Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-03-02
TERMS OF ADVERTISING.
For seven lines o. less.
For fourteen lines or les.
TO AMERICAN POET
&c TALEUI!
$500 PRE- MUM.

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IMPRESSED as am with thu controlling influence
which i exerciseI by tie fine arts upon Iha direc
an nd destiny of human affairs. il has given me iu-
5li.. pleasure. t. wlt.esS the boun;iul manner in
when. from time t. ti,e. painting and statua hay,
zen encouraged aud rewarded by tie Councils of the
Nation.
Bat while this acknowledgment is due to the dis
rLias aud worthy patrons OF these noble arts it is
~ equal SOurce Of huml iatiOa and to behold
IL apparent apathy and indifferen with which they
,.tn regard the incompal ably more valuable ere
4. A. of poetry.
T,se tren aorn the walls of the Capitol with the
;Osls revelations Of the pencil and deco rate the
lbi grouadS With the costly chef d'oeuvres of the
Li,el, is an omeu of good which will be hailed aud
aJJaJe by ali Cheering pledge Of the progress
refinement. But, whilst they lavish their tlous-
aas upon these immOtiie p OduCts OF canvass and
marble and bronze, they oiier no reward for the
-Itei, more enduring and renowned ovations Of he
se- Nc f5stering htud from these high places has
yet inv ed the rOmethan fire of poetry to ami
nate tie history of country, which, with all It's
rmOny OF form and onder OF proportion, lies asleep
4roIni lhr humble vault Mount Vernon, ready 10
.rn. no life aud beauty t the fist kidding touch
| u his Z NAL lis iirati0n.
It:urcl were work of supererOratioN to Introduce
he proof, that crowd the records o. the past TO show
ls Tar above ail other sands the divine art" Of
ooy hat are all the pai things, tatues. and rega-
u OF Versailles. of FontAinbeau. and the Tuilerits
pnpar,d with the " MarSnieS Ii, - What the
sIag ,uOpiy of gold and gems heaped up in the
TSrr Of London; what the coilec ions OF the Royal
Academy. even the time haowed shrires of West
EHfr Abbey, when compared with the songs Of
BiruS an! iibiep, and Campbell? Or what has the
re-t that We would take exchange for " Ha!l c.
uabia and tha :. Stars 'angied banner" Well
night ne British statesman eXclaiIu, ''let me but
srte the ballads of IL nation, and L care not who
Qtke> it, laws"
j. far as the living breathing is above the cold
g'eusate marble that is mate To represent him;
i thu iaut skies OF summer above the per-
htbe which the pai ter has tr tnsftrred
ier feeble resemblance. SO far is poetry above all
her arts That have their his ion to console Ind ee
'ate aud In-pre the immo tai mind
la Yie' at the Facts, and Considering tie lament
able paucity of p,tnO:ic songs in my distinguished
nt beloved itry. and with TIE hope of being the
humble mcin< If propst pubic eli ng upon th, liz
IRE tang subject, have cen induced to Offer and
10 hereby U r, tie sum of five hundi ed dollars as
FAe tof The best National Poem, ode, Or Epic.
Ihe rules which will govern the payment Of this
'dlI a c follows:
lst have selected without consulting theln) the
''Tias rer:ons to act judge, or arblters of the
iglie thGs offered namely:
IN: Preside of the United States.
lon.A y p Nicholson OF Tenncss G.
Hon Chas. Sumner, of U. S. senate
ilou NJ L. Hunter, do
HlaJas e.. Jones, do
iioaJ ChanIer, of L. 5. House Representatives.
i0l. AidiSou hte, dc DO
Hon flOS III Btyly, do do
Aou John Z. Kennedy, Secretary OF the Navy.
~. John W. Z. Evans, Of New jersey.
Dr. ito' Saunders.
JI>vph GALES.
'sh H. Armstrong,
DT.G. Bailey Oh Tue fresS.
y W. S-aton
gE1i',or Henry oftne Smithsonian Institution.
m Selden. laIe Treasurer of the United States.
ne'' " Butler, Epsc pal Church.
,e' Ia H. Gure Presbyterian Church.
~ '-S' Ii sell, Met hOuI~t h, ,iSlOual Church.
NV hr Doneian. Catholic Church.
= 4AeSt gentlemen, any three Cf them.
e" authorized to meet at Ihe Smithsonian Insti
@ga The Secoud Monday Of December next, at such
d. Ihty may app; int, and there Irucesd to read
Aiuline The variOss poems which may have
received. and 10 determine which of them is
~. merltoiIouS and deserving of the prize. And
E olhd myself To Fay the aforementioned
"'"n' u whoever they shali present to me the
III Who has written within the time prescribed the
,'"olial Patriotic Poem, and upon the repreSeu-
@ "a tat he or she Is American citizen.
>i All communications must be sent 20 at
'liIstoa post-paiil before first Monday in De
-tf next with full aud complete conveyance of
1lyrght to and my heirs and assigns for
e5-r -
'h hereby bind and obligate myself to sell the
u ms sent t. me as soon practicable, TOR the
MS rrce. and to give the proceeds TO the poor OF
MY Of Washir gton-
''. M Toen will be consi Tered subject to this
''tr which shall not have been written subsequent
N' dat. and received before the first Monday in
g~'r heat X. ". LATHAM.
"EHINGToS, FEB 10. 1858. feb IL