Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-08-29
A TRAVELLING rENNEssEEAN.
CaudIe I.etters ana Lecture..

CaudIe Letters and Lectures.
Philadelphia is the great market of theo
logical books. Religion is sent OF by tn
car load, which may help to account 70
there being SO little left, as proved by tn
hotel bills. Being only four dollars distant a
Washington, / concluded to run up and bu
pounds of second hand learning. The chill
dren of preachers are proverbially bad arr
often in the North after the death of their pa
DO put his books on the market. There wa
once in Philadelphia large concern which
made buying and selling these a speciality
Some dear brethren stole almost Thousand
volumes from me ia the war, so that had tn.
biliioneth part Of a chance offnding them
MY visit turns out to be sad dissppoint
ment. Since the life insurance business ha:
been SO active, and he churches have bough
policies for their preachers, the health oil
the latter has become delightful. Ia old
times when the congregations were afraid
they would have to do something for Their
families if the preacher sho1ld die, and il
| consequence took the most tender care o.
their health, never allowing them to run
into danger, they would be dropping of
continually. Now, when their premium s
have to be paid yearly, and their departure
would be gain, and they ara sent on the
most dangerous roads, they hold on. Even
if there is an accident, everybody elss is
killed, while they get off With shaken nerves,
for which European tour is advised,
which adds ten years to their lives. The
store which once filed several stories of a
large house now does not fill small upper
| chamber, aud the unhappy owner seems
overwhelmed with sadness at this distress
ing longevity.
On my way TO Philadelphia, l stopped for q
few hours at Baltimore. The grand swell
Of the convention will be felt in this city for
long time. The political enthusiasm it
engendered Is shown at every point. Flags
are flying, devices waving and Greeley is
the man. This place is so large, its streets
are SO crowded, its business so vast, that
one is oppressed with the mighty tide of
life that is heaving around him. We of the
South ou- BIT ever to remember that the
sympathy and material aid of this noble
people have meyer failed us in the hour of
trial. Millions would hardly represent the
vast sums she has contributed to build up
the places south of her, made waste
by tue vaudsls of cities north.
Auu " AOh al CObhCNolO1 uittt hDi9 IL lo
| remembered that for teas, coffee aud IN any
| other articles, she is the cheapest market in
the Union, it does seem that Southern trade
should centre far more upon her than it
has ever done. l have hardly settled N.Y.
self In the Philadelphia train before, TO my
intense disgust, the car | occupy is inro2d-
! ed by gang OF Indians. presently md
these are Spotted Tail, the Apache, and a
. { E . =, IL 10 harr
visit to see their gran granny grandfather
Graut, and who are to be our travelling
companions. This is q privilege l would
gladly dispense with, as | have always
found that on their native heath
thirty yards to the windward o.
one of these mighty warriors was the mini
mum distance consistent with nasal COM
fort, to say nothing Of a little polyped
| which they nouCish and which grows to
f, proportions that shame those of their ia
phetic cousins. The agent has dressed
these Indians in mean white attire, and
one would have TO travel wide on sum-
mers' day. to find an effect as vulgar and
! repulsiye as is produced by the combina-
ton of their common straw hats and i'll
fitting clothes and Fillainous cut-throat
countenances. | cannot help thinking of
. uULEu wears VI DtOIS dSt, WuGn L uCG
either this variegated caudai or some Of the
kin on the plains. Like Wordsworth's
1 Little girl, we were seven. Our
party, on sD evil hour, fell in with several
hundreds of these redmen, who demanded
that we should spread table III the wilder
ness for them all This modest demand,
( IBIS depOuent who was chief de cuisine,
| with DO fuel save a limited supply of buf-
! falo chips, unCondi ionally declined. Then
! they yelled at US, tried to drive away the
mules, told US we had bad hearts and want
/ ed to fight, which last was the most fearful
! false GOD that had ever parted even their
| lips. Not many months after came up
! on a select band of some two hun
! bred of the same gang, when
/ was nearly twenty miles in the plains
with no protector but small boy. Af,er a
rapid little posting Of the moral
! day book and ledger, l offered
| them-circumstances alter cases, and felt
ss if would never be hungry any more
most of my food, which they took with
movements of spears as if they had strong
| idea of taking me with it. Every dog has
! his day, and they look so cowed, ahlect and
mean now, that l cannot retain my ven
| geance, even though am perfectly aware
| they would delight to take my scalp, #
they could find a favorable opportunity.
very soon shift my car for one in front
| which seems appropriated to gentlemen.
! No, there are two ladies occupying one
seat, engaged in excited discourse on poll
tics, with a group standing around. The
| elder wears spactacles on a nose that arches
| over a rather fine face of the squirrel type.
| Features expressive, voice clear and Teso-
nant, without haTshness, enunciation rapid
| aud forcibls. As enter she says: "Oh, Mr..
| Greeley is a man of such unbounded be-
nevOlence ne win forgive US if we do fight
| a-ainst him" / am told sheis Mrs. Susan
l-B. Anthony, lecturer and politician. That
| tue-l0oking woman by her side, with
! tendency III face aud form to embonpOlnt,
| oval face, blonde type, and hair hanging in
cnrls is Mrs. Hooker, sister Of Beecher,
| fellow apostle IN the cause OF woman's
/ rights. Mrs. Anthony sees in the political
! horizon a sign no larger than woman's
! hand of the better day coming. IN the
platforIn of the Philadelphia Convention
| for the first tune In American history, Wo-
men we're spoken of. Their power is be-
ginning to be felt. The wedge had already
entered which would turn and Overturn,
! till they should in all respects be equal to
the men. An old Dutchman was sit
ting in the rear, who had all
his saur-kraut turned into pickle at this
prospect. Doubts as to his own family
arrangements seemed to fill bis mind. In
solitary soliloquy, loud enough to be heard
over the car, he said: 81 toni likes woman
TO pe minkling NIT bolitics. Ny wife has
cot enough to do at home attenting to de
napy. De work keeps de mischief out Of
her head. A pretty fool she'd pc going to
de bolls and scussng bolitics." So he
grumbIed on In wrath and broken English,
a. the idea of his frau getting to be strong
minded. l study the coming woman in
these two ladies with good deal of inter-
est. With Lucretia Mott and her tribe. one
has the idea of listening TO monOmSnlacs
too wild to be dangerous. This last type
is far too superior to be thus scorned. 1t
Is alarming TO see what tact, skill and activ-
itv they bring to bear on their fell
parpose, which is the destruction Of
those principles on which society is founded.
I study these ladie for such in appeal
anes, speech and manner they are-some-
what in hopes of seeing coarseness and re-
pulsiyeness, which would tend to neutralize
their influence, Bat | look in vain. The
word that best describes their style Is gen.
tlern anly. Even when Mrs. A. comes to
NV seat and leaning on the end OF 1t, as is