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tions. Here is Sully, the very mode
of a statesman grave, wise and thought
full, strangely contrasting with the fixed
stony faces and compressed lips of sucl
modern diplomatsts as Mantcufel and
Won Stein
On the antique casts we have no room
to speak. 1t is singular to observe thai
when the Greek strovc to convey low
type of humanity, as in the Faun or Sill
cnus, its face has European analogies
The Roman heads resemble ours in ma
ny respects and the depraved womer
of the Imperial times, as Faustina, A
grippina, etc, have the hard round fore
head and small weak chin which became
the marked feature of the Louis Quinze
age, or may be traced in tho sleepy
eyed, languid beauties of Lely and o
Kncler. 1t is impossible to deny tina
every century seems to have impressed
its peculiar crimes and virtues, and it,
hopes aed struggles, on the faces of it.
great men. The Elizabethan face il
finely oval; the eyes meditative, the
forehead high and arched and the chin
firm and well rounded. Tho George
the second visage is neshy and full, the
chin small and fat, the lower jaw heavy
the neck thick, and the checks full and
furrowed. The fifteenth century fore
heac is square the seventeenth round
the thirteenth fat and wide; the eigh
teenth full and swelling over the eyes
We believe that in the present DAY q
better type of physiognomyi is beginning
to appear; the face grows more oval
the forehead higher and fuller, the lip.
smaller and firmer, the nose nobler and
straightor. Napoleon's was n model ot
a head; Byron, Shelley Southey, Words
worth and Keats were spiritual and
handsome. Most of our living author:
present much more of the Elizabethar
type. Refinement of matters is already
percepiible on the national features
Club life may be as selfish as taverr
life; but it is purer and healthier. There
is more religion now and decorum, m orc
earnestncss and less materialism. A
pure school of poetry has arisen, draw
its images direct from nature, and np
pealinig to the common heart A schoo
of painting has sprung up side by side,
originating from it, and likely to riva
it in renown. With the peaked beart
vanished chivalry with the full bot
toned wig, Renaissance pNetry; anG
with revival Of taste for Got hic Ar,
is now coming back all that was wor
thy Of preservation in the Middle Ages
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A MODERN PHILANTnRorlsT.-Of
all the whimsical men of this whilnsi.
cal age, Gerrit Smith is the most
whimsical. When he was elected to
Congress, the people foretold the
great things he would do, and the
general impression seemed to be, that
he would be shot through the gizzard
by some tindery son of theSouth, while
making a furious speech about eman-
cipation. But he has grievcd and dis
appointed all his immediate friends
for, after very quiet aud comatose
career, he has resigned his seat and
gone home. In letter to his con-
stituents he explains that in his opin-
ion it is the moral duty of man to
90 to bed at 0 o'clock, for which rea-
son he did not join in " the physical
struggle" against the Nebraska bill.
While his colleagues were fighting des.
perately against the monster, Mr.. Ger.
rit Smith was snugly tucked up in bed,
snoozing souhdly and dreaming of
some plan for furnishing the down.
trodden Africans of Cuba with warm-
ing-pans. Mr.. Smithsays, that if the
House had taken the vote on the Ne
braska bill at 8 o'clock in the morning,
he should not in that case have given
his vote against it for, says Gerrit,
:" l should have felt it my duty to be
in bed at that hour" Thus, this phi.
lanthropist thought it of more conse.
quence to have a nap, than that two
whole territories should be saved from
Slavery. Mr.. Smith evidently thinks
that there is something sacred in
snoOzing, and, if the Seven Sleepers
still sustain their corporate existance,
Gerrit ought to be elected into tho
fraternity. The cap of liberty, in tho
Smithcan creed is evidently a night
cap, and a good warm coverlet covers
a multitude of sins. Mr.. Smith might
be very valuable as a subject mes>
merizer, but there We fear his useful
ness stops. A man who will not sit
up after 8 o'clock to serve republic
ought to 60 to bed and stay there the
rest Of his life. The human race will
hardly be the better of for his services.
.-New Bedford (Fress'il lFhig)
Mercury.
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Miss Fillmore.

We take from very handsome notice
of Miss Fillmore's death, in the Com.
mercial Advertiser, the following ex.
tract
Miss Fillmore's character was written
upon her face 1t was not beautiful, yet
it was so full of vivacity, of intellect, Of
cordiality, and Of goodness, that it at.
traeted more than any beauty, and as it
rises before us now, its expression only
suggests the simple thought,
" How good, how kind And she is gone ~
In that character wore mingled in just
proportion. almost masculine judgment
and the most femme tenderness. The
leading features of her character was ex.
collent common sense. united with great
vivacity of temperament, genuine sensi.
bility and real intellectual force. With
keen sense of the ridiculous, overflow.
ing with wit and humor, all her views Of
life were nevertheless grave and serious
and she saw clearly beneath all its forms
and shows. in what consists its real hap.
piness, and devoted herself to the per.
formance of its duties, with all the ener.
gies Of powerful will, and the fidelity
Of the strictest conscientiousnoss. This
fidelity to her own sense Of duty had lcd
her most carefully to cultivate all other
talents and it is no exaggeration to say
that she was among the most accom-.
plished young women We have ever seen
among US She was, for her years, up.
commonly familiar with English litera.
ture spoke the French language with
case and elegance. was we'll versed in
Italian, and had lately made great pro.
gross in her German studies. She had
much taste in drawing, but had mostly
abandoned that accomplishment for mu
sic because, as she said, the lotter gave
greater pleasure to her friends, and she
was sklleul performer both upon the pi
ano and harp. Shortly before her death
sho had began 10 Fay somo attention to
sculpture, aud had got her materials to.
gether for self instruction in this highest
branch of art,
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I'll isrrIla al u .
From the London Atheneum June 10.l
The Historical Portrait Gallery at the
Sydenham Palace

From the London Athenaum June lOI
The Historical Portrait Gallery at the
Sydenham Palace.
a certain feeling of awe creops over
the mind of the spectator who stays even
for few minutes to muse in these long
avenues of the Pantheon of History
We can now in some degree imagine
what Roman patrician must have felt
when he walked through the hall of his
father, and saw the waxen images of his
ancestors on either hand, sailing, as his
fancy might conceive, at his virtues, or
frowning at his vices and we can now
conceive the feelings with which an
Egyptian monarch may have beheld
those embalmed bodies of his predeces-
sors, which had for a thousand years
Knocked at corruption and the worm
The unit man looks small amid this
great multitude of the chosen sons ofna.
ture-of those who, being dead, are yet
speaking to him from the tomb. We
feel as if we were pacing some silent
desert of purgatorial region, surround
ed by pale, voiceless faces which some.
thing tells us are but the mere vanguard
of those shadowy legions which memory
can so quickly summon up from their
long sleep to re.people earth
In this court the dead painters en-
viron u.s. from sanity Giotto and Fra
Angelina, to Raphael, beautiful as an
angel, and Rubens, courteous and lordly
as the kings whose courts he visited
the dead poets hem us in, from Dante,
visionary and mournful, to Ariosto, gay
and chivalrous; and the dead musicians
glrd us round, from Palestriua, with the
high sad brow, to Mozart, lively as the
Viennese who adopted him and far
without, in very distinct circles of low
er heaven, are crOwding kings and war,
riors, from pious Louis to the tLick.lip.
ped Bourbon. from heroic Bayard to the
mountebank Murat, and from the falcon
eyed De Folk to the i'll starred Lannes.
A few glances here, and all modern
history rises before the eye in conflicting
images that obliterste each other. and
shifts like the colors in a Kaleidoscope.
As we behold the Austrian beauty of
the daughter of Maria Theresa, the
French Revolution "rushos red on the
sight" aud as we turn to look at tho
calm austerlty Of the blind Milton, our
own Civil War gives rise to thoughts of
the black scaffold and the red AK, of the
Whitehall window and the judgment seat
at Westminster. Petrarch, dead in his
study, recalls Tasso dying at Rome while
the laurel crown was even then wreath
ing for him in the Capitol; and Raphael,
lying in state before his own picture Of
The Trans6gurstion," reminds US Of
tho sadd0r sosps Of Hay don, falling dead
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Interesting Discoveries at Naples.

Interesting Discoveries at Naples.
The extraordinary amount Of anti
quarian treasure constantly brought to
light in the classical sites Of the
modern kingdom Of the Two Sicilies
would keep the British archaeological
world in state Of excitement almost
dangerous. The antiquary of the
north is a much more excitable animal
than his brother of the "sunny south"
Here" writes a correspondent of
The Morning Post, "you will observe
a group of the curious assist at an
excavation in Pompeii with as much
stole placidity as if the workmen we're
digging for potatoes, instead of art
objects 1000 years old. The finding
of bronze, tcrra-cotta, or marble
statue, produces no futter among the
lockers on. They are familiar with
such things, and a sort Of unexpressed
contempt illustrates tho old proverb,"
Within the last few weeks another
public bath house has been discovered
at Pompeii. Nothing beyond the
trigA2arium is at present cleared but
there is every reason to suppose that
the building in question is more exten-
sive than that containing the circular
bath, discovered in 1924, with its six
entrances, vestibule, atrium, &c.
Signor Abbate, who painted the Ro-
man interior of the Crystal Palace is
employed in making drawings of the
portions of this building already laid
open. In connection with Pompeii, a
glass has been discovered about the
size of crown piece, with convexi-
ty, which leads one to suppose it to be
magnifying lens.
Now, it has been said that the an.
clients we're not aware of this power,
and the invention is given to Calico
by some, to Dutchmani in 1921, by
others, while the compound microscope
is attributed to one Foptana, in the
seventeenth century. But, without a
magnifying glass, how did the Greeks
and Romans work those fine gems
which the human eye is unable to read
without the assistance of glass
There is one in the Naples Royal Col,
lection, for example, the legend Of
which it is impossible to make out un-
less by applying a magnifying power.
The remarkable fact is, that the glass
in question was found with a stone
ready cut and polished for engraving
thereon, which stone is now also to be
seen in the Museum Of Naples. 1t
would appear, therefore. that a worker
of gems possessed and used this instru.
ment.
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ny II. ". LoNoFELLow.
How strange it seems These Hebrews in
their graves,
Close by the street of this fair sea port town
Silent beside the never-silent waves,
At rest in all this moving up and down!
The trees arc white with dust, that DER thei
sleep
Wave their broad curtains in the south
winds breath
While underneath such lcafy tents they keel
The long, mysterious Exodus of Death
And these scpulchral stones, so old and brown
That pave with level flags their burial-plac,
Are like the tablets of the Law thrown dow
And broken by Moses at the mountain
base.
The very names recorded here are strange,
OF foreign accent, and Of different climcs
Alvares and Rivera interchange
With Abraham and Jacob of old times.
Blessed be God for he created Death !"
The mourners said "and death is rest ant
peace"
Then added, in the certainty of faith,
"And givcth Life, that ncvermore shal
cease" D."
Closed are the portals of their Synagogue,
No Psalms of David now the silence break
No Rabbi reads the ancient Decalogue
In the grand dialect of the Prophets spake
Gone are the living, but the dead remain,
And and not neglected, for hand unseen
Scattering its bounty, like summer rain,
Still keeps their graves and their relncm
brance green.
How came they here What burst of Chris
tian hate
What persecution, mc1ciless, and blind,
Drove er the sea-that desert, dcso'atc-
These Ishmaels aud lIagars Of mankind
They lived in narrow streets and lanes oh
scurc,
Ghetto or Judenstrass, in mirk and mre /;
Taught in the school Of patience to endure
The life OF anguish and the death of fire
An their lives long, with the unleavcnet
bread
And l'',ci herbs Of exile and its fears,
The was'irg iamine of the heart they fed,
And slallcd its thirst with maral of thei
q,
That rang from town 10 town, from stree
to street
At every gate the accursed Mordecai
Was Knocked, aud jccrcd, and .pumcd b.
Christian feet.
Pride and humiliation land in hand
Walked with them through the world
wherccr they went;
Tramplcd and beaten were they as the sand
And yet mistaken as the continent
For in the back ground figures vague an,
vast,
ofpatriarchs and of prophets rose sublime
And all the great traditions Of the Past
They saw reflected in the coming time.
And thus for ever with reverted look
The mystic volume Of the world they read
Spelling il backward like Hebrew book,
Till Life become a Legend of the Dead
But ah what once has been shall be no more
The groaning earth in travail and in pain
Brings forth its races, but does not restore,
And the dead nations never rise again.
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MUGGY-In former days, wher Re
turn j. Meigs was Postmaster. General
he had occasion to address letter to a,
newly installed deputy, in small town
"down cast" The deputy made out to
read the body of the letter, but could
make nothing of the scrawl at the bot.
tom, After puzzling over it, and scratch.
ing his official head for an hour or two,
he could only make a peremptory order
"Retnrn your Mugs" He applied to
Tho predecessor and to all the justices
of the peace-to tho scool.mastor and
the parscn but they would give Kim no
satisfactory elucidation of the new or.
der. lie determined to take journey
to the shire-town, and there to consult
with learned lawyer, who was the post.
master of that growing town, and was
well posted up in all the rules and mys-
terles of the law Of letters Upon sta.
ting the case. this able civilian, having
obtained his reputation by never being
at loss on any subject, Informed him
that there were many post-ofhces in the
country iu an intermediate state be-
tween the large cities and tho small
towns, and in which they had not risen
to the dignity and Importance of having
regular fixed boxes for individuals, but
used mugs instead and each man had
his designated mug, into which all his
letters were placed This was clear
and satisfactory and the deputy return.
ed homo much enlightened and comfort
ed. Aud ever after, at the bottom Of
all his quarterly returns be added a
nota beae' mo mugs used at this o6ioel"
What particular construction was put
upon this oft-recuriing note at the dds-
psrtmeut' was never divulged. -Kaiek.
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4 VALID REAsoN.-Uncle Peter b.,
who nourished n few years ago among
the mountains of Vermont, as an inve-
terate horse dealer, was one day called
upon by an amateur of the equine in
search of something fast" The re-
suit is told as follows in the Northern
Gazette
There" said Uncle T., pointing to
an animal in the meadow below the
house, there. sir, is a mare who would
trot her mile in two minutes aud twenty
seconds, were it not for one thing"
" Indeed + cried his companion.
"Yes," contnued Uncle Peter, she
is four years old this spring, in good con,
dition, looks we'll, and is FIRST rate
mare and she can 60 mile in 2,20,
were it not for one Ming ,"
Well, what is it ?" was the query.
That mare" resumed the Jockey,
" is in every way good piece Of prep,
erty. She has heavy mane, switch
tail, trots far and square, aud set thero
IS one thing only why she cant 20
mile in 60
What in the Old Harry is it then ?"
cried the amateur. imlatiently
Z The dis,apce is too great for ,Ls
time
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DREss "A lady writes as follows -
Speaking of beauty, l wish people would
dress pleasantly, benevolently. / saw
lovely girl to day looking unlovely and
unlovablc, because her muslin dress was
stify starched, to keep clean ionge, My
laundress tries to persuade me into the
barbarous custom. To my mind, wo.
man should always look as soft to the
touch as the flower, aud as pure. All
her garments should be made Of the fin.
est and softest material possible, mater
ial that will easily dispose itself into
folds, falling gracefully around her, and
not, by being liable to be rufaed every
moment, compel her to stiff attitudes
and starched demeanor, denying her the
luxury of lounge and loll why, my very
words would grow prim aud precise, were
l to wear dress which depended Gu
-four or potatoes for it's rrcpriety
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In 1877, when North Mississippi
was cleared of the Indians, partially,
the whole of this country was called
Yazoo county, extending over one hun.
drcd and fifty miles square. The law
had not taken effect for the want of
organization, except in the militia.
One Col. Casson commanding With his
regiment the whole country, and he
was all the officers either civil or mil
itary, that lived in that large tract Of
country. The country, as was to be
expected, was filed up with hord Of
trihing fellows, thieves and the like.
About this time, there was missing two
horses in the nclghborhood, and Col.
Casson called a meeting Of the citi-
zens generally to consult upon the best
measures to adopt in relation to it..
Accordingly large collection met at
the house of the Colonel, on Big Black 4,
(whcre Holmes county now is and
called the Colonel to the chair. Sus-
picions soon fell upon young man by
the name Of Dobson who was not pres
ent. After consulting and discussing
the subject, pro and con, it was agreed
that Dobson should be brought forward
for trial. An old gentleman, rather
more intelligent than some of his con,
tenporaries. asked how the meeting
could get hold of him. Colonel Cas-
son drew down his eyebrows in dig
niGed manner, as if casting about in
his mind previous to giving the "opin-
ion Of the Court" and said:
"Gentlemcn, will issue an Ognum
forum Writ, and have him corporally
before me-" But what kind Of a writ
is that, Colonel ?" asked one olG man,
with caution. "It is a writ" said
the Colonel. grayely, "to take him as
well where he amt as where he is.and
have him corporally before u.s." This
was satisfactory to the meeting, and
six men were dispatched with this aw-
full writ, who returned in about an
an hour with the renowned Dobson in
strings. He was arreigned, witnesses
sworn but no evidence of even q sec
ondary nature could be obtained; yet
after taking the vote, a majority found
him guilty. The Colonel then put on
an awful solemn visage; and said !;
"Isaac Dobson by authority Of the
ninth section of laws in these cases
pass tho sentence of death upon you
to be hung by the neck until you
are dead, dead, dead-not for steal
ing horses, but that horses may not be
stolen !" That evening Dobson was
led to a black jack, and hung according
to the sentence of.the Court" admit
ting that he had stolen the horses, and
that he intended to have taken tEem
to Red River Raft, and acknowledged
the justice of his sentence. This coun
try is now well settled, and the Colo.
mel was heard the other day to say
"These are shocking times-a man
must be tried three or four days for
stealing and the like, and then get
cleared by some quirk in the law when
he stole the horse as plain as the nose
on my face-I will go to Texas and
get among civilized folks ~, o,
Picayune.
A Proper SPIRIT.-" Sir" said
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sG-He was a poetical genius who
described ladies' lips, as "the glowing
gate way Of beans, pork, sourkrout
and potatoes"
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A PROPER SPIRIT" Sir" said
one of two antagonists with great dig
nifty to the other during dispute
which had not been confined to words
-"y you have called me a scoundrel
and liar, you have spit in my face,
you have struck me twice: | hope you
viii not attempt to carry this any far
ther for if you do, it will rouse the
sleeping lion in my breast, and can
not tell what may be the consequence. "
EkJ- An old lady once said that her
idea Of a great man was, "A man who
was keerful of his clothes, don't drink
Of spirits, kin read the Bible without
spelling the words, and can eat a
cold dinner on wash days, TO save the
wimmen folks the trouble Of cooking" "