Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-09-24

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C1ARKsvmLs, Sept 10, 1893.
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to your request thai would give you the news q |
tho dag from our city, write you, What (ss the /
LavVsp. would saw is contained hsEeiR. D. the
wsy did Won ever think what sad lot IS that 81 me
Lawysrl When not constantly sngagea hs'f
Inc one neighbour 10 pull the other by the ears IN
oour and ont Of oour it is at onee universally sala
Of him that OF ell the bad practices Of the Bar his
ia the worst When most successful IN has oeoupa'
ton his career at best can only be characterised as
a brief existence, and Bhep he comes to judgment
and something commemorative is to be sales sAe
pen too, is cut short in its career, for attachments
follow him not into the tomb, and alas, how often Is
his summons asaJpaaa and his ePitsPh man aaH'-s'
But then by way of set of, he has the right OaTe
dOo) by license of the law, to toV his bTains Out
inany and every case, without becoming felo-de Sc
though very often ssde sio; and in doing all tnls
he learns the ropes too well ever to be caught II le
s7fqnqlsmsnts just here, did il ever occur 70 you
that to call the sforenaned parties the disciples OF
! Coke. was a veritable missioner. / mean IN our
modern DAYS The idea now Of Coke, to every intel
IigsDt mind. is the oOal after the gaseous material
contained in il is expelled by heat. The whole
college Of chemists will admit that there has never
yet, in the range of their science been discovered
or produced sufficient intensity CT ealoFie 10 eA-
pei the gaseous material from the parties Of The first
part, to Wit: the miscalcd disciples OF Coke AID
in tho future they arc be accredited as the discl
ples of any ono, would it not be better to say Of
Agassiz "a gass is)
These reflections we're probably suggested by
close attendance upon the circuit court which has
beep in session for the last week and only adjourned
this afternoon. The amount of business done indi-
Gated great energy and industry on the part Of the
oourt and LAWYERS, but was truly alarming to one
who had the position on the docket occupied by your
correspondent The number of judgments taken,
was very great, though gradfed to be able to
say that all the parties are solvent, and album
dainty able to pay at the end of the law This re-
suit win doubtless be pleasing to the plaintiffs and
to our excellent Sheriff (Ramey) whose venerable,
Int still handsome face was lighted up with q
smile which possibly, owed some of its glow to
reflections cast from the metallic mirror of his
statutory commissions. 1 noticed, by the way,
that one Of the lawyers took judgment against
himself This somewhat startled me, and sought
him for an explanation. he said that the creditor
was his friend, and as suit had to be brought, it was
agreed between them that the fee incident to the
litigation would, quo 0d hoe and pro hae rice help
the debtor to liquidate told him it was novel
plan to me- and while it might have its objections,
no one could doubt its feasibility.
The most interesting item of the week, however,
was the lecture of the Hon Judge Pepper, deliv-
cred before the Literary Association of GAINESVILLE,
On Monday night We all expected a good thing,
but have not seen one who was not pleased be-
yond his expectations. The subject Of the lecture
was, ''The tendency of the Times considered in CON
neetiOn with the Dignity Of Lsber." 1t was thought
by some that the view taken Of the subject would
be agrarian in its tendency but far from looking
in this direction, it was better calculated to make a
man feel proud of his species, than volumes of the
gloomy philosophy We so often hear and read.
he did not spare the vicious, whether in high OF
low position The luxurious son of incidence and
wealth, the low debauche were alike lsshed unmer-
oifully. The uookeries of religion, the stupid,
siokly and morbid philanthropy of the age, came in
for their proper share of that mixed vein of
and rdicue which marks the Judges style, as peculi-
arly his own. Wesaw it not his purpose to pull
down, bat rather to elevate, and as l think very
properly gave the post of honor in the social rank
to the laborOr; not in the ordinary sense of that
word, but to the laborer, whether moral mental OF
physical; the poor student in his garrett the philos
pher in rags the operative with the dust Of toll up
on him. passing their lives in improving the moral
social and economical condition of man, placed
far above the accidental creature Of wealth, whose
ipdolently luxurious life, made him drOne in
the great hive. He commended that there WAS a
great but gradual improvement going on in society,
and all that was necessary to render our institu-
tons eternal, and society what God designed it
should be- was the bold assertion and claim on the
part of the virtuous and intelligent workers, Of
their rights, and an expulsion Of the drones from
the hive
The picture drawn by the lecturer Of the eOndi'
ton of our country fifty years hence addressed par
ticularly to the young-was elOquently hopeful and
patriOtic-and its genial glow was vivifyiDg and re-
frssbing. when oontrasted with the gloomy crOak-
iugs of the ravens Of the times, who revolution
in every stage of progress, and anarchy in every
sep the young giant takes toward the feudal strong
, holds of the falsely styled conservatism. The
Judge is unquestionably utlitarian in his philoso
phv-and doubtless finds better music in the song
of the spinning Wheel Ihan Vnat u INC Hel Z oHO
more beauty in the brooch which is the result Of the
song of the heel-thsn in the brooch created by the
GINNING craft Of the jeweer But so far from being
an agrarian he is eminenty conservative, or in his
own words, would rather level up than down. The
styIe Of the lecture while not chaste and CLASH
cally correct as we would have q right to expect,
from one who had had the advantage of the 80 early
and long training of the schools was, nevertheless
bold, energetic and always to the point aud never
failed to pay the penalty of the violated laws of style
in richness of thought and fullness of deductions
The audience was very large one, much larger
than upon the occasion of any other lecture, before
the association, and when you remember that Shil
aber, SAKE, Bishop Otey and G. D. Prentice have
honored US with lectures the compliment of numbers
f is worth something never saw audience more
attentive or better pleased Our friend, R., says it
ought to be repeated in every town in the State.
We had many discussions during the week on the
crops, currency and begging your pardon but just
for the alteratiOn) COOLERS, which resulted in IN
animity on the eobbler subject alone, and that toe
in running it down. The currency, all agreed
ought to be better, and many thought, and among
them your humble correspondent, more convenient
of access. The latter class may be denominated
hards, from the hard times they endure; the others