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The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1857-12-24

DIsAsrERs ON LAKE.Ihe Chicago Press contains
list OF the disasters the lakes during the year 1857
commencing with the opening of navigation in March
and ending with the month of November The loss of
lives has 22I OF property reported and estimated
81 The losses Of property for the past ten years
are shown by the following table
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Liter from Hon. Elijah Ward.
HOUSE, or REPRESENTATIVES,,
Wooh,pof.,,, n, ne 4,

HousE on REPRESENTATIVE,
Washington, Dec. l6, 1851.
regret say thatmy public duties prevent the accept
Of the invitation which you have kindly favored
WITH address democratic meeting be held at
Tammany Hall on Thursday evening, the 18th inst,
called to consider and respond TO the policy Of the
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Litter from John Cbclrane.
HOUSE, or REPRESENTATIVES,,

esF rsfEa Washington, Dec. Is, 1857.
have received your invitation to attend and address
grand democratic meeting at Tammany Hall on
Thursday evening, the 18th instant thank you for the
invitation and regret that my congressional duties will
not allow 10 accept IT, The object of the meeting is
laudable and doubtless will be accomplished in the APP
prevail of the policy of the national administration
expressed in the Presidents late message Please TO
vey the meeting my in both object and
policy. JOHN COCHRANE.
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HORACE +. CLARK.
Letter from Hon. John Kelly. @
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,,
NN....L;., Ii Inn ls 1QkI


Your invitation inviting to address meeting of the
democracy Thursday evening, the 18th instant, is
ceved and regret that the business of the session will
not permit to avail myself of the pleasure and there
fore will be compelled to decline The object for which
your meeting called is worthy one and particularly
now, when many of party are hestating qucs
ton much Importance to the country the dispu
ted Kansas question is The Executive has taken stand
in this matter which is deserving of all praise and if his
suggestions carried out there cannot be doubt Of the
speedy settlement Of this long disputed question to the
satisfaction at least of all who have the interest of the de-
mocracy honestly at heart The only question that has
divided political parties has been submitted to the people
by the convention, and while would rather have had
the whole submitted cannot forget the fact that If it
had been the matter itself would be settled by the
republican party who desire to keep it an open question
for political purposes and hence it would stand be
FORE an cyesore to the whole party The constitution it
self with but few exceptions in its provisions is about the
same all of States in which the democratic party
has the predominance and the reservation is still
with the people to alter amend it at their pleasure and
for the good of the whole country let 1t be said
that the temple of the democracy of the greatest State OF
the Union is the first to take ground in sustaining the
course administration which cannot have any other
motive than the good of the whole country.
JOHN KELLY
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tona administration expressed in the FIRST annual
message of President Buchanan most fully concur In
the object be attained by the proposed aembage and
trust that the democracy of the city OF New York will
give cordial response 10 the policy thus indicated Your
prompt action will exert important influence at this
crisis and be felt in every section OF the country The
administration earnestly desire 10 promote the best In.
terests Of the nation has the confidence Of the people,
and should receive decided and energetic support from
the masses ELIJAH WARD
Ltta from Hon George Taylor.
wAsHRGroN CRY, Dec l6, 1851
have had the honor 10 receive your polite invitation
10 attend and address the meeting tome
lug Permit to say that fully endorse the action of
the administration and will support II in every particular
Run up the and nail II 10 the mast and keep IL
there or fall with il. GEORGE TAYLOR
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Total loss In ten years

Total loss In ten years ID, 81, 253
The loss of life during the present year is 22l lives
In 1854 the loss of life ll9 in 1855 ll9 and in
1856, 4O7--making total in four years of s65 lives
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BILLS.

BY Mr. PHELPS A bill to amend the act providing
the payment of horses and other property lost in the
military service of the United States Also bill for the
establishment of military posts near the southern boun-
Diary line of Kansas and in the Territory Of New Mexico
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COMPRESSION AL.
Consress--First Session
SENATE.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER rs, 1857
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1857-07-04
A Wealthy OLD GDNrLrmAs.-

A WEALTHY OLD GENrLEmAN.-The
present condition of Uncle Sans worldly
affairs is thus humorousIy stated by the
Brooklyn Eagle:
Uncle Sam, after carrying on business
for the last eighty years, having three
wars, buying territory from France and
Mexico, building railroads, speculating in
bank, and trading with all creation,
comes out with a snug little balance on
hand of twenty-five miIlions-enough to
set up several miIlionaires, and which
makes Sam a millionaire amongst ma
tions. Since our revolution England has
quadrNpled her national debt, and other
nations Of Europe have run up score
nearly in proportion, while Sam has paid
off his debts, bought real estate, and has
money laid up for rainy day.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1857-07-04
ICE LICE y!

VESSlER & DUBUCLET, JR.,
RESPECTFULLY inform the planters and
IL others of Iberville, 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 will 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. Vessier g. Dubuclet, Jr., trust that by
close attention to their business. and an untiring
desire to please ALL that they will receive the pa
tronage of the community. febl4
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1857-07-04
LRdicrORS Scene.

The following ludicrous scene is
copied from an article in the A pril
number of Blackwood'$, entitled a
'Remonstrance with Dickens
One of the most shameful recollec>
tions Of our almost irreproachabIe life
lies at the door of the mad wag, Dick>
ems. We were attending service in a
cathedral in city where we were a
stranger, and had been shown into a
pew already occupied by two respecta~
Bile old ladies. For time we behav-
ed with our wanted decorum, till some
absurdity committed blythe elder Wei
der, Of which we had been reading the
night before, rose up to haunt u.s.
Had we been in the open air, good
laugh would have relieved us, but cab
ined, cribbed, confined, as it was, the
risibiIity expanded till our form swell
ed visibly, our face grew purple, and
we saw medical man in the next pew
feel in his waistcoat pocket as he anx>
iouSly watched the vains Of our fore
head. The choral symphonies of the
anthem Invested MIR. Weller's image
with fifty-fold absurdity, blending him
as they did, in his top boots and shaw
with angels ever bright and fair. Des-
pairing Of our ability to prevent an ex-
plosion, and feeling the danger becom>
ing each moment more imminent, for
india rubber itself must give way un>
derthe accumulating pressure, we sud-
denly dived with our head under the
shelf on which the prayer>book rested, ],
and laughed silently, while our tears
dropped like rain upon the foot>stooI.
We were beginning to grow calm
when, looking round, we saw the two
old ladies regarding us with pious hor~
ror through their spectacles, and Si>
ding off to their own end of the pew.
This set us off again, and down went
our head ina vain, ostrich>like attempt
at concealment, for our shoulders and
back, convulsiyely agitated from nape
to waistband, toldof the internal strug>
gle, to say nothing of sounds that ac>
casionally broke forth, nowayS resem-
bling the responses. Conscious that
prebendary and precentor were regar-
ding us from their eminence, we again
raised our head with desperate gravity
and shall never forget the agony of
shame with which we beheld. an aged
yerger sternly approaching, while two
church-wardens were quitting their
pews with the faces of men determined
10 discharge painful duty, Never
theless, at the instigation Of old Wei
Ter, of we went again in aft now quite
audible, and were eventually marched
down the centre aisle, between rows
OF faces fixed in devout horror, with
our handkerchief crammed nearly
down our throat, and our watery eyes
starting out Of our head like a land>
crabs, and 50 turning a corner, out I'M
der the old Saxon archwaY into the
churchyard, where we exasperated the
yergeF and chnrch>wardens to phren>
zy BY sitting down on tombstone and
giving full vent TO our mirth. Next
day, all>repentant, we waited upon
the dean, who being himselfa Pick
wickian gave US absolution in the
most kindly way, and we caused COS
py Of aPickwick" to be bound in mos
rocco ond gold, with the inscription
g from d penitent Sabbath>breaker, +"
which is to this day CONSPICUOUS on
. shelf Of the Episcopal lihrarn
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1857-07-04
LUdiCrOuS Effects Of the Appearance
Of a Comet in 17I2.

As everybody is on the qui vive in re~
gard TO the Comet, and as all sorts of ide-
as are around in regard to it, we give
the following amusing sketch cleaned,
from an old paper:
In the year l7I2, Mr.. Winston, having
calculated the return of comet, which
was to make its appearance on Wednes-
day, the 18th of October, at five minutes
after five in the morning, gave notice to
the public accordingly, with . terrifying
addition that total dissolution of the
world by fire was to take place on the
Friday following. The reputation Mr..
Winston had long maintained in England,
both as a divine and philosopher, left
little or no doubt with the populace oftae
truth Of his prediction.
Several Iudicrous events took place. A
number of persons in and about LoRdon
seized all the barges and boats they could
lay their hands on in the Thames, very
nationally concluding that when the con-
fiagration took place there would be the
most safety on the water. gentleman
who had neglected family prayer for bets
ter than fve years informed his wife that
it was his determination to resume that
laudable practice the same evening; but
his wife, having engaged ball at her
house, persuaded her husband to put it
off till she saw whether the comet appear
ed or not. The South Sea stock imme-
diately fell to S per cent, and the India
to IL; and the captain of Dutch ship
threw all his powder into the river that
the shi p might not be endangered.
The next morning, however, the Com
ct appeared according to the predictions,
and before noon the belief was universal
that the Day Of Judgment was at hand.
About this time three hundred and twen-
ty-three clergymen were ferried over 10
Lambeth, it was said, to petition that a
short prayer might be penned and order
ed, there being none in the Church service
on that occasion. Three maids of honor
burnt their collection of novels and plays,
and sent to the booksellers to buy each
of them Bible, and Bishop Taylor's
Holy Living and Dying The run up
on the bank was so prodigious that all
hands were employed from morning till
night in discounting notes and handing
out specie. On Thursday considerably
more than 1000 kept mistresses were le-
gally married in the face of several con-
gregations. And, to crown the whole
farce, Sir Gilbert Heathcote, head Direc<
tor of the banks, issued orders to all the
fire officers in London, requiring them 'to
keep good lookout and have particu-
lar eye on the Bank Of England
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1857-07-04

A CoNyUGAL TRrAL.-At Zurich, in
former times, it was the custom, when a
married couple applied for a divorce on
account of incompatibiIiiy of temper, for
the magistrate to shut up the pair for a
fortnight in an isolated tower on the lake.
Not only were they condemned to COM
mon room, but they were supplied with
only one bed, one chair, one knife, and
one fork, so that their comfort depended
entirely on mutual complaisance. If, af>
ter the expiration Of the fortnight, they
persisted in their resolution, the tribunal
ordered serious examination of the case,
and, if possible, the divorce. Butin gen.
eral, the quarrelsome pair did not wait
for the end of the trial to which they were
subjected to become reconciIed, and to re.
quest to be Observation-Disclosures Mes
senger.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1857-07-04
PLAQUEMNE, PARISH OF IBERvIILE. LA. JULY T. 1857
Affection,

We sometimes meet with men who
seem to think that any indulgence of af-
fectionate feeling is weakness. They
will return from a journey, and greet their
families with distant dignity, and move
among their children with cold and lofty
~plendor of an iceberg, surrounded with
its broken fragments. There is hardly a
more unnatural sight on earth than one
of those families without heart. A faith,
er had better extingui&h his boys eyes
than to take away his heart. Who that
has experienced the joys of friendship,
aud values sympathy and affection, would
not rather loose all that is beautiful in naS
ture's scenery than be robbed of The hid
den treasure of his hearth Who would
not rather follow his child to the grave
than to entomb his parental Affection
Cherish, then, your hearts best affections.
Indulge in the warm and gushing emo
tions of fraternal love. Think it noa a
weakness. Teach your children to love,
to love the rose, the robin; to love their
parents, their God, Let it be the studied
object of their domestic culture to give
them warm hearts, ardent Affections
Bind your whole family together by these
strong cords. You cannot make them TOO
strong.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1857-07-04

Pln China, when man commits a
suicide they Immediately hang whoever,
by offending or thwarting him, has been
the cause of the rash deed, and give the
goods of the offender to the family of the
suicide, so that many gentlemen of falling
health and slender means, manage to get
insulted by rich man, hang themselves,
and have the pleasing assurance that their
families will be handsomely provided for.
Pleasant sort of life insurance, and China
is great country.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

The privilege of yearly advertisers strictly limited
Gheir immediate and regular bnsiness and the bus
of advertising firm considered including
that Of its individual members.
Merchants others advertising by the year will only be
allowed the space of half column in the paper the
rates at present charged them by this paper.
Calls persons become candidates will inserted as
other advertisements.
Advertisements of two columns width will be charged
srebIe the usual rates.
Advertisements marked the copy for specified
will be inserted till forbid and payment exacted
And fnaly-Al communications for this paper of any
and every character whatsoever intended promote the
private ends of individuals corporations,
isdes schools, will be charged advertisements
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1857-07-04

BREAKs DowN.-The editor of the late
Literary Filibuster would no doubt have
fixed up an excellent conundrum out of
the following, had he not unfortunately
broken down, thus:
Why are cats in boots like Heather
Pagans2
Because their understandings are in
voIved in darkness---and something else
about 'bootIess endeavors to enlighteu
them,' which won't work in very we'll.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1857-07-04

The Lynchburgh Virginian thinks the
day may come when the people of the
United States will regret that they have
followed the doctrins of Mr.. Jefferson, in
lieu of those of Washington. Undoubt-
edly wherever the doctrines of the two
come in conflict, (and they do in many in
stances) the day of regret, with conserva-
tive men, has already come, that those of
Washington have not prevailed.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1857-07-04

A Paris correspondent, mentioning the
recent decease of a notable French gentle
man, NJ. de SalVandy, says
Son his death bed, and when he could
no o'longer speak, he beckoned his wife to
hand him slate, when he wrote and han
ded to her, sixty years of existence-thir-
ty-two years of happiness
Brown says that, in order to know
whether this was meant for compliment
to his connubiality or his celibacy, the
letter writer should have told US whether
the gentleman was married at twenty
eight, or thirtysone.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1857-07-04

GREEN HAIR.-The Bulletin de The.
rapeutique contains the curious case of a
worker in metals, who has wrought in cop
per only fve months, and whose hair,
which was lately white, has now turned
to decided green. Chemical ANALYSIS
has proved that his hair contains cons.d-
erabIe quantity of acetate of copper, and
it is to this circumstance that it owes its
change Of color.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1857-07-04

A GREAT CoUNTRY.-Jefferson Davis
in his late speech at Jackson, Miss, men
toned, as an illustration of the vastness
of our national domain, the fact that du-
ring the four years of the late administra-
ton, more land was ceded by the general
government for internal improvement and
other legitimate purposes, than "a third Of
France, and still we retain a public do.
main equal to the entire area of Europe!
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1857-07-04

REsusorTArIoH.-Dr. Marshall Hall,
the emine0t London physician, gives in
structions for the resuscitation of persons
apparently drowned, at variance with the
methods now ia use. He says there is
one great impediment to the restoration
Of the functions Of respiration, which is
the falling back Of the tongue across the
top Of the glottis, or entrance into the
windpipe. In order to remove this, the
patient is to be placed upon his face and
breast, and the body is then TO be turned
slowly 10 its former position. This NIB
tiOn, the effect of which is to cause con-
siderable amount of air in the lungs to be
expelled and reinspired, is 10 be kept up
until breathingis restored and all hopes
Of resuscitation from this source abandon
ed.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1857-07-04
4 Cusrom WORTHY ImrrArrNe.-t

a custom among certain tribes in Siberia
that when woman is married, she must
prepare the wedding dinner with her own
hands. To this feast all the relatives and
friends, both of her own family and that
of the groom, are invited. If the viands
are well cooked, her credit as good
housewife is established. But if the dish
es are badly prepared, she is disgraced in
that capacity forever. The result is, that
a Siberian wife is generally good houses
keeper, whetever else she may be, and
thus competent, beyond her sex generally
for the practical duties ofIife. Girls, bear
that III mind!-[ Russian Life.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1857-07-04

A Western editor, whose subscribers
complained very loudly that he did not
give them news enough for their money,
told them that if they did not find enough
in the paper, they had better read the BIZ
bic, which, he had no doubt, would be
news to them.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1857-07-04
. AR
B8RR SA6ooN.

cag The undersigned informs the public
tn that he has opened BAR in connection
q with his Saloon for the sale Of ALE and
CIDER. where he will always keep the most SUI
perior Liquors and Segars, as well as Ale and Ci-
der. Call in at No 10 Main street, opposite Live
ry Stable. ian31 L. GABRIEL.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1857-07-04

Harry, said yonng lady. on the seat
before US at the theatre, last evening, how
| should like to be an actress IAN ac-
tress, Henrietta; why1' 'Oh! it must be
60 nice to be made love to in such pretty
words every evening.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1857-07-04
VeterInarY SnrgeOEa.

THE undersigned respectfully offers his servi.
ces to the Planters and others in this parish,
in the above capacity. All orders sent to him At
his residence below Paquemine will be punctu-
ally attended to--he will visit any paTt of the
parish. Particular care given to animals placed
in his charge. He gives particular attention to
the altering of animals.
Charges moderate.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1857-07-04
l.. GABRIEL.

R.SSs'' Informe ses amis ct aux pub
Il IN lie en- general, quill Went d'our-
S%WS Nrir une B A R, ct tent des NELL
SAk SSsHI leur LiQueur qu'il peut Sc procu-
rer pour satisfair a sa clientele ii tiendra tou-
jours sa bonne renomm6 de Biere ct Cider de
Normandie an3l
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1857-07-04
livery Stable.

r. The undersigned would inform his
~ Nfriends and the public generally that he
4L9- has added LIVERY STABLE to his
Hotel, where he will at all times keep the best g
Horses and Buggies for hire.
ap2I M. MARRY, Market street.
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a. RxGBN9,
Cabinet Maker,

~ ~O~"AAANG ~A~ACA9
Grateful for past favors, respectfully informs his
friends and customers and the public generally,
that after a.temporary absence from his cid stand
on Plaquemine street, opposite the market house
he has again returned to it, where he expects now
to remain. He continues to receive from New Or
leans and Cincinnati, large additions to his stock
OF Furniture of all Kinds,
which will be sold at his usual low rates.
Old Furniture takeu in exchange, or repailed
very low prices.
He also makes c COFFINS ofevery style at the
shortest notice. He has alwayson hand complete
setts of Fisk's Patent Metallic Coffins, and keeps
Splendid Hearse. Prices moderate. oc15
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Most Beautiful Stock of Goods
TO TIE PUBLIC,

TN consequence Of the competition Of Auctio
/ neers, notice is hereby given to Adminisra'
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 Auctioneer in the Parish.
febl4 JOS. IL. ERWIN, Sheriff.