We perceive that the new Warehouse, erect
ed by Dir. EMILE DEGELos on the corner OF
Main street, fronting the Steamboat Landing,
is now about finished and ready to receive
storagc-in fact, we saw a large quantity IN
there several days since, destined for Attaka.
pas. A house like the above has been long
wanted here, and We trust it will prove a pro-
fitable enterprise to the proprietor.
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sNAIMENM sEMNAAEA,
PLAQUEMINE:
Saturday, June 10, 1864.

give return thanks to Hon. J. P. BENA-
MIN for a large and finely bound volsrne, con-
tanning many important public documents'
among which is the interesting account Of the
expedition of Lieut.. Lynch to the coast of
Africa.
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A Man I'm a Fir.

we lind the following alarming poragr,Dh
IN the police report column of the Picauuns
of Wednesday:
James Mahoney was brought before Recor.
Ger summers yesterday, at the request of b;s
wife, who stated that he was insane. ~ ,'"
ing the prisoner what he had 10 saw to ~
charge, Ne answered with a smiling face. and
in a most agreeable tone: '"o'' anu
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DAGUERREOTYPES

j. CRAFT, Artist, over Kahn Brothers cash
both in North and South America.
feels assured that he can please tn. most ta,ti-
dious.
Ladies and Gentlemen calf and give hin a tg,aI.
Satisfaction or no charge. LikenesseS put upr4
all SYKES tut art can produce. my47
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The Laa.-The "Owe-N othings" is the name
OF q re'iy independent order just organized out
West. Very few members had joined at the
last accounts. What next?
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1854-06-10

o. The Know-Nothings have elected their
Mayor in Washington City.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1854-06-10

ffancols Avet. Parish of BerriMe,
decd. Si1M District Court.
EFT all persons interested show cause within,
IL ten days from the date hereof, why the ac-
count of t~utorship this day filed in court by Caro-
line Kenny, lately widow of FRANCOIS Avet, decd,
and now wife of Pierre Rollin, in her capacity of
tutrlx of her children, Alfred Avet, Elize Avet,
wife Of Teveneaux, Na~rcisse Avet, decd,
and Selma Avet, should not be homoIoyated and
made a judgment of this court.
By order Of court, June 18th.
]elO NJ. A. ESTEVAN. Clerk.
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MICHAEL GILL.
Land Surveyor,

PL.7QUENLNE.
Orders promptly attended to.
Office on Short street, between Pipkin and Gre
aud streets. myG
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Saturday, LIST Of July, 1854.

at 10 o'clock A. NJ, the Runaway slave WILL
LIAM, about 26 years of age, black complexion.
. feet s inches u height, stout bnilt, and says that
ne belongs to Mn Robert Williams, residing u
miles below the city Of New Orleans.
Said slave having remained in the Parish Jail
the time required by law.
JOB: H. ERWIN, Sheriff.
Parish of ~1berville, 7th June, 1854.
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NtW advertisements.

State Of LOuisians-Parisa of NeyriUe.
X virtue of an onder ar decree of the Hon,hle
- Judge OF the 9th District Court replacing the
functions of the Parish Judge, and by virtue Of the
law in such cases, made and provided will Of
yer at public sale to the the highest and last bidder
tor Cash, at the Court House of the Parish of
IbeEville on u
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necessary that they should do So
Money is said to be tho root Of evil,
but idleness has the ascendency. Now
when all human energies combined
with judgement are brought into ac-
ton with faith and prayer, that God
will bless their efforts, to prevent the
maladies, and then it returns ; there
is nothing left us but to attribute it to
Providence, and pray the Almighty to
avert the calamity.
Your Friend,
G.. r r.
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GbrWrekly Golnet
Thursday Morning.. . April 81, 85A

IL Our city contemporaries have
all made favorable mention Of the
railroad movements on The part OF our
citizens. The Bulletin publishes the
proceedings Of the meeting at the
Capitol on the 9th ut In comment
ing on the proceedings Of that meet
ing the Bulletin says:
"We wish this enterprise complete
SUCCESS. 1t will be beneficial to all
ooncernel-espeeially to the beautiful
capital Of our State The people of
Baton Rouge are generous, and
patriotic, aud deserve full measure
afprosperity. They are now at the
turning point of their fortunes, and
we earnestly warn them against max
ing mis-step." 2
We can assure our ueighbor that
the mis-step will not be made. The
memorial to the Board Of Selectmep.
is now circulating about town for sigma
lures, and it asks that the subject be at
once submitted to the people. When
it il, we do moi think that more than a
half dozen votes wills be cast against
the road. The work on the great
Northern road, is rapidly progress
sing. BY reference to our N. o. cor
respondenoe it will be seen, that
forty-fve miles Of the road will be put
in operation in few days, which will
bring the locomotive within hearing
distance of the river Amite, and with
in few miles of the capital-wbich
few miles, before another season comes
round. must be travelled by the iron
horse.
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The race Of mankind would perish.
did they cease to aid each other, From
the time that the mother binds the
child's head. till the moment that
some kind assistant wipes the death
damp from the brow of the dying, We
cannot exist without mutual help All
therefore, that need aid, have a right
to ask it Of their fellow mortals: no
one who holds the power Of granting
can refuse it without guilt.
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date, with all their impracticabilities,
the Railroads will be doing for the
South, hat all her conventions and
speech-makiog have failed and will
fail to accomplish, Wis great, pros
nerous and judepdent.
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our T flenH,
G. f. r.

"PoMTIcAL CHRONICLES. This
is the title Of very neatly gotten up
pamphlet, by the Democrat Advocate
written by Mr.. W. Jasper Black
burn of the Land of Claiborne. It is
on our table damp with the water of
the press, and the pleasure of reading
it is as yet untasted. In the '.2're-
taceatory'' notice, the following Ian
guage strikes us as original
THE CHRoNlcLE which are pre-
senfed to the public were originally
designed to form the first part Of the
Miscellaneous Random ScriblingF,"
bnt | have thought proper to present
them separate. The other portion Of
the "Scriblings' will be published
some day in volume by themselves,
as they are entirely literary in their
character, without any Of the fuss
and feathers contained ia the Chroni-
cles.
More than this, ! deem it unneces-
sary to say here. As to the Chroni-
clea now presented have only to say,
that those who do not like, can lump
them. I have done myself as much
injustice as any man alluded to there
in
How Certainly not by writing the
book. This notice demands another
notice "explanatory.' If the book
goes down to posterity, in this ques-
tlonable shape, the unparalleled exam
pie will DO furnished the world Of
mans abusing himself in his own
book A second edition of the Chron-
icles, should correct this evidently err
roneous inference.
The New York CRYsTA1 PALACE
Mr. Barnum, the President of the
Crystal Palace Association, has pre-
pared the programme Of ceremonies
that are to take place on the reopen.
ing Of the Crystal Palace There is
to be a new Inauguration this time by
the People, and grand coronation of
Labor and the Arts. together with
other appropriate ceremonies. The
fete is to come off on the 4th Of May
next. In the meantime great many
new and attractive features will be
added to the exhibition The Associ-
alton intend to offer two prizes Of one
hundred dollars each, for the two best
odes in honor Of Art and Industry,
which shall be received before the
25th inst. The odes are to be set to
music, and sung at the Inauguration.
Barnum 5 message to the Directors is
a very interesting document, and ez-
hlbts the future prospects Of the Pal
ace in a very tlattering light. 0. d.
NUNS injunction against the Associa-
ton has been dissolved, bis claim Of
$4,000 having been paid by Mr..
Baruum.
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BARNUM AND THE CRYSTAL Pal
AcE.-Barnum it appears, is making
immence preparations for the opening
Of the Crystal Palace, which IS to be
equal to the grand reception Of Jenny
Lind at Castle Garden. The palace
IS to be opened with a grand Concert,
in which all the principal artists are
to sing. The tickets are to be sold at
auction, and, Of couree, there will be
a great competition, from all quarters,
and among all persons.
"Ion," the well-informed CORES
pendent Of the Baltimore Sun, in his
letter of the 21st, in abiding to the
new treaty now before the President,
relating TO the extension of the
boundaries Of Nicaragua over all such
territory as may be claimed by or for
the Mosquete Indians-says:
II the United States has the right
as well as the power, to settle the ter
ritorlal and political questions Of for
eign countries, why not annex Mica
ragua, to the Mosqueto Kingdom, and
thereby bring both under the new
regime, which private American
association has established in the lat
ter, State, This private company.
like the East India company, will uI-
timately rule where it has foothoId;
and. under its influence, the Istbmus
region, which, judging from the mon
uments left in it Of a former race,
must have contained, at one time, fifty
millions of people, may possible be-
come again populous an powerful. !"
EThe trial of Mr.. Mathew Ward
at Elizibethtown, Ky, for the murder
Of Butler, resultad in his acquittal.
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EEThe amount 70 be paid Mexico
BY the United States Government is
slo,ooo,ooo. The sloo grant is pro-
tected while the Garay grant is thrown
out.
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~ Among the excellent things
said at Mrs. Reads on the May Day
celebration, was gallant speech by
cur gallant young friend Marshall
Pope. The queen summoned him to
appear before the throne, and address
her, which he did as follows:
Il congratulate your majesty, on
being elevated to the throne aud as
PopE, will ratify the chiocc hand conse-
crate you as such
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ANOTHER CAUSE FOR QuARREh.-

ed a bill 10 rec0mpense the dlscoy-
erers Of practical 1npsthesd-the
method whereby the human body
may be rendered insensible to pain
during Surgical operations. The
amount to be awarded to tie individ-
ual who proves priority of discovery,
is 100000. This is a handsome
sum. and worth taking q band for.
The United States Attorney for the
Northern District Of New York, is
authorized to fi'e ii bill in equity,
wherein The Secretary of the Treas
ury, il to BE- made complainant, and
the host Of individuals who lay claim
to the discovery, are to be defendants.
This opens a "chancery case. that
will be like the Jarndice and Jarndicc
suit in BLEAK House In the courcc
of a few years, it will be nothing but
testimony. proving -4othing. The
ultimate decision may however, be
safely guessed at. Whoever oxpends
the most money in The employment
Of the most able counsel, will, past
any shadow Of doubt, win the prize !;
which we regard as having nothing to
do with the merits Of The question "who
made the discovery Tho candidates
for the prize had better take the fools
oounsel-have meeting and resolve
among themselves who shall receive
the 100000, and make him enter
into bonds and security, to make an
equal distribution Of the same to Drs.
Morton, jackson. Wells, deceased, J
Long, Guthrie, Dickinson, and others,
if they be not too numerous.
1t is our private opinion, that Meth
err the one or the other of these gen
tlemep. are entitledqto the benefits of
the discovery. Dr. Anton Friedrich
Mesmer, as far back as -1773, prac-
iiced the system of rendering the
body insepslblo TO pain by nagnctic
Ether and Chloro-
form, Of late SO extensively used, pro-
duce the same effect but are deci-
dedly more Objectionable liable
to fatal results, and certainly have no
claim to The discovery of Annsthesia,
or the principal that the human body
can be rendered insensible to pain.
To Mesmer--ou whose devoted head
has been heaped the contumely of so
many ages is the world indebted for the
discovery, that within the
animal economy, there ID a principal,
acting like the spirit unseen, where
by one person may be thrown into a
by another, in which state,
the subject is insensible Of pain.
ANOTHER SrAsm AMONG STEAM
EoATs.-Evory now and then---as
though it were preconcerted-steam-
boats fall into a spasmodic fit, that
shakes some to pieces, blows others
up-and frightens others off the track.
From New York we hear OF the loss
IF the Manhattan and Powhatton.--
Nearer home, the South Western says
The steamer Shreveport, Capt, Tarbillc.
from White Cliffs, while decending
Black Bayou, struck snag, and sunk
near Erwin's Bluffs. The same paper
says the steamer Allen Glover Capt.
Leonard, with full cargo of cotton,
bound from Jefferson to New Orleans,
came in collision with the p. Dalmau,
and Immediately sunk. In ten min
utes after nothing was to be seen of
the Glover. The last thing before
us, in the way of accidents is a tele-
graphic despatch from Bayou Sara
saying that on the 29th ulto., the
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Your Ob't Serv't,
w. L. TUNNAK

Ata regular meeting of the Board
Of Managers of the Female orphan
Association, held May LIST 1854, it was
Resolcea, That the thanks Of The
Ladies Of the Association, be returned
to Mr.. Tunnara, for the amount Of
sixteen dollars received through him,
two dollars Of which was for carriage
repair, and fourteen for witness fees
in The case of Gayerre vs.. Tunnard.
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DONATED TO THE ORPHAN Asv-
LuM.-It will be remembered that
early in the proceedings of the case of
Gayere rs Tunnard, promise was
made on the part Of Plaintiff and De
PENDENT, that the money received
should be donated to the Female Asy-
lum of this city. From the following
correspondence it will be seen. the
promised disposition has been made
Of The money.
TofAe Ladies Of tle Female Opium Asylum.
Enclosed please find sixteen dollars
being the amount received by me in
the suit of Gayarre VS.. Tunnard, So 90
the price of repairs on a carriage aud
$14 90 witness fees for tho defence.
They all having declined receiving
money from that source, | am direc-
ted to give it to the orphans The
Plaintiff in the above suit having
promised all he collected from me to
the cause of beneyolence in Baton
Rouge, | take pleasure in presenting
the amount collected from him to the
OrphankAsylum, and only regret the
amount is not larger.
Respectfully,
Your Ob't Sery't.