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Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-09-30

Fiat DE la LnIISI lNE-fopr du 5nne u;..,,
Judci lie, dams POUR 1t ploisse de Lonrcce
Lessels& Desuilhem. @e'
Celestn Close.
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la suse Cour dams II ,use CT dcss,s init II 20 q. pal
rntee, jai saisi ct joirirai vcne pll que Ia N t
deCour dams la vile de Thibodaux SAMEDI Ia : dor
TOBRE. 1854, 10 heures NJ, la NJ lite ndiyisa A.
propretts suivante, savor. apparena,it a In f oss
Close & Gautr; Ut
LA MolTlE Dc JUDGMENT en- f.ver de Ce,es;n r,.-
ct Cleophas Gauretn rs Pennington " Tucker No iot
montant Ii de sept cent trentese,, n,I
Fevr 1913, Jlsqna pavement hnal Ilsi que les fai.
dit jusement etc enrcg7rG dan. loire du Recorder d.
paroisse LaiOr he lie MAJ l>j3 ivre No poye oe.
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deux Conoires, trois douzanc de Carries try rr,n,
Cartes ct lie loyer du Cafe si dams Ia VILE de Tlbna
borne Nord par Ia levec, Guest par rue ST p;Ii
par la Seconde East par proprittt de NJ II n4
par mos jusqua que lie feainteret ct ais de &c pr@s
soft satisfait f'S'es
TERnEs DE la yENrE-COMPTANT
La .ite Fene sera fate pour sas.ire principal inter
| ct frai- de ce process. 4o,tdsl NJ. BuUR(i Sherf
XENTE DE SHERIFF
! Fiat DE LA LOUlSIANE-Cour du CinouiAms n,
trct Judiciare stseant dams ct la Parosse de L.
| fourche.
| Holden Murphy.
| Celestin Close
| SACHH: QUEEN vertue dun writ de fer facas larcs
par la susde Cour, ct dams la ci-dess, in,ue
n'lneroee: Jan sasl ct "nfral Neutc pubioup
Mason de Cour situee dams la vile de Thibodaux SAvFn
lie TOCToBRE 1854, herres, H., Iinterct de Cees,i
Close etan moitie invise dams III eysant en,
lie dit Close ct Cleoase Gautreau smet sttes de Ia d
societe dams la ca ct Furniture q sajsj ct o cow
comme suit SAVIOR:
TRENTE CiiAlSES, un Billiard ct quill hi apparsn
eng Tables I'M Miroir, une Jar Eau, une Botp \ GI,
gunze Carfes, vingt Bottles de Cgarcs de IA Harana ~
| Cask de Brandy trentesiN oueies de Yarmouth dome
Gallons de Port inc, trente Gallons de Rhum trens cn
Gallons de Madere, ct assortment general de uen,s
| TERMES NENTE.-COAlPTANT
La dte fate pour satisfaire lie PRINCIPAL int,
| ct frais de 4O-tls kOIRG Shs.;e
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-09-30

TO LET.-Two large well vent'la's q.
suitable s.1 for o ssss Or s WahkhMAS
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-09-30

ciers de Ebeaeeer Lathfop.
ETAT DE LA LCUlSlANb.-oo''
~ du Cinquieme District, Paroisse de Lalourcne se
ArTENDu: Que SUMNER TOWNSEND, de IA ave psc le
Execueur de la dite Succession, ce jour depose
Grefer de Ia dite Cour I'm compte final dc SOL
ton, demandant quill soft APPROVE --.;o,, aFoir
En- consequence, toues les personnes qu no.
DIES objections Ia dite demane sont par les h,eau
tifees de dedure Grefer de la dite Couf vron.
dams vile de Thbodauy dams les rente Jous
la premiere publication de Get avis, simon Ia die
sera accorde ct cenfrne scion la loi ,. rour q
| (--l Temon main ct lie sceau de IA o's w."
LIS. 90 Aon mil hut cent cinguante- cref6er
| IA I36-5tl l.. S. ALLAlN VIC
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-09-30

THIBoDAUx, Sept. g, 1854.
Board met according to adjournment at o'clock P. NJ
Present V. d. Terrebonne, Mayor; p. Ii, Gary L. Bush
J. c Raglan and J. A. Robchaux, Trustees.
Mr.. l.. Bush submitted ordinance amend ordinance
No 15 relative the and vend within the
limit Of TOWN
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-09-30

Adan, BeutY, Syadic Greaaeiets p MaremH's, % "''
2'iters ct Creancieys d Hubert Anco@. l..
Fiat DE LA LOUISiANE-Couf oo
IL Cinquieme District, Paroisse de Laiourche: ,.os
ArTENDu: Que ADAM BEATTY, de Ia d'e pa, ~ a.
syndic de la de Succession jour depose cans
Cour un compte final de SOL Administration oelhan'a'
quill soft approuvee. ,. .vor
En- consequence, eutes les personnes qn pourfa not
des objections au dit abea par les Prese'ess n
fees de les lecure Grefer de ade Conr' sou
dams la vile de Thbodaux dams les dix Jours q
La premiere publication de Get avis, simon laaie
sera accordee ct confrmee scion la loi ~ c 20 1s
(-l Tfmon ma main ct lie scean de la dite Couf e' -
LIS }Septembre, mil hut cent cinqaante-4naIN fserk
l~-} 1921 L. 5 ALLAla' -.
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-09-30
.JUCICIAL NOTICES.
CHERIFWS SALE


~ STATE OF LOUISlANA-FiithJ Judicial District Court
parish OF Iafourche.
Lesseps Deguilhem
No
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-09-30

IL announces to his friends the public that has
again resumed the practice his profession and socs
patronage Office over the of Messrs Wakeman 4
smith, corner of I.eye and Maronge streets (4-ly.)
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-09-30

y S. GOODE, Attorney and Counsellor
at Ldac will practice in the parishes of Assumption,
Lafourche, and Terrebonne. je1l
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-09-30

nR. r. f. WICK respectfully offers his
- professional services to the citizens of Thbodaux and
vicinity Office over the Post Office. jul s Jy
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1854-12-09
Advice TO Farmers.

A cotemporary gives the following sen
sible advice toa correspondent who IN
qures of him how and where TO emf
CRATE {:
If he wants 10 live where his children
can attend school, and his wife would like
to get within sight of church once in &
month or so, he must not expect To buy
land for ten shilings per acre. All the
land that lies within reach Of civilization
is already snatched up by settlers OF
spectators if he buys Government land
he must expect to live thirty miles from
stores and mills, and wait some years for
schools and churches 10 reach him. And
as TO growing accounts, we can tell
him that more money was made last year
at farming--yes, even by poor men
within twenty miles Of this city, Boston,
Philadelphia, or Baltimore, than in any
locality west Of the Wabash. Good far
ming will pay anywhere, bad farming no.
where; but man can live easier where
land is cheap than where il is relatively
dear; and it is easier to grow into COM
petence at the West than at the East.
We apprehend that a man who knows
how to grow the largest crop per acre, and
is willing TO work constantly, can become
rich bv farming, faster in New Jersey or
Massachusetts than he could in Illinois
or Wisconsin. And there are many prl-
vations, especially for women, to be en-
countered in a new country, that are not
felt in an old one. Ii is well 10 look the
whole subject in the face, and not be
whimpering next year tina. you were de-
ceived and mlsled. There is already in
the West rather an overslock, especially
Of wives, whose ruling topics are the
company they enjoyed. the prospects
they exulted in, the re6nements they had
cherished before they were duped and
cajoled into migrating from the. seabOard
to the West.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1854-12-09
Live PcacefullY with am.

All are liable to err; and those who are
the most guilty are frequently the first
TO censure others. They who bear the
least from friends, are most inclined 10
provoke. Ii would seem that men might
learn wisdom from experience of the past
and labor 10 prevent unkind words, bIck-
Ierings and quarrels. When they see the
misery that has been produced by 'lrifes
light as air. they should form the reso-
luton, never to use harsh word, throw
out base insinualion, or show revenge
full look.
Mankind should live like members OF
one family, and labor to promote the wei
fare of each. Instead Of picking out
bemishes in our friends. and denouncing
their proceedings, how much better 10
dwell on their virtues and kindness II
they unntentionally wrong you. instead
of faring up, and showing your spite with
harsh words, or doing them an injury, re-
fleet that they have done you many Ia
vors how many times they have visited
you in sickness, sympathized in your sor,
row, and when they had a rarity, shared
with you and your children. Reaectlng
thus, would disarm you of every unklad
and revengelu feeling, and you could moi
find il in your heart TO 10 them an injury
When the temper is reused, how common
it is to forget past lavors, and bring to
mind every mole-hill difficulty, which,
when in anger, rises TO mountain size
and then decides as passion and not rea,
son dictates
Live peacefully, is not only wise pre-
cept, but sacred injunction. But this
you never do, unless you strive TO follow
peace with all men. If you reflect upon
and treasure up every hash word, you
will always be in trouble. II you pass
over a little injury, and Danish it from
your mind, and return good for evil, there
will be no trouble; you cannot be other
wise than good citizens and fast friends
How soon would earth resemble heaven
and everything glow with the beauty ant
freshness Of paradise, if mankind woul
Danish anger and revenge from their bo
som, and were determined 10 live peace
aDly with their neighbors !
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1854-12-09
Select Gale.
THE GIRDLE OF FIRE
A THRILLING STORY.

The lower counties of New Jersey are
prover6ialy barren, being covered with
immense forests of pine, ,interspersed with
cedar swamps. During the dry summer
months, these latter become parched TO an
extent that is incredible, and the acclden-
tai contagion of ire-brand often wraps
immense tracks of country in flames. The
Iapidi.y with which the contlagration,
when once kindled, spreads through these
swamps, can scarcely be credited except
bv those who know how thoroughly the
moss and twigs are dried up by the heat
of an August sun. Indeed, scarcely a
spot can be pointed out in West Jersey,
which has not, at one time or other, been
ravaged by conaagration. 1t was but a
few wears since that an immense tract OF
these pine 6arrens was on fire. and the
citizens of Philadelphia can recollect the
lurid appearance of the sky at night, seen
at the distance of thirty or even forty miles
from the scene Of connagration. The le-
gcndary history of these wild counties is
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1854-12-09

to assure himself that they had indeed es-
capped. He saw the lurid mass OF fire
roaring and whirling across the spot thro'
which they had darted but moment be-
fore; and, overcome with mingled grati-
lnde and awe, he bowed his head on his
breast, and poured oct an overlooking
soul in thanksgiving to the Power which
had saved them from the most dreadful of
deaths. And long afterwards, men who
travelled through that charred and black
ened forrest, pointed TO the memorable
scene where these events occurred, and
rehearsed the thrilling feelings of those
who had been encompassed by the Girdie
of Fire.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1854-12-09
AGENTS.
3)ottital.
THE DYING MOTHER.
BY MISS LIZZIE DoNELsON.

Soft beamed the pale moons silver rays
As on the evening air,
Went Up to the eternal throne,
4 dying mothers prayer;
go, Father, through life's varied ways,
From all earth's tempests wild,
Do thou, with thine Almighty Hand,
Protect my darling chlldi"
Then near her rose low, faint voice,
In tones of anguish deep
go, tell me, mother, are thine eyes
Closing in Deaths long sleep?
And must pass lfe's lonely vale
With thee no longer near?
Nust | Ind thee forever now
Farewell, my mother dear9
"Swect mother, must | yield thee up,
To thy cold, silent grave?
Must still live, while over thee
The weeping willows wave'
This life would be so dark to me
Without thy smile to cheer
o, cruel death! take not from me
My own, my mother dear!
"Dut, oh, e'en now her heart is still
How pale and cold her brow!
Alas, she'll never wake again,
have no mother now!
And on this dreary earth no more
Shall her kind voice hear,
Her smile will greet me meier again
Farewell, oh, mother dear!n
Lightly above that mothers grave,
The balmy south-wind swept,
And oft beside the emerald turf,
Her infant mourner wept,
Yet flowed not long those bitter tears,
For in the emerald sphere,
The little, pale -browed orphan child
Soon joined her mother dear.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1854-12-09
Winter Fashions.

A Paris correspondent says that ladies
dresses are this season remarkable for
their fullness of trimming. Gathered and
figured gal!oons, silk fur, shaded plush,
frosted lringes are employed in proiusion.
Rich silk skirts are frequently made,
without the body to match, its place be.
ing supplied by silk or velvet basquine
or jacket, richly decorated with jet, lace
or fringe. Bodies, basquines and cloaks
are all decorated with the ornament cal
led breteHes or braces, which consist of a
row Of trimming beginning at the waist,
passing over the shoulders and down the
back. Sleeves are fashioned in a variety
of manners; some are pulled at the top,
straight and wide until they reach the
wrist, where they form wristband.
Others are in pagoda style, slit up in
their places and spread over pulfed un-
der-sleeye. L: is indispensable that the
style Of trimming adopted for the body
should be repeated on the sleeve. Skirts
are worn excessively full and long, espe-
cially behind. In sewing the skirt to The
waist-hand, the fullness is SO disposed as
to !all in long fluleG plails.
The fashion Of gentlemen's dress will
vary little from that of last winter. All
garments will be made longer, and with
the exception Of pantaIoons, more ample.
Cloaks will be more worn than they have
been hitherto,
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1854-12-09

They write home that there are fleas e.
nough IN Turkey 10 dam up the BosPh"r-
u. The TURKS wear them for lining Tor
their shirts.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1854-12-09

..,ahter. and her attitude OF leave-taking'
Ia IA tbat she was bride, going forth
from the home of her childhood, 10 enter
on a new and ur,ried sphere of life. The
other members Of the group were comPo-
sed of her father. her bco,hcrs and sisters,
! the bridemeu and bridemalds.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1854-12-09

Jones says that the best sewing ma
chine IN the world is one about seventeen
wears old, with short sleeve dress, pret.
" lIiIle Zee; with garter boots on
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1854-12-09
The Bonnet Question.

The editors Gmpudenl fellows for med
ding with what doesn't concern them J
have, for more than year past been pes
tering the ladies about wearing small bon
.nets-just as though the ladies themsel-
yes didn't know what was becoming.
We know enough about women to know
that they wiH have their way-when
they set out to--and we like them all the
better for show of grit and smartness.
What's a pen-knife good for, without
some snap to ii! We 60 in for women,
and all her weakness. Talk about expo
sure, and weak eyes, and getting sun
struck, and all tha, sort of thing, from
wearing cam-shells stuck on the backs OF
their heads with wafer it's all nonsense.
Show US a case of the kind ,and well show
woman that'll tell you--"Fiddlestlck -
The fact is, the woman know well e.
nough what they're about, and all they
want is to be "let alone" Men wear
shawls, and The women don't say word.
Women wear "sugar scoops" and the
men complain they can't see their faces.
To please their admirers, the ladies al
length adopt the present style--showlng
the face Gust a trihe y and now the men
say it looks bold--and complain of see
ing too much--and style the bonnets
"clam shells" Gust as though women
wouldn't wear clam shells and "nothing
else," if they choose) We like to hear
a fellow, mounting the present style of
hat--wth pair of "Vesuvian pants, "
that display the contour of the leg in all
the elegant proportions of a bean pole
and coat that gives him the look OF a
boblailed Shanghai--we say, we like to
hear such a fellow discourse about di-
minutive bonnets. II seems in such good
taste The "opewaw's perfect bore"
to it.
BY the way, Miss Lucy Stone got"set
back trine, the other day, for meddling
with the matter at the Woman's Right
Convention, in Philadelphia. According
to the Courier of that city, Lucy remark
ed that she had often IN crowded assem-
bies felt the Inconvenience of wearing
bonnet, and she was fearful if the women
present continued to wear their bonnets,
they would suffer from headache and
leave with no very good opinion of the
Convention. The Convention would in
that event be charged with atJusly be-
longed to the bonnets. Laughter.) She
hoped the bonnets would be removed du-
ring the sitting Of the Convention.
At the conclusion of this speech, Miss
Emma r. Coe arose in the body of the
audience, and observed that she did not
see the force of Miss Stones remarks, for
the bonnets worn by the ladies' now are
so snail that they stick on the back OF the
head, and 10 not cover the ears. Laugh
ter, and shear" shear" The speaker
thought the bonnets would act as ear
lrumpets, and aid the hearing, rather than
interfere with it. The bonnets were not
removed.
The "bonnet question, we opine, is
now definitely settled.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1854-12-09

A man hearing that a raven would live
two huaefred years, bought one 10 see if il
would.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1854-12-09

A lady vas murh alfroAied the other
day. because a gentleman aecsusied her as
an old acquaintance.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1854-12-09

Men never talk amongst each other a.
bout then babies; wGmen always 90. Vita
the former il is the padlock Of coRyersa-
lion, with the latter the stable.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1854-12-09

Never marry but for love: but see that
lhon lowest what Is Iovely.--Uiiiiom
Penn.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1854-12-09

CoNuNDRuM,--'Sam, why is your head
like the moon!
Il don't know, Jim. Give il up
Because it is supposed by some to be
inhabited! Yah, YAH
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1854-12-09

Remember lha. custom in infancy be
comes nature in old age.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1854-12-09

A country individual whe was caught
in a waier-wheel of a saw-mlll, says hr
intends 10 apply for pension, as he Is a
survivor of ghe revolution.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1854-12-09

Joy seasons lie and brisLlens the pros.
peci VI Tie fIluTe.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1854-12-09

The victory is not always to the strong,
as the boy said when he killed a skunk
with brickbai.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1854-12-09

Wanted to know-the width Of broad
and marrow escape
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1854-12-09

How to ge, good wife--take a good
girl and 90 to the psrson.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1854-12-09

am an owe nothing, said a neighbor
as he paid up his newspaper bill.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1854-12-09

An editor down East objects 20 f.
male legislature, on the grounds that they
would misrepresent the country.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1854-12-09
TERMS lR lHl REGISTER

The SEEpHERpsTowN REGISTER is pu0ilsneu
weekly at 50 year, positively TO be paid before
the year expires No paper discontinued tex
cept at the option of the editor) until all at
rcarages are paid up. Single copies 8. cents.
ApvERrIsEMENTs Of one square or less 'o
cents for the FIRST Insertion and p cents for each
insertion thereafter-arger ones iu the same
proportion. Advertisements not marked forany
spccided time arc continued till forbid and char
ccd accordingly. A deduction made to those
who advertise by the year.
Letters or Communications to the Editor, up
: on which there is postage, unless they contain
money, should be postpaid to insure attention
A GENTS.
WV. Fl. PEAEE, Sun Iron Buildings, Balli-
more; G. PIERCE, Philadelphia v B. Palmer
New York,
The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1854-10-06
Three Hundred Miles an Hour.

A paper was lately read by Judge Meigs
before the American Institute Farmers Club
at New York, upon the subject of rapid
railroad travelling, from which we make the
following extract:
g have, with others, admired the prog
ress made i'll velocity OH railroads up to even
one hundred miles an hour OF, straight rails,
which has been done in England. But
entertain views Of railroad velocity far be-
yond any yet ventured to be expressed.
The Emperor Of Russia has taken the first
great step towards what | deem the ultima
tum Of railroad travel
| "lnstcad of cutting n narrow alley through
the country, or going around everything in
the way OF a straight linc-he has cut a
broad way five hundred miles from St. Pc
tersburg to Moscow-he has made it all the
way two hundred feet wide, SO that the ell
gincer sees everything that comes on the
| road.
"Such is part of the future the railroad
from point to point mathematical line; the
rails ten times stronger than any now used {;
the locomotives on wheels of far greater di-
alnctcr, say twelve or fifteen feet the gaguc
OF Il relative breadth, the signals and times
PS''SS'y SctiIeu TIC IOdtl, WailcQ on DOtn
sides, during the transit of trains having the
gates Of the walls all closed. Then, instead
of one hundred miles an hour, we shall more
safely travel three hundred miles an hour!
! will not pretend toeay morc-one hun
dred miles seems fast enough so did twen-
ty few years ago; and now, on very
straight rails, or some straight runs, we do
travel sixty miles an hour in this State, and
in England, one hundred miles have been
accomplished.
Mathematical precision and time will
solve his"probcn passage from New
York to San Francisco in ten hours!"
Judge Meigs declares that in the Lcgisla-
ture Of New York, in 1918, he first public
ly asserted the reality of steam drivers of
cars on 4 long iron railroad, with an aver
age velocity of fifteen miles an hour: and
that, in 1850, the average velocity on the
railroad between New York and Philadel-
phia, owing to curves, DC, had not exceeded
sixteen miles an hour; SO that this predic-
ton was strikingly accurate. Mr.. Solon
Robinson, after Judge Mcigs' paper was read,
remarked that upon such rail as that de-
scribcd l,y Judge Meigs, lie had no doubt
the speed might be attained, but he wanted
to know how YOU are to stop. To this Judge
MciGs replied: ave must begin hun
drcd miles this side the stations to shut off
steam"