Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-12-16

calculated to make one weep over the reflection
| that it is permitted single Tyrant to bring
upon the world such heartrendng consequences
and all to crafty this mad ambition of semi
barbarian who impiously assumes to be acting
by Divine Authority. Let Us hope, as is gen
orally believed, that if he does not submit to
Peace during the coming winter, his Mobiles vii
dispose of him after the manner of Paul anC
Alexander and that this most disastrous War
is rapidly drawing to a close.
A LIBEL ON AMERICAN LADIEs.-We perceive
that Madame Foutenoy has published a book
in Paris, giving her experience i'll America. She
paid particular attention to social habits and
peculiarities, and, of course, favors US with rich
developments. What she saw was in New Y ork,
but she calls it all " American p and never
seems to doubt that in Vermont. Georgia and
Illinois Gf she has ever heard of these places
the same artificial habits prevail. But we make
couple of extracts to show her experience and
her opinions. A ball is thus hit off:
"The ladies, young and pretty, dressed ex-
ceedingy low in the neck, were whirled about
by sombre-looking Yankees, dressed in funeral
black, like Malbrook's page. These girls, under
their frank manners. their ingenious forward
ness, conceal a profound assimilation, and a
remarkable egotism. Out of three thousand,
there is hardly one capable of love-
Cut of dozen similar statements, we take
the following, which is attributed, word for
word, to an american young lady:
Love is ridiculous in America. A man, in
our eyes, represents certain quantity of
money-that is to say, Of comfort and luxury.
We do not marry men, we marry fortunes
Your nit, Mr.. Julien, your intelligence, your
amiablity, your handsome face, will never OBJ
tain an heiress in America. We never ask of
marrying man any other question than this:
Ho1c much Is he north ? A husband is not lover
he is only man that pays our bills, keeps up
our house, and showers upon us wealth and the
luxuries that wealth procures.
We trust that every reader knows this to be
an avowal so far as it claims anationaIapplica-
ton, utterly unfounded and unjust There is
no nation on the face of the glohe-if we may
rely on statistics and the coneordant opinion Of
unbiased men-where the requirements of genu-
inc love are so little set at naught as among US.
Nowhere else does station, fortune, avarice and
all mercenary considerations have so little in
fuence upon matrimonial relations. 1t is our
proudest boast that as a nation of virtuous and
loving homes. And greater insult could not
be heaped upon us than is contained in the last
extract above. When that state of things comes
to pass, the days of this republic will be de-
seryedly umbered.-Portland 4drertiser.
COMMODORE PERRY.-A distinguished French
author pays, in the Moniteur in an article on
Japan, the following tribute to Commodore
Perry's achievement, the details of which he
had translated:
''The Americans had thus the honor to open
to the commerce of civilized nations the last
country which hitherto remained shut; and
they were so fortunate as to accomplish it with
out resort to the means which, though often re-
luired by policy and trading interests, are not
The less repugnant to justice and to the respect
which is due to the independence of weak COM
nunities. We may doubt however, that Com
nodote Perry would have equally succeeded, if
he Japanese had not been witnesses of the war
If Great Britain on China, and the consequence.
However this may be, the name of Perry will
lenceforth occupy very creditable place in
The history of the progress of civilization and
he United States have taken a lead for which
Europe should be grateful"
NEwsPApERs-The introduction of newspapers
s easily traced to the Italians, who, at first, |
ssued them monthly and called them gazettas,
n ''little treasures of news" They were after
wards published at more frequent intervals, and
n Venice we're called menati, being of threat
,ning character and devoted chiefly to scandal
The first English newspaper, according to Mr..
deo. Chalmers, was called "The English Mer-
;urie," and was device of "Good Queen Bess ~
md the immortal Bureigh, to keep the people,
it the epoch of the Spanish Armada, from being
Harmed by false rumors. "The Mercury"
lowever, was only printed ENTHUSIASTICALLY,
md was rather gazette extraordinary than a
ocular journal of news. Later there came
INTO vogue the hebdomadal newspaper under the
title of "Weekly News-books," devoted chiefly
o politics and pasquinades. By-and-by, in the !
eign of Queen Anne, there was published a
tally newspaper, called the Intelligence"
meagre little sheet. X \
t was great jump from that to the Times, the
Jupiter Tonans of the English press that
wonderful diurnal-broad- sheeted, ubiquitous,
powerful; yet polite, INSCRIPTIONS, and, like
he poets woman, "varaum ct mutabile semper."
Boston Post.
Col. KINNEY AND CENTRAL AMERIcA.-The |
Washington correspondent of the New York |
COURIER writes to that paper that the contem-
dated "expedition to Central America under !
1ol. Kinney, of Texas, may lead to important
esults. He is to be the local Agent of the |
CENTRAL American Land and Mining Company,
which claims to be the sole and rightful posessor
# San Juan and all the surrounding Territory
or three or four hundred miles up and down
he coast. The views of Col. Kinney are I'M
lerstood to be of Fillibustering character. He
md his rangers will assert the title of their
principals to the Mosquito country by the strong
land if necessary; and will receive million
r so Of acres as their fee for so valuable SER
ice. But it may be doubted whether in these
degenerate days workingmen are not more es-
entail to the foundation of Empire than fight
ng men. The establishment of a few hundred
harp-eyed American rihemen in that region,
owever, will have a tendency to adjust some of
he troublesome questions which have for
lumber of years disturbed our relations with |
central America"