Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-04-29
Late from New Grenada,

discussion. The Legislative Camara was discus
sing the subject Of dividing the Republic int,
fourteen Provinces.
Il The French squadron from Martinique ha(
arrived at Carthagenia with the object of pun
ishing native of that place who had injured
one Of the sailors of the French brig of war Or
estes, in row which occurred in that place du
ring the last carnival, and had demanded $780,
indemnifcation for said sailor We learn tina,
Gov. Nieto Of Carthagenia, had agreed to pa,
the $500, and that active preparations were be-
ing made to discover and punish the delinquent
After the settlement Of the affair, the squadron
is to proceed to Colon to arrange some difficult
ties in that province.
Col. Codazzi has returned to Carthagenia with
his party from Darien. He is of the opinion
that the opening of canal across that 1sthmus
is impracticable.
| LUDIcRoUs MISCHIEF The following
"droll incident" is related in the Knicker.
booker, as having occurred to lady of res
pectability in Brooklyn: "The lady has a
charming little boy. very observing, imita-
tive and active. The child had noticed the
postman constantly leaving letters. and
moving off quick and he thought it would be
very fine thing to become postman. So
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and took out some twenty-five or thirty let
tiers, tied them up and sailed forth, leaving
one at every house, and moving off quick.
| The lady was rather surprised when her
next neighbor brought her an open letter,
which she said somebody had left at her
| door; but what was her establishment when
| visiting hour arrived, for another. and an
| other, and another lady coming in, all bring
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completely crammed! You need not doubt
the mirth and fun grew fast and furious, as
each lady entered with the same tale, and
! the little postman was elated beyond measure
to find what capital postman he was; but
the best of the fun was, that every lady, one
and all, asserted she had not unfoIded or read
one word.
GUEss1NG.-A clerical friend of the
Knickerbocker, who is settled away down
East, tells US that he is often very much
| amused at the .shrewdness of certain
parishioner Of his, who is very fond of real
ing his Bible without note or comment, and
guessing out any obscurities which he may
encounter. He came to his pastor, one day,
and asked him what, in his opinion, was the
reason why the Jews who went out to meet
Christ as he was riding info Jerusalem,
seated on an ass.s colt took branches Of
palm-trees in their hands. He was told that
they intended 10 honor the Savior. etc.
Honor him!" said he; that's all humbug!
don't believe word oft! Wasn't they a.
ihirstiag for his blood9 A plaguey sight of
honor they meant 10 do him! No, no =! 1 tell
you them pesky Jews was awful cunnin'
critters, and they wanted to break his neck
and so they took them branches to skeer the
colt !" Our correspondent commends this
Interpretation to the attention Of all Biblical
commentators.
A MONSTER STEAMsHIP.-The ways for
laying out an immense screw and paddle
steamer for the Eastern Steam Navigation
Company are in the course of completion at
the yard Of Messrs. Scott & Russell, the ex-
tensive ship builders at Milwall, (Eng)
where some hundreds Of piles have been
driven in order to support the huge fabric.
Many hundreds Of tons of iron for her keel
are ready to put together, contracts have
been signed for the completion and launch
ing Of the ship within two years Of the pres
emf time. The following are a few particu-
lars Of her dimensions :-Extreme length
on main deck 100 feet, being 48O feet longer
than the great Himaiaya steamer; extreme
length Of keel $50 feet; extreme breadth Of
beam SO feet; depth of hold forming four
decks 68 feet; length of principal saloon 80
feet.-English paper.
SIR CHARLES NAPIER-Sir Charles Napier
has as little Of the heroic look as any man
you ever saw. He is stout, burly, and
square in figure. His features are ordinary.
His aspect is that of a mere farmer. and his
usual attire is by no means so good as many
farmers would wear. He has very good
natured expression Of countenance.- His
hair is whitehall is, such Of il as remains
He has slight limp, from severe wound
in the thigh received in the engagement
in August, 1908 between his brig Recruit
and the French corvette Diligente. He is
fond Of rural life, and las Lord Palmerston
observed is an excellent farmer deep in
sub soil plonghing, the breeding of stock,
the alienation of green and cereal crops, /
the use and abuse Of manures and all that
relates 10 country life. As speaker, he
is energetic and decisive, coming at once
TO the purpose, and throwing out his sem
fences rapidly and loudly, as if he were
firing red hot balls into the enemy. AT the
age ofsixty-eight, this fine old fellow goes
out again to battle
lLondos Correspondence N. z Sunday Times.
NEVER GIVE UP THE QUEUE.-Ina recent |
trial Of case in Charleston. involving
question Of war, Mr.. Hayne, the Attorney
General, humorously narrated the following
Queue-rious aHecdote:
An officer during the revolutionary war.
who prided himself greatly on his queue,
had been ordered to cut off the caudal
by his commander. This he
refused to do, saying, g lie .oould
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