Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1856-02-02

A GREAT MAN.-George Lippard, In his
work called the Nazarine, thus speaks of Presi-
dent jackson: "He was a man! Well l re-
member the day I waited upon him. He sat
there in his arm chair can see that old war
rior's face, with its snow-white hair, even now.
We told him of the public dstress-the manu-
facturers ruined-the eagles shrouded in Grape
which were borne at the head of twenty thou
sand men into Independence Square. He heard
us ALL We begged him to leave the deposits
where they were, to uphold the great bank in
Philadelphia. Still he did not say word. At
last one of the members, more fiery than the
rest, intimated that if the bank was crushed, a
rebellion might follow. Then the old man rose.
can see him yet ssCome !" he shouted, in
voice of thunder, as his clenched hand was
raised above his white hairs, "come with bayo-
nets in your hands instead of petitions-sur-
round the White House with your legions-I
am ready for you all! With the people at my
back, whom your gold can neither buy nor awe,
will swing you up around the Capitol-each
one of you-on gibbet as high as Hamans."
"When think" says the author, "of that one
man standing there at Washington, battling with
all the powers of bank and panic combined, be-
trayed by those in whom he trusted, assaulted by
all that the snake of malice could hiss or the
iend Of falsehood howl! when I think of that
one man placing his back against the rock, and
folding his arms for the blow, while he uttered
his VOW, sc will not swerve one inch from the
course have taken,'' must confess that the
records of Rome-nay the proudest days of
Cromwell or Napoleon, cannot furnish M in
stance of will like that Of Andrew Jackson,
when he placed life and soul and fame on the
hazard of die for the peoples welfare"
MEASURES OF DIFFERENT COUNTRIES.
Newburyport Herald. in the course of an ar
ticle on Weights and Measures, remarks that no
two nations have the same-though the same
name to designate them may be used in many
countries Take the mile measure for instance:
In England and the United States, mile means
1850 yards: in the Netherlands, it is 1893 yards,
while in Germany, it is 10, 100 yards, or nearly
six English miles: in France, it is 1925 yards.
The Scotch mile is 1884 yards, and the Irish
2O3S yards. The Spanish mile is 2472 yards,
and the Swedish mile II, 200 yards. These are
computed in English yards; but the yard itself,
of three feet in length, has divers signifcations
inches the French 49, IL inches; the Geneva
yard, ST. go; the Austrian, 81 35; the Spanish
yard, 1904; the Prussian 1861; the Russian,
1851. For measures Of capacity, the dissimi-
larity is wider and more perplexing. t. .az'H
BROKE HER R1Bs.-A very singular occurrence
has happenned, and occasioned much talk, in an
adjacent county. Some time since, preacher
and q most excellent man. became much con-
eerned on account Of the spiritual condition Of of
his female flock, very exemplary lady, and Rugged
her SO zealously that he broke her ribs! By judi
cious treatment she was set all right. Lately,
when her husband returned home, he found that
the reverend gentleman had again been there and
again broke bis wifes ribs We are assured these
things have actually occurred, strange as they may
seem, and the parties are persons Of the highest
!-Bardstown Ky Gazette,
B3s. "A little girl, visiting Niagara with her
father and seeing the foam at the foot Of the
falls, exclaimed: spa, how much soap it must
"a Ia m uaka M many suds ~ .ez sF-fa5.-