Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-10-01
Personalities Of Literati.

These chorsters confde. H,
Personalities Of Literati. M
JERRoLD.
Douglas Jerrold, well-known contributor tc
Punch, a1d editor Of various publications, Is mar
about fifty years Of age, and In person is ren,arka
bly, spare and diminutive. His face Is sharp. angu
lar, and his eye of grayish hue. He is probably
one OF the most caustic writer's Of the age, and
with keen sensbity, he often writes, under the
impulse Of the moment, articles which his cooler
Judgment condemns. Although believer in hy.
dropathy, his habits do not conform to the internal
application Of Adams ale. His Caudle Lectures
have been read by every one. In conversation he
Is quick at retort-not always refined. He is a
husband and grandfather
MAcAULAY
The Hon. T. B. Macaulay is short in stature.
round, and with growing tendency to aldermapc
disproportions. His head has the same rotundity
as his body, and seems stuck on II as firmly as q
pin-head. This is nearly the sum Of his personal
defects; all else except the voice, (which Is monot-
onoua and dsagreeable,) is certainly in his favor
his lace seems literally instinct with expression
his eye, above all full Of deep thought and mean
ing AS ne walks, or rather struggles, along the
street ne seems in state of total abstraction trl-
mindful Of all that is going on around him. and
solely occupied with his own working mind. You
cannot help thinking that the literature with him
u not mere profession or pursuit, but that It has
almost grown part of himself as though historical
problems, or analytical criticisms were part Of
his daily and intellectual food. .,va sg
BAILEY. sl
correspondent of the Tribune, writing from
Nottingham, England, says
have seen Bailey the author Of sFestus.
bis father is proprietor Of the Nottingham Mercr-
ry, and the editorial department rests with him.
lie Is thick set sort of man of a stature below
the middle size; complexion dark, and his years
about eight-and-thirty. His physognomy would
be cownish in expression, il his eyes did not redeem
hs other features. He spoke Of Festus,' and Of
It's lame in America, Of which he seems very
proud In England 10 has only reached its third
edition, while eight or nine have been published
in the United Statesp ~I
DE- oUrScEY. &c
de is one of the smallest legged, smallest bo-
died, and most attenuated effigies of the human
form divine, that one could find in a crowded CITY
during days walk. And II one adds to this figure
clothes that are neither ashionaby cut nor astidi
ously adjusted, be will have tolerabe rough idea
OF De Quincey. But then his brow, that pushes his
obtrusive hat TO the back part Of his head and his
light grey eyes that do not seem to look out, but
TO be turned inward, sounding the depths Of his
imagination, and searching out the mysteries Of
the most abstruse logic, are something that you
would search week to find the mates 70. and YOU
would be disappointed. De Quncey now resides
at Lasswade, romantic rural village, once the
residence OF Sir Walter Scott, about seven miles
from Edinburgh, Scotland, where an affectonate
daughter watches over him, and where he Is the
wonder OF the country people for miles around.
LAMARrNE.
Lamartine is-yes, young ladies, positively
priBa looking man, with long face, short, grey
hair, slender figure, and suit Of black Put a
pen behind his ear, and he would look a conf
dential clerk" Give his face more character, and
he would remind you Of Henry Clay. He has a
fine head, phrenologcally speaking and
round at the top, with spacious forehead, and a
scant allotment Of cheek. Pfim is the word
though. There is nothing in his appearance which
is ever so remotely suggestive Of the romantic.
de is not even pale and ms for rolling shirt col.
lar, or Byronc tie, he is evidently no the man 20
think ofsuch things. Romance, In fact, Is the ar
ticle be lives by, and, like other men, he chooses
to nk the shop" at least when he sits for his por
trait
DUMAS, M
On the contrary, is a burly fellow His large
red, round cheeks stand out till they seem 70
stretch the very skin that covers them, and Il
looks as smooth as aposhed apple. Hisblack crisp
ed hair IL piled high above his forehead and stands
divided into two unequal masses, one inclining TO
the right the other 10 the left His eyes are dark,
and bis mouth sinuous, but not TO the degree Of
vulgarity His person is large and his flowing
mantle red. He Is a gentleman to lay bare his
throat and look romantic not Byronically 30, but
practically. Yet he looks good humored, and like
man whose capacity for physical enjoyment is
boundless. His negro blood Ia evident enough to
one who knows he has II; but IL would not be de-
tected by any one who knew Il not II appears In
the peculiar rotundity Of the man and all his parts
1t crisped and heaped his hair made him dress
up in flowing red, to have his portrait taken But
hfs complexion Is only shade darket than the
average The portrait reminds us Of the late Thos.
Hamblin, the actor.
EUaESE SUE,
Is neither prim nor burly. lie is a man Of large
frame, over which loose black coat is careessiy
buttoned Complexion light, eyes blue, hair once
black, now pepper and salt whiskers voluminous,
eyebrows black and thick, good forehead, and the
lower face ample. This conveys no better idea of
the mans appearance than French passport.
But the truth IL, Sues countenance and figure
have none Of those pecuarities which make q
description possible. He looks in his portrai, IKE
comfortable, careless, elderly gentleman, taking
his ease in an easy chair and easy coat. He does
not look an authorizations seldom do. His air
Is rather that Of prosperous citizen. Sue is only
forty-6ve years old, but he has lived fast and
looks sfty-fve Lamartne is sixty-three, and
would pass easily for ffty-three, Dumas Is fifty,
and could get credit for thrty-elght.
ABYssrsIAS PRoeRrss.- OF all the crowned heads
Of the present day, that Of the king Of Abyssinia
appears 10 contain as large quantity and az good
quality Of brain as any. His African majesty has
prohibited slavery, renounced poligamy, and ban
ished the Jesuits. 1853
Three almost equally fine things to do--what
other existing monarch Of State has dore tcem
all Africa is not only dstancing Europe and
Asia in civilization, but Is going ahead Of America
Punch.