Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-11-26
PITuABLE SPECTACLE.
a lsatch 81 FscrEars.

Yesterday, near the hour of II o'clock, |
we saw one of the most abjectly piuaole
sights that il has been our Ill fortune to be-
hold for some time. On the hills beyond
Lick Branch we discovered batch o. tho
most woe-begone looking set OF people we
have seen since the heart-rending sights OF
North Georgia in 1864, when Sherman bore
his burning banner TO the sea. They were
apparently all of the same kilt and kun,
and consisted of an elderly lady and
Younger one, and what was left OF Two
men The old woman was bent almost
double, sitting on the cold stone, no APP
parel worth the name, with her elbows on
her knees and her almost bloodless cheeks
in her hands. She was COM
plete specimen Of misery and wretch
edness. The younger woman had the
skeleton of babe in the lap of her worn
and tattered garments, that looked as
| though it had never drawn life or nutriment
| from maternal breast. The appearance oil
| the two women and that child was enough
| To make the heart bleed The two mAscu-
lines who made up the group, were wan and
haecard, their clothes being mere shreds
of what they had been. Their straight,
crisp hair, their uncouth visages, their at
| titudes of grim despair and all their sur
roundings made up an appearance worse
than the Digger Indian or the Australian on
his log. They were beggars OF the yesN
noorest and most mendicant cast. Ihi
yery sunshine seemed luxury. We asked
the elder woman where they were, but she
shook her head in the fashion Of the mos
weird of soothsayers We do not know
, whence they were or what Will Decolne
: them. They were a sad SIGHT.
, Prof CampbeII's Lecture To-niSh'
, Ancient history makes record OF tunn!
fellows who wrote, and spoke and acted
The Greeks had laughing philosopher
his name escapes US at the late hour at "nlc
| we write. Kings, in Later tunes, hh
their court testers. In more modern time
| finn has become a fine art, and our oW
country has produced number OF humol
: lists facile with the pen andgib on the tongu
-Doesticks, Artemus Ward, Josh Bling
: Bill Arm. Asa Hartz, the Fat Contributor an
others of less note There is, howeVe
but one Prof. Campbell, and his lectul
. will be no attempt to initiate the humor
any predecessor, ancient or modern Il
= | deed, it will be no attempt at all, at ful
The readings and lectures thereon, w
: be something new and select, and the fu
!. fit should happen, will come OF itself; al
:, it is probable it will be a natural and u
y forced mingling of the sublime, the seriou
the pathetic and the comic.
= Let none of our readers therefore torG
- the readings and lecture of Prot. W. 7.
y Campbell at Masonic Hall tonight. tie
- fellow of infinite jest" and, If he do
. | entertain his audience in the most agree
~ bic manner, then we are no judge OF hum
y nature. If there be any of the boys NJ
- in the city who were classmates OF I
10 Professor thirty years ago in the old
+, house which stood on the corner OF Hl
Ao and Union streets, they will have rec
- lection of the serio-comic composition
"a the then young genius, and an occasl
az will be offered them tonight to revive
on pleasing "reminiscences belonging to Il
81 period, when Campbell was the recognl2
gu leader of his class, both in point of me
~ and devilment The proceeds OF this /
ture are to be handed over to avery Wort
ex-naval officer, who, in times past,
=. done the State some service. Let
4 house be crowded
~ We shall go ourselves and pay our W
! no and think no man or woman will be
nc worse for doing likewise, for, whether
lo' ship OF ashore Prof Campbell Is with,
as model and without a shadow, and
an an the capacity and the culture to make
an entertainment of the kind advertised,
~. tertaining indeed.