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Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1855-03-31

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Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1855-03-31
A Yankee in the Allied Camp.

A Mr.. R. C. Mccormick, of New York, who
lsSebastopol, has written long and interesting
letter which appears in the New York Journa
of Commerce. We make the following extracts
The magnitude of the camp surpassed my
widest imagination. After riding for houl
upon hour, and mile upon mile, still KEEP
within the trenches. Much of my time was
devoted to the French portion of the camp, and
l must join in the praise everywhere shoRered
upon the arrangements made by Rneland's
brave allies. Throughout the entire Campaign
the French have displayed superior tact and
management. The men have not suffered near
SO much as those of her Majesty's service. The
French have bakers attached to each regiment,
and quantities of fresh bread every other day
while the English are but poorly supplied with
hard biscuit A present of thirty thousand
fresh loaves was sent from the French to the
English camp a few weeks since. The English
officers are constantly lauding the movements Of
their allies. The Zouaves the French troops
formed for the Algerian war, are perhaps the
best soldiers in the field. They are up to
everything. and perfectly astonish said John
Bull by their agility. If there is any plumber,
they are sure to get it, I see them every day
engaged in foraging, and they never 60 home
without their hands full. They let one another
down the rocky sides with ropes. and thus fish
up fire-wood from the wrecks; they 60 hunting
for brush, and in divers ways credtable to their
ingenuity, manage to keep well supplied with
stores. Their dress is singular something on
the Bloomer order, only more chaste. They
are splendid men in action, and their bravery
at the recent battles has added to their previous
high reputation.
The personal appearance of Lord Raglan is
thus described:
son our return from the batteries, called
at the head quarters with friend who had
business with the Commander-in- chief Lord
Raglan was promenading the back piazza of his
mansion. He is a fat, good-natured looking
old gentleman, rather tall In many respects
his personal appearance reminded me of our
General Winfield Scott though he is not, by any
means, of such giant stature as the hero of
Lundy's Lane.
"Our reception was cordial, and his lordship
must be called polite as well as courageous
You know that he lost an arm at Waterloo,
while serving under the Duke of Wellington.
He is said to have remarked at the battle of
Inkermann, when the French troops came to
his aid, at a time of great necessity, the
French owed me an arm, and they have paid
their debt ="
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1855-03-31

A VlS.-Toutes personnes qui doivent
"A a Ia Succession de AUGUsTE BERTRAND, sont par
e present REFUSES de venr reger cees qu ladite
Succession do sont de meme REFUSES de presenter eus
jours etre trouve magasn de Messrs Lesseps Dezu
hem. [14-2tJ j. D. LEBLANC, Administrator
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1855-03-31

A New THEORY OF HEAT FROM THE SUN-A
writer in the Washington Intelligencer, referring to
the various theories of the generation of heat by
the sun, proposes the following which appears to
be as rational as any which has preceded it.
We knoo that when that portion of the earth
on which We happen to be is turned towards the
sun, we have heat; and that its intensity is in
proportion to the drectness of the rays that is to
say, to their striking at an ANGLE more or less ap-
preaching to the place where we are, and that
this heat is felt in less degree if we ascend high
above that general surface From this it is mani
fest, think, that the heat we derive from the
sun is consequent upon some mysterious action of
its rays on the matter of our atmosphere, (call it
chemical action, for want of more appropriate
name,) and that its intensity depends not only
upon the angle at which those rays pass through
our atmosphere but also upon the density OF depth
of atmosphere. At the level Of the sea- where the
depth and consequently the density of the atmos-
phere are greatest; on mountain, where these are
diminished, the heat is less
Now, if we suppose each of the planets of our
system to have an atmosphere like our own, and
of depth proportionate to their magnitude, We
can suppose all of them to be inhabitable. The
asteroids and moons by this theory can have but
little depth Of atmosphere, and consequently very
little general heat. ...
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1855-03-31


has been derived by some from the Latin coma,
tall but the better derivation is comma,
because it can never come to full stop.
Every comet has tail, or train, which may
be compared to some of those monster trains
which are occasionally the subjects of news
paper paragraphs.
What comet is, we do not exactly know. 1t
IS certainly an eccentric body, but there are SO
many eccentric bodies in these days, that this
hypothesis affords us no assistance.
A comet has curious propensity to cut and
come again, at very long intervals.
Astronomers talk of the mean distance of a
comet from the earth; but as no comet ever
came nearer than several hundred thousands of
miles, which is anything but mean distance,
we should be glad to know the meaning the
astronomers attach to the word alluded to.
The comet of ITO has very shamefully
broken its appointments with the astronomers,
and shown degree of unpunctuality, which is
no less perpiexing than it is unbusiness- like
The comet ought to have entered anappearance
according to the law Of comets, every FIVE years
and half; but the eccentric body has been
non inuentus ever since, and we should be glad
to see it regularly outlawed from the solar
system.
Comets are generally called periodical bodies,
because their tails are so exceedingly lengthy,
like those which are continued from month to
month in some of the periodicals. They differ,
however, in one respect, the former being very
luminous, and the latter utterly destitute of
briliancy.
AFFEcTIoN.-We sometimes meet with men
who seem to think that any indulgence in an
affectionate feeling is weakness. They will
return from journey and greet their families
with a distant dignity, and move among their
children with the cold and lofty splendor of an
iceberg, surrounded by its broken fragments.
There is hardly more unnatural sight on earth
than one of those families without heart. A
father had better extinguish hi. boys eyes than
take away his heart. Who that has experienced
the joys of friendship, and values sympathy and
affection, would not rather lose all that is
beautiful in natures scenery, than be robbed of
the hidden treasure of his heart? Who would
not rather bury his wife than bury his love for
her? Who would not rather follow his child to
the grave, than emtomb his parental affection
Cherish, then, your hearts best affections.
Indulge in the warm and gushing emotions of
filial, parental, and fraternal love. Think it
not weakness. God is love. Love God, love
everybody, and everything that is lovely. Teach
your children to love; to love the rose, the
robin; to love their parents; to love their God.
Let it be the studied object Of their domestic
culture to give them warm hearts, ardent affec-
TONS Bind your whole family together by
these strong cords. You cannot make them too
strong. Religion is love; love to God; love to
man.-Chambefs' y6urnal.
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1855-03-31

WoMAN's DEvoTIoN.-A case of womans de.
votion has recently been brought to our knowl-
edge which certainly equals anything that we
have ever met with in the realms of romance.
The circumstances occurred in this city, and
are perfectly well authenticated While the
small pox was raging here a few weeks ago, a
young man employed in store on Lake street
was seized with the disease. 1t was, of course,
improper for him to remain there, and the
people with whom he lived, who were distant
relatives of his, refused to permit him to stay
in their house. The result was that he was
taken to the pest-house. 1t SO happened that
he was engaged to be married to most estima-
BILE and amiable young lady. No sooner did
she hear Of his condition, than she determined
at once that she would nurse him. She under
went vaccination, and then went where they
had taken her betrothed, to the pest-house. Here
she found him, alone, sick, wretched. deserted
by all the world. And here she remained, like
ministering angel, waiting beside his bed of
pain, soothing his distresses, and attending to
his wants. He died. But how consoling must
have been his last moments. Though all the
world had forsaken him, she, whom he loved
better than all the world, remained faithful to
the last. Her hand it was that smoothed his
pillow; her eyes still beamed upon him with
mournful but undated affection; into her ear
he poured his last words of love, of sorrow, and
Of hopes that in this world might never be full
filled.
1t recalled to our mind, when we heard it,
the words that Bulwer puts in the mouth of one
OF his characters: "To be watched and tended
by the one we love, who would not walk blind
and barefoot over the whole world % #e
7fx.k.
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DUMFouEDED P1G.-The Knickerbocker
tells the following good yarn in it's editors
table:
One of our western, farmers, being very much
annoyed last summer by his best sow breaking
into the corn field, search was instituted in vain
for hole in the rail fence. Failing to find any,
an attempt was made to drive out the animal by
the same way of her entrance; but of course
without success. The owner then resolved to
watch her proceedings; and posting himself in
a fence corner, he saw her enter at one end of
hollow log, outside the field, and emerge at the
other end within the enclosure. Eureka I"
cried he, I have you now old LADY," Ac-
cordingly, he proceeded, after turning her out
once more, to SO arrange the log tit being very
crooked) that both ends opened on the outside
of the field. The next day the animal was
observed to enter at her accustomed place, and.
shortly emerge again.
Her astonishment," says our informant. cat
finding herself in the same field whence she
had started is too ludiorous to be described!
She look this way and then that, grunted her
dissatisfaction, and finally returned to her
original starting; and after deliberate survey
Of matters, to satisfy herself that it was all
right, she again entered the log. On emerging
yet once more on the wrong side, she evinced
even more surprise than before, and turning
about retraced the log in on opposite direction.
Finding this effort likewise in vain, after look
ing long and attentively at the position of things
with short, angry grunt of disappointment,
and perhaps fear, she turned short round, and
started off on brisk run, nor could either
coaxing or driving ever after induce her to visit
that part Of the field! She seemed to have
superstition concerning the spot"
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SABBATH ZEBI AND THE MoHAMMETANs,-In the
year 1914, some Mohammetsns came to Sabbati
Zebi and told him, " As you are at the head of
those who believe in the One and Omnipotent we
will propose to you some questions if you can
give us a satisfactory answer we we will embrace
your religion, and testify that the laws of your pro.
phet are the best"
"Ask me" Sabbath replied.
"What is the name of the lock-" thew asked
''to lock up heaven, and which is the key to un.
lock it ?"
What is the name of the grave which went off
with its contents? p
How many appeared and lived on this earth
without having been born ~
"Where is the place on which the Sun shone
but once?"
sabbati replied, "The lock of Heaven is idolatry;
and the key to unlock it, is the confession Hear
o Israel, God is our Lord, God is One"
"The grave that has gone off with its contents
is the fish that swallowed Jonah, having gone with
him through eight seas; God made the body of
the fish penetrable, and the prophet saw the
treasure Of the deep"
"Those living on earth without having been
born are four, Adam and Eve, the ram of Abraham
and the serpent of Noses" ,a.,
"The place upon which the Sun shone but once
is the Red Sea, which was divided by Noses"
The lsrdeSite.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-07-24
The state AsvIum for the Blind.

The State Asylum for the Blind.
There seems to be great dissatisfaction
with the present management of the Indiana
Asylum for the Blind, particularly among the
pupils of the Institute. The gtst of the
matter we DO not exactly understand, but it
seems that one of the teachers, Prof. Hoss,
has been "outsed.' The pupils declare
themselves pleased with Prof. Hoss, and de-
sire the removal of the Superintendent, Geo.
w. Ames. This they asked of the Trustees,
but their request was not complied with
They therefore appeal to the public in san
address to the citizens of Indiana" We give
herewith an extract, setting forth their
causes of complaint against the present
Superintendent:
"Among our aggrievances, we present and
certify to the following:
1st. That the Superintendent of the lnsti-
tuition, is man entirely void of sympathy
for those under his charge.
Cd Heis void of interest in our progress,
the evidences of which are, that he neither
Classics the students in their various classes,
nor even visits the classes once a month
Hence we doubt, if he ever knows what
studies are being taughtin the institution.
Sd. He is 'tyrannical in his government
ruling never by persuasion and kind
ness, but rather by hafshness, threats and
menaces.
4th. He is in the habit of using harsh
Language to US generally, and the females par
ticularIy, and often also to our friends who
visit US at the Institution.
9th. He is in the habit, in his remarks
to US, of making comparisons improper
and odious, illustrating our manners and
misfortunes by likening US to blind horses.
9Th. There is little or no reliance 10 be
placed in his promises to us as pupils.
7th. He has refused the female por-
ton of the school keys and bolts to The
sleeping rooms; The result of which is that
certain of said rooms have been entered
time and again. at various hours of the night,
by persons unknown, the consequence being
great fear and. dread, and also the loss of
money and other property.
This Superintendent, Geo. w Ames, is
one of the three Methodist ministers of this
State, who supported the Old Line ticket
last year. He is certainly perfectly unfit
for his present position, and public opinion
should compel the Trustees to remove him.
Indidndp. Jour.
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Constitution 8- LG16s.


And here is another from the Goshen
Democrat, which took the rounds OF almost
the entire LocoIoco press:
Polk it to him fClay) that in mo ais he is
profilgnte-in politics knave-that he is
a blackleg and a gambler-a debauchee--a
Sabbath breaker-a profane swearer-a duel
list and STAKEHOLDER; that he has twice at
tempted the life of his fellow man-that he
was the principal agent in the death of Gil
ley--that ne wrote The challenge, and that
when the moral sense of the Union was
stocked, and sorrow brooded On every heart
at the result, he remarked with fiend like
augh-such as echoes through the vaults of
ell, that sit was only nine davs' bubblen'
Polk it to him, that he is an aristocrat and
s'aveholder-that the hand of the slave fans
him in his midday slumbers-that the BIBLE
has n" place on his plantation that more
than nifty men, women, and children are
toilihg for him day by day--in the most pro-
found updity-ignorant of their own rio hts;
ignorant of the existence of God; to whose
ears the news of glad tidings was never
preached; and who are themselves corrupted
and degraded by the dissolute example Of
their master-that the sound of the overseer's
lash daily resounds from their backs, and
that he, Henry Clay, the god whom the
Wings worship, has even sold his own chill
dren into servtude.
Now if Henry Clay and the old Wing par
ty we're good and patriotic and glorious, as
the ahtiAmericans who want Wing votes
tell us they were, we ask If it does not seem
almost pity that God permits the authors
of the fendish SANDERS of 1874 to pollute
and poison HIS atmosphere with their foul
and pestiferous breath.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-07-24
From the Louisville Journal
THEN AND NOW.

We must acknowledge that it puts our
and paragraphs Of the Anti-American papers
and to listen to the speeches of AntiAmer-
lean candidates and orators in re alton to Hen
ry Clay. In every Anti-AmeIican paper and
from very A nti. American candidate, we see
and hear the most h!ghly-w wrought eulcgies
upon the mar upon whom they now call the
immortal sta esman of Ashland. They talk
of him as a man of proud and honorable prin-
ciples; they deDominate him ''the glorious
Clay;" they speak of him as being too lofty
in all his feelings and impulses and senti-
ments ever to stoop to concealment or de-
ception; they tell US, that, while he was the
leader of the Wing party, it was noble and
bold and generous and patriotic party; and
they invoke his name in every assault upon
the American organization and ask how his
pure and high and naughty soul, if he were
now alive, would regard such as organization
Now we say to Anti-American newspa
pers and these Anti-American aspirants for
office, that, if what they mnst say about Hen
ry Clay and the old Whig party is just and
true, if it has one particle of justice and truth
in it, they themselves have been, throughout
nearly the whole of their political lives, the
vilest and basest and most infamous liars and
slauderers that ever disgraced their kind.
By the declarations, which, for the sake OF
securing Anti Know Nothing votes, they are
now putting forth as to Henry Clay and the
old Wing party, they proclaim themselves to
have been, through nearly all the years of
their existence, a set of calumniators fit for
nothing better than to have their tongues cut
or pulled out of their mouths or bored through
and through with red-hot irons. If Henry
Clay was great and good and lofty and patri.
otto, and if the life of the Wing party was
proud and glorious, what sort of men or beasts
or devils can those editors and demagogues
have been, WIN, with their accursed pens and
lips, lied away the life's life of both Henry
Clay and the Wing party!
We have been daily intending for some
time past to look over the fields of those old
Democratic editors, who, to win Wing sup
port to the Anti-American of Sag NIGHT
cause, are now so loud and rapturous in their
praise of Henry Clay and the old Wing par
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-07-24
GrThe opposition press apparently takes

TThe opposition press apparently takes
great pleasure in abiding to the late Repub
lican Convention as the sc reatA bolitionC Con-
vention," and to its platform as the Abolition
platform. Now the bitterest opponent OF
that Convention and its platform in the Old
Line press OF Indiana, is the State Sentinel,
and that paper thus comments on the Repub-
ican platform:
"Every one perceves at glance that the
only practical and tangible plank in the plat
form on the slavery question is the restora-
ton of the Missouri Compromise"
Certainly the mere demand for the resto
ratior of the Missouri Compromise does not
make the late Convention an Abolition
Convention, nor the platform an Abolition
platform. If SO, there are thousands of rank
Aboiitonists in the Slave States, for there
are thousands of men there, and Shareholders
too, aye, and Democrats too. who occupy this
position.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-07-24
TUESDAY MoRNING.::::::::JULY
Political and sociaI Affafrs.

The political horizon of the present day,
presents remarkably hazy appearance in
many quarters, while in others the utmost
confusion and internal strife prevails. A
period has arrived where the philosophy oil
our government is attempted to be worked
out by series of extremes, which are being
embraced and advocated. with zeal and a
determination, that seriously threaten the
quiet and safety and more especially the
unity of our whole organic Republican
system. Political parties and factions in
many of the most enlightened localities of
the Union appear to have entirely lost their
bearings on the troubled sea of politics: they
appear to have lost their compass which
alone points to the old Union harbor of
safety. There probably never was in the
history of political parties such an indepen-
dent determination to ego it alone" and for
each and every faction to cohere and advo,
cate it's own peculiar notions as at present.
There is no longer any common centre for
all to rally around. no mean to be arrived at
between the many extremes.
There is no platform of principles extant,
which is not more or less tinctured
with some vexed and dscordant element.
Let every professed patriot look over the
catalogue of isms that are now en-
braced in the leading issues between con-
tending parties. They enter into our entire
social and political system from Maine to
Utah, from the Northwest to the Southeast.
Men can no longer choose the party to
which they would willingly attach them
selves, and lend cordial support.
The only question is what ism suits our
own latitude and longitude best? We pro-
pose to make our own choice, and as the
frightful word ism has no terrors for US, we
frankly confess ours to be American-iSm.
We plant ourselves upon the Constitution
and will there bide the tempest and stand or
fall. Let the waves of fiery agitation roll
on, the stout, new, LUe-oak American ship,
will hurl them back to the depths below
There is no other ark of safety left for
honest lovers of freedom and free-goyern-
ment but to adopt the American creed both
in letter and sentiment. The great Amer
lean heart united upon the broad pl atform Of
the Constitution, is the only bulwark able &c
repel the assaults of fanaticsm, and the ma
Chinations of demagogues.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-07-24

The firm of Clemens & Caughee, of Erie,
has experienced for some months the vista
tons OF an adroit burglar. Their store has
been opened several times and money of
different amounts taken. Six hundred dol
lars was taken at one time. The robber had
keys to The door and sale, and was SO skillfu
as to evade all watchers. Last night, how
ever, one of the firm watched, having secret
ed himself in the loft, the floor being scut'led
so that he could see down to the store. He
was successful. The light appeared in the
store below. He saw the burglar was
about to leave, when Mr. c called to him to
stop, ard told him that if he moved toward
the door he was dead man. He hesitated,
but finally plunged for the door and Mr.. G..
fred. He however escaped, was tracked
short distance by his blood, and was at last
found at neighboring honse nearly dad,
the whole charge OF the rifle having entered
his shoulder and passed down into his body
He proved to be man by the name of Mark
Miner, and confessed his crimes He was
just alive when the cars left this morning.
Clere. Plaindeater, nth
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GREAT IN LXGEK.-A German, named
Christian Clause, testified in liquor trial at
PoughkeePsie, that he had drank IN one day
sixty glasses of Lager Beer, each glass hold
ing a pint, and that it did not intoxicate
him. If a small German (the reporter says
he was under size) can drink y gallons OF
Lager in one day, the question is, how much
could large one drink?