The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1870-05-11

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Tur UNwRTrEN LAw.-The Times and the Bar of
New Orleans are disposed to make merry-a grim
;oke-oyer our pet, John Rays Code Of Practice,
gotcn up reckless of expense, the cost of twenty
FIVE thousand dolars-to the State. We should fancy
II specimen Of the art preservatve altogether lovely
The Times goes on to comment thus-wise:
Those who have been favored with view of that
remarkable production have been as much startled and
perplexed by the remarkable typography and general
getup of the Code, were the sub ects OF the
Emperor Caligula in decipheriHg and comprehendng
the text of his famous edics, which purposely
written in such small characters and pacarded such
height render them invisible to the naked eye
land this before the discovery of the telescope)
The new code printed and published by authority
of the State has very much the aspect of one Of the
earliest and most dscouraging efforts of Guttenburg,
in the art which has since advanced with snch organic
strides toward perfection. Nothing in modern times
has been seen evua the Typography of this publca,
ton unless may be some OF the issues of the Con
federae notes and bonds during the late war Those
characteristics of this latest contribution to our legal
literature attracted the attention Of that learned and
pungent, though, though somewhat cynical and tech
ncal counselor who in behalf of the city, manages
twist and mudde adverse tgans into such defect
able and bewildering completely and confusion. Being
referred to The Ray code for authority ia GER
tain point unaeR discussion in court the counselor re-
marked that the 6n5 benefit to the State which he
could discern in this costly publication, was one which
he at least greatly appreciated and that was that it
brew us back the uaacritten lar, which be found
much less difficulty in compromising than he did the
written or statutory law. For this alone, he thought
Mr.. Ray, his printer, had fully earned the liberal
compensation allowed them.
WELL SAID.-Gen D. f. Hill is one of the most
unreconstructed incorrgibIes in the whole country.
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DON'T take hold of him. His pen is as pointed his
sword was sharp, and he shows no quarter. He has
lately been analysing the grounds for Grants vulgar
mean at the Virginia chvalry and his rebuke of
the sneerer is scorching. We submit. the following
paragraph a specimen:
We have examined patiently the sneer Of the man
who by the power of the bayonet and the strength of
the negro vote is President Of the United States We
think that the South has cause to be ashamed of
her past history. She has produced no Ulysses S.
Grant, but she thinks that her George Washington is
his equal She cannot boast of spoon-thef B. F.
Butler, but she points modestly to her incorruptble
John C.. Calhoun. She does not number among her
Jewels Reverend Serene Howe Rev Horace Cook
and Rev. B. F. Whittemore, but she claims that her
clergy have preached the truth it is in Jesus with
faithfuluess and simplicity. She has unse1ed
daughters sr0ing over the land, shrekng about
woman's rights bot she has modest madens and true
hearted wives, who content to occupy the sphere
that God placed them in. She has been so backward
in manufacturers" that she has manufactured no
new religions. Mormonsm, Fourierism, Communism,
Freelotism have had no favor in her eyes. She has
been satisfied with the old Family Bible and the dear
old teachings of the holy men of by-gone age. May
mercifu God long preserve her from the curse OF
maerialsm and the awful sin of its necessary
attendant, low, beasy sensualism, such as now
sweeps over the land of manufactures"
az or VENDETTA
concluding chapter in the recent Catahoua vendetta,
wherein Gen. Lddell, Col Jones and were killed,
has yet to be related. few days ago Mrs. Charles
Jones with her two daughters and young son. reached
the mouth of the river in the German steamer. She
had hurried from HeideIbhrg, GermanTghere she has
been resi- ping for time experimenting the educa-
ton Of her children, expecting to meet her husband
and two in the city entirely unconscious of their
sad fate When the steamar crossed the bar the pilot
who came aboard was asked by Mrs Jones II he knew
Colonel Charles Jones, of Catahoua. The reply was
that he had heard of him, but declining evading
any further conversation, the lady's curiosity
cited and she filed with gloomy apprehensons of
some impending calamity. These apprehensons were
very natural in lady, who had been for many years
cognzant of the bitter ed which had long existed
between her husband and General Liddell, and who
than twenty years ago had witnessed the cruel
and nearly mortal woundng of her husband in the in
edent which gave rise to this feud. The kindly pilot
who could not bear to communicate to Mrs. Jones d
recy the sad intelligence Of her husbands fate whs
peFed it to Of the passengers who informed Mrs
Jones that she must prepare herself for soTrowfu
reaching the city. She retired to her state
room and there remained in of distressing grief
and anxiety until the steamer reached the city. On
the arrival at the wharf almost the first person who
boarded the steamer young jones' the survivor of
the awful tragedy at Harris0nburg. He rushed into
his mothers room, and the first to communicate
the terrible truth to his mother We shall not attempt
TO describe the scene which followed Kind friends
took charge of the afflicted lady. After remaining
here but few days, she left to return to Germany
with her family, and devote the remainder of her life
10 the education Of her children. May time assuage
the great sorrows of this afflicted lady, and may her
remaining days, though ever sorrowfu be undsturbed
by further gries and Affections. Times, goth
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We find the following going the rounds Of the press
very pretty thing, and give it place with the hope
that some of our readers may get up an admiration
for tive cannot 1t is very like the aphorism,
knowledge is power" attributed to Lord Bacon, I'M
til Bulwer brought to light the fact that Lord Bacon
lever uttered such platitude-hat it simply the
work of the index maker as heading for the chapter
on knowledge. Were Mr. Gladstone to pass little of
bis time in this country, be would feel ashamed of ever
having uttered fothy period, prettily rounded as
it is. We have many a school girls Essay on
Hope equally we'll expressed and infinitely truer
III recent ueDate on tne irish anQ Dill IN the House
OF Commons, Mr.. Gladstone having noticed that a
member quoted the Welsh proverb, /" A nation is
stronger than law" emphaticaly said: Sir ad-
NIT it; admit more-a nation is stronger than par.
iiament but will add yet another saying-thete is
something else stronger than nation and that some
thing is justice" Later on he said: 1.-THE face oil
justice is like the face of the god Janus. 1t is like
the face of those lions the work of Landseer which
keep watch and ward around the record of counrys
greatness She presents one tranquil and majestic
countenance towards every point of the compass and
every quarter of the globe"
The LEGAL TENDER CIRCULATIoN.-The New York
Bulletin noting the fact that nearly all the proposals
looking to the resumption of specie payments are
based upon the assumption that is necessary to re-
tire the legal lender circulation leaving specie and
bank notes as the only currency asks is not this as
sumption gratutous? Thinks:
The legal tender notes, if redeemable would be-
IN every sense, good currency could be desired
They are based the credit of the Government and
are therefore equally current in every part of the
country. They difficult of imitation and, when
redeemable, would contract or expand in volume re-
sponsiVely to the requirements of the home money
market or Of foreign exchanges: In fact the notes
would possess every quality of an elastic, sure well.
known and staple currency POSSESSING legal tender