Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1853-07-02

8. Some peculiar Quails g
10. A Horned Toad, 8" .
II. A White Ok, $500 lbs weight, from Illinois,
II. A Fye-legged Cow, &c
Is. A Hog, weighing 100 lbs, from Wisconsin.
Two THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED MfLEs UP THE
MIssouRI.-The Robert Campbell, bound for the
mouth of the Yellow Stone, seventeen hundred
miles above this, chartered by the American
Fur Company for the trip, passed up on Sunday
last-John Gonsaul, Captain. John B. Sarpee,
one of the owners, was on board, besides num-
Der Of highly distinguished and scientific gentle
men. Among them was Col A. J. Vaughan,
late a Representative from Buchanan, and re-
Gently appointed Indian Agent for the Upper
Missouri tribes Of Indians. He had on board
sonic $50, 900 worth Of goods and provisions, to
be distributed among the Indians. There is
also on board VIM Nicholas, Prince of Nassau,
and suite, young man about twenty-five years
of age, free and easy and transformations in his
manners, liberal and democratic in his views /;
Enos Lowe, Receiver Of Public Money at kanes-
vile, Iowa; Mr.. John G. Tevis, a highly in
fuential merchant of st. Louis, taking trip to
the mountains with the hope of improving his
health F. B. Meek and +. V. Hayden are
making an expedition to collecta suit of organic
remains at the Mauvaises ferris, Nebraska !;
iects Of natural history. They are sent out by
Professor James Hall, deologist and Paleonto-
logist of the State of New York. Lieutenant
A. J. Donelson, Of Corps Of Engineers, is in
command Of a party who are to meet Gov.
Stevens party, of the Northern Survey, at Fort
Union at the mouth Of the Yellow Stone, on the
Missouri river, en- route for the Pacific Railroad
survey. Accompanying Lieut.. Donelson is Lieut..
j. Mullan, First Artillery, assistant, on scienti-
fc duty; VIM. N. Graham, Assistant Astronomer,
and SIX soldiers of the company of Sappers and
Miners. There are in all about ITO souls on
board.-tH. Joseph Gazette. a7s va
"QuERIEs TO AN N"-Did
you ever know :'plain cook2 who had not
formed an "attachment!'
Did you ever know a newspaper corfes=
pondent who did not commence with "HIfoW
me through the medium of your widely
spread journal 2,
Did you ever hear man "return thanks
without saying he was "unaccustomed to
public speaking or it was the @;proudest
moment Of his life %
Did You ever see the umbrella again,
which you lent for "only ten minutes !"
/. Did you ever see a number OF the Illus
trated London News without q fire, ship
launch, or testimonial in it?
Did you ever know dog tina. was not the
wonder Of his species, and of the civilized
world in general?
Did you ever see a local newspaper with
on Shower Of Frogs" or Terrific Hail
Storm q
Did you ever get beaten BY good Billiard
player without his telling yon, if II hadn't
been for the eflukesn and the arun of lucku
he had. you would have thrashed him easily !?
Did you ever get q bottle Of good wine at
a public dinner? @n 81 -. y. 4s=s. r
Did you ever see History of England
without The frontispiece being either, John
Signing Magma Charta, OF, .Alfred in the
Neathered's CotW
AN ANECDoTE WORTH REMEMBERING.-
John Knox, the Scottish reformer, after
lengthy discourse, the object of which was
10 disproye the existence Of purgaiory, was
waited on by one Of his auditors, wealthy
old laird. not remarkable for his exercise Of
the Christian virtues, who, shaking the
preacher warmly by the hand, exclaimed;
If yell moo disprove the existence Of hell
as satisfactorily as We haze done that of pnr-
gatory, I'll cen gle you half q my estates
Love OF THE BEAuTIFuL.-Women have
d much nicer sense Of the beautiful than
men. They are BY far the safer umpires
in matters Of propriety and grace A mere
schoolgirl will be thinking and writing
about the beauty of birds and flowers, while
her brother is robbiHg the nests and dss-
troying the flowers Herein is great ma
tural law, that the sexes have their relative
ovnnlionoioe md 3of;n;onn;as -, 4bo h..
monious union Of which lies all the wealth
Of domestic happiness. There is no better
test of moral excellence, ordinarily, than the
the keenness of ones senses, and the depth
of ones lows Of all that is beautiful.