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Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-12-02

That SHAwL.-One Thousand and Twen..
ty-fye Dollars for Cashmere shawl. The
great shawl-the finest needle-work shawl
ever seen in America notice of which ap-
peared some time ago in the Tribune, which
cost $4,000 at Constantinople. and was i'm
ported expressly for exhibition at the w 5rld's
Fair, was sold at auction, on Wednesday at
the Crystal Palace, for one thousand and
twenty five dollars. The purchasers name
was given as James DeWoHe, but whether
for private account or for sale, we could no.
learn.
The competition was not very excited; ths
shawl was put at the standing bid of 81 900,
and ran BY 6ves apto the s2025, a. which
courage OF the opposition failed, and it was
knocked down, very naueh 10 the satisfac.
ton of the purchaser who bad determined,
wa understand, to run il 10 $1,000, If the
owner or aucttanesF had possessed the tact
to lead on his bidders to the exciting point.
The shaw! sold above was the one with
green center, and, in tho ia,ar part Of the
exhibition, was shown in separate case.
OEa Of the o,hsFs from the case in the south
nave, the one with ofin,saa center 49,
sold 10 ", ]. Hall for $500 The bid.laHS5
on this was lille mofs spirited stsa
$500 and running up pretty rapid x
The others we've not o1ered-,h1S
was though to be too gfeal-M
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-12-02
% The special correspondent, ofthe New

% The special correspondent of,he New
York Times says:
"The President still suspends the appoint
ment of a successor TO Brigham young.
There is undoubtedly good reason for this.
hazard little in saying that the President
has determined TO make the issue with the
Mormons, to see at once whether they IN
tend 10 maintain the attitude Of defiance TO
the Federal authority which their present
Governor and Spiritual leader has assumed
for them. Young certainly will not BE re-
appointed, and ought not to be. If his sue
cessor is to have a struggle with the people
of Utah it is better that he should go out there
armed with all the mortal power of the Gov
eminent possible; and to this end probably
he will not be appointed until the Senate is
in session to confirm the nomination at
once. A rare combination of WISDOM firm
ness and courage will be Indispensable to
the successful nominee for this important
station"
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-12-02

IA A famine unparalleled in the history Of
the country, is said to be prevailing in the land
Of Judea.
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-12-02
PROHIBITING THE SALE OF DEADLY WEAPONS.

PROHIBITING THE SALE OF DEADLY WEAPONS
1t is proposed to introduce the following bill
into the next South Carolina Legislature:
]. Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of
Representatives in General Assembly met, and
by the authority Of the same, That from and
after the first day Of March next, it shall be I'M
lawful for any person or persons whomsoever
to give, sell, deliver, exchange, or offer to give
sell, deliver or exchange, any Bowie knife
Arkansas toothpick, Spanish dirk knife, dirk,
any revolving pistol, or pocket-pistol; and every
person or persons SO offending shall be fined in
sum not exceeding 81 ,000 nor less than 5000,
and shall be imprisoned not exceeding twelve
mouths, nor less than two months
2. BE it further enacted, by the authority
aforesaid, That il any person or person whom
soeTer, shall Kill any one by stabbing, or by
shooting with weapon concealed or worn about
his person. such person or persons shall, upon
conviction, be deemed, adjudged, and taken to
be guilty of felony, without the benefit of clergy,
unless the judge trying the case shall be of
opinion that such killing was in self-defencc;
then, in such case, the jury may find a verdict
of not guilty. If upon the trial of any such
case, the jury should, against the opinion Of
the presiding judge find verdict of not guilty,
the solicitor may appeal, and the Court of APP
peals may, and shall, order new trial, or
trials, if they should be of opinion that such
killing was not in self-detence, until the proper
verdict be found.
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-12-02

MA. 6oULE.-The Washington Union of
Saturday, the 18th, has the subjoned semi
official statement of the revocation by the
French Government of the order of prohibit
ton relative to Mr.. Soule:
The Order Denying Mr.. Soule Passage
through France Reuoked-In announcing
this agreeable intelligence, We only remark
at present, that SO far as we could learn. il
was the opinion of those who had the best
means Of forming a correct judgement upon
the case, that the refusal of the French
Government to permit Mr. Soue 10 enter
into France, which, unexplained, certainly
appeared to be an &C: of disconrlesy., and a
manifestation of unfriendly sentiments to-
wards the United States, was the result Of
erroneous impression, and that, when the
matter was fully examined, the order would
be revoked. We are rejoiced to be able to
announce that this expectation has been
realized Mr. Soule has not only permission
to enter into France, bnt has probably alrea-
dy availed himself of it, and is on his return
to Madrid. This information was received
by the last steamer, just in time to be for
warded to the United States, unaccompa-
MED by any explanation which alluded to
it.
ne conduct OF hIF. mason IN THIS delicate
and unpleasant affair has been, j, is under.
stood, eminently judicious and proper.
There was nothing in ths state Of our
relations with France which could haye
justified any act of unfsiendless towards This
country, and we presume that this feature
Of the case, strongly markell IS it was when
tirst presented, viii be removed by the
explanations which probably accompanied
the revocation Of the decree by which our
Minister to Madrid was denied entrance
into the territories of France. We reserve
further comments upon this affair until this
explanation Is known.
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-12-02

GRAPE CULTURE AND VINE MANUFACTURER IN
OHIo.-The Cincinnati Gazette contains long
and interesting article on the grape culture and
wine manufacture in that vicinity. 1t appears
that in 1916 there were SO vine yards in the
neighborhood of Cincinnati, containing 259
acres under cultivation. and ia bearing, ard
although the crop the preceding year was but a
partial one, twenty-four thousand was the yield
In 1852, twelve hundred acres were in cultiva-
ton. seven hundred and fifty bearing the an
nual yield was supposed to be five hundred
thousand gallons, and the value of sparkling
wine alone, S175, coo. A oushel of grapes viii
make from three to three and half gallons Of
juice. Mr.. Buchanan commenced planting his
e-yard in 1913; in 1850, from three acres
he realized, besides the cuttings, 1910 gollons,
or S47 gallons per acre. In particular spots
there have been obtained 800 gallons from an
acre, but $50 gallons is considered large yield.
The demand for Catawba wine is far ahead of
the supply, and the quality is constantly being
improved, both by the cultivators and those who
prepare it for market.
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-12-02

GREAT RAILROAD SpEED.-Judge Meigs,
in paper lately read by him before the
American Institute farmers Club at New
York, stated that so far from the locomotive
having reached its utimatum of speed-one
hundred miles per hour-it was his belief,
that the road would yet be constructed over
which the iron horsen will move with a
velocity of three hundred miles an hour.
Then, travellers could take an early break
fast in New York, dine in San Francisco
and transacting any little business they
may have ON hand during the afternoon
return in the night train, and on the next
day say good morning" to the pedestrians
of Broadway. When the locomotive makes
three hundred miles an hour, this. of course,
will be perfectly practicable, although the
idea is enough to startle the Judge himself
Aspeed Of one hundred miles per hour
has been attained on English railways; but,
make the railroad from point to point
maihen1aticakss line, the rails ten times
tves on wheels of far greater diameter, say
twelve or fifteen fee, the guage of a relative
BREADTH the signals and times perfectly
the transit Of trains having the gates of the
"difS du CtUSEtt. luSii, G4cihltHCu Tue Judge.
sinstead Of one hundred miles an hour, We
shall more safely travel three hundred miles
an hour
There is, certainly, very little old fogyism
in the above quoted lines the author de-
serves to be considered the most pro-
gressiye" man of the day. To our mind
however, there is one difficulty in this mater
which seems to have been entirely over
looked, and unless the Judge can meet it,
his locomotive will never run to San Fran
cisco in ten hours
A speed of three hundred miles an hour,
il has. been estimated, would require a
piston velocity Of 1900 per minute, Of eigh-
teen inch stroke, if the driving wheels were
twenty four feet in circumference; and
these driving wheels would have to make
100 revolutions per minute. To accom-
plish this feat the boiler would have to
evaporate ton Of water per minute Does
Judge Meigs know of any locomotive that
can accomplish all this 7-if not as we have
never seen or heard of any such machine, |
We cannot see how this great railroad speed
is to be attained; and this is the difficulty
10 which we have alluded, and which must |
make the invention Of the Judges fast
an achievement yet belonging
% the apochryphal fnture-Bal. american.
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-12-02

What THEY SAY OF Us.-We clip the follow
ing paragraph from the Philadelphia North
Americans correspondent, dated at Berlin, to
show in what light European Journalist repre-
sent the people of the United States, and the
working Of their institutions. Verify, despot-
ism must rest on an insecure foundation when
its advocates have no resort to such means to
prop it up and make it tolerable:
at is amusing to read the news from Anne
RIGA in European newspapers. With the ex-
ception Of q few English journals, they all allow
as little space rs possible to the news from the
United States, and their selection of items in
dicates very plainly o desire and purpose to
make our country appear as bad us possible.
Every murder, robbery or other atrocious crime
every steamboat explosion or railroad accident
every house that falls down and kills the people
under it IN New York; every riot attended with
bioodshed at the West /. every fight on the floor
Of Congress; and every rotten egg thrown at
the Int of the President for refusing to take
drink with a tipsy Representative; every disas-
trous fixture or peculation; every raging cpl
demic, as the cholera or yellow fever. is certain
to be recorded in oil the newspapers in Europe.
such news is sometimes stated with q beautiful
conciseness. A leading Berlin journal, three or
four days ago, ohronicled the arrival ola steamer
in. New York from California. adding the follow
ink simple summary of its news: !. Murders,
robberies CONGREGATIONS, duels and Lynch law
are hs order of fhe day." When one takes up
journal here to read American news, he can
never expect to find anything more than cat
o'osne q crimes, axcesses and casualties and
must 90 this catalogue the justice to say that
:. Y genefaily complete, or, at least, no pains
are spared to make II so.',
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-12-02
A LITERARY SrREw late Sharon Turner


author Of the History of the Anglo Saxons, WHO
received three hundred year from Government
as q literary pension, wrote the third volume of
his Sacred History of the World upon paper
which did not cost him farthing. The copy
consisted of torn and angular fragments of let
ters and notes. of covers of periodicals, gray
drab or green, written in thick round hand over
a small print; Of shreds of curling paper, uno-
tuous with pomatum or bears grease, and of
the white wrappers in which his proofs were
sent from the printers. The paper, sometimes
as thin as bank note, was written on both
sides, and was so sodden with ink, plastered on
with a pen worn to a stump, that hours were
frequently wasted in discovering on which side
of it certain sentences were written. Men con-
demned to work on it saw their dinner vanish
ing in illimitable perspective, and first rate
hands groaned overit whole day for ten pence.
One poor fellow assured the writer of this paper
that he could not earn enough upon it to pay
his rent, and that he had seven mouths to fill
besides his own. In the hope Of mending mat
tiers in some degree, slips of stout white paper
were sent frequently with the proofs; but the
good gentleman could not afford to use them,
and they never came back as copy.
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-12-02

A SCIENTIFIC RoGUE.-The local editor of
| the Petersburg Express, relates the ex-
perience of a Norfolk lady at the State Fair.
She had entered one of the crowded omni-
| buses of Main street, in order to meet her
| friends at the Fair grounds, and as members
| were there anxious TO get seats in the same
vehicle, it was pretty close work
A fashionable attired gentleman, very
distingue looking, took his seat by the side
of the lady. He was dressed in the best
black, with most religious looking neck
tie. A handsome talma cloak hung grace
fully over his shoulders, while his hands-of
most noble blooded symmetry, encased in
spotless and delicately coIored kids-rested
TRANQUILITY on his la p. The ladies present
could not help admiring the aristocratic
model of these hands
On drawing near the Chinese entrance to
the Fair grounds, our fair informant felt
something stirring her dress near her
pocket. 1t surely could not be the hands of
her genteel neighbor, for they were tranquil
in his lap. Again she felt something finger
ing near her sash, where her watch was
tascinatingly lodged. She put down her
hand, and grasped the uarm fingers of an
unknown hand, belonging evidently to the
genteel parsonage by her side The idea OF
three or four-handed man so terrified the
lady that she shrieked and swooned-right
off! With bold swing of his "Talma,"
the aristocratic kids disappeared. and their
owner, amid the confusion, said he'd run
and get some water TO restore the lady. He
did SO, but we presume he went very far to
fafc far h,b h.,
connection with said waler'
When the lady found herself in speaking
condition, she told the cause and perceived
that her port-monaie and pencil case were
gone, and the marks Of pair of nippers on
her watch chain
The pair Of neatly gloved hands were
. sham" mere "deeoy duces;;" while from
beneath the facilitatingly constructed folds
of the taima, the real flesh and bone were
wandering insidiousIy in search of the .ladys
valuables.
A SNAKE STORY" During the Florida
war; said the speaker, :" was with the
American army. One day shouIdered my
gun, and went in pursuit of game. In pas
sing through swamp saw something a |
few feet ahead of me, lying upon the ground
!" hiAoA aoA S'o'y oPPS0'oHCO VI tuS, IL |
being some forty feet in length, and about |
foot in diameter. So positive was that it
was nothing but log, that paid no atten-
ton to it; the fact is would have sworn
before court of justice that it was log |
and nothing else. You see had never |
seen snake Of such large dimensions, and
The fact is, never should have believed it |
if had.
"Well," he continued, abetween me and |
The log las took it to BEL was miry place
which il was necessary for me to avoid. I |
therefore placed the but Of my gun on the
ground ahead Of me- and springing upon it,
it right on top of-what do you suppose %
+" A Boa CONSTRUCTOR said one.
.Na.n
"An Anaconda said another.
"Non
aWhat could ii have been ?' said third.
aJust what supposed it to be--a log"
aid the other.
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-12-02

LIQUOR TRIAL.-It will be observed by the
following paragraph from the Lowell Courier
that the Court Of Common Pleas has reiterated
the judgment Of the Cambridge Police Court
against q. B. Porter for numerous sales of liquor
The case is to be carried up to the Supreme
Court:
Zachariah B. Porter, of Porter's Hotel, Cam
bridge, was tried on Monday, in the Court of
Common Pleas, on a complaint of violation Of
the liquor law containing nineteen counts, and
was found guilty on eighteen Of them also Of
being common seller. Porter was tried before
the Police Court of Cambridge on complaint
containing nineteen counts, in which he was
found guilty on eighteen, and was sentenced to
pay fine Of $lO and costs on the first, 500 on
the second, and $40 fine and three months i'm
prisonment in the common Jail on each of the
other sixteen counts; making III all $3.50 and
costs and four years imprisonment from which
he appealed, and was tried yesterday as above.
Under no other statue than the liquor law of
1852 has justice power to sentence person
to imprisonment for longer term than six
months. The case goes up to the Supreme Court
on exceptions.
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-12-02

I. oERPENT FAscISAYTox.--A few weeks since
Mite boy, who was known to be frequently abb
sent from school, was noticed in the neighbor-
nood Of Prvet By shepherd in the employ of
! :, Martineau, Esq, to be very busily engaged
e me road. He approached nearer, and was
snlpnsed 70 see him feeding two adders! The
Dey having crumbled the bread in his satchel,
spread i out in his pinafore, and the adders
came and ate the food from his lap, picking up
y. .neorumbs with great dexterity After feeding
y. .nsM &c iay on the ground and played with
\; ;1e .a ~ three seeming to enjoy the sport But
= ehs hssle urchin rejoiced in their company,
. .ne saepherd did not for with much difficulty be
ned ,ne adders 70 the great distress Of their
sss laymaae. who wept bitterly ut their de-
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-12-02

- This liae just fits here.
Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1854-09-19

BURYING ALvE.-A paper was read before the
French Academy of Sciences, in which the fol-
lowing extraordinary instance was adduccd as Il
reason for abolishing the present custom of bury
ing so soon after death:
ga young female hid been twice pronounced
dead, when only in a trance, but had recovered
in time to prevent being buried alive. A third
trance came ON, and in consequence of what had
previously occurred, permission was obtained
from the constitutional authorities for the body
to remain above ground so long as decomposition
should not take place. a week or ten days pass
ed awav-thcrc still no decomposition; but
all the medical men declared that she was dead,
and at length she was laid in Il coffin. Only a
few minutes before the coffin was to be nailed
down. and while the bell of the village was al
ready tolling for the funeral, female from an
adjoining village, who had been schoolmate OF
the supposed deceased, came to take Il last fare
well. She stopped to kiss the lips OF her departed
FRIEND and remained in that position for some
time. The bystandcrs attempted to remove her;
she waved them away with her hands, and remain
ed in that position, with her lips upon those of
her deceased friend, and breathing, us it turned
out afterwards, the warm breath of life into her
lungs. At length she exclaimed: ''She lives y
and then rising from the body she pointed out
unequivocal signs Of life. She then stated when
she was kissing her friend she fancied she felt
her breath, and in a few minutes was convinced
of that fact. The female who was supposed to be
dead was taken out of the coffin and placed in a
warm bed and in the course of few hours, fully
revived. She stated that she was, during her
trance, fully sensible of all that was passing
around her and she even heard the death bell
toll, but was utterly incapable of speech or sign
to show that she was not dead.'
Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1854-09-19

A FUGITIVE SLAVE IN CHCAGO.-The Chicago
Press of the 18th of September, gives an account
of the attempted capture of Fugitive Slave in
that city, by three men from Missouri, who en-
countered and seized colored person by the name
of Turner, when scufle ensued and Turner made
his escape One of the men fred pistol at him,
but il did not take effect. A crowd soon gathered,
and the excitement became so great that the slave
hunters were obliged to retreat, and were placed
in Jail, at their own request, to secure them from
damage.
Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1854-09-19

\ New SocIKrY.-An organization has been
formed by members of the Episcopal Church, with
view to raising funds for the purchase of West
or to grow, perhaps into town lots of great value
The idea of the Society was suggested during the
recent Rock Island excursion, probably by the
successful pecuniary result attending the early
purchased land of the Episcopal Church at St
Paul, Minnesota, when $500 wisely invested few
years ago has now produced $4,000, or more
The Society desires to raise 1000, and partcu-
larly solicits twenty contributions of $500 each
which will make up that amouns.-Presbyerian
Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1854-09-19
LATEST NEWS.

The Galena arrived yesterday at O'Clock p.
M. To her polite clerk we are indebted for Ga
lena Jefersonian of the 18th, from which we take
the fol lowing:
Arrival Of the Niagara.
NEW YORK, Sept. 13.
Niagara arrived; -four declined three shllings,
wheat l shilling, corn lower, yellow "a on the
week.
BOMERsUND Observation-Disclosures CHRISTINA ExPELL-
LED FROM SPAIN.
HALIFAX, Sept. Is.
The steamer Niagara from Liverpool arrived
at ten O'Clock last evening, with dates to the End
inst.
BOmersund has been abandoned by the allies,
who destroyed the Notifications as we'll as those
of Hango.
Queen Christina has been expelled from Spain,
and her property con6scated.
Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1854-09-19

Willow River LANDs.-The hasty manner in
which these lands were disposed of, only shows
how avarcious spectators become. We learn
that those who were on the lands aud intended to
prove up their presumption, did not have time to
do SO, and consequently spectators bid over them
and got the land, although most of it was sold for
ST. 25 per acre. Some sold at the rate of 81 so,
81 IS and 50. Those who were not prepared to
buy, as matter of course, had to stand aside
" Get all you can and keep what you got 4; that's
the motto,
Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1854-09-19
COOP News FROM MAINE !

New YORK, Sept. Is.
Further dispatches from Maine make Morrill's
election for Governor certain not single DEM
ocratic Senator has been elected.
Dates from Mexico to the Sd received. Several
victories by the government troops, over the in
surgents.
Queen Victoria has ratified the Fishing Treaty,
and orders have been sent to Canada for the i'm
mediate admission of the fishermen.
Several failures among stock brokers an
nounced this morning in consequence of a great
rise in Erie.