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New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-03-20

The Emma Moore mystery at Rochester is
epded, the body of the missing girl having been
found yesterday under the ice 10 the river.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-03-20
Netu1 lurk DAILY Gribsnre
TUESDAY, MARCH 90, 1855.

ApvEkusEMENTs intended for The WEEKLY TRIsuSE Of
THE week should be handed In By day The nmense
edition Issued Of this makes Necessary Ia order
hard In thei fayou
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-03-20

The Chief of Police, last night sen: to the
Aldermen an al swer to the resolution inquirng
into the nativity of the policemen of the City.
We print his Report among our Common Council
proceedings. 1t appears that there are III
born In the United States, and 434 in foreign
countries-makiog nearly 40 per cent. Of the
force Of foreign birth. The Chief himself is re-
turned a. Q native Of New York.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-03-20

The subject Of City Advertising was brought
up 10 the Board OF Councilmen, last night, aud
new plan proposed, directing the Controller to
advertise for bids at go much year for the JOB,
be it more or less; the five lowest biddiog daily
papers Circulation ccnsidered) to be taken. TIE
expense of the so much-a-iue system, heretofore
advertised, is deemed altogether toe great The
Few plan was referred to the Board in Committee
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-03-20

An ordinance for the better enforcement Of the
Excise Laws was adopted, last night, BY the
Aldermen. II provides for more prompt pun
ishmsnt Of persons who sell liquors without L.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-03-20
THE U. S. BRIG PERRY TO PURSUE BAKER.
70

H'0'fof1'', 'h0H""yi "'"fo1 TT @17''
The U. S. brig Perry, which to join the African
squadron, has been ordered by the Navy Department
to take out Police Officers to the Canary Islands ios
the pursuit of Baker. Extraordinary efforts are max.
ing to get her to sea with the greatest dispatch.
The U. S. frigate Columbia, belongingt to the Homo
Squadron, has arrived here.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-03-20
SPECIAL NOTICE REGARDING BONDS

SOLD AT AUCTION
By particular request sb,ll hereafter sell all Bonds at
Auction without changing the accrued interest which the
they sold at the Board OF Brokers gives the
purchaser benefit OF kno wing when he is bidding for aoy
Bonds exactly the price tina. he buying them for without
going into cscua ion about the interest which change will
no doubt be appreciated by the buyer well toe seller.
Should parties however, desire any time sell their
Bon d with the ued interest side1 T. the purchase shall
the at the sae and throush advertisements
ALBERT EIcoLhy No 4 Broad st
FRENCH CHINA FROM AUCTION-LOw PRICES.
-Dpinr Sets Tea Sets Sets Coffee Cologne
Bottles Match Boxes, Mantle vsses, Fruit Com poisrs
DAVIS CoLLAMokE.
No an Broadway near Grand st.
OIL COGNAC.-1he best imported and the uni
VERBALLY approved Essences Oad Peach and Cider Br.nde
Essebce Gin whisky. Jsusica and 81 Coix Rum; Oils of
Juniper Bitter Almonds Abssnth Anettes Csrawsy and
Pnsntoi Photosrsshic .ud Chemicals Cyan
ide Potassium. PyIcgac Acid, &c. Tor safe by
Dr. L. FEUcBTwANGER, No lat Msiien-lane,
Importer Pi.tirs. BisDuth Nickel. &c.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-03-20
JOSEPH CHLOTTs's STEEL PENS

MELODEONs.-S. ID. g. III. w. SMITHS MELO-
tuned equal temperament be found only thu
Nusc and Piano Store Of HORACE WATERS No S33 Broad
Way The trade supplied on the most reasonable terms
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1855-08-04
owe copy the following ffom ! l.,e n

-. q "a
GIVE copy the following from a late En-.
glish paper: There Is ! family ii humble cir-
cumstaDces at Referring bsadng the ancient
r~oyalname P'lantagsnst.Ah opgh now i, is som.
monty corrupted into b ut. Ne. suppose for the
sake Of brevity. There - al.o living in the
tow the widow ola baronet, who earns a pre-.
carious livelihood at washing and charing. She
IS sometimes faeetiously called my lady, Her
late husbands grandfather, Sir John Norwich
lost . large estate through gambling, and was
afterwards pensioned by the Duke Of Afotague
and his son; the last Sir John was so poor that
died in the parish w~orkhouse, leaving moth.
ing but q barren title to the late William Nor.
who followed the humble occupation ola
sawyer. His SOC, the present Sir William, en-,
grated some yer siocesto America, where II
ssaid he i. dof1k WE'LL.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1855-08-04
District, Convention at yida,ia,

The Concordia I~nteYigencer says that on
Monday of the previous week, the Distric,
Convention ofthe American party, for the nom.
%ination of a candidate for Congress, came, of
at Vidalia. There was 4 large attendance, eve.
ry parish in the Congressional District, sixteen
in number, being represented. The number, of
for,y.seven was required to constitute a two-
thirds vote, which was required for the sue.
cessful candidate.
Tie convention was organized by The cleo
ton of Hon. I'M. Elan, Of Baton Rouge, as
President. and John r. Mason, Esq, of Mad
ison parish, as Secretary.
There were eight or ten ba.lotlngs before the
successful candidate was declared, there being
as naany as four or five names before the con.
vention-Messrs. Wales Of Concordia, Allen of
West Baton Rouge, Watersten Of Livingston.
Huston of West FeIiciana, and Pond Of East
Feliciana. The latter, Preston Poud jr. Esq,
was elected as candidate, and answered the cali
ofthe convention by accepting the honorable
position, and making an eloquent speech, when
the convention adjourned sine die
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1855-08-04
The ssCereS.3

We hsve received two numbers of the new
paper established at Houma by our old friend
B., w. BLAKE, Esq, ia conjunction with the
proprietors Of the Mineral, and in able and
judicious editorials as in typographical execu-
ton, it is worthy of the reputation of its edi.
tor and honorable to the mechanical abilityzo
its publishers. A good paper 10 a community
.-one conducted upon high and manly princi.
ples--is not only morally and mentally an in.
estimable blessing to its readers, but it is
also one of great pecuniary adyantage--for,
assuredly there is nothing so we'll calculated to
give impetus to the growth of a village and
add TO the value Of property, than a newspaper
conducted by a person of tact, judgment and
ability. Our old friend and associate is pecu.
liarly gifted il this respect, and we feel assur-
ed, from what we have heard Of The people of
Houma and Terrebone, they will not fail to ap-
p~reciate as it deserves the enterprise that has
been started among them, aud reward its pro.
j~ectors and prop.ietors with a liberality such as
Southern hands, prompted BY Southern hearts,
alone know how to bestow. Ceres! we are
a worshipper of thee may thy namesake live
while the earth continues to pour forth its gol.
den h~arvests.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1855-08-04

into sugar, and the quality generally INFERIOR
before stated that d~roughts of seven or eight
months duration are not uncommon in Cuba,
and | believe in other parts of the West Indies.
1t is a fixed principle by agriculturists, never to
plow, or otherwise disturb the earth in contin.
ued dry weather, for however much a ropmay
suffer for want of rain. the evil will be ~increas-
ed by any movement of the soil round the plant;
the sun will more effectually evaporate the lit
tie moisture left near the surface of the ground,
which would otherwise be drawn by the later
al fibre, to the body of the roots. 1t is also
an admitted fact, that there is nothing more
exhausting to the surface of the ground than
frequent blowing. "The pillow may be used,
but must not be abused" Now, if this is the
case in England, how much more injurious
must it be in the hot climate. 10 new, or very
rich ground, you may speculate with the pillow
but in old cultivated land it will certainly
prove %ruinous.
Concluded in our Neat.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1855-08-04
Dfatb.

Departed this life on Saturday u.
July, at his plantation, Mulberry c." %a I
lsh OF lberville, PHILIP WINFRPp p
Seth year of his age. ~ea,ht>
Mr. Winfree was a native of Viro;n.
grated with his parents, during the row., ~'sa
the vicinity of the now city of Match +,
ton Of the land upon which that cit, 7'n
being then the property of his father 'Saa
free. Mr.. W. afterwards resided man.
the West Indies, but returned to Louisi,a, ~.
time ofthe @essiOn by France, and now 1..'
ed in the parish of Iberville upwards a'a
century. Mr.. Winfree avoided public H.
frequently represented his parish in
tive halls: and to the end of his life
the respect and esteem of his fellow.c; o.
pilgrimage was long and weary, but a, lsn,, J
has travelled into Iife.n SAP
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1855-08-04

f.. G. W. Butler, 1--WE had the pleasure
OF a visit from this young gentleman on Wed.
nesday last, whom we may doubtless Justly
term, 3,he pride Of the Democracy Of lberville."
1t will. be seen BY advertisement in another CO.
lumn. that he is not unmindful Of the plea.
sures Of his friends, who will a.sured,v ,hronu
the commodious hall on, the occasion aIluded
to. Mi. BuTLER has. we believe, but recently
returned home, after completing his collegiate
studies, and the entertainments referred to il in
all probability the result Of this important epoch
in his life. He starts now, with all Of youths
health and elasticity, in he worlds race for
those honors- and distinctions 1hich alone
confer nobility in this republics aaads We
cannot wish him a more glorious destiny I'D
pardon the liberty we take in making the allu..
sion, which is doubtless distasteful to his mo.
desty,) than the honors won by his ancestors.
and whom the Father Of his Country spoke of
10 his dispatches with such unfeigned admi-
ration. A more enviable Distinction could not
be acquired than the fame "the brave Buffers"
won in the blood Of the Revolution.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1855-08-04

Energy and industry are principles of SC
high q character that they have their votaries
even when applied to vicious and corrupt pur.
poses. They are the young mans passport to
any part of the world, and his highest letters
of introduction to any race or class of people
among whom he might be thrown. To the
: father they are a. guardian angels, stimulating
him to the protection of his offspring; and the
wife, in the possession Of such husband, one
who is never found waiting for that "good
time" that never comes, is truly blessed. If
energy and industry, then, carries with them
so much Of honor and happiness when exhibi.
ted among men, how much more lovely and
attractive do they appear when practised by
the fair and tender sex in the furtherance of a
noble object.
These remarks were induced by the adyer.
tisemert Of Misses BoSD and PERIAuLr, to
be found in another column. The energy and
industry that have characterized them in the
building up Of their school, deserves all praise.
1t is now firmly established, and We trust that
the accomplished ladies' who preside over it,
may be long spared to our appreciative com.
munity.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1855-08-04

VA correspondent in another column, Gone
of our most respected citizens,) warmly reco.
mends the formation of a Public Parish Libra
ry. To the dullest and most perverse intellect,
not really debased and brutalized, no argument
is necessary to show the exalted benefits aris-
ing from such an institution. Let an ambition
be once started among the youth of a commu.
nifty to excel in intellectual pursuits--let this
become the standad of worth, of excellence,
of true nobility, in private life--as the sole cri.
terion by which to bestow public honors-and
such a community would become a heaven on
earth to all good and properly formed minds.
Is such the case here? We fear not. Let all
good and influential citizens, then, unite their
purses and enter at once with spirit into an
enterprise productive Of such great good.
Next to the Newspaper, comes the Public
Library, if we wish to elevate the Intellectual
standard Of a people. Both are silent in their
operations, but none the less powerful and in
~fluential in working out great ends and prompt
ing to noble impulses. The farther you can
keep man from habits and associations which
pertain to the brute characteristics, the nearer
does he approach that heaven promised to pu-
rity Of thought and action. Without the Lii
brary, the Newspaper and the School-house,
and a, neigl,borhood thus situated would final.
nally grow into one of outlaws and vagabonds.
No doubt many of our readers have seen such
neighborhoods we have. 1t should be the
pride, then, of all good men, who look to the
future interests and happiness of families, not
only to build the School.house and support the
Newspaper, but to crown their adherence to
the cause of moral aud intellectual supremacy
by establishing also the Library.
We sincerely trust that the. objects our cor
respondent has in view may be successfully
achieved. Ifthey are, Iberyille will have reared
for herself a monument more enduring than
brass or marble, and prouder than the noblest,
for it will serve to create and perpetuate great
minds and brilliant productions, shedding the
lustre of wisdom and happiness to our race
"a monument such as BECOMES a republican
people-and unlike those erected to
crate events long since passed and lost almost
to history itself. Give US, we say, the monu-
ments of mind.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1855-08-04
GLet ,em Rip.S

The Democratic press, says the Bee, parades
before the public, with a vast amount of eager
ness and jubilation, every isolated case of with
drawal from the American party which it can
pick up in the papers throughout the Union
Many of these pretended Withdrawals are deli
of the names of boys and minors. A case of
this kind was recently exposed in Alabama,
where in 4 certain county it was alleged that
some forty voters had abandoned the order,
On examination of the list, it was found that
thirty nine of the forty consisted of names ut
terly unknown in the county. No doubt, how
ever, that there have been Withdrawals in yari-
Gus Statas. Some persons a~ctuated by an in
satiable thirst for Office joined the American
party, in the hope of gratifying their ambition,
and being disappointed have endeavored to
wreak sordid vengeance upon their associates
by apostatizing, and then publishing their own
infamy. A few have been seduced back into
the Democratic ranks by incessant persuasion
and e%ntreaty, and a very minute fraction may
lave TeiIDuuiSueu tutlT connection Win t0e Or
der from honorable and conscientious, though
we believe, %groundless motives.
Admitting, however, that occasional detection
has occurred, we know every instance, because
the Locofoco journals are particuiarl, careful
to make them all public; but what our Democra.
tic brethren cannot learn, and what the Ameri-
can party do know, is the very large number
of accessions constantly obtained. The De-
mocratic papers, for example, are not aware
that in New Orleans, even at this dull period
of the year when the city is almos. deserted.
there is not q meeting Of the Councils of the
American party but what new members are re.
ceived-that last week in one Council nineteen
were admitted, most of them Democrats; that
in another nine more affiliated with the Ameri-
can party, and that regularly for forty To sixty
new members are made weekly in New Orleans,
I'VE can well afford TO lose here and there a
d~eserter, when his place is at once occupied by
half u dozen.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1855-08-04
DOur Bayou Goula correspondent, 'Iber
vile Doesticks." will appear in our next.
Last Island.

1t win be perceived by advertisement that
the new and staunch built sea- boat, Blue Ham
mock, will leave Dardenne's Landing "a few
miles from this place. every Monday morning
for the above delightful and fashionable wa
tering place. The trip alone through the wild
and romantic region between here and the
Gulf, is q treat of itself, and should influence
many, from the city and elsewhere, to give this
route the preference when they start for Last
Island.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1855-08-04
Too Good to be I,o.r.

The citizens ofH--n, Miss, assembled at a
church to celebrate the 4th instant, by reading
the Declaration of Independence and Washing.
TONS Farewell Address. An old gentleman,
coming in rather late, walked up near the pul.
pit while Washington's Address was being
read. The old one listened until he heard "A.
gainst the insidious wiles of foreign influence. /
conjure you to believe me, lellow-citizens
tho jealousy Of free people ought to be con-
stanliy awake, since history and experiences
prove that foreign influence is one uf.the most
oaneful foes OF republican government When
THIS was read, he threw up his hat To- . passion.
and left the house. At the door he met some
Gentlemen, I-cams here Ia celebrate
the 4th of July, and heaT. the Declaration Of In.
dependence and Washington'a FarewelkAd-
aress read; But" said he. 'the frat thing /
Nothing document, and I'M Win him ma
soon as heasayes the house. Sumptsr Coun.
(Ah) Wig. 49,
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1855-08-04
Anti-Afnerican Patriotism.

There is one thing, says the Louisville Jour.
nal, which the Anti American organs should
remember. They should remember that in all
their violent denunciation and yituperation of
the American party, they are denouncing and
vituperating a large majority of all the people
bon 2 and reared IN the United STATES. They
should bear in mind. that, when they call the
members of the American participate, !" Fowls"
Glars" 'perjurers, TRAITORS" acowards and vii
lains," they are applying those terms to by far
the greater portion Of the sons of the soil of this
country. q
We think it high time for the respectable
members of the Anti. American party to pause
in their mad career. If they believe what their
organs say and what they encourage their or
ggans in sayings if they believe that by far the
greater part Of the men born and reared in the
United States are vile and degraded wretches,
they ought to blush for their country. If it is
true, that most OF the native-born citizens are
bats, owls, perjurers; traitors, and every other
Infamous thing. and il nation is made re-
spectacle only by thsconstant pouring of
strong German and Irish tides into our popu.
lation, all decent men in our land would do we'll
to emigrate TO sonno region where truth and
virtue and decency aresof indigenous growth,
q -
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1855-08-04

owe would particularly advise our fellow
citizens, says the Thibodeaux Minerva, and all
Others who may be disposed to steer clear of
cholera, obe very fastidious in their diet and
to abstain altogether from eating unripe fruit,
water melons and other trash of their kind
which are daily hawked about our streets. Be.
lieve ss, they are anything but prophylactics.
the less yoa indulge in them, the better off
will you be.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1855-08-04

The Fugitive Slave Lap IN Massachusetts,
Abiding to the f~anatieal and insane act Of the
last Legislature of Massachusetts,, in contra.
vention of the fugitiyeslav law. the editors 81
the New York Express give it as their opinion
that "Chief Justice Shaw. of the Supreme
Court of the State, will blow the act sky-high
the moment a case reaches him; and that u. S.
District Judge Sprague will seize, under the
federal laws, and hold, too, the very first case
arising. No sounder, clearer heads exist than
those on the shoulders Of the Old School Of
Massachusetts lawyers. Truly, we hope. saw.
the Express.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1855-08-04

At the request Of his many friend, M d
SEPH NJ. TOFFIER, has consented b =.
a candidate for Assessor of the Parish d Iyns,
As Mr.. ToFFIRR designs taking an a,rssA.
census o fthis Parish, it is desirable tkat l. Il,
DO elected Assessor. By announcing hn !.
didate. you would oblige MANY VOTES
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1855-08-04

E7EA Man living abont forty miles from Cairo,
I~llinoia named Evans. was BITTEN by a mad dog Re.
Gently. = became mad and dnring his paroxysm
FIVE men ware unable to hold him, and in compli-
ance with hiss earnest elt treaties. a number of per-
sons placed him between two feather beds and
smothered him 10 death.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1855-08-04
MARRIEn

On Tuesday evening, the 24,h ;
Charles Beach, Nh. JOHN D 81 1S,, byas
Crosse Tete, La, to Miss MApv dsPs
daughter of Col. A. 7. Moore, of Wilt;. "Oosl
ty, Miss. '"Ainsor Coz,
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1855-08-04
PLAQUEMINE
Saturday, August 4, 1885.

wWe frequently have complaints from our
subscribers in town, that they do not get their pa
per regularly. They will please inform us when
such Irregularities occur, and they will be reme-
died at once.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1855-08-04
NfU AobertissrneNts,
For Last Island.

~ The new steamer BLUE mn
MOCK leaves Dardenne's L.anivf
Last island every Monday Morning, ats6aa
A. NJ. For freight or passage apply on buusa
Roth Brothers or to Geo. Z. Sprague.
aUgf NJ. SCHLATRr II
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1855-08-04
ANNOUNCEMENTS
SHERIFF

Mr. Editor: Please announce nv ,,..
candidate for reelection to the Office nc .'
his Parish.
JOS, II. EREn
Plaquemine, June LIST, 1855.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1855-08-04
ASSESSOR.

Mr. Editor: Please announce SERtsr,,
HAASE as an Independent Candidate a, 4.
sor. Election first Monday in Novemk,
myl2 MANY FRIEsG
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1855-08-04
American Convention.

The parish convention of the American Party
meets in this town next Saturday, 18th, in ordert to
make such nominations as it may deem expedi-
ent. Delegates will please take notice.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1855-08-04

@-John Mitchell is now residing on his farm
IN Tncaleeche, Knox comfy, Tennessee. His
health has greatly improved since he abandoned The
editorial profession and adopted the more genia
one Of an agricuturist.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1855-08-04
CORONER

GIVE are authorized t, arroana fF1
TIN ORiLLION as a Candidate for Cus.4
election in November next. v,a
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1855-08-04
BALI!

% The public are rsspec,fuHy invited HI
~ BALL, 10 be given at the sBay@.Ga
C-lA Hotel" on this SATURDAY ETEYE
tic 4a INST. by E. e.. w. Butler
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1855-08-04

UDr. VAUGHAN declines<h h nomination as a
candidate for Senator from this District.