Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-12-30
HAPPY EFFECTS OF HumAsrrr.-The following

visited the city Of Washington few years ago
from the foot CT the Rocky Mountains, ar
highly creditable 10 his generosity and his bene
Violence This young warrior, when thos,
events occurred. was about twenty-five year.
| old. At the age Of twenty one his heroic deed.
had acquired for him. among his people, the
rank Of :. BraTest Of the Brave"
| The savage practices of torturing and burn
| ing to death their prisoners existed in this
| nation. An unfortunate female, taken in wal
/ with the Paducah nation, was destined to this
| horrible death. The fatal hour had arrived
/ the trembling victim, far from home and her
| friends, was fastened to the stake: the whole
! tribe was assembled on the surrounding plain.
to witness the awful scene. Just as the wood
was about to be knded, and the spectators
were on the tiptoe Of expectation, this young
warrior, who sat composediy among the chiefs.
having before prepared two fleet horses. with
the necessary provisions, sprang from his seat.
rushed through the crowd, loosed the victim.
seized her III his arms placed her on one of the
horses, mounted the other himself, and made
the utmost speed toward the nation and friends
of the captive.
The multitude dumb and nerveless with
amazement at the daring deed, made no more
effort 10 rescue their victim from her lelivercr.
mitted to it without murmur and quietly
retired to their vllage. The released was ac-
companied through the wilderness towards her
home till she was out Of danger He then gave
her the horse on which she rode, with the
necessary provisions for the remainder of the
journey. and parted from her. On his return
to the village, such was the respect entertained
for him that no inquiry was made into his con
duct no censure was passed on it, and. since
the transaction. no human sacrifice has been
offered In this or any of the Pawnee tribes. Of
what influence is one bold act in good cause.
On the puhlicatian of this anecdote at Wash
ington, the young ladies of female seminary
in that city presented the brave and humane
Indian with Il handsome silver medal, on which
was engraved an appropriate inscription, ac-
companied by an address of which the following
is the close: ''Brcther, accept this token of
our esteem, and when you have again the power
to save poor woman from death and torture
think Of this and Of US, and fly to her rescue !"
REMARKABLE DISCOVERY curious work
has lately been published in France on the
Popular Literature of that country, but par
Litterature d@ CoLportage," such as pamphlets
almanaes, hand books, chap books. and Others
''for the Million The history of these Alma
macs is curious, and their contents still more So
As specimen Of the queer stories contained in
them, most Of which, it is said, are implicitly
believed because they are printed in such
reliable works, we quote the following:
ga fisher for crabs near Etreat on the coast
tS,t Ln,-, \ u
which spread along the base of the steep cliffs.
found in little hollow basin a bottle which had
been left there by the waters of the main sea.
This bottle was carefully stopped. Having
been broken by the crab fisher he found in it
q parchment on which were traced the following
lines:
II have now foated on these waters for
eight and thirty days. Thank God, am ia
good health and also my children; but my
animals give me n great deal of trouble. The /
fox will eat the chickens, the wolves bite the |
sheep, and the lions cast upon me every now /
aud then giances which do not at all raise my
spirits. | begin to be very uneasy. I was K
certainly wrong not to bring a couple of Van /
Amburghs with me in the ark. Yerterday. /
sent out the raven to get me some news. The 4
shabby fellow has not come back. The lion is 4
looking Mt Inc ard shooting out oat his tongue
How viii it all end If am eaten, I hope
somebody will find this document. NOAH"
Two SCRAPS FROM THE KNIcKERBocKER-
Fe know some people who are Just about as
right as those mentioned in the subioined
9 It is not a positive fact that there are some
eople who have no idea of a sublime thought,
r noble expression. or the slightest perception
f humor? OF the latter class was the man
rho asked, in reply to remark, that he
7onld'nt take u joke, if it were shot from
annon.' How cen you shoot joke out Of
annon2 / shoul say that that was wholly I'M
ossible,' And remarkable example of the
ormer was kindred parsonage who was heard
ecently to say. in relation to the sublime ex-
lamation of a departed American Salesman
That was q good thing old Webster got off
lst before he died, wasn't it?' What was
tat2 asked a hystander. Why, just before
e give up, he kinder woke, as if he had been
sleep, and says he Z amt dead yetn 1t was
rst rate, and made a good deal Of talk" T.,
CoNGREss.-In the Senate, on the 11th Mr.
dams, of Mississippi, introduced a bill to
stablish uniform rule of naturalization. The
i'll extends the time Of naturalization to twenty
ne years, and acts respectively upon those L,
oreiguers only who may enter the United
tates after the passage of the act. Mr.. A.
ddressed the Senate at some length, and :
rgued that in one hundred years hence, every .
lch of the american continent would be re- :
aired for the support Of American people He =
id that selfspreservation required no induce ..
ents be held out to immigration He dis
aimed the infection Of the Know -Nothinrs.
id denied all hostility to foreigners; but he ;.
ought immigration dangerous, inasmuch ast ,
reigners banded themselves together with the 7 :
bolitionists. When he heard that a band of :
srmans had burned an American Senator in :
fgv, he determined to introduce this bill. So
{ as he understood the principles of the Know
othings, he said he agreed with them.
Frozen TO DEATH.-A New York letter, Of il
E 10th inst, says: B
The train which left Albany at I o'clock, ri
nday evening, did not reach the city till d ],
e hour yesterday, owing to the depth of the
1w on the. track. It ID said that in some y
ices the snow was piled upon the track eight
! deep. While the train was waiting at this it
mt, the suferings Of the passengers, from fe
a, are represented to have been severe in the pl
rene. The train was literally embedded in @
snow, with piercing cold wind from the E
,thwest. One OF the breakmen. named John ca
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