Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-02-18

country is undoubteaiyi idlctatedby an hon
orable desire on his part, (and also onthe
part Of certain brapcheso the hook trade.)
to turn anhonest penny His feslings, as
to our republican institutions, are probably,
not materially different from those enter
tanned by MIR. Charles Dickens, and SO
graciously expressed by that gentleman in
his "ineidents of Travel, I. soon after lis cpl
curean' and ,bacchanalians "A American eva-
'iohS. saaI5o scs oisi bshnga ~ In III,
Mr.. Thackeray, unquestionably feels to-
ward America just as every real Englishman
feels-just as be has an ,undoubted right to
feel-whether at home on lis small patch
in the Atlantic ocean, or whether quietly
fobbing the cash which he earns by his pen
and his tongue from the American people.
We have not the slightest allusion to make
to the learned and witty English gentleman
on that account. lie understands his busi-
ness; and we think, also, that We under
stand ours. Our object is merely to call
attention to the fact stated to Us by a high
ly respectable fellow citizen, The people
of this ;country will of course MAKE their
own comments upon it. .......
Nor is it our intention to appear as the
special defender of tais great national work
of our coantryman. Mr.. Mills may say Of
that work as Webster said of New England,
-"Tare stands Look at IT,
The EoEsTRIAN STATUE OF JACKSON, By
CLARK MILLS, needs no defence. 1t is al
ready immortal-and he who made it will
never be forgotten.
1t is true Mr. Mills is only an American.
He is nothtny but New Yorker born. He
first developed his genius in the small State
ofSouth Carolina, "a State where once dwet
certain gentlemen Of whom Mr.. Thackeray
may have read in history -Messrs. Greene,
Sumpter and Marion. 'h''s1'&' A77''.H
Clark Minis was merely an American plas-
tcrer when he went to the city of Charles
ton. lie never travelled abroad. lie never
copied foreign artists He remained at
home, where God gave him his geaius, and
studied-nature. That is all. And that,
we are inclined to think, IS lis great offence
in the eyes Of certain persons. Mr.. Nils is
an Amt rican artist He is tie deiineator
Of our American heroes and statesmen
Jacksons and Calhouus He rears in bronze
American war-stctds, as il just ready TO
charge along the lines to meet The enemies
of our country lie casts LIS statues in
American uniforms-not leaving them in !,
semi-nude state, or half wrapped about in
Roman togas.
Trl -.'The head and frert of his offending
Hath This extent-no mOre." .s.-
1t remains to be seen how far the Amcri
can people will judge him guilty, at the in
stigation Of a gentleman from. abroad who
cannot be expected 10 cherish any peculiar
sympathy for Republics, and who comes
here for the purpose of getting our money
. from us that lie may carry il home to spend
amid The luxurie5 and aristocracies Of Eu
ropcan court. .. ...- .....r
= A. CLISCHER A distinguished medical
lectureriu n neighboring State oncedescribed
gandular swelling as being las large as al.
APPLE" One Of the students au!ibly wills
pered, "as large asa piece Of chalk" -'lt
was about the size Of large arg,c,' con
inued the lecturer. a large piece 0!
chalk" repeated the wag in an under tone
at was as large as my a.fst,' y Murdered ou'
tile indignant lecturer, at the same fine
clenching it convulsively, and shaking it at