Thibodaux minerva., 1853-10-22

is said to be. genuine autobiography, and a
gem of wit and humor.
The London Times has been taking up the
subject of hotel charges in Europe, rejoicing the
hearts of travellers, and spreading dismay
among the landlords It seems that as gener-
al thing. a tourist can spend q couple of months
! in making o voyage to the United States and
back, and visit most of the States in the Union,
| for less sum than it would cost him to make a
two months journey in the British Isles. A
letter in the same journal gives the items Of ex-
penditure during a trip through nineteen States
| Nova Scotia, and Canada, and comprising total
distance of 5000 miles. The bill is 200 As.
| Several additional statues of the kings and
queens Of England have been placed upon pc.
destals in the new palace at Westminster. They
are of stone, and were executed by Mr.. Thomas,
a sculptor in Regents park.
A correspondent of the Builder urges the use
of Indian ink for state papers, as carbon is its
base, which is indestructible when preserved
| from damp, and other equally injurious infu-
ences. The writing of Doomsday Book, after
the lapse of eight centuries is in better preser-
vation than the State papers of the last two
kings Of England.
Yarmouth jetty presented an extraordinary
Il nd thrilling spectacle not long since. The sea
ragged frantically, and ships boat, endeavoring
to land for water, was upset, and the men were
engulphed in wave some thirty feet high and
struggling in it in vain. The moment was an
awful one, when George Borrow, the well known
author of the s'Bible in Spain," dashed into the
surf and saved one life, and through his instru-
mentality the others were saved.
Charles Dickens denies the statement in the
London Times, that he availed himself of the
experience Of Inspector Field in the story of
Bleak House. He also says that the report that
he had undertaken to write this officers biogra-
ply was the greastest piece of news to him that
the Times contained.
The Liverpool, Wellington Memorial Commit
tee have decided to recommend the erection Of q
column in a suitable part of the town, surmount-
ed by statute of the Duke, the cost of which
is estimated at 91000O. Of this sum e5, 900
had been subscribed.
The application of one James Thomas, for an
innkeeper's license, at Liverpool, was urged upon
the ground that he had thirty-four children, five
Of which were born in two years.
A lady of the name of Ochterlong has just
died in Scotland. She was decendaht of Prince
Rupert, and had attained an advanced age.
The whole Of the estates of the Earl Of Nor
nington, situate in six of the Irish midland
counties, are advertised for sale in the Encum-
bered Estates Court. The sale has been ordered
on the petition of Lord Wellesley, son of the
present holder Of the title.
Within the last six years ending March, 1852,
as many as ], ,313, ,226 persons left the shores of
Ireland. The number for 1851 was 254 ,537,
and for 1852, 224, ,997. s
The Kings County Chronicle states that Rob
binism prevails to great extent in the district
of Moyvore, in the county Of Westmeath. Du-
| ring the last month there have been four out
| rages from this system. e
The Dublin Exhibition is still visited by large
numbers, the average being eight to nine thou
sand daily. The railway companies have issued
tickets enabling parties to visit the capital, view
the exhibition, and return, for q moderate ex-
pense. "a =@98
| While in Dublin, Queen Victoria had two doz-
en- medals Of VIM. Dargan struck in Irish silver
for her own use. She also bought largely Of
| Limerick and other lace at the exhibition, ex-
| pending sum of two thousand pounds.
Steam power is about to be adapted to linen
| weaving in the works at Bess Wook, near Newry.
M. Drouyn de Lhuys, the French Minister Of
Foreign Affairs has just been appointed Grand
Cross Of the Netherlandish Lion, by the King Of
Holland.
The dome of the invalides, one Of the most
splendid architectural works Of the age of Louis
XIV, is to be Immediately regilded. This has
already been done twice-once by order Of Louis
XIV, and once under Napoleon 1. The cost was
million each time. The operations is to be per-
formed by the Ruotz electric process, and the
total expense is calculated at but little over 3O0
600 francs. #
Galignani's Messenger states that manufac-
tory of imitation Champagne wine, made from
-, IL lnn - Lzo,, h1s,lo
near Epernay. 1t is to manufacture four or five
thousand bottles per week, at As centimes a
bottle. " sssTE
George Sand is about to publish her memoirs,
under the title Of &c My Confessions"
Poets in France must havea pretty good time.
Beranger receives every week more sugar, more
coffee, more pots Of jelly, than would stock q
grocer's shop; he gets the rarest fruits and the
best game; casks Of wine and cases of brandy
arrive at his house daily, awhilst," says the
Paris correspondent of the Literary Gazette,
"more night-caps and more socks are knitted
for him than . regiment Of soldiers could wear
out in . year" s
In consequence Of the restrictions placed on
political writings, memoirs are coming into
fashion in France. A statesman, NJ. Villemain,
who played an important part under the late
reign, is thinking Of writing his life. The dis
tinguished professor, who was Minister Of Pub
lie Instruction during the reign Of the late King
Louis Philippe, has been for several years oc-
cupied in preparing the history of Gregory the
fifth, Pope Hildebrand By writing his own
memoirs he win have an excellent opportunity
Of expressing his opinions ON the last twenty
Ave years Of French history. From the tone as
sumed by n. Oillamain in his lectures at the
academy during the past two years, it is ex-
pected that these memoirs win be highly in
teresting. sss ii. 4..s s nj
There are sad accounts from Portugal regard
ing the disease in the fruit trees chesnnt, pear,
6g. peach, especially orange trees and vines,
having died without number. The disease is
represented as beginning at the root, which rots,
sending forth an insuperable fetor.
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money p :. No. g What's the reason-ain't I
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