Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1855-03-10

slave owners is 347, 525 OF this number $3.50
hold only one slave; 1o5,6s3. hold under .tp
slaves and so, 766, hold under ten slaves making
255, 26s who own from one to nine slaves inclusive
A further examination will exhibit that those WHIT
own under tscenty slaves to be 81, 595; under fifty
2e,7ss. Making total of SS9, 500, who own from
one to fifty Now, the remainder, 1929, are classi
fed as follows: @
Between 80 and 100. 5,1s
| 100 and 200. ........................... Lay
| 200 and under 800. .............. 10
| 800 " 800. D
500 g " 1000. Observation-Disclosures.
| And over thousand.
Now, this table proves conclusively that it is no
the pery wealthy teo who are mainly interested il
keeping up this system, but the masses who owl
from one to twenty slaves and who do not conside
themselves the very rich, and should convince thos
clear sighted people, the Abotonists, that any at
tempt to produce difference Of opinion on thi
subject by creating poor and rich party amongs
the Southern people, is utterly hopeless, as thu
poor party amongst the slave owners is by far thu
most numerous, and that the institution is for thu
benefit Of the majority-which branch is still in
creasng.
| Mental service is amongst the first Of the wants
of man, who is improving his condition by acquire
! ment of property. He desires the services
another so soon as he can procure the means to d.
so. The improving and industrious are the mos
numerous and increasing class and every veal
strengthens their number in the South and possibly
diminishes the other extremes and it is within the
range Of possibility that the next Census will show
that the greatest number Of slave owners are those
who own less than ten slaves.
The foregoing remarks are presented to om
readers as the result Of few hours examination o.
| the Compendium Of the United States Census fol
1850, Of which we cannot refrain from saying few
| words in commentator. It is work highly
creditable to our government and those gentlemen
| who suggested the forms Of the tables, and those
subjects which, for the first time, have been made
| the object of enquiry.
The folio Census is one of the most praiseworthy
publications ever issued by our government
monument Of the growing greatness Of our vast
common country. But the Compendium, which
we have consulted, is We believe, entirely the labor
Of Professor J.. D. B. DeBow, who is too favorably
known to require praise at our hands, This gen.
tleman has, as the Compendium shows, genius
peculiarly adapted to this sort Of investigation and
his intellectual grasp, patience industry, and skill
| As WE ExPEcrED.-Messrs. Cade l. Baker hav-
ing thrown up the contract for the completion Of
the New, Orleans, Opelousas and Great Western
Railroad from Mrs Tanners to Berwick's Bay,
some Of our country exchanges, unacquainted with
the causes have already commenced intimating
that to the new Board Of Directors is attached the
| blame. Our contemporaries are a little too fast
They should bear in mind that there is always two
sides to all questions; and, as we profess to be
pretty well posted up in this matter, We shall en-
brace the earliest opportunity Of placing the public
in possession of certain facts which will exhibit
things and parties in their true light. 81 Il NM
We were among the first to congratulate the
public when we heard that these gentlemen had
undertaken the contract, knowing them to be
possessed Of ample means to ensure its early com
pletion, and shall be among the first to assign the
reasons which caused them to relinquish it. Suffice
it for the present to say that the fault is not with
| the new Board Of Directors who were willing and
eager to sign the contract as written out and first
agreed upon-but with the contractors. Thii
assertion, we shall endeavor to establish beyond
cavil audi azterum partens before you'll pass judg
ment. 5. .sss II
/ HoLDEN's STAGE LISE.-Our energetic fellow.
townsman, B. r. Holden, Esq, It win be observed
by consulting our advertising columns, has estab
lished line II sstages between Thibodaux, Tiger.
vile, and the Lafourche Crossing Of the New Or
leans, Opelousas and Great Western Railroad, to
be run tri-weekly, thus affording the travelling
public sure, safe, cheap and expeditions route
from New Orleans to the Attakapas country &C
conmodating At the same time the citizens O
Terebonne, Houma, and Bayou Black, who here
tofore have had no other means Of conveyance
except BY private vehicles ' sasi@a g
/ An enterprise Of this sort had long been needed
but until now, none have had TIE nerve to embark
in the business Il is 70 be hoped thst friend
Holden Win BE suitably rewarded for his untnine
energy and perseverance |; Few-in fact none
among our citizens hare done more to advance the
interest Of Thibodaux than Mr.. Holden. !, Il IS bu
just that he should be literally encouraged, rs hi.
outlay il establishing this line Of stages has beer
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