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which any school boy who had ever seen n bird of
any kind should be ashamed to draw. 1t violates
every law of anatomy and taste alike. There lies
before us a half dollar of 1854, a late coinage.
Will any man who is capable Of seeing u difference
between n golden pheasant and q Shanghai cock,
look for one minute Mt the bird on that coin and
then say that it does not offend him.
Turn it over! You have what is supposed to
represent liberty-an efigy, but still not an heral-
die one. We do not know where, or how, or by
whom, it was desigued-if indeed, it was designed
at all, and did not come by chnnce-but we are
sure that we could 60 into any French life school,
and find n boy of sixteen who would furnish
in half an hour, n BETTER design than that
in every respect. 1t is so badly drawn that
it becomes perfectly ridiculous, and beneath
criticism.
Why is this? 1t is not because there is not
enough talent in the country to secure a good design.
An expense of one thousand dollars would give us
a complete set Of designs which would make our
coinage the most beautiful in the world-worthy
of n poetic and picturesque country. The dies and
coming would cost no more than at present, and
instead Of the wretched things which greet us
when we draw n coin from our pockets, we should
see continually works of art-models which an as
piring young sculptor might emulate. 1t is an
excellent point from which to begin a reform Of
national taste.
But what to dol who governs these things
In England, and, we believe through Europe, a
practical artist directs them, and the models FOR the
coins are made by some of the first artists in the
country but here, we cannot even determine upon
whom to charge these atrocities.
Can not we have q National Fine Art Commits
sion, who shall supreintend not only this matter
but the artistic interests at Washington-the orna.
mentation Of our public buildings-tho selection
of pictures and statuary? 1t would cost nothing
for there are competent persons enough in the
country who would willingly serve unpaid, and
even if they were well paid, the country would
save by it in not being obliged to pay the ridicu
lous prices they have paid for some of the ma
tional acquisitions in the fine arts line. 1t is Just
as easy to have these things well done as badly
done, and infinitely more profitable in the long
run.
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Anti-G laprrp
HON. N WILSON.

We have road with care Senator Wilson's speech
on the bill to protect persons executing the Fugi-
tive Slave Law from prosecution in State Courts,
delivered in the U. S. Senate 23d last month.
There has been a great deal said about this speech,
and evidently, there has been much misunderstand-
ing in reference to it. 1t was n matter of doubt as
to what course Mr.. Wilson would take in regard
to the slavery question in Congress. 1t was half
suspected that Know Nothingism had diluted his
attachment to, and zeal for the Anti-Slavery cause.
But for aught we see, Gen. Wilson of 1862, is Gen.
Wilson of 1855. The speech is characteristic of
the man. We think he has not disappointed his
friends. True, his sentiments are not radical
they never were. lie never took thorough ground
on the slavery question. lie acts only on the de-
lensive-let me alone, and | will let you alone. In
Il word, Gen. Wilson is an Anti-Slavery man, but
hardly yet an abolitionist. Hence he talks more
about the past expressions of slavery than about
slavery itself. This is false ground. 1t is inn
polite and dangerous. So lorg as we admit that
slavery can be protected any where by iaw-that
1t may be legal in South Carolina and not in Ne
braskn-that we cannot, constitutionally, oppose
slavery where it does exist, but only where 1T does
not, just so long will our exertions be powerless
and our specch-making ridiculous. Mr.. Wilson
denounces the Fugitive Slave Act, but adds that
Massachusetts, will fulfill her Constitutional obli-
cations We hope she will do so, but what are
those obligations ? Is Massachusetts, under cousti-
tutlonal obligations to return fugitive slaves? Is
she under constitutional obligations to send back
TO the nelllsn horrors OF American Slavery her
Thomas Simms and Anthony Burns? Mr.. Wilson
leaves the impression that such is her duty. He
does not say that such is not her duty. We hear
tily wish he had. We wish he had told the Slave
power in Congress that no Free State in the Union
was under the slightest obligation either to return
or to yield up a single slave. Then he would have
said something effective, essential, and true. But
Massachusetts will not thank him for thus inter-
preting her legal obligations.
Mr.. Wilson is a brave man, and a lion in his
way. But let him come to treat slavery like any
othor piracy, as an ~illegality and a crime erery-
phere, which Civil Government and not only may,
but is bound to suppress, then will he be strong
and more capable of pressing his warefare
against the system. But now, Shareholders sit by
and listen to his fatal concessions in their favor
with the keenest relish and approval. Says Mr..
Wilson: II have confidence in the fidelity OF the
people of Massachusetts,. to the obligations i'm
posed upon them by the Constitution of the U. S."
That is satisfactory says Benjamin of Louisiana.
So it is-so long as slavery rules the Constitution
and the Government. Mr.. Wilson's political
creed needs splicing a little. Time will mend it,
True american.
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From the Crayon, Feb. IS.
JOUR- COINAGE.
WILHELM.

The readers Of the CtdgoR will find on another
page an article, by an eminent sculptor, on the
appearance Of our national coins. 1t is high TING
to commence n crusade against the rude faces they
psesent. There is probably no civilized nation
whose coins are so unartistic as ours. Nay, we are
sure that even those Of China are more appropri-
atelv ornamented, since they do not pretend to
anything beyond a significance, and that is COM
plete. We aim at something artistic, and produce
something that we haye never liked to show in
other countries.
We well remember one day showing one of our
gold coins TO some of our fellow students in the
school at Paris. One of them took it and look
ing at the head, remarked quietly, and as though
he feared to mortify US, sit is not at all well mod
elled," and we were compelled to say, 1T is exc
crable.' The head is bad on all the coins, from the
cent up, but it is better than the eagle, and that,
stin better than the full length of Liberty. The
only tolerable device in use is, the denomination
of the coin is enclosed in a wreath of laurel (;
though the significance of this We could never
comprehend.
The imprint on a coin demands two things to
make it complete in significance and accuracy OF de-
sign. The coins OF most European governments
present on one side the coat Of arms ofthe country
and OH the other. the head of the reigning soyer-
eign. The former is traditional, and prescribes
the traditional forms Of all things represented
they are given for their meaning, not as artistic
REPRESENTATIONS of the objects--and given with the
same form and quaintness which they have borne
for centuries, and which have become reverend
from age and association. They are memoranda
of the youth of the nation, inscribed with barbar-
ic graphically, and never to be modified OF
effaced. -.
Heraldry is a system Of hieroglyphic writing
and Art proper has nothing whatever to do with 1t
If we leave ~heraldry proper, and make an orna'
D mental design for a coin, we wok IN suNJectlon tC
! the laws of taste, and that which we do is open t.
1 criticism as q work of art.
Our country has no antiquity whose heroic
n achievements are commorated by the hieroglyphit
types Of the college of hcralds-it cannot Of course
4 have a heraldry, and to attempt to get up a coat o
! arms for the United States of America is simpl!
g absurd.
d II we wish to adopt an emblem, it is very well
but let it he distinctly understood that heraldr,
has nothing to do with it, and that its representa-
IS ton must be in subsection TO the laws of taste. w
# have chosen the eagle. Good lie is a nobl'
C bird, and properly represented, would make a beau
n tiful medallion. The substitution of his head alon'
for that deformed figure labelled liberty would be
n good step, and in the hands Of a good sculptor tn
] bird would make a more brautiful coin face thai
d any we know.
T. But our eagle is an pathological curiosity
sprawliDg, stFsddliDg, ungainly, g~raceless thing
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ENsLAvEMENT OF INDIANs.-Advices from Yucca
tan state that, on the 2lst of December, there were
in prison at Sisal forty Indians awaiting shipment
on board the Mexican schooner Jacinta, for Havan-
ma. where they were to be sold as slaves, and that
one hundred and fifty more were in prison at Mer-
ida, and expected to arrive at Sisal to be shipped
for Cuba on board the brig Antonita. The sum
received by the Mexican government for the sale
of two hundred Indians was $4,000, rs appears
by an official order from the Secretary on Foreign
Relations. in which it also appears that the pre-
text is that the Indians were rebellious, and were
captured in the war. Against this, however,
they have made a solemn protest, averring that
they were peceably, and took no part in the war.
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HOW STATUES ARE MADE.

"Dick Tint" the Florence correspondent of the
Of the n. Y. Times, writes that the inducement for
American s~culptors to remain in ltaly-POwers,
Hart, Crawford and others-is that they have con-
stantly on hand more orders than they can execute.
and employ numerous workmen ut cheap wages.
We quote:
"These workmen, who actually perform the
whole or ninc-tenths of the chiselling, cutting in
what their employer sets before them in
receive Italian wages, a small daily PIT
lance. If taken to New York, they would at once
triple and qufdruplc their Italian earnings, and
would probably set up for themselves as carvors
in a small wav, or as decorators and ornamcnters
of churches and public buildings. The chisel is
no longer the tool of the master sculptor-his in
strument is an odd bit of stick, with which he
scoops away at the figure in clay, or sat the end"
as he will tell you himself. When finished, as
nearly as such material can be, a mould is taken,
and from that a cast in plaster. If necessary this
coat is further finished and sand-papercd, and is
then handed over to the cutter, whose duty it is to
execute an exact fic SiEj3e in marble. The sculp-
tor proper may never touch this marble, and when
he is told it is done, he is ready to deliver it to its
owner. The workmen in Mr.. Powers studio have
executed not far from forty Proserpines from the
one plaster original composed by the master, and
the Greek Slave has in the same way been pro-
duced three or four times. The best bust maker
in Italy never touches the marble. lie may sug-
gest or order hair strokes here and there, but he
does not handle the scrcper himself. In all this
the workman, though he may execute, unassistedly,
tho statue, the head, or the group, is no more the
author of his work than is the clerk who copie;
the Prime Minister'S rough draft, or the c~aligraph
list who engrosses Il set Of resolutions. You cal
see how impossible it would be for sculptors, occu
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men to transport their studios to America"
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WHAT SAITH rHE FOUNTAIN

Whpt saith the fountain,
Hid in the glade,
Where the tall mountain
Throwethits shade?
Deep in my waters, reflected serene,
All the soft beauty Of Heaven is seen;
Thus let thy bosom, from wild passions free,
Ever the mirror Of purity be-"
What saith the streamlet,
Flowing so bright,
Clear as a beamlct
OF %silvery light?
"Morning and evening still floating along,
Upward forever ascendeth my song;
Be thou contented, what'er may befall,
Cheerful in knowing that God is Ger all"
What saith the river,
Majestic in flow,
Moving forever
Calmly and slow?
cover my surface the great vessels glide,
Ocean-ward borne by my strong heaving tide
Lon on, my Drother, llle '"hisHcth iist,
Labor unwearied, rest cometh at last"
What saith the ocean,
Boundless as night,
Ceaseless in motion,
Resistless in might?
Fountain to streamlet, streamlet to river,
All in my bosom commingle forever;
Morning to noontide, noontidc to night,
Soon will eternity veil thee from sight"
WILHELM.
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THE LEVELLER.
RY BARRY CORNWALL.

The king he reigns on a throne of gold,
Fenced round by his fright divine =
baron he sits in his castle old,
Drinking his ripe, red wine
But below, below, in his ragged coat,
beggar he turneth a hungry note;
And the spinner is bound to his weary thread
And the debtor lies down with an aching head.
So the world goes!
So the stream flows!
Yet there is a fellow whom nobody knows,
Who maketh all free
On land and sea,
And forceth the rich like the poor to flee.
The lady lies down in her warm white lawn,
And dreams of the pearled bride;
The milkmaid sings, to the wild-eyed dawn,
Sad songs on the cold hillside.
And the bishop smiles, as on high hesits,
Over the scholar who writes and starves by fits
And the girl who her nightly needle plies,
Looks out for the summer of life-and dies!
So the world goes!
So the stream flows!
Yet there is a fellow whom nobody knows,
Who maketh all free
On land and sea,
And forceth the rich like the poor to flee.
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DETERNINED.-A provincial Judge, who was a
great bore in his way, called upon Bautru, wishing
to see him. A valet announced him. Tell him |
am in bed ''Sir, he says he will wait until you
are risen" "Tell him l am very ILL.," "IIe says
he will prescribe some remedy" Tell him am
at the last extremity" Gle says he wishes to say
adieu to you" ''1rell him l am dead" lie says
he will sprinkle you with holy water" "Confound
him, let, him in."-FIunce and FfeachmaR.
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REPORTED ATTEMPT TO RESCUE A SLAvE.-We
give below the particulars of a reported attempt to
rescue a slave belonging to Lynn Boyd, on
Saturday morning, at the st. Charles, which we
obtained from a gentleman who stated that he was
an eye witness. Upon applying to the proprietors
we received no satisfaction.
The Hon. Lynn Boyd, wife and the colored nurse
arrived by the night train of the Eastern Road, on
Saturday morning, and proceeded to the St.
Charles, where the servants made an attempt to
rescue the girl. but were prevented by the crowd.
| Mr.. Boyd we understand, had intended remaining
several days in the city, but upon advice, for fear
the Cincinnati Packet Pennsylvania. lie was fol
lowed by the rescuing party, who made another
attempt to seize the girl as she was stepping upor
the planks. Capt. Klinefelter, or one of the officers
drew a revolver, threatening to shoot the first ont
who offered to touch her, whereupon further effortl
were abandoned.-PHS Journal and ViSiter.
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MEE1TED ENcOMiUM.-R. II. DANNA, Jr. Esq,
in his argumentin the case of Judge Loring, last
week, paid a warm and generous tribute to that
noble friend of the slave, and of all who are OPP
pressed, WENDELL PHILLIPS, Esq, which was alike
honorable to the speaker, and to the distinguished
gentleman to whom he referred. Mr.. D. said
The real reason why the removal Of Judge Lor'ng
is asked for undoubtedly is, because he sent
Anthony Burns into slavery. The gentleman who
sits at my right, (MR. PuILLIPs,) with the habit of
mind of a statesman, and the knowledge of a law
yer, has cast these reasons in a different form. 1t
is in no ordinary sense of compliment that | say
this for have regretted that he has not given to
the Bar the illumination of those splendid talents
which have won for him the admiration of the
world Il have regretted that he has not given to
the Legislature the advantages of that eloquence
and erudition, which, whenever he has an opportu-
nifty of presenting them before the public, are re-
ceived with so much favor and respect and while
| respectfully, thoroughly respectable conscien-
tiousness which has led him to say-'I will read
the Constitution of the United States correctly
be the consequences what they may; and if that
entails upon me retirement from the influence, the
honors and emoluments, and, (what is of more
consequence,) from the life of an intellectual al man
ut the Bar, to which | was educated, retirement
from the halls Of legislation, and from all that is
open to an honorable ambition, and from the oppor
tunity to associate an no lorable name with honor
able achievements, l will surrender it ALL
again say, that it is in no ordinary sense of com
pliment between man and man that | speak Of hin
as | ave."-LiberatOr.
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"Peter, what are you doing to that boy p. said a
schoolmaster.
"He wanted to know if you took ten from seven
teen how many will remain so | took ten of his
apples to show him, and now he wants | should
give 'em back"
"Well, why don't you do 1T"
"Coz, sur, he would forget holo many is leh."
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The census returns of Mexico recently publish
ed, show that there are in that county IS cities
1913 towns or large villages, 8, 1909 villages ll9 mis-
sions, &c. 10 ha1iendas, and 6,092 farms, &c.
The total population is stated at 7 1853 1906.
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Yes, Love indeed is light from heaven,
A spark of that immortal fire

With angels shared, by ALA given,
To watt from Earth our low desire.
Devotion watts the mind above,
But Heaven itself descends in love,
A feeling from the Godhead caught,
To wean from self each sordid thought;
A ray of Him who formed the whole,
A glory c%ircling round the soul. By
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the steamer CITY of Boston, to go on the Arctic
expedition, was 10000. The new light ship at
Philadelphia is also to so on tho expedition as
soen rs retitted.