Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1855-08-04
Thibodaux Female Institute.

The annual examination in this lnstitutio
took place on Wednesday and Thursday of las
week, and was highly gratifying to the parent
and friends who witnessed it. Notwithstanding
the loss of several weeks in the early part Q
the session, the young ladies evinced degre
of proficiency in their several studies, credi
| table alike to themselves and their instructors
The occasion was enlivencd by music, con
Quoted by the Incompatible Professor of tina
department, which was introduced between tn
examination of classes.
The lady-like department of the pupils dur
ing the examination, was particularly worthy o
commentator. Their dignifed self-possession
united with becoming modesty; their obser
! vance of the rules of propriety and decorum
| the marked respect shown to their teachers
and a tender sympathy and kind consideration
for each other; proved, that while the intellect
had been cultivated, the heart and manners had
not been neglected.
That this Institution has done good work in
the cause of education, during the eight years
of its existence, it is needless to remark to any
who are acquainted in this and the adjacent
Parishes. The young ladies who have been
trained in it and who have gone out to adorn
mendation. The interest of the late examina-
ton was enhanced by the presence of a number
of the alumni, who came to participate in the
festivities of the occasion and to revisit the
scenes of their early literary trials and
triumphs.
The indefatigable Principal and his worthy
coadjutors certainly deserve we'll at the hands
of this community; for while they have toiled
to benefit others they have not enriched them
selves. 1t is devoutly hoped, that in the
good tune coming" the Principal will behold
the realization if his long cherished desire, in
the establishment IF an Institution of learning,
that will exist to bless generations yet unborn.
At the close of the examination, when the
question as to the suspension of the institution,
was propoundcd to its friends and patrons, and
they were asked whether it should stop or 20
on, the emphatic expression of all present, so
far as made, was that I" This Institution shall
not go down, if our efforts can prevent IT.
Encouraged by such expressions Mr.. Tenney
determined to resume his school on the first of
October next. And, judging from the past, we
feel cof6dent that he will spare no pains nor
expense to make his school, all that we could
desire for the accomplished education of our
daughters.
At the close of the examination, on Thursday
evening, supper was given by the young ladies,
to which they had invited many friends. There
was IN abundance of good things, and festivity
reigned throughout Thus ended the seven
teenth semi-annual session of the Thibodaux
Female Institute; an institution which has
been the means of giving more genuine tone to
society in Lafourche than any other known
cause. Long may it continue to casts its
benign influence, on every thing within the
scope of its influence. All are more or less
in its welfare. All classes of society
Ire benefited more or less by its influences.
Since its first establishment nearly fifty thou
sand dollars have been received and expended
n our town by its Principal and those con-
lected with it. Therefore, it behowes all
classes of our citizens, more especially those in
mercantile persuits, to use their every effort to
ensure its future prosperity. Those of our
elbow citizens who have daughters, and who
expect to remain with us, and be of us, should
lot fail to extend it their support, instead of
sending them to the distant fashionable board
ng schools of the North or West.
FALSE. "A number of our democratic ex- |
hanges seek to create the impression abroad that |
hose OF our felow-citizens who have affixed their
James to circular converting meeting here on
saturday next, to adopt measures to render eff
ectual their opposition to the Know Nothings, are |
eceders from the American organization in this
arish. We can assure those papers, as well as
he world at large, that there are but s;r persons
mong the hundred and forty who signed the call,
hat have been members of the American party in
be parish of Lafourche. That there were num-
er OF Withdrawals on the reception of the news
the adoption of the With Article of the Phil
delphia Platform, is most true. But since the
leetng of the State Wigwam, its condemnation
t that odious section and the substitution of one
, which none can object, things have taken de-
ided change. The number who have since Joined
realty outnumbers those withdrawn; and in fact,
verything now seems to be working with the
reatest harmony.
BGT La Prensa furnishes an extraordinary
lustration of the enlightened condition of the
ountry people Of Cuba. A Mr.. Vincent hang
himself in the village of Cuny A great
altitude collected, and in their eagerness to
otain pieces of the fatal rope with which the
,icide was committed-to be used as charms
r the cure of diseases and to ward off evil-a {
cree riot and general fight ensued. 1t was
me time before the police and gendarmes .
uld quell this singular outbreak, and many :,
'rsons were severely hurt.
ENGLAND AND THE UNITED STArEs-One of
g most striking features in the English statis-
;al tables for 1855 is the fact that out of an +