Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1855-02-10

| ST. JOHN s CEMETERY.-A female friend has called
upon and directed our attention to the neglected
condition of the cemetery of St. Johns Church,
Jackson street. where reposes most dear to her,
and whose grave should be
| 'ssecure from worldly chances and mishaps
| With no noise, but silence and eternal seep'
| The vestry, or those having in charge these
grounds should bear in mind their sacredness, and
guard them well against the vile inesoaehments OF
man Or beast. It is a natural feeling implanted in
every human breast to revere the memory Of de-
parted ones, whether they were friends and as
sociates, or still closer allied to us by ties OF con-
sanguinity We oft times seek to decorote their
| tombs and graves with some fit emblems of inlmor-
tality, expressing in symbolic language, that they
are not dead, but sleep, and that we shall meet
them again in the mansion of our Heavenly Father
The grievance to which our lady friend audes is
that herd of mischevious goats which daily and
nightly make the cemetery their place OF resort are
destroying every shrub and ornamentplaced around
to render conspicuous the last resting place of
those now reposing in the cold embraces OF death,
to await the last solemn day of reckoning. The
tomb and the grave should ever be solemn spots,
and, therefore, all will readily agree that something
should be done to arrest present grievances Either
the vestry should make more secure barrier
around the cemetery or the owners of those mis-
chievous animals should be compelled to keep
them in their Enclosures and not suffer them to
at large.
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Power OF THE PoPE.-Father Paul sarpi, very
distinguished, worldwide renowned Roman Ca
tholic writer, in abiding to the temporal and spirit
ula authority of the Pope, says:
81 The Pope has all power only spiritual but tenn
pora all the Governments of the world which properly
depend on him az regards political dominion, subjects and
vasas, receiving from him the tenure of Government and
the power of administration in their several States.
- That the temporal monarch in all the world, and that
all temporal power comes from God through temedium Of
the Pope and is therefore subdelegated from him. and sub
ordnated to him. which account there lies an appeal in
temporal and civil the Pope every Civil Gov
ernment however free and independent which account
also the Pope establish Civil Governments and destroy
10 ,s,-
deprive them Of their authority and dominion in one
word that the only is the legitimate which has
the approval OF the Pope and that OF which he dsaproves
is, on that account, no lawful Government"
This is given in refutation to speech recently
delivered in the House of Representatives, by the
Hon. Joseph Chandler, Representative in Congress
from the city of Philadelphia, in which that gen:
tleman asserted and affirmed that his Holiness the
Pope of Rome, never claimed or exercised tenn
poral power over kings, princes, and governments,
save in virtue of an agreement or compact between
such kings, princes and governments, giving him
that power. In saying this he asserts that which
is either true Or untrue; but which we shall not
pretend to decide.
The above quotation is the answer of one of the
old Roman Catholic Fathers to Mr.. Chandler who
has provoked many an industrious pen, and set
many prying investigator examining old, musty
dusty volumes that have slept quietly many years
truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth
whatever tits, Or whomsoever it sustains.
EUROPEAN INTERFERENCE AT ST. DOMINGO
The London News, saysthe Baltimore Sun, furnishes
further evidence of the fact that the British and
French consuls did interfere to prevent the adop-
ton by the Dominican Government Of treaty with |
the o. States. 1t descrfbesa "stormy" interview
the British consul had with the President Of the
Dominican Republic which it says "may be taken
as the first direct opposition to the American de-
signs upon SANTANA" the direct opposition we sup
pose having been found unavailing. The French
consul subsequently joined the British consul in
impressing upon the Dominican Government the
dangerous step Of permitting the Americans to
settle at SANTANA. The means which were taken
to make this impression are very complacently |
dwelt upon as follows:
"Raybaud is renowned for the energetic manner
with which he knows how to make powerful I'M
preston upon such weak minds as those that COM
pose President Santa Annals administration, and in
this position he was powerfully sustained by the ar
rival of division Of the French squadron at the
West Indies, consisting of the frigate Penelope,
40; FOreste, 20; and the steam sloop Ardent, 6,
under the command of the Chief de Division, Capt.
Fourier The object of this demonstration is not
yet known, and the surmises Of the public are
various 1t is likewise rumored that one or more
English men-ofwar are daily expected to join the
French division, while the arrival Of large Spanish
war steamer is equally looked for. 1t has been
reported from Porto Rico, that the
Spanish Government intended to send an accredited
agent to Santo Domingo"
Methodist Conference.
We copy from the Planters Banner, Franklin,
the following appointments Of the Louisiana Con-
ference for the year 1866. t