Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1857-11-27
From the London Atheneum, of OctohAr oar
The Late Thomas Crexxfo,-z "'

From the London Athenaum, of Oc+obAr oAl
The Late Thomas Crawford
Art has to the loss of one of its ardent dc;
PIES and the world of rare genius in the death e.
Thomas Crawford, the American sculptor whose nam
was briefly recorded in our last weeks obituary After
Gibson-upon whom he trod closely in originality Of
conception and bold adjective strength THOUGH lo
austere in sentiment less classical and less rightly %
to the old Greek typehe was the only sculptor q, a
mark in Rome. To his cOuntryman Hiram Powerss
Crawford might be inferior in the mechanism as he was
far and undenaby superior in dignity of design, in ORR
ginaty, and all the higher qualities of plastic art Hi
surfaces might be less tautessly smooh-his execution
less satisfactory to ad un9uem connosseur but his
freshness of thought could not fail to arrest and his nm
conventional freedom to impress spectator who cond
contenedy see stripping from the New World boldly
enter the lists and treasure his strength for trial of e
ceence which has been supposed only possible to natives
of the old Thomas Crawford was of Irish parentagr
and born at New York in Sl4. His ondness for Ar
led him, when quite boy, to carver in wood with
whom he worked in his native town. In 1884 he went
to Rome and worked in the dteer of Thorwaldsen and
in 1889 produced the first work which brought him into
notice. Orpheus entering Hell in search of Eurydice"
This soon followed by The Babes in the Wood"
group of strange and almost painful beauty Heredias
with the head of John the Baptist Flora and The
Dancers two esize graceful figures of the Goddess Of
Spring usustaned and tripping girl witha little boy
who is looking sadly on broken tambourne-casts Of
these works are at Sydenham- The Hunter q 6onro
tiona attitude. The hunter, very Orion for Aeetnpss
long imbed and spare of flesh, though good!v and Well
knit is returning from the chase with kid and duc,
sung his shoulders his left hand on his dog which
he holds in leash its feet drawn up mouth Shut eve
and ear listening.
His later works bronze statue of Beethoven in
the Athen@um at Boston an equestrian figure of
Washington standing pinth with metlaIions ofhs
principal generals in the Square of Richmond Virginia
and the pediment of the Capitol at Washington which
n Of
The pediment is seventytwo feet long and eight feet
high In the centre is figure of America of heroic
slze her feet wavebeaen rock-the sun behind her
one hand is Outstretched the other holds two crowns
each side six figures carved and draped from the
life. The backwoodsman with his hatchet hewing the
tree about to fall. snake is starting out defanty-
Then follows an Indian group dying chief squaw and
papoose and red men squattng around and pass on
to warrior figures, sword in embematic of the re-
voluton. \ merchant prince seated On BALE turning
globe illustrates later historic period. A pair
of schOoboys arnin arm, eyes eate and limbs full of
action, and last the salwar mechanic reclining the
emblem of Transatlantic restleSsness and rapdity-the
wheel.
Crawfords charming studio in the Piazza dele Ter
mini is full of unfinished works. He had lately spent
$4,000 studio, when calamitous illness made
hm lay down the chlse ne was again to take up
Thenceforth the world to him what it was to Mil
ton-nay, sadder He went to Paris-he came to Lon
dOn-but the disease was beyond medical art he was
told that tumor feeding on his BRAIN We have
reason to know that he bore his trouble like man. with
heroic strength and mistaken nervessieny, indeed
who can wonder! He had those about him whom he
loved, and happily he spared from seeing the sad
faces of his friends. He died, if artist die on
the 9Th Of October His remains go to America to-day
and his countrymen will we doubt not give them fitting
sepulture.
Corn AND HoGs.-From carefully conducted expert
ment by different persons it has been ascerand that one
bushe of corn will make little over 1011 pounds of
pork, gross. Taking the result basis the following
deductions made which all our farmers would do
| well to lay by for a convenient reference. That.
When costs II i cents per bushe pork costs y
| cents per pound.
When corn costs II cents per bushel pork costs
| cents per pound.
| When corn costs 25 cents per bushe pork costs
When corn costs 80 cents per busheI, pork costs
cents per pound.
When corn costs 80 cents per bushc pork costs cents
per pound.
The following statements show what the farmer
realizes in his when sold III the form of pork.
When pork sells for 3 cents per pound it brings 25
cents per bushel in corn.
When pork sells for cents per pound it brings 80
cents per bushel in corn.
When pork sells for cents per pound it brings As
cents per busllel in cOrn-N. ErpreSS.
SUPERIOR COURT The trial of John Bradshaw for
the murder of Thos Mason occupied the whole of Thurs
day and Friday and the sentence, &c part of Satur
day The case ably argued by Mr. Solicitor Strange
for the State and by Messrs &. g. Wright, d. X. Ne
Rae and J. w. Cameron Esqs. for the prisoner The
Jury out from P. NJ. on Friday night till
IL a. NJ: on Saturday morning, when they rendered
verdict of Manslaughter The Court sentenced the prs
oner toAe branded, (which forthwith done) and to
be imprisoned for three months The latter part of the
sentence RENTED on payment of the costs
The Special Term of the Court was fixed for the first
Monday in February next, to continue two weeks, if
necessary.
Nothing else of public interest transpred at this Term
so far we have heard,-Fay. Observer, 23d inst.
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