Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1854-01-25

e lsr Sue--Dumas--Lamar T
: We have been looking at the portraits of tlies'
: celebrated authors as painted by Mr.. Powell, AM
exhibited with his large picture De Soto, at th'
rooms Of the, Academy. xu.sa .s..-s ,.....,.,s
= Larmartine is--yes, young ladies, positively
u prim young man, with long face, short gray hair
a slender figure, and suit of black! Put per
: behind his ear, and he would look like a "con6
= dental clerk" Give his face more character
and hewould remind you of Henry Clay He
: has q fine head, phrenologcially speaking-large
and round at the top, with spacious forehead,ant
a scant allotment of cheek. Prim is the word
though. There is nothing in his appearance
which is ever 50 remotely suggestive of the ro.
mantle. He is not even pale, and as for rolling
shirt collar Byronic tie,-he is evidently moi
. the man to think of such things. Romance, in
fact is the article he lives by and like other men
: he chooses to "sink the shop,' at least when he
sits for his portrait. .... .,.,,., ..-
Dumas, on the contrary. is a burly fellow
His large, red, round cheeks stand out till they
seem to stretch the very skin that covers them,
and it looks as smooth as polished apple. His
black, crisped hair is piled high above his fore
head, and stands divided into two unequal masses,
one inclining to the right andsthe other to the
left His eye are dark and his mouth sensuous,
but not to the degree of vulgurty. His person is
large, and his flowing mantle red He is the gen.
tleman to lay bare the throat, and look romantic;
not Byrancally SO, but practically. Yet he looks
good humored and like a man whose capacity for
physical enjoyment of all kinds is boundless.--
His negro blood is evident enough to one who
knows he has it; but it would not be detected by
one who knew it not. Itappears in the peculiar
refundity of the man and all his parts. 1t crisped
and heaped his hair; it gave the fulness TO his
mouth; it made him dress up in flowing red to
have his picture taken. But his complexion is
only shade darker than the average. The por
trait reminded us for a moment of the late Thom-
as Hamblin, the actor. 'a# ''.' - "a
Eugene Sue is neither prim nor burly. He is
man of large frame, over which loose black
coat is careessly buttonod. Complexion light
eyes, blue--hair, once black now pepper and salt
-whiskers, volumnous-- eye brows, black and
thick-good forehead, and the lower face ample.
This conveyed no better idea Of the mans appear
unce than the description in French passport.
But the truth is, Sues countenance and figure
have none of fthose peculiarities which make de-
scription possible. He looks, in his portrait, like
comfortable careless elderly gentleman taking
his ease in an easy chair and an easy coat. He
does not look like an author. Authors seldom
do. His air is rather that OF prosperous citizen.
Sue is only forty five years old, but he has lived
fast, and looks ffty-fve. Larmartne is sixty
three, and would pass easily for 6ity-three. Du-
mas is fifty, and could get credit for thrty-eght-
" Y. Times. .., Ii, s,segs. a..-.,,s. .,go .g.
7a(sF scene in the streets of St. Paul's is thus
described by the author of "Minnesota and its
Resources:"-- Fl Af' -'}"Ga1 asH.s. . e1g i-
"Amid the busy crowd may be seen the courte-
GUS and sociable Governor, conversing freely with
his fellow citizens, or politely receiving General
A., Colonel b., or some other distinguished per-
sonage just arrived. Close by the side of his
Excellency, Dakota, Winnebago, or ChiPpewa
warrior strides along as boldly, and quite as in
dependent as the greatest monarch on earth-
He is attired in a red or white blanket, with his
leggns or mocc1sins Enthusiastically ornamented
with ribbons feathers, beads, ETC., while his long
braided hair is adorned with number Of ribbons
and qulls, his face is painted with variety of
colors, giving him most frightful appearance.-
In his hands he carries a gum hatchet, and pipe.
AS the noble fellow moves along, SO erect, so
tall and athletic In his form, feeling of admira-
ton invountary fills the strangers mind. He
pronounces the Indian warrior the lion Of the
multitude, and is forced to respect his savage ma
ture. . The eye follows him along till he joins
perhaps, a company of his own. tribe, some of
whom are quietly regaling themselves at the end
of lorg Tehandahoopah, others gazing at the
white mans big canoe. Now the astonished gu
ger beholds group Of dark-eyed squaws some
carrying their heavy burdens, others with pappoo-
ses on their backs, with their bare heads sticking
above dirty blanket The little things may be
!, sleeping, and as the mothers walk carelessly
J along, their heads dangle about as though their
necks would break at every step. They step on
, however nor heed the scorching rays of the sun
J shining in their faces" ~
The SAcREDKEss OF rEARs.--There is sa'
credness in tears. They are not the mark o.
weakness, nor of power, They are the messen.
gers OF overwhelming grief, of deep contrtion, Of
unspeakable love. Ifthere were any arguments
to prove that man is not mortal would look fol
it in the strong convulsve emotions Of the breast
, when the soul had been deeply agitated, when the
fountains of feeling rising, and when the tears
are gushing forth in crystal streams Oh, speak
not harshly to the stricken. one weeping in 81
lence; break not the solemnity by rude laughter