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Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1855-01-06
ETAT DE LA LOUIsIANE-Cour

Marie Louisa Holcombe, epouse de b. 4. Tanner,
es. Benjamin +. Tanner, son Mari. No. 1890.
e cerGe par presentes que lie rs Octobre 1904 un
jugeent eat rendu pronounce dams cette aae par Ia
dte Cour, dams les mots ct chiffres suvant sayoir
Cette etat enendue. la piaignane prove les Ias
aegues dams petition ct la loi eant en- sa favour ii est
ordonn6 aduge decree quill soft separation de bens
Madame Marie l.. Hocombe, la paignante spouse de
Benjamin f. Tanner, ct so dit epoux, ct que les sVans
soient biens parcephernaux sayor Ia
de qarante six pasres ct 20 cents argent ct les
escaves Eugene Hughes ct julia ct ie roduts de Ia vente
DIES dts escaves ftes la demanderesse la dte somme
Nit ct les dites esclaves ayant echu dite pagnane
dams parage udicaire des biens lu appaenant
freres Edward Holcombe, George II. Hol
combe, ct Milton Holcombe, fait dams rEtat dAabama
Mobile dams la Cour de Chanceere du Premier District de
la division du Sud de Chanceere du dit Etat dAabaa
1854 dit escaye Eugene etan estme dams s dit parage
ONE cents pastres ct ayant etc veudu mile pastres
complaint ct la dte escave julie esme mile piastres ct
vendue compliant savor lie prx de cent quatre
qnnze piasres complaint ct Pesclave Hughes esme sept
cent cnguane pastres ct vendu mile piasres assurees
billet payable dams porant hypotheque sur lie
negre vendu cdessus. Et que La propriete para
phernale CONSTANT te dargent ct les produts
de Ia dts escaves soft deyr dams Ia possession
separee de la dte denaneresse ct guee aus PAdmn-
istration separeuent excusvemen du dit mari vt que e
dit dernandeur pale les frais de process.
Judgement sgne Cour onverte % Octobre A. D. 1884,
a Houna dams Ia paroisse de Terrebonne,
(Spno JAMES l.. COLE,
Juge du Cnquieme District Judicaire.
(--l Pour copie conformer rorginal an CRETE
I s.. IHouma, Terrebonne, lie ID Novembre 1854
l--l 3-3t A. BOURG, Dy. Grehier.
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To the Public.

MEssRs. EDITORS Please afford me . little
space in your most excellent paper IL order to
disabuse the public mind in. regard to an evil
report. which | am informed by some Of my
very polite and kind friends, is generally be-
lieyed i'll town. 1t is said that am. or have
been crazy. Now, would beg leave to inform
the dear people of Thihodnax aud vicinity,
from whom l have received nothing but pure
kindness aud hospitality ever since / had the
honor of an acquaintance with them, and for
which feel under perpetual Obligations, that
| have been suffering from the disease called
palpitation of the heart, and virtego in the
head, which produced constant imaginings of
evil, and depression of spirits. So great indeed,
had been my suffering. that every little excite
ment would cause a disposition to scream or
fight or else TO close my mouth and say moth
ing, for fear Of doing wrong &c, &c. But it
is very gratifying to be able to assure my
dear friends. in particular, the most excellent
people of Thibolaux, generally that my health
is improving very rapidly, for which, | have
great reason to thank God With due defer
ence, &C., conclude. Please give the above
one insertion, charge yours &C., in the bonds,
L. P. & F., J. J. W. MERRILL.
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STATE OF LOUISiANA.-Fifih Judi
~ cial District Court, parish Of Terrebonne.
Maria Louisa Holcombe, Wife of B. F. Tanner.
BENJAMIN F. Tanner, her Husba


hereby certify that on the 2Sh day of October 1854
Judgment rendered and pronounced i'll this by the
said Court in the words and figures following, viz:
This being taken up the plaintiff having proved the
allegations of her petition, and law being i'll her favor.
1t is hereby ordered adudged and decreed that there be
separation Of property between the petitioner Mrs Maria
L. Hlcombe, wife of Benjamin F. Tanner her said hs-
band ard that the following be recognized as her paapher
nal property, to wit
The Of FortySx 25100 Dollars Cash. and the slaves
Eugene Hughes and julia and the proceeds of the Sale
thereof made by the petitioner the said Cash and Slaves
falling to the s of the said petitioner in Judicial part
ton of the effects belonging to her in common with her
erothers Edward Holcombe, George II. Holconbe and
Milton s. Hocombe made in the State of Alabama in
Mobile in the Court of Chancery for the First District Of
the Southern Chancery Division of the said State of aba
in the year 1854 the said slave Eugene being estimated
in the said partition Eleven Hundred Dollars and sold for
Cash at One Thousand Dollars; and the said slave Julia
tmated One Thousand Dollars and sold at Cash. say the
price of Seven Hundred and Ninety Dollars Cash. and
the slave Hughes estimated at Seven Hundred and Fifty
Dollars and sold for One Thousand and Eighty Dollars,
cured by note payable in year. secured by mortgage
the negroes sold aforesaid and that the said paraphernl
property consisting of the said Of money and the pro-
ceeds Of the sale Of the said slaves aforesaid be delivered
into the separate possession Of the said petitioner and that
she have the administration thereof separately and exclu
vey of her said husbands and that the said defendant pay
the costs of this suit
Judgment signed open Court this 2sh day of October,
A. D., 1854, at Houma, in the Par sh Of Terrebonne
[Signed] JAMES L. COLE, Judge 5th Judicial District.
- True copy from the original Clerks Office,
RT3S8 Houma, Terrebonne, November 18th, 1854.
A. BOURG, D'ty Clerk, 9Th District Court,
Parish oft errehonue. T3-3t.l
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1855-01-06

JOHN WENTWORTH ON THE Know NoTH1NGs.-
The "long" Congressman from Chicago, writes
home from Washington, on the Know Nothings, as
follows: From all l see and hear around me, it is
evident that this foreign question, is to override all
others, even the slavery question, see men of
the most opposite views touching slavery forgetting
all their differences and acting together.
The N. 0. Bulletin clips the foregoing from a
northern exchange, and doubts not there is much
truth in it, all the abolition papers in the
land denouncng the "Kpow Nothings" with un-
paralleled ferocity The New York Tribune occa-
sonay goes off into ecstacies Of fury and execrates
them for combining to re-elect VIM. q. Seward to
the United States Senate! Well, if the Ak. Ms"
beat Seward and crush abolition, we Of the South
needn't feel alarmed.
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1855-01-06

The NEWSPAPER AS A MoRALlsr.--Itw was Bishop
Horner's opinion that there is no better moralist
than newspaper. He says:
1.-THE follies, vices, and consequent miseries Of
mulhtudes displayed in a newspaper, are SO many
beacons continually burning to turn others from the
rock on which they have been shipwrecked. What
more powerful dissuasve from suspicion, Jealousy
and and anger, than the story Of one friend muir
dered by another in duel? What caution likely
to be more effectual against gambling and profit
gacy, than the mournfnl relation Of an execution,
or the fate of despairing suicide? What finer
lecture on the necessity of economy, than the auc
ton of estates houses and furniture? Only take
newspaper, and consider it weu-pay for st-and
it acil instruct thee"
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Letter from John e. Cake.
GouRp VINE RETREAT, CRIssMrs EVE MITE,
GU 10


M1srUR JoNA WHITE, eddytur Of the miaergg:
hav dun set down an tuck up mi pen bopm that
these fiji lines viii kctch yew erasmus gift, an ef
tina don't doc it. then cuss mi pcters eff amt
orful ,nstaken-now old boss hopes yew amt
gwine to take emmy 'fense at it, but sol darn old
Brindel eff Amt kotch yew. Now don't go to ia
kin OH bout it, eff yew is an Eddytur, fur who in
darnashun haint beed kotched suncr or lait. Why
erewsaem cracky mister eddytur half duzzin
fcllurs kotch me last year. and don't kno as | has
maid ennv fnss about it vet. | would bin so per-
ticulr in akin yew not to get riled bout it, eff |
hadn't diskivered yoar tempur sum time ago-yew
rememburs the time very wei betour, when | rit to
view, how orful mad yew got an surculated me an
bob quillin's naim in yoar papur-jest heer Mr..
Eddytur | wants to inform yew that yew has no
deur how neer that pubicashun cum to putin
mi iites out-l3ob quillin as sune he seed it got
real cantankers, an his har stood on eend like the
blisscls on fretted porkerpne an he swore by the
Twin gods he'd lick me the fust time he seed me it
it tuck awl his crap fur to pay the damages OF
suite fur salt an battery. Now eff lckin had bin
awl / wouldn't keerd fur it, but Bill jones tole me
as how he had heerd that Bob quillin had bin
totn pistol fur me fur three weaks, when heerd
that | went to the judge aNed him to fix me up
rit of hahcus corpse agin Bob quillin, but afour
Good put the madgesty of the law to him, Bob
sneeked Gut OF it and axed me pardon, which
reddily granted under the surrcumstances as fur
the writ have dun KEEP that in mi possesshun, so
eff emmy of the felers gifts to cuttin thar shines
aroundoheer l can jest hog EN- with it,
| see l have dun off from the suhek, an
the mite is too far advanced to git back agin fur
see my wife now, athwart the glume todling off
to bed an the yung uns is hangin up thar socks
by the chimny fur old Saint Nick to fill up with
goodies an erasmus gffs-by the by wunder if
Saint nick amt givin erasmus gifts to the allies
bout this time in the shaip of fremuks 6alks
fansy shells an uther dooins,
Thar is wun favur / wants to ak of yew an that
is to tel me hoo that Teller is what rites fur neerly
awl the papurs an sines hsself Ed" he seems to
be good teller an l wants to kinder hog him for
nu yeer's Gift. l allows to talk xcurshun trip
befour long on the rale rode wont yew go long?
mi wife Polly & mi dauter mandy jain is well and
wood sent yew erasmus Gift but tina had nuthing
ceptn it was d.zzin of egs an tina coodnt send elm
in letter Don't sho this to nobody.
remain ycurp til deth JOHN CAKE.
IS. The males is very urreglar & shoodnt
be at all supprzed eff yew didn't git this-ef you
don't jest let me kno and I'll rite it ovur agin.
JEC
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1855-01-06

LEa1sLATuRE.-The General Assembly of this
State convenes at the State Capital, Baton Rouge,
on Monday the 18th inst. The election of @. S.
Senate in place of John Slden, will take place on
the following Monday, the 22nd Our first choice
for the Senate-is out Of the question, our second
choice, Gov. PAUL 0. HEBERr against the field Il
scholarship and sound republican principles are a
passport to the United States Senate, Paul O.
Hebert most certainly deserves the honor.
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1855-01-06

eF From a circular received by Mail, we see
that our fellow citizen NJ. II. Daunis-long Mer-
chant of this place, has opened a Commission
House in New Orleans. Nothing that we could
say would in anywise add to his name as an ener-
getic man and successful merchant. He has ali
the requisites for the business in which he has
embarked, and cannot but succeed.
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1855-01-06

ey DR.. Theodore Phillips, late of St. Louis,
Mo-, has located for short time at the Commercial
Hotel, Napoleonvile, for the purpose Of practcing
his profession, Surgical and mechanical Dentistry.
Our Assumption friends having business in his line
should remember this and give him call. His
card viii be found on our fourth page, under the
head of Professional"
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1855-01-06

rB- Our Donaldsonville contemporaries Of the
Viglant and Coast Journal, are advocating with
commendabe zeal, the construction of a railroad
from Donaldsonville along the banks Of the La
fourche, to connect with the Opelousas road. That
such road would pay, is evident to all.
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1855-01-06

NATURALIZATION JUDICIAL AcT.-Judge Dean
of the Supreme Court Of the State Of New York,
has forbidden the Clerk of the Court to take proofs
of citizenship and granting naturalization papers.
He directs that applicants shall apply to the Court
The Judge has given written opinion, holding that
the admission of an alien to the rights OF citizen
ship is judicial act requiring examination by the
Court
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1855-01-06

event WooL1NG AND GOT FLEEcED. Such,
it is facetiously said, says the n T. Sunday Times,
has been the fate of those who went to Nebraska
to keep slavery out of that territory. There are
some "gns which kick their owners over" and II
the atisayery men do not soon cease their efforts,
we really fear shall have the horrid institution
all over the north.
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1855-01-06

Mrs. PART1NGToN AND THE KNOW NorHINGs.-
Mrs. Partington thus rebukes her promising heir,
Ike, for protesting to be a Know Nothing:
"You poor child you may not know so much as
some, but you amt an idiom nuther, and although
it's always well to be humble, and not pretend to
know things when you don't, it isn't well to 60
round Dragging about know nothing and proving
yourself a fool when folks don't suspect it. You
viii find enough to do it without you"
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1855-01-06

RoBBERY.-Mr. Dodge from Berwick's Bay, in
forms us that the herm. brig Seiota Deisle, from
Guadalupe, now at the Bay, was robbed of $4,000
in Spanish doubleoons, by two Of the crew. on Sun
day last. The public is requested to keep sharp
look out for the robbers. One hundred dollars re-
ward is offered for their arrest
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1855-01-06

THE New GOVERNOR OF UTAH.-It is said that
the appointment of Colonel Steptoe to the Cover
norship Of Utah, which has been confirmed by the
Senate will be accepted by him, and that he will
thereupon resign his commission in the army The
correspondent of the Charleston Standard writes
that the subject of this appointment occupied the
attention of the Senate the whole of two Executive
sessions, and caused much debate. The objection
to his confirmation was principally owing to sup
posed incompahbility between the civil and the
military Offices and it was not until it was announced
that he would resign one On taking the other, that
he was confirmed. We rather regret to hear that
the Colonel will resign his position in the army,
although we have ordinarily little desire to see
military and civil duties and powers blended. But
the Mormons are an extraordinary people, and de-
mand extraordinary treatment. 1t is alleged, how
ever, that our history presents quite a number OF
cases in which the same individual has held two
offices at one time John Jay, tor instance, was
Chief Justice Of the United States when he went
abroadin 1884, as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentary of the United States, to negotiate
the important convention known as Jays Treaty.
John Marshall held the portfolio of Secretary of
State for month after he had been appointed Chief
Justics Of the United States. General Jackson
was Alcalde of Florida while in command of an
army there. General Cass was Governor OF the
Territory of Michigan and Indian Agent at once;
and Brigadier-General Riley was at the same time
both Military Commander and Civil Governor of
California
AS we have before intimated, we hope much
from the appointment of Colonel steptoe, and are
pleased to be assured that he will not decline the
responsible and arduous position to which the Gov
eminent has called him. If he shall be able to
bring order out Of the moral and political confusion
in Utah; to compel some respect for decency among
H. of
naught, not alone the planest principles Of Chris
tianity, but the just moral sense Of the whole
civilized world, he will entitle himself to universal
admiration, and win high place in the esteem Of
all decent people in this and other lands. In send
ing him thither, we trust the Government has given
him full powers to meet any emergency, and that
he will be effectively sustained, necessary, by the
gallant branch of the public service to which he
has so long adhered.-Aobite Adoe'tiser.
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1855-01-06

FEMALES AS APoTHEcARIEs.-Ana article recently
appeared in the New York Times supposed to be
from the pen of DR.. Tuthhi, one Of the editors Of
that paper, in which the desirablity Of employing
females as apothecares was strongly argued in the
affirmative This, for an Esculapius Of the old
school, is quite step forward.
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1855-01-06
O b 1T AIRY

He shall gather the Lambs with his arm aud carry them
in his bosom,"-IsAIAH, xL.
Departed this life, Friday, 18th inst, of Pneu-
monia and Denttion, ROBERT HARP infant son Of Rev
l.. A. and L, NJ, Reed, aged months and days.
81 take these little lalnbs,n said he
And lay them in my heart;
Protect on they shall find in me,
In Inc be best. FATHER
The rnls and acquainances of the family requested
attend its funeral fi~n the NJ, f. Church. at O'clock
this evening, without any further notice.
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1855-01-06

INCREASE OF PAUpERs.-The whole number Of
paupers in the United States, supported in whole or
in part by public funds, withing the year ending
June l. 1853, was 1892. Tls whole number Of
paupers for the year ending June l, 1850, was
5O,323, and the total annual expense was $2,954,-
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1855-01-06

MISSING SHIP OF WAR.-Great fears are enter
tanned BY the Spanish Government respecting the
fate Of the Spanish 1ne-of-battle ship Soberana,
which sailed from Havana on the 23d Of August
last and has not since been heard from. 1t is said
that the captain protested against putting to sea,
account Of the ship being out Of repair, but was
required to obey his orders. The Soberana must
have had at least from FIVE to six hundred persons
On board when she sailed.
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1855-01-06

WoMAN's R1GHTs.-The "Woman's Rights
women of New York are renewing their agitation
in view of the approaching meeting of the Legsla
ture. They purpose again this winter to send pc.
titons to the Legislature Of that State-one
asking for the Equal Rights Of Women, and one fol
Woman's Right of Suffrage. The latter, they say
" covers the whole ground, for we can never be
said to have just and equal rights until the right o.
suffrage is ours"
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1855-01-06

rsy- Edmund Lafayette, the grandson of Gen
eral Lafayette, and the only lineal descendant Of
the illustrous deceased, is now in Washington CITY,
On the 2lst he visited the two Houses Of Congress-
and was introduced to members and others. After
making the tour to the South he will return to
France
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1855-01-06
SATURDAY, JANUARY 6, 1855.

rT "Ruth Hall" by Fanny Fern, and supposed
to be her own autobiography is one OF the greatest
and most popular books of the day. Bennett &
Galabert how is it that you have not supply on
hand2
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1855-01-06

A Coon JoKE.-It is told as fact, that in one
Of Mr. Belmont's letters to the Dutch Minister for
Foreign Affairs, be said that he would send the
case Of Gibson back to his government for enforce
ment. The Minister sent to Mr.. Belmont to know
the meaning Of the word enforcement where
upon Mr. B. furnished him copy OF Webster's
quarto dictionary, with leaf turned down at the
word in question, and suggested to him, IN note,
that there were quite an assortment of definitions
given, Of which he the Minister) might select any
that he shout choose.
Pretty good for our broker ambassador.
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1855-01-06

NILES WoRKs.-The attention of planters and
others is caledto tie card Of these long established
works, at Cincinnati of which Mesrs j. W. Bur-
bridge & Co. no SO, Natchez street. New Orleans
are Agents. As set forth in the advertisement the
propretors are fully prepared to furnish the planters
of louisiana at very low prices, every description
Of machinery, and from the high reputation Of the
establishment, We feel assured in saying that justice
in every instance will be extended to its patrons
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1855-01-06
Estate of Robert TANNER. r., or
THERE will be sold by the SheIn

l. Of Terrebone at tbesCourt House, in Homua on NJ
DAY, the 4th day Of FEBRUARY 1852 the land as
Wayne Tanner and the estate o. kooer. ~ s,.ed in
The Parish OF Terrebone, the Bayou Black rev us
and the depot Of I'll New payae IN M
nd .ach Of the months of March, 1885, ~ and %
a, Fer further particulars apply to Wayne Tanner Or TO
T3-tdsi T. .. "ooD1' " "
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dyspepsia is thus stated by writer:
As soon as food reaches the stomach of a hungry
healthy man, it pours out fluid substance, called
gastric juice, as instantly as the eye yields water if
It be touched with anything hard; this gastric dis
solves the food from without inwards as humps Of
ice in glass Of water are melted from without in
wards. If from, any course the food is not thus
melted, or dissolved that is indigestion OR dyspep-
STA. Vinegar, in its action on food, is more nearly
the gastric juice than any other fluid KNOWN Thus
it is that pickle or a,tle vinegar will "settle the
stomach" when some discomfort is experienced
after eating.
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1855-01-06

SALARIES OF FOREIGN MINIsTERs.-The reform
diplomatic bill now before Congress, proposes the
following salaries for foreign ministers: Great Britain
81, 800; France and China, each 49, 200; Spain
Russia, Austria, and Prussia, each 900; Brazil
and Mexico, each $4,000; Turkey Peru and
Chill, each $4,000; Switzerland, Rome, Naples
Sardinia, Belgium, Holland, Portugal, Denmark
Sweden, the Argentine Republic, New Grenada
Bolivar, Ecuador, Venezuela, Guatemala and Mica.
ragua, each 81, 500.
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1855-01-06

W The New York Herald afirms that arrange
nents have been made by the Know Nothings for
the defeat Of Seward, in New York, and Wise, in
Virginia.
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1855-01-06
Succession de J 3. Boudredus, dit Blaise.
TTAT DE Ia IOUISIANE.-Cour

IL du Cinquieme District, paroisse de Lafourche
Ar7RsDu Que CLOVIS BOUDREAUx, de In dite parosse,
ce Jour fat son application Grefer de Is Cite Cour,
pour ttre nomme Administrator de Ia de Succession,
consequence totes lee q porraient avon
es objections la de demande sont par les presenes mott
fees de les dednire Greer de Ia Gour bureau dams
Ia vile Thbodaux dams les dix jours qu siyront la pre-
iere publication de Get avis simon Ia dte application sera
accorde ct confirme scion la oi.
Temein ma main ct lie sceau de ID dite oour' CO
4k6SO aot L, s. ALLAN, Grefier.
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1855-01-06
Estate Of j. b. Boatdrea,ta, dit Blaise.
FATE OF LOUISIANA.-Fifth Ju.

GTATE OF LOUISIANA.-Fifth Ju-
padicial District Court, parish Of Lafourche.
WHEREAs, CLOVIS BOUDREAUX, Of said parish Of has
filed his application the Clerk Of said Court praying to be
appointed Administrator Of said Estate,
Therefore all persons hereby warned and notified to
file their objections any they have, to the said application,
with the Clerk Of said Court at his office in the town OF
Thbodaux within days after the first publication here
Of the said application will be confirmed in due course OF
Law.
{) Witness my hand and the seal Of said Court, this
S. 9Th day Of January, thousand eight hundred
L. and ffty-fye. I3-2tl L. S. ALLAN, Clerk.