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Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1856-04-19

SNEcfS8LOW :
CTATE OF LOUISIANA-Fifth Judicial Dis
y trict Court Parish Of Lafourche.
WHEREAS NJ H. DAUNIs, Of the parish ofof Terrebonne,
Administrator Of said Estate has filed with the Clerk Of
said Court final account Of mis- administration praying
that ii be honoogated,
Therefore, apersons hereby warned and notified to
e their objections il they have 70 the said account
with the Clerk of said Court at his office in the town Of
Thibodaux within ten days after the first publication
hereof or the said will be confirmed in due
of law.
Witness my hand and the seal of said Court, this
n 10Th day Of April, eighteen hundred and fftys
[15-Al L. 3. ALLAN, Clerk
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1856-04-19

OLD DOCUMENTS ARE DANGEROUS THISGs.-
We see it stated that the Hon. James Buchanan
delivered Fourth Of July grafton, At Lancas-
ter, Pa, in 1915, in the course Of which he
said: "Above all, we ought to drive from our
shores foreign influence, and cherish American
feeling. Foreign influence has been, in every
age, the curse Of republics-its jsundiced eye
sees every thing in false colors. The thick at
mosphere Of prejudice by which it is ever sur
rounded, excluding from its sight the light Of
reason
Well, what Of it! Didn't Mr.. Buchanan once
declare that If he thought he had drop Of
Democratic blood in his veins, he would let it
out, and is he not now patent pure steel Dem
ocrat! Consistency in politicians is altogether
. novelty -ExchGnge. e
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1856-04-19

The CRops.-The Dadeville (Ala.) Banner, Of
the 10th, speaking of the prospects of the sea-
son, says:
Never, within our recollection, has there been
so backward a spring in this country. 1t is
now the 10th day of April, and we have fire.
quently seen vegetation more forward on the 1st
of March; in fact We have had but few days
that resemble spring in the least, and our far
mers are generally as far behind as the season,
none of them having planted cotton, and but few
have planted their corn, and those who have not
are considered most prudent, as the wet and
cold threatens the destruction of the seed plan
ted. For the last two or three days the pros
poets are better; we have had fine open weather
with very light frosts at night
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1856-04-19

The Truth OF THE Misunderstanding Of the
late municipal election in St. Louis, the inteligen-
Ger of the 9th says:
The Pilot displays good sense and regard for
truth in declining to claim the election of Mr.. How,
for Mayor, as Democratic victory. The Demo
crat regards the result as a triumph over Douglas
and Nebraska Mr.. How's position on national pol
itics (says that paper is identical with that of Col
Benton and everybody knows that COL Benton's
position is decidedly antagonstic that Of the Ne
braskaites
The Nebraska Democrats Of the South should
"rejoice with exceeding great joy" over such a
triumph! Well, they do, and have. Vipe Ia hum.
bug There's only thousand millions Of dollars at
stake, therefore, shareholders should become jubi
LIANT over the triumph of party, the members Of
which, not one out Of ten, have the smallest pecu-
mary interest in the peculiar institution"
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Aston Mygatt & Co.,

Successors TO BURNETT BosrwICK,
PUBLISHERS, Booksellers, Sta R;I{}a
i TONERS and dealers in Blank Work, at AEEs3V
No Is Camp street, (between Canal and ssASsAsny
Common sreets New Oreaes constantly receiving all
the Books Of the day they issued from the Press
Also, School Books, Stationery, &c.
Orders from Dealers for Private Libraries promptly
shipped, and at low prices.
ALSO-A large assortment Of sILEsIAN WAREo~
of the latest patterns kept hand Large quantities
Of this being sold in every section Of TES9
country, and is undoubtedly the best substitute -
for silver vet brought into We have ALSO Plated
Silver Ware, with which shall be pleased supply
customers, preferred. ASTON Wyatt CO.,
apll9 1y Is Camp street, n. o.
Spratt's Self-sealing Cans,
Tor Preserving Fruits, Vegetables, &c. For
Il sale by ASTON Wyatt & CO.,
apl19 ~ Is Camp street. n. O.
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Notice of Election

Notice of Election.
DURSUANT to law and regulations of the town
i of Th,bodaux there will be held election MON
DAY. 5th May, 1885, between the hours Of A. NJ. and
P NJ by the Mayor and two Trustees, for the purpose Of
eecting Mayor and Six Aldermen to serve for year
Also Three Directors for the Guion Academy and for Tax
or no Tax for building Bridge. ]. R. VERRET,
Thibodaux, April II. Secretary.
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Avis d'Electlon.

Avis d'ElectlOn.
NONFORMEMENT aux ORDINANCES de Ia vile
" election tenue Lundi, lie SEINE jour de Mai,
1885, 10 heures du m,tn ct heure de apres mi
d. par lie Mare ct dsux Administrators pour ere Mai
six Administrators pour lie dun an ct trois
Directors dEcole pour lie Guon Academy, pour Ia
on non tax, pour batir lie Point. j. R. yERRET,
AvrI, 10, 1856 Secretaire.
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1856-04-19

WONDERFUL CANINE SAGAc1TY.-The Troy
IN w. Times Of the Sd publishes the follow
ing:
The Messrs. Staude, tobacconists, No. IS,
Congress street, closed their store last evening,
leaving their favorite Newfoundland inside. This
morning, on opening the store, the floor in the
back room was found to be on FIRE, and the dog
was laboring with his fore feet and mouth try
ing to subdue it. A pail Of water which stood
in the room had been poured down the hole.
The faithful animal had so successfully COM
batted the FIRE as to prevent its spreading beyond
spot two or three feet square. How long the
noble fellow had stood sentinel and fought down
the advancing flames can only be conjectured-
it must have been several hours. His feet, legs
and mouth we're badly burned, and it is feared
that he is seriously injured internally by inhal-
ing the hot air. He refuses food, and is appar-
emily in much pain. We trust the sagacious and
faithful creature is not dangerously injured.
This is the same dog which discovered the man
Lally on the ice few weeks since.
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1856-04-19
HIGHLY IMPORTANT NEWSt
Particularly Interesting to the Citizens
OF ThibOdaux and Vicinity!

rw One of the principal points in the settlement
Of the Eastern affairs with the Peace Conference sitting
in Paris is the Of the Land OF Canaan to the
Jews Therefore all good Jews who wish to participate in
that restoration have to keep themselves III readiness at
moments warning to depart. -
MERCHANDISE hand and under way from the principal
Eastern and Northern Cities consisting Of large and well
Spring and Summer Goods.
invite the public to come and examine purchasing
elsewhere will sell off, may the sacrifice be what it WILL
Therefore don't lose the present opportunity
The articles consist of Ladies' Dress Silks, baek coofeds
and figured Spring and Summer Dress Goods Of various
qualities and styles White Goods Of all descriptions, such
as Swiss Null Book and Nansook Musns Bishop Lawns,
and Cambrcs, White and Fancy Figured and
and Dotted Muslins,
WHITE EMBROIDERED ROBES,
large assortment of French and American printed Mnsns
| and Lawns; a large variety Of French and American
Prints; EMBRoIDERIES-such as Bands, Collars, seeves
Chmisettes, and skirts;
Ladies' Misses and Chdrens' Bonnets, Bennett Ribbons,
Artificial Flowers. Black and Coored SILK SUMMER
MANTILLAs, various styles Ladies', Misses and Chill
drens' French, English and American HOSIERY.
Silk Fiet se Thread, and Cotton GLOVES and MITTS
Ladies' Misses and Chidrens Shoes, Bootees Caters and
Slippers. Bobinett, Linen and Cotton MOSQUITO NET
EMBROIDERED WINDOW CURTAINS;
Linen and Cotton SHEETINGs, Bedquls, Bleached and
Brown Cottons Coonades Linen D. ills, fine Irish, Gray
Ladies' Umbrellas and ParasoIs.
arg aRG s
larger, better assorted and CHEAPER than any other
stock in this place-consisting Of
Drap de Etc. French and English Merino, Alpaca, and
Silk Alpaca, White and Fancy Linen Duck and Drill PALE
TOTS, SACK and FROCK COATS, PANTS and VESTS;
shirt Collars White Fancy Shirts Fancy and Silk Sum
mer Cravats suspenders Mems Youths and Chdrens
Brown White and Fancy Lisie Thread and Cotton Hose.
HA ES-Men's Youths and Chldren's Campeachy Leg.
horn Panama, Silk French and American Fur and Wool
s0't so 1as sa1 sa igt BRoeANs AND SLIPPERS
Aso-a large Negro Cloth and Hats for Planters And
few Rolls Fancy STRAW MATING at
j. NJ LOEWENSTEIN'S Jew Store,
Thbotaux, April I. Cor st. Louis and I'd st.
Plantation Dry Goods.
BOOTS and Shoes, Hats and Clothing, for sale
ID cheap for cash, by (mhasl A. B. Raglan.
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Successiona Of Pierre Trons.
STATE OF LOUISIANA-Fifth Judicial Dis
~ trict Court, Parish Of Lafourche.
WHEREAS, LEUFROY DAUNIs. Of said parish Admins
of said Estate has filed with the Clerk of said Court
final account Of his Administration, praying that it BE-
homologated,
Therefore all persons hereby warned and notified 10
file their objections II they have to the said account
with the Clerk of said Court at his Office in the
Thbodaux within days after the first publication here
Of the said account will be confirmed in due course Of
law.
Witness my hand and the seal Of said Court, this
II 9Th daY Of April, thousand eight hundred and
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1856-04-19

nOOR SPRINGS-Inmann' Patent Steel Door
II Springs the cheapest and best article now in use iof
closing doors. may be had Of the special agents o hs La
fourche parishes, SIT Mbkipf q Iheee'
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1856-04-19
Succession de Pierre Tron6.

Succe8s70fs de PieTre 7FOn6
TTAT DE LA LOUISIANE.-Cour du Gin
" auieme District, Paroisse de Iafourche
ArrENDu: Que LEUFR0Y DAUNIS, de Ia dte parosse,
Administrator de la dte Succession jour depose
lie Grefier de Ia dte Cour, compile final de Admin
istration demandant quill soft approuvee,
En- consequence outes les personnes qu pourent avor
des objections dit compile sont par les presenes no
fees de les deure Greer de La Cour bureau dams
Ia vile de Thbodaux dams les dix jours qu suvront IL
premiere publication de Get avis snonle dit compte
corde ct conirme scion Ia lo
Tsmoin ma main ct lie sceau de Ia dite Cour, ce
NS3S 10 Ayri, mil hut cent Guaranteeing
Wk1&8 1921 L. 8. ALLAN, Greffer.
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1856-04-19

Successior de Nine Mary Dean decided epouse 1Os1ds
Osba1,'n ct ComBunnutee
VIENTE ADMINISTRATIONS de Ia
Y Louisi ne, parosse de Lafourche.
Judici re segeant dams ct pour Ia parosse Laourene
sera oert pubque par lie soussghe 'e futsnf'
de In sus,lite succession fhabation de James BIZ
len situe en- Ia dte paroisse rive gauche du bayou
aourche environ deux miles audessus de Ia vile de Th
bodaux,
Vendredi lie Gene jour de mai, 1856.
a 10 heures, A. NJ, les ESCLAvES suvant saveir:
EMELY une negresse agee denvifon IS ans;
LUXE, Negro age denviron 10 ans;
ct lenr deux enfanss-
LOUISIANA une negresse agee d'environ Bans;
AUGUSTA, IN jeune negre age d'envron ~ ans
rERMES COMPLIANT
Avril5, 1856. osIAs OsBURS, Tuteor.
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1856-04-19

Succession of Hrs Mlry DEAN decedsed acie 81 Ostds
Os,urn and Community.
4 DEMONSTRATION SALE.-State Of Louisi-
"A ana, Parish Of LafOurchs. .
District Court sitting in and for the Parish Of Lafourche,
there win be offered ale public auction by the under
signed Tutor II the above estate 1T the Plantation
Of james Biu situated in the said Parish the left hank
Of BAYOU afourche about two miles above the town OF
Thbodaux, on
Friday, the 9th day Of May, 1856.
at 10 O'clock H. following described SLAVES towh:
EMILY, negro woman aged about IS years;
LUKE, a negro man aged about 10 years;
and their two children
LOUISIANA, negro girl aged about 10 years; and
AUGUSTUS, negro hoy aged about 10 years.
TERMS-CASH
April S, 1856. OsIAs osBURS, Tutor
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What do you think
Pat M'Kee will shave for ftp,
And give you q drink.

The sign was duly punctuated, but the points
we're so small as not to be discerned without sharp
attention. So, when Pats thirsty customers would
demand their drinks for their fps, in addition to
their shaves the willy barber would lead them out,
and "minding his stops" read the sign ovea thus:
What! do you think
Pat MKee will shave for ftp
And give you drink?
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Extlte Of Paschdl Rose.
Y TIE OF LOUISIANA Fifth .1udicial %

STATE OF LOUISIANA-Fifth Judicial Dis
~ trict Court, parish of Lafourche.
WHEREAS, CALEB J. TUCKER Of the said parish, Adj
mnistrator said Estate has rendered provisional ac-
count Of his Administration with the Clerk Of said Court,
praying that il may be homoogated,
Therefore all persons are hereby warned and notified to
file their objections any they have to the said account
with the Clerk of said Court at his office in the town Of
Thibod,ux thirty days after the first publication hereof
the said will be confirmed in due course oflaw
Witness my hand and the seal Of said Court, this
& 5th day Of April thousand eight hundred and
49, fifty six. [16-5tl L. 8. ALLAN Clerk
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1856-04-19

CARTs AND WAGONS-An additional supply
just received from the manufacturers, for sale BY
aar1 II. HOLDEN.
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IyuccesS3O11 dc Pl8h0E ROSe.
THTAT DE LA LOUlSIANE.-Cour du CIn-
IL quieme District, Parosse de Lafourche.
ArrKSDu: Que CALEB TUCKER, de Ia dte paroisse,
Administrator Ia dte Succession &c jour depose dams
dite Cour compe provsoire de son ADMINISTRATOR
denandant gull soft approuvee.
En- consequence qu aver des
objections compile les presentes notifies dc
les deduire Greer de Ia dte Cour, son bureau dams
Ia vile de Thbodaux dams les rente ours qui suvront Ia
premiere publication de avis simon lie dit comte sera &c
cord& ct corfirme scion la loi.
Temon ma main ct lie scean de Ia dite Coof, &C
S 5 d'Avril, mil-huit cent cinquanse, 81, SIX
VkoS 165u L. 8. ALLAN, Grefhef.
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lust received a large lot of Garrett Cottman's
q Steel Moulded Ploughs, different sizes.
NH eft V. RICHARD & Co.
Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1856-11-06

HIM that the wife of the person whom our
Crusoe named as the head of the Moul-
mein crew, had lately come out in very
costly garments, and that her daughters
were also very richly dressed, and that
it was generally known that the man had
made lately "a very successful expedition
to one of the Preparis Islands, and had
brought back rich boat load of cocoa
nuts. Robinson Crusoe has been sent to
Moulmein to identify the murderers,
whom he knows by name as well as by
appearance. Conceive their horror and
amazement when they are confronted
with the man they must have long ago
considered drowned and dovourcd by
sharks. Time will show whether the
mans story turns out true. His narra-
tive was clearly and dispassionoteiy given.
Indian Paper.
Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1856-11-06
VARIETY.
'sDOn't WORRY.

This is the first thing an editor should
get by heart. If Mr.. Sloctm threatens
to Withdraw his patronage, because you
criticised Prof. Draws lecture on the
onion question, don't worry-but tell him
to go ahead and do it. IL Mr.. Bullion
writes you an insulting letter, saying that
if you don't stop writing about the Did
dleton Railroad, he will ruin you with a
lawsuit--don't worry, but dare him to try
it on. If Mr.. Smith threatens to ''cave
your ugly head in" because you mention.
ed thnt "his son Bob was sent to the
Tombs, for pelting a street lamp with
brick-bnts--don't worry, but tell him you
love the law, you dine on salad made of
red tape and sealing wax. If Mr.. Silk
approaches you with horse pistol "that
kicks" and offers to blow your brains out
if you ever again allude to his visits to
Mrs. Denure-don't worry about it, but
tell him to blaze away. Again we say,
never worry. If you do, you are no
more calculated for an editor, than
quaker is for marine hornpipes.
Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1856-11-06
AneCdOte.

The following anecdote relate Oh the
authority of Wilson: "A box" he says,
gifted up in the window of the room
where slept, was taken possession of by
pair of wrens. Already the nest was
built, and two eggs laid, when one day,
the window being open, as well as the
door, the female wren, venturing too far
in the room, was sprung upon by the cat,
and destroyed. Curious to know how the
surviving wren would act in the circum.
stances, watched him carefully for sew
eral days. At first he sang with great
spirit. This continued for an hour or
two. After this, becoming uneasy, he
went off for an hour. On his return, he
chanted again as before, and went to the
top of the house, stable, and weeping
willow, so that his mate would hear him
but, seeing nothing of her, he once more
visited the nest, ventured cautiously into
the window, gazed about with suspicious
looks, his voice sinking into a low, sad
tone, as he stretched his neck in every
direction. Returning to the box, he
seemed for some minutes quite at loss
what to do, and soon went off, as thought
altogether, for saw no more of him that
day. Toward the afternoon of the second
day, he again made his appearance III
company with another female, who seem
ed exceedingly shy, and, though not unit
after great hesitation, entered the box
At this moment he little widower seemed
as though he would warble his very life
ont with JOY.
Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1856-11-06
MISCELLANEOUS.
had Luck.

A little bad luck is beneficial now and
then:-If Patrick Henry had not failed
in the grocery business, it is not at all
probable that he would ever have been
heard of as an orator. He might have
become celebrated, but it would not have
been for his eloquence, but the great
wealth he acquired by speculation in
bar soap and ak handles. Roger Sher-
man became a signer Of the Declaration
of independence" for no other reason
than that he could not make a living at
shoemaking. He cut his bristles and
staked his "all'' on the "rights of man.
The consequence was that the same indi-
vidual who found it bootless to make
shoes, in few years became living
power in our revolution.
Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1856-11-06
Too Much Business,

This is a world of innexible commerce !;
nothing is ever given away, but every
thing is bought and paid for. If, by ex-
elusive and absolute surrender of our
selves to material pursuits, we material
ize the mind, we lose that class of salts
faction of which the mind is the region
and resource. A young man in business,
for instance, begins to feel the exhilera-
ting glow of success, and deliberately de-
termines to abandon himself to its deli
cious whirl. He says to himself, II will
think of nothing but business until have
made so much money, and then will be-
gin a new life. will gather round me
books, pictures and friends. | will have
knowledge, taste, and cultivation, the per-
fumes of scholarship, and winning speech
and graceful manners. will see for
eign countries and converse with accom-
plished men. / will drink deep of the
fountain of classic lore. Philosophy shall
guide me, history shall instruct me, amp
poetry shall charm me. Science shall
open to me her wonders. | shall then
remember my present life of drudgery as
one that recalls dream when the morn
ing has dawned." He keeps his self
registered vow. He bends his thoughts
downwards and nails them to the dust.
Every power, every affection, every taste,
except those which his particular occupa-
ton calls into play, is left to starve. Over
the gates of his mind he writes in letters
which he who runs may read, 'No ad-
mittance, except on business" In time
he reaches the goal of his hopes, but now
insulted nature begins to claim her re-
venge. That which was once unnatural
is now natural to him. The enforced re-
straint has now become a rigid deformity.
The spring of his mind is broken. He
can no longer lift his thoughts from the
ground Books and knowledge, and wise
discourse add the amenities of art, and
the cordiality of friendship are like
words in a strange tongue. To the hard
smooth surface of his soul, nothing ge-
nial, graceful or winning, will cling. He
cannot even purge his voice of its fawn-
ing tone, or pluck from his face the mean,
money-getting mask which the child does
not look at without ceasing to smile.
Amid the graces and ornaments of wealth,
he is like a blind man in picture gal
lery. That which he has done he must
continue to do; he must accumulate rich
es which he cannot enjoy, and contem-
plate the dreary prospects of growing old
without anything to make age venerable
or attractive, for age without wisdom and
without knowledge, is the winters cold
without the winters fire.
Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1856-11-06
The Charter Oak.

A drge, dirge for the brave old oak,
That helped to make us free!
Let the vallies ring with the echo woke
BY a dirge for the fallen tree
1t has stood for centuries, strong and bold,
It's broad arms stretching high;
And its lofty head, as it swayed, has told
The tale of our liberty.
Far back in the years, in its early morn,
1t was held sacred thing;
And the red man watch'd, to plant his corn,
Its leaves as they oped in Spring.
And when in our fathers fiery zeal
They struggled to be free,
1t held in it's massive trunk the seal
OF our sacred liberty.
1t was green to the last, and lowered high
As it rocked in its ancient pride,
And it seemed a champion of freedom and
truth,
As it tossed its strong arms wide.
And we thought, as we looked on its noble
form
Uprearing to the sky,
That while it could battle with wind and storm
Our liberty could not die.
1t fell-the sturdy tree-at last,
When tempest wild did blow,
But, falling, it faced the angry blast,
And bowed, to meet its foe!
Then dirge, dirge for the brave old oak,
That helped to make us free!
Let the vallies ring with the echo woke
By drge for the fallen treel