The Woodville Republican, and Wilkinson advertiser. (Woodville, Miss.) 1853-18??, 1853-04-12
Consolation for the Ugly.

AAO hhSAhuNtS iVi V' Y KY Nfuu, " NAith
We glory in being considered Secretary, should
take great consolation to their ugly selves,
from the following extract which we copy
from the sterling sheet, always notes for its
good observation and true reports Of the facts
Of the cases under consideration, the Weekly
Delta of New Orleans We wish now to be
understood as giving that paper puff, for it
richly deserves it, and reader, il you are in
want of first rate weekly, which viii give
you all the news and trihe over, you cannot
do better than send three dollars to the Delta
man, Try his paper for a year, and il you are
not satisfied then say we are no judge Of small
matters. But this is not about uginess of
which we sat down to write, and Of which we
wish we could write as eloquenty as we inn
agine we feel. Some poet has yet to sing
"The might the majesty Of ugliness," and he
will do it too, and that most feelingly," we
have not doubt. Great men are generally
ugly, is an old remark, and we believe, some
what true, but in the following article we have
quite new field for the exercise Of the pow
er Of ugliness, and we suspend all further re-
marks of ours that our readers may at once
plunge in n'edias res:
The PowER OF UGLINEss.--James Gordon
Bennett is an unmistakably ugly man. His
portrait in the Democratic Review, which is
rather fattering than otherwise, places that
fact beyond a doubt But he scarcely de-
serves such scathing attack as Prentice, of
the Louisville Journal, has made on him.
Here is a specimen
He ought not to be permitted TO 90 into
the streets without a blanket over his awful
frontispiece. No wonder thatso many Of the
New York children die of commissions, since
Bennett is permitted to walk abroad with un-
covered face. We once heard of mans face
that was so ugly that twas placed on andirons
for the purpose of frightening children from
the fire, with much effect. No child dared
to approach the andirons, and the liability to
combustion from such cause was greatly les
sened If Benefits ugly likeness was stamp
ed upon the fire places, the effect would be
decidedly bad, for children would not dare to
20 near enough the fire to keep warm, and
would soon become frost-bitten, and perhaps
frozen to death"
/ Now, friend Prentice, let us remind you Of
a few biographical facts, to counterbalance the
savagery of your onslaught on the Napoleon
Of the Press The ugliest man that ever
trod French ground was Mirabeau, the organ
izer of revolution-and yet he won more fe-
male hearts than any Of his cotemporaries He
had the features Of wild beast, and the mas
sive shock of hair which surmounted his huge
forehead gave him sometimes the appearance
Of an enraged on The best description ev-
er given of him was that of Desmoulins, who
called HIM "a tiger, pitted by small pox."
Such was the man who was worshipped by the
delicate beauties Of his time-and such the
head, which, wearied by the fierce logic Of de-
bate, could rest in the lap Of royal Venus,
and be petted by hands as white and delicate
as the lily. There was magic in the strong
mans hideousness. 1t made men crouch and
women worship. 1t blasted from the politi-
clans tribune, but you would almost suppose
it blessed in the ladys chamber--so caressed,
and fondled, and kissed into sort Of grim
good-humor was it, every night and every
morning Doubtless good Prentice, you re-
member the answer which Mirabeau gave 10
friend, who expressed his wonder at his sue
cess in intrigue "Ah, my friend, you do not
know the power Of my ugliness."
Take another instance. The ugIiest man in
England was Wilkes, the demagogue, and yet
there was not more accomplished intriguer.
He was the Don Juan of the time, sneering at
the very women be subdued. You remember
his celebrated boast that, ugly as he was, he
was ready to wager any sum that he would
not be "a half hour behind the handsomest
man in Englsndp
Take final example Mr. Prentice is said
to be favorite with the fair sex. and asssur-
edly his remarks on Bennett apply forcibly TO
himself for it is hard to say whether the edi-
tor Of the Herald is whit uglier than the ed
itor Of the Journal
So that ugliness is not such curse as our
cotemporary would represent
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CURIOUS CoSuxDRUM OR REBUs.-A gen.
tleman from Conecuh county desires us 10 ex.
ert our ingenuity in solving puzzle with
which he says schoolmaster in that neigh.
borhood has recently been quizzing the peo-
pie. 1t is as follows:
"A wagner passing a store was asked
what he had in bis wagon. He replied:
{. Three-fourths Of a cross, and circle complete;
An upright whe re two seni-circles do meet
A rect-angle triangle standing on feet;
Two Sc mi-circles and circle complete"
Quere--Whst was in the wagonl
This is a very ingenious @puzzle'--but al.
ter some little study, we can cry eureka. Thus
} three-fourths Of a cross is I. A circle com.
pIete is an o. An upright where two semi
circles meet is B. a triangle standing on
feet is an A. Two semi-circles are &C, and
circle Is O. TOBACCO is what was in ht