The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-01-28
An Interesting Letter from Gotham
Correspondence OF The Nashville Union.

were it not that 50 many have lost those |
most dear to them, and that 90 many
Others have been enriched By Il. thus
creating for Us 8 new sristocrscy. As
Is IS, the city IS rapidly assuming the
statr q1o ante JeiAsm- Southerners are to
be seen at all our hotels and places OF
amusement in pretty nearly as large a
ratio ss ever, and nearly ali avow that
they have fought heartily against US
Bat they make another avowal which
nearly counteFbalances this, that is. ]
they tel US that they entertain 3 much
higher opinion of Northern vslor Than
they did some five years since. This is
very gratifying TO most of us, and. in
return, very agreeable things are said
to the Southerners. Indeed none, a v
the most thoughtless fanatics, are dis
posed to treat them otherwise than as
kinsmen with whom we have been en-
gagged in q family quarcel, which we
must no longer think Of except so far
as is necessary to pour balm on those
wounds that are still open. 1t is q sub
ject of general remark that none are
more friendly to each other than the
braEest Of Federal officers and Rebel
officers. This is creditable to both, and
hopeful withsl. There are ilustrious
examples enough Of this kind among
the warriors Of the old world but suf-
hee 1t 70 mention, the remark Of Mar
0h@i Eanlf IN the Duke of Wellington,
when the former wss received 30 KIuu-
ly by tue latter on his FIRST visit to Eng
land, after the war. All said the
Marshal, ait seems that l escaped your
sharpshooters at Waterloo only to be
killed now with kindness by your
grace in person" This is the sort of
killing which your correspondent
would now beg leave TO recommend on
both sides of Macon and Dixon's line.
The Stewart libel case is creating
quite a sensation. You doubtless know
the facts from the morning papers. 1t
is sufficient TO say here that the mer-
chant prince alluded 70, is entirely in
nocent of all intrigues of the kind al
tributed 20 him by the Police Gazette,
which, in any case, is rather questiona-
bic authority. That the French actress
referred to in the "Iibellous matter"
has done some mischief is, il seems, but
too true. She has deprived more than
one of their wits for the time being, if
not oftheir fine carriages; there are at
least q half dozen of married ladies who
would give their best bonnets TO have
her three thousand miles from New
York
Skating is the great thing just now.
The rich heiress and the poor serving
girl vie with each other in enjoying the
sport The Park would have crowds at
night as well as by day were it not that
it has no gas yet This, though little
spoken of by the papers, if alluded 10
at al, is a very serious privation. In
riding through It of dark night, no
one is safe. The Park police are sup
posed TO be on duty at all hours, bat Il
is notorious hat you might drive
through every part Of it, at almost any
time 1t night, without meeting one OF
them. Il would be far otherwise, how
ever. if you wanted 10 meet with per.
sons who would help themselves to
your watch, or any light change (green.
backs) you might happen to have
about YOU. In short We cannot boast
much of our Park, after all, until it as
furnished with some lamp-pOsts.
Two or three days since l attended
4, the semi annual examinations OF Man.
d haitian College, in company with a te"
friends. Much as this Institution Ia;
q been praised during the last three year,
r for the thoroughness aud success OF lt
system of education, the results Al
tanned show that not a word has beer
said in its favor which it does not emi
peptly deserve. One who has to com,
e ment on various topics within the com
b, pass Of a letter, cannot be expected Il
e enter into details Suffice il to say
therefore, in general terms, that thu
9 classes in mathematics, mechanics, ant
chemistry, as well as those in Latin
Greek and English literature, aquitte'
themselves on Wednesday last IN
manner that would do credit 10 those o
onr oldest and most celebrated univer
2 sites. Your correspondent is by n,
means peculiar in this estimate it i
that of the best judges. Thus he Ma
tional Quarterly Review, which is con
fessedly the most impartial, fearles
and critical journal in the country
sneaks of il in one OF its recent article
on Colleges and Universities as ioI
|, lows. AT no College in this country o
+, the many whose eommencements VI
have attended, have we seen such con
yincing proofs of educational thorough
n ness" It is & Catholic institution, bu
At one distinguished for its cosmopolitan
? h~berality, having Protestant professor
II "a we'll as Protestant students; neithe
of whom are required TO deviate in th
a. slightsst manner from their own iaitf
n our people are much afraid of tn
cholera. Fortunately none are MOI
40 than our aldermen aud according
70 We expeot to have tolersbly oles
d streets before long None should b,
III lieve hat the disease is non-eontagiou
Cor the truth is that the plague
g scarcely more so. Many have lost the.
Id lives by an oveF-weening faith in th
N opposite theory, forgetting that doctor
II will differ, if only for the purpose
II doing so. Tie beet prevenhyes, s
ar proved by the experience OF the worl,
be are temperance in all things and clesi
illness.
Real estate has still an upward tel
- dency. but house rent is Increasing 8
m \ much greater ratio. The rates char
Ia ed here even for rooms would seem a
- most fabulous 10 the denizens Of Lon
don and Paris When it is borne
,b mind that sll the necessaries OF life r,
~ ain the Wal prices, il may well be IN
q. derstood that there is much suterin
among the poor during the cold westl
e.. Alas for the poor children It
-. ,,inf,l a. observe the eFo,g they max