Thibodaux minerva., 1855-04-28
Collecting for Newspapers,

counts, with '' notes" which the Spirit hap
pened to lay hold on, and they were presented
in a tangeable shape to the world. As they are
living pictures, met with here and elsewhere we
make extracts. The Collector says: 'Editor ot
the Herald Of Truth: Sir,-You furnished me,
as you may recollect with list of one hundred
and seventeen owing subscribers. Ihave called
upon one hundred and four of them, and have
the honor of paying over to your order three
dollars and twelve and one half cents, being the
amount to which you are entitled. I return
you the list numbered to 116 and now give
you the reply of each.
No. lis minister He says in the first
place, he never got one half of the numbers "a
lie, according to the account of the postmaster)
and in the next place, your joker's column was
too scurrilous. Besides, he knows by the tone
of your editorial that you drink. He wants
nothing to do with you, never wants to hear
from you again.
No Us in jail for debt. He has not seen a
half-dolar for year. Says he would pay with
the utmost cheerfulness, if be had the money,
but had to borrow shirt to put on last Sunday.
Admires your paper wonderfully, and hopes you
will continue sending it to him. He wishes you
to take bold stand in favor of the abolition of
Imprisonment for debt, as he thinks it would be
very popular move with gentlemen in his sit
uation. Sends his best respects.
No. SIS young doctor. Says your paper
is beneath the notice of a gentleman. Wouldn't
give - for a cart load. Says you inserted
an article rejecting on the profession. Only
wishes he could catch you here-would make
you smell. Is going to pursuade every
body who takes your paper to stopit. Cussed your
bill and says you may collect it the best way
you can.
No. As an old maid Says you are always
taking fling at single ladies of an uncertain
age. Wouldn't pay you if she was rolling in
wealth, and you hadn't cash enough to buy a
crust Of bread. Sent all the papers she had
back month ago. and says now that she has
sent them back, she don't owe you anything.
Says she is even with you, and intends to keep
so until the day of Judgment.
No. SIS a gambler. Says he got COM
pletely cleaned out last week at the races.
Couldn't accommodate his grandmother with q
half dime if she was starving. Likes your
paper toerably-wouid like it better, if you
published more races, and would occasionly
give an account of cockfght. Hopes you
won't think hard of him for not paying you now
| but has got prospect of soon having some
loose change, as he is after rich young green
horn who arrived here last week. Will pay
your bill out of the puckings.
No. 6-Is an old dfunkard. Hasn't got any
| thing, and never expects to have. Gathered up
all the papers he had, and sold them for q
halfpint of rum, to the doggery keeper, to wrap
groceries in.
No. lis a magistrate. Swore he never
owed you q cent, and told me l was low
rascal fer trying to swindle him in such q bare
face manner. Advised me to make tracks in q
little less than no time, or he would get out a
warrant against me as common cheat and
have me sent to prison. Is by all odds the
| T horn Of
him again Pm-
No. SIS politician. Says although you
profess to publish neutral paper, it is not SO.
| Thinks he has seen considerable squirting to-
wards the side he is opposed to.
| The collector concludes, with 'saccept" my
resignation and strike me from the list of agents
| l have been called a swinder, rascal, william,
blood sucker. Those are some of the names
they think proper to bestow upon me- tried
fighting while, and thrashed some of your
patrons like blazes, but occasionally 1 got licked
| like thunder myself.
| NICE MEMBERS OF CoNGREss.-The editor Of
the Louisville Journal was in Washington for some
weeks previous to the recent adjournment Of Con-
gress. He gives the following:
| A couple Of merry fellows, one Of them dis
tinguished member Of congress from southern
state and the other distinguished e1-editor from
Kentucky, concocted letter purported to be ad-
dressed by young lady to very fine looking gen.
| tleman. 1t was got up in first rate style. The
pretended lady set forth therein that she had sew
eral times seen the gentleman she was addressing
that she was capivated by his fine face and manly
form, and that her heart was deeply touched by
all she saw and heard Of him, and that she mast
make his acquaintance before his departure from
the city; that she hoped and prayed he would for
give her seeming boldness as it was the first i'm
prudent act of her life-that she had always moved
and was still moving in the highest circles Of the
capital that she would be upon certain square
of certain street at precisely IL o'clock of the fol-
lowing day, in a dress which she described with
great particularly, and that she hoped and trusted
he would meet her and thus afford her brief per-
sonal interview with the idol of her heart.
The two wags had between thirty and forty copies
Of this letter written by female friend Of theirs,
and they sent these copies to between thirty and
forty members Of congress- selecting those Of course
| who were known to entertain very exalted
opinion of their own powers of fascinating the
gentler sex. .-.
| Everything being thus arranged, the two jovials
called upon us and another young gentleman-ex-
planned what they had done, and invited us to get
into their carriage and ride with them to the point
of assignation and see the sights. We unhesitat-
ingly consented, and we saw sights sure enough.
Riding upon the designated square, we beheld the
whole of the thirty or forty members, northern
men and southern men, wings, democrats and
know nothings, walking to and fro, all gazing in
every direction, and at every female figure, to dis
cover the object Of their most anxious search.
We concluded that if few more copies of the
letter had been sent to members Of the house Of
representatives, that body would have had to adjourn
| for want of quorum. e'%
| INTERESTING DoINGs IN UTAH.-We learn
from the Salt Lake City News, Of the 11th
January, that Legislative party was given on
New Years Day, by the Government Legislative
Assembly, in compliment to Judge Kenney, his
associates, other United States Officers Of the
Territory. and Aieut. Col. Steptoe Of the United
States Army, with the other officers in his
command. -
The House was called to order at P. NJ,
and the President among other things said:
1--WE do not wish whisey brandy brought this
party desire that who invited here should
and get it, this is done, win consider insult
This abstinence party that h the total abstinence
Of al spruous liquors. We win introduce the cold water
system until the table, then tea and coffee, please