Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-01-18
" aDNEsDAY MORNING, JAN. Is, 1850
Tax cnr pnrs-rhere is one subiec.

tired If reading and talking, read and talk
We the Public, never so Increasingly a
SuIiect about witch We, the Editorial Fra
ter,itv. never gns fatigned with writing.
write We. tl,. Edfdial fraternity, never SO
6ncessantIy. 1t Subject as fall of the
widest interest the Cumberland just now
of drilt-wOcd sh muddy water. So much
so. that We, the Iiblic. would rather read
single article aboc il in the daily papers in
the morning at beakfast. than 1T down on
Sunday and devof whole New York Ledyers
of the Cub and ;cErBwoBra school OF ro-
nance. or even wole volumes Of SiBbad the
Sailor aad the A.biaa Nights. And il We,
indisidaalIy-we,
II part Of % stIpeEdoas VIII sie, y
fmeaning a parlOf one srupendOus whole
P,,bIic. OF course, do not suffer ourselves to
be absorbed by tn Subject az We, the Pub
lie ar. The fact lat ributable much more to
our want OF iastend our uRiIRpressible na-
ture. than to anyrant OF interest in the Sub
EFT its IT, We rer, il is needless 10 say, TO
.sTHRPEAKERsHIPI
About which the rses gives as another lead
er. A short one Wonder ifa fellow could
MT m lake fortune ere In Nashville b. stert-
ing newspaper 3out twice the SIC Of
bed blanket, ctIleC7zs Speaker. and devoted
Exclusively to the Speakershp, with no adj
vertisements, andmereiy batch or 20 OF
legislative Proceedings by way of variety
If he would put the price of subscription
b ,Sn l., one doIIF per anuum, infexib y o
credit, be coul get a. many Subscribers as
be would knew What to do with. The second
,r;icie in the Eessis in reference 10 the Hon.
yuLIAM b. STtKrs. The Asrs thinks Mr..
Stokes vii do The Lebanon Democrat, a
~ paper edf dby r E. THOMPSON, ESq-
nd very neatly pdnted at two dollars veal.
links Mr.. SrOEss won't do The Netcs
links Mr. SToKsj is q man of honesty and
biIily. The DeuDenaf, which says 10 its first
lumber that IL means to conduct itself in
igh-tOned. courteous manner. says in the
anne number that Mr.. STOKES is "a low-fung
-magUgus:' Which remark is probably an
Fcragc sample of the high-tOnc and conf
~ which prevails among the Wilson county
democracy. tn. local Nes0s thinks. in an
rticle OF some lcasih. that the General Gov
'nnent oaght to throw up its contract for
rrying the mails, and let such things
dOas by iadiviluII enterprise. We
e inclined to think ourselves. that u
Juld b. much cheaper. qaick--r and safer
put a boy on a mule and send our letters
sd papers by him. between Nashville end
ew Orleans for instance, than to have item
FRIED by The present mode OF conveyance
e of course use the terms carried aud
conveyance" in i mere fsuraiive T.hse, as
~ are now obsolete in the ordinary 'ehse.
far their application IL the nails II Gun
rned. We wouli he mucI pleased to re-
i've New Orleans paper. OF a Mobile paper.
Il Memphis paper. or some other away IL
nder paper, rs oftr1 as two or three times
year, and il somebody will establish a
eat UncolSOIblated Opposition " lie Line,
wish would be gratilied. The local al
Mes gives US a thrilling account OF The
dnight robbery OF "a hen-housc- How did
find out the particulars, AMI how came
use feathers in mis- Thar" next morning ,
Gov. WISE has r.t red from the Executive
,nsiou at Richmond
''Shades + ILlgie where + now your boasti
Your bright IEiiab .taHt = iOsI!"
and has gone down to the repOse of Acco
with Old O,saw oitom;e's j,ck-knife in
i pocket of his trowSers. joins LETCHxR. "a
1 Ith..rn man with Northern principles, -
; Governor of Virg MA. and has written
published his Il st message. The CRi0H
it In its columns and writes an article
ut it. The Union praises Gov. LErCHER
the message both Ii is 4 great pity
tspaper has to do such uphill worth and
nothing for il.
ye find the following fire-eompany item in
local Gazeae-
u Their pular merting f ID iHgr FIR. Co
), hrld last night a INA snihcsHt massive
beautifully carved silver trumpet was
| rent d TO Mr.. A A C..rteF, 1t Engineer
,he Company. The Trumpet was purchas-
rom ". III. Calhoun Il ca. last May, by
ne unknown friend Il the .Delugr Boys
hung IN tie engine house. with a card
peb. 10 il which elntlin, j an inscription
sui stance that IL shall b present, Il 1" the
nber who should arrive irst at the engine
tse on an alarm % fire tie greatest mum /
yiary. Mr.. Carter Was inst on the lis, /.
ch entitled him o. the handsome gift
| Il SpaHIer ANA { 8, ere also pT. : -itrd To .
ID Johnson. "A member of tie X lstIic- Tor l
..ni.ar pTOmptness ia the discI@Tsc VI L.S /
= Is a Fireman
.Ie BIaRsr has anoihrr article on that I
\, darling, delicious Spcak-rslip. W. I
low the article standing and in siI,.nc q.
the EG.aer, Ino-tlyIu hsi.es: The eiec- +
Of Ds1loerah for SPEAKER IS ing, ssibi,. 4
}ecfioH Of oonseTrIt,re Soa'Lsr. O,gO,i,ioa /
may ie sSesei az arg time ~ Democ,G,c /
Therefore, il SHERMAN, or any 9th r
Ihiican is elected Sp aker, the rr~prn~i-
rests upon the Democratic members OF /
,yress.' These are solemn facts, and we
,,Orizs the Banner 10 offer large reward .
:he Democratic editor who can prove
!, or has attempted TO prove them, any /
: else. They are just sdcb Facts a. VI.
1GRrSD would have been delighted with
lets as solid as hammered sicrl--so solid
:. c light OF the whole Democrat
can't crush them. + .ct-, like sckas-,.s
ding the l. Coincu Hrmb,rs Oi COasre
won, hep the Opp iiioI memb,-rs
Southern m.n SPe ,kyr. are stab6oIn
- The local Burners reference TO the
AIRY Editor Of this pap is di-respec ,ful.
name o. our Military Eiiior should new
c taken in vain- Ii should never be
en- but with awe and reverancr; il should
r be written except in letters Of gold,
!, best article OF writing duid. When it
iiieR in this Office, the writer. like the
zee entering the holy places OF the pro-
takes OF his boots But the local
r is young. 1t remembers that our
bry Editor is thousands OF miles distant.
,. orgets that the glory OF his deeds and
,oDlendor of his renosn siill iingrr here
aservade, as with living presence. the
gaent from the romantic cialn-b.nks Ut
be Cod 10 the golden shores u the new
EtHaradn The local - faIsa I