Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1859-12-16
MOVEMENTS OF THE RAILROADS.
FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER ls, 1859

The CRY PREss--Hung be the heavens IN
black and you. bright sun, If your engage
ments are not too pressing turn from your
burning pathway across the marble hrma-
paent-sink to the bosom of the Southern
seas--and let the day be night Let the
world be draped in the mourning of thine
unnatural absence, and let dirge. and wall
and requiem swell mournfully up from all
the voiceful things of earthl
We are led TO these sad, fearful and mel
ancholy reflections by calamity which came
upon us yesterday without the courtesy of
warning. We had pen, glorious pen that
was the last gift of a friend in days lang syne,
(say about the middle of last year,, and
that had long stood with ms the rude Bullets
of this too bufTeting world, and we valued ii
as such things are seldom valued. Evening
before last we left it lying upon the sanctum
table in the hurry OF accepting an invitation
to wiring from glass of cider-and-water an
APPETITE for supper, and when we came in the
morning to take it up and begin the small,
sweet labors of the day, we found, alas, that
it had taken to itself wings and walked Of.
Oar affections were twined about it as the
loving arms Of the grapevine are twined
about the welded oak OF its bosom, and the
tender recoilections of its many excellencies
will forever plead, like angels, trumpet
tongued, against the dcep-dyed wretch who
took it off Dear, lamented sharer of our
DAYS of toll and nights of scribblingl hail
and farewell Peace to thine ashes, and
ashes be the peace of him who bore thee
hence! -H-#
'EOh, ever thus from childhood's hour,
I've seen my fondest hopes take wings
Inever had a tree or flower,
Nor any hantering for such thngsl
never had ect young pup
Along my path 10 run and leap,
But when't had pretty well grown up,
Twas sure to fall to killing sheepl
Inever had pen before,
(At this no scrbbler will dare scoG)
But what it fell upon the floor,
And broke the damon point short of ~
Bv small bit of carelessness on our
part, the last page Ofyesterday's CRY Pass
manuscript, which contained a reference to
the Unions editorial articles, was not sent
over TO the printer, and SO, instead of ap-
DedTIHB III tHtst CoiuHUS ycsltiudJ Is
it appeared in pile of other trash that had
been swept from the sanctum into the back
yard. Several of our neighbors will say in
their next issues that it is pity the whole
of the CRY Press doesn't appear among the
same trash every morning, but we spoil the !
effect of the rascally joke by exposing it in
advance.
The Union goes into long process of fgur-
ing to prove that the Southern Opposition
are alone to blame for the delay in the or.
ganization of the Lower House of Congress. |
Some people are so thoroughlysversed in the
science of mathematics that they can demon
strate by its rules, to their own satisfaction,
il to nobody eise's, that General JACKSON
once came within sixteen votes of being
elected king of the Sandwich Islauds. The
Opposition in the House have made the
fairest proposition in the world to the Dem
ocratic members, and in rejecting that propo-
sition. the latter have taken upon themselves
the entire responsibility of the delay in or
ganzing, aud all the Democratic mrthemat-
les and logic West of the Alleghanies" can't
shift that responsibility 20 other shoulders.
The UkioR proves quite as clearly in another
article. that the recent speech Of Col NELSON
was Il speech for the Black Republicans. .
The local Union copies a paragraph from a
one horse English paper in which the Hidden
Hand is pronounced 1.-the most dcstestable of
all dram attic compositions.n One half the
English papers would say the same thing of
Alc5eh or Haniet il SHAKESPEARE had lived
and written on this side OF the Atlantic
Fortunately for his reputation among the
HingIish he did not choose TO be born in
this country, and his plays are generally re-
girded over there Us superior to the 'Iddea
lind.
The Banner has well-timed and spirited
article touching the Union meetings held re-
Gently in Philadelphia aud Boston. We had
intended to give an extract from it here, but
find we have no room for it . The local
Banner has several sharp things which are
worth repeating if we had the space to spare
The able editor of the Ne,cs dwells ut some
length upon 1.-The Speakershp and the anti
Lecompton Democrats. The local Ne,cs
makes the following very sensible re-
marks, which we most heartily endorse:
" HNt N'uiu wv pHAcNg nave uVHcs VIC oSht
in all caudor, without KEEBLE aud Mrs. EFT
TIE HENDERSON BY the way. it is due the
little heroine of the Gaety's current history,
that when the night of her benefit shall ar
rive, half Of Cherry Street shall be filed
with people before the doors OPEN
Mrs. HENDERSON must have benefit that
will be worth ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS that shall |
become the Anno Dornini of the Gaiety. from
which the management shall date all theatri- |
cal events, whether past or to come Look |
out for 1t, and be on hand when the bell rings |
The Gazette contains an unusually large
amount of interesting matter. and
"MOre copy!'
This fearful sound breaks in upon US !
through the railroad tunnel which spans the |
alley between the sanctum and the compos- !
ing room, startling US as Hamlet" is star
tied by the ghost OF his father crying |
SwAR-R-R! from the mysterious haunts of the |
scene-shifter, and The CIrY Pass Is brought |
to an untimely end.
PERsoSAL--We were pleased to meet on |