Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1855-11-24
New Orleans Correspondence.
NEW onIrANs. November 10Th, 1855.

Convention evident to every one acquainted with the
majority of the population of Louisiana that would havea
bad the defeat of the party at least as far
AZ the State ticket concerned Let hope this will
be lesson for the future.
The great zamdanus decided, and the decision
rendered recentyof you have in all the
papers and say that although to be foun
ded on law do not approve of it, for it requires the
missoners 60 work. make out and a nd in arepot OF
an uncertain number of votes poed and that report to
be accepted and acted upon bona Se record of the
proceedings, lin the way of voting fighting and breaking
boxes which took place at precincts 1t would
appear to much rational and repubcanto have
appealed the people once and abide by their decson
than to have brought the affair before Court of law But,
not consulted, could not offer any advice on the
subject to the parties concerned. Amt it a pity?
As an item ofnews must tell you the following on dit,
part of which personally know to be correct The Anti
Americans having by the late election majority in both
Houses of the Legislature, that immensely fit fish, the
State Printing WILL of COURSE be well worth contending for
Well Recommending parties will have like sidspman Easy
triangular duel it, for they three in number and
each one will be bound have his shot at other of
his councillors regardless of friend foe The candidates
for tea te printing viii the Courier the Delta of this
City, and the Advocate of Baton Rouge.
The Courier is already making preparations vast
SCALE having already received and nearly put up steam
engine and large cylinder press. The Delta has new
type "copper" faced which will bring into use in its
publication Isuppose that you aware Of its having
changed hands, passed into those of previous propre
tor hismakes change in the leadership Of the demo-
cracy Of this City, not at all improbable especially as I'M
dersand from good authority that is to havea French
department The eprintng and shes advertisements
might that go back to the other side OF Canal street.
However, VIC shall see.
propos Of the Delta, did you journal on which
50 little reliance could be placed Almost every number
contains some naccuracy, but will content myself with re-
ferng of them The first is this Some three or four
weeks ago. speaking of te which had taken place at New
York. the which toast was proposed to an EN-
inent lady poet native of Ireland whose nom de plume
speranza the Delta that Juge Egee the brother OF
the lady, returned thanks. Now have known Mr. Egee
the year 1887, and know he never was Judge
John Kngsberry Elgee to this country some twenty
five years ago. and settled in Alexandria, where he slre
sides.
He came as poor Irish schoolmaste like many Others
studied law and became lawyer but judge. He
tried to one the people of Louisiana would not let
him, they having preference for Judge Merrick. Mr.
John Kngsberry Elgee held but office to my
knowledge and that the office of Mayor OF the town
Alexandria
The other specimen of the Delta accuracy as follows:
Nov. 3D. in leading article after an elaborate
display of bombas and gas in which attemps to draw
parallel between the actual state of things in Louisiana and
tie reign Francein 1885, ascribes to Robes
pierre the celebrated idea, 81 DieW mecisat pas ~0-
rat pince,,e when was written by voaire 1t occurs
in his Poem Sur Persistence de Deu of which send you
the following extract,
EXISTENCE DE DIEU.
Consulte Zoroastre ct Nlinos ct Scion,
Et lie sage Socrate ct lie grand Ciceron;
lis ont adore tous un maitre. un juge, TN pere:
Ce system sublime a rhomme est necesaaire;
C'est lie lieu sacre de la societe,
lie premier fondement de la sainte equite,
lie frein du sc6lerat, Temperance du juste,
81 les cienx depoulles de leur empreinte auguste
Pouvaient cesser jamais de lie manchester;
81 Dieu n'eeistoit pas, faudra3 rincentsr.
VoLraIRE
Now them as voltafe died in Paris in the year ITS, and
the French Revolution (whie, amidst all the horrors and
monsters gave birth wheped forth the most con-
temptbe villain of them ahe cowardy scoundrel Maxi
MILAN Robespiere broke out in the year 1885, it clear
that Voaire and not Robepere the author OF that
thought But this is of piece with the usual reliability to
be placed the Delta for all information, whether POLITICAL
religious, geographical, historicacr scientific
As for any thing interesting, have none to give
he of the Crescens local department the Aresian
well going do,cn by which he that it going aheo0
The Customhouse is going-I don't know whether up
down. Commerce is yet at sand owing, suppose to the
prolonged of the water in the upper tributary
streams As for the old daddy of the big drink he propels
OH his way undisturbed.
As for commerce. exceedingly dull and cash most
conoundedy There is only in port s6 Ships of
which, foregn SO barks of which 10 are foreign %
brgs Of which foreign 90 schooners of which are
foreign.
The Artesian we'll going up by going dozen, and tho
pedestal for Gen. Andrew Jacksons statue is going bona
e and the General horse and dU are to be stuck up
there on the Sth of January proximo.
LIE CAPITAINE BAMBoCHE
For the Minerva.
CREoLEs OF TERREBoNNE-Fello,o-P Pensioners
Our election is over have all voted but what
has been done? An old and honored Creole of Parish
has been defeated whose venerable father planted