Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-05-27

"good for q few hundred yards more, a sud
den exclamation, addressed to nobody, but suf-
fcienty distinctive, comes from the yard-arn,
TWEEN call it "pshaw!'') and looking ahead, we
see that our ''lead % is getting narrower, its
sides edging towards each other-it is losing its
straightness AT the same moment comes a
complicated succession of orders: "Helm-a-
starboard! Port! Easy! So! Steadie- ee ZEE 4.
Hard-a-port! Hard, hard, hard!'' (scrape,
scratch and thump.) "Eugh y an anomalous
grunt, and we are jammed fast between to great
ice-felds of unknown extent. The captain comes
down, and we all 60 quietly to supper.
lKane's A'tic Expedition.
ROMANCE OF Coal FIELD.-The following
singular. circumstances happened few years
ago in Parr, about Ii miles from Liverpool
where there are several extensive colleries. 1t
will tend to show the immense value of coal
mines which lie under small superficial extent
ofland. An elderly widow lady sold to gen
tleman some property in Parr, consisting of a
house and about 30 acres of land, for $4,000
The old lady thought there must be Goals under
the land, as there was so much in the neigh
borhood; but it was the decided opinion of coal
proprietors, and others conversant with coal
mines, that there was no Goals on the property
The seller of the property, however, insisted
that the Goals should be reserved, unless the
purchaser would give her E100 for them. This
be refused doing, and the Goals were accordingly
excepted from his purchase, and reserved to
her. The old lady died soon after. bequeathing
the cold mines among the children of deceased
sister seven in number, who were all lahorers,
and the residue of her property, worth about
$4,000, to the children of another sister The
bequest of the coal mines was considered a
nominal thing, and led to dissensions in the two
families account of it. The coal legatees
brooded for length of time over their disap-
pointment in not sharing their aunt's property
with their cousins, but at length they contrived
to induce some persons, who were supposed to
have more money than wit, to undertake the
expense of boring on the land to ascertain
whether there were Goals or not. The boring
continued for q considerable time, to the great
amusement of persons connected with colleries
but at last, to their great astonishment, the
ehagrin of the purcaser, and the unbounded de-
light of the legatees two delfs of the best coal
in Lancashire were discovered, extending nearly
the whole breadth of the land, which could be
easily worked. These Goals were Immediately
purchased by the proprietors of neighboring
colliery for $4,000. On subsequent borings
three lower delfs were found, which the same
parties purchased for $4,000. a- Co..
f'"a = : 'S'f. Mining Journal.
BLOT ON THE AMERICAN SYsTEM-The
Dominican republic--that is, the white State
occupying the east half of the island of Hayti-
is the only Spanish American government which
has introduced trial by jury it is the only one
in which the constitution and the civil law is
really paramount to military authority; and,
although it is constantly threatend with war
Of determination by the negro despotism Of
Hayti, it is the only country speaking the
Spanish tongue that relies upon its citizen militia
for its defense, instead of burdening them with
the support of costly standing army.
It's also the only one in which the roads and
the rural districts are free from highway rob-
bers; it is the only one in which all denomina-
tons Of religion are positively free, and there
many diverse ones are Furnishing in numbers
and respectability, although our Protestant mis-
slons have done less for it than almost any other
portion Of America. 1t is the only one in which
the old Spanish trammels Of passports, and per-
mits OF residence are practically done away;
and, finally, it is the only one in which Ameri-
cans can buy and hold real estate with all the
freedom and security they enjoy under their
own laws. Yet this brave and liberal little
State which has stood faithfully to its republican
constitution, without change or default, from
me day it's white citizens shook off the yoke of
is negro invaders from Hayti, is the only one
which the United States has not recognized.
MI. Polk, Mr.. Fillmore, and Mr.. Pierce have,
IN succession, omitted this plain and polite
duty; and left this central and important Amer
lean island wholly at the disposal of England,
France, and Faustin the First. Surely, this
omission is small blot on the boosted .Amer-
lean system."-N. T. Sun. .,,s.s.'.s,t.-+
IScEsr.-A Father and Daughter in JaR.-A
scene was enacted at the Police Office last even
ING OF the most revolving character, the details
(which are too horrible to relate The person
charged with the commission Of one Of the |
highest criminal offences is named Patrick
levitt, boot and shoe maker, residing in |
dreen street He is about forty-fve years of |
age and has family, consisting of q son, about |