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Nouveau Paquebot Untre la Mlle* Orleans et Waterlo o Pour WATERLOO' I'Hermitage 1 Port Hudson, Springfield Landing _____ Lobdell's Store, Wall's Landing Baton Rouge, Bruslé Landing, Est et Ouest Ba ton Rouge, Manchac, Plaquemine, Iberville, Bay ou Goula, New River Landing, Ascension, Don aldsonville. &c. &c.— Le Bateau-a- vapeur ueuf, fin marcheur tAr ITOL, en place du ''Gipsy," commande par 1« Capitaine THOMAS M. URE, partira de la Nouvelle Orlenns tous les Dimanches, a 9 heures A- M., et les Jeudis, a 5 heures P. M. Retour nant, partira du Waterloo tous les Lundis a 10 heures M., et Jeudis a 0 teures P. M. Partira de Plaquemine-tous les Lundis a 4 heures P. M., et Jeudis a 10 hemes P. M. Le CAPITOL prendra du fret et des passagers nour toutes les places ci-mentionnees. ijov3 G. E. ^PRA GUE, Agent. \n\n PACKETS. STew Orleans« Port Hudson and Waterloo Packet. FOR WATERLOO, Lobdell's Store, Baton Rouge, Pla t quemine, Donaldsonville, and nil in termediate landings—The fine passenger steamer Wew Latoiiu, Emile Gross , Master, will leave New Orleans for the above and all inter mediate landings on MONDAYS, at 5 o'clock P. -Mv, and on FRIDAYS, at 9 o'clock A. M. Re turning will leave Waterloo every Saturday and Tuesdays. For freight or passage apply on hoard. ^/"The New Latona has a sign on the wharf at her Lauding, where will be always stationed a clerk to receive freight during the absence of the boat, enabling merchants to send their goods di rect from the vessel to the boat, thereby saving the charge of storage and additional drayage. For freight or passage apply on board or to novl7 G. E. SPRAGÜE, Agent. New Orleans and Fort Adams Regular Packet. For Fort Adams, Pointe Coupée, Morgarizia, Bayou Sara, Waterloo, Hermitage. 'Port Huoson, Baton Rouge, Plaquemine, Donaldsonville, and the Coast—The fine passenger packet steamer P. F. K.I3W BALL, BENJ. H. ORR, Master, will run re gularly in the above trade throughout the entire rear—leaving New Orleans every WEDNES DAY Morning at 10 o'clock A.M. Returning, will leave Fort Adams every FRIDAY at 12 o' clock, M. For freight or passag« apply on board. tue Capitol. TWICE A WEEK , ICTFOR WATERLOO— Port Hudson, Lob dell's Store, Baton Rouge, Plaquemine, Donald sonville, and all Intermediate Landings. The new and splendid steamer CAPITOL, Capt T jjomas Ure , will leave New Orleans for the aboire ports on Sunday morning at 9 o'clock, and on Wednes days at 5 P. M . Returning, will leave Waterloo immediately on delivery ot freight, &c. For , o, W epply „ tagl »' p ^ AGUE U. §. mail Packet Hatch For Vicksburg, Warrentoiswvew onWve Carthage, Ashwood, Grand Gulf, St. Joftph, Rodney, Waterproof, Natches, Fort Adams, Bayou Sara, Port Hudson. Baton Rouge, Plaquemine, Donaldsonville—The mag nificent new regular passenger packet NATCH EZ, T. P. Leathers, master, will leave as above «very SATURDAY, at 5 o'clock P.M. For freight •r passage apply on boird, or to CARROLL, PRITCHARD & Co., Union Row, 53 Carronéelet street. KTThe Natchez will go through to Vicksburg without detention, and will connect there with the Jackson cars on Monday. Q3=-'fhe boat will not be responsible for any letter or package containing money, jewelry, or other valuables unless regular bills of-lading are taken, specifying the contents and value, and the freight paid; nor for any valuable article deposit ed with the clerk by the passengers, or contained • their baggage. New Grocery Store AND COFFBB -HOirSB. A BLUM respectfully informs his friends and • the public generally, that he has taken the large and commodious buflding lately occupied by Mr. St. Dizier, in which he has opened a Gro cery Store in which will be kept every descrip tion of Groceries required for Family and Planta tion use. A . . He has also opened a Coffee House adjoining, where will be kept the choicest of Liquors, and where he would be glad to see his friends from town and country. feb!7 '35-ly ©SOT MW eXLOCS^Y AND store. , ij* friends *n extensive a ßrocery and Peed «©re •n Merriam street, nearly opposite the foot of Bank. The Grocer} wiH always contain the best tad most choice of , »revision» anû Liquors, ef every description usually found in the roost ex tensive Grocery Establishments, and will be sold at City Price«. HIS FEED STORE will, he trust», supply a want that has long been felt in this community; and while he promises to his fncmif and the. public that he will always keep en hand a good »oppijr ®f CORN, HAY ; OATS, «$•«., Jrtrôkes as low ai can be fold in the city, hehopes to receive a portion of their patronage. ETC*» •at examine srtielee and »P 81 Left the plantation of the subscribers about the 10th of May last, the yellow wo men HANNAH; she U 25 years of age, and it well known in Plaquemine. It is jd that she is harbored by white persons; $580 will to paid for the delivery of said Hannah to the undersigned, and one hundred with proof to «ffivkt tht p*r»on or pereoi'a ^borin|her CALENDAR FOR FEBRUARY. Suv M Tn W T F Sa. FEB. 3 10 17 24 4 5 11 12 18 19 25 26 6 13 20 27 7 14 21 28 15 22 29 JOB PRINTIKO. THE PROPRIETOR OF THE SOUTHERN SENTINEL GRATEFUL for the patronage that has here tofore been extended him, would respectfuly inform his patrons and the public generally, that havifcjf lately made considerable additions to his office, (and contemplating making considerable more in a short time) he is prepared to execute with neatness and despatch, and in a style equal to any other office, every variety of Job Printing Consisting of— Handbills of all descrip tions; Blanks of all kinds; Bill Heads; Wedding Tickets and Cards; Pamplets; Lawyers' Briefs; Ball Tickets; Funeral Tickets; Circulars; &c &c &c. And in fact any description of Job Printing, in Black or Bronze. And at prices as low as any other office je the interior of the State. W. P. BRADBURN, Proprietor J. 22. DEGXLOS, Commission Merchant* Plaquemine, la. HAVING completed his large and commodious Wardiouse opposite to the Steamboat Landing, wiffgive his entire attention to the Receiving' and Forwarding 1 of all Freights passing through Plaquemine.— Grosse Tête and Attakapas Merchants in particu lar will find it to their interest by giving their at tention to this notice. Those wishing to have their Goods attended to will please address Care of J. E. DEGELOS, ul7 Plaquemine, La. Barber, Cupping; and Bleeding. Nicolas Biehler H A3 opened his shop in Keller's new house, opposite Kahn's store, where he will be glad to see all who may require his services in either •f the above branches. He is sure that none will be displeased who may require his services. je4 FOUR NATIONS" HOTEL, MARKET ST. M. MAR IX, grateful for the favors hitherto bestowed upon him by a generous public, takes this occasion to ——ireturn them his thanks, and to state to them that he has made considerable improve ments; and feels that he can safely assert, that in reference to the substantials and luxuries of his table, and comfortable lodging, that his house is second to none in this community. Call and ex examine for yourselves. ap21 ■ Iff fill ■919 COAL—COAL. rpHE planters of Iberville and adjoining parish I es are respectfully informed that they can be supplied with the best Pittsburgh Coal, at their Coal Depot for Steamboats, in front, of the Plan tation of A. Sidney Robertson. Address Iberville Postoffice. J. R. CHRISTIAN & CO. For sale, several empty Coal Boats; each one oontains about 5,000 feet of good Lumber, exclu sive ol the frame. [je30] J. R. C. & CO. OYSTERS, AND OTHER DELICACIES! A. PERROM, Jr., Would remind his old friends and the public generally, that his Oyster Saloon has been fitted up anew during the summer with many improve ments, and is now opened again for the winter campaign, with FRESH OYSTERS and all other delicacies always on hand. oct27 Checked Nainsoofc. Mnslins. JUST received a second supply of those check ed Mamisook Muslins. je9 HART, A USTIN & CO. Ladies* and Children's Shoes Made in she neatest style and of the best mate rial, und manufactured to order expressly for HART, AUSTIN & CO. INVOICE just received embrace the following list— LADIES' kid welt Lace Boots; do Morocco do do; do calf do do; do kid buskins or Walking Shoes; do Gaiter Boots, a beautiful assortment; do Black Kid Slippers, with and without ro settes; do Satin do—decidedly neat; do white kid do, English and French: do do satin do, extra quality; do Velvet Slippers, bl'k and ass'ted colours; MISSES' Lace Boots and Buskins; do Gaiter Boots; do Kid Slippers; CHILDREN'S kid and calf walking shoes; do Morocco ancle ties, blue, red and bronze; do «à» buskins, do do do. d22 Sadler; î -Sadlery i Just received direct from New York, h large and well assorted stock of ^ _ Sadler?, Harness, &c which we are offering to purchasers at low prices. Our assortment embraces the annexed list of 12 doz extra horse and mule Collars; 6 do do Cart Saddles; 6 do do Saddle Trees; 8 do da Cart Breeching; 2 do Leather Back Bands; g do extra Wood Haimes; 6 sets extra Buggy Haimes; §doz Men's Saddles, comprising a great va riety of Euglish, American and Creole patterns; 2 doz side Saddles, an elegant assortment for ladies and misses, varying in price from ©y to «30; ,.. ' 2 doz saddle Bags and Wallets assorted; Also—a complete assortment of English and French Bridles, black and rosset; Do do Fillmgs, do do; Extra Martingales, extra Bridle reins, buggy Whips, stirrups, spurs, stirrup Leathers, Circia gles, Girths, &C-, for sale cheap by ' sepI5 HART, AUêTIN & CO. PLAQIEIOE: Saturday* February 16» 1856. Douglass for President. —The South Caro» linian learns from a source on which it relies, that there is no doubt in the world that the friends of Judge Douglass, notwithstanding the long cherished desire to keep him back for a term or two, have now come to the conclu.-, sion that it has become, tinder ail circumstan ces, expedient to bring him forward for the next Presidency. But it will be of no avail— his star has set—the Little Giant is a Giant no longer. Rome. —According to a recent letter, the population of the city of Rome is 177.461, in 1854 it was 178,032. In both years the chol era prevailed fearfullj'. In 1855 the total num. ber of deaths was 7081. Among the inhabi tants are 36 bishops 1226 secular clergy, 2213 monks and other members of religious socie ties, and 1919 nans. Churches in Paris. — According to official reports, published in the beginning of 1855, the the capital of France, with a population of 1, 000,000 souls, has only 46 churches, most un equally divided. The tenth district has ten houses lise fourth district has only one to 45, 900 souls. The city of Brooklyn, N. Y., has nearly one church to each thousand or two thousand inhabitants, and that too, without any aid from government. Nevertheless, t!w at tendance upon public warship in Parish under stood to be very great, compared with what it was fifty, or even twenty years ago. Cwrious. —To see the Administration, in its New Year's congratulations with the Corps diplomatique at Washington, paying especia 1 attention to Senor Murcolelta, as minister from Nicaragua. As Mr. Marcolettais notliccredit ed from Gen. Walker—the only government now in Central America—he is not -upposed to represent any body but himself. No matter what sort of a man Capt. French may be, it is quite certain, at all events, that he represents Gen. Walker. To be telling him to "quit," then at the same time that "especial attentleo" »beingpaid to Marcoletta, is oneoWiose sin gjfrlar anomalies of which this anomalous Ad ministration, in its foreign policy, so often pre» sents. Taxation in Russia. —Several noble Rus» sians are at this lime residing in Rome. Ac« cording to a correspondent of the Newark Dai ly Advertiser, one of them, who belongs to one Iff the most ancient families of the Empire remarked lately in a social circle, that the Rus» sian nobles were onpressively taxed to carry on the war, full fifty per cent of their incomes being appropriated in that way by the govern* meut. ET Rev. Dr. Cummins, a famous divine of London, and a voluminous writer on prophecy is being severely handled by some of the En* glish reviewers. Dr. C. thinks that in 1865, the milleniam will begin, by Christ's persona) advent. Conviction of a Clergyman for Forgery.— At the York assizes, says a late English paper, before Mr. Baron Martin, the Rev. Wm. Beres ford, aged fifty-isix, was indicited for having, on the 4th of November, at Bradford, uttered a forged endorsement (using the name of Mr Kay«;) of a bill of exchange for the payment of JË100, with the intention to defraud Samuel Laycock. It was stated during the trial that the prisoner is brother to Gen. Beresford, now Adjutant-General in India, and the cousin of Lord Dacies and next heir to the title, and holds a living in Cork. His lordship summed up the evidence, and the jury, after a few minutes' deliberation, found the prisoner guility. The sentence of the court was that he be transport ted for the period of his natural life, The pri soner, who appeared surprised at the extent of bis sentence, had to be assisted from the dock. STA fetter from Naples of the 28th Dec. says: "Vesuvius has been thundering, and a new mouth has been opened on the very top of the mountain, from whence lava ie flowing out. At present all that can be seen is a vast col. umn of smoke, but still the mountain is ac tive, and menaças further demonstrations. Not far from Castellamare, too, I bave observed an unusual agitation in the sea. The rocks in the neighborhood also were covered with a thick sulphurous deposit." 0"Tbe correspondent of the New York Tri. bune slates that in one part of that city there are no less than four "bogus Sonday Schools,'» with a large uombar of collectors, who raise from $1,000 to 5,000 per annum "to earry on the operations of the schools," and the other ninety to support a set of lazy hangers on.— Some of these "religions operators are the ve ; riest sconndrela in the world." IXTEKESTISG I N IOU -TI AT IO.\ . Whut We All Do. —An amusing an instruc tive hour may be spent, if one will t>1ft search out from the confused figures of the consus the number of persons following various oc cupations in the United States. Thus we re« joice, as a nation, in having two thousand per eons who pronounce themselves artists, though there are probably not a score who live in men's memories, and certainly not one who appears likely to dethrone Raphael. Of authors we have, according to the census, onty eighty two; that is, but eighty-two are willing to confess to "genius and a garrett," though, if publish ers' advertisements are to be credited, every new month gives birth to a new literary star, and one more brilliant than any that ever went before. To pass from bank officers to brokers is a natural transition, and of the former we are favored with fourteen hundred; of the lat ter with six thousand, exemp'ifying the old ad ages, that "it never rains but it pours," and that "blessings never come singlv." Luckily, there are a hundred thousairf honest, stout hearted blacksmiths as a makes-weight against this Egyptian p!ague of flies in the shape of bro kers and bankers. Moreover, there are six thousand barbers to "shave" the six thousand brokers, and thus revenge the community, which is so essentially "shaved" by the latter. We have two millions and a half of farmers, seventy thousand mariners, one hundred thou sand merchants, sixty four thousand masons, and nearly two hundred thousand carpenters. We have fourteen thousand bakers to make our bread, twenty four thousand lawyers to set us by the ears, forty thousand doctors to "kill or cure," and fifteen hundred editors to keep this motley mass in order—by the potent pow er of public opinion, controlled and manufac tured through the press. We have eleven thousand hatters, ten thousand tobacconist-, and thirty one thousand weavers. Against thirty thousand teachers we can set off fifty thousand tailors, so that we care nearly twice as much for adorning the body that we do for decking out the mind. Only twenty two thou sand people have been willing to set them* selves down as servants, though most of us serve others in some capacity or other, from the boot-black who polishes our shoes, to the book sellers who brightens the public intellect. No body, according to the census, follows the trade of a politician, though there are enough, hea* ven knows, in this city alone, to have condemn ed a dozen Sodoms and Gomorrahs. The cen sus fails to record, likéwise, the existence of any patriots among us, though we have thought long ago that patriotism was especially a pro fession, a profession and nothing else. The forty thousand physicians support five hundred undertakers, which gives the impor tant statistical fact that it takes eighty doctors to keep one undertaker in a brief business to keep one a brief business r . . , . - , , , I [a downnght slander.] We have fifteen hun- | dree wagon makers, three thousand watch ma- j kers, seventy etght vinegar m akers, mcluding I we suppose, a e crW^fc«es, crusty bache lore, and verjutce old maT% tlnrty thousand ; wheelwrights, and thirty threflHfaowmen. We wheelwrights, and thirty threflHfaowmen. We have four thousand cutlers; tweWty three thou sand saddlers; and five thogsarçd railroad men. We have one hundred an<rfifgr four opticians and ten oben lists, but nearly Ttfjim; thousand confectioneer8, proving that we%ire infinitely more for eating than for eye-sigw. This re minds us that there are five thousand brewers and seven hundred wine dealers, but the cen> sus, strange to say, is silent as to the number who drink beer and "qunffithe rosy." In all, we have about five millions aiÄ a half, above the age of fifteen years, who are busily em ployed«! some trade, profession or other oc cupation by which to earn a livelihood. It is plain we are not a nation of sluggards. We nearly ail do something. Nay, to be an idle drone, is happily no recommendation in Ame« rica, as it is in the aristocratic and monarchical countries of Europe.— Philadelphia Public Ledger. "Oh, My Poor Wife and Children!" —These were the last words ever uttered by poor Cap tain Follansbee, of the ill fated ship St. Denni9. The last that was seen of him by his survivors, he was winding up bis watch—a melancholy illustration of the force of habit, for he mast have already realized that he had no further occasion to taks note of the lapse of time.— His thoughts were doubtless with his distress* ed famiiy, for whom he was more anxieus than for himself, and whom he now was as power less to assist as they to assist him. We trust, says the New York Post, his heart-piercing cry was not sent up in vain, but trust that it will reach the hearts of ail who know how felt the agony of his last moments, and that of his brave companions, and who will be disposed to do all that can be done to take from that last agony its sting. The flags of the shipping are placed half-mast to-day, says the Journal of Commerce of the 18th, as a mark of re spect for the memory of the lamented Captain Follansbee, and those who perished with him in the packet ship St. Dennis. Chapped Hands.— From personal experience we know the following compound an effectual remedy for the affliction with which many suf fer at this season: "Scrape into an earthen vessel H ounces of spermaciti and half an ounce of white wax; add 6 drachms of powdered camphor, and 5 table spoonfuls of the best olive oil. Let it stand near the fire until it dissolves, stirring it well when liquid. Before retiring, put the oint ment on the hands—also before washing them Use soap as usual." <0"No government cau flourish where the morals and manners of the peopie are corrupt ed ; for as Tully observes, take but away the aw eof religion,and fidelity and justice, so ne cessary to the keeping up haman society, mast perish with it. A Peep into a Washington £Iei(. Having heard much of the magnificence and grandeur of the metropolitan gambling houses, 1. with several Cleveb nd friends, paid one a visit the other night. The entrance was through a Burrow, lighted way, opening from the Avenue, ju*t east of the National. A pair of stairs at tiie further end of the h;ill brines you abruptly against a small door, fastened on the inside; you ring a bell; a colored servant looks through a latticed panel, to see if all is right. If he discovers a well-known customer, or a frequent visitor of «ach places, the whole party is admitted, on the principle, of course, that "a person is known by the company lie keeps." Gamblers understand human nature better than anybody else, and they know this old adage is as true in hell as it "is out. We were admitted first into a room beautifully carpeted, frescoe painted, with chairs, sofas, lounges, &c., of rosewood, a large centre-table, on which were the leading newspapers of the country, and around \ghieh sar several well dressed gentlemen leisurely reading and dis cussing the news of the day. This was but the half of a double parlor—the reception room, ôr, as Milton would say, "the vestibule of hell." Our guide, who was a well-known Wash ington gentleman, introduced tJVto the keeper of the establishment, telling him that we had never been in such a place before, and was ltd by curiosity to explore his infernal domains. He appeared highly delighted, and immediately opened up to the "inner temple;" wintered, and found the half had not been toJd us—a chandelier, costing from three to four hundred dollare, brilliantly lighted up, flung its glitter ing r^s on gold papered walls, satin damask curtails, sofas, &c. In the centre, and near one end of the room, stood a long six-legged table, with a richly-embroidered spread, falling in folds nearly to the floor; on the wail over this table hung a massive gilt frame, and large as life a huge erouehing tiger, with eves of glaring fire, lips apart, and apparently ready for a spring upon his unsuspecting victim. The cloth being removed from the table beneath, revealed a Faro Sank, with all the implements of the well known fascinating game—ivory chips, representing-$1, $5, $25, $250 each, lay piled up in a corner, for the convenience of the betters; in a small box beneath lay piles of bank-bills and heaps of double-eagles for the redwmp'ion of those ivory issues. It was early in the evening, and the players had not got in. The keeper entertained us witii tales of the table—how foolishly young men came there, as we had, out of curiosity, and were induced to "try their luck," out of curiosity: which generally left them out of cash, out of character, a*4 out of friends in the end. We proposed leaving, when he politely invited us to stay for supper; he showed us his"] bill of fare, which included soup roast beef oysters in all styles, venison, quail, fish, cho c ^ |rtte) coffee! aIj J d a „ the W1 , J a[ld (i ^ to be found in the best reataurants . Whoever iä admit t e d to the rooms, either as players or spectators, are also admitted to their suppers, . don ' t underHtan d nature? The keeper was impatient to have the House organized, so members could draw their mileage, and make his business better.(!) This is but one of many institutions'in this city, and j the Tiger is bound to be fed, though the peo« pie starve. A Story of Waterloo. The world has been listening for years to stories'of Waterloo, the scene of the last great action of Napoleon; but it would seem like a certain other commodity long since familiar to our readers "that there is a few more of the same sort left." "An individual' who owned a small tavern near the eventful field, was frequently question ed as to whether he did not possess some relics of the battle, and as invariably and as honestly answered in the negative. But he was very poor, and one day while lamenting to a neigh« bor. not only hia poverty, but the annoyance to which travellers subjected him, his friend cut him short with— "We'll make one help the other. Make some relics!" "But what can I do?" inquired the poor man. "Tell them that Napoleon or Wellington en tered your shop during the battle, and sat down on that chair." Not long after, an English tourist entered and enquired for relics, was told the chair sto ry. The chair was bought at an incredible price. The next comer was informed that Wellington had taken a drink, and the "Well ington tumbler" was accordingly sold. The third "arrival" gazed with breathless wonder at the nail on which Bonaparte "had hung up his hat." The fourth purchased the dcor posts between which he entered: and the fifth became the happy purchaser of the floor on which he had trodden. At the last advices, the fortu nate tavernheeper had not a roof to cover his headendl^s sitting on a bag of gold in the centre of a deep pit formed by selling the dirt on which the house had stood. 0"The discovery of the open Circumpolar Sea appears to have been made by a Russian officer thirty years ago. This was Lieut. Wrangel, who somewhere about the year 1824, advanced by sleds across the ice from the nor them coast of Siberia, due north, to the open Lieut, (now Admiral) Wrangel, took frequent soundings during the trip, and found the water shallow, with a mud bottom. The climate became more moderate as he made northing. According to his estimate of his position at the margin of the open polar ocean, he must have been near the parallel of 82 de> grees north, on which Dr. Kane was when he saw the same sea, almost on the opposite side of the Pole. Lieut. Wrangel eoneealed pro« visions in the ice as he advanced, which he cut out for supplies on his return. The party slept in lodges warmed by a spirit lamp; which also cooked their meals. Their sufferings were not J as great as those of the land parties that have 1 BT There ai e fourteen female physiciaos: gone out from the British exploring ships. j practising in Boston. The I-'rencU Soldier and Pope Piuc. The Courier des Alpes relates the following curious story, the authenticity of which it guarantees: A few months ago, a soldier of the army of the East, writing to a conrade of the French army at Rome, drew a sad picture of the pri- vations and fatigues which the former had to endure, of the dangers to which tlisy wero exposed, and of the ravages which disease and the Russian balls were making in their ranks. He concluded his letter by recommending hi.s friend without delay to carry to the Pope iiim self the price of a mass for the preservation of t|e French army and request him to per form it. Faithful to the recommendation of his friend, the soldier at Rome went the next morning to the Vatican, and requested the first attendant he met to conduct him to his Holiness. "But, my brave fellow," said tho guard, "have you obtained the previous au thority for an audience?" "All that is very well," replied the soldier, "for great lords, but with a simp 1 « trooper no such ceremony is necessary." The guard would not trespass on the usual regulations, but the soldier, on his side, was so little disposed to give way, that it was found necessary to conduct him to the pre late on duty that day. There, similar observa tions were made to the applicant, but a 11 in vain, and, at length, the prelate, despairing of over coming the importunity of his visitor, went and mentioned the matter to the Pope. As may be supposed, the curiosity of Pius IX. was «xeited by such an application, and the etiquah» of the Vatican was set aside, the soldier beit g ushered into the presence of his Holiness. On coming near, the soldier stood upright as a posf, and then giving the military salute by raising his hand to Ms forehead, ad» drewed the Pope as follows, jaot a* if he was speaking to the Lieutenant of his company: "Mon pape, here is a letter from a comrade in the Crimea, which concerns you; please to read it, and tell me what answer I am to send." At the same time, he with one hand held out the letter, and with the other somw pieces of money. The Pope took the letter, and after reading it, returned it to the soldier, saying: "My friend, my mass of to-morrow is appropriated to a particular purpose; but the day after, without fail, I will say one with pleasure for th it grand French army. I, however, make one condition, and that is, that you attend yourself and pre« pare to receive the Holy Communion. As to the pafwen! you offer, keep the money to drink to the fe«alth of your brave brothers in arm- 1 ." "That is sufficient, Mon Pape," replied the soldier, "1 will go and prepare myself with tho chaplain of the regiment, and the day after tp morrow at the appointed hour I will be at my post." He then again saluted a la militaire , and turning right about, left his H"l m-m charmed wiüvhis military nonchalance. O ü tne day appoinc^^the soldier was present at tn« mass of the^fctfereign Pontiff, and had the happiness of reaeiving the communion from his hands. j Vanilla —The vanilla, so much prized for its delicious flavor, is the product of a vine which grows to the top of the loftiest trees, Its leaves somewhat resemble tho-e of the gr«pe; the flowers are red and yellow, and when they fall off are succeeded by the pods, which grow in clusters, like our ordinary beans; green at first they change to yellow, and finally to dark brown. To be preserved, they are gathered when yellow, and put in heaps for a few days to ferment. They are afterward placed in the sun to dry, flattened by the hand, and carefully rubbed with coco nut oil, and then packed in dry plantain leaves, so as to confine their pow erful aromatic odor. The vanilla bean is the article used to scent snufi', flavor ice creams, jellies, etc. The plant grows in Central Ame rica and other hot countries. Use of Salt in Cooking Vegetables. —Here in something everybody ought to have knowji long ago, and that every body should now rend and remember: If «ie portion of vegeHftles bo boiled in pure distilled or rain water, and another in wa ter to which a little salt has been added, a de cided difference is perceptible in the tender ness of the two. Vegetables boiled in pure water are vastly inferior. This inferiority may go so far, in the case of onions for instance, that they are almost entirely destitute of taste or odor. CTltissaid that Douglas Jerrold has a son in New York, who has emigrated with the ins tention of connecting himself with the Amer ican newspaper press. Mike Walsh, formerly member of Congress from New York, is at Sebastopol, with more than thirty other Americans. ITCommodore Shabrick, the President of the late Naval Retiring Board, become", by the death of Commodore Morris, senior officer of the United States Navy 0"A list of one thousand seven hundred subscribers to Agasiz's great work on Natural History, is published in Boston. It will bo oue of the most costly and splendid works ever issued. 0"M. O. Walkes, one of the wealthiest men in Chichago, III.,has been indicted by the grand jury, for the heinous crime of perjury. ' UTThe Prussian Government has forbidden the journals to publish advertisements from parties seeking husbands or wives, on the ground that these advertisements are, for the most part, mere cloaks or traps for immorality and licentiousness. SOUTHE T msrr .Q cip£>l Ty £^C © 4ND ié. NEL. VOLUME vm. PLAQUEMINE, PARISH OF IBERVILLE, LA., FEB. 16, 1856. NUMBER 28.