The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1853-07-17
THB Law - The law Ii an intri-


least OF Ii Ii perhaps for this reason
that lawyers are said 10 practice" law
from the very hour they open puifen-
dorf, until the frosts Of winter i'm.
nerves them, aud sans everything
They tumble Into the grave. Law Is
d grave subjeet--a subject that not in-
frequently rssurracts man, and brings
him Into court with the earth's mould
upon him, when be would prefer bis
quiet bed III The graveyard. The law
imnlcftalises a man. when every thing
else fails To accomplish The object,
and he who has labored long for fame,
may lay down and die with the con-
cionsncss that his immortality" will
last, at least d. long as IL takes to SET
lie bis estate. The law Is a great
thing, and good thing Il is even
thought by attorneys III fact that
the world could not get along without
it---That .tasttee could nut exist with
out II. Ifsop III his famous book Of
fables, illustrates tile Relationship be.
tween Justice and The law. The fable
Of the two cuts and the monkey, IL a
very apt illustration. The two cats
get into d fuss about Il bit Of cheese.
they had stolen and called In the
monkey as umpire to decide between
them. The monkey picked up pair
Of scales near by, and said be would
divide IL equally between them 80 be
broke the cheese, and In lis effort to
make the two pieces balance. The whole
disappeared This figure Ut Tsop Ii
an excellent figure. The monkey
represents the dignity Of the law---tle
scales arc 'aJustice.a aud The cats are
not uhapt representations Of Plaintiff
and Defendant
We like the law, because we think
Il IL very much like lottery II slim
ulates o rapaoious propensity III inan-
kind to steal and keeps large num-
Der Of people in employment, who
would otherwise be idle drobes in the
body petite Suppose d ease Sup
pose a1l the fees paid lawyers, and tho
money given to rogues to carry on u
eutnberous government, were added
to the amount paid annually to Doc
tors Of divinity, 10 point simple minded
people The way to Heaven willis.
ssThey themselves,
The rfitnefose path Of dallianre tread,
And feck not their own feedp
Suppose this amount was added to-
gcther and put out at ten per cent in
terest Why the interest would furn.
ish more than enough, TO put the cob
bled morality Of the age, in good con-
dition, We call on tho million and
q half Of Philanthropic gentlemen who
are daily inmolating themselves upon
the alter Of Charity, to nuke the cal
culation suggested in this article.
t.-"The History Of the Old and
New Testament, intcrspersed with
moral and instructive reflections, chief
ly taken from the Holy Fathers
From the French Of the Rev. j. Reeve.
by the Rigt Rev. John Hu.
gcs, D. D., Bishop Of New York.
Such IL the title Of book pub
lished in Boston by Patrick Donahoe.
We do not wish to criticise the book,
il may pass for as much more than it is
worth, as 1t will bring. We have not
read it, and therefore are not fully
to make commentaries. One
thing, however, attracts our attention
IN the Rev. Reeves review of Genesis,
We find that he spells the name of
''MosEs' the very ancient and time
honored Patriarch and Philosopher
'Moysss. Where, pray, does the
Rev. Reeves find authority to do this?