The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1817-09-17

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double haTyssts o' nlany valuable productions.
How worthy the attention Of the statesman
and the s.rcha1t IL state OF things, cslcu-
lated 70 coalsr the greatest benefits On man
sind :, the present critical period !"
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POWER OF PAINTING ON BRUTES.
From me hm.,ieaa Moathiy Magazine.
Messrs Ediors--If the following anecdote
Of the power Of painting, 10 deceiving canine
sagaeity, strike you as lorcbiy as it did me,
sm cooltlent you will give il place 10 your
Miscellany Icoufsss do not recollect 10
have heard Of an analogous case.
In the year 1915, Doctor buchanan, OF tho
Caned States navy, stationed at Sackct's
Hasbor,. having sent his son to New.York
for the purpose OF taking passage for Ea'ope,
wfoie 10 friend in This cny'to select por-
trait painter, and bavc The boys likeness por-
trsycd and scot to him. This was done, and
souetim after the friend resolved a letter
expressing the fathers spprobadpo OF the
portrait, snd relating singular occurrence
esioeing the iroth of The resemblance.
"My friend, capt Hcilmoo, has tine
poin.ey dog, named Pero. My dear James
Ceing an excellent shot, and fond OF sporting,
an IaIimacy was consequently fo med be-
tween him and Mr.. Pefo--who would fre-
qpcnIy ca0 Gas il were) for James 10 go a
hun iag. After James obscnce he repeated
his visit about once week, asn seeking has
fovmcr friend. The frat visit he paid alter
the acrival OF Dunap's sembence @! his
spnftioP companion was truly a.ecting-
Ihe moment he came into the door the pic
tue struck his eye,---he stood mo,ioniess,
one log taised and his ,ail wagg,ng fora few
monenis--he then seemrd 10 have identified
rhe ruth Of his own sight he rapidly ap-
peoeebedi, whining and wagging his tall
bumped upon the cbalr over which IL stood,
and placing his forcpaws on tho lra"e, lick
cd ae hands of his quondom young friend
and mis- visit he repeats frequently, standing,
ere ,is IcPsctnrc, with his eyes fixed on The
Sietaso md his tail wagging adlen. pre-
so'ne this fact has taken place dozen umes,
sod in the presence OF dozen people"
iours. &c. II. 7.
We certainly do consider the circumstance
narrated by our correspondent, both exiraor-
'dio,ry and interesting. 1t is, however, not
rhe only instance we have met wifh OF the
triumph Of the graphic arr oycr brute instinct
Antiquity furnishes two worsmarkable incidents
OF tho sao,c class. Appe'les had executed
an equestrian paiotieg Of Alexander, with
which the king was dissatisfied but a horse
passing al the instant, neighed at the sliced
reprcsontcd 10 tho pictore. The story Of
tho grapes, ia the piece Of Zeuxis, at which
the. birds pecked, is familiar,--thoagh The
s,tist confessed .thut had the figure of the
man who carried them, been equally well
drawn, ii must have frightened them away.
A very rsccpt illustration Ct the effect of the
biosions ct the pencil upon birds, is ioond 10
an humourons auccdots in Northcote's Mem
oirs of sir Joshua Reynolds Mr.. Northsote
thus introduces II -
h" Sir William Temple, in his memoirs,
relates surprising instance ot sagocny IN
toacaw, ono Of tho parr OF geaus OF the largest
KIDD, which occurred uadcr his owo observa-
ton. His relation 10, indeed, . vcsy wonder.
ful zoe but I am tho o,ore opt 10 give IT
credit from being myself witness OF the .iol-
lowing Instance kapparsot intellect of o'sd
Of this species, and the rcforc can vouch tor
its truth ststhc same time I hope to be cx.
suscd for giving what consider merely as q
curious. .circnmstancc, and not TO incur the
accusation of vanity, in this instance at least,
BY making q weak eodcavor 10 cxtoI my own
poor VIZ. b, for very poor il was.
Z" In toe early part Of the lime that pas
sed with sir Joshua ss his scholar, he'd, tor
vhe sake Of practice, painted the portrait OF
dne oi The female servants but my perform
anec had no other n,orit than tbat of being
strong likesess. aa
,SS Sir Jsshua hada large mscaw, which he
of,co intr oducsd a into bis pictures, us may be
seen rsom several prints. This bird was
great Ewori,e, and WAS always kept in the
dining parlor, where ae became a nnlsauce
to this same hooso- maid, whose deratt,Den,
IL was TO clean the room sftor him Of course
they were DOT upon very good terms with
each other. ..1t"
"The portrsi,, when finished, ives brought
inio the rarlor, one day after dipner, to be
shown to the family, tha, ibey mig, jcdge
of tho progress I had nsde. ], vas placed
against cbair, while the macaw was in .
dis,an, par, CT tho roon,so that he did no,
Immediately perceive tho picture as he walk.