Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-03-15
TERMS OF ADVERTISING.
For fourteen lines or less
rzcOURA9 TO OAMERICaN POETIC
EMIL
$500 Pr e MUM.

$500 PR Il nLC IL.
IMPRESSED as am with the controlling influence
which exerciscI by tie fine arts upon III drec-
Ia nd ,~llny OF human aHAirs, il has iveu mr ir-
fai-. pi.asur. In WIT the boun.lui manner in
ra. from Il ne t. time. Painting aud sttus have
encouraged au'i rewarded by TIE Councils of the
ls,iJn.
I while this ackn owl. dymant is due to the dis
ri. and worthy patrons OF these noble arts, it is
Al rtuti of humi lttiou and sorrow to behold
=. ,JIrent aoataV AM iutiilfran with which they
{, rrs'rl the iHcUmsai ABBY more valuable Gre
Al. ,lS u poetry.
e... tenn ulorn the walls Of The Capitol with the
.eiI- revelations of the pencil deco ate the
.hi. gcou rs With the costly chef d'ouvreS of tue
-,c. i, onen % good which will tie hailed and
s-aire by all ciIcering pledge of the progress
..hAcmcIt. But, whist they lavish their thorts-
ats upon theSe innObite y oductS of canv,s ard
D and hr they offer reward for the more
r.. ,itcI more enduring ;tE.d eIowned ovons If re
r8. 10 GStctjnS hIHd from these hi.h places has
lct lnvl ed tine iromelhin lire o! poetry to AMI
tue history of oar country. wl"h, with all It's
rao ~ ut fIrn and onucr OF rroDort N lies asleep
.-t,Ii ID humble vault Mount Vernon, ready TO
~ f- and iJ,y at the list kidding tullcu
.h!s :, Mai lnS yiratOn.
-arr, work of supercrO -atiOn to Introduce
,:0 j. thrC crO1l the records O the past to show
iar abIve all her stands the :. di iue art of
10y. What ali the paintings, statues and re.i-
OF Versailles OF Font ,iubieau and the Tuileri, $
..u;r with tie - Mtrsrii. .e$ Iymn:' What the
I; .noply OF gold and gems heaped up in the
t@r II London; what the colcc ions of Tie Royal
ai.ny. or even the time hailOwc slirueS OF Vest
n .l>tr Abb y, when comp tred with the songs of
5rt., IN piD !eE and Cam pbel!? Or what has the
vot t:lat W. would Lk- exchange for Hail Co
.aIliiI AMI tn stars ,aGgled Bann.r?' Well
a ul ne i;fitsl st Ite>mIu eXciaui ..Iet me bat
wit, the bl.ld Is of I; nation, aud l not who
mtlc-il laws
y fr as M Iivin5. brea' hing is ab 2ve the cold
.GsetcC EIlrDle that Is male to represent him as
il - til. Tt Itnt skies OF summer are above the per-
4 .f.. n the hast prod
their f--Gle rcsemiiance far is poetry above all
oar that nave their mission console md ele-
yit.. an,i u~p.te the imInO tai mind o nau.
la vIr= III ,Iee facts, AMI on>lcriug the lament
able PuUc..y Of p,trIo,c songs III my distinguished
arl beloved country and with tie hope of being tie
aJnbe uieinNO OfI proper pubic f:et NJ upon this in
;r tjH= subject, have cen induced to Offer. and
10 hereby off sum of five hundi ed dollars as a
gri;, Tor the best Nttio al POEM, Ute. or Epic.
In; raieS which will govern the payment of this
l Il ftluw>:
Is. nave -eiectel without consulting then) the
Glowing per.OHS to act jud yes arbiters of the
...lc ,hus offered. mamry:
IA fr-sI. OF tine United States
H9'.A - i. Nicholson OF TeunrsS c.
/ la Gha>. sumner. OF L. :. senate
len X VI. [. Hunter, do
Iu. Jas ~ JourS. d.
I'aJ L chanI er Of $. House Representatives
Hon. Addison F" hit, DO
lJA. Thos IL Bayly, do do
riru d. /. Disney, do do
/ Hon John T.. Kennedy. Secretary of the Navy
tr John ". q. Evans, of New jersey.
.r. rnD> Saunders
/ joseph ,iaes,
"eu. L. ArTu Strong. -,
Dr.t Iiarv, oA VIE hie'''
" ". >.atun,
fr'te,-or lIenry, of the smithsonian Institution.
Nh Srlt'n, late rrraSur r Of the United States.
Rev G VI But er, Episc pal Church.
arv X H. tiUr.e Presbyterian Church.
Ev.>. :. Resell. Mehodi t + islopa Church.
h'T- VIZ Danclan, Catholic Church
- IheSr. gtutl .mrn, any three Cf them.
feoy authorized TO met at he Smithsonian Insti
NE On the second Monday of December next ut such
l1r aS they mty app int, and there rrce ID to read
AMI examine the various poems which may have
.'a rc elvctl and 10 determine which of them is
.'L meriioriouS and deserving of the prize. And
..'-oy bind myself TO kay the sum aforementioned
h"Ih, VIII ever they shal present to me as the
"n Who has written within the time prescribed the
National Patriotic Poem. AMI upon the represcn-
''i'a tntt he or she is AN American citizen.
Il All communications must I've seat to me at
"a,Li .gtou postpaid heforr first Monday in De
''n9rr mkt. with full and complete conveyance of
1@ cyyright to and my heirs and assigns for
III. hereby bind and obligate myself to sell the
pens tn sent tn me soon as practicable Tor The
'h St rice and t. give the proceeds to the poor of
'". s'ty of Washington.
@'l. Va poem will be cOusi Tered subject to this
If~- which Sh IL not have been written subsequent
e. 'H> dab and received before The first Monday in
Dgenhrnc>t Il. W. LATHAM.
V '>HiFGrrN. FER. 10. 1858. f'hl7-