Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1855-12-11
For he Ma b lie PatrI0t.
% 'Ehc Hour,

A keen observer and nice portrayPr of men, has
pronounced, that no man ever made q good figure
in life who mstook lis own capabilities, nor any
bad one, who understood them. Unhappy, poor
humanity is frequently pertinaciously prone 70 this
fatal misapprehension, and is seen, consequently,
playing part quite autagoriStic to the manifest
purposes, the visible laws of nature in its regard,
apparently CONFIRMED to q bias miscalcuhtiug and
sightless as impclious. Notice this refractory ten
dency in the extraordinary procligity OF the lame
to loco motion, and in the urgent propensity OF the
stammeTer to utterauce So in mental action, he
to whom nature has most emphatically declared
thou shalt not make an exhibition Of thy crude,
misshspen, toddling thoughts is alas too often
assailed with an unresting and ambitious pen. Thus
we have an Introductory to what; is in the same
sentence, asserted to be present-subject, The
Hour" aud now, the author, as is his won't retires
into darkness which may be felt where lie sits
CagOstro like, muttering uni telligibe oracles. An
Obscurity born Of fable and confused intellectual
perceptions, and a singularly imperfect knowledge
of language. An hour" is usually understood to
denote definite period" but he finds its dura-
ton an unsolvable problem; but finally arrives at
the astounding solution, that it is the present tine,
in which he is writing, but whether in the 10Th or
some other century, is an item equally uncertain
as indifferent. Nor, is his Theological benifceuce
so excited, that he should "equate it,
/ Did one engage in task so arduous as that OF
analyzing the discourse at which we glance he
must perforce, leave the latter portion Of hc fret
and the whole of the second paragraph to some
enigma. skilled Theban. Though a stranger to what
century he lives in, the Professors style pqrtakes
largely Of what ne sapiently deems the eharacelis
tic Of the age, dilfusiveness. The theme of the
general expansion of knowledge aud the paucity Of
individuals of vast erndton, is tIite a one, that
it is Imaginable to have it alvla.vd with the eDpha.
sis aud dignity Of m original discovery Our author
boldly demands "UhO can Efl 70 learn in thcs.
timcs?' Good sir, thclc are pcr-ons with so emf,
nent talent for iguorl &C. to be found even now,
and in advanced years, "teac'crs too, decidedly
lliterate. Yet 1.-THE Doctor" should "kuoy much, -
and some things "too We ghty 10 lylt on the
breath OF the multitude What does that mean {?
Surely we have arrived at one Of the profound
depths" We grope on, only devoully wishing
/ that the Professors "humanities grammatical ac-
/ quiremens) may not be Transmitted 10 succeeding
generations"
Christianity would seem to be but a myth at last,
having its origin "in the mystic depths of mans
soul" We had believed it descended from heaven
One of the crooked things in chemistry made plain,
| Is, we presume, that fire progresses by means Of
wings. It is an unsettled aud trivial question
whether christianity shines 4 star or a SUM- bat the
teacher informs US that it TEAMMATES without dis
| polling darkness. What sirnifcatou does he at
tach to Pharmacopeia' Of what Cesar does he
pirate? The gospel fountain offers no healing TO
the body. G.
The \. Y. City Comptroller has submitted to the
Common Council his estimates for the expenses Of
the city for 1885, making the tax levy exclusive Of
receipts aud other sources OF revenue, So I75 600
an increase Of $685., 600 over last year.
. INFORMATION WANrED.-We have been rrques
ed by the parents 20 make enquiry for one Gideon
Mcdowell Jr. who left his parents in Murircesboro'
Tenn, on the 18th Of March !lsr and when las
heard from he was in New Orleans As it i mort
than probable he is engaged on some OF the boatc
plying between Nashville anil Ncw ORLEANS, Gus
friends Of the Press will confer favor bv eallnr
attention 70 this notice, the parents are anxioug
to hear OF their absent son.--SielbyrVe Erp, Sih-