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,,,. tin).-.- !';' H.lvi-r!;-.,. t.y tin- y, , (he K lilr niul be. t puij. " j.-)IU the .Washington Union. - ' jjISTOiiV OF TH K JA t'KSON S TATU E. - j, jji just-that should give, tnd thai hn lave doiifanTthinir in .rrvfwrlD . ..i.. surf to the world the mairnilicenr tart, MU1!I! KUW-W vruHiMW ,, lf(I . t ...!. - - . " " "W I""' J. J. MIUNER, Editor 4- Proprietor, - "Kttr A CHSGrjJof all rocr ttuLkKS. .TN Do 181, ak6 Liaisf vis siriT'r .. Gen'l JIarrito. . -- . -' -. I- NEW SERIES. VOLUME IX-iNUAIBLRaa. L me. Square.! Ksnecjally should i be character, and a knowledge of SALJSBURYJJ. C.l THURSDAY: FEBRUARlfe3t853S '.' i f (-'.''. ... :i ,, : ! .f ,,. , .,; j , ; iNuiili Carolina, 1 It 1 1 lint the' occasion is a proper one lor addressing few plain remarks ' lo (be cfiicers, ageiils and friends of the sys- lent. " ' ' btt .L Jifnculllc in me aiuai, w uanuru uuwr. io W""" a-.. ii.j .l r... i '""J presentations oroiber h cruel and great men of America, and of great scenet and eiiia in hi country', history, and, above all, ol Ibe Klorj of making a mighly colossal atatue larger than anything in the world lolbe Father of his Country. He decided to make the Jackson atalue. He knew the amount offered would not pay him, much leu reward him : hut he said. I ,;n ure that shall lie mv reward " ha Committee: nf hia nanl..i L.n Phey desired him to muL-a He returned to Charleston. His friend there were offended with him. Some hardly noticed him. They reproached bim with presumption and folly ; said ho was going to throw him self away," and "ihat he could neer do such a work." It was in vain to appeal to them from what he had done to point lo the bust of Calhoun; they could rjol possess themselves of his idea, nor comprehend his capacity. Af. ter eight months he produced his model. They were then satisfied he would succeed, and o. uhtarily oflered io become his security. He irtist bimrelf Mr. Clark Mills and now pjiJUb them as a historical recoro. T. i....ui mil tvilh ivhoin the iilpa nl orvrlinir - -----...(i . . i:iif nl Jm-ksoii nririnaleH. Il w .immon ihouht, and probably had been su. by many at diflV-rent times, as we hear ! muc" rrw Jli. of siames to Clay, to ..Webster, and, ft" inhere ol our greit countrymen.. The first 1 i ppti"" im"e 10 c,rJ ou' ,ne l(Jea appears ubire bfen a public meeting in Apollo Hall, ifae l'tri September, 1845. Resolutions fits ibrre mseii for that purpose. ubse i i.i.....,,. ik. r I. ir SJfllil. s',u ft " J miiir ex, f A k meeting of the Cabinet Officers, and giet officers of the Government was held at Fciidt'i't' House for the same object. Aeomminee whs formed of the following I ffillemfii : Lave Johnson, Amos Kendull, ikiP. Van Ness, James Hoban, John V. Iitirj, Chrles K, Gardner, Jesse L. Dow, flllum A. Harris. Charles P. Sensstiick. rwiP. B air. John V. Kifes. Thomn. ,c,,n " sninnton. 1 he comm itee Jiicbif, and Benjamin B. French, lo collect j Pro'ed ' he model, and made a contract with iribuiiims and to carry out the work. Al. ; D'm They required security. Ten irenilemen Isnwds, in onsequmce ol th decease. f W'T? D' bondsmen for the duo performance of ooly twelve thousand dollars, and he, conss queniiy.eouid not afford such a sum for the cas ling. What was be to do T Founders and ar lists bad aaid therft was no place it. Americf where such a colossal statue could be cast. Ilia means his contract would not suable him to go lo Europe. Full of resources be lieving, as Mirabeau said to bis secretary, "that UIII8 was impossible," and as Ibe Marseil laise said to Kossuth, "thai nothing was impos fats P. Van Ness, Jxmes Hoban, and Jesse fc Mraud the resignation of William A. Itriii, Messrs. John M. McCalla, lieorge W. Ingres, Andiew J. Donelson, and Ceorge hiker sere chosen in ihieir places. This com IgjiM collected twelve thousand dollars. To I4iifimons we owe the means tor making lie statue. But at the lime, no one deeming Ijl sossitile that hny artist would make a bronze souesirian siaiue of (ieneral Jackson for the null um collected, it was seriously debated Ibe work. We give the names of these ! llemen, as il is highly honorable to them for ' this act of ronfiifence and kindness. The are , ... .r.i ... m...chj in i no cny oi inarieston and in the Slate of South Carolin. Th.i names are James Rose, James Gadsden. H ; Gourdin, F. IL Elmore, D. B. Northrop, Chas. D. Carr. Edward Frost, N. M. Porter, J Sehniertif, und George Ktriloch. The contract required the statue to be a third larger than life li Is a little more than thai. Government fur ebetber or not a pedestrian statue should be j n'npf ,h" meial, which was old cannon, and some oi wntcn was captured by lien. Jackson. Congress voted five thousand dollars, for the pedestal on which the Ulattie stands. All oth- er eipenses have been borne by Mr. Mills. What an undertaking for a Charleston plas- terer I What an instructive comment on lh history of genius, and on ihe power of republi can institutions in developing the qualities of the mind! lr. Mills was then thirty I wo years of age. A man In whose personal appearance ihere was nothing to strike an ordinary observ er as remarkable ; plain in bis manners and dress, and eiceedingly modest : never advanc ing in conversation, but retiring, eicept with familiar Ir lends and on the subject of ibe statue and of arts then be would, be free, cummuni cative and instructive ; for though be bad never seen any works of art, he bad, in his leisuie hours, read mucb, and had studied anatomy. He Las an ardent miud and temperament, con trolled by a sound judgment, and a thorough practical knowledge of men and business. This, with well balanced mind, so uncom mon in artists, he has acquired in the school of poverty and in the struggle of every day life. Ilis mind is characjerized by a ready and just perception, especially of forms, and for gt eat firmness of purpose. He is passionate, but ready to forgive. ""In personal appearance, he presents ihe figure of a man about five feet ten inches tit height, well and strongly made not stout with a quirk and eneigelic step. He has a searching light" gray eye, good regular Caucasian features, and gray hair, turned gray duiug lbs period of bis labor and anxiety over i he great work be has eeomjlihed- - This is Mr. Mills, We have been thus circumstan iia, becatie we believe posterity will wish to know something of this remarkable uriTaught or self taught artist. IffKtrd arid the work given to Mr. Powers. EKnafier Mr. Mills bad proposed to make the leqsMkinQ naiue, smne oft he commiiiee, doubt- if nil csnactiy, were disposed to have a pe- I ssstrian naiue by Powers. Bui when Mr. lilli produced his model, and offered to give eciiriiy for ihe due performance ol the work, lis conira-t was made with him for the twelve I IwMfld dollars. 1 i In ths y ear 1849, wbile the Jackson I !u committee were looking for an artist, that If. Mills chanced to be passing through Wasb- IBftosciiy on bis way io Italy. He bad been ikwiM plasterer in Charleston, S. Carolina. I vtt a ruuen of that Stale, having left the I Sou of New York, the State of his nativity, Ati a boy, and settled in South Carolina. IBiifini eflitrjs in art were direcied lo making iluier bursts. He succeeded in giving such Isloirtbls likenesses that he soou .was much Mployrd. He ihen resolved to make a bust Mr. Calhoun in marble.' - Toe great South Carolinian saw there was I (esios in the man, and he sat lo him. Mills Idwistbs finest piece of Carolinian marble he W dW; and chiseled h into shape amid the Ifiknaod meers ol the people. " What folly," 4ej said, " lor this -plasterer 4o- presume- to wrtpture marble like the ffreat artists of Itaivf " IBfibul himself up rom their gaze be hid iwielffrom their sneers lu bis linle shop un file had finished bis work. He had never Iws urks of art. the manner in which the ttlpiordoes his work, nor ihe instruments he wi..)ei with bis-own rude loots he produced W of Its Bni-si pieces (irsiMjlpture in ihe world ibe bust of Mr. Calhoun. .... It was the ad sifitiott ud atonisbment of all. - -The city. f CUrfesion, as an appreciation of ihe work", wnted him a splendid gold medal, and plac dike bust in the Citv Hall. Some fiiends. aif Now he commences bis work. On a n cant lot of Govemuient ground, near the Pies means lo send him to Italy : and he was. lldeuis Hous. al the comer of the loth street e have said, on his wav there, nassinv i and IVnnst Ivania avenue, he erected a small I krwigb Wasliiii2lori at the fortunate moment frame building for a workshoD and a residence. ken the Jackson statue Committee was in He bought a horse in Virginia, known in the Wrcb of an artist. He bad never before been . Turl Register as Olympus. This be trained 'Waibinolnn. But spending a few days in lo present ihe altitude he wanted. This horse Ifcfekjll ,ii public buildings and its ! is well known in Washington now as the of art, be beeVrne ie?J the. breed arid character of different kinds of horses. He selected the various parts of beauly and strength from them all, lo produce ih atilor.Hir! hrr.n7A nna he hfl made. As Igenius of his fame disturbed his rest, and j the various points of female beauty, never found '(( iin ih r l: :.i i : .. u .11 nA,rniln natural o.a l'fc?uoiedbi imagination : when all ihe world lound in the Venus de Medicis, so he resolved latleep, a thousand beautiful forms floated ' lo make his horse ; yet it is a perfect war horse, He studied Ibe character or Jackson, and Ibe best likenesses thai could be found, so as lo gi7e a faithful representation of bim. ' He took from tbe military dress of Gen. Jackson, deposited in Ihe Patent Office, tbe model by which he stuck, or draft of anvlsind an invention of his own and cast bis colossal statue. What is not Ibe human mind equal to when conscious of its power and pressed by difficulties T Of this foundry, as well as of balancing the statue, scientific men bsd said it was contrary to experience and to all tbe known rules of science. How could sufficient heat be gener. aled lo melt such a mass of metal without a draught ? He proved by an experiment thai it could be done. With ibree-eighthe of a cord of wood he melted sixteen hundred pounds of metal, and cast four bells. He confined the caloric, and found thai with comparatively lit. tie fuel, and In a very small spare, he could gen erate the most intense heat. He found, also, that he had increased the hardness, and there fore improved ihe quality of the metal, by his furnace. He informed thn CI discovery, thinking it would be very important in me manufacture ol cannon. He proposed to cast a cannon, and have it tested by a board oi competent otticers. I he Uoard of. Ordinance treated his proposition with neglect and dobt I hey said, " Mr. Mills was not a founder, and ihey could not entertain urn a proposition from Dim. touch are the difficulties which beset poor men of genius and merit. Mills, noiwith standing, had succeeded thus far. He had made his model and his foundijr. Mr. Mills was not a founder ; be had proved himself to be an artist by nature, and a man of great inventive genius; but tbe practical busi. ness of casting be had yet to learn. He could find numbers of workmen capable of casting (lungs in the ordinary way, or any small piece. He could find no one who understood east ing so large a mass as his statue, which required so much skill and precision. He trusted in himself; be look from the street ordinary labo rers, and as he iosirucied himself be directed ihem. He did nothing rashly; be made him self well "acquainted, with the principles and practice oj casting metals. It was impossible, however, to foresee everything. His idea of doing the work was correct, but his experience was insufficient. Ihe aides of the horse were to be cast whole. These were large pieces to be cast by such means as he bad at his command. He failed several times, by: un foreseen accidents, in producing" perfect casts. He was determined to have the whole per fect, and at a great expense and loss of time, he continued to so cast, uotil, in the month ol October, 1852, be finished the casting all compTete:': : .. When we consider the length of lime such raised bis hand lo the sta'ue for the curtain which covered il to fall, and as his speech in response to tbe enthusiastic plaudits. It was Ibe moment of his Irft ; then, again, he saw that Genius, which bad inspired him lo action, holding the laurel crown over his head. He bad " followed Nature " as il directed bim, and had acquired fame. Well does be deserve if We believe and it is also ihe judgment of men : ETIQUETTE IN C11UUCII. There is & good denl ot common sense, says the New York Times, in the follow ing suggestions. The reverend gentle man who utters them is a Watertown clergyman": ' -r V " A Jew evenings since. Rev. Mr ol taste, oftravellers, of artists, and of the public Holmes, of the Haniit ,lnm;nf ; f ..oioioiie woo wills Mr. Mi la built a lnu. who k... ainus i ' ... ..7 ..r .........., , dry himself. " With imiied mean, and i iT. .7,7 t "', ; qus- -,, vi Jiage, madtmery sensible request nfal. miserable Sll J,?K J JTTu. Irfd'f ' " V on a new tirinM. wiikm.i . .i.; ... .J. i.C .l uc WU,R me kioq in dopfed by everv conereeation. It wu The Last New Planet. The celebrated astronomer, in communicating the ele ments of the orbit of the seventh planet which he had discovered, writes: 'For this early knowledge of the planet's orbit we are mainly indebted to Ihe observa tion of Mr. Hartnup of Liverpool ; and it is only one of many instances where as tronomy has benefited the establishment of the fine observatory in that town, which is supported by the enlightened liberality of the corporation.' It must, we think, be gratifying 1q the authorities of this town to see that, while nothing of a practical nature is neglected which tends to facili tate navigation, or render it more secure, our local astronomer still finds time to use the magnificent instruments in which he L, n n I l:i ii ,- i . iii uccu no iiuerniiy auppneu, in sucn a way as to gain the approbation of tbe most celebrated astronomer of our day, and to contribute ift neril4 degree to the ad vancement of a science to which naviga tion 4s so much indebted- Mr. Adorns, who has been requested to name the new planet, proposes to call it "Calliope.' Mr. Hind remarks that the discovery of the planet was not complete till tbe morning of the 18tb ult., and that Calliope, whose office in ancient mythology required her to perpetrate tbe illustrious deeds of he roes, can hardly fail to remind us of the event of the 18tb, when tbe homage of so many nations was paid to the memory of tne greatest nero ol modern times. Th is " plan et , which wilt accordingly bear the name of Calliope, the music of epic poetry, is tbe seventh discovered by that distinguished astronomer. Mr. Hind. and the 21st not known to exist between Mars and Jupiter. Within a few days we have an account of yet another hav ing been found at Paris, which bad receiv- ed from Arago the Latin name of that ci ty (Lutitia ;) but the statement requires confirmation. tendon Times. Wrought Iron Manufactured bu a Nt w Process. An important improvement in the. manufacture . of wrought iron was made at Newark. New Jersey, two. or three years ago, and a few weeks since an 'ikacoinmiiiee, and with their object. jThey d bim to give a design. At first be do jW. never hiving seen an equestrian statue. "tl m rule at ihni i. Ki. L....i.. II. .1 - u . .ih. . a nim wHamvirii iui wem, waking visions. There was the Jackson, who has impressed tbe grandeur nioulaod the republican simplicity ol his wwier on ibe institutions and mind of his 7. nd on the future of the world. That isanl boy, of a I3 before ihe tirtagination t thettf ST7 clothed tb-heror-The- erywrd4e.J,ore. I!l ""racier of a poor pea and every minuticB of the saddle, holsters, bri at the battle of New Orleans, when y,1"!1. was hurriedly riding in review of IrCei. E faur . . - 1-1 .1 li which .I.- (. 1 j vi.-. f-- la.. 1. , - ta.llll ailMJ SCBIIS IUQI ""II on thn ani.i. n;nA I. m ii'iiiui. u aaif iiflassavsif. t iaio bronze, and il (ood before mm a l ""o ining. tiis mind was agna- ' v Wist " hmin aH .iiL IJ 1J If. .a L. C,'n H looked back Iq his past his. lA?" o the difliculties before him a fala I on its pedestal I lie derign of ihe pedestal, and its con miction, was left to the artist. The five housaYid" dollars appropriated by Congress for that purpose was placed at his disposal- Had the appropriation been larger, and the lime not so limited, he would have made a more im posing structure. It is, however, a plain, handsome, white marble base for the group. The. cap. stone .- &.lone. weighs sbou4- eighteen, tons. The entire .height of the pedestal and mound is about fourteen feet.' During Ihe progress of the work, and espe cially while be was making unsuccessful cast ings, Mr. Mills had lo encounter the scepti cism of the world. Who can appreciate bis difliculties and menial sufferings ? "I have been ready," be says, "to throw myself in ihe Potomac." None but a man of unconquera ble will and perseverance could have over come such obstacles. He bad spent all bis means the twelve thousand dollars of his contract and had not finished casting the statueTbe worldjaiOe ..B.?XHJil.i,. it. Where could he borrow money under such circumstances ? There was one man, a mem ber of ihe commille, who sympathised with bim, who believed in hiiiu John W. Maury, the'pres ent Mayor of Washington, advanced hltn money, from time lo time, as he needed in all over four thousand dollars. Eternal honor to the man I Let his fsllowciiizens and future ages know that he generous) aided, at the critical moment, the pdor,'sT creation. Afterwards as the work approached led equestrian statues in tbe world, represented completion, several other gentlemen ol the com as rampant, with the fore feel in the air, had mitiee kindly advanced money. Messrs- Blair and Hives, and Mr. U. li. r reucn, advanced sev eral hundred dollars each. Let them, loo, be honored for that. The entire cost of the statue has been about 819,000, -or several thousand dollars over the contract. This is ibe actual expenditure, without reckoning Mr. Mills' five years' labor, or the value of his work as a work of art. On the 8th of the present month, (be anni versary of ibe battle of New Orleans, tbe statue was inaugurated.. The day was bright and beautilul, suitable to Ibe occasion. In the pres ence of the President of ihe Uniled States, the commander in chief, bolh bouses of Congress, many ol the personal friends and companions in arms ol the Old Hero, and twenty thousand people, tbe artist had the satisfaction of seeing the end of his labor and .'the idol of his soul re ceived with applauding admiration. ' The Hon. S. A. Douglass was4iie Urator cnosen io aeirv- association at that place nut it into success- works take in their elocution in Europe, vary-1 fuJ operation; The improvement, it is said, ing from five lo twenty years, and tbe many j consists in the nroduetion of mir wrought casts which are often made there before a per- j iron direcIy from the orCf wi,h rnineri4i tect one can be obtained, we must be surprised . nnni th,,a Jicric: ...:,u ,u .: j tbat .Mr. Mills -las succeeded so weir, and '. .', , . performed bis work in o short rtlmer-FroWif w"".,H1ng proceOt Teuucjng.ji Ibe month of October lo the eighth of January j P"1 l. P'g ,n' ' following, the d .y on which the statue wa, tn- i lr,on v puddling, or with charcoal. The augurated that Ts. liitsrs than th ' Mr. Mills nut the statue together, and placed i 1 ne Culel advantages claimed lor the that the habit so prevalent in the church of a whole pew full of gentlemen arising and filing out into the aisle, merely to give one or two ladies a seat in (be other end of tbe pew, should be at once aban doned ; and tbat the ladies when coming into church would take their seats in the end of the pews vacant, quietly, and with out disturbing the whole congregation. If such a reform in church etiquette cannot be brought about, we suggest the follow ing rotine, or system of tactics, which we find in an exchange, be adopted, that the ining may be well done, it at all : " Suppose, then that six men are auiet ly Seated in a pew upon the right hand side ol tbe broad aisle, when a lady pro poses to herself tbe somewhat difficult task of taking possession of the remotest seat. which a foolish custom has assigned for the special occupancy of the elder lady of a household, or in default of her pres ence, any lady or anything that wears pet ticoats, though it be but a child. This she proposes to take possession of ' peace fully if she can, forcibly if she masi." Happily the sterner sex are disposed fo yield the point, and il is desirable that it be done with grace. This can be done in this way. " Let Ihe lady advance one pace beyond the door of tbe pew, halt, about face, and salute. Tbe pew must then be vacated by a flank movement. Tbe squad occu pying it should rise simultaneously, then deploy into the aisle, the head man facing the lady and the rest passing to his right and rear, changing (he direction of line by a right countermarch, and forming again in line up and down the aisle, still faced by the right flank. t " The lady, when she sees tbe coast . .There ought tu have been 4rom the start a bead and. chief director of the system to give it ' efficiency, and rfporf upon itVdfetiXn3 had """" tbsre Leeti-suoh an uffieer we wen Id not now - be groping in the dark, ignorant alike of the pas! operations, ef the present situation and 'of the future prospects ol our Common Schools. J They have never yet reported progress to ibe public ; and now, while in'the absence of In formation? we are on the point of despairing ol their success, the Legislature has made prbvl. sion for the appointment of a controlling bead, and vested that appointment in me. - This po- liliotu wbichfcCoia.lhe CraJ, would have been highly responsible one, has, from the circum stances tinder which It was created," become " one of. vast importance; and with my concep (tons of ihe difliculties which surround me, of the greatness of the cause, and of the impor tance of the duties f owe lA tbe public, I feel oppressed and neatly overvlelmad with con 1 have no doubt but thai much is expected of me, though there are no definite ideas as to tbe means by which I am lo accomplish it : these means I must find in the svmpathizinff hearts " and willing hands of the subordinate agents and ihe friends of the system. That I may, (here, fore, do the best I can for the Stale, I will en deavor to put in active motion a complicated machinery; and in doing so, while aiming at practical results, by practical means, I shall orego all attempts at personal display, and shall be more concerned to push on the cause than to bring ihe operator in notice. I must, therefore, ask the public to await re- ults and not to look for a mere display af seal; and w ill begin with a plain talk and some sim- Ie suggestions for which I invoke the ssrious consideration of all concerned. The Common Schools of the Slate have not foluffed the expectations ef the pubHe ; and tb.it because, perhaps, too much was looked for io very short tune. Siill we might reasonably have expected more ; And ibe reasons why it has not been ac complished, are, 1st, the defects of tbe system, nd tbe prejudices, misconceptions and ignor ance against which it had to contend ; 2dly, ihe inadequacy of the pecuniary means and 3Jly, the want of an active public interest in ihe cause of popular education. The first cause was natural and could not be immediately re. moved ; but now that we are in the way of . having tight, we may "eipecl judicious amend- ments and more efficient operations. The removal of the last cause of difficulty -- will remedy the second: and that it is to this purpose that 1 wish to direct much of my effort, nd l sincerely bope that I will not Jubor in invention are that the iron is produced for some twenty dollars per ton less than the puddled or charcoal iron, and that il is worth, ten dollars per ton more, on account of its superior quality; that a greater quantity of iron is extracted from a given amount of ore than by the old process, and that it is the only process by which pure wrought iron can be produced. fbfc rationale of iBeinVentHHrtstbat the iron is deoxidyzed by .heating a mix ture of the pulverized ore and coal in close tubes, so that by the combustion' of the coal the oxygen is absorbed from the ore, and passed off in an aerilorm state i clear, completes her salute, and advances at once to her position in the pew. Tbe gentlemen break off by files, from the rear, and resome their places. Great care should be taken of course, by other parties not to enter ibe aisle where this evolution is in progress until it is completed. - If this evolution appears too formidable we have another mode to suggest, by which the evil can be avoided, and that is, let those Who come first, take the. remotest seat, and as others arrive let them fill up in due order of arrival, without regard to rank. Rank ! there is no rank but good ness in the sight of God, whether it beat the head or foot of the pew." ""' : boy-men. :::;r- vain. I'he public has not heretofore manifested that active interest in this cause which its Impor- nee demands ; and many well-wishers bave been content with mere good wishes, while a little exertion, in the shape of advice, visits at the school houses, attentions lo scholars, and examination of teachers, would bave been much more effectual. ;'Z;; Much a great deal depends upon the ex ample of the feadtng classes of (he community; and if ihey make it appear that tbe Common Schools are thing in which they have no dN . l!. .- 1 . J "Z' '. L "'t'lT " rcci personal inieresi, ana inai iney aestre metr success only for the sake of their poorer neigh bor, their course will not certainly be product ive of good to tbe schools. The Common School should be regarded, in every neighborhood, as one of the most sacred institutions of the country it should be looked on as one of the inesiimableadvantages of home, - .j. 4 . i i i luru"tu wim in uusresi 'inirrcus i society, While sealed in our sanctum the other: .nd bound up with the hopes of the old and tbe evening,, we were aroused Irom a semi comatose revery by the entrance of a young gendeman, (we might give offence were we to call bim boy,) who, after Very politely giving us the top of the afternoon, dilibernfely opened the stove, lighted a strip of paper, and, touching it to the end of a light brown, mild Havana, and pro ceeded to Bmoke in the most approved stylei-AwYesy ibis ten summers' sap, was up to all (he fancy touches in the use of his cigar, sch as ta king it between bis fingers with the back of his hand to his (would-be) whisker patcb, pulling the smoke out at tbe cor- The residuum is taken frorrt the lubes and er of his mouth holding his cigar be iwtna nf fll init mvnn liucklea. il faithful to hislotv. t,0nTf a general, and as President vf the-! Yrt - i 4ber nuibiog sJifTor awk ward in the oiaies : the ariiai ua ki.M in all i h nntirai irronn ll la irue. natural, and easy. jj'able scenes of his life. Hsu embodied f He modelled bis colossal group in plaster. 'Iiin,.j.i. :j r i . ,1 . ' . . ; .!..:.. iit oronze. une torm ne i lie was not quite i wo rears W-M vision he arrested, and fixed in his I The model was exhibited to the public; al) ad- l a,. L. L..k . C a.T ft I II ' L....I,, R,,f ..lllj., arlila. Anft ari- --,uc ucru w now wrieans. hi an i iinieu us woiu't. . 7 wuumea.on a magnificent war steed, M he statue stood on us uina leei aione. mis i tbe air with fierceness and res'less im- ! had never been done before. All Ihe celebra- . , 11 conscious of the coming battle, -.iuinff to the mm n.r.. .A hi. ,A.. a Wa at .1.. i ... i i a.- . v i . , j i . i j : i .. .1 ueen supporieo oy some nuuuiunui uu loimm means I'fienerallv by some prop or ny lasien inir the tail to the pedestal.givingarr unnatural at- lidue and destroying the life-like expression of Ibe animal. People could not realise tbe lacl tbat tbe first exquesiriau statue in America, lexe cuted by an untaught American artist, could be supperior in this respect to all the art of ibe Old World. Wills, nowevor, loiiowing tne aic tales of his own genius and nature, bad dis covered that a natural borse to gel io such a position must throw ihe centre of gravity through .. . . . a m-m . s the rider to bis hMdfeet.iv ite staxea o is repa ck --va iw uiooesi genius ne woriu coyerea mat naiurai oum i. ij chools, its authorities, and in position must throw ihe centre of gravity ihroi "eod trp nrrrtulte ths Dresumnrffoiit nlasw ilhe rider to bis hisHeet.-i, He slaked bis re ij. uiu ooi recoirnise him ; ha was out ; itnn on (hit nnnrin e. and has. contrary to me . . . : " r-, ... - . r'ql its society; he never graduated. I predictions of the learned and scientific, In iphed.. ,. . ' Tbe mod! finished, the next thing to be SB. mmir U (a f a) at llaS .Vllaal. frm . 'ne evidence of- hiaiorv Nalere !in Pennsvlvania and other places, and was told . .-. V . r 1 . i II 'PL.. .IJ ik. tbat such a work could not tra cast in metr loan, er me inauguraraouress. s na suu n v i , , miu- imnortant 'dcisLoa fore- worked into balls weighing 100 pounds each. These are taken to the trip-hammer by which they are reduced to blooms. Two tons, of tbe iron are now made per day and it requires about two tons of ore and one ton and a half of coal to produce one .1 on of. the wroug b I ironteXh8u iron. is extracted and perfected by a continuous process, very simple in its operation, and therefore is said to be more uniform, and altogether superior to that made by other processes bywhich ibe ore or iron must undergo two successive exposures to the fire before it can be reduced to wrought iron." Mad Through: Excessive Jot. A writer describing the Lunatic Asylum at Blackwell's Island, says : " Here is a woman whom joy has deprived of her senses. Her husband and child were on board a vessel- which was wrecked." Going down to tbe shore every day, as if with the wish of being nearer the beloved objects that lay burried beneath the sea, suddenly she be held them landing from a vessel which bad picked them up and saved ihem. An over whelming flood ofjoy pervaded her bosom, and reason was gone forever. She never has known ihem since, but sils on what she thinks the same rock, where she used to bewail tbeit fate, wringing her bands and mourning most pileously wbile every week the husband and son come and gaze on her face, in hope lo rouse one gleam of rneriiory but in vain. Important Decisiok. In the case of Morse MiO'fiiUy4he-U.S.SupfemeCour;t have decided that an art cannot be pa tween the forefinger and thumb while he gently snufled it with his little finger tip, and, finally damning his bullous if there were any good cigars to be bad in town I We looked at him go through all the mo lions, and could not help agreeing with (he observation of tbe darkie, tbat " cigars had got so how, (hey didh t care who smoked em.' . (We bope we shall not have to fight a duel for writing the above.) I Var. A eics Loveliness. It is not your dress, ladies, your expensive shawl, or golden fingers that attract the attention of men of sense they look beyond these. It Is your char acter they study. If you are trifling and loose in your conversation, no matter if you are as beautilul as an angel, you have no attractions for them. It is the loveli ness of your nature that wins and contin ues to retain the affections of the heart. Young ladies sadly miss it who labor to improve their outward looks, while they bestow no care upon their minds. Fools may be won by gew gaws and fashiona ble, showy dresses, but the wise and sub stantial are never caught by such traps. Let modesly be your dress use pleasant 1 and agreeable language, and though you may not be courted by the fop, the good and truly great will love to linger in your Steps. ' Young mother ( who is extremely setftitnen tal on noticing thai ber first born,Jnthe cradle, lsicMiy;re:tlesi) Th angels art wfcis perineflo ihee, my own darting babe. . randmothe r f'xi remely a mattes oljaetjl aff'Ttrcms of the young. If the old iI cherish the "young will reveir- " ence it ; and when parents and children invest their affect ions and their hopes upon il, it will ever be occupied by teachers who will not feel their responsibility, and diligently exert them- -selves as persons on whom are centered many watchful and jealous eves. . , The Common School house should show in itself, that it is one of ihe cherished monuments of home ; it should be carefully constructed, or. l namented a. central point tif resort, a place lor the public meetfnge. and ibe social parlies of the neighborhood. When occupied by schools, these houses should not be, as (hey often are, isolated from the curij osiiy and the interest of tbe public; on the contrary, the teacher and the pupil should feel that tbey are constantly before the public gxe, and tbe centre of atlraiiion fur all classes of the neighborhood. a All the officers and agents of the system ought lo labor lo enlist the sympathies of Ibe people--' in its behalf to try lo impress on others their own colivici ions in regard lo ihe impoilance of . , universal education lo manifest their interest trrthe-'-scbooKrby aHendingxaminafions-,"- by - sending (heir own children and getting their neighbors to send by employing such teach, ers as ihey would wish to stand in loco parentis, in ibe place of parent and instructor for their o w n ofls p r i ng-rrby pre paring comluiUbla.kaMMal. houses, and exercising an active vigilance over the interest of the system.. - , The idea that these schools are intended on, ly for pooe.cJiUdtt! , a houkl every wherebadU couraged ; and it should be understood and pro claimed that this is a great bounty, a fountain opened for all the children ol the Slate, without distinction of classes, promising equal benefits to all, and worthy of the fostering care of all. It is ihe doty of every one accepting a place of trust in this beneficent system to discbarge faithfully its duties and to lake an interest in them ; and I have no hesitation in saying tbat f tbey would but occasionally visit the schools. that this single and simple circumstance would ' add much to their usefulness, stimulating schol. lirs iu their studies, inducing childien who have never attended 'school In go, aud causing leach) ers lo be more careful and zealous. It is the duty ol leading persons, mule and . ' fejnale a duly ihey owe to society and to them selves- to manifest by. their arts and Words an interest in ihe success of the. Common Schools; and their example arid advice will encourage- pupils and teachers, oxciiing. emulation jn bolbj .. r, and inrowing the poweitul tnfliience of fasbiou m ja vsMwf 1 he cause of general education- .. v. , Il is tne duty ol teachers to vndeavur lu die. ' seminaie a fueling In favor -of ih? cause jndV..-.; ,est:ffnioje
Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.)
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Feb. 3, 1853, edition 1
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