Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1850-05-30
DOMESTIC.
from he Louisville ,lomnal.
JHOA1, THE SCULPTOR


llmes Them, native Of scotland. md sealpiat by
pol, ~sen dIs! lew day, aao IN the CRY o New Np,k
IL unqae- tanaly mant fgenua as any une who
has seer ha worl5s " n cordially admit. We have noy
cnjaycd The opportunity a eeeloq more than ono
gloupe o hs staunty hui that sufficient Ia sure ua
tdnt he was IN estsr lis p"e1.7n AMI TO Huk his
name endunnqly 10 eufHdmiralien.
lhe group ut lam o'Sh5nlrr. which was exhibited
IN the principal cities ul HE Wet hern yeats apo al
lfacted mueh attention. Foflhe fr.l ume, we ihcn
apr-e1 that a scnl p.Qf had sprufr ion the Scot
Ish peasantry endowed with mind kindred To that uf
Burns The rtonp WIS the nos, thoroughly expressive
sltuary We had sern, il was l}ufnss dream prtn
fed. It seemed 10 us Tat lhon, by a rare sympathy
with tie great ploNman pool had been able Ia repro
duc' Ia bis own mind Inc precise mage hat haunted the
mind uf Burus while he was cfeafinp the inenmpralle
p8rm Of Fam O'~laulct Ne d#ubt whether rapu-
iaus humol b.loe loubed WttchInpy ont of fug
aed stone. Nehad all.n laughed with Bufoa aud we
lhrn anahed with Thom. The h52y aud lDl-lormed ron
eeptlons wheh were Ia fore minds ,hnn we had
followed the pleis account Of he lueiese wifi esrnr
rilr-disabeliog lam were thenerorWarl and fa.evor
telnqnl.hed 10 make Way for the trun cinrep .n
which the happy sculptor had embodied hyiU3ly in
Stone.
Mr. hon was The aulhor # 3aaher eroap which ia
en-, sidsretcd superior Ia Fam Nh8nlet We never en-
Jiyed The luxury ol seeing Il. All we have IN say Is
that if the cd Mortality really superior the Tam
OShnuter then lts excellence must must be lfuly exlta
ordinary.
We lar1 that tho sculptor was iudarclfa come Ia
The United ales aboul hl cen years aeo he mlsrcu=
duct of an AGENT he hal empaycd Ia exhibit his marvel
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,Ii,i,, f NJ 10 ,r,,,s. and te seult - ,a,np +, ,ls
,,,f4y fl, emf rec p,ymfut lfe was futup,fe ennuub
f. u, lt.n,ng n norton al ,h. money dne him
f, Ia af.,l,i, men, nnd beipg ,,ell ,lsasel win,
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IN rysc9 ilo foest n,t,lo of The stone enil,np tof
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