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Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1855-01-20

Our NATuRALIzATtoN LAws.-I will avow ut
once my opinion says John Mitchell in the
citizen. that the differentiation lars Of the Inued
States require ~change-that however needful they
may have been for promoting population and
introducing labor in time past, they are too
liberal nou: and that nobody in the world
would be entitled to complain i'll the least. if
Congress should at any session, limit within
any bounds it might see fit the creation OF citi-
zens by adoption. The new law would soon
become known; and then no foreigners coming
here for the future would run the risk Of being
cheated.
1t is plain enough that in every sovereign
State the nature of its naturalization laws tf
it have any must forever lie within its own
jurisdiction; and that their conditions ought to
depend upon the exigencies of the country for
the time being and if l were a citizen of the
United States, whether native or adopted, |
would advocate, both for the sake OF Europe
and America. such an alteration of the law as
would, in its future operation, hold out less en-
couragement and a less tempting promise OF
civil liberty and power to every subject o. n
despot in the world, who choose to run away
from his own duties and responsibilities towards
the country in which his mother bore him.
But for America, and her tempting farms
and franchises, l believe Germany would not be
so long in the claws of the Shabby Serene
Highnesses; but for the easy escape to a land
Of freedom, | rather think the cut throat of
December might have had his throat cut ere
now. And often, reading in my own penal
exile, of the overlooking "exodus" from Ire
land, anvited as it was in America and encou-
ragged and facilitated in every shape by our
English tyrants {making a bridge of gold for a
flying enemy.) l have been almost to curse
America, and her cheap emigrant ships, and
her easy work and high wages, and her easy
naturalization, and the happy homes and affairs
free she offered our people as a premium on
their abandonment of their native land, OF their
own fathers and mothers to the tender mercies
of that immortal 'sConstitution," with its sus-
pended Habeas Corpus Act, and its pretended
trial by. jury, and its chronic starvation and
periodic slaughter. But for America, | said,
and the cheap passage money across that too
narrow Atlantic, and the Black-Ball line, and
the Tapscitt line, and the rest of the lines, and
the British Emigration Societies (more properly
transportation clubs to expedite this exodus
but for all these fatal facilities for escape, our
people must have set their backs to the wall
long ago, and fought it out.
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1855-01-20
VTENTE DE SHERIFF

ETAT DE La OUISIANE--Co du Cinquieme Dis
trict Judiciaire, siegeant dams ct pour la paroisse de La
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1855-01-20

DISTRESS AMONG New YoRK MEcHANIcs.-The
mechanics and laborers out Of employment in New
York are becoming almost desperate, and it is
feared that serious consequences may follow. Many
are said to be actually without the necessary means
Of subsistence. They held q meeting on the I'd
instant, to devise some means Of relief, at which
speeches were made, calculated to engender bitter
amnesty between the rich and the poor, and in no
wise to benefit the needy. In the midst Of the
throng, q banner was displayed, on which was in.
Iscribed aPoItical knaves and Spectators have
robbed Us Of or bread, and they offer us soup.
We demand our rights. We despise and conteHsn
the rule oftyrants.p
The GALIIpAGes IsLANDs.-A private cores
pondent informs the New York Evening Post that
our government has appointed a Commissioner,
who is negotiating with the authorities Of Ecuador,
not for the purchase Of the Galapagos Islands, ba'
fer certain commercial privileges there, and he
further adds, that those negotiations hare enconn.
tered positive open hostile demonstrations from
the British and French Consuls' IN that quarter, d
which the government At Washington is . p~ossesso,
Of documentary proofs.
a. A biography Of Robespiere, published in
! hte Irish paper, concludes with the following re-
markahle sentence: A
4Ths extraordinary man left no children behind
him except bis brother- who was killed at tn: same
time s
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1855-01-20

VINO is MISS Courrs.-A New York paper, in
referring to the so-called Miss Coutts whose regular
and singular attendance at the Grisi and Mario
opera in New York has excited no little wonder,
says:
The real name of Coutts is Giles, rot Gyles, as
has often been said she is unmarried, and not
very young; rhe is a native of Worcestershire, in
England, and has lived ome years in London,
keeping house in a quiet way, at the West End,
and going but little into society, though a constant
attendant at the opera and theatre. Her income
is e., 600 a year, Or $4,000, which is too small to
make a show with in London. At one time she
conceived a passion for Charles kean, who she
haunted in the same way that she now haunts
Mario, until happening to meet the latter gentle
man, she transferred her affections, and he has
been the object of her idolitary ever since.
What will become of the poor lady when Mario
retires into private life, and goes on his estate in
Italy, unless she should, in the meanwhile, find
some other fascination, is not easy to conceive.
Perhaps some handsome Yankee may succeed in
attracting her young affections, and put an end to
the unhappy passion.
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1855-01-20

eY A peder is now doing a good business
" out west" by selling clocks to the farmers for
$50 a piece on two years credit. The clocks cost
1913 a dozen in New York. That is a clever "sell,
but it's the credit that does the business. For the
sake of credit they'll agree to pay ten times the
worth of an article. All this arises from their moi
taking the papers.
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1855-01-20

CoRNs-We often see some of our friends hob
bling along the streets from the effects OF those
troublesome excrescences that grow upon the toes,
commonly denominated corns. For their benefit
we copy the following infallibe cure for corns,
froom Cooper's Dictionary of Surgery, which, by
the-bye, is truly a corn-u-copia of medical science.
Take two ounces of gum ammoniac, two of yellow
wax, and six drachms of v~erdigris, melt them to-
gether, and spread the composition on soft leather;
cut away as much of the corn as you can, and then
apply the plaster and renew it every fortnight till
the corn is away.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-01-07

IMPORTANT If TRUE.-"The whole
press Of Philadelphia are out in favor
of Hoohand's German Bitters." An
other thing, qnite as important if
true is, that "the wretchcd imitators
and counterfeits have Withdrawn their
nostrums from the market, and the
people arc spared the danger of swal-
loving poisonous mixtures in lieu Of
the genuine article"
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-01-07

u The True Delta says, that the
taxpayers Of the Third District are
organizing for the purpose Of resisting
by force Of arms, if need be, the col
lection Of what they consider the une
quail and unjust tax imposed upon
them at the last sitting Of the Council
% their quota Of the consolidated and
railroad debts. Look out for squalls.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-01-07

EE- Wadsvorth & Sheldon, Bank.
ers Of New York, failed on the LIST
inst, for over 100000 Their fail
nre is attributed to tho suspension Of
houses in the North and West.
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10 The Hudson River Railroad
Sleigh, containing twenty passengers,
broke through the ice on the 9th
ulto., while crossing the river, sub
merging tho horses sleigh and passcn-
gers All however, were savcd--Mrs.
j. Reynolds and neice, Of Hudson, and
Mrs. h, W Wilson made very mar
row escape
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-01-07

IT, At Concord, N. IT., Oliver II.
Howe late postmaster at shclburu, has
been held to bail in the sum of $4,000.
on the charge Of having robbed the
mail.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-01-07

IN If lie appointment OF Cel. Step
ton as territorial Governor Of Utah, in
rlace Of brigham Young, when the
fact il kuown that Tie latter indiyidu
al Lives worthy ard a prosperous
gentleman" is the prelude Of a war Of
words il not something worse. Mr.
Young says, he holds his commission
to rule over the Mormons in Utah
from on high aud that he will not
be pushed from The stool Of state, by
any mere shadow, when he has The
substance in the way Of strong arms
and determined hearts to maintain
him in his present lucrative and no
doubt pleasant position.
The position of affairs in the Far
West should be calmly and 1ispasiop-
ately considered. Our government
should not take any hasty measures
of brute force to wash out, what ap
pears at this distance 10 be nm abemi-
nation. 1t may after all, prove any
thing but an abomination, and time
can alone solve the problem. Here
we find large number Of untrgm-
meled republicans. free and intelli-
gent agents, forming for themselves. a
religious aud political government, and
going to themselves into the wilderness
to live and die under it.. True il is,
that the territory belongs to the Uni
ted States government; and under
our laws, the President has The right
to appoint the chief ruler but should
not the peculiar nature Of the case be
calmly considered Should not The
wishes Of the people "to be governed
be consulted It occurs so, to every
republican free thinker. We know
nothing Of Mormon institutions The
most Objectionable feature Of which
is the ancient system Of polg q
system SO extensively paironized by
the venerable Patriarchs and Fathers
Of old, not to forget Old King Sol. The
embodiment Of wisdom ia a more en-
lightened age than this; nm age when
man held converse direct, in The Gov
cred tent and field, with the special
agents and messengers of the Most
High. Certainly truth and error, are
abstractIy tho same commodity in all
ages What was morally wrong nine
teen hundred years ago, is wrong now,
for truth and justice is immutable.-
By q parity Of reasoning what was
right then cannot be wrcng now. SO
much for the abomiuation spoken Of.
Let lis get up tree, and look down
upon our own condition ; the moral
and social state Of the world at this
period , and after getting a birds eye
view Of it, then let us contrast it, with
Mormonism or any other ism. We
cannot, in our fertile imagination con
ceive any worse state Of society than
this we live in. Let us not, there
fore, throw stones at the Mormons.
because VIC fancy they live in a glass
house , because it may be, after All,
quito as good building as The one
we occupy, and may require, rs much
force to break it to pieces.
Vince Tmtm. Duc De Clmrmout
Ell 1uoel hoc.--Li'his very considerable
small man, has associated With him.
in the barbarons business Of shaving
laces, Mr.. Craig Of New Orleans, 50
well known as having stood prominent
in the front Office Of the Vcran1ah
Baths, and at other fashionable resorts
in time past. This copartncrsbip pre-
sents q strong ticket to the public and
&c hon tho pou t,,oL ~, c,. =:
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-01-07

Esy- At the opening of tho Eng
lish Parliament on the 18th ulto., the
Queen in her speech from the throne
arplaudod the bravery which had
been displayed by the troops in the
Crimea, announced that a treaty of al
lance between England and Austria
has been concluded, stated that large
reinforcements were Immediately re-
qnired for the purpose of prosecuting
the war with vigor adequate to the
circumstances, and announced that a
treaty had been concluded with the
United States. by which many ques-
tons that had,,been long pending be-
tween the two countries had been sat-
isfactorial settled
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-01-07

GrIt is said be the Telegraph,
that Dr.. Beal, the Philadelphia dentist
CT whom SO much has been said, has
been pardoned.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-01-07
,EI.e Mechanics Lien.

furnished u5 neatly printed pam
phlei, gotten Mp by himself, which is I
report Of the full proceedings in thu
trial Of Gayarre ps. Tunnard, for The
recovery Of one thousand dollars dam
ages, alleged to have been occasionet
by the Plaintiff, in The detention of &
four wheeled carriage, for the amount
Of two dollars repairs done on The
same. At the time this difficulty &c
CURED we freely expressed ourselves
and have nothing to alter or modify
that was then said.
This community is in full possession
Of the facts in reference to the matter
and they need not now be recapitula.
ted. Every mechanic and working
man in the State, is directly and near
~ interested in the point and issue
and to Capt. Tunnard who stood alone
to fight for the principles involved, is
every mechanic and working man in
the State lastingly indebted The
question had never before been raised
in this State; 'las the mechanic u
lien, on movable property, for the
value Of labor bestowed upon it," and
this suit--linally decided by the Su-
preme Court puts the matter at rest.
To state the case briefly, Mr. Gay
ARE then temporarily residing here,
as Secretary Of State, sent a fonr-
wheeled carriage, to the carriage man
ufactory Of VIM. i. Tunnard for re-
pairs. The amount Of repairs amour
ted to two dollars. When the work
was done Mr. Gayarr6 sent for it, and
(some difficulty having previously &C
Cured between the parties) the mes
senger was sent back to Mr.. G. to say
that two dollars was the amount Of re-
pairs, which must he paid before the
work would be delivered. The a
mount was deposited in the hands of
J. Il. Dufrocq, Mayor of the city, and
then commenced the suit The Plain
tiff held that the work should have
been delivered and the defcndent
should have the common recourse for
recovery of any other debt. The Plain
tiff held That he had a lien or right to
the property until the amount of re-
pairs was paid. Strange to say The
District Court, gave judgment in favor
Of Plaintiff, but defendent was deter
mined to push the matter to The last
and highest tribunal in The State, and
the result was very properly rever-
sal of the decision Of the District Court,
establishing the mechanic lien.
That this ia right, no one will pre-
tend to deny, since every class and
every profession is protected in its
rights by law, we see no reason why
the mechanic or artisan should not
have similar protection. We rec
commend the pamphlet of Capt. Tun-
nard to the serious attention of every
working man in The State.
MANUAL OF pHoNoGnArHY.-ThoI
Messrs. Longley & Brothers of Gin
ciunati by their agent NJ. N Byngtou
have laid on our table copy of the
above work. The rapidly with which
a knowledge and practice of this art
has extended itself into various parts
pf tho TT g and Hrit;eb T,rn,,, ,,J
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-01-07

70 The Mayor of Baltimore has
appointed Brantz Mayer. John Spear
Smith and Thos. L. Emony to munoge
Baltimore's part Of the McDonogh
estate.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-01-07

MANUAL OF PHoNoGnArHY.-Tho
Messrs. 1ongley & Brothers of Gin
ciunati by their agent NJ. N Byngtou
have laid on our table copy of the
above work. The rapidity with which
a knowledge and practice of this art
has extended itself into various parts
of the U. s. and British Europe, and
wherever else the English language is
spoken--and its still growing popular
ity, admonish us that it must be every
way worthy Of investigation,
The editor of tho chronological
Journal, speaking of the merits Of
Photography, says: we regard Pho
biography as one Of the most impor-
tant inventions Of the age, and one
which should be opened to every per.
son DESTROYS. Of being considered cdu-
Gated.
Asa system Of reporting and gen
eral correspondence and memoranda,
it is unparalleled in usefulness. Tn
chirography it is what telegraphs are
in agencies for transmitting thought.
We employ three reporters, one in our
office and two travel with lectures
from our house. In ten minutes we
can dictate an article for publication
which we could not compose and
write in an hour. Besides it contains
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-01-07

Ny Fr,hrarn .,tI.GoII -

~ Ephram LitIefeld, somewhat
notorious as the thief witness in the
trial for the murder Of DIR. Parkmap
has, IN consequence Of painful dis
ease Of the ear, become insane.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-01-07

more spirit and freshness than it Ia
bored by the slow pace Of ordinary
composition A common farmers boy
who fould not obtain more than his
board Id a grocery or lime store, and
no situation at all in d genteel store in
this city, may devote one year to Pho
biography and obtain ten dollars q
week as an amenusis.
A cool steady temperament, with
nothing of smartness, seems TO sue
coed best in patient effort to master
Phonography. Every scholar should
by all means learn it"
--~~ssRA - Apm~~-
To- Judge Edmond's has a work
now in press, on Spiritual matters 1t
will shortly make its appearance from
the publishers No. 800 Broadway,
New York j; Messrs. Partridge II Brit
tan, AM no doubt will call out the
caustie criticism Of The skeptical be
it as it may, we are evidently on the
eve of the discovery Of new principles
Of life and the silent unseen spirit OF
the age, is in advance of, and above
the ase itself, leading us on to high
er and better things
A Lowe AERIAL TRtp--Monsicur
GODDARD. who went up in Balloon
from the Place d'armes in New Or
leans the other day, landed some for
ty miles. back Of Port hudson
IT, During late storm, thirty
five Russian vessels were stranded 10
the sea of Asof
" The CAPITOL GRouuDs.-The ma
sonry designed TO SUPP It the iron
railing or fence about the State House
having been finished, the Iron work
was received the other day and the
work of putting it up is now going for
ward. The pattern is not only beau-
tilul in design, but combines the
strength necessary for the work. The
,ence is supported by iron bolts work
ed into the brick work. and cap, or
rather base. of cast Iron covers, the
wall projecting four inches on either
side. When the work shall be finish
ed and the grounds about the building
adorned with shrubbery and gravel
walks, there will not be u more love
y and picturesque view On the Nlissis-
sippi rivef
In connection will, this matter lit
has been a long time siuce we had the
pleasure to punch the fat ribs of the
Board of Allermen) we might call
the attention of our citizens to the fact,
that the building standing at the foot
Of Lafayette street, has just had coat
of white wash, and VIC hear it whisper
ed that repairs will be made on the
architecture Of that establish. |
ment. OF course this will enhance
the value Of the premises, and if the
city designs cutting through there,
now Is the time. Lafayette must be
strengthened to tho Capitol. Will
somo magnanmous gentleman in the
board--who desires his name to 90
down to remote postcrity, take this
matter in hand, before the contempla-
ted rat clearing takes place in the
referred to.
Ey- At the opening of tho Eng
lish Parliament on the 18th ulto., the
Queen in her speech from tho throne
arplauded the bravery which had
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-01-07

Ag It will be seen by notice that
the firm Of Burgess d LaNoue is dis
solved by mutual consent. J. G.. La
Noue will continue the business
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JIbt'l})rrkly CplIlrt
Sunday Morning. san. I, 1865.

fSbfesetshF SesEs cob'
10 The Hon john Perkins Jr
has our thanks for d discourse deli
yered by the Hon. Thos II Benton
before the Maryland Institute on the
ply steal geography Of Missouri and
California We plake single extract
to give an idea Of the, capacity Of our
Western Possessions There is more
truth than poetry, about the saying Of
The "Star of Empire" The present
Territory Of Kansas, extending seven
hundreds miles in breadth. and contain
ing above one hundred thousand square
miles, would form TIVE states Of about
fifty thousand square miles each. A
section Of the Rocky mountains, en-
bracng tie Three Parks and the bend
waters Of the South Platte, the Ar
kansas, Del Norte, and the eastern
branches Of the Great Colorado of
the West, would form another state,
larger in the opinion of Fremont than
all The Swiss cantons put together !,
and presenting everything grand and
beautiful that is to be found in Swift
erland, without its irawba of avail
auches and glaciers. The valley of
the Upper Colorado, from the western
base Of the Rocky mountains to the
eastern base ofthe Wnhstach and An
TERRA ranges, 200 miles wide by 900
and now part of Utah, might form
The fuurth--and The remainder of
Utah from The Wahstaeh to California,
would form the iilth-of which The
part this way covering The Santa Clara
meadows, and Walsateh aud Anterria
ranges, would be The brightest part
Here then are five diagrams of teYi-
tory, suflicientin extent, as any map
will show, to form five states of the
first magnitude.
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10 Special attention Of the travell-
ing public, is directed to the card of
Chas. Ruston; he is prepared to do
all manner Of making and mending
in bis line and will be found always
ready to attend to orders.
Palsos Disu1p1iNE.-Dr Hines.
we see from notice il the New Orleans
papers is delivering course Of lee
lures on this interesting subject. The
Delta says. I'VE know Of no one more
competent to lecture on "Prison Dis
cipline' Nor do we. The Doctor
can speak learnedly. Who knows,
but what the Doctor has visited such
institutions for no other purpose, than
TO learn something of the internal dis
cipline, in order to deliver lectures.
and arouse the world to the evils of
popular systems Men have made
Martyrs of themselves before to-day.
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