, 1859-12-05

Mas VA pesensea ' u srxe ,ack tnlfe 10 ~k;L t..
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X & e Il
al met Ussaa E. Dodge aad With eloquent speeches on
ri in ISL Dodse ~as sees..tsi ~ Nr F'cneh q
N.haa n T. Stunned to1 " ,ooasr. y ,hs ps1s9n.1
,as = put h sae = FL e
ae It'd o~n h,nd.omyr t,n ., "!t ss returned as r. S
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It seems to US that Dodge is altogether too
modest. His claim to the feesimple Of the knife.
cresy one who has seen him will concede to be |
beyond question. OF all the ugly men We
hare ever set eyes upon, he is the first and FORE
most Eclipse is first, and the rest are mo-
whefe'' There are other men who can sing
moro execrably--dozens who can execute mus
ical composition more murderously On the piano
OF violin, aud scores who can perpetratc more
outrageous jokes-but, for pure, unqualified ug~
illness, he has " no rival near his throne" What
Michael Angelo is among sculptoFs, haphnei or
Titan among painters, Shakespeare among
poets, a full-grown Shanghai among common
chickens, Dodge is among ugly zueu-the Inet-
ter 11nans of them oil. The Apollo Delridere
is not more emphatical1y the model Of
manly beauty, than Dodge's fnce is the
highest type and last expression Of rgli.
peas. The ''force Of homliness could no
further 60" We haze heard Of mans
face which was SO ugly that it was stamped on
handitoua to frighten children from The drc'
which it did most edectoally. But if the same
use we're made Of Dodgc's face, children would
not dare to 50 near enough to the fire to keep
warm, aud might freeze to death. Wc uever
knew Dodge to look even piain-t say
nothing Of handsomc-but twice; once, when
he was singing On the stage Monk Lewis's song,
a. ain not n.ad-I On. rot ,aad," aud adapting
the expression Of his face to the character; and
the other time, when some friend hsd bet large
sum On is-uglincss, and he was twisting aud
dis:orting his face into every conceivable grim
ace, so as to win thc het- For IN instant, he
made faint, crepuscuiar approximation to
! p1ainness-nay, was comparatively, It not abso-
solutely handsome!
We hare secn Dr. J. Y. G. Smith, Of Boston,
aud admit that his claims are high to the knife
but, though his daguereotype is such that re
should suppose he would not dare to sleep alone,
he was uneon.ciously robbing Dodgs every mo-
meut TINT he kept the knife in his OWL posses
sion. Apropos to this, we mny remark that it
| is IN cgregrious mistake which many mcn make
in supposing ugliness to he curse. To say
nothing Of the fact that genius is Eo often
allied TO uglness--that, rs Moore says,
.gootles haze looked as wise and blight
~ l'lsto or the ssssyhte.
And many nasc and learned skull
Has passed through windows dAlk and tun.'
All biography shows extreme ptainness o.
features. 50 far from being drawback ol
hindrance, to be positively card iu onc's favor
who would win the admiration Of the ladies'
| Of all the Ianious women whom history records
how many lare dazzled larger circle Of nd
mirers than The beautiful, fascinating, and &C
complished Lady Hamilton. Yet she gave hc
heart unreseryedly md overwhelmingly, to th'
d@arish, homcly, sickly-Iooliug Nelson. Ill
had the soul Of hero, which was enough 10
her, and she loved linn not whit lcss passion,
ascly when bis dcloru,ity was asgravatc1 By th
loss Of an eye and au arm. Who was it that
triumphing orcr d host Of prince}y rivals, wo'
the heart Of "ll,e prettiest aud most extraordi
n.rr ,ra,.,,. !. rn,,,,ndr :, thc +;ne of Cbnr1c
u.saona -,,,o,,o,1;, c,,;n., ,,n;v.rx.,,r so,.h,
; | vet f,s,;d;o,s Frances 1enn;ncs7 It WIS tb
: ,f;.c,ed I,roo 1c,aea r;,mx.ie,ce1 1e,mv7
! r,,o 1.otod s-arv o-.ro II r.-.an and n,rnc
, wh;c,, ;s decmed neces,arv to carrr the fema1
hcort rant;ve. What man wns erer more SUI
,assc,, IN ,or;,o s;a,c IN female bear,s than III
,,en,ocoene .John Y;,kcs4 He WIS 80 exceei
| ;r.,- ,,o1,. +,,-. 1ot,o-v of;ca ,1cenar m,
.a., e, ... ,,;..ou ~. - 1,oes ~. ,r;rda,
vh,le the tickets we're drawing for fear of b
: d,aU;nr ;11.,uct m the house. Rorers. Ii
r mot who Ind seen him. sneaks of his Ad.abo1
+ "a, ,au;ntr Ye,. the up1iest man in Epelou,
, he was. ut the same time. its most accop,plishc
, int7jrucr. Tie was 1le Don Juan OF bis da,
a | sueerinc Ut tue very women be subdued. H
= boastedto Lord Townshend, whom be adrnitte