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Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1857-07-22

G.'he st. Louis Democrat, of the 18th,
publishes adyiccs from Kansas, stating that
Gov. Walker has issued proclamation dccia-
ring his intention to pnt down all opposition
to the Territorial laws, by force. He warns
the citizens OF Lawrence not TO organize under
the Topeka charter, aud censurcs them for ad-
yisng other towns to do so.
1t is rnm0red that seven hundred troops
were summoned to march against Lawrence,
and that is The design of Governor Walker
10 retain an army in Kansas, and break up the
Utah expedition.
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The DRED ScoTr CAsE.-Iessrs. Greeley n
acElrath, New York, have issued pamphlet
OF Iol pages, containing the full opinion Of
Chief Justice Taney and Justice Curtis, and
abstracts Of the opinions of the other Judges,
Win an analysis OF the points ruled, and some
eoheladlng observations, in the Dred Scott
case, rF'es, 25 cents; copies for 81 50
PeI oo@eh 20 per hundred
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PUFSAA's MONTHLY, for August, is TO hand
It contains number OF superior articles. sew
sral we'll embeilsshed, and is altogether an in
seresting number. Putnam occupies a high
position aHoug the periodicals of the country.
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SUPERFINE FLOUR for sale at the ,:corner
~ store" by WM. IRWIN.
Curwensvilc, July %. 1857
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WHAT THE MoRMoNs THINK.-Brigham
Young'S organ, the Deseret Ne,os, thinks that
the Dred Scott decision sanctions polygamy as
well as slavery, and we incline to the belief
that it is right. 1t says:
ssThe Supreme Court of the United States
has decided that the act of Congress known as
the Missouri Compromise, about which politi-
clans have harped SO much, is unconstitution-
al, and therefore null and void, and that Con-
gress has no power over the question of polyg-
amy. Those sstwin relics of barJar ism Sla-
very and Rolygamy] can natc flourish 4chereve,-
The people uiII al an any Of the Territories of the
United States, and Uncle Sam can attend to
his own legitimate business without troubling
himself any further about them.'
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JAS. E. MONTGOMERY.

Policy OF THE FREE-SrATE Men OF KAN
sAs.-The Chicago Tribune says: The Free
State men of Kansas have chalkcd out bold,
straightforward programme, and are lntexibiy
resolved to follow it out to the letter.
In the first place, they will pay no taxes to
the usurpers, nor recognize the validity OF any
of their acts.
In the next place, a census will be immedi-
ately taken of all the inhabitants and voters in
the Territory.
Thirdly: An election will be held on the first
Monday of August, under this census, for Gov
ernor, State officers and Legislature, provi-
ded for by the Topeka Constitution.
FourthiB Free-State men will attend to the
polls this Fall, at the Territorial election, and
secure both the Legislature and the delegate
to Congress; which Legislature, when it as
sembles, will Immediately repeal, repudiate,
wipe out and obliterate every yestige of the
acts and appointments of the bogus Legisla-
| ture, from the day of the first invasion down
| TO that time, and commence anew.
| Filthy: Said Legislature will submit to a
vote of the People the Topeka Constitution,
which of course will be ratified by an over
! be forwarded to Congress, and admission ask
| ed into the Union.
| Sirfhiy If the Constitution about being
| framed by the Border Ruflians be submitted to
| the people, it will be quietly voted down but
| if none be allowed to vote upon it but just
| those who have been registered, the Frce-State
men will refuse to vote, just as they have done
at the recent election. Then the two Consti-
| tutionS will come before Congress-one OF
| them the work of Pro-Slavery fillibustels, the
| other embodying the will of the vast maioiit
| of the bona fde settlers of Kansas. And fur
! thermore, the latter will have the stamp ol
| ''regularity" upon it, because of its having
been submitted to the people for ratification
by Legislature created by virtue Of the or
ganic aet--Douglas's own bill. There can be
/ no rejecting it on the ground of irregularity.
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4 DMINIsTRAToR.s NoTICE.-Let,

A DMINISTRATOR,S NOTICE-Letters
"A of Administration the Estate of John Sho-
walter, late of Decatur township, Clearield CO..
Pa, deceased, having been granted to the under
signed; ali persons indebted to said estate are re-
quested to make immediate payment, and those
having claims against the same will present them,
properly authenticated for settlement
X. d. SHOW WALTER, Admir-
July D. 1S57-6t Decatur Tn
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THE INDIANS in Florida all told. men,womcn
and children, hardly muster 800 in number,
while the men able to tFar arms are less than
half hundred. The country which they oc-
cupy is miserable swamp, the larger part OF
il several feet under water and its chief pro-
duets, as il has been facetiously said, some soc
bushels of frogs to the acre, with alligatorS G.
nough for fencing. This statement, however,
leaves out the musl>etoes, which have as fair a
claim as either the frogs or the alfgatorS to be
enumerated among the staples of this misera-
BILE district.
The United States, not content with the six
or seven millions formerly spent on these In
dians, to little or no purpose, since they main
tain themselves in spite of all efforts to drive
them ont, are now spending some hundred
thousands more it may, by careful nursing.
count up TO a million or twO-by way of con-
tinuing this bad job. The power of the Uni
ted States Government is found quite INSULT
cient to cope with these 200 odd SeminoleS
and State assistance has to be called in. Be
side large detachments of regular infantry and
artillery employed in this service, the State oi
Florida has been and still is called upon to fur
nish additional troops. At the last accounts,
Captain \. ID. Johnson'S company of mounted
volunteers was being mustered out of the SER
vice, their term of enlistment having expired,
but to supply their place Governor Broome
has been authorized by the War Department
to raise ten companies of mounted volunteers.
and a boat company As strong was also being
mustered into the service. Meanwhile, it is q
long time since we heard OF any Indians killed
or even of any squaws or papooses captured.
notwithstanding the high price set upon them.
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EgUnder instructions from the land office.
no exemption eau be allowed on land, claimed
on a settlement made within four months after
the receipt of the instructions, in Minnesota,
on the railroad grant lands. s 49,
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New Advertisements.

Good actions are the best sacrifice.
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LHLoUR.-Extra Family Flour for sale by
Il jul22 RICHARD MOSSOP
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TAUTION.-AH persons are cautioned against
" meddling with the following property now in
possession of 5. l.. Coble of Ferguson township as
the same belongs to and is only left with the
said Coble on loan Two brindle cows a year old
bull, three sheep, one cook stove, and five hogs
HIRAM M'CRACkEN
July l6. IS57-jul22-3t-p.
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EAUTION.-AH persons are cautioned against
" meddling with The following property in the
possession of Silas Soly. to wit Ono yoke of OK
en-, one COW, one log sled and chains, as the same
belong to Also, five acres Of wheat
LEWIS j. HURD
Newburg. July I. lS57-iul22-3t
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NACkEREL.-A lot of superior MackereI foI
Isl sale at [july22 WM. f. IRWIN'S.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1857-04-04

A Short AcL-The following, says the
Comet d Gazette, is said to be the shortest
act ever passed by our Legislature. 1t GER
tainIy is one of the most important, and we
doubt whether it will be suffered to remain
long on our statute books. The evil it is de-
signed to remedy is a serious one, and should
long since have received attention
An act to prohibit: the Emancipation of
slaves.
SECTION FIRsT:-Be it enacted by the
Senate and House of Representatives Of the
State of Louisiana in General Assembly Con-
.yened. That from and after the passage of
this Act, no slave shall be emancipated in this
State. Approved March 9th, 1857.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1857-04-04
SpnIn and Mexico,

The London Times says that a war between
Spain and Mexico would appear to be almost
certain. The Spanish Ministry has addressed
a note to the representatives Of Spain at the
European Courts, explaining the quarrel
Having mentioned the murders and robberies
committed on the persons and goods of spanish
Nubjedts and residing in Mexico by the soldiers
OF General Alvarez, the note declares that the
Spanish government does uot desire to make
the people and the government of Mexico res~
ponsible for these atrociOus acts, if the Mexi>
can government would only take energetic
steps to repair them. In this spirit the Span
ish legation in Mexico had been instructed 10
demand from the Mexican government the
punishment of the offenders and The indemni-
~fication Of the Spanish subject. who have been
the victims. But, ut the same time, fearing
that this demand is not complied with, the
Spanish government has ordered the departure
of vessels Of war and troops from the Havana
in sufficient strength for the protection of Span
ish subjects. Five vessels of war, with troops.
likewise ieaVe SPAN 10 reinforce me squadron
at the Havana. The expedition will, altogeth-
er, consist of thirty vessels of war, and will
have a numerous army on board. The Span
ish government deplores the necessity OF re-
sorting to such measures towards a nation
united to Spain in blood, language and relig-
ion; but it hopes everybody will understand
tho ohIiuAtion II il nnder to sven0a the pafion-
al dignity.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1857-04-04

Sod Bereauement-Sunday afternoon wit
messed q melancholy cortege in the streets Of
New Orleans. It was a long and sad process
sion following to the grave the mortal remains
of W of the daughters of our esteemed towns.
man, DR.. William Rushton. They died, one at
midnight on Saturday night and the other a
few hours later, Of that dreadful disease, the
scarlet fever, and now lying entombed together:
one a young wife, who leaves her first infant
sick Of the same disease, the other promised
bride, whose wedding was to take place within
a few days. They were the grace of the best
society in New Orleans, lovely, we'll nurtured,
refined and tenderly beloved; but u week ago
the centre around which clustered the most
joyous hopes Of fond hearts for the future;
now the tenants Of COMMON grave watered
by passionate tears.-Picayune.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1857-04-04
DIRECT FROM WALKERS CAMP.
Especial Core spondence to the Picayune:l

PANAMA, Tuesday, March 10, 1857.
Conference.-The Sierra Nevada arrived here
this morning, having left San Juan del Sur on
the 7th. The U. S. sloop-ofnwar st. Mary's
was at San Juan.
1t is next to impossible 10 gather any res
liable information from the passengers by this
arrival. | have found, however, one Of Walkers
men, who is furloughed or discharged on ac-
count of a disabled arm, Who appears to be a
reliable witness, or who at least does not seem
TO be disposed to ~exaggerate against Walker.
Walker, he says, had had, during the past
month, several skirmishes with the Costa
Ricans, attacking, or in accommodating them
in their quarters at Saint George, one league
from Rivas, in all of which he was defeated
and driven back. Once, he attempted to move
down to Saint George some gun~bOxes, filed
with sand, for barbados, behind which TO
place cannon. The enemy attacked him, took
his boxes, and killed and badly wounded not
less than fifty of his little force. At another
time, Col. Caycee was ordered to San Juan
del Sur with a mail guarded by 30 men. He
was attacked by 400 men on his return. on
the Transit road, four miles from San Juan,
lost two men, and was obliged to go back.
Walker, hearing of this mishap, sent Gen.
Sanders, with $50 men, out on the Transit by
way of the cross road Of the Iocote ranch,
where they fell in with the Costa Ricans. AT
ter u severe fight, in which Sanders lost so
men killed, he was forced to retreat to Rivas.
Some say he only reached Rivas with so men.
The officers of the Sierra Nevada bring a
report that the Costa Ricans attacked Walker
at Rivas, on the evening of the 4th March, on
three sides Of the city; that Walker waited
until they got into The narrow streets, and
tim Stuopt fbaun with htO no0nnn slannbfoEu
ing an immense number. This news, they
say, was brought down to San Juan del Sur
BY a native boy. At the time the boy left
Rivas, the report goes that Walker was piling
up and burning the dead bodies. This may
or may not be true. | am satisfied of one
thing, however, from personal knowledge
while at Rivas; that is, ii they did attack
Walker at RiVas they were defeated with
large loss.
nv informant-the soldier before alluded to
says that since the first of February, when
! wrote you that Walker had only 800 fighting
men, or less, he has lost in killed, wounded
and by desertions, 400 men; leaving him,
with the eighty men the Sierra Nevada
brought down this trip, less than 500 effective
soldiers. This soldier belonged to Capt.
Garcelon's company. He cites as an example
Of the assertions, that twelve of his COM
pany deserted February %, at the battle
of ST. George, and fifteen more deserted in
one body the 10Th Of March, from the same
company. Three men who deserted from one
company were taken and shot at San Juan
Viejo-and a Frenchman, who was aiding as
guide for them into Costa RIGA, was shot at
Rivas. ] do not send you the new we have
Of operations on the river, because you will
get it direct from Greytown. F. W. R.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1857-04-04
MORE INTELLIGENCE.
4 Dark Future before walker.

Since the above was in tyre, we received
Mondays evening edition of the Picayune,
containing later intelligence. The Empire
Gin arrived in New Orleans from Havana on
Sunday morning. The Picayune says:
U. s. mail steamship Granada had just ar
rived at Havana, from Aspinwall, which port
she left on the 18th, at 3 p. NJ, bringing the
usual semi~mOnthly mails from California and
the Isthmus, and 1873 passeDgers-99 OF whom
are deserters from Walkers Nicaraguan Army.
They arrived Ut Panama, by the Pacific Rail-
road Company's steamer Panama. on the
l4lh, from San Jose, Costa RIGA, the 18th inst.
The deserters from Walkers army, brought
by the Empire City, give deplorable accounts
of the condition of their comrades remaining.
Their evidence must Of course be taken with
some degree of allowance. They had learned
from the Costa Rican General Bosque that
Col. Lockridge, on the Atalantic side, had
been surprised by Gen. Mora before the fort
of Castillo, and compelled to raise the siege
with much loss. The fullest particulars Of
these affairs are already before our readers in
our Nicaraguan correspondence.
The Panama Star and Herald, 18th inst,
represents Gen. Walker remaining at latest
dates 9th March, per Sierra Nevada at Ri.
vas, which no was engaged in Strengthening,
having about 400 fighting men; but his force
was constantly weakened by assertions. The
allies, according 60 the same authority, have
dwindled down from 5000 to 1900 men, and
remain strangely inactive and lethargic.
The following is . Geographic despatch
from New York of a later date
New YoRK, March s0.-Letters from Me
cagua say that the force of Gen. Walker has
been reduced to 400 men; and that a conven-
ton has been held az San Miguel to discuss
the partition OF Nicaragua among the Costa
Ricans, saiVadorIans and Honduras, Nicaragua
consentiDg to the division.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1857-04-04

Another Foundling.-Last night, another unc
fortunate, perhaps ieartless, mother deposited
her infant son, about four weeks old, by a gate
on the sidewalk Of Race street, between Con-
stance and Annunciation streets. The little
deserted one was soon afterwards found by a
wandering policeman, and was placed in charge
OF Sergeant Dryden as an agent of the city
fathers. This morning, We saw and heard him
crying for food in the hands of a female pris-
oner, and ere this, he has probably been trans
ferred to the tender mercies of an orphan asy-
fum, though no orphan he. Poor little fellow!
dark and unpromising is the path which lies
before him.--PicGyune.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1857-04-04
ICE ICE

vEsslER & DUBUCLET, JR.,
EspECTFULLY inform the planters and
Ia others Of ~Ibervilie, and the citizens Of Pla-
quemine, that they have at great expense, fitted
Up an extensive Ice House in this town on the
on Man Street, where they viii keep the
Best Boston Ice,
constantly on hand throughout the season, which
they will dispose of at a reasonable price.
The citizens of Crosse Tete who may patron
ize them, they will attend to having their Ice con-
veyed TO the Village.
They will also furnish casks Of such size as
their customers may order them to have made.
Drayage gratis within the corporation.
Messrs. Yessier & Dubuclet, Jr. trust that by
close attention. to their business. and ~ untirlng
desire 10 please all, that they will p@ceive the pa
tronage Of the community. iebl4
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1857-04-04

Important from NeU Grandchildren the
Tennessee left Aspinwall, says the Picayune
Of last Sunday, it was said on the isthmus
that an express had arrived from Bogota, ria
Buenarentura, bringing intelligence that Dir.
Bowlin. our minister, and Mr. Morse, our
special commissioner, had demanded their
passports, the terms which they were au~
thorized to propose being rejected by the New
Granadian Government. The Cenainslla, a
New Granada (Panama) paper, says:
1t is all over. The United States wants the
Isthnlus, and right or wrong, she is going to
have il. We have not the means to meet
them with force, and there remains nothing
for US but to die with honor.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1857-04-04
NOTICE,

rs hereby given to Resident and Nom Resident
l. Tax Payers of this Parish, that the State and
Parish Tax Rolls for the year 1856, are now de-
posted in my Office, subject to their inspection;
are requested TO come forward and pay the same
within as short a delay as possible.
Notice is also given to PEDDLERS, keepers
of COFFEE-HOUSES, and all other persons
pursuing trades and occupations which require
Licenses, that | have on hand a bountiful supply
of State and Parish Licenses, and their attention is
called to section 4 of an Act of the Legislature
of this State, approved 18th March, 1856.
JOS. H. ERWIN,
feb2s-t1je Sheriff and Collector.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1857-04-04
THE BAGAssn

DATENTED Dec. 4th. 1855; same patent
L reissued Aug. 9Th, 1855; and new patent grant
ed Aug. 9th, 1856; to. S. II. Gilman, of New Or
leans. This furnace is now in use on EIGHTEEN
PLANTATIONS IN LOUISIANA, and CON-
bines with unqualified success the six important
and distinctive features Of
/. Working entirely by natural draught.
2. Containing no CRATE bars or other irons in
interior.
3. Never requiring the bagasse to be stirred or
touched after it falls from the carrier into the
hopper of the furnace,
4. Drying the bagasse thoroughly in the furnace
where it remains more than one hour, exposed
to great heat, before it reaches the point Of
combustion.
s. Forming no Stag, and the ashes being carried
by the draught into a second chamber, are with
drawn at any time without stopping the sugar
mill.
6. Burning all the bagaSse on plantations of any
size, and requiring no other attention than TO
take out the ashes and occasionally throw in
wood-the average consumption of which has
been only one-halt a cord in twenty-four hours,
when the furnace, flues and chimney were
proportioned.
The furnace erected under the new patent of
August 9th, 1856, are fed without rollers by a
simple arrangement of balanced doors in the bot
tom OF the hoppers, which open by the weight Of
the bagasse and require no attention whatever.
This is the only Bagasse Furnace which COM
bines the above named features, either theoreti-
cally or practically,
An investigation of the patents, specifications
and drawings ito be had of the subscribers) will
prove this furnace TO be constructed upon strictly
scientific principles, entirely distinct from those
of and other patented furnace, and an examina-
ton of the furnace in operation, will convince the
the most incFedulous of the successful application
OF the principles laid Town in the patents, as well
as its perfect simplicity of construction and
management, economy and durability. Some Of
these furnaces have taken off three crops without
any repairs, there being nothing but fire brick
exposed to the fire.
The undersigned are now prepared to contract
with parties for supplying and putting these
furnaces in operation, and solicit of sugar planters
an investigation of their testified achievements.
Z. CARVER COMPANY,
10 Gravier street;
or to S. H. GILMAN, 81 hatcher st.
AGENTS A. J. CHAPMAN,
Bayou Goula;
HART, AUSTIN & CO,
Plaquemine.
GF The undersigned is also Agent for the
miles works. Foundry, and will furnish
any kind of Machinery that planters may need.
dec97 A. J. CHAPMAN.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1857-04-04
sAW-MTLL BUSINESS.

THE undersigned respectfully inform their
l. friends and the public generally that they
have entered into coparinership for the purpose
of carrying on the SAW-MILL BUSINESS
They warrant that their Lumber shall be of the
best description, and at as low prices as can be
purchased elsewhere in the State. All orders
promptly filled. Their Saw-Mill is situated at
the Park" in this parish.
HENRY SELLER,
dec13-1y We. HACKER.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1857-04-04

Decoration of a Catholic Chursh.-At the
church Of ST. Laurent, in Paris, has just been
executed a curious spectacle Of Roman Catho-
tic ecclesiastical decoration. It represents a
stable, seven metres by three and three qnaF~
ters In extent. In the centre sits the Virgin,
Offering the infant Jesus to the homage of the
kneeling angels, the shepherds, and The magi
al she figures, which are about . meterssand
quarter 10 height, are painted ana the
relieved with gliding. nnc q IVY holly,
beasts are intrOdp~ i
whole is spS
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1857-04-04

nAEI The undersigned having purchased
ES@+ the lots and stables formerly owned
SAMUEL McFADDIN, on Main
street, in the town of Plaq uemine, would respect
fully announces TO his friends, and the public in
general, that he has reftted and furnished the
same with every thing necessary to keep a good
LIVERY STABLE, and s~olicits a share of the
public patronage.
uA trusty hostler will attend to travellers
horses.
Drovers with mules and horses will be ac-
commodated on the most liberal terms.
apl2 IRA +. ORCCTT.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1857-04-04
no TB1 PuDEY0.

IN consequence of the competition of Auctio-
4 neeIs, notice is hereby given to Administra-
tors, Tutors, Executors, and all other persons in
terested in having Succession Property sold, that
| will make such Sales on MORE reasonable terms
than any AuctioneeT in the Parish.
feb14 JOS. H. ERWIN, Sheriff.