Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-06-10
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/ LlkFlx TO MAKE his E.p-Rsv Sir Wise
scn OF Gosenor Wise young Fl iseOpAl clergy mai
Of Richmond, Ys las 50 far departed from E DISCO
Palan ideas Ct PrOpriety SIS 10 preach will Ou
notss. lie also diseards ihc Trieslly Iabiliuents
ard appears in bis ordinary dress rot even wearing
a white eravat - distinguish him from lsyner.
The CeMNG CR1P-The New York Courisy ana
Enquiry estimates that the coming crop Of wheat
will not be less than huR bred million bushels
fifty miIiors more than the yield Of last fear, While
an unusually large breadth CT lard has been seeded
to Corn. which ct present 10 very forward, with
every prOsIe ct Of good crop.
We iearn from he California papers eff Nay eth,
that Colonel J. c. Fremont has brought suit against
Sheriff CrPpen fer the sum Of S25, 600 damages,
sustained Through the failure Of the sheriff to put
him in possession Ct the "Josephine vein.H
MessFs Wilton L. G5gsin and John Lsichsr the
recent opposition candidates for The 0oveUorsbip Of
Vrginis have beth been elsc,ad lifemembers Of the
Methodist Episcopal D5meetlc Missionary Society
The remarkable prediction of Humboldt IA, he
would die ia the 5sar 1859. was simply bis oOnclu-
sion from a close observation Of the decay Of his
physical powers. II Wts remarkable ouly In show
ing she superiority of The min ever the body. and
the scientific accuracy With which The mind could de-
termine the point Of tine when me physical ma
cLiuery would wear out.
CoNroUsDIxG NAMEs.-The Knieksr6OeFey, for the
current mooth, has b isf review Of the poedcal
works Of JAMES MONTGOMERY. in which we find a
mistake that docs great Injustice 10 tiat excellent
man ard tgue poet. The critic says:
"A stshza which we recall frem q lsug poem. pub
lished some years ago hy an EDglish newspaper,
hits the white in is criticism of MoST9oMERv
The Deyil SIT in lis easy chair, .
SLIPPING his sulphur tea
he looked oct with -ensye ar,
Ger g broad hitunen ssa:
For The Devil Can be sad at times,
In tpit-'os 81 bis f1nmerY;
BE sad; tut not 90 Frasy. quite,
As dram b his friend MoETsoxERT'- .,t
"The iDFhea Is, Of cOurse," says the critic
in the Knicker5oaEer. "eni it is ju,t one, that
HoNTd MERY never rose to he demeuds of great
&C as On . Sc &C. New the fact is says the Boz
IL Pos' the shove lines we're written upon ROBERT
NOS7o merry, writer 50 vastly inferior to JAMES
s'i i pity d shame 10 e1nfound the two.
r. BERT MONTGOMERY, sometimes osiIsd "SATAE
MONTGOMERY and sometimes 'SsTAs Boz, f" is TIE
au hor Of several lopg-Windsd and rideulously IT,
fat d poems, one of which had The devil FOR its b.
r, which thus oecasioned these Dieknsnes, snd
many other sstrical assaults The lines Quoted
n ref to tn. Sstsn poem, and are by no
an severe wien eompar.d With MAoauLAY's
crlti4ue rs he Edia5a'g Reci-tc, or the s;atbiig
tiiIeu Of sYDS'T NTH. Tae mistake Of con-
founding JAMS sud K BstT has Of happened
hefore and TN former mu,h auncyanc, His
h.turh nes o. i account VAS ns'ursl enough;
e. JAMES Is o,e { he ,rues, # roe,s, whll ROE
Esr s vrier Of bsmbasi, vhcb NIB dy adj
mires or reads The cri 10 Of the Ka,cE-rboeksr
very justly a sig to JAHfs MoSlooxsh7 Q high
ak il ''poPuiar aud sacred ,try." His hymns
sung in ali the churches. and will crn;iuue 70
lave r. ages to come. o, the great hymn-Erirers,
Wars, though ofea tame and seldom highly ar
site und ,u5t'dly holds ihe frsi pare 10 ne hearts
add mou hs Ct the pc pe, snd MONTGOMERY the
second; V lie among sch lars and Chrn ans Of the
highest Gu tlre, tie religious fervOr, classic smpli,
cay and pOeIi, Eui of CHARLES WEstrYs hymns,
render thsiE aalhyr fao.ls F5iaetPs.