Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-04-07

IN lines o. less. r four cen lines or less
gicJJaA ZEN GNT To AMERICAN POETIC
TALENT!
$500 PRE MUM.

SDOO + Il u N VI.
fI,sES SD - rn " IN tn cu:.troI linz influence
suIc /. is. by r. fi.It upoi b ,iir.t.
- sui r..:Iay If hsIIa af ,ifs, i has .yen IN il
,jt pl-.ls.l:t L VT esq tn hnua iul ma,imr in
.nl. Il net ii n. p,i ii * md st ,tli have
e. lco4r y ii L.id reward. d by COuutis uf the
SatJn.
III s,li,a this ac>n wi ,m mt is i ie to ,he dis
.rli y ALL 'rthy pat~Ol OF tn NIB arts it is
II eldu "f hu nj itO, aud sorrow t. tello Il
t.ytre 1t It'll III lmdif wi Ia which they
-at.re;,r. the ,com .arab y III valuable ere
ALL, of pJrtry.
T,..- rin Liorn tn W Ills If he Capitol 18th the
,ri 1. ,tio ~ of the Redeii. an i. ate tue
ii- IA 1. SitI the costly ch.f doeuvre. of tie
,l,, i. III n,u of z rd wni h Will tie hailed and
A. tie 'y Ill pleti,. Of the pr ,rreSs
III cement. BIT. whist they .a.isn their thous-
sIIs ipDI MS: INN 'ii'a od,Cts of ranv IS ard
nr1e AL hr lh.y fet rd for ,hc more
CITED. e.iIri X elow,tei ovat;ons # lie
s.L t,Se -g h t,ni fro Il these III IN piaes has
&c. wi I'd t'e iro he h III fir of .trv TO ami
ale tfe hstrr; OF Or contry. "hr h, with all its
~ at fIrm md onder o. proper i1n il as 'e.p
ar,mi III humble vlu;t o. Nnurt VrtInn rea " 10
n in:0 If. And at the ST XII lug t0uc,
i This miai inspir tton.
>urel of Supe:ero "a los, to ,trosiuce
the pro f. that crow tire records the past t. show
h's t,r abbve All o hr ands the iii ,ine art" of
psy What are all the mai 'IingS statues ard reg,.
Of EecsIil of Font ilbleau. anil the Tuileri-s
on,ar' with the Mar i es LYNN" Whit th.
sIsy '.ippiy of z 'll and gems .aped up i'm the
Irs Of ,ntOn; what the cO!ec ions of the Royal
Aal.n,. ~ ell the tim; ulowe shri.!es OF West
n at Abby, "h:n comp irel tn the SOM. of
BrIs an Di5 len, and Carn ,,bel Or VIII It ha, the
S0ti n it w'uil Jik- exchange for iIail To-
uaHt ani tn. Stars 'ang'ed Bann+r?' Well
ut ne 'irii.sl 1t ,tesintI el-lsn 'let me but
gTt- the blili /, of nation, aud l care lot VITO
IAe it laws.
A,iw th living brea hiny man is ab we the cold
m~e N .rule tuat IS ma lie t. r,present bin; A.
If u ti-rI itIt -k"S % SUNNI above tn. per.
=.
tirr t'-nie resein 'ace far is poetry above all
nf arts nit nave tn 'ir ini' ion u console ele-
rt: al lp're the I,nno tai mill o nun.
Ia Va 1t IN. c tac>s, All Onsiierng tie mant-
ah: ,adc of trio c songs my ,:is,iuguis .ed
All H.. .vei ,.ry. aul vii t. hope OF Leing the
a h5it MA i>Uf Irp, pa l.: e Ilg upOb this
t:r tag subject. have eei induced to Of, r. and
d. iercJy od r. the SUN of five uu1 ed dollars
pHle t0t the best N,to al 20 IN NE ur Epic.
The 'es "hici will go the payment of this
SUI f,iI.pw>:
Is nave e:t.l wi hout "onsu ting then) the
ht'Sils to act tS judge, art.ters OF the
pie thus offered namely:
II rf ,slI: [ of the Cni ed states.
ho,-A - P. >i:ilospn Oh TenIeSs e.
ll'n Chas. Samn-r. OF u. 5. :enats
hol Il VI. L. lldnter, do
HD J,s y. JOi irS, IL,
n J r s'nani er. of U. s. Ii 'use Representatives..
Dl- Ti"s III BHly, d. do
d'n ID. L. Disney d. do
Hh JJln 4. hclnedy. Seeret lry of the Navy.
IT. Joha ". q, swans, If New Jersey.
b. ihOS saunders
J}Seih .aieS,
Drti. iili.ey. Vi ''ic 'fes''
". at, m
rtte'-or i.Iry, oftne In'i hsO i'm Institution.
va Sil;ii. ate ire ,Sur r If the Unit.d States.
he' . VI Bit e., Episc pal Oh lrch.
NV Ii H. 'iur ir --hyterian church.
h'.>. sell. VI. h Mi Z is ioJal Chu,ch.
Nv VIZ Do elan. y .thu &c Church
i ms genu men, any three f them. are
" ~ autho ilei 20 ME: mt he Smi hso nj IN Ins'i
"e III the >rc1 ID honl ~ of lie eIi:,er next, at such
"N H tl"y IN y app inf, and there ce ii t. read
"a re 'ei'el, an'i 20 d.trrmne which of them Is
't m-r'toio l. AMI drservi ~ of the prize. And
60" mni myre TO pay the sum aforementioned
:" u"Hh I vii ever they shall; present to me AS the
ni WAC has w'teu within th. time prescribed the
NI'''tal Patrioi: Poem, and uioo the represen-
t'I t'iat ne or III. Is an American citizen.
n AL cOnmuni: ,ilDns must I've teGt to me st
"i 'stoI pOSt-p,i befOr first MO'id " in De
~ r 81 xt with fall aud compe'e conveyance of
'fyrisht TO me AID my heirs and assigns for
WI hereby bnl and obi gate myse'f t. sell the
h. % VI : sent t. me s2On rs practiahie Tor The
~ N "ric+ aud tp give the pro eedS 10 the IOOr Of
ny OF Washington.
~ M poem wi be consi Tered as subject to this
,, which sh II not I've been written -ubscque't
H. Ii al ua'- and received efore The first Nord'y IN
whNr net Il. ". LATHAM.
"SHi>GroS, FEB 10, 1853 f.b,7-