Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1857-03-21
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per bushel.
The number of Jews in the United States
exceeds a quarter Of a million.
The population of New York is dying at
about the rate of one in every seventeen min
utes, day and night, all the year round.
All the men who have been elected GoveE-
NOS of New Hampshire since 1888 are alive
and all before that period are dead.
The Catholics of Montreal are about to erect
a Cathedral surprising in splendor any church
edifce on the western continent.
1t is stated that Col. John Preston, of Loua
isiana, has lately made 100000 from one
years crop of moIasses, at so centsper gallon.
A correspondent of the Boston Courier
states that Mr.. and Mrs. Breckenridge were the
handsomest couple at the Inauguration.
The London Star of February 7th has news
that the Mississippi river was frozen over a.
far up as PiHsburg.
A horse dealer, describing a used up horse,
said he looked "as if he had been editing a
daily newspaper"
Patrick's testimony in the riot case-"Be
iabbers, the first man | saw coming at me was
two Brickbats."
The New Orleans (La.) Crescent says, that
the free negroes of that city are possessed Of
property to the amount of 100000.
The editor in chief Of the London Times is
said to have the same salary as the President
of the U. S., $4,000.
The Committee on State affairs in the Mich
igan Senate, have reported fayoFably to extend
the right of suffrage to females.
There are in the English language 20 500
nouns, 40 pronouns, 5000 detectives, 5000
verbs, 50 intersections, &c. In all there are
about 10000 words.
The members of the Presbyte rian Church in
Columbia S. c. have purchased a silver ten set
at $1,000, to present to their late pastor, Rev.
R. NJ. Palmer, now Of New Orleans.
Dinner to Mr.. Marcy.-The merchants of
Baltimore are making arrangements to offer
ex Secretary Marcy the compliment off public
dinner.
Mr.. Hedges, of Cincinnati, has invented a
sugar mill, for the grinding of Chinese sugar
cane. 1t can be trans ported easily from place
to place.
Never trust with a secret 4 married man
who loves his wife, for he will tell her, and she
will tell her sister, and her sister will tel! cye-
rybody.
A Great Success.-Harper'S Weekly has at"
tanned a regular circulation of about $4,000
copies, and only ten numbers have been is+
sued.
4 Costly G0rernment-The Chancellor Of
the British Excheqner estimates the total tx"
penditures for carrying on the government, tor
the ensuing'year, at G65, i74,0oo, or 1927 ,37O,.
600.
There is one railroad in California. 1t runs
from San Francisco TO Folsom, twenty two
miles, cost $273,O00, and pays an interest of
three per cent per month. The expenditures
are about $1,000 per month, and the receipts
800 per day.
There are about twenty female physicians in
Boston, MASSACHUSETTS,, and t%he'number is grad
ually increasing. They conine themselves
generally to midwifery and the Diseases OF their
own sex. Their success in the former branch
tends to establish them firmly in fam lies.
The proposition TO enlarge to q considerable
extent the Capital grounds at Washington,
was agreed to by both Houses, previous to fl
= nal adjournment. The new grounds will COW
er >eyenty~threee acres, instead Of twenty-three
as at present.
The income Of the Marquis of Westmiin-
ster is $4,000 0 per annum, equal 10 $4,000 per
day, or over So for every minute of time, night
and day throughout the entire year. Every
tick of the clock throws a half dime into his
purse.
A Florence journal states that manuscripts
have been found within the wall Of the for"
trpss of Pigneral. where The man Of the Iron
Mask was for eleven years prisoner, which will
solve the problem of his identity.
"Trging TO Get a Good Ons."-An frishman
tried for marrying six wives, on being asked
how he could be such a hardened villain as TO
delude'so many, replied with great noncha-
lance: "Wby, PLACE yer worship, was trying
to get a good one.'
Very Good Reason.-The local editor of the
Buffalo Commercial (who is a physician BY
the way) is advocating the publication of births
in the newspapers. He thinks them of more
Importance than deaths, for the reason that
when a man is dead he is done with, but when
he is born he is only begun with.
Elegant Present to Mr. Buchanoa-THbe
ex-American Consul at Trieste arrived a few
days ago from Europe, with a magnificent and
beautiful enameIled gold chronometer watch
which has been made to. the order Of some Itas
Ian republicans, for a present to James Bun
chanan. The chronometer is enclosed in q
gold hunting case, both faces Of which are elabe
oTately and exquisitely enameled.
GA clergyman who was reading to his