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Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1857-08-01
LAQUEMINE PARISH OF IBERVILLE, LA" AUGUST l, 1857

let me have none of your complaints, l
beg. Get me some dinner, and after
ward you will drive me to my notary's.'
After having eaten hearty meal not
witbstanding he found the meats insipid
and the wines sour, the Iegatee, still ac
companied by Martin, re-eAtered the old
carriage, and the two again started off.
'If | am not mistaken observed Mr..
Clement, after an hours ride, I'VE passed
this spot this morning, and that'-poin-
ting to building-'i is the railroad depot:
do we take the ears?
You, alone, will do so,' responded his
companion, speaking very graveIy, and in
manner which caused the young man to
tremble in spite of himself 4, sir, am
your uncle, and happily, l am not yet
dead. Having heard good accounts of
your conduct, | had resolved to make you
heir of all that | possess; but, before do
ing so, | wished to know whether you
were deserving Of my generosity, and I
had recourse to stratagem, which has
thoroughly exposed your true character
to me. Good bye, Mr.. Clement. Return
to your shop, and remember that your ar
rogance and ingratitude have lost you that
which will never again be placed within
your reach.'
The old man then gave his foolish
nephew few hundred francs to ndemni-
fly him for the expenses of his trip, took
leave of him at the door of the depot, and
returned home. The feeling of the youth
may readily be imagined, but, as the yell
low-covcred novels say, they connot be
described think this true story is an
apt Illustration of the maxim: Never hal
loo until you are out Of the woods.
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usefuI Receipts.

Hoof Ojntment.-Take one pound each of
tar and tallow, and mix them with half pound
of common tnrpentne. in stoneware dish
Stir them well until they are thoroughly incor.
porated together. This forms an excellent
dressing for the sore hoofs of horses and oxen.
To Keep Eggs.-Eggs, which will soon be
scarce, can, il is said, be better preserved in
cd'n meal than in any otter preparation yet
known. Lay them with the small end down,
and, if undisLurbed, they will be as good at the
end of The Year as whan packed.
Remoring and Preventing Rust.-~Some
persons employ an acid to remove rust from
knives this should never be done under any
circumstances. Nothing surpasses rotten stone
and oil for securing knives and forks. To
prevent stoves and CRATES from rusting during
summer, if placed in damp situations, give
them thin coat of lard and rosin melted to-
geiher, in The proportions Of three parts Of the
former to one Of the latter.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1857-08-01
One of Walkers Operations.

For ourselves we acknowledge an ina
bility to discriminate between the public
and private character of an individual, in
so far as TO agree that he may be scoun-
drel in one capacity and patriot in the
other. That Governor Walker is not a
man of the highest principles of personal
honor will sufficiently appear from the
following narrative of one among many
similar financial exploits:
When Robert J. Walker was Senator
from Mississippi he ascertained that an
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1857-08-01

old man in MiddleseX county in this State
was disposed to sell large estate III ne
groes. Accordingly, in company with
colleague in the House of Representa-
tiyes, Walker made the old gentleman a
visit, and after a protracted negotiation
succeeded i'll purchasing the slaves. And
he got them on good terms, for the old
gentleman, a devoted Democrat, was
charmed by the graceful condescension of
the distinguished Senator. The aggre-
gate price of the negroes was something
more than forty thousand dollars, for
which Walker gave note CT draft paya
BILE in New Orleans. But the old gentle
man would not sell his slaves except on
condition that they were to be kept togeth-
er on plantation in the South.
Well, the slaves were taken to New
Orleans, were put upon the block and dis
persed to the four winds, the purchaser
realizing a considerable profit by the
TRANSACTION The note or draft matured
was presented for payment, was protested
and from that day to the present time not
a cent has been received either by the old
gentleman or his heirs for fifty thousand
dollars worth of negroes? Meanwhile
Walker has lived in atfiuence, and is be~
lieyed now TO be millionaire. Will some
one of Walkers apoIogists impeach the
correctness of this story? Let them try it.
The substantial truth of the statement
shall be verified by testimony which no.
body can question.
But this is only an isolated instance
There were many such in Walkers ca
reer, of which the history may yet be
written. Is that the sort of person to
| whom the administration should confde
responsible public trust? Bichmond
South, 10Th inst.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1857-08-01

MARRIAGE. If | were talking to my
own daughter, would entreat her never
TO allow herselfto dwell upon marriage as
and object of life. Dignity and delicacy
sink, cannot say how rapidly, when once
the idea takes possession of the mind;
and so, for happiness, there is no more
miserable being in existence than wo>
man, past the excitement of youth, aims
ing to be married for the sake of being
married. She becomes more and more
dissatisfied and envious, and neglectfnl
of present duties. May you never be-
come what i have seen many others, sole>
ly from the influence of this one false de-
grading principle.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1857-08-01

A Coon EXAMPLE. Many years ago
in an obscure country school in Massa>
chusetts, an humble, Conscientious boy was
to be seen; and it was evident to all that
his mind was beginning to act and thirst
for some intellectual good. He was in
search of useful and practical knowledge.
Next We see him put forth OH foot to set
tie in remote town in the State, and pur-
sue his fortunes there as a shoemaker, his
tools being carefully sent on before him.
In a short time he is in business in the
position of a county surveyor of Litcefeld
county, Conn, being the most accom-
plished mathematician in that section of
the Stpte. Before he is twenty-five years
of age, we find him supplying the astron-
omical matter of an almanac, in New
York. Next he is admitted to the bar, a
selffitted lawyer. Now he is found on
the bench of the Supreme Court. Next
he become member of the Continental
Congress. Then he is member of the
Committee of Six to form the Declaration
of Independence. He continued mem
ber of Congress for nearly twenty years,
and was acknowledged to be one of the
most useful men and wisest councillors
of the land. At length, having discharg~
ed every Office with perfect ability, and
honored in his sphere the name of a
Christian, he died regretted and loved by
State and Nation. This man was Roger
Sherman. We take particular sattsfac<
ton, now and then, in chronicling, the
careers of such men, and holding them
up as bright examples for the youth of the
present day to follow.
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Ancient Jewish Notion on Marriage
and its Duties.

Marriages were supposed to be arran-
ged in heaven; and forty days before the
birth of a child, it was there announced
to whom he Or she was to be welded.
The marriage relation should be entered
between eighteen and twenty; but these
ties do not prevent the jealous student
from prosecuting his studies. The poll
cy of second marriage was considered
doubtful, as nothing could make up for
the loss of wife. isaiah liv. 6.) An
unmarried person was without any good
(Gen. ii. lS); without joy, (Deut. xiv. 26);
without blessing, (Ezek. Xiv. 3O); with
without protection, DER. XXI. 23); with
out peace, Jer. v. "a; and could not prop
erly be called a man, Gen. W. In choice
of wife, regard should be paid to her
family, as daughters generally initiated
their fathers, and sons their maternal un-
cles. The most priced connection was
that with the family of sage, or at least
with that of ruler of a synagogue, or
the president off poor's board. Connec-
ton with the unlettered could not be al
lowed, unless the wealth so acquired were
to be devoted to assist the sage in his stu
dies. In general the unlearned were
dead even while living. Isaiah XIV. a.
Mutual affection and modesty, especi-
ally on the part of the wife, was regard
ed as the chief means of obtaining male
descendants. 1t was observed that God
formed women neither out Of the head,
lest she should become prond; nor out of
the eye, lest she should lust; nor out of
the ear, lest she should be curious; nor
out of the mouth, lest she should be talk
alive; nor out of the heart, lest she should
be jealous; nor out of the hand, lest she
should be covetous; nor out of the foot,
lest she should CAD about; but out of the
rib, which was always covered. Impro-
per marriages, from lust, for beauty, or
for money, were strongly condemned, and
described as leading TO wretchedness, in
asmuch as whether good or bad, woman
is always in the superlatiVe degree. The
husband is bound not only to honor and
love, but to treat his wife with courtesy;
her tears call down divine vengeance. In
general, he is to spend less than his means
warrant for food, up to his means for his
own clothing, and beyond that limit for
that of his wife and children. As woman
is formed from rib, and man from the
ground, man seeks wife, and vice versa;
he only seeks what he has lost. This al
so explains why man is more easily recon
ciled than woman, he is made of soft earth
and she of hard bone. A woman should
abstain from all appearance of evil I'M
modesty or improperly; she should al
ways meet her husband cheerfnIly, clean
ly, and kindly, receive his friends with po-
liteuess and affabiity, and be obedient
and respectful.
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Onnu ann asmns.

''Things'' from Harper,s weekly.
Many complain Of neglect who never Tried
to attract regard.
Consider with yourself whether The wise and
good would value you more or less if they
knew your whole character.
A grammarian corrugated the increasing heat
in somewhat the following style: Hot hotter,
hottest; hottentot, hottentoter, hottent 9test;
hottentotisslmo, hot as an oven, hot as two ov-
ems, hot as four ovens, hot as seven ovens red
hot. How comfortable TO contemplate this
away down below zero weather!
"Jimmy, are your folks all well ?'
"Yes, ma'am, all but Polly Ann"
"Why, what's the matter with her?'
"Oh, hothin' rtic'ar-only she's had the
hoopin' cough once, and she hain't never got
over 10. The cough amt any account now,
but she has the hoop desp'rate."
Some hearts, like primroses, open most beau.
tifuIly in the shadows of life.
The following was picked up in the street
few days since, accompanying little bunch of
glossy brown hair, which looked as if it had
been pulled out with fine>tooth comb:
Och, Biddy, me darlint
Here's lock of me hair,
AM if there's snarl in it,
Never bit do care,
ANY how!
Pm goin' off, Biddy,
To work on the track,
ecan take if, and kape it,
Until get back,
If ye like:
But if you don't, you can let it alone; bedad Pm
not particular.
A Dutchman. ID describing span of horses
which he had lost, said: "Dey wash very
mooch alike, specially de off one. One look.
ed so mooch like both, could not tell toder
from which; when went after de one always
caught de oder, and whipped the one almost
to death because de oder kicked at me-"
Nervous Old Lady.-@Dear me! what makes
the cars stop here; is there anythingathe mat
ter?"
Smart Young Man.-"Yes, marm; chaw
Of tobacco is lying right before the locomo4
tive. As soon as it's removed we'll he under
way again.
The man who wrestIed with adversely wore
out his silk stockings and got s0orsted
They who drink away their estates, drink
the tears Of their widows and the blood Of
their impoverished children.
The tobacco chewer is said to be like
goose in Dutch oven--aiways on spit
5
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THE CUDGLED HUSBAND.

AS Thomas was cudgled one day by his wife,
He took to his heels and fled for his life;
Toms three dearest friends came by in the muss
And saved him at once from the terrible '.ctlss'i
Then ventured TO give him some sober advice
But Tom is person of honor SO nice,
Too wise to take counsel, too proud to take warn.
ing,
Three duels he fought, thrice ventured his life
Went home, and was cudgled again by his wife
ISMilt
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NUMBER So
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICES.

-~--~0-~--~~-~-~~~-~-~-- -~-~----~~--~~-@-~-o-~~1
In the succession of } State of Louisiana,
Mary Fort Clement, Parish of Iberville,
decd. wife of Gervais Sixth District Court.
Schare
TXTHEREAS Geryais SchIatre has this day
w filed in this Court his account of Liquida-
tion and Partition OF the succession of Mary F.
Clement. decd
Notice is hereby given to all whom it may con-
Germ, to show cause within thirty days from the
date of the publication hereof why said account
should not be homologated and made judgment
OF this court. Clerks Office, July Sd, 1857.
jyII NJ. a. ESTEVAN: Clerk.
Dams la succession J Etat de la Louisiana,
ment, 6pouse de Ger Cour du 6me District.
vas Schlatre.
4 TTEND que Gervas Schlatre a ce jour en-
"A lass6 dams e bureau du Greffier de cette
cour son compte de Liquidation ct de partage de
la succession de teue Mary F. Clement
Avis est par lie present donn6 tous ceux que
celia concerne de deduire sous trente jours de la
date de ce present les raisons pour lesqueles
lie dit compte ne serait pas homologue ct fait le
iugement de cette cour.
Bureau du Greffer, Juliet 3, 1857.
jyl1 VI. A. ESTEVAN, Grefier
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A DECIDED TEST. The Pr

A DECIDED TEST. The Providence
Journal says:
We had better test of spiritualsm than
any Boston experiments could afford.
When the son of Henry Clay took the
stump for James Buchanan, and the spir-
it of his great father did not rise from the
grave, we made up our mind that there
was no passing back from the next world
to this.
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rT Man wants but honesty and industrv 4e
n1aesh him independent and haprs
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1857-08-01
NEW AND FASHIONABLE GOODS
For Goats, Pants and Vests.

TIHE undersigned respectfully informs "a
/ his friends and the public generally, n
that he has just returned from New Orleans IL
with the largest and
Most Beautiful Stock of Goods
for Coats Pants and Vests that has ever been
brought to this town-comprising all descriptions
of articles for summer wear-and which he is
prepared 10 make up at short notice.
While returning his thanks for the very liberal
manner in which he has been patronized by the
citizens of IberVie, the undersigned would res
pectfuIly solicit continuance OF the same-ev-
er promising
"PunctuaZity and Faulless Fit"
Call and see his Goods at his shop on Main street,
nearly opposite the Sentinel Office, and next door
to Vessier;s Segar Store.
my3O JACOB BERNSTEIN.
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gFGen. Cass is strict in his per-
sonal habits; will not dine out if he
can help it, and goes TO bed at 10 o.
clock, P. M. When at Paris, at balls
in his own house, he would quietly
slip off to bed at the above hour, Ieav~
ing his wife and three daughters to en-
tertain the company present. This
regime accounts for his untoward vi~
gor at the advanced age of IS years.
rTMan wants but honesty and indrstru H.
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4 TTENDU que Peregrin P. sugg a ce jour
n enlias e dams lie bureau du Grefier de cette
cour, son compte final CONNIE administrator de
la succession de feu Duval Capdeville-
Avis est par lie present donne a ttous ceux que
celia concerne de deduire sous trente jours de Ia
date de ce present les rasonss pour lesquelIes lie
dit conerne ne serait pas homologue ct l'adminis-
traeur decharge de toute responsabllith en- cette
affaire. Bureau du Greffier, June 25, 1857.
e27 NJ A. ESTENAN, Grefier.
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Police Intelligence,

ClFrrss os BrSor,ss About o'clccx yesterday
morning ofncsr Moore, OF the Fifteenth ward polee sas.
pgi.ed soue burglars who we're 81 work IN thc ,iors o.
william J. Batoron, oorus, Of kins aad Maaa'usN
u.ts ,rd alsr having hard ,euale With tho rl'oa's
succeeded Ia capturing ono OF ihen The p'sorsr ~~
trougat before Justice Davisoa Al tho JeGorson PDoe
Court -here he gave bis name ~ John Coiius rue ms
Qiftrste bet tho tccused 10 bali in sse sam u $1,000
lohu Hesler and Joseph Iodfe were tesen nto cus,y
by tho Third wud pslcs, charge Of having burgAr
utiy entered tia liquor s,ore No 100 Warren gre~,
us,lee osborne NJ the Loser ryles Court where ine1
were bcld 10 bail each In the sum Of 81 600 70 sn'Se.
CaAsos os CovSrsRsnmsa Lsssls -Repben way w.
AIKEN into custody charge Of having sold four dssa
osties or ale with Me eountsrIeit labels OF "foar
co., upon them. william Yosngcr, OF Ne o. Ssss
street nxen, for Younger Co, Of Edinbur, seenses
nresys tbe complaint naalxss accused, Jaces Sad
meyer winter Of No ss Duane street. ~ss = atresssA
for having printed the lahcs snowIs ihsm - ~ cs"s a
,ers.N fusics Council y held e.ch OF rho t<onoAne "a
bail IA tas sam Of $500 10 ansser,
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Aastrs al the State Cxga.at.

AtRASV, Jsc. 10, lWf,
The comm tees Of ae House As snnounpg, yeNer Nsy
by the Speaker sM Impartial sUs fair ss cv1d hsy .
been OK ected M. Ll,eiobn was OF course bound 10
protect o own party By placing his rrl,oas ,he ra.
jority I'll the oomrases where any political besyrus
was nsniiested. IN, Ways and Hos,s, the n,a,
material. in the House, from tho fassrs
poscy OF nnasrid measureg Of tne republican party -
to smauase, Is composed Of i've u tho soass
men tsths Lsgislslure, viz aS vreneergast o Catts
rsugus, Mr. npseeoom Of Coluz1sla, ". snerusa OF
Oneida Mr.. Jones o. Queens, and Mr.. varnum az New
York--three reprsl.csns, Know SOshng ard de-
mocrpt Frnm sach q combination Of experience and
talent fpeDcai re- port eshsdo wing tho wch
the republican port,u OF tue ADMINISTRATION ineusso
pursue vii sn6ono,edy he an abis document Il s
nct expected that Mr. vafnlc ~ho be nj ssys beena
whig but nov Know nosoi,s via masegisf5 dlier fo7x
his republican colleague tao committee Mr. Jon e.s
tha only &c aocrat a,soc.u,ed tha oO1cr.tss will ~
course sake opposite edes aud present contrary sws
from the msory. Mr. Jcaes wisds aa ,ble nen, d we'll
scored vph demorrs.c vows has sac Ions srperenoe
as leading pDJcsn both Ia AMI oui Of the fcssasure
al which gives him pfCrnerce among his ieiow asso
par.q views ia oonir. ssion with boiu lt,pblcsn
and Arow Neeios policy, wh'sh VIII cons.tus tae do
mocras programme in fi.sre MF Jores Is plaeei In
dstiDauished position cerseratic leader aD1is
pec,ed 10 snss his paTiy pJoiessioss win ability
The Committee Of Ways rrd Asaus VII respoad, per
baps unanimously 10 the recommendation OF Go, ernor
XII ID ImpcsiDg ola rsN9 ,xo TO furnish
for stiag the oanss. fois 'he oaly method oo~
iet ino political nu Gers Of two parties siocs 1894
have expended II millions the canals reusan
t,ul uuf .shed Some two AMI y half millions more
1hed for but dou.s that will be required tc
for the work 10 accomplished.
Thousb az vet there HIS be "a no OCCASION to call rarta
the talent OF the House OF Assembly there - sue bes
believe that the present far sarpasses tho
latter, port of respectsbllity various points
The few OF ability OF House or 1853 were
fuied in their every st,empt TO prosecute the
public business, by The roway ani spols seeking major
~. WI h such a. Leavepwofih Fort. Pfepdsrgest,
Iiuejobn Sherman, George, Wsgsnan, II. Baker, Van
Vokenbu gh on the wbis repub.-sn side: Hngeboon,
Wooster aud squies tate oernbnrnets and Joues scott
Clinton, BanoTa, sIayer Glover, democrats aud Var.
nam, RNo Irving, Know Nothing, sas pubic Aaye "a
oil Industry and expedeocy in the business OF
legitimate legislation committed 10 their Among
the abest asers may be arransed Mr. gcboom Mr.
Yary ain, Mr.. Wakernea, Mr.. Leavenw,rh, N Baker,
Mr.. Siuyter, M Seorse Toere may os Others whose
aOniies have not J et beS II developed.
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HE LAT esq N e w g..
BY PRINTING AND MAGNETIC rsl. .eGaSPHs.
HIGHLY IMPORTANT FROM NlCAR Aqua.
The Costa Ricans in Possession Of the
San Juan River.
DEFEAT OF THE ALLIES by GEN. HENNINGSEy
DC, GC. &c,

Nsw OsLsASs, Jan. ID, 1857
Tho steamship Texas, from San Juan, Nicaragua has
arrived below this city.
The Purser reports tnAt the Costa Rcans protected by
the Engsh neo had ,ezed every steamboat the San
Juan river.
The steamer San Carlos left Virgin Bay with passengers
the third or January but captured by tho Costa
Ricans soon after she got into the river.
Col Lockrdgc with 25o men, had possession Of Punta
Arenas, but the Costa Rcan force OF Ieoo men held
every other poin, on the river.
1t is confirmed that Gen. Henninssen hal beaten the
aiiies at Granada, and Joined Walker at Rvas.
Walkers army IL represented to have been in good
spirits. and never confident Of success while the
allies were lighting among themselves.
The slesmship James Adger, with the passengers
which she from the Tennessee at Norfolk arrived at
San Juan the 9th nst but in consequence Of the dit
Hcules the Transit route she sailed next morning for
Aspinwsu, to forward her passengers by the Panama
route The james Adger would return to Puna Arenas
ard will be due in New York about the 22d inst.