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The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1877-06-23

Gov. F. T. Nichols, arrived
in Thibodanx last Sunday, and
remained over night at Ridge
field plantation. On Monday, in
order to enable his friends accom-
panying him, to see the beauti-
fnl Bayou Latourche country. he
returned home by the steamer
AsSMulDtiOn.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1877-06-23

Thibodanx Sfnhnel
Of the shh Senatorial District
OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE TOWN,
ISSUED. EVERY SATURDAY.
S. GRISAMORE EDITOR.
SAMOAN, Pro'r & Business Manager
COR. MARKET & PATRIOT SITS
Notice to Subscribers.
This mark x, on the margin meaps that
1our subscription has expired. Such are
invited to renew at once.
THIBODAUX, LA.
SATURDAY, JUNE 18th. 1877
Editorial Items.
The District Court has been
in session three weeks and will
sit all next week.
Mrs. Hesse's new store is now
repaired and will form one OF the
neatest and most convenient
hnuSnS
The small pOx cases at Ste
yens' near Latonrche Crossing are
reDorted convalescent. No new
cases reported.
-Augustin Robertson who xii
led Gustave Robert a few weeks
ago at Lafourche Crossing was
tried before the District Court
OH the 10Th inst, and found
guilty Of manslaugl,tef.
The SENTINEL is indebted to
Gen. r. C.. Martin for a number
of Texas papers.
The Gen. says that it is under
stood in the capitol of Texas that
MI. Morgan will soon commence
to build a railroad from Morgan
City into that State.
On Wednesday next the fine
steamer Assumption will descend
Bayou Lafourche to the Cult
coast and remain there until Sat
urday enabling her passengers to
have plenty of time to fish, hunt,
battle and enjoy the Sea breezes.
Fare for the round trip ten dol
lars.
DRowNED.-On last Monday
"A colored man and a youth, i'll The
employ of Z. q. Williams on one
of his freight boats, while eros
sing Bayou Latourche at Tete'>
plantation, eight miles above
ThibOdaux, were drowned. They
wete crossing in a pirogne, which
BY some means was capslzed.
Gov. F. T. Nichols, arrived
. in Thibodanx last Sunday, ant
remained over night at Ridge
field plantation. On Monday, il
order to enable his friends accOn
panying him, to see the beauti
fnl Bayou Latourche country, hi
returned home by the steamer
Assumption.
1t will be remembered tina
. in the contested election cases fol
the Office of the Police Jurors
Judge Knobloch refused tt
grant all appeal to the defendant
\ mandamus having been ap
piled for from Judge Beattie t.
campel Judge Knobloch to gran
said appeal, the Case was tried OF
june 4 and on June LIZ Judg
Beattie overruled the decision O
the Parish Judge and orderr,
the appeal to ba granted.
That was Il nice speculation
of the Parish School Board, asse
sing the school Teachers 20 pc
cent of their earnings in Octobe
last in order that Crosier & Co.
might ride over the parish in fin
carriages whilst electioneerin;
and to publish those famous pos
ters: "lf you want improvement
in your parish government vot
for Schneider.
-Telegraphs are becoming
great nuisance, A negresse O
the Laurel Valley plantation trie'
TO cut of the head of one of he
neighbors with a razor, and the
went down to the railroad an
I4A e. AI.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1877-06-23

"-AO ~'NN OS'SN O"SSIo -" s"c Ptk itA
of Orleans, receiving therefor the same
fees as above provided, except that the
charge for seizure and sale or for posting
shall be made only once against the
same delinquent for both State and par
iSh taxes.
SEC. so Be 1t further enacted. ect., That
each tax collector shall, from time to
time. procure from the Auditor of Pub
lie Accounts aud police juries as many
blank licenses for trades, professions and
occupations, bearing the signature of
the Auditor of Public Accounts and
State Treasurer or Assistant State
Treasurer for State licenses and the
president of the police jury and parish
treasurer for parish licenses, as there
may be or are likely to be persons in his
parish or district pursuing such taxed
trades. professions and occupations, and
Tor that 2 lrpose shall present to the Au-
dltor OF Public Accounts and the parish
treasurer shall furnish a sufficient num-
Der OF blank licenses for that
violence OF the payment OF any of the
taxes on trades, professions and occupa.
Tons, imposed by law, will only be the
appropriate form of licenses, signed by
the Auditor and State Treasurer or As
siStant State Treasurer, Oh the part of
the State. and by the president of the
police jury and parish treasurer, OF the
part of the parishes rs aforesaid, and
procured, filled up and signed by the
tax collector lawfully issuing the same.
And it shall be the duty Of EACH pe,son
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-07-14
UnexplOred Africa.

Those who have attained maturity
may recolled seeing upon maps of Africa
large black space in the center, indica-
ting a land UNEMPLOYED and unknown.
Of late years explorers have pierced its
mysteries, and ascertained that this region
of great equatorial lakes is one Of the
most populous and fertile of the earth,
and that an immense plateau, among
mountains crowned with eternal snow, is
watered by great streams proceeding
from them, and offers climates of various
degrees of temperature. This inviting
land is, however the abode of savages,
who are at perpetual war with each other,
and who mutually cause adestruction of
human life computed athundreds year.
At least forty thousand slaves are also
annually captured there, for use upon the
Continent, or for shipment elsewhere.
The international African Association,
headed by the King of the Belgians,
desires to commence the civilization of
the country by establishing stations for
scientific observations and for the use
and protection of travellers; and branches
of the association have been formed I'M
European countries.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-07-14
An Ancient Tomnhawk and Scalper.

Relics of the olden time have always
strange interest for theantiquary, and for
those of curious temperament, though
less learned. We are one of the latter
number, even in trivial matters, If they
are of the strange and uncommon char
acter. A few days ago, Augustin LIE
Blanc, Esq, brought to the Courthouse
for exhibition the tomahawk and scalp
ing-knife Of Houmas warrior, an Indian
tribe long extinct, whose lands once lay
in what is known as the New River Dis
trict in the Parish Of Ascension. The
tomahawk and knife are in an excellent
state of preservation, and show remark
able skill in their manufacture. The
blade of the former implement is of
brass, handsomely engraved, but the
edge is of iron, so closely welded that the
line of demarcation is only seen by the
color of the metals. OF course the top
or butt end is fashioned into the bowl Of
a pipe, while the tube or stem runs
through the handle, which is composed
of cedar. The knife somewhat re-
sembles the " bowie of the presentday,
but with longer and sharper point. 1t
is an ugly weapon without doubt, and
not at all calculated to inspire soothing
dreams when known to be in the hands
of some one hunting your scalp. These
weapons once belonged to the Sieur LIE
Blanc de Villeneuve, a French noble,
great-grandfathe of our fellow citizens,
Augustin and O. M. ke Blanc (them-
selves now grandfathers), who emigrated
to this country many years ago, and set
ting near the lands of the Houmas In
dams, was made chief of their tribe.
With these relics of the days gone by, is
a water-color portrait of De Villeneuve,
in his dress of chief, drawn by Miss
Josephine Fayrot, of Baton Rouge,
sister of the venerable Capt. Bouviere
Favrot, some years since, which repre-
sents him as man of very tall stature,
and remarkably ill-fayored, while the
dress is as fanciful as the most vivid In
dian taste could suggest. While Chief
of this tribe De Villeneuve established
the feast of the Hetit BE- (Anglice,
"Young Corn y, ceremony observed
faithfully while there was Houma left
to celebrate it, Years have passed away
and with them the Houmas, and, beyond
relic here and there, but little is left
to guide the historian in his enumeration
of the Indian tribes that once claimed
Louisiana as their early home and last
resting place.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-07-14
A Florida Tornado.

Autumn is the dread season of hurri-
canes in Florida, and at its approach the
inhabitants quake with apprehension.
Tearing through the West Indies, they
often strike the coast with deadly effect.
With scarcely note of warning, houses
are overthrow, sail-boats blown from
the water, and orange groves swept bare
of leaves and fruit. The day may be
bright and beautiful, and all nature re-
joice in the sunshine. Almost imper-
ceptibly the wind may die away. Cries
of terms and water birds fall upon the ear
with painful distinctness. The mud hens
of the marshes pipe an alarm. Not a
blade of salt grass moves. The blue sky
grows hazy, and the eastern horizon is
milky white. Fitful gusts begin to rip
pie the water and handle the green
leaves. A low moan comes from the
ocean. Smoky clouds roll into the sky
from the southeast, and strong wind
whitens the ruffled water. Every minute
it increases in fury. An ominous yellow
light tinges the atmosphere The sun is
gone, and great drops of rain are hurled
to the ground. Within fifteen minutes
there is gale, and soon the full force of
the hurricane is felt. Birds, large and
small, are swept through the air, utterly
powerless. All living things disappear
Tall pines are twisted asunder. The
1.-THE limbs of willows and oleanders snap
like cow-whips. Lofty palmettoes bend
their heads to the ground, their great
fans turned inside out like the ribs of an
umbrella. The force of the wind keeps
trees down until every green fan pops
like a pistol-shot. Orange groves are
ripped into shoe strings. The leaves of
the scraggy scrub on the beach are wiped
out and their stems whipped into little
brushes. The tough saw-palmetto is
blown as fiat as northern wheatfeld,
and the dead grass of the savannas
dashed into fine dust. Boards in the surf
are struck by the wind, and sent spin
ming hundreds of feet into the air. The
sand dunes are caught up bodily and
sifted through the tops of pine trees miles
away. The foam of the sea is blown be-
meath the houses on the main land, and
comes up between the cracks of the floor
like steam. Sail-boats are torn from
their moorings and destroyed or stranded
These hurricanes last from seven to eight
hours, even longer During the lulls
rain falls in torrents. The tide rises to
great height, carrying away wharves
and boat houses, and flooding the low
country for miles. Gardens are de-
stroyed, fences swept away, and the tor
mented Floridian has three months
work and no pay to repair damages.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-07-14
Undecided Young Men.
[Terre Haute MALL

A world of trouble is occasioned to
young girls by the indecision of charac-
ter of young men. A pretty girl is living
in the neighborhood of half a dozen
young men. She is not only beautiful
but she is good, well educated, and ac-
complished. Perhaps there is not one Of
these young men who would not take a
peculiar interest in her, for she is a gen
eral favorite, but they observe that one
of their number seems to gave got the
start of them; he is regular and fire.
quent visitor, and his attentions do not
appear to be at all displeasing in the
quarter where they are bestowed so the
others fall back, or turn their eyes else
where.
The young man who has brought all
this about goes on from week to week !;
from month to month it may even be
from year to year, without any definite
plan of the future, or so much as any
clear decision in his own mind of what
he wishes to do. He likes the young
lady he knows that his visits are pleas
ant to himself and acceptable to her; he
would not like her to receive particular
attention from another; yet he says not a
word about engagement and marriage, the
end and aim of woman's life.
He has gradually won her affections,
until he has become " the ocean to the
river of her thoughts" She could not
bear to break off with him, to be sepa-
rated from him; for she loves him as she
fondly believes, and perhaps truly, as she
can never love another! But how har-
rowing is the state of doubt and uncer-
tainty in which she drifts on?
Reflection should make young men
careful bow they win the hearts they do
not wish to wear They have no right to
monopolize girls society SO long as
they are in state of entire indecision as
to their own wishes and purposes.
But while the fault may lie with the
young men, the folly rests as much with
the young women. They should be early
wise; and guard their affections from be-
coming fastened upon young man from
whom they have no assurance and of
whom they know nothing more than that
he is an agreeable companion. They
should beware of young men of indecis-
ion of character, who having once in
gratiated themselves into favor, will
dawdle along, as if it were no part of
their duty to give to the future, and
to the happiness of others, single
thought.
1t is rarely undecided associations are
productive of permanent good. There
are many circumstances which intervene
in the progress of time, and render them
highly injurious to both parties. As in
the one case the eligible young men keep
their distance for fear of intruding, SO in
the other the undecided young man is
looked upon by young girls in the neigh
borhood as partly, if not wholly, en-
gagged; and it is only in the case Of
firt any attempt is made to draw him
away; but, should his attentions cease
for any cause, he finds it difficult mat
ter, indeed, to reinstate himself else
where.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-07-14
CHINAMEN As WITNESSES.

The admissibility of Chinese as wit
nesses has been affirmed by the. Criminal
Court of Baltimore, after consideration
of letter by S. Wells Williams, for
mer resident and official in China. Mr..
Williams says the Chinese are not sensi-
BILE of the obligaticns of an oath, no
matter in what fozm it is administered,
but he also s1ys: In general the wit
nesses in a aative court give as fair an
account of transaction as they give it
in their common intercourse with each
other they have learned by experience
that in order to get along in life GER
tain degree of truth Unnecessary, but few
or none of them would expect that an
invocation or oath to or before an idol
would have much weight, or carry a
sanction to make man speak the truth
when otherwise he would lie. The cere-
mony of killing cock is rather an inn
precation of like punishment on himself
than a call on a spiritual being who
knows the heart and whom he fears, to
attest the truth of what he says. Con-
sequently such ceremonies are not gem
eral, for they do not carry much weight,
and yet | believe the experience of con-
sular courts in China is favorable to the
general credibility of the testimony.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-07-14
A Human Salamander.

A famous man was M. Chabert, the
fire-king, fire-eater and "poison-swal-
lower" rather less than half century
ago. By trade baker at Paris, he
gained much notoriety by his fire-resist-
ing qualities. According to the stories
told of him, he would rush into burn
Once passing smiths forge, he took out
white-hot piece of iron with naked
hand, placed the end on an anvil, and
babe the smith hammer away. The son
of Vulcan, too much alarmed, ran away,
fearing that denizen of the neither re-
gions had made his appearance. For a
time Chabert was inspector of the royal
kitchen at the Tuileries: but he was
prone to go into the heated oven and
give out the dishes of baked viands with
his hands; the king, fearful of the re-
suits from such proclivities, discharged
him with small pension. He went to
Vienna, and in the presence of the i'm
perial family sat in a tar-barrel flaming
and smoking, until he was blackened
like negro. Coming to England, he
exhibited at White Conduit House,
where he entered huge oven, took in a
leg of mutton, shut the door, sang some
French songs, and came out with the
mutton baked. On other occasions he
bore the heat of an oven raised to five
hundred degrees. Repeatedly he swal-
lowed phosphorus and prussic acid, or
appeared to do so; but when Mr.. Wax
ley, editor of the Ldncet, proposed to adj
minister the last named powerful. poison
as test, Chabert refused to comply.
This and other circumstances led to the
failure of the fire-king as a profitable
exhibition.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-07-14
Life Rescue.

The following simple directions are
from st. Nicholas for July: The true
plan to follow, when safety is the call,
is to swim, everything below the chin
well down under water the head well
ing power of the lungs. But what will
you do when your comrade is tired out
and drowning? That depends. If he is
cool and reliable, get in front of him,
let him place his hands on your hips (not
your shoulders) and you can carry him
quite distance That supposes that
both parties, rescued and rescuer, under
stand this. The weaker party is the one
that ought to drown, if he shows any
disposition to drown his friend by mis-
cradle, cowardly death-clutch at the only
floating thing around him. In the case
of the death-clutch, 60 to the bottom
with your man and leave him there.
There may be an unpleasant wrestle, but
the real drowning man is ready to quit
his prey when he strikes bottom. The
better man has right to come to the
surface and swim ashore.
But in considerable swimming ex-
perience, and some rescues, there comes
Out dDSOlutc Iulcs 4NcFtI lace uIOWH-
ing man. He welcomes rescue so eagerly
that he will hug you around the neck
and take you down. The safest and best
thing to do is to get behind him, and,
unless you are left-handed, put your left
hand under his right arm-pit. The lift
you give him will be enough in ordinary
water. He can be coaxed to help. him
self, and if he is reasonable being you
can bring him to shore. If heis insane
with fright, recollect that you are to be
both prudent and heroic. Get away
from him, clutch his ankle with one
hand and tow him ashore. If the bank
is near, he is not likely to drown ON the
way. If he does, it is not your fault.
But brave swimmer is master of his
element. .
l once saw two young fellows rescue a
drowning comrade in way that was re-
markable for its neatness. The poor
fellow was in mid-stream, cramped and
exhausted, and barely able to keep afoat.
Which was first was never decided, but
in the critical moment each was behind
him, each with hand under an arm-pit :;
he was almost dead weight on their
hands, and they swan him ashore, more
dead than alive. 1t was struggle, but
they were the masters of the situation.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-07-14
A Woodchuck's Adopted BARNS.
[Jeryis Gazctte.l

A few weeks since Mr., George S. Red
ington, proprietor of the Delaware
House, in this village, placed under a
sitting hen ten eggs of the Hamburger
pheasant variety and ducks egg. In
due course of time the eggs were
Matched, but it was reserved for the
duck to be last in emerging from the
shell. The hen, with critical eye, it
may be, wondered at the appearance of
such strengthening biped among the
brood, and becoming thoroughly dis
gusted at the result of her incubatory
labors, turned deaf ear, and refused to
care for her progeny.
While wandering about the grounds in
the rear of the hotel, the little chicks,
accompanied by the duckling, found
their way through the gates into cage
containing pair of woodchucks.
Neither offered to modest the tiny stran-
gers, but on the contrary the female took
to the friendless ones kindly, and that
night the little fedglings nestled be-
meath the soft fur of the motherly wood
chuck, with the solitary duckling
crouched close alongside.
This system was keptup until they had
grown too large to squeeze into the cage.
Now, when nightfall arrives, they are al
lowed to pass through the cage door, by
the side of which they anxiously wait
until some one comes to admit them, and
are always welcomed with manifesto
tions of delight by the "kind old SOUL"
who, cuddled up in corner, coaxes
them to her side; and soon ten tiny
heads peep out from under her soft coat,
while the duck, sentinel-like, perches on
her back with an air of pride.
The above narration may be relied
upon as being true in each and every
particular
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-07-14
UTAH DIYORCE,S.

1t will be recollected that, not long
ago, in the case of Hood VS.. the State of
Indiana, Judge Roberts, of Dearborn
County, decided that Hood, who had OBJ
tanned divorce from his first wife in
Utah and married again, taking up his
residence in Dearborn County, was guilty
of adultery, and Hood appealed to the
Supreme Court. On the trial it was
shown that the divorce was obtained by
Chicago lawyer, one of the disreputable
class who obtain divorces without pub
licity, ETC., and that Hood was never a
resident of Utah. The question for the
Indiana Supreme Court to decide was
the validity of divorce granted under
such circumstances. The Supreme Court
has decided that the Utah court had no
jurisdiction. Astatute of that Territory
provides that where person applies for
a divorce, if the court is satisfied that
the applicant is resident of the Terri
tory or wishes to become one," the
court may grant a divorce. The Su-
preme Court hold that this statute is
ultra wires and void, and that court in
Utah cannot thus obtain jurisdiction of
non-residents. The decree of divorce is
therefore void. 1t is believed that this
decision will have the effect of breaking
up the business of obtaining such di-
vorces. Other States will doubtless fol-
low the example of Indiana in their de-
cisions on this important question
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-07-14
WL0rd. It's Dad!v

A laughable incident occurred at Perry
recently, which caused much sport, and
the circumstances of which are as fol-
lows: An old gentleman who had two
handsome daughters was SO cautious of
his charge that he would notpermit them
to keep the company of young men.
However, they adopted the following ex-
pedient to enjoy the company of their
lovers: After the old man had retired to
rest, the girls would hang sheet out of
the second-story window, and Jim and
Charley would seize hold of it, and with
the assistance of the girls would thus
gain entrance. 1t so happened the other
Sunday evening the girls hung out the
sheet ladder too early, for the old man
by some i'll wind was accidently out of
doors, and happening to come around
the corner of the house, and spying the
sheet dangling from the window could
not conjecture the meaning of its being
there. So he caught hold and endeavored
to bring it down, the girls above sup
posing it to be the boys, began to hoist
and did not discover the mistake until
the old mans bald head was level with
the sill, when one of them exclaimed,
+" Lord, it's dadr and let go her hold,
which frightened her sister, and she let
90 the sheet, and down came the old man
on the stone walk, breaking his wrist and
tearing his unmentionables. His cries
brought out the household and several
neighbors, and they removed him into che
house. Heis now busy cogitating whether
to let the girls have their beaux in the
parlor or to sue the young men for dam
ages. The boys have not been around
to offer any sympathy, and probably
won't until the old gent feels easier.