The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1861-04-03


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The spelling in the verses improved by me,
JoHNNY
A LAWYERS CRIrIdIsM OF SIIAKEsPEARE-I own +
never pursued nv cheif favorite. "The merchgnt of
Venice" without mi kture Of melancholy think that
has so many faults hnd in particular that the distress
turns chiefly embareasnents with which no lawyer
seriously sympathse There are several striking faws
in this drama. In the first place. Antonio's diff
culties arise entirely from his gross oversight in not eff
tecting insurance upon his various argosies. He
should have opened set of policies at upon tho
riato where marine Insurance was perfectly well uuder
stood and where the Iroker would have got him fifty
names in forenoon to any extent upon ship, freghtor
cargo lost or not Thbprudltia step would have given
a total different turn to the whole affair When hs
wanted to heD Bassino with three thousand ducas for
three months he couh have easily raised the moneyat
four per cent or the security of an assignment of the
policy. Shvlock saws of him, "Antonio is good man;
yet his means are in supposton; he hath argosy
bound to Tripos another to the Indies understood
moreover upon the ralto he bath third to Mexico,
fourth to England and other he has quandered
aboard But ships are but boards, and sailors but
men, there be land rkts and water rats thieves
and land theves-I IN can pirates and then there Is tho
peril of waters winds and rocks.
Now these are the very risks which the contract Of
insurance is intended TO cover clearly expainedn in
Marshall and other VI ters, and expressed IN the fol-
lowing clauses inserted in all policies Touching this
adventures and perls which the said assurers con
tented to bear aud tb take upon them in this voyage
they of the SEAS nenofwar thieves ettisons etc.
oarrary of the mast fr or Mariners and other perS
losses and msfortunks that have shall to the
hurt detriment or dtmage of The same goods mer.
chandse, and ship on vessel" With this precauton,
Antonios means wou have been no longer in supposi
tons but in certainty and good as hard cash, under
deduction merely, oI the premium OF insurance. Fin.
ay when intelligence was received of Antono argosieE
being wrecked tits plain that he might in these circuD
stances have abandoned the uderwritcr and
claimed for total hiss II is painful to see so many
amable characters Involved in greifs and in difficulties
which this simple AMI natural expedent would havs
obviated Nv fceIinhs at is reflection are something
akin to those ofa yerF susceptible medical friend who
declares that he can never sit out Romeo and Juliet,
from the thought thdt udicous of the stomach
pump in the last sceHe would remove all the Distress
and make two loversI happy
ANOTHER NATRINdNIAL RoMANcE-As our readers
have ALREADY been inDrmed the American Bonapartes
are striving to gain recognition in the tribunals of
France In England also there Is a case in which the
deeds Of defnct rovty are rescued from the oblivion
! into which they had fallen The London correspondent
! of the Philadelphia N orth American says:
lady is striving b prove herself the grand daughter
of that duke of Cumb krland who brother of George
Ill The story bried is that in March, 1884, the duke
of Cumberland marridd in the presence of the king lord
Chatham the earl of Warwick and lord Archer Olive,
daughtGF of Dr. Wilu0t who performed the ceremony,
and who himself had married daughter of Stanissus,
| king Of Poland.
! daughter also NAMED Olive was the fruit of his
marriage who was he self married in 1898, John
Thomas jones' girl was the offspring of this union,
and the Layna Janea Horton Rogers is the petitioner
in the court of probate claiming from the dutchy Of
Lancaster revenues Mounting to So O23 220, together
with further sum of S5276OO. This lady produces
certificates signed GEORGE Edward" "Chatham"
''Warwick :" y Wilu}ot" etc But these signatures
are all declared to be orreries 1t with the lady
to prove that they ar genuine this fact troublesome
All the writer's Of thcse signatures dead. As far
the present Application has gone in the court of probate,
before sir Creswe Chswcil the lady has been able to
prove that her own biFth IS legitimate.
Application OF CHLoRoFoRM IN NrURALG1A-Ths
Edinburgh Medical qurnal contains an account by Dr.
Little of his successful mode Of applying, chlorofom
in neuralgia, &C.
Dr. LittIss mode of application is 10 take piece of
lint little less in size than the watchglass to be used
which need not he more than two inches in diameter
putting it on the hollow side of the glass pouring it
on a few drops of chbrofOrm sufficient to saturate IT,
and then applying it at once the part affected keeping
the edges of the glass closely applied to the skin, by
covering it with the hind, for the purpose OF keeping
in position rs well a Of assisting the evaporation of
the chlOrofom Thisi is done from five to ten minutes
according tc the amobnt of irritation wished for The
patient during this tine will complain of the gradual
increase of burning sansaton-not so severe that
produced by amustaT snaps which reaches its height
in FIVE minutes ard then ubates but does not entirely
disappear for more ttan ten minutes To insure the
full opertion of the Remedy it is necessary that the
watc-glass be rather boncaye that it be closely applied
to the skin and that the hand applied be sensby
warm The immediate effect Of the application is to
remove all local pain beuralgia
THE PElxrER-ThJ Belfast (Irelaad) Mercury, gives
the following in reatibu to printers:
"From high to low they are the same reckless light
hearted clever well Informed felows-knowing how to
act better than they db-nohng at timeseVerything
if the occasion requiFes, or the fit takes them. No
sooner are they comfortable in our town, than they
make tracks for anoi cr even though they travel on
hair space means And to what will they not turn
their hands? 'We hadeseen" says American editor
"one and the same Individual Of the craft minister il
California lawyer in Missouri sheriff in Ohio, boat
man on the western cbnal sailing privaeer, an anc
tioneer in New York and pressman in great printing
office" Nor are thess characteristics confined to any
o country. thew are cvebywhcre the same We have me-
them as lecturers act5s travelling preachers, yentrlo
= ouists-in fact everything. We have met tramp il
. this country members Of this Wild rowing profession
n from all parts of tht globa-Frenchmen Spaniards
j Portuguese Germans ahd Swedes-and all apparently al
= much at home as in their own country. Ardent lover
of liberty king craft finds but little favor in their eyes
= They are always With the people When the Charts
E excitement was raging in England, the most eoqueu
. leaders in the moveIhent we're printers. When th
barricades were Paris in 1548 the compositor.
cast their types into bets aud fred them at the royal
n ist troops When THE Americans at wit
;, Mexico Gen. Taylors regiment composed almos
entrey of printers and they the braVest OF hi
n troops"
The Amazon, in Sohth America the largest river i
the world has an are Of drainage nearly three time
as large that of all the rivers of Europe that empt
u themselves into the Atlantic This plain is covere
d with dense forest through which the only paths ar
:, those made by the rvr and Its tributaries sfores
y literally impenetrabfe. Humboldt remarks that tw
H. mission stations mighE be only few miles apart an
le vct the resident would require day and half to Wis
re each other along the wndHgs Of small streams Th
j. Wild animals themselves get involved in such impen
trable masses of wood (eyen hejaguar that they ly
u for long time in the trees, terror to the monkey
uS whose domnions they have invaded. The trees mea