Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1856-11-07

A SCENE IN CoURT-Our courts are daily oc-
cupied at present, and probably will be so up TO
the day of election, Tuesday next, with natursizing
foreigners This is undoubtedly as great farce as
was ever acted any stage, for il, nine cases ont
Of ten the person asking for admission the lights
Of citizenship does not understand a word that is
said to him We were much amused few days
SINCE while waiting for the return of a jury in an
important case, which we wished to announce in
that davis issue, at a couple applying TO become
citizens, each swearing the other in. The judge,
after looking over the papers, commenced asking
the usual questions:
care you acquainted with the applicant2" At
tempting TO pronounce name so awful hard that
we would not try TO repeat it, for fear OF dislocat
ing our jIws; and as for putting it on paper, we
have a thought in regard to the joints of our 6ng
eFs
Witness-"Ysw"
Judge-"How long has he been residing in the
United State>?"
Witness-"Yaw" At this juncture the app-
cant nudges him and whispers in his ear. Witness
here turned to the Judge and answered, "dirteen
years"
Judge-"Where has he been living for the last
year."
Winess-"Yaw" Another whispering be-
tween witness aud applicant, when witness an
swers 'In dish city,
Judge-"Do you know him to be man OF good
moral chsracte'?"
Wirness-"Yaw"
Judge-"Is he attached to the principles of the
constitution of the United States?"
Witness-"Yaw"
Juige-"Is he well disposed to the good order
anj happiness of the sams!"
Witness-"Yaw"
Judge-''Stand down"
Witutss-"Iaw
Judge, (angrii, )-"Stand down and let the ap-
p'icant come upon the stand"
Witness. with his eternal ''yaw," not having un-
derstood word the Judge had said, is taken off
he stand by the applicant whom Is then sworn
Here the scene closes upon one OF the most per-
feet farces Of the present day and the better Cit
zen proceeds TO the clerks Office, where, having
paid his fer, comes out excaiming. "Ish better
man dan Skinny Buchanan sh, for Psn paid mine
way."-Bait. Pat
THE PICTUREs IL IAMLET-We see il stated
that Mr.. Burton shows his aPpreciatiVeness of
the text of Shakespeare in substituting fail
length pictures of the Greens two husbands,
in Hamlet, for the miniatures usually used, IN
the famous scene between the Prince and his
mother: Act ILL., Sc. 4.
The elder VanGenhOtf was in the habit of
playing it 10 this way, and always with strik-
ing effect. The text evidently requires it, The
Prince, not sitting down, aud comparing the
miniature of his father, which he wears, with
that of his uncle, which is hanging from the
neck of the Queen, draws her attention to their
full length portraits, suspended on OppO~iie
sides of the apartment; aud, pointing to them
alternately, says:
"Look here upon this picture ard on this;
The coun.ef t presentment OF Two b others"
lie first describes that of his father; and
among other points Of resemblance aseIibeS TO
il.
"a station ike the herald. Mercury,
Hew-rgntrd haven kissng hlll;
A combination m, INDEED,
Were every god did seem to set his a,
To I've tie world as urGnce uf a man."
Now, if Hamlet held bnt a miniature in his
hand while giving this description, where was
its sPpreciability2 Where was the "sfatiOn'
which means the act of stanGine2 Where
the comparison with the newly -alighted godF
Where the coordination and the furu" We
hope to see The true mode of doing this great
scene universally adopted IN our theatres.-N.
o. Picayune.