Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1853-08-06

SPIRITUAL RApp1NGs.-Thef following letter
will be read with some interest, not only
because the subject has attracted considera-
Bile attention, but on account of the standing
and reputation Of the author:
| Let me scan this subject for one moment,
and present one simple view, which, ii
seems to me. comprise the whole IN mn
shell. 1t is the belief oil all christian de-
nominations at the present day, that departed
spirits revisit the earth, that they attend us:
that they impress us to go or not TO 90, to
40 or not to TO- for our good. Every ones
experience will satisfy him Of the truth of
this remark. What then follows! lfspirits
visit US, attend us, and impress US for good,
what is the objection to believing that a
mode is now discovered by which they can
communicate with usl There can be no
possible objection, provided that the fact
Justify that belief If the one is for our good.
the other is still more for our good. If the
facts justify IT. the conclusion is both rea-
sonabe and philosophical Do the facts
Ijustitv;tl | undertake to say they do.
undertake to say, too, that no intelligent
mind that investigates with sincere desire
to ascertain the truth, and has the oppor-
tunity so to do, can come to any other COIL
cnsion. What then, is the result Of all
this mighty oatcry, as If heaven and earth
We're coming together! Why, simply that
it has been aseertained that spirits can
communicate with us in addition to impress
sing us! This is the whole length and
Is Il IL. Al
more' n p TALLMApGE :,
Hints TO- YOUNG LADIEs.-As public
chronieIer, and as the contents of OUT paper
are more or less read by the greater part of
those into whose hands it falls, we cannot
forbear giving publicity to the following
:" hints" by Mrs Chapone. There rs many
a solid truth contained in them. We would
call the undivided attention of the young
ladies to it:
IT any young woman waste in trivial
amusement the prime season for improve
ment. which is between the ages of l6 and
20, they regret bitterly the loss when they
come to feel themselves inferior in know-
edge to almost every one they converse
with; and above all if they sould ever be
mothers, when they feel their inability to
direct or assist the pursuits of their children,
they find ignorance severe modification,
and a real evil. Let this animate their in
dustry, and let modest opinion of their
capacities be an encouragement to them in
their endeavors after knowledge. A mo-
derate understanding, with diligent and
well-directed application, will go much
further than lively genius, @if attended with
Impotence and inattention, which too often
accompany quick parts. 1t is not for want
Of capacity that SO many women are such
trif1ing, insipid companions, so Unqualified
for the friendship and conversation OF sem
sibe man. or for the task of governing and
instructing family; it is often from the
neglect of exercising the talents which they
really have, and from emitting to cultivate
a taste for intellectual improvement. By
this neglect they lose the sincerest pleasures
which would remain when almost every
other forsake them-of which neither fortune
nor age can deprive them, and which would
be comfort and resource in almost every
possible situation in life.
The QUAKER AND THE PARsoN.-A Quaker
that was a barber, being sued by the parsors
for tithes, Yea and Nay went to him. amt
demanded the reason why he troubled him,
as he had never had any dealings with him
in his whole Iife-
"Why,D says the pabson, "it is for tithes."
"For tithes," says the Quaker, II pr'ythe,
friend upon what account~
"Why," says the parson, "Ios preaching
in the church"
calais! then,o replied the Quaker, az
have nothing to pay thee, for l come not
there"
ooh, but you might" says the parson,
''for the doors are always open at convenient
times; and thereupon said he would be paid,
seeing it was due"
Yea and Nay thereupon shook his head,
and making several wry faces, departed,
and Immediately entered his action lit
being a corporation town. against the parson
for forty shillings The parson, upon notice
of this, came TO him, and very holly de-
nanded why he put such disgrace upon
him, and for what he owed him the mouey?
sTruly, friendta replied the Quaker, for
trimming" s.
sFor trimming" said the parson. "why,
was never trimmed by you in my life"
"Oh! bat thou mights't have come and
been trimmed if thou badst pleased, for my
doors are always opened at convenient
times, as we'll as thine"
ANOTHER SAM PArcH.-The Nashville Gazette
of the 10Th inst. contains an account of Il terri
bic leap from the bridge across the Cumberland.
1t says:
According to announcement Mr.. Watkins pos
itivey did make his leap from the Suspension
Bridge yesterday evening, about half-past five
o'clock. mounting upon the wire cables he wa
we'd his hat to the crowd below, and sprang out
into the air. His descent at the beginning was
very fair, but just before reaching the water he
seemed to lose his perpendicular, falling too
much ON his back. In short while he rose to
the surface in a seemingly exhausted condition
lie was Immediately assisted into canoe and
carried to the upper wharf.
Being unable to walk, he was placed upon q
settee, and borne on the shoulders of his friends
| to his boarding house. The extent of his inju-
ries we have not positively ascertaind, but they
are doubtless severe-a warning to all those
whose 'vaulting ambition oyerleaps itsef.'
The distance from the bridge to the water is es-
timated at about one hundred and twenty-fect.
From BUENos AYREs.-The Boston Advert
ser is indebted to q correspondent for the follow