Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-03-28


$500 Pre- MUM.
,rc,E..<sED rs l1a with Lhe controlling influence
n.c ;, ryiseI by tt fine upon h. dirpc-
,da>IInv OF human :,ffairs, it has given NE i'll
h.. ,,e;,su~e [. Hlt-eS5 the bUuuiItul manner in
.. ron ,iLie t. time. painting and sratua have
~ encouraged lud rewarded by tie Councils of the
Tan.
IN. ;i. this ac;p owl Il .ment is due TO the dis
-;,s aud y7 sttIy patrons o. these noble arts it Is
mi -ou.c. nf huIni iition and sorrow To teho.d
.J.rent a1ttiIv ami lndliftren with which they
n {, :estrt tha ihcOmpa ,6.y more valuable
fIs Oi ,Jetr:.
r, -. t,en rlorn the walls of the Capitol with the
.its r.v.ltliJns of the pencil, aad te co ate the
r,,. .-I lis with the C1S.y chef uCeuyrcs Of tie
-. !, :tn . ncu of good which will be nailed and
.4te Dy ali Il 'cering peigsa Of the progress
..l aeuItut. Bat, whilst they lavish their thous-
, !yJI lh,s1 iiiinlDhite p, Oducts of canvass and
70 snd ir !hey offer reward for the more
t ii. more educin-, aud ICnOwnei OvatiOnS # he
3. - i-S-cEIHg hand tTOm these III IN places has
e yea Iuyi ~; tn. irOme;har fire OF poetry ami
e juc history OF country. which, with all its
.GuY or fItn and onicr OF tr0por;i III, lies asleep
ll.ii tn humble vault o. Mount itruCn. ready TO
iuJ If dni Deau.y at the first kidding toucn
ais : MA Ins. ..iratIOn.
,artl were Sork of superero ratiOa to Introduce
MO : that crowd the records OF the past to Show
ar tD we all Oth1r -an1S the divine art of
y. What nil the paintings, statues, and rega-
~ ErrStil eS Of EGnt,iubieau. and the Tuileri,s.
rlrssl with the :. Marss.ii.es Hymn - What the
! 1,g p,nopy OF gold and gems heaped up in the
s-. ii L1u1Oh; what the collec ions of the Royal
.i.ny Or even tue time hallOWet shrIneS of West
.-.ar Abbey, when compared With the songs of
Irls dnI DID len, and Campbell? Or what has the
! ri. hat would take exchange for = Hail Co
ati." and the '-Star-S paugled Banner" Well
Iii tle British statesman eXciaim, ''let me but
4. tn. ballads of Il nation, and L care not who
~ laws
!, f,r AZ tn living breathing man is above the cold
,lsa;e nI;Ule that is male To represent him:
~ III II tlt skies OF Summer are above the per
t:, ctnvaSs 20 viii n the ai ter has transferred
] - feeble resemblance far is poetry above all
ar irS dat hue t.lrir mission 10 console and cle-
t. aaI inspire the Immortal mind o. man.
Ia yIta these facts, and 'On5lderIng tnc lament
paucjsy Of pltriOlic sOagS in my distinguished
Il ,.oytI c5uItry. AMI with the hope of being the
MIDI. uIca ola prOpac public f.eijng upon this in
ting subject, | have hcGu induced to offer, and
l-ra,y of r, the sum Of five hundred dollars
ior tle best National Pom, ode. or Epic.
u. rules whciI viii gOycrn the payment of this
"A Is fJilows:
-. 1 nave elected without consulting them) the
@il- pessonS to act Is judges or arsiters of tie
p. ,auS offered. namely:
Ia Prts!ls Of the United States.
iona - p. Nicholson of Tcnness. e.
IA Cha>. Sumner. OF l. ;. senate
Ion. X. v. /. Hunter, do
.l- Jas =. J0ncS, do
l'lJE Chaa Ter, of T.. House Representatives.
iJa. Thus Il B.yly, DO do
a- b. l. Disney. DO DO
.a. Joan T. Kenne,iy, Secretary of the Navy.
Ljoln W. C. swans, Of New Jerrey.
r. .lO-. Saunders.
.a. II tales.
- =. Armstrong.
--''. Bailey. oi Tue rreSS'
H.>.t,n.
=. i'',or il,ury, the SnithsoEian Institution.
'-. 2'rttn iate Gret$ur-r of the United States.
'.'I H. Bdt,ec, Eps3 pal Church
...-L H. cure IT, ,hy teriaa Church.
Av- -. sell. Meth Sii t 4, is lopaI Church.
III bogca1. Catholic Church.
=. Ia'S' at'men, any three Of them, are
: auLhoeizc1 20 &C at the Smi. .hsoaiin Insti-
n the Srcp Id Monday Of December next, ut such
y 'i'y may app int, and there pr.ce ri To read
eE'n'tnr tie varloIS poems which may have
.'sitt"t, and TO determine which of them is
"rhofiruS AMI deserving Of the priZe. And |
ann niySe TO pay the sum aforementioned
'''u [, VIII ever they shall present to me as the
u 30 has written within the time prescribed the
'i'ha' f8trlot' Poem and upon the represen-
',.,'I li' or she il an American citizen.
Al '1 AmlA. atoms must lie >eIt TO me at
''-'"H Io'tgji.D beOrn first Monday III De
h.Nf' With 4 fail and complete conveyance of
3! 'i7hi 10 NE and niy heirs and assigns for
Aerady bud and ob!igate myself To sell the
S'n1 Il me practicable, Iof the
IN and t. give the proceeds to the poor OF
~. gL Washington.
~ ~ loen viii H. corsi Tered as subject to this
,rs r-'- 81 not have been written subsequent
a. 20: and received before the first Monday in
- "rEe,t Il II LATHAM
- y, FEB. 10. 1853. f'hlI-~