The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-05-28
sunday Morning, rlay ps, 1854.

sunday Morning, F: May 2s. 1884.
Romeo's' poetry Is AZ hand.
We'make no doubt that "Romeo" loves
loves with consuming fire--We
doubt not that he is fully capable d
throwing his thoughts into The music
of poetry, so as TO stir the young heart,
freeze the warm blood, and make the
hair stand up like "quills," but still,
it is important that he should give
such form and expression to bis words,
as TO entitle them to "loeal habitation -
If The "tine phrepzy' comes over him
suddenly, like fit Of ague, he should
carry quills and ink in his pocket,
and not have TO snatch out the blank
leaf Of some old Merchants Ledger to
write o,l---such az his lines entitled the
Broken Hearted" are written upon.
1rHad we not the evidence Of a
respectable, and influential Daily press
to convince us, that this CITY is
getting TO be cone Of the places, -
on the map of creation, we could find
elsewhere by looking about us, the
most substantial evidences Of progress
sion. Within the past few months, sub
stantial private residences, and bust
ness houses have been erected in our
immediate neigbborhood that have adj
ded to the wealth of the city at least
$4,000. One has only to walk
about In the suburbs, to find, how
many beautiful little cottage residences
are springing into existence , to be
convinced that Baton Rouge, has
imbibed The progressive spirit of the
age.
The CAMS CAsE.--We have q
volume, in the rubbish Of top shelf,
entitled the "Gains ease We had
thought the matter at an end, but now
see In the Crescent, a notice Of the
arrival Of Mrs. Gen. Gains in New
Orleans, where the case il to be re-
opened, and her claim as heir law Of
Danl. Clark Esqr., again investigated.
Che has employed ablo counsel, aud
Judge Campbell of the U. s. su-
preme Court has written q lengthy
document in defence of her claim. It
IL now to be proved by overwhelming
evidence" that the will Of 1913 was de-
stroyed.
Modern Law, is strange medly Of
absurdities; justice can be banded
about by it, and mal-treatod, from age
to age, until all interested in it, die,
and 60 whore the justice and injustice
Of the world is Of like Importance to
them. Truly case can never be decd
ed until by bare poverty it is scratch.
ed off the docket, and kicked out Of
court, because it is'too barren of in
terest to yield fees for lawyers.
"WlppERs. Con. Smith, "the
hero Of Chapultepsc,' has surrendered
to a widow---so did Julius Caesar, so
did Belisarius, SO did Marlborough, so
did Washington, so did Napoleon, 80
did Jackson and Madison these we
remember--we do not add the cases
where literary gentlemen have been
deluded by soft hands that smoothed
their pillows, and soft eyes that wept
over their poetry. We give few
cases which occur, to show how, from
the days Of Hercules and Omphale,
The sword has yielded to the disafF. |
The elder Weller--himself q "wic-
lim"--has declared with uneducated
"that he can't remember
though he has heard-how many stu
gle women ono wilder is ecul to in
pint of comm it over a man" We
wish the gentlemen of literary leisure
would prepare some statistical exhibit
on the subject and some scientific as