Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-01-03

We say this Win the hlghFst TespSct ioT any =
badv's common sense-what little he's got
and hope the remark will create no hard teel-
ings between us. The present sanctum CRATE
is "A CRATE humbus. 1t holds coal enough to
freight a small filt-bOat, but it was construct
ed in primitive times. and is 50 construct
ed a. to send all the heat up the chimney.
1t sucks up all the cold air in the room, but
a. nature abhors a vacuum OwO or three
!ilors IN a place, you know. don't interfere
aeh with its being vacuum) a fresh sup
DIV of still colder air comes pouring IN
through every crevice, which in its turn seeks
the chimney, .'drifting'-as moon-struck
poet.rays of something or other when his SARf
Ann had told him he needn't come back any
more on ..tne above business"
'sDrIniug from Arctic winter
To a torrid heart Of fame"
Under these polar circumstances, 1t Is not
to be wondered at that newspapers are dull
lat AMI Improbable. II IRE were in the hol-
low-ware and cast-iron business here in Nash
Vile, and wanted handsome puff, we'd lend
is aroand a beautiful office stove, with all the
pipe aud other fixtures complete. But we
IRE not. and consequently can't oblige us In
that way; which We much regret, as we
sbouId regard il as the best investment we
ever made.
On the First day of January, A. d. Egh-
teen Hundred and Sixty, which Is generally
Understood to have been day before yesterday
| The RepalJIicH Banner and Nashville Wing,
IaiGy. tri-weekly and weekly (the printer
VII please he careful not TO make that last
word sceakly) journal of this city. reached the
ldftieth anniversary of its birth day. The
Banner has our hearty congratulations and
all that sort of thing. 1t has lived long and
labored Justify in the cause of truth. Justice
$50 forth it has stood the rude bullets OF
at Md for half a hnrdred years: ii has
ssgen systems and empires ris ana fall like
ubbie> on The sea Of Time it saw JACKSON
JIAY, CALHOUN, WEB>TER. aud other great
men, rise To mid-heaven, blaze the comets
ia s..asol, and sink behind DEATHS never
hitting cloud il has seen our Military Eli
Or sScend Fane's gIded chariot and mount
pward in an eneffablc blaze of virtuous re-
own (may it never see him inglOriOusly de-
eend); and through all the vicisSitudrs Of
Tune and Change and Chance, it has kept the
ven tenor of its way. and is a. young and
esh and vigorous to-day a. If its brow had
cen famed by the breezes of but twenty
ammes May it live a thousand and one
ears, and neither it, shadow nor its subscrip-
on list grow less. Under the head Of The
ew Year." the Banner writes a solemn and
Impressive article. As mere piece of com
csition it is uneXceptionable. but we are
urprised at it. The Banner il now fifty years
lids a METHU- EIAH-a father in Israel
knong the newspapers of Tennessee and il
hight to know that it is more profitable 10
hrn TO the Past aud draw lessons of wisdom
om its experiences than TO indulge in idle
REGULATIONS as to what is going to turn Up
the Future. But there is little profit in
Brushing the keen dagger of Speculation into
e Future that lis point may come back TO
II us what Is waiting for us there; nor is
ere much in wandering back, fancy borne,
ong the road over which We haze travelled,
look again upon the dead hopes We left be-
nd
s.Trust not Future, how e'er pleasant,
Let the dead Fast bury its dead
Act, act IN tie IiyIIs Present;
Ioox out Tor snags, All pitch ahead "
To many, the Future is too like the Yelled
-ophct of MokInna-it Is isir aud I,eauti-
| to look upon, as all look upon it in hope
d fancy, and the Whispering which come
IN the enchanted isles that slumb.r upon
misty bosom, steal into The dreaming soul
.sIhe still sweet iAll OF music far away"
wnen the hand of Tim withd.aws the
II and reveals its thronging mysteries. too
en- to them-to many-is wears, not the
,uty of Heaven, but the shadow OF hell.
en-. why should we strain our eyes by stri-
| lg To look into that Unknown Lind. which
shut out from the x re by veil as imp
taI.le to human vision as if it were a wall
istcel-a land which may hold for us far
= of veal than Of woe! But this is ridicu-
s-a mere stripping preaching to a 6fly-
s,r old SIch. however, is Young America
old have lost everything they ever knew,
E Contemporary will forgive US this boyish
isercIon, We will see to il that We hereai-
81 W X more circumspectly.
The Reasons Why" is the caption OF an
;cIe in the He7es-a few linrs only. serving
"a cap-stone to an extract from a Wash
ton letter. We, in common with every
Ia else, have long be wanting to know
reasons why; and we trust the junior OF |
30 Nelss will adept the words as a standing
BID. like the Great head under which the |
s.dom and philosophy Of this column Is
Den 10 the world, and tell US. from day To
-. all be knows. The article In question
rely tells as npon the authority of "Occa-
nal" The Washington correspondent Of the
asdelphia Pres, the reas ms why the Adj
;iftradon Democrats In the House would
ssupport Mr.. GILnER for Speaker. As
ro9sienap occasionally has occasion TO
fse With the political oraeies Of the
y at Washington. be ought TO know; bat
Is mist TX q. These fellows would Mt
port Mr.. GsLxEE becanse they believed lie
,snee member of the ancient order Of