Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-11-28

In IS, both the elder and younger Peale had
sittings. 1t was the fortune OF the venera-
bic Charles Wilson Peale to have painted the
Provincial Colonel Of his Britannia Majesty's
service, in 1872, and the same individual, as
Chief Magistrate Of a great empire, IN l795.-
The Revolutionary recolections Of the Peale ia
mily embrace james Peae, who was one of that
gallant band of Philadelphians who Joined the
wreck Of the grand army in '76, and was enga-
ged in the battles of Trenton and Princeton.
The collection of Portraits, made by the pa,ri-
otto founder Of the first American Museum, are
Of inestimable value 10 our posterity, being the
only likenesses extant of some of the most dis
tinguished worthless of the Days Of Trial
! This collection, and the Museum entire, should
be government property, and attached TO Ma
| tional University.
MIR. Rembrandt Peale, with laudable desire
to give genuine portrait Of the Father of his
Country, has devoted much time and talent to
his Washington. His fine performance has re-
ceived commentator from such high authori-
| ties that we deem it unnecessary to add any
| thing TO our certificate, which will be found in
the publications on that subject. The eques-
trian picture, by Rembrandt Peale, is spirited
work, and entitled to praise, as we'll for its able
delineation of the person of the hero, as for the
other characters which are introduced, particu-
| lary Hamilton, which is to the life The,white
| charger is rather too small, and the face of the
General in Chief older than he must have ap-
peared in 1871. The execution Of this large
work is highly creditable to the artist, and the
school of American arts.
| We believe that we have gone through the
originals, and we hope with equal candor and
| Justice to ALL We come now to the beautiful
statue which long will "enchant our Western
"woIId'
If the drawings which we have seen are COR
rect, Canova too has mistaken the figure Of the
! Pater Pariae. The illustrious artist, seated in
the Eternal City, amid the classic remains of
Roman grandeur, has had in bis minds eye
the stout, square figure of those heroes whose
patient endurance of hardships, whose valor &
discipline, rendered them masters of the an
| cient world. But the great American cannot
be modelled, from coin or statue, by the force
of genius, or the illustrations Of art. The gra-
ces Of his person, like the virtues of his soul,
owed their perfecuons TO the masters hand, the
hand Of Nature.
Those who may portray the Chief, in latter
life, should lay their tints Of age full lightly:
for his was an age Of action and Of untring la
bors in the cause of public utility, and for the
good of manknd and, although he had nearly
reached the Scriptural duration Of man, Time
had so gently ushereG him into the "vale of
years." as to have left its usual infrmities be-
hind, while his "lusty WINTER had shed its
"frost so kindly that he seemed rather as full
ripencd autumn--for no desolation was there.
The Memory Of Summerfea-The Young
Mems Missionary Society Of the Methods; E
piscopal Church, have erected beautiful ceno-
taph to the memory of their late President, the
lamented Symmetrical 1t is placed in the front
Of the Church in John-street, near the western
corner. The tablet is Of black marble, finely
polished, in the shape of cone, and inserted
in the wall Of the Church Upon and near the
base OF this, an urn is affixed standing upon
pedestal, with few volumes Of books upon
either side. From enc side Of the urn, man.
tie hangs down in graceful folds, and at the right
Of it is half unrolled scroll. The whole is
beautifully scuIptured from block Of very fine
and beautiful white marble. Upon the tablet
in the centre, is the following Inscriptions
SACRED
To the Memory Of the
REV. JOHN SUMMERF1ELD, A. M.
"a Burning and Shining Light"
He commenced his Ministerial Labors in the
Connexion of the Wesleyan Methodsts,
In Ireland;
But employed the las, four years of his life
In the Ienerant Ministry
Of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the U.
niled States.
His mind was stored with the treasures Of
Science.
From a child he knew the Holy Scriptures.
Weakness and Humility
United with extraordinary Intellectual Powers.
Exhibited in his Character Model
Of Christian and Ministerial Excellence
His perception of Truth was clear and compre-
hensive;
His Language pure,
And his .Act'on chaste and simple.
The Learned and the Illiterate attended his
Ministry with Admiration,
And fit that his preaching in the
Demonstration of the Spirit and Of Power
Distinguished by the Patience of Hope
And the Labor of Love,
He finished his course in peace and triumph.
Born in Preston, England, Jan. 81, 1898.
Died in this City, June l3, 1885,
Beneath the tablet, upon the base Of the black.
marble 6, ound work, is the following inscrip-
tion:-
This monument was erected by the "Youno