The Feliciana Democrat., 1858-04-17

JUDGE. Witness, you must not interrupt thc
counsel. You have had the opportunity OF
saying whatever you pleased. If you are gull.
ty of so great an indecorum, | shall be Obliged
to commit you.
Witness stands stupid.
OFFICER (N a tone Of Indignant comma nd } |
Sit down. Witness sits down; the officer
scowlug at him us if he would snap his head
off,
/ shall not follow the learned gentleman fur
thcr | only appeal to every witness that has
ever been brought into u court of jus ticc
whether it is not the most difficult place i'm the
worlG to tell the truth in, and whether, when
the truth was at length told there ever were
so many attempts made TO mystiiy it? Whc.
thcr so mnch of what every one present knew
in his heart to be the truth, could any " here
else be SO deliberately rejected, and whe ther
when this poor, belabored mutilalcd truth, SO
much demanded, was at length produced it
did not have such an aspect, so Disguised that
its own mother might not have known it.
billy DonBs.-Somc folks are born with
the devil in 'em, and you can't drive it out,
either: you might us well try to make II pair
OF patent leather boots out of apiece of corn.
ed beef, or crowd Il soda fountain through the
touchholc Of cannon. Billy DobbS was one
Of this kind he was as big devil as ever atc
string beans When he graduated from school
he left through the window, pursued by the
teacher and three assistants One thing iiilly
would do, he would tell the truth. lie told
me coniicentially that when he was taking q
trip upon the canal, for his health, Il 81 urm
came up ono night, and in the morning they
\ found that the tow.linc had shrunk so that it
/ had drawn both horses Oh board the boat. II
proved to be a proyidcntial thing for them, for
the captain hadn't taken an observation or u
gin cocktail in three days, and they were I hrcc
attitudes and most Il longitude ont of their
course and in fifteen minutes more they would
have run afoul Of the front door Of Il farm
house and foundcred in an oat.bin. | since rely
hope that when they take Billy ont TO be hung
by his neck till he is dead three times and
God have mercy on his soul, tie rope will
shrink SO they can't tie knot in it. | went
over 10 Billy's house one night, and his old
man had prayer meeting
Billy says, Jack, let's 80 up and peep in"
So we went up The good brothers and sis.
tcrs were knecling upon the floor, ami we
stood looking on, and the first knew, Billy
darted into tile room, shouting, "Leapfro@, by
\ thunder" and Straddng his legs, he boun led
over the good people one after another, and
got half way round the room, ana was stop.
ped By pitching head first into his grandma.
thcrs apron There was kinder "lnying Oh
Of hands" Just then, and Billy was taken to
the wood-housc, laid across "A back log, and
his "sit down was pounded till they broke mp
kiMdling wood enough to last all winter
When the row commenced | ran up stairs,
knocked poodle dog cndwisc, dashed into
Sally Dobbs' chamber, ran around a hooped
skirt, knocked an old hat ont Of the wind ow,
took an observation, and saw Billy licked.
jympcd out OF the window upon she'd, rolled
oil, hung upon the caves il minute and drop
Iped-where? Echo answcrs--in the swill bar.
ril! touched bottom, came mp and craw led
out! | was troubled with sour stomach -
BY gravy. that was the worst vegetable soup
| ever swallowed. ! shook the coffee grounds
and egg shells out Of my hair, and made tru cks
for home, scattering turnp tops fish bones
potatoc parings, apple skins andsgrcase, rs
went. My old man trashed me for orSpoiling my
clothes and Bly's old man sued my old man
for spelling his swill The hogs were taken
sick, and they had to be Killed to be cured -
| haven't used any hair oil since
IMPORTANT DEcIsIoy.-A man named Da.
ycnport charged with the murder Of slave
40 tiiS't - wv vs. ~ tliN i'olN u 'ouII
Y lMiss) Circuit Court, and convicted Of man.
/ slaughter lie was sentenced to seven years
hard labor in the Pcntentiary. The Viclls
burg Wing says:
He was defended by Brooke and Smed es
and the State was ably represented by District
Attorney Robb. This was a case of some i'm
portancc to the Shareholders The acuscd was
an oyerseer, and pleaded in his defense that
the slave was resisting his authority when hc
gave the blow causing death. We are inform
ed that his Honor Judge Yergor, at the in
stance of the State, charged the jury to this
effect: That the slave, when his life was thrca
tened or endangered by the inaction of cruc
and unusual punishment, had the right to re
sist even the master, and that his resistance
under such circumstances would be no justif
cation to the accused for killing him.
Ge1g" Frederick the Great was always fonl
Of disputation; but as he generally terminal ec
the discussion by collarng his antagonist, ant
kicking his shins, few of his guests were dispo
!, sed for an argument. He asked one of hi
snite why he did not venture to give his opin
ion on some Darticular question: If is i'm