Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-13
WASHINGTON CORRESPOND.
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Easter-FashiOns-A National Spelling
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To the Union and Ar,a-i.s,

l. OF grass, or green Leaf, or bud. was 10 b
seen. Today the sky is as blue Is q forget
me-nOts the ar Is balmy with spring OdOr
and musical with spring harmOnies: th
parks and gardens are Green and fresh
daisies and ViOlets deck the street Dlats. il
every window are jars Of hyacinths. lille
and camelias, and every one we NEE
has bouquet or bOutOnmire of ViOlets and
geraniums. Easter week was duly cele
brated, and, with its fetes and receptions
seemed like an .Indian summer return Ol
the anti-lenten carnival Of fashion and
gaiety. Easter Sunday the Catholic and
Episcopal churces were beautifully deco
rated, and were crowded with people eager
7 to see the imposing ceremonies, and to heaI
the GlOrias and Te deums suitable 70
the occasion; ana even in the churches.
where the anniversary Of the day when
'the stone was rolled away from the
sepulclIre," is no more than any other Sab
bath, there were unusual crowds, forEastsr
Sunday is the day when fashion authorizes
the dOnning Of spring costumes, and her
vOtaries come out in all the glory Of new
suits and last styles. Great attention is
paid here to church music. and all the
leading churches have chOirs as well Organ-
lied and disciplined as army bands. but in
two churches, ST. Johns (EpiscopaD and
st. AlOySius (CathOlic), the music beggas
description. At st. AlOysius, where tl,e
anthems and masses are as artistic as al
the Magdalen in Paris, and where thou
sands flock to enjoy them, some former res
! idents of Nashville, Mesdames Elliot and
DeZevellOs, and Mr.. McCreery, are promi-
nent members Of the ch0ir-Madame Elliot
as soprano, and Mr.. McCreery as tenor.
They seem to take an active part in ANA
teur musical and dramatic entertainments.
for 1 often see lattering notices Of them in
the city papers.
! SsPRING OPENINGS" FASHION DIS
PLAYS"
were conspicuous features Of last weeks
programme. With regard TO the new fash
ions, they are very becoming to the young
! and pretty, very trying to the old and ugly,
and give all a certain I-knOW-I -am-a-shOw
look, rather irrecOncilable with old
fashioned notions Of propriety, but
very welcome TO lovers Of the odd
and curious. Skirts are worn so tight and
seant that the ladies look like statues
stepped down fiOm ps7estals in the aArt
Gallery for promenade on the avenue.
and medical students can pursue their
anatOmicabstUdies al fresCo, enlivened by
the play'Of muscles and the charm Of
emotions.
ORTHOGBAPHICAL.
1 see by your paper that orLhOmania has
reached Nashville and fear YOU are having |
a violent spell. Here a mild type Of the !
malady prevails. Notices Of ortLO1rapLical |
tournaments, amateur orthOeps, etc. ex-
clude the worn out son dts" and society /
notes, and distinguished OrfLOeDicQl /
gyHmGst' is a title often heard. Last week !
there was a national spelling match at Lin /
coin Hail, at which eX-Speaker Blaine was /
announced to preside, and in which sew
eral Cabinet officers, Senators and many
distinguished men and women partici- !
pated. A well known authOress spelled |
syllabub, syllybub; bald-heGded professor
gave CtenCidians as teEOyii0Hs.
"a little nonsense ROW and then
Isrelished by the best OF men,"
but Of all fun, surely spelling is the most !
dismal. The prizes offered on Jbese occa-
siOns are generally handsome editions OF
dictionaries, and, like nearly all lifs's
prizes, are won by those who need
them and value them least. Web
ster has been discarded at the latest
matches aud Barclays Classical English
Dictionary selected as the umpire. Good /
spelling is certainly q siTaJle, but a poor
speller is not necessarily ignorant or inca |
pable. Many Of our most efficient states
men have been noted bad spoilers, pretend
ed that it was constitutional and that no |
amount Of study could overcome it. Gen.
JaCksOn's extremes We're all eXtreqa. and |
his IS and is as uncertain as some p0liti-
clans votes. Many agree with the old hero
in his reply to some one who corrected his !
Il have poor opinion, sir, of I
the mind that can't rise above spelling. and
pity the idiot who can't spell many words !
in two or three different ways Among !
my relics is note from an eX-Speaker Of
Congress many years ago, commencing, 7
'Prehaps We had better Wate'-aDd an /
other from a Senator whose speeches were :
quoted all over the country, "Airs. GWin I
has kindly offered me her pIgb tomorrow, q
and l will call for You at lOa O'Clock to at {
END devine service
A..
OF course everybody in Nashville has I
'ead and criticised Mr.. JOhnsOn's great
speech, but you should have head it and /
eeR the immense crowd collected al
he Capitol to honor the great Ten
lesseean. All acknowledged /. 10 be D
he speech Of the session, Yet T
,eOple were disappointed, simply because o
,ublic expectation was excited TO too high / 4
pitch TO be satisfied with a manly, elo- .
Uent discourse. DemOstbenes or Cicero c
Ould hardly have gTatifed that crowd. d
Among the audience were many who We're =
rOminent in Mr.. JOhnsOn's impeachment ! e
he now justified and exalted, they con s.
emned and despised. Shortly after he
eased speaking and whilst there still hung
yer the audience that hush that always |
blows successful OratOry, Gen. Butler y,
anne in and eyed the galleries slowly, with |
look that seemed to say "WhO's been here
ince I've been gomez" was in the 'la- ~
les gallery when Mr.. johnson made his / -
reat Homestead speech, in 1858, and re- =
member my escort sayiqg, ave have iuS ~
stened to a speech tlAt viii make its L
uthOr President" HeSbecame President. VI
lOugh not by his Homestead bill, and vet %
he great principles advocated in it and ad- y
cred to by him through a long and ~
7enttul career may yet bring their own re- y
ard. The new Senate, though but a few ~
eeks in session, desRtched much i'm ~
Ortant business and accomplished one o.
reat achievement in assuring the country l'
lat the mantle Of power had fallen on "
orthy shoulders, and that the newly o1
Z
Iual, if not superior TO their predecessors.
IL the new Senators spoke, and the ses-
on was like a rehearsal Of performers for N
play, each man speaking his speech and 90 u
e through with his part, Maiden speeches ID
e seldom perfect, and Senatorial nOyices M
ke other nOvices lack selfpOssessiOn. One th
sW Senator startled US by talkiGg about frC
ldOrSdtiOR and Presidential pTesmipdtire- IN
7SS, and we wondered what dictionary he | Ce
;ed. Another said be was 10th to intrude re,
4 the attention Of the Senate, but be was VI
lwilling to 20 down to history as the NJ
lly Senator unheard on this important br
IestiOn, and thought Of John RandClph's vs.,
nous remark to a speaker, who, noticing Ia
e rapid disappearance Of tine audience, rel
id: Il wish it understood that the empty qu
lleries cause me 10 concern, for my to
Ords are intended for pOsLeIity." "Yes, W
+" piped John Of Roanoke, .'and if you pr
ep on as you have begun, your tic
Idience will be present long before ed
u have proved your argument Ht
mother tainted and several stammered / Oh
ID blushed. They cOquetted Pinchback, / hO
It made treaty with King kalasaua. | be
ght here l must tell yOu a good story or NJ,
mo na-rf1eo~r or-rrffvr ladies Iurh1n I Iar