Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-11-22

| quite so eXtrayagdllt.
! 4 GHOST SEER
is among the things which our moderl
Athenians can see and hear il they are anx
ious to do so. He is new free and indie
pendent medium named Campbell, VIII,
might very appropriately label himsel
s'Orviginal; no connection with any forme
show whatever" He sees ghosts and hear.
their voices. ayl and feels their blows anC
kicks, but sorely against his will. Thorn
as, better known as Lord Macallcy, would
be his bosom counsellor, but is proudly re.
pulsed; Lord Byron would conlide to him
the defense of his fair fame, wounded by
Mrs. Stowe, but he refuses; devils innumer-
able flock around him, but he resists them.
although they refuse to flee; worst of all.
| Mary Anne, of the Internationalists and
Trades Unionists, haunts him and holds
him the more because of his earnest eff
| forts to shake her of. He works for his
mundane bread and butter on wharf, re-
| ceiving therefor the princely sum of two
dollars day; he is not going to lecture or
to publish an almanac, but he intends
| to write book which is a crime of almost
equal gravity. He is not handsome, but
Boston prefers that her distinguished men
should be mysteriously ugly. When one
| finds handsome man in Boston novel it
is safe to conclude that he will turn out
villain, and will be proved to be native of
New York. Taken altogether, the fellows
chances for becoming successful humbug
appear exceedingly good.
THE POLITICIANS
are just now busy with our city matters las
our good Mayor Pierce leaves for his higher
sphere of action upon the assembling of
Congress. We have grown to the dignity
of twenty wards, and the difficulty of find
ing one man capable of haImonizing the
interests of what have formerly been a num-
Der Of separate governments is a great one.
Our business men have been aroused to a
realization of the folly of mixing up politi-
cal parties in municipal affairs, and act in
the selection Of their candidates upon the
business abilities of the men instead of
upon their views upon national measures.
If the present wise course is adhered to
there seems likelihood that wemay attain
to the population of New York without be-
coming quite so utterly demoralized in the
management of our city affairs as that
city.
The women politicians have become ut
terly disguised with the treatment they
have received from the now dominant party
in this State, and are swinging round the
circle through the State, holding a series of
conventions TO awaken the wOuld-be voters
to a sense of their duties in the emergency.
The women propose attacking our Legisla-
ture again this year, and L rather think they
will get inst as many promises and just as
few votes as ever. Another chance is to be
given at our next legislative session for
spread eagle speech making, as our only
faals as.alr fo+s
Prince of Caterers, proposes to revive the
question Of resembling resolution of cen
sure, passed last year, upon Charles Sum-
ner for his action in Congress in regard to
the battle flags of the rebellion.
THE RELIGIOUS REVIVALS
which characterized the panic of 81 have
begun, and, if | remember rightly, by the
same sect, the Baptists, who took the lead
at that time. presume the idea of the
''brOthers" is that, as men find there is lit
tie prospect of saving anything material,
they will be more interested in saving the
spiritual body or soul. Whatever NAV be the
reason the fact remains that with panic
in business, almost invariably comes a 'tsea-
son of interest" | think there is a notice
able change in one respect in the influence
which these revivals have upon those who
and that is the practical christianity which |
they foster. There is less cant and more
kindness in the conference talks which |
grow so frequent at such times; and speak !
ing of this practical christianity reminds |
me that one of our citizens is doing a big |
thing in this line. He has established a |
sOup-house to supply the poor with soup at |
actual cost price. He sells tickets at five
cents, which entitle the holder to hot plate
of good rich soup. Thousands will be
kept from suffering either from hunger, or
what is almost as bad, the degradation of
accepting the free soup of the city fathers,
by the thoughtful kindness of this man. |
The past week has shown little improve |
ment in our
DRAMATIC AND MUSICAL
for our best theatre, the Boston. |
has been given up to Irish character pieces, |
in which Billy Florence and his wife have !
struggled to make their superior abilities !
hide the effect Of wretched support and still |
more wretched mounting and accessories. |
Next week We have Salvini, and if there is |
not little Italian swearing when he finds |
what company he has to support him, |
then | miss my guess. The Museum Com |
pany are capable of much better work than |
they have given us this season, but having |
the field to themselves they have lost the |
incentive to eXeTtion which the Inflated |
''GlObe" has supplied during the last few |
years. By the way, strong effort is being |
made to get another theatre erected on the |
site of the ''Globe," and, if times mend, l |
think another fall will see even a finer and |
better theatre than that was, not far from |
the old corner now Sc deSolate to theatre |
gOeFs. The Howard still keeps up the va
riety business and, strangely enough, has |
found ''AIoll Pitcher" two weeks success.
The English Glee Concerts, by the New |
Y DIRK Club, have been the event of the |
week in musical circles, that is, in the |
Weather classes, as the affair was very, |
very select. No advertising or anything of |
that sort. Tickets very scarce. Carriages |
at ten, and all that sort of thing. ThecOn-
certs of Theodore Thomas are announced |
to begin the 2Sth inst, and until that we
have little in the way of music prOmiSedus. |