Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-01-31


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Pilgrimage 10 the Land OF the Re.
publican.
1t takes genius to describe storm at sea,
or a storm upon land, or a storm anywhere
else. One may stand amid the wild war of
the elements, and enjoy the weird grandeur
of the scene, if he is not too badly scared,
and think of thousand things descriptive OF
The dread uproar that would read well in
print; but when the storm is over-when the
winds are Iuiled 10 sleep, the thunder and
| the lightning are heard and seen no more
and the waves are but swelling like the in
| nocent breast of slumbering Infancy the
scene is left upon the mind tumultuOus
| dream only, and the pen shrinks from an at
tempt to describe it. 1t Is thus with the re-
cent excursion to Louisville, Cincinnati aud
Columbus IL was glorious affair from be-
ginnieg to end Bu- 10 paint il on paper l.
utterly impossible. 1t was a living. movi ing.
shouting panorama. which beggars descrip-
ton, and sends il max, d and shiverirg pau
per TO the pOor-hOuse- We propose TO speak
merely of some of the more pleasing incl
cents of the trip, leaving the rest to the very
fine imagination of the reader, who will
please consider this the afternoon of the oath
of January, 1860, and that We are in
LOUISVILLE,
having just arrived on the special train from
Nashville. He will please consider also, that
when we use the pronouns We, our. and
so forth, with capital W.. O's and US, we
don't mean ourselves individually, but the
entir, Tennessee dclegaiion;" otherwise We
shall be held responsible for a good many
things of which are not individually gull
ty. A salute j. fired as We roll up to The
depot, and the large crowd who are stlnding
pn the platform, on the houses, on the fences,
banging out of windows, &c, ''bOller a good
deal1 We swarm out If the cars with Our
earpet-bags, and clean shirts wrapped up in
newspapers, and rush pell-nell for the hacks
and Omnibuses, afraid, (some of Is Lrgisla-
Ors especially, who have never been out If
tennessee before. and have been led to be-
ieve that Louisville is as large as fourteen
1Ondous.) that We shall be left behind, and
FiIl not only have to walk ten miles up town,
Put will get there too late for the banquet,
nd for the START of the yIacO6 .StTader. which
axes place at O'Clock, p. NJ, Tomorrow.
he military companies fall into ranks. We
aving already fallen into the vehicles, the
fraFu h-asz hand With siIU..r horns
srikes up briskly, and the procession
hoves of up Broadway 10 the part of the
~ " here the principal hotels most do con
Fsgate. At these Institutions we leap
ON the carriages, rush into the barrOOm,
Office, roll a tide Of excited bumau-
up to the desk and scramble for
e register, knowing ~ We well do that
ben We have achieved our name IpOn the
de-ruled page of that interesting volume,
e crowd OF Louisvillians gtthrr-d around
il glance at the Distinguished autograph
ID whisper with bated breath among Ibcui-
yes, .-THaf's HIM ~ After making Our
YES numerous in the hill that the crowd
~ feast their adm;ring eyes uPou OR
endid personal appearance, and having
Teady secured room, ana asked the uI-
tunate clerk a million OF ridiculous ques-
rs. which would require an amy life
b. to answer. We walk with lofty tread
the broad stairway. aud find Our room,
the assistance Of tbr,e porteIs and twice
number of ehambermaid4. where We |
NIB the dust and cinders from Our face |
hair, and then descend to the hall. by |
route intended alone for the ladies' TO
ew the sensation Our arrival created.
lead the crowd into supper at The first tap
he gong, and having c'quetted with II
j oyster or so and cup OF coffee (eating
little, the excitement having destroyed
appetite, and besides, il isn't necessary.
be supper does Mt cost Us anyIhing) We
from the table and stroll carrlessly from
room. with an 'ahem'' or two to apprise
ngers of the fact that the restraint of Oar
ence is about tn be withdrawn. We light
gar, which We gracefully puff ill
pck, when We repair to
THE BANQUET
he splendid Hall Of Masonic Tempt.
We find tables arranged for six or seven
lred guests, filed with everything to eat
drink We can desire. Soon Is heard a
discharge of champagne cnrks, the in
mt tinging Of glasses, aud the rattling |
hives and forks. We partlke largely
county prudIce OF Kentucky, and Of
nerable swcet-ncats and oIber d,-I.ca-
brought from distant lands and thrn th,. !