The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1849-04-04

the son Of Zachary Macanley who was
Il the son Of a. Scotch Presby terian Min.
lister. He is the nephew 3ald God-sosl
Of Thomas Babing ton, from whom be
got his name. ,He entered Parliament
in earl Rife, and after istinguished ser.
vice in that body, was sent to India,
fwhereshe for three, years filled q great
post-and after his return was again in
troduced into Parliament. His subse.
guent career is thus narrated in the Lon
don Record: {,
Soon afterwards he was invited to
take Office by Lord Nell bourne, and he l
celebrated the event in the well known
letter, which, in the exultation Of his
heart, he despatched to his constituents
from 6 Windsor Castle" during the few
hours he spent within the Royal Palace.
For Eve years the Wings were supplan,
ted by Sir Robert Peel, and excluded
from Office. To Mr.. Macauley this
was no great privation. He had not
much taste for office. To q man Of his
temperament, official details must have
been irksome. He had never any turn
for tho severer sciences mathematics
he could never grapple with, and his
University honors were confined to prize
Poems and q Fellowship. The intri
cacies Of law we're still more disgusting
to othe poet and the essayist and although
he went the Northern Circuit for time
yet he abandoned tho profession, and
even disclaimed all acquaintance with
the science.
ssNhen the Wings resumed office in
1846, Mr.. Macauley was again offered
seat in the Capinet, as the price Of
those brilliant orations with which he
was wont, from time to time, to dazzle
the House of Commons, and reflect lus-
tire on his party. But he stipulated
that he should not be obliged to accept
any post which would occupy his time,
or debar him from the pursuit of histo-
ry. He was therefore nominated Pay
master of the Forces, and continued to
hold that Office, until his rejection by
his constituents at Edinburgh threw
him out of Parliament, and left him,
unencumbered either by official or SEN
atorial duties, to pursue his historical
work in which he was himself so Deep
fly Interested"
The BEAUTY OF AMERICAN WOMAN.
MIR. Mackay, an English barrister,
has published his travels in the United
States. The following is an extract in
relation to the beauty of American wo-
men:
"There are two points in which it is
seldom equalled, never excelled-the
classic chasteness and delicacy of the
features, and the smallness and exouis-
ite symmetry Of the extremities. In
the latter respect, particularly, the
American ladies are singularly fortun-
ate. lhave seldom seen one, delicate
" brought up, who had not o fine hand.
The feet are so generally very small
and exquisitely moulded, particularly
those Of q Maryland girl; who, well
aware Of their attractiveness, has q thou
sand little coquettish ways of her own
Of temptingly exhibiting them. That
in which the American woman are most
deficient is rouh less of figure. But
it is Q mistake to suppose that well roun-
ded forms are not to be found in Amer
lea. Whilst this is the characteristic of
English beauty, it is not so prominent
feature in America. In New Eng
land, in the mountainous districts Of
Pennsylvania and Maryland, and in the
central valley Of Virginia, the female
form is generally speaking, as well
rounded and developed as It is here:
whilst New England complexion is in
nine cases out Of ten, q match for an
English one. This, however, cannot be
said of the American ladies as class.
They are, in the majority of cases, over
delicate and languid; defect chiefly
superinduced by their want of exercise.
An English girl will go through as much
exercise in q forenoon, without dream
ing Of fatigue, as an American will in q
day, and be overcome by the exertion.
1t is also true, that American is more
evanescent than English beauty. partic.
ularly in the South, where it seems to
fade ere it has we'll bloomed. But it is
more lasting in the North and North
remark which will apply to the whole
region north Of the Potomac, and east of
the Lakes; and T have known instances
OF Pthiiadelphia beauty as lovely and
enduring as any that our hardy climate
can produce"
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