Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-11-06

"'S tbei Gu I, MS regdlar ohl pttaSing
iea'ufcs. has large hazel eye, nc vene>
rable iO Ks that waved in Tie solemn.
ts au'y of silveeed age from his shapelv
heal, formed in their combination an
inage which he who has once seen must
see forever =. Ills manners ere mild.
sincere, urbaRe and warm; expressing
al. the blended soitacss, grace, and Dig
nity ot hts CHI IN ;ter. Ills voice wns
the gcntles. ul.erance that ever mortal
spokeiu tti late Il had been enlerbied
a. d made somewhat indisiinct by long
and severe i'll health; SD that IL was nee.
cssary 1" listen very at,entiyeIy, and TO
sit near him 10 hear all that nc said =
Night, eep night. was / is mos, genial
lime Tor c,nvsrsatIon. Seated in an
arm chair, IN his shall parlor, with ;wo
or three friends around, aud u temperate
glass before him, he perfume of his ia
v0iite c.gIr ~rcaihing about his classi-
cal head, he would pour out in q rich,
low tore, the copiou stream &C anccdore,
remark. refined criliclsm on literature
OF art, Keen but kindly hunour. and sa
tire. or ghoSi-story. which, as he reIa-
ted hc more ,LaH AIT tri,rycd h .n.sciI
in1 ns, ic his atai, bri!e,e eniif- -
The a-rl iOoieG hours passed u0lsciess
ami UNDECIDED, and when returning cons
scIousUess warmed the circle thnt mid
night had long since departed, zach lis
Iener slghe To- think the night so short.
- pntcnt was the en,han;iieut that held
hIn lo as thral. We look back with a
hrlancholy pleasure on many such
scenes-hut we bear ID especial remenl.
bia zee . SUCCESSFUL of evenings the We
ry st mrnIcr, in which The great artist
condescended To read To US, la Company
with poet whose genius has Ill Islfalcd
the literature OF the country. a series of
dlscoursrs, which he hal prepared, on
the theory, prime pies aud praCtice OF
art. hey nppecr to cm ,ody the cx
i'euence, study and reflec ion OF his
whole artists Iie-.,udN w 1T IN with
marvellous beauty and eioquencc 4,
was most interesting aud expressive
thing; 10 hear that beloved and veteran
person, alter making all his peculiar ar
rangemcn,s-piacIng his lights each in
certain posiliOn--seIIing hlS foois,ool
between hts chair and the fiie-wermiuo
his leet-iightIng his cigar. end reduc
ing his manuscript to order-read on.
hour alter hour pausing occasionally
10 answer "a question or xplain point,
those masterly exposiiions clothed In
the richest forms. of lansuage-at one
moment stating some profound principle
with extraordinary power, at another
illustrating il with Incompatible brauty
then describing a favorIse inaste rpiece
OF painting with such feeling and pic
toriai skill, that sight itself could scarce
ly surpass the liveliness Of The INN, es
sion his description made-his large
my tertous eye. growing larger with
Tie AMER, ST OF his sut ject, his voice in
creasing ia volume and strength, his
pale countenance transigured by his
kindiing soul TO an almost Supernatural
expression, until, as he uttered passage
alter passage of harmonious aud mag
pIhcent discourse, he seemed TO becomr
the inspired propqet, declaring a new
reyelatiyn to The religion of art.
These discoorseA, we understand, are
lett uuhnished-when published, as of
curse they will be, at proper time.
We predict that they will mike a new
era In The criticism Of art We know
Of nothing in the literature OF this sub
Iect witch will bear moments compar
lson with them in prOlOundness, beauty /
and truth They exhibit the powers Of
Allston in new and admirable light.
and will do honor even TO his illustr,ous
name.
what singular harmony there was
between the genius, the character, the |
pursuits, and the death Of 4Iiston. The
serene close Of his days gave the finish.
Jog touch to the picture Of his life. He
lied sitting in the same chair from
which ne had so often delighted his
friends by his conversation; and after
ieaih, not feature Of that SWEEP face
vas disco nPosed--but he lay beautiful
a death as he had been beautiful IN life.
axe some grocIous week Of art, just fin.
shed, and juse beginning its silent inn
DELAWARE SILK At recent ex.
hibltIon Of the Franklin Institn.e orl