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MAGASIN DE MEDECINES
E soussigné vient d'ouvrir une Ma
"•
gasin de Medeciueà dans la maison
de Mr. Beck, vis-à-vis la maison on se
tient la Cour de District dans la ville de
Plaquemine. Les habitans trouveront
•dans son établissement toutes sorte de
Drogues et Medecines à aussibon marché
et d'aussi bon qualité qu'à la Nouvelle Or
leans : Son assortiment ayant été très ré
cemment choisi avec beaucoup de soin à
New York.
Parfumerie, Sangsues,
Comfitures,
Sucres,
Thés, Vin d'Oporto,
Cornichons, Sauces,
Epices de toutes sortes.
Avec beaucoup d'autres articles qui se
vendent chez les epiciers.
A. E. RICHARDS.
Octobre 16, 1847.
MEDICINES.
A LARGE asssrtment of pure and
good medicines can be had at the
Plaquemine Drug Store. Planters wish
ing a supply for Plantation use, are invi
ted to call and try them. They will be
«old at city prices, and the expense of
freight saved to the buyer.
A. E. RICHARDS
MAGAZIN DE TAPISSERIE.
No. 20 Rue du Camp , Nile. Ot leans.
JOSEPH ETTERoffieà vendre à bas prix
p our du comptant, ou acceptances de la ville,
toute sorte d'articles de ce genre, tels que Papier à
Tapisser pour mures, ciels de lit pour rideaux
avec bordures ; étoffe à Rideaux avec garanitures
Pompons Cordes, Batons Dorés, Corniches: — De
Matelas à ressort, de Crin etMousse, des Franges,
Rideaux de fenêtre transparents et autres, Mousti
caires, Tapis de laine, de paille et de toile peinte
«te.
Tous ordres seront promptement éxécutes.
Octobre 9,1847. ll:tf
MARRON EN PRISON.
ill 6t6 amené à la geôle de Plaquemine le
30 du mais de Septembre, 1848, un nègre
arrêté comme marron, nommé JOHN, et
qui se dit appartenir à un marchand de nè
gre, nommé Willis, de la Virginie, qui l'a loné à
un nommé Scudder, habitant de la Paroisse Est
Baton Rouge, aûil atravaille quelque temps. Le
dit nègre est âgé d'environ 28 ans. taille 5 pieds
9 pouces.
oct2 3t HENRY SULLIVAN, Geôlier. \n\n SOUTHERN
SENTINEL.
VOL. I.
PLAQUEMINE, PAKISII OF IBERVILLE, OCTOBER 3, 1848.
NO. 17.
DRUGS AND MEDICINES.
THE subscriber has opened a Drug
Store in Plaquemine, near Mr.
Beck's Tailor Shop.
Planters and others will find here every
thing in the Drug line, as good and cheap
as in the city. Every thing has been
selected with care, in the New Vork mar
ket, and warranted fresh and genuine.
From his long experience in the busi
ness, he hopes to merit the confidence and
patronage of the public.
All the usual variety of Perfumery,
Preserves and Confectionery, always on
hand. Call and See.
A. E. RICHARDS.
October 9, 1847. l::tf
WILSON, STARBIRD & SMITH'S SY
RUP OF SARSAPARILLA— For the
cure of rheumatism, scrofulous affections, diseases
of the skin, and eruptions of various kinds. It is a
powerful tonic and alterative, and is valuable as a
restorative in depraved conditions of the system,
though its most extensive and useful application is
in the treatment of secondary syphilis, and syphi
loid diseases, and that shattered state of the system
which follows the imprudent use of mercury in
these affections. Forsale by
aulO L. C. THOMAS, Druggist
REGULAR PACKET.— For the
Coast, Donaldsonville, Plaquemine.
I Baton Rouge, Port Hudson, Waterloo,
Bayou Sura.— The regular packet steamboat
ELISKA, J. G. Landry master, will leave New
Orleans every SUNDAY at 9 a. m ., and WED
NESDAY at 9 a. m.; returning will leave Bayou
Sara every Monday and Thursday at 10 o'clock,
A. ».
For freight or passage, having superior accommo
dations, apply on board or to
BRAUD & LANDRY, Bienville street.
GERARD & FERRIER, Conti street.
Aug. 28—tf.
rfHE GENUINE WRIGHTS INDIAN VEG.
■*- 1TABLE PILLS, are for sale at the Plaque
mine Drug Store, a new invoice juat received from
the proprietor and inventor; they are a sovereign
remedy for billious diseases and indigestion. Call
and try them where you can procure the original
pilli from Wm. Wright at
RIC
•epl8
ICHARDS' Drug Store.
_ COOPERAGE.
CYPRESS.MOLASSES BARRELS.
1~OHK SOLOMON has established a
fP Cooperage in the town of Plaque
mine, on Main street on the lot on which
L. D. Lacroix lately resided.
He has now on hand a considerable
Dumber of Molasses barrels of Cypress
warranted to be of the best quality ; he
will fill orders from planters at short no
tice.
Plaquemine, Augnst 14,1848,
TWO Thousand yards Lindsey; 1500 yards
Jeans, for sale by
au21 ROTH, BRO & CO.
ÜMBRELLAS of best quality silk and Scotch
ginghams, for sale by
nSl ROTH, BRO & CO.
A FEW gallons of 15 years old Apple Brandy
on hud, ud for sale at $ 150 per gallon, by
Ml4tf BRINEGAR.
—TWENTY-FIVE CENT? PER YEAR.'—
A new volume—increased in beauty and
usefulness—"ever onward."
fM/HIQHT'S PAPER, M the dis
V W semination of Useful Knowledge,, under the
supervision of the American Society for the Diffu
sion of Useful Knowledge—published the 15th of
each month. In consequence rrf the unprecedent
ed success of "Wright's Paper," dufing the first
year, we have resolved to make the second volume,
commencing in July. 1848, more valuable in every
respect than the first. Each number will contain
sixteen super royal octavo pages, on fine white pa
per—a magazine of valuable stores, gathered and
garnered up from sources which, from their magni
tude, rarity and costliness, areas sealed fountains of
living waters to the great mass of the reading com
munity—valuable educational matter, science and
art. improvement, domestic and political economy,
valuable practical receipts) &c., concentrated and
rendered practical to the teacher, the pupil, the pro
fessional man, the farmer, the mechanic, the manu
facturer, the housekeeper, the philanthropist; in
fact, to men. women and ch.ldren, of all classes
ages and conditions.
Each number will contain at \east four engravings.
'Wright's Pioneer and Literary Advertiser," is sent
gratis to each subscriber to "Wright's Paper."
A. F.. WRIGHT.
au3]-ly Go S. Third street, Philadelphia.
%'Subsciiptions leceived at this qffice. _
J. B. STEEL'S
NF.W ORLEANS
AND LITERARY EMPORIUM,
14 Camp street, New Orleans.
Stationery, School Book«, Cheap Publications,Ac.,at th
Lowest Cash Prices. Printing and Rook Binding
of every description, executed Jwith neatness and
despatch.
Asthma and Consump
tion.
DR. SHERMAN'S ALL-HEAL
1NG BALSAM, as n remedy for
Asthma,Consuinption, Bronchits, Coughs,
Colds, Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia, and
all Diseases of the Lungs, Throat, Liver
and Stomach, stands unexcelled.
Read what it has done !
More Home Testimony in Favor of
DR. SHERMAN'S ALL-HEALING BALSAM.
New Orleans , Feb. 25, 1843.
To Dr. Sherman's Agent, 151 Chartres street:
Dear Sir—Having derived great benefit from the
use of Dr. Sherman'sTBalsam, you will permit ine
to address a few lines to you. I have been troubled
for a long time with a bad cough, together with
raising blood, to such a degree that I could scarcely
talk without coughing. A friend of mine advised
me to try Dr. Sherman's Balsam, and in less than
two weeks after its use, I find myself perfectly well,
and able to attend to oiy business. I have recom
mended it to several of my friends, and in ail cases
with success.
Yours, dear sir, with respect.
J. E. BRISCOE,
Clerk for T. L. White, 53 Canal st.
Residence,24 Maria street, New Orleans
STILL THEY COME!
Having accidentally become acquainted with the
viitues of Dr. Sherman's All-Healing Balsam, I
have no hesitation in declaring that its use in my
family warrants the assurance that it possesses all
the gifted qualities attributed to it. In one case,
where the medicine was taken on my recommenda
tion. the effect was almost magical, as the Cough
and Expectoration of mucus matter bore a strong
analogy to a decided consumptive tendency. I be
lieve a mote general knowledge of this medicine is
only required to place it among the best curatives
extant, for Consumption, Dyspepsia and other dis
eases arising from a disorganized state of the stom
ach aud affections of the lungs.
JAMES REESE,
13 Camp st., New Orleans;
Mobile , December 7th, 1847.
I hereby certify, that for 18 months I had been
lingering under Consumption, and expected every
day to be my last. At length I procured a bottle of
Sherman's Balsam, and it raised me as it were from
the grave. It cured me, and I am now able to at
tend to my daily avocation of a boatman.
JOHN WILLIAMS.
Prepared and sold by A. Sherman , M. D.. 106
Nassau st.. New York. Sold also in New Orleans
by J. Wright & Co., 151, Chartres st., and by
marll ly A. E RICHARDS, Plaquemine.
Plaquemine, March 11,1848.
PAPER HANGINGS AND UPHOL
STERY STORE.
IVo. 20 Camp street, New Orleans.
JOSEPH ETTER, offers for sale low
for cash or city acceptances, all arti
cles comprized in the above business,
viz :
Paper Hangings for walls, Bed-tops,
Fire Screens, and Curtains with border
ings.
Upholstery Articles,
Such aj Curtain stuffs and trimmings ;
Tassels and Corde ; Guilt Poles and Co
nice ; Spring, Hair and Moss Mattressers
Fringes; transparent and other Window
Shades, Musquito Bars and Netting;
Carpeting and Straw Matting ; Floor Oil
Cloth, &c.
Orders promptly filled.
October 9, 1847. l:tf
WRIGHT'S INDIAN VEGETABLE PILLS.
THIS admirable medecine may be obtained
atthe Grocery store of Mr. Shay, in Plaque
mine, who is the ONLY AGENT in this eountry
for the sale of this medicine. (CT The genuine
Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills is never sold in
Drug Stores. c OJ Dec. 11th.
[
Q^Rough and Ready Club.—Ex
tract from the minutes of the proceedings of the
"Rough and Ready Club," at a meeting held on
the 31st ult.:
"On motion of J. C. Davis, Esq., it was re
solved, thatarticle 1st of the bye-lawsof the Rough
and Ready Club be amended sons to read thus:—
Art. 1st. The meeting of this Club shall be held at
the Court House every Saturday at 10 o'clock, A. M.
On motion of J. M. Jones, Esq., it was rej
solved, that the Recording Secretary beand is here
by requested and instructed to have the above time
and place of meeting of the Cluh published in the
Southern Sentinel as a standing advertisement during
the campaign."
J. L. IIORNS BY, President.
.T. S. W ebb , Recording Secretary.
ROTH, BROTHER & CO, are now receiv
ing from the North a general assortment of
Best quality Jewelry—received direct from the
manufacturer, and is warranted in all cases
of the best material and make.
Clothingfor gents, of best quality and style;
Shoe? and Boots of all kinds, and well made;
A general assortment of Hardware. au21
_
ON COMMISSION by ROTH, BRO & CO,
15 Bujass Carts;
15 fine Horse Cane Carts, all with iron axle
tree;
2 fc)x Carts, with iron axletrec;
1 large Cane Wagon;
100,000 shingles, best quality. au21
JUST received a fresh supply of superior Ken
tucky Lard, and for sale by
aul4tf
BRINEGAR.
A LARGE supply of superior sugar cured
Jiams, just received and for sale by
aul4tf BRINEGAR.
GENERAL assortment of Fancy Goods for
Ladies, for sale by
au21
ROTH, BRO & CO.
FAMILY Cooking Stoves and pot ware of all
kinds and sizes, for sale by
au21
ROTH, BRO & CO.
A SUPERIOR LOT of Old'
* key, for sale by
aul4tf
Bourbon" Whis
BRINEGAR.
FOR SUGAR MAKING—Carbonate Potash,
Sulphate Zinc and Sulphate Potash, for re
fining and Graining Sugar, just received and for
saleat [sep!6] RICHARDS' Drug Store.
FANCY DRY GOODS AND
CLOTHING STORE!!
ITAVING commenced business on my own ac
count, I beg leave to inform the citizens of
this town and Parish, that I have just received
large stock of
A variety of TRUNKS, and a large
assortment of PLANTATION
CLOTHING, BOOTS, SHOES AND HATS.
— Ai. so—
grm '
1WTI y ' ' > " " S, such as Kerseys and Lin»
seys, Blankets and Russets. I will also keep con
stantly on hand a large stock of
jFancg <Sïoolfs antt $erfnmet£,
and a great many other articles too numerous to
mention. Persons wishing to purchase will please
call and Examine before going elsewhere.
seplS A. LEVYSTEIN.
TO THE PATRIOTIC.
THE citizens of this Town and Parish, ever
ready, as they have always shown themselves,
to appreciate gallant services rendered in behalf of
our country, on the fields of her battles, have de
termined to award the honorable services of our
fellow-citizen, Jessef. Batten , who has now re
turned to this town, after an arduous and chivalric
careerin the valley of Mexico. For the purpose
of rendering justice to this gallant soldier, and giv
ing eclat to the occasion, they have concluded to
present him with a Swoid, as a slight testimonial of
theirappreciatiori of his patriotism and brave deeds.
A subscription list for the purpose of defraying the
necessary expense of this magnificent pageant is
now open at BisseVs Hotel, where all persons fa
vorable to this patriotic object are requested to place
their names. All persons disposed to subscribe are
restricted to one dollar, that the contributions will
be equally divided.
Due notice will be given of the time, place, and
form of ceremony.
se P 252t VOX POPULI.
RUNAWAY IN JAIL.
WAS brought to the Jail of this Parish
on the 30th ult., a runaway slave who calls
his name JOHN and says he is the pro
perty of a negro trader, named Willis, re
siding in Virginia, but has been living with a plan
ter in East Baton Rouge, of the name of Scud
der. The said negro is about 38 years of age, 5
feet 9 inches high, a black, and very stout built.—
The owner will come forward, prove property,
and take him away.
oct2 HENRY SULLIVAN, Jailor.
FIFTEEN bdls Packing Yarn;
25 bbla Lard Oil for sugar house;
10 bales Oakum;
10 tons assorted Iron, suitable for plantation
use;
Barrel and Hogshead Truss Hoops;
White Lead and Linseed Oil.
For sale by [au21 ] ROTH, BRO & CO.
SEMI-WEEKLY
Southern gtntintl.
published every monday and thursday,
BY WM. P. BRA DR URN.
terms:
Subscription :—Five Dollars per annum, invariably in ad
vance,
Advertising :—One Dollar per square, (10 lines or less) will
be charged for the first, and Fifty Cents for every inser
tio thereafter. All advertisements not specified as to
number of insertions, willbe published uutil forbid, and
charged accordingly. In both languages,charged double.
No engagements for advertising wilj be made for a longar
period than three months, at such rates by the year as de
cided upon, payable quarterly.
Urin no case can the above conditions be departed from.
A Pleasant Incident.
A YOUNG SOLDIER OF TAYLOR'S ARMY.
Al a meeting of the Rough and Iteady
Clnbof one of the Philadelphia city wards,
held on Tuesday evening last, after the
business had been transacted and an ad
journment was about to take place, a pale
faced youth, apparently about nineteen
years of age, and a stranger to all pre
sent, asked permission of the President to
say a few words about General Taylor.—
His request was of course granted. There
was a profound silence in the meeting
when he rose, and with some trepidation,
apologised for asking to be heard. He
said he had reason to know General Tay
lor; he knew him as a man and a soldier.
He had been in his army seventeen
months, and a portion of that time, when
he was sick and exhausted by long
marches, and ready to die, he found a
warm hearted friend and protector in
General Zachary Taylor. ^''Gentlemen,"
said he, ''I am but nineteen years old—I
am a stranger here, and never attempted
to speak in public. But I have read in
some of the papers attacks upon General
Taylor's character as a man—charging
him with inhumanity and cruelty, and 1
want to say bluntly, that such charges are
false—false from beginning to end, no
matter who utters them. I have seen
cruelty and inhumanity on the part of
subordinate officers to their men—inhn
man punishment inflicted for slight offen
ces; but never in the presence of Gen.
Taylor —who was always a kind father
and protector to the poor soldier, and
whom every honest soldier in his army
loved. No man of honor who ever serv
ed under him will charge him with cruelty,
either to his own troops or to the enemy.
1 was with him at Fort Brown—marched
with him to Point Isabel—was in the bat
tles of Palo Alto, Resaca and Monterey.
After the capture of Matamoros, instead
of using one of the houses in the city as
his quarters, he gave them all up to the
sick, wounded and suffering soldiers, and
slept in his tent on a bed that was not
more than four inches above the mud and
water that surrounded it.
The speaker related many interesting
incidents connected with the movements
of the army, illustrating the benevolence
of Gen. Taylor, and the perfect confi
dence of the troops in the goodness of his
heart, and his skill as a commander. "He
made us ail leel as if every man was
double, and had twice the strength we
really possessed, and could do twice as
much as any other army in the world.
But was always the first to meet danger,
and used to tell us to watch him close
and never run till he run. But he never
ran fron the enemy; he never turned away
from a suffering soldier without doing all
that he could to relieve and cheer him.
On the march to Seralvo, "continued the
youth," my strength gave out, and had it
not been for Gen. Taylor, I might have
been left upon the road to die or be mur
dered. But he saw me, and knew from
my looks that I was exhausted. He took
me up and set me on his own mule, and I
rode with him thus for several days. He
saved my life then. I am ready to give
him every drop of my blood, whenever he
wants a soldier. • * » •
u At one time we were almost out of
provisions. We had nothing to eat but
musty biscuit and slushed, maggotty pork.
An officer went to Gen. Taylor, and com
plained that he could not eat such food.
'Well, sir,' said the General, 'come and
take your dinner with me.' The invita
tion was gladly accepted, and the officer
anticipating a first rate dinner, dressed
himself up, and went to the quarters of
the General; but instead of finding a re
gular dinner table, filled with delicacies,
he saw the General sitting before a fire
toasting a piece of the same old slushed
pork on a stick, and that, with some
musty biscuit and a little bean soup,
made the dinner for himself and the dis
appointed officer, who expected to dine on
roast beef and plum-puddnig.
That gentleman didn't eat any more
dinners with Gen. Taylor."
The young soldier continued his inter
esting narrative about twenty minutes, his
bright eyes often flashing with indignation,
when speaking of the slander with which
Gen. 1 aylor is assailed, and his voicc
trenbling with emotions of gratitude and
affection in the relation of the benevolent
acts of the noble hero and patriot.—We
need not say that he was frequently inter
rupted by the hearty applause of the
meeting. At the conclusion of his re
marks, the President having ascertained
from the sranger his name, announced to
the audience that the young man who had
addressed them was Sergeant Edward
Sherman, of Massachusetts.
Maiden Vote of a Grandfather. —Ceo.
Washington Park Custis, the venerable
stepson of General Washington, delivered
an address near Mount Vernon, recently,
during which betook occasion to state that
although possessing the necessary freehold
qualification in Virginia to entitle him to
vote in several counties, from the fact of
his residence having nlways, heretofore,
been in the District of Columbia, he had
had no privilege of giving n vote. The
late retrocession of Alexandria to Virginia,
however, has changed the circumstances;
"and now said he, "that that inestima
ble privilege, the right of suffrage, has come
within my reach, and I am about to avail
myself of it, you will see an old grandfa-
ther cast his maiden vote •" He added his
intention of votiug for General Taylor.^
Mr. Custis must be about 80 years of age«
{£7*° A letter from Lima, Indiana, of the
date of August 20th, says: "This county
('Lagrange) was Whig at the rccent elec
tion .by 64 majority. We think it will
give from 100 to 150 majority for Taylor
in November—our usual majority is 50^
The Taylor feeling is very strong hefe,
while Cass is very coolly supported. The
Buffalo nominations will take scarcely
anything from the Whig strength, while it
is yet matter of doubt whether the whole
Locofoco party of this county will not go
en masse for Martin Van Buren."
Wash for Buildings.—1 ake six quarts
of tine lime, and one quart ot clean rock
salt for each gallon of water—the salt to
be dissolved by boiling, and the impuri
ties to be skimmed off. To five gallons
of this mixture (salt and lime,) add one
pound of alum, half a pound of copperas,
three-fourths of a pound of potash, (the
last to be added gradually,) four quarts
of fine sand, or hard wood ashes. Add
colouring to suit the fancy. It Bhould be
applied with a brush. It looks as well
as paint, and is as lasting as slate. It
stops small leaks, prevents moss from
growing, and renders the work incom
bustible. Ashes from the blacksmith's
forge will do as well as copperas. The
sulphate of copper will make a bluish
color, and the copperas a buff.
Curious Icelandic Castom. —The Ice-
landers htjve a curious custom, and a most
efficient one to prevent horses from stray
iug which we believe is peculiar to that
Island. Two gentlemen, for instance,
are riding together without attendance,
and wishing to alight for the purpose of
visiting some object a distance fittta' the
road, they tie the head of one horse to
the tail of another, and the head of this
to the tail of the former. In this state, it
is utterly impossible that they can more
on, either backwards or forwards, one
pulling one rçay and the other another,
and therefore, if they are disposed to move
at all, it will be only in a circle, and
even then there must be an agreement to
turn their heads the same way.
This is precisely the condition of the
Van Buren and Cass branches of the loco
foco party. The head of each being
hatched to the tail of the other, they tra
vel the same endless round, differing
from the Hyperborean horses, however,
in this respect r that both imagine them
selves to be going ahead at a spanking
pace,—[Buffalo Express.
(t/^Gen. .Cass is a man of two lives,
four faces, five salaries, ten sets of ra
tions, If elected to the Presidendy, he
would no doubt want two cabinets, four
tariffs, five wars, and ten Presidential
terms.