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emo LICENSE. We had forgot to mention
that at the election which took place in this
parish on the Sth inst, resulted in majority
against granting license for selling liquor by the
glass. It nov remains to be determined whether
the result with effect the selling by the glass in
the town ward, which was decided in favor of
granting license by majority Of four votes
eight days previous. Many think not; but we
are Of the impression that it will. The vote
was taken throughout the whole parish, and our
citizens having voted on the question on the 9Th
inst, we are inclined to the opinion that the
decision Of the people affects both town and
country. Let the knowing ones decide.
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{ NORN-l00 sacks just arrived, and fol
. sale cheap by Cmy271 j. F. THOMPSON

RUGGIES.-Received by the >z@o
- Steamer G. D. Jr., 10 Buggies, assorted .A@8
styles and prices do not hesitate to that
wish to obtain something of this kind to be suited
both in quality and price, Call and for yourselves
Also fresh supply Of all kinds Of PROVISIONS all of
which will be ished at the lowest possible rates.
my27 VIM. H. Raglan. and 10 st. Philip st.
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Ely@ We are under renewed obligations to
Hon. s. A. Douglas and I. G. Hunt, for Con-
gressional documents
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NAPOLEON WANTS DIvoRCE.-The Paris
correspondent of the Montreal Witness writes as
follows: ~t
The great question which occupies at present
the Court of France, is the divorce of the En-
peror. He no longer hopes to have any children
by his present wife, and it is said he thinks of
taking another The report is not official. but
as it has appeared in several licensed papers,
the truth of it can scarcely be questioned. Ma
poleon LII is however, very fond Of his wife,
and the divorce will resemble in every point
that of his uncle and Josephine, who were, as
you know, separated for the same reason.
Whether from this motive or any other, the
Empress of the French is looking very mean-
choly. 1t is impossible to see her without being
struck by her expression of sadness. As to the
Emperor. he appears constantly calm and inn
perturbable. s
SHARP TIMES AHEAD.-Under this title the
Washington Star, of the 18th inst, has the fol-
lowing significant paragraph:
An impression prevails among the best in
formed democratic politicians in and around the
Halls of Congress, that some of the lately ap-
pointed friends of Democratic Congressional OPP
ponents of the Nebraska bill, will very shortly
bite the dust. We presume that this belief
grows out of the fact, that Congressional friends
of the bill are pressing for clerkships, &C., from
the Administration, each gentleman for his own
friends, who can hardly be provided for, except
by displacing, to that end, persons appointed to
crafty gentlemen who prove to be opposed to
the policy of the Administration on this really
first question arising in the lifetime of the present
Congress. This impression can hardly be as
rife, as it certainly is in such circles, without
having more or less solid foundation to rest on
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-05-27

PRoF. 7. HoLLowAy.-A letter from this ex-
tensive advertiser-the largest in the world
under date London, May Sd, 1854, informs us
that he has constituted Messrs. Blanchard,
Cazenavette & Co., Of our town, his accredited
agents for the sale of his Ointment and Pills
for the parish of Lafourche. Persons who may
wish to try the efficacy Of these immensely
popular and highly valuable medicines, may
rely on obtaining the genuine article by pur-
chasing from the above firm.
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THIBOD AU X:
SATURDAY. MAY n, 1854.

BaP Thanks to the officers of the steamers
Music, DR.. Batey and c. D. Jr, for New Orleans
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VIRG1N1A-The people of Wheeling have voted
in favor of subscription Of S25O,OOO to the
Hempfeld Railroad.
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FRESH DRUGS and MEDICINES
pLANCHARD, CAZENAVETsrF 4

~ co, corner of Main and St Phi lin street
have now in store, and are constantly addinr e ~
to their stock, from the New York, Boston, ~
Philadelph a, New Orleans, and European Il
markets, complete and varied assortment Of E
FRESH DRUGS, CHEMICALS and DYE a
SfuFFS selected with the greatest expires " far M
market, consisting in part Of the following enImerals
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SEAT OF WAR-Our obligations are due to
Bennett Of the Literary Depot, for a 'eMap of
the Seat Of War in the East" The Map en-
braces European and a part Of Asiatc Turkey,
and the country lying contiguous. Those who
wish to keep pace with passing events and to
instruct themselves in a knowledge of the country
adjacent to the Black Sea, would do well to
provide themselves with one Of these important
auxillaries. The cost is but trife.
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Mr.. CRITTENDENs CONNECTION WITH THE
WARD CAsE.-Much ,-sssssifet has been expressed
and most earnest admirers, at his supposed con-
nection with the Ward case as a volunteer coun-
sci. We learn from the Frankfort, KY, Com
monwealth, that there is some misapprehension
did not volunteer. He was applied to several
months before the trial came on, by Mr.. Ward,
ST., to defend his son, and liberal fee offered
Mr.. Crittenden decided to accept the engage
ment, but declined the fee, preferring to under
take the duty as one of friendship rather than
as a merely professional matter. 90
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THE DAUpHIN OF FRANcE.-Apropos of the
question, Have we a Bourbon among u.s." a
correspondent of the Boston Transcript sends to
that journal an extract from the &c Extraordinary
Columbian Centinel," of March Is, 1898. 1t
is printed on half sheet, and issued as an extra
of &c Interesting Intelligence" containing the
conclusion of the trial, condemnation and SEN
tence of Louis XVI; also letter dated Lisbon,
February 8, 1893, with an account of the ex-
ecution of the King of France on the 2lst of
January, between 10 and II o'clock of that day.
Another account in the same sheet says &c the
execution took place on Monday, the 21st of
January, at o'clock in the morning, and with
torch light. A hole was dug under the scaffold,
into which the head and trunk fell, and fire
made which reduced it to ashes, after which the
place was paved over. 1t was reported that the
Queen and the Queens sister were summarily
tried and condemned as traitresses, and were
beheaded." The account then goes on to state,
in capitals, sTHE DAuPHIN IS UNIVERSALLY
BELOVED, BUT IS TO BE BAN1sHED, as also is
Mr.. Equality, notwithstanding his vote against
the King"
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~ trict Court Parish of Terrebonne. ~
Whereas VALENTIN BERGER, of said parish, Admins
traitor of the above Estate, has fid with the Clerk Of said
Court final account of his Administration, praying thai
it may be homoogate
Therefore, all persons hereby warned and notfdb
file their objections, if any they have, to the said account
with the Clerk of said Court at his office in the tpHnd
Houma in thirty days after the disqualification hereof The
said application will be confirmed in due law
day ay a sheu s s eight i
~ fifty -four. [23-5t] J. AYCOCK Clerk
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A BAD HUsBAND.-At recent session of the
Supreme Court of Termont, a lady obtained
divorce from her husband, Of whom the Rut-
land Herald gives the following biography:
ssWe know that man. He came to st. Adams
with long face, silver headed cane. and
Rev. prefxed to his name. He preached and
went hunting the same day. He preached on
temperance and got drunk. He lectured to
young ladies and played the adulterer. Hekept
bad school, edited reckless paper, stole
money and charged the theft upon the servant
drunk upon smuggled liquor, took one shirt,
another mans wife, bundle of manuscript
sermons, and ran away from his own wife, his
paper and crowd of creditors"
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-05-27

THE DECLINE OF SpA1S.-What Il deplorable
picture of the decline of Spain is that presented
in the following extract from one Of its own
papers, the Clamor Publico, of Madrid:
Under the Moors the population of Spain was
thirty millions; itisnow fifteen millions. When
Granada was conquered, in 1887, it was defend
ed by walls flanked by 1000 towers. The
kingdom, of which it was the capital, was seventy
leagues long by thirty broad, and possessed
thirty-two cities of the first rank and ninety
seven of the second. Granada, before its fall
in 1887, contained 400, 900 inhabitants, of whom
10000 bore arms. 1t now contains but 60, 600
souls, all counted. The population of the whole
kingdom of Granada was three millions. Malaga,
in the seventeenth century, contained 10000
inhabitants; it now possesses only $4,000 in
habitants Medina del Campo, in the seven
tenth century contained 10000 inhabitants; it
now contains 60O0 Merida, at the same epoch,
possessed 1000 inhabitants; it now possesses
only 5000. In the sixteenth century the do
seven cities and villages; it now has thirteen
only. Segoyia, in 1925, had 5000 families;
now 1900. Seville in the seventeenth century,
had a population of 100000, of which 13O, 900
were employed in manufactures; it now con-
tains $1,000 souls, all told. Toledo, in the
fifteenth century, had 10000 Inhabitants; it
now has $4,000. Valence, which in the year
1900, counted population of 100000, now
hardly numbers 10000. In 1878 there were
counted 1911 abandoned villages in Spain, and
the number has been increasing from that time
to this
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nR. WALTER B. YOUNG has DER.
- manently located in Thibodaux, for the purpose of
practising the various branches Of his profession lie
peculy tenders his services his old friends and the
public generally He be found all times when not
professionally absent his Office in the story the
Post Office building on Commercial Row. my27-1y
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~ The Wings Of Providence have elected
their Mayor and the entire board Of Aldermen.
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Mn. FILLMORE AND sHENRY LoNG."-The
Savannah Republican learns from the Atlanta
Intelligencer, that during the recent visit Of Mr.
Fillmore to that place, among the servants who
waited upon him at the Atlanta Hotel, was the
famous Henry Long, who, it will be remem-
bered, Was the first fugitive slave delivered up
under the act Of 1850, and at whose trial in New
York, there was raised so great an excitement.
Henry was considerably elated at the idea Of
serving his Excellency. So Sh@@
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SOUTHERN MILITARY INsTITUTE.-We call at
tention in another column, to the prospectus of
this Institution recently established at the
Cherokee Springs, in one Of the most healthy
districts of country, anywhere to be found in
the State of Georgia. The President of this
young institution, Capt. Walsh, R. A. S., did us
the honor of call during the past week, and
related to us in person. Of the chef features
and intentions of his school, which should claim
the support of southern parents and guardians.
The services of eminent and highly competent
professors are to be procured and nothing is to
be neglected that will conduce to the comfort
and advancement of the students of the Institute.
The school is entirely free from oil sectarian
bias, and promises, if properly supported and
encouraged, to supply that educational hiatus
which has ever existed at the south, in giving
to the sons of the south educations which will
conform to our peculiar institutions. The Pres
ident of the Institute, Capt. Walsh, is gentle
man of high scholarship and thoroughly &C
quainted with the proper management of an in
stitution Of this nature. He will again visit our
town on or about the 3rd prox., to conclude some
matter in connection with the Institute, when
he will be happy to meet those who may see
proper to patronize the Institute.
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DESTRUCTION OF THE WHEELING BRIDGE.-
The immense and beautiful structure-the sus-
pension bridge across the Ohio river at Wheeling
Virginia, was entirely destroyed by gale which
occurred on the 18th inst The loss to the
Bridge Company is very large. 55~.s= r4
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,BA.-An exchange says:


The island of Cuba-which is now, in con-
sequence of recent occurrences, engaging large
share of attention in the minds of the American
public-is one of the most valuable districts of
territory in the world. Its annual productions
"a southern paper states) comprise 1913, 500, 900
worth of sugar, S15, 100000 worth of tobacco,
$2,310,000 worth of coffee, 100000 worth of
corn, and 81 ,OO0,0 900 worth of other agricultural
produce.
The grand total of its productions including
dairy and domestic animals, average $3.50, 00O, 900
per annum, The population of the island in
1841 was 1907, 624, including 4l8, 39l whites,
429 495 slaves, and ISL 1898 free colored people.
Five years subsequently, the white population
had increased 1886, while the blacks decreased
1O7, s72-making an aggregate population then
of but 898,75 In the city and suburbs of
Havana, in 1841, the entire population was
150,750 Five years, later, in 1916, it COM
prised but 1913, 597
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-05-27
The Artesian Well.

Some of our readers who had watched with
considerable interest the operations OF Mr. Reed
in the boring of the Artesian Well on Canal
street, have expressed surprise and disappont-
ment at the unexpected suspension OF the WORK.
They seem to imagine either that the approprla-
ton allowed by the Council is exhausted, OF that
the experiment has been abandoned through
sheer conviction of the impossiblity of reaching
subterraneous spring OF water These con-
lectures are althogether groundless A large
balance yet remains of the sum voted by the
Council for digging the well, and Mr.. Reed, SO
far from despairing of success, is entirely con-
fident that water will be encountered, and hopes
to reach it at a comparatively moderate depth
His reasons for relinquishing the work during
the summer months are first, that neither he,
nor his slaves are acclimated, and he is conse-
quently unwilling to incur the danger to health
that would arise from continual exposure to
burning sun ; and next, that in the progress OF
the excavation, as the depth increases, obstacles
arc met with which require machinery OF more
power that any he now possesses, and conse-
quently he has returned to Alabama with view
of having suitable instruments prepared.
Mr.. Reed will return in the fall and proceed
actively with his labors. At the date of their
suspension, a dept of 212 feet had been attained
About fifty feet above the lowest point, the soil
presented a marked difference from the superior
strata, and consisted chiefly of tenacious, al
most impervious and particularly tough mari,
resembling in every respect that found in Ala
bama wherever Artesan wells have been success
fully sunk, and invariably covering stream of
water. This layer of mari is not as hard as it
is seen in our sister State, but as the bore des-
cends, the earth becomes denscr and more tena-
cious. Mr. Reed is confident that water will be
found beneath this stratum but he admits frankly
that it is impossible to guess at its thickness.
He has pierced through it in some instances in
day or two, finding it not to exceed twenty
feet in depth, vile in others it has penetrated
more than ten times that distance. While,
therefore, he is unable to say how long it will
take him to pass through the mari, he certainly
expects, by analogical induction and experience,
to strike spring of water, whenever that con-
summation is achieved.
Meanwhile, the various strata met with in the
progress of the work have been carefully ex-
amined, classified and preserved by the Scienti-
| ic Association of New Orleans, and we under
stand will be the subject of some interesting
geological speculations in the forthcoming volume
of their transactions.-N. o. Bee.
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NEW Recommendations. Blanchard, Gaze
navette & Co., successors to Blanchard & Ran
son, as our advertising columns will show, have
very properly and much to their own interest
and future prosperity, commenced a judicious
system of advertising. Mr. Cazenavette, the new
partner in this establishment, without wishing
to speak disparagingy of the manner in which
the old members Of the firm conducted it, has
added much to its general appearance, in the
way Of relabelling, painting and otherwise adding
to its tout ensemble. We also notice that they
have procured one of Hoes Lever Hand Presses,
for the purpose Of printing all their own labels.
This is decidedly a great convenience about a
drug store, and although it may deprive us Of a
job now and then, we still will not complain of
friend Cazenavette, who like oursef has know
ledge of the two professions-typo and knight
of the pestle. s,t.- 49, s=s g. Cd 4
Three better, more competent or worthier
gentlemen than A. Blanchard, Fl. Cazenevette
and E. Ransom, are not to be found in the pre-
cincts Of our young city, and as such deserve,
as they viii no doubt receive, liberal support
from the hands Of the public.
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Succession de Louisiana Stou6et, epouse de Y Bagr,
FrAT DE LA LUUISIAINE-Cow

~ du Cinqueme District, Parosse Terrebonne
ATTENDU: Cue vALENTIN BERGE de Ia dite paroise,
Administrator de la dite Succession, jour depose ave-
lie Grefiier de Ia de Cour, compe final de son Ad'
mnisraou, demapdant quill soft approuve. .ss..
En- consequence toutes les personne qui ponraien af
des objections dit compile sont par les presentes IT,
fees de les dedure Greier de la Cor bureau dams
la vile de Houma dams les trente onrs qui suvront Ia pre-
mere publication de Get avis simon la de application sea
accordee ct confirmee scion la loi.
{ --l Temoin ma main ct lie sceau de IA dite Com %
( l.. S. IA Mai, mil-huit-cinquate-quatre.
t--t 23-f J. AYCOCK, Grefhe.
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GoDEY FOR JuNE.-It is singular with what a
degree Of regularity this old and long established
Magazine comes to hand. We do not recollect
q single instance since our connection with the
Minerva, now nearly nine years, Of ever having
failed to receive it when due. This promptitude
on the part Of Mr.. Cooley should secure for the
Lady's Book, circulation larger than that Of
any Of the Magazines now published.
The present number is one of unusual interest,
and should be possessed by every lady in the
country, who is at all DESTROYS Of conforming to
the prevailing fashions Of the times as it abounds
in numerous patterns for ladies garments and
wearing apparel. Those who are not subscribers
can obtain copies on application to Mr.. Bennett
Of the Literary Depot, who is the authorized
agent for this place. -.--.--...-- Ets
GARDENERS ScHooL.-Mr. ]. J. Gardner has
leased for q number Of years the parish school
lot, on Canal street, and has constructed neat
and commodious building for school purposes.
The lot is neatly enclosed, and the fence white
washed, which adds greatly to its general ap-
pearance. Mr.. G. is one of the most competent
teachers any where to be found in the country,
and we are pleased to know that he is the re-
cipient Of patronage which amply compen-
safes him for the outlay that he has made in
establishing his school on permanent basis
No one in the circle Of our acquaintance is more
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4 bAS' WhLDON . NhND.-I VIII use no other
art the advertisement be found In plain
W Of practice have bot master Of hoss
are called Syphc For nearly fifteen
sole business to treat those there lice the only
nave given to class diseases
other and them better than
and which has yentured
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are Just as familiar the
other merit than that ofexpersncs. ~ -
effect cure few days difficulty IL
4e Of longer DURATION without submitting patient such
ee q treatment will drsw him suspicion o.
oego bum neglect his nairs whether The
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secrecy, which always inviolably preserve.
have many qualifications which do think
nthed that rsputaionis already sufficiently established
from lin the morning night
~. W. WATSON NJ D.
das No. II Euatomhouso street.
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sJake, did you carry that umbrella home
that borrowed yesterday ," asked father Of
his only SON. emo father; you have often told
me to Icy up some thing for rainy day; and,
as / thought it would rain soon, I laid up the
nmbreIla"s