Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-01-09
Current Topics.

| Tbs SEASON AT WASH1sG ToN.-Al the indications
thus far, it is said, against the prospect of q
gay season at the national capitol thiS winter. A
Washington letter writer says:
| There are not near so many transient families ct
housekeeping as usuGl, and the lodgings for rent
exceed any former season considerably. The hotel
| accommodation is much enlarged, and has interior
! ed materially with the social arrangements. Ee
sides this cause, ard the fact Of short session,
which always eurtsis the number Of private estab>
lshmenls the effect Of the money pressure is felt
more seDsbly than Immediately after the reVusion.
The trades-people all plain Of perceptible re,
tTenchment to their disadvantage, aud this extends
through the various ramifeaiOns OF society. Al
though the season may be said not to open gener>
ally until after the first Of Jrluary, December at
short session like the present, is ordinarily
animated This yesr, but enc party OF any size
has been given, and inst Of special occasion.
Count Sarige, the French Minister, will entertain
large party Friday night, in compliment TO the
Nspiers, who have contributed 50 much to the hos
pitaiity Of the Capitol.
T1R sAUroCRAF oT THE BRRAKFAsr TABLE, II
NEw YoRK.-The New York Evening Post states
that pleasant little party assembled lately in hon
or Of the great provincial, to welcome him to the
metropolis. The number scarcely counted dozen,
yet within the mystic circle Of the XII there was
not little of the elvqnenoe the literary and artistic
ability Of the city. One of the plssssntest fss-
turs OF the evening was very clever little lyric,
1.-THE Autocrat," engrOssed upon parchment and
beautifully illuminated. This was first ohsnted By
the presenter, thea d.lirered with great classical
formallity BY The learned head Of The table; respon>
ded 10 by the autocrat in scholastic Latin, and
rolled up with its seal and ribbon as pleasant
memorial. The Post has been favored with copy
Of the lines which are subjoined as the only me>
mento Of " good time with DR.. Holmes.
The Cars proud bannsris uDfured
Der a. Js tn I circle hall re rid
II waves fn N Oh to KroI stadk-
Is there greater Autocrate
But then lis on J halr tie world
Der which Tbs Is unfurlei;
There create Car han hat
The Breakfast-table Autocrat.
A grester Autocratis he,
Who himself IL ma esty;
Invites all nations 10 his board,
And gives what nature can afford.
Aud man " II aud that God has gives
20 higher standard under Heaven
No rrouder flag, where'sr h. rOa~s-
Than above 50 our Saxon HoLEE."
DEATH OF A SISTER OF ROBERT BURxs.--Isabel-
la Burns the yougest sister Of the peet more gen
orally known IS Mrs. Begg, died recently at her
cottage near Ayr, in her eighty>eighth year. Her
husband dying in 1918, left her with . family Of
nine children. She had an income Of about hun
family by teaching and seNing After . number Of
years an annual pension Of ten pounds was granted
10 her, and in 1872 subscription Was raised,
amounting to four hundred pounds part Of which,
being invested in annuity, dies with her, the re-
mander going to her children. Mrs. Bsgg bore con-
siderable resemblance to Robert Burns, and pre-
served Der faculties and spirits 70 the last - ~ s
DEL1cAOY AND DEBILITY rs ELESENrs OF BEAUTY.
"A lady correspondent Of the Cincinnati Gazette
says: "There some unfortunate ones among the
fairer sex, Who in hope Of rendering themselves in
eresting covet debility and dslcscy. Such ladies,
however, seem rot to be aware that weakness Of
constitution, the weakness Of the mind, can only
! be a recommendation with men whose ignorance, or
perverseness Of taste, must render them anything
but desirable as companions Rattsring con-
quests. But this debility does more still, and
worse for its possesIors. 1t actually robs them Of
the magnetism Of the sex, deprives them of their
coveted power, denies them the capacity to make
eonquess, and leaves them to be accepted, If at all
through piy-s feeling that with such an object is
akin to eoniempt--or totally passed by as cipheIs
in the matrimonial mart --t
''Ill health renders married life unhappy, single
| life nuisance. For those who esteem delicate
constitution attractive, passage from well known
volume may not be wholly without point: Leah
was tender-eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and
trsll, fauoTed. And Jacob loUed Rachel Here are
cause and effect plainly stated. That women are
far from Intentionally sacrificing their influence
over the ohersex is concusively proved By the IN
terminable subsidies in the way of dress, fashion,
perfumery, Accomplishments, and faultless grace,
which not one Of them fails as far as in her power
| to bring to the aid Of her natural charms Why
should they forget, then, they SO often seem to,
that it is the personality only-the soul and SELF
and not their bedizenments that must " in admira-
ton and esteem"
CHASED BIZ AN INDIAN.-A man who has been
West, and been chased by an Indian, makes the fol
lowing mster-of-fset observation: much has been
said oy poets and romantic young ladies about the
picturesque aspect and the noble form Of an un-
tanned and untamable warrior of the prairie, and
far be it from me to gainssy them. An Indian Is :
noble speotace-in picture, or at safe dstarsei
bat when this noble spectacle is mSving his moe
casns in your direction, and you have 70 do some
tall walking in order 10 keep the capillary sub.
stance on the summit Of your Uranium, ali his no
bility' vahisbess-al( 50 sc hlu only painted
greasy nlisereaas. sAS % q yoa givs ilim chance
LIT yoag hzig Rils sAe saas s4ristien spirit com.
posed SEE Roal ssrsns, sith which he would ash
another Fss sels' h5F liltls mere &c that baked