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Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-08-26

Wanted.-Twenty independent young
ladies OF good families who dare wear
their last winters bonnets to church Oh a
clear Sunday.
Wanted.-The same number of young
ladies "who are nobody" who dare to be
seen in Broadway wearing shoes with soles
thick enough to keep their feet warm.
Waated.-The same number Of Young
ladies' Of sufficient age to go into com pany,"
who dare confess they ever made loaf of
bread
Wanted.-one young married lady who is
willing to begin housekeeping in the same
style in which her parents began.
Wanted.-Twenty fashionable young la
dies who dare be seen welding busting
brush or darn their brothers. stockings. if a
gentleman should happen to make an early
morning call
Wanted.-The same number of maiden
ladies who dare own they never had an
offer -.s=..s.
Wanted.-The same number of matrons
leaders of the upper-ten, who dare confess
that they were tailofesses and their hus-
bands milkmen.
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-08-26

CHANCE FOR A SpEcuLATIoN---The follow
ing advertisement, under the hoad OF A.
Wife Wanted" is in the Batesvrfe lAFkan-
sas) News:
@Any gal what's got bed coffee pot, and
skillet, knows how 10 cut breaches, can
make huntin' shirt, and knows how to
take care Of children, can have my services
till death parts both OF us.a
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-08-26

Marvellous EFFEcT OF Nor USING To-
BAcco.-s.I do not understand at all,'' said
Augustine, how gentleman can smoke
1t certainly shortens their lives"
8" don't know that" replied the other;
there's my father, who has smoked every
blessed day since he joined the church, and
he is now seventy years old.o
aWeiI, if he had not smoked, he might
have been eighty at this day.
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-08-26

PRETTY GooD.-The North Albanian,
Published at Tuscumbia, in illustration Of
the old Persian doctrine, as sung by the
great poet Sadi, aShouId the Prince at
MONDAY say it is night, declare that you
behold the moon and stars,n-tells the fol-
lowing good and true story on a Mississippi
Democratic Editor:
Some week on ten days since, several
Of the town, among whom was the editor
aforesaid, when Whig present asked him,
how he liked the River and Harber bill as it
passed the House, when something near
the following colloquy took place:
Editor Like the River and Harbor bill
Why frsirateI It's fne-inst the thlngm
Wing -s What2 Why you don't pretend
to say that you approve Of the appropriation
Of money by the Government for clearing
out gilbert Shoals, and other like unnationaI
works ~
Editor Yes, but 90, sir. It is right
and proper-iust the thing the country
wants II is fine, sir! rubbing his h4ndsI
lit is fine. sir!-alI right and properH
Whig-aBut General Pierce has vetoed
that bill y
Editor Scratchiag his head aHe
hast Good! good! That's fine! That's
righin HnFrah for Piercel.!
The Wing thereupon shut pam" and
the FIRST opportunity related the affair to Us,
with full permission to publish on his res
possibility provided said editor wants
satisfaction.
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-08-26

Seeing VISIONS AND DREAMING DREAMS;
A lady who resides OIL street, has
dreamed for several nights past that stou,
man with dark bushy whskers came to her
bed side just as the clock struck -, and with
murdefous knife. severed her head from
her body. From the first, the dream made a
strange impression Oh the lady, SO much so,
indeed, as to make her fear that the tragedy
which appeared to her in curtaiued sleep,
would be enacted in reality. Thus fearing,
she got her room more securely guarded
and tried every ina ginable means to Danish
the strange impression from her mind, but
all to no avail. Like the damned spot y
which would not '4out," the idea that she
was to be murdered, seemed fixed and
written trouble " on her brain. which re-
fused to be erased Each night with the
repetition oil the strange dream, the impress
sion was fearfuIly deepened, until it became
to her an Aarons rod and swallowed up
every other thought. Thus matters stood
till yesterday, when, as she alleges, the de-
mon OF her dream-the man with the bushy
whiskers-appeared to her in the day time
as she was walking along the sidewalk, aud
now the belief that she is to be murdered
has rendered her frantic monomaniac
Truly, as says the poet philosopher, ave
are such stuff as dreams are made Off
nv. q. True Delta.
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-08-26

THE INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD-FEL-
Lows.-The annual report Of the progress of
the Order of Odd-FeIIows' in the state of
Pennsylvania, recently made, shows an ag-
gyegate membership of 46,55s,and total
re venue for the past year of S2f4s71e, OF
which S1f4,5os was paid out for relief OF
{, 294 members and 594 widowed families.
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-08-26

10 have often heard of men who could
hold but one idea in their heads al a time
1t is not SO with my uncle Joshua. As he
sat down to dinner, the other day, he asked
blessing in these words-"For what we
are going to receive, may the Lord make us
duly thankfully And added, i'll the same
breath Sally, that steak is burnt to
crispn
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-08-26

GENIUS, CLEvERNEss AND TALENT-Ge-
MUS rushes like whirIwind-TaIen
marches ike cavalcade of horses-Ciever-
ness skins like swallow in q summer
evening, with sharp shrilI note. and a
sudden turning. The man Of genius dweIIs
with men and with nature; the man of
talent IN his study; but the clever man
dances here, there and everywhere, like a
butterfly IN hurricane, striking everything
and enjoying nothing, but too light to be-
dashed 10 pieces. The man Of talent will
attack theories, the clever man will assaiI
the individual, and SANDER private character.
But the man Of genius despises both; he
needs none, he fears none, he lives on him
sch, shroGded Id the consciousness Of his own
strength: be iaterfefes with none. and walks
forth an example thai eagles fly alone
they are but sheep that herd together.n Ii
il true, that should poisonous worm cross
his path he may tread II under his foot
should . cur snaTl 1t him. he may chastise
II. but he will not, cannot attack the privacy
Of another. cIever men write verses. men
Of talent write prose, but the man Of genins
writes poetry.
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-08-26

To MEDICAL STUDENTs.-How are the
sinews OF war connected with the bone of
contention, and in what manner do they act
upon the nsussle- man.
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-08-26

The TOMB OF Din. GARDINER.-A Washington
letter writer says that within the enlargement
Of the Congressional Cemetery repose the re-
mains Of George A. Gardiner, ga name familiar
to the world The inscription, impressed we
suppose by fraternal affection, is simply '.our
brother" The honor conferred, by assigning
to the remains Of DR.. Gardiner place in
national cemetery, is perhaps explained by the
epitaph. For, from the popular estimate of
Congressional honesty, and the numerous COM
mittees raised to investigate charges against its
members, the acknowledgment of those to whom
the Congressional Cemetery is dedicated, that
this unfortunate felon was our brother has
a melancholy and satirical significance.
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-08-26

An ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH on SHIP BOARD
81. M. 5. Hannibal. 80, has the electric telegraph
from her poop, leading down into her engine
room. There she has large dial plate fitted
up on the fore side Of the after beam, with
conspicuous hand, under control of the electric
wire, which hand indicates on the port side for
movements ahead, as follow stop, slow, half
speed, faster, fulI-speed, and it has similar
index in the starboard side for movements a.
stern. Thus the engineer driving has an index
Immediately at all times before him. The loud
ringing Of . bell is caused by each electric com
munication from the poop, This electric COM
municator has been patented By Capt. Grispin,
Of her Majesty's yacht Fairy.
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-08-26

HoLLowAY's PILLs-Debiiitated Con-
stitutiens.-The wonderful power possess
ed by these Pills, are such, that they perform
the most astonishing cures by restoring
health when all other means fail; eases of
debilitated constitutions by their use are
completely inyigorated, the delicate and
weak are made strong. The daughter en-
tering into womanhood, of the mother al the
turn Of life, alike derive unspeakable benefit
by the use of this mighty medicine. It is
Iaso recommended 10 the Citizens of the
Union as an effectual remedy for general
arrangements of the system.
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-08-26

Ua Old dad, will your peaches keep
over Sunday % Eyes, my son, they wiHns
= Well, keep them, Them
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-08-26

MIRABEAT.-It would be as presumptuous for
one individual to write an encyclopedias, as d
character of Mirahean. It should embrace all
the talents, and all the vices, every merit and
every defect, every glory and every disgrace
Remember, for one moment, what he Was
student, voluptuary, soldier, prisoner, author,
diplamatist, exile, pauper, courtier, democrat,
deputy, orator, statesman, traitor: he had seen
more, suffered more, learned more, felt more,
done more, than any man Of his own or any
other age. He lived in two worlds, the one Of
saonght, the other Of action. and lie mastered
snem bcth. Hon. George Sydney Spsyths.
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-08-26

Ia So great is the poverty and misery. IN
Paris, that during 1853 sixty-fve thousand two
hundred and sixty four persons, or one person
ont OF every sixteen Of the population Of the
city, received aid from the Bureau Of Public
Charity. In 1882 the number Of indigents ras
one Of every eleven
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-08-26

GEESE, Cars AND BAcHELoRs-The fol-
lowing paragraph We clip from the regular
report. Of the proceedings of the Connecticut
Legislature ON the 9th of June:
Bill to tax geese, cats and bachelors taken
up. Mr.. Harrison was opposed to the pro-
vision taxing bachelors There was a tax
already laid upon geese, and any man who
had lived twenty five years without being
married, could be taxed under that section.
The bill was indefinitely postponed.
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-08-26

~ The Knickerbocker tells OF man who
stole five dollar bill out III Indiana. His
counsel tEied to prove that the note was not
worth Eve dollars, it being at d discount. The
prosecutor said he knew that the thief was the
meanest man in the State, but he did not think
be was 50 ALFRED mean Is not be willing to
steal Indiana money At par.
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-08-26

SCENE -The crowded deck of an Ameri-
can packet from California
Californian to the skipper: g should like
a sleeping berth. meow, if you please"
Skipper: Why, where have you been
sleeping these two nights since we left q
Californian: aWaL Eve been sleeping
top OF sick man: but he's got better, meow,
and won't stand it no longer.1
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-08-26
Origin of Taking a Horn

A small steamer was thronged with pas
sengers, pleasure travellers like ourselves.
speaking so many languages, that we mig ht
nave been taken for emlgrants from Babel,
and on one of the finest days Of the year We
set OFT from Bonn to ascend the Rhine A
party OF students from the university had ia
Ken passage by the same vessel, for their
annual excursion; and with music and BAN
neFs, with songs and wine, they came on
BOARD as we were about to start. This was
one OF the phases of German life We had not
thought to see, but it gave variety to the
entertainments of the day. They were
mostly from sixteen to twenty years of age
the leaders OF the party were distinguished
by sash and red cap, and all of them dress
ed IN the tree and easy style BY students on
spree. 1t Is their custom to make an excur-
sion like this once or twice in every sum-
mer, going off 10 some retired spot amoug
the mountains, and spending few days in
fevel:y, more or less innocent, according
to the tastes of the company Our boys
were largely provided with wine and beer,
which they brought in kegs: one was spec
Oily hoIsted on table aud Tapped, and the
neh liquor drawn into long horns, from
which all drank with the greatest gusto.
Now. for the first time, | saw the origin
of the phrase taking a horn for taking
drink. The students were constantly cifcu-
latlng among the passengers, and insisting
upon every ones drinking from the horn,
which was a pledge of confraternlty: even
the most delicate ladies on board, who ra-
ther shrunk from drinking sour wine in
bullock's horn, Were urged with so much
persistence that refusal was impossible, and
they Were obliged at least to honor the offer
with the touch of their lips. Their singing
was good They had songs printed and dis
tributed, so that all who read German could
Join In the choruses. Every half hour or so,
the whole company would form ring and
with the flute and violin, and a score of fine
voices, they would give their national songs,
and some in praise of Bonn, rather as the
home of fair women than seat of learning,
till the hills of the Rhine sent back the
echoes of the music and the applause of the
listening travellers u and then the horn went
round again.-Reu. Ieneus Primes Letters
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-08-26

A SAucY SAwBosEs.-a Aunt inquired
medical prodigy of fifteen, fresh from lee
ture on surgery, "wha, do you think the
most difficult operation in surgeryw
"Don7t know, Charley-what %
Taking the jaw off woman answered
the hopeful youth
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-08-26

IcED CAKEs-''What is it makes iced
cakes, Mick o.
s'OchL Larry, but it's you that's stupid
Don't they bake them in cold ovens to be
suren -
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-08-26

CANosIcAL SEcrs.-We lately spoke Of the
old lady who triumphantly pointed out the
"Epistle to the Romans" and asked where one
could be found to the Protestaats2 The Catholic
Mirror happily retorts by telling US negro
Baptist at the South, who said to his Methodist
master: you've read the Bible, s'pose ~
s. Yes" g Well, you've read of it in John the
Baptist, HASN'T you ~ saYes'' Well you
never saw nothing about John, the Methodist,
did youe' "No-' "Well, den you see, dare's
Baptists in de Bible. but dare amt no Metho-
dists; and de Bibles on my side" We leave
our good brethren Of these sects to settle this
knotty point among themselves
TEaRaer of the Cross
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-08-26
=. D CULVER, TIN Att y.
To H. D. Lepaugh, Esq, Deft's Atty.

LITTLE PITCHERS HAVE LONG EARs.-A
lady who was quite in the habit of dropping
in at her neighbours about meal time, in the
hope of obtaining an invitation to partake
with the family, was recently completely
nonpIussed by the unhesitating frankness of
child
Knowing that neighbours supper hour
was five, she called in about four and settled
down for a long call.
at takes two to make bargain and the
lady honored with the call had no idea of
giving an invitation, if it was in her power
to escape it.
Accordingly. the hour offive brought no in
dications Of supper Time moved on, the snu,
was near its setting, and still the same.
A little girl, the neighbours daughter,
begun to grow quite uneasy. At length
her mother having gone out for moment,
the visitor said:
You must come over and see me, Mary,
some timen
. No, WON'T said the child.
Why not an
Because don't like youn
But why don't you like me %
g Because am hungry and want some
supper
"But," said the visitor, amazed, don't
prevent you having your supper, do %
Yes you do said little Mary, Mother
said she shouldn't have supper until you
were gone if you stayed till midnight"
In less than five minutes, the visitor was
marching out Of the front door with very
red face. She hasn't called to See Mary's
mother since
Little Mary, in her childish frankness, has
not yet learned the important lesson which
after years will not fail to teach her, viz !:
that the truth, however, excellent or de-
sirable in itself, is not TO be spoken at all
timesu
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-08-26
A San Francisco Auctioueer.

The reporter Of the San Francisco New
furnishes that paper with the following report O
speech of Il California auctoneer:
Ladies' and gentlemen, I have now the honor
Of putting up fine pocket handkerchief 8
yard wide, yard long, and almost yare
thick; one-half cotton tother half cotton. too
beautifully printed with stars and stripes on one
SIDE and the stripes and stars On t'other. Il
will wipe dust from the eyes so completely as
to be death to demagogues, and make politics as
bad business as printing papers. It's great
length, breadth and thickness, together with its
dark color. will enable it t. hide dirt, and never
need washing. Going at one dollar ?-seventy-
five cents9 one bit. Nobody wants it. Oh !
thank you sir.
s'Next, geatlem9a-for the ladies won't be per-
mitted to bid this ARTICLES a real, simon
pure, tempered, highly polished, keen-edged
Sheffield razor; bran spankin new never opened
before to the sunlight, moonlight, starlight,
daylight, or gas light sharp enough to shave
lawyer or cut disagreeabfe countenence or
poor relation handle Of buck-horn. with all the
rivets but the two at the ends of pure gold.
Who will give two dollars? one dollar? half
dollar and piece Of soap sweeter than roses
fathers better than a schoolmaster, and strong
enough to wash out all the stains from u CaIifor-
Why, you have only to put the razor-strop and
soap under your pillow Mt night to wake up in
the morning close shaved. Won't anybody give
two bits, then, for the lot ? knew would sell
them.
''Next, ladies and gentlemen, offer three
pair of socks, hose stockings, or half hose, just
you have mind to call them, knit by
machine made on purpose out of cotton wool.
The man that buys these viii be enabled to walk
till he gets tired; and, provided his boots are
high enough, needn't have any corns; the legs
are AS long as bills against the Corporation, and
thick as the heads of the members of the
Legislature. Who wants them at one half dol
lar2 thank-ee, madam, the money.
'Next is something that you ought to have,
gentlemen, lot of good gallowses-sometimes
called suspenders. [ know that some of you
will after while be furnished at the States ex-
pense, but you can't tell which one, so buy
where they're cheap. All that deserve hanging
are not supplied with gallows if so, there would
be nobody to make laws, condemn criminals or
hang culprits, until a new election, made of
pure m-elastie-streteh like judges con-
science, and last as long as California Office
holder will steal buckles of pure iron. are, in
short, as strong, good, perfect, effeetual,
and a bona, fde as the ordinance against Chinese
shops on Dupont street-gone ut twenty five
cents y
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-08-26

HURRAH FOR BABrEs.-The Stark county
Agricultural Society offering premiums for
the finest specimens Of Young America. Here
is the list:
For the prettiest baby, SIS 90 and diploma to
mother For I'd prettiest baby, So 90 and
diploma to mother. For 3D. prettiest baby,
So 90 and diploma to mother. For largest
and heaviest child, under II months DID, age to
be considered So 90 and diploma to mother.
For I'd largest and heaviest child under twelve
months old-age to be considered, So 90 and
diploma to mother. For 3D. largest and heaviest
child under twelve months old-age to be con-
sidered, - 90 and diploma to mother.
The above is not a fair list; all the rewards
go to the mother-no encouragement to fathers !!
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-08-26
The Lennon Slave Case-Abolitioa Insult
To Virginia

Judge Mitchell, of the New York Supreme
Court, having made an order few weeks
since, that Mr.. Lennon should file security
for costs in his case pending in that Court
for the recovery of the value of the slaves Of
which he was robbed by the New York
abolitionists, or his appeal would be dis
missed, his counsel, Mr.. Lepaugh, served on
Culver, the attorney on the opposite side, a
properly executed bond, made by Gov
| Johnson, in the name of the Commonwealth OF
Virginia. To this security the aboIitionist
| lawyer took exceptions, and by way of
adding insult to injury, returned the bond
with the following bill of objections -
Take notice: object to the security of
fered in this action, and refuse to receive
the same for the following, among other
reasons:
L. There is no evidence that the Governor
is authorized to execute the bond for, or
bind the State, by the bond in the matter
2. That neither the Governor or the Stat e
swear that they, or either, are worth the
requisite amount over all debts and liza bili-
ties.
3. That neither the Governor or State
would: in case of liabilities on the bond, be
subject to the jurisdiction of the Court in
which the action is pending, anu hence only
a moral oblgato would devotye on them 10
meet the liability.
4. That as the Governor and the State
claim affinity with a section and party
which repudiate compacts based only ON
moral and equitable considerations, it is to
be presumed they would repudiate in this
case.
s.. If the State of Virginia were amenabe
to the jurisdiction of this Court yet it is
objected that she has no assets wherewiih
to satisfy the execution, as neither her
slaves, her soil. her statesman, or her resolu-
tons, would be deemed available in the
hands of New York Sheriff
6. That Virginia, Instead of seeking to
reserve decisions of New York Courts, in
which she has no Legitimate concern, would
be much better engaged in reversing her
own decisions, especially those that impris-
oned a woman for teaching Virginia child
rem to read.
You will therefore consider the same as
objected TO and returned to you-JuIy 10,
1854
E. D. CULVER, Plf's Atty.
To H. D. LeDaueh ESQ Deft's Attv
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-09-06

OuR COUNTRY RuISED.-Such is the cry,
says Young America, that constantly greets
our ears from the Whig and Abolition organs,
and horror is depicted on their coun'enances
when speaking of the present course of the
Administration Yet the facts are-our resour.
ces are almost unlimited, and are increasing in
almost alarming ratio; for notwithstanding our
national disbursements are heavy, the amount
in the treasury constantly increasing. The
amount in the sub treasury on Monday last was
$27 ,677 900, to be diminished by outstanding
drafts to the amount of 81 100000. This is
the eavest quartz, tor revenue from Customs
in the year. Nearly ten millions of this sum is
in the mints-to wit, So $4,000 in Philadel-
ph'a, $2.l6O,OO0 at New Orleans, and half a
million at the other branch mints.
This looks very much like running the coun-
try Where is the honor and honesty Of such
prating,
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-09-06
COME TO THE POINT.

We are accused Of misrepresentation, when
We charge the editor Of the !" Observer" with
not being citizen snd with having cast an H.
legal vote in this city. Now the easiest way to
settle this matter, is for the editor TO affirm, or
deny. Are yon, or are you not citizen Of this
cSuntry' Did yoG, or did you not cast an lille.
gal vote in this Guy last Talls II is an easy
matter for you TO respond to these in.errogato>
fes and il 10 your duty 10 do il, 50 long as your
reputation 10 sinvolsed ii the issue.
We hsve asserted upon good prima facia
evidence that you are not citizen and that you
have east IN illegal vote in this city. We are
noe disposed 70 deal unfai,ly by you and to
right you and ourself, If We have been wong,
te0F response 70 these intrrrogaiories is imperi.
6usly denanded Come Doctor give Us the
truth and shame the Devil.