Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-09-16

| HE AMENITIES OF POLITICAL LIFE.-Th
New York National Democrat publishes III
following letter written by the late DAME
Webster 10 the Hon. Daniel S. Dickinson
during the session Of Congress of 1850, whel
Mr.. Dickinson, by his course in regard +
the Compromise Bills, had defeated his re
election to the Senate. The sentiments of
are as complimentary to Mr.. Dickinson a
to the writer. None but truly great maj
could thus write in commentator of thu
character and action ola political opponent
WASHINGTON, Sept 9th, 1850
MY DEAR SIR: Our companonship in tht
Senate is dissolved. After this long ant
most important session You are about t.
return to your home; and shall try to fine
leisure 10 visit mine. hope we may NEE
each other again two months hence, for the
discharge of our duties in our respective
stations in the government But life is I'm
certain; and have not felt willing to take
leave OF you without placing in your hand:
note containing few words which wish
to say TO you.
la the earlier part of our acquaintance
my dear sir, occurrences took place, which
| remember with constantly increasing
regret and pain; because the more | have
known of you the greater have been my
esteem for your character and respect fol
your talents But it is your able, noble
manly and patriotic conduct, in support Of
the great measure of this session, which has
entirely won my heart and secured my
highest regard. hope you may live long
TO serve your country; but do not think
you are ever likely to see crisis in which
you may be able TO do so much, either for
your own distinction, or for the public good
you have stood where others have fallen
you have advanced with firm and manly
steps, where others have wavered, faltered
and fallen back; and for one I desire to
thank you, and to commend your conduct.
out of the fuIiness of an honest heart
This letter needs sc reply; it is, ] am
aware. of very little value; but l have
thought you mig ht be willing to receive it,
and perhaps to leave it where i, would be
seen by those who shall come after you.
l pray you when you reach your own
threshold, to remember me most kindly to
your wife and daughter; and remain, my
dear sir, with the truest esteem. your friend
anu ODeulelt servant,
DANIEL WEBSTER.
Hon. Daniel s. Dickinson United States Senate.
When these two distinguished gentlemen
were in the Senate of the United States 10.
gether, (the Democrat says,) there was a
period when the force Of party feeling had
led to personal alienation between them
This continued, to the subsequent regret Of
both, for sometime; when, however, the
country was menaced with danger by the
assaults of internal enemies, Mr.. Webster
and Mr.. Dickinson, like true patriots, for
getting their personal quarrel, nobly united
in its defence, and thus cemented friend
ship which continued undated up to the
death of the defender of the Constitution: .
TIE New CAUSE OF D1voRcE.-We pub
lished recently the action Of an Agricultural
Society in Iowa, declaring that ignorance Of
wife in the art of bread making is suffi-
cent ground for divorce The N. Y. Ex-
press, noticing the same action, comments
on it as follows:
"The inability to make bread has been
declared sufficient ground for divorce by the
Jones County Agricultural Society Of Iowa
Husband and wife, by DEGREES of Courts and
acts of Legislatures, have been separated
for life on grounds less reasonable. But,
suppose the Courts TO decide that an inabili-
ty to make bread should be good reason
for separating man and wife, what would
become of Upper Tendom,' what of the
scores offair faces, delicate hands and sump-
.tuously educated women who are trained
simply for the parior, the ball room, and the
pomp and show of fashionable life. Our good
mothers all knew how to make and bake
bread. There was not one in thousand
who were mothers, in America, twenty five
years ago, who could not do this, or make a
bed, sweep room, dust parlors and cham
bers, cook good dinner &C. They could
also preside at the table with dignity and
honor, cearve the dishes set before them and
economist in the great and honorable work
of being the mother and head of the family
They could nurse their own children too
and were slow to trust those to whom they
had given birth to the mana cement and con-
troll of others. There were neat, tidy, heal
thy women then, too. They always had
changes of clothes, and clothes adapted to
the seasons. The doctor was called less fire.
quently, and for less frivolous causes. Care
and prevention were the medicines which
both ministered to mind diseased and saved
diseased bodies, and the practical mixim
was that IAN ounce of preventive was worth
a pound of cure'
MANY Of these things are changed now
and for the worse. The result is the double
misfortune Of bad education, increased
physical ailments, and total want of pre-
paration on the part of many who are mar
ried or manageable for the practical duties
OF iifeo ING - sses.
SINGULAR AND INTEREsr1Ne-During last
week, as man who was engaged in digging
a well in the village of Bloomington, in this
State, which he had excavated to the depth
of thirty-five feet, he became suddenly over
come with gas or foul air. He was Just
able to make his situation known to those
above TO be drawn up before life was extinct.
The rush of gas increased to such an extent
as TO cause noise which could be heard
many feet from the mouth of the well. Tho
experiment of lighting it was tried. when
upon the application Of torch a
volume Of fame filled the whole space
below, and threw out column several feet
above the surface. As the gas appeared
nexhaustible, the citizens confined it at the
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