Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1855-08-18
A Suggestion.


From time to time we have been requested t
suggest to the President and Directors of the n. o.
0. & G. W. Railroad, the proprety, if not tn
necessity of changing the hours of departure of tn
cars from New Orleans and the I.afourche Crossing
AS the arrangements now stand, the whole matte
appears to have been regulated for the speca
purpose OF accommodating the citizens of New
Orleans, while at the same time nearly all ths
travel on the road is derived from the country
| Now it appears to us that were the cars to leave
the Lafourche Crossing at o'clock, A NJ, lnsteae
of at 8, P. NJ it would much better suit the con
venience of the people. They could leave thell
homes in the morning go to tho city, remain three
hours for the transaction of business and arrive al
home again by o'clock in the evening. There is
another way in which it would afford great &C
commodation to our citzens-and that is in send,
ing small orders by the Express. Under the plan
suggested the train would always arrive In the
city at business hours and it would be quite easy
for the express messenger to attend to all his
orders before the train ready to leave in the
evening. But as things now are, it requires three
days to have orders filled, from the fact that the
again before they are ready for business on the
following morning; consequently the orders can
not be delivered until the next day
If our suggestions meet the views of the officers
of the Company, we feel assured that the change
would greatly add to the convenience Of the
country patrons of the road
A DOUBLE GAME-Col. inc L. Lewis, the De.
mocratic,-no! we should have said Anti-Know
Nothing candidate for the Senate, in one of the Red
River districts, in speech delivered at Minden,
parish Of Claiborne, on the 21st ult, pandered to
the prejudces of his American born hearers those
of Anglo-Saxon descent by aliusion to the French
name of the Know Nothing candidate for Governor,
Mr.. Derbigny; and the Spanish name of the Amer
lean candidate for Lieut.. Governor, Mr.. Texada,
endeavoring to leave the impression on the minds of
his hearers that these men were foreigners, and
sneakingly asked them if they would vote for men
whose names they could neither spell nor pro-
nounce!
This same party in Lafourche seek to impress
upon our Creole friends that they are their true
friends; and would sacrifice theirlast drop of blood
to secure them equal rights. Which party has
shown the Creole portion of our population the
most respect the X. Ms or the Antics? Let our
State Ticket decide. Look at the two, and Judge
for yourselves. The American looks to the place
Of birth only, and not whether the candidate is of
an English, French, Spanish, Irish, or Italian
parentage. Deeds speak louder than words, the
sincerity Of the American party of Louisiana,
towards the Creole population. The Red River
Democracy are no lovers of the Creole population
if are to form opinion from the uttered senti-
ments Of Col. Jno. L. Lewis Of Bienville
Mr.. Derbigny is the son Of one of our Governors,
was Senator and Representative in the General
Assembly of the State for many years. and has al
ways borne pure and irreprcachable character as
a citizen and patriot. Mr.. Texada is a Creole
boy Of North Louisiana, whose parents and grand
parents were born in the parish of Rapides He
has been in public life for many years, and ever
answering in his attachment to Democratic prin-
ciples.