Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-11-11

| HEALTH.-As we were putting our edition to
press on Friday of last week, we were sorry to
| learn that number of new cases had declared
themselves during that day. We also had one
death on that day. Since then, however, we
have had no other new case in town, except one
| on Saturday
The disease, we are sorry to say, still con-
tinues~to linger in the neighborhood, and several
deaths have occurred among them that OF Dir.
t. HI. Young, of Houma, who died at the resi-
dence of the Hon. Geo. s. Guion, Wednesday
last! also that of Col. V. P. Winder, who died at
his residence, parish of Terrebonne, on the
same day Death, it is said, always selects a
shining mark, and never has it been more
truthfully illustrated than in this instance.
Few men in this section Of Louisiana, stood
higher, in the estimation Of those who shared
the honor of their acquaintance than DR.. Thomas
H. Young and Col. Van P. Winder. Their
death has created void in this community
which will be hard to fill. We leave it to
Bother and more competent hands than ours to
render them justice in appropriate obituaries.
Peace to their ashes
Although we have had no new cases for q
week, and that those under treatment are
convalescent, we are not prepared to say that 1T
would be prudent to visit town until frost.
M rtin oil
Of last week are particularly applicable at the
present time.
P. S. Friday, 5 o'clock, p. M-At this
hour there are but two sick persons in town
last eight days. a~s
THIBoDAux MIsEEvA-We are again glad to see this ex-
cellent paper table, MIR jena c. White one of the
editors and proprietors is team and by the way one Of
the ceverest in the country. He was member Of our
Legislature and to his interchangeable exerons the craft
is greatly indebted for the law in regard to official ad
yersements For this act, he deserves the heartfelt
thanks of the entire press The members of the press as
body certain have done real service for the
State and received less pay for it, than any other class in
her employ. Appropriations by wholesale are m,ae 10
satisfy cravings of of capng politicians without
mirmur but when printers pfu bill is placed before
the contingent expense committeehalf dozen adavits
besides of papers have to be brought forward
before they will even listen his claim and then when he
has proven be and just he gets half OF what
it is really wortl; Ne is a lucky man.
The foregoing we copy from the Bayou Sara
Ledger, a long established, well conducted, and
highly popular democratic journal, edited by J.
R. Marks, Esq. nephew Of Col Marks, Auditor
of State, with whom we had the pleasure of
forming a personal acquaintance, during re-
cent visit to New Orleans. From some cause or
other the Ledger has never been regularly en-
terted among our exchanges, but we can assure
friend Marks, that this matter has now been
attended to and henceforth, Minerva shall
cease to be coquettish
For the very fattering manner in which our
cotemperary has seen fit to notice our humble
efforts in supplying the public with readable
newspaper, without any pretensions to merit on
our part, we cannot but express our thanks;
but the greater truths contained in the conclud-
ing clause Of the article above quoted, should
not be lost sight Of. Never was truer state
ment uttered. Wespeak from the card-having
had experience Of the manner in which appro-
priations are generally made before Legislative
assemblies.