Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-02-10

these pianetoids viii units together and form
new planet, which viii move in an orbit IN
termediste between Mars and Jupiter.
TIE writer nsxt applies this sans principle
I to Saturn, whose marvellous ring, In bis opin-
ion, Is nothing more than an accumulation OF
cosmieal matter attracted BY The globe Of Sat-
urn. In course Of time ibis ring become one
With the planet, aud matter win then aeeamu-
I late in the angle formed bv the surface OF the
I ring and that of tha globe, until with the aid
Of rotation, The whole shall have become "A
globe like other planets. The writer thinks Il
not Improbable that other planetory bodies
which are now giobulAr, may have had rings
at the eommeneemsnt OF their existence.
THE PERs0Naf uESrORx OF
4 bORD BACON.
I A London reviewer Justly remarks that 'the
mosf characteristic tsniencY OF literary and
historical Investigation at the present day is
to throw doubts upon opinions OF time-hon-
oTed currency, and to show that the tradition
al verdict upon some OF the famous person.
ages and remarkable events Of the past is ss-
ssnliaily erroneoss; and in support Of this as
sertion be alludes 70 Grote's "neW and i'm
proved views Of Cleon aud the Sophists,D Car
/ iyie's and Macauiav's laudations Of Cromwell,
and Fronde's defense Of Heary VIII There
cannot be more harmless, even Il it be mis-
taken tendency. Il is comforting to think Of
the great men q the ssrth-of the grand names
Of history, ofliterature, or OF art, as free from
the lower vices andfrslltiss Of ordinary minds.
With The exception Of those whose oniv claim
to the memory Of postsrity has been their
crime, thc'WGyes Of time gradually wash out
the darker shades In their characters. Shaks-
pesre was mortal and possessed a mortaps
faults, but who can venture to discern them
noW Il would be like trying to look with
naked eve al tie noon-dsy sun to see its dark
spotE. Milton committed errors bat how few
can tell what theT were? FutuFitv will prob.
sblT do the same good service fof he rreat
men Of modern times Byron's heartlessness
and littleness, Napeleon's petty msannessss,
Humboldt's great tUsddie about his bspefac-
tors, vii be forgotten, and only their great
ness remain.
Lord Baeon's reputation, though long tar
nished, has st last found an earnest -
dustrionA dsfender. The iliustsious
pbsr has been long accused Of ingraf
treschery towards the earl Of Essex, h
and bsnsfaetor, aud Macanlay, aecspA
received tradition, rsVivihej it with all b,
culiar trenehant visor, and Lord Camp.
wrote q volume to uphold the same opinion.
Against both Of these writers, and against the
received judgment Of the reading world, Mr..
W. Hsmpword Dixon arrays hinsef, and
sends to the public bis defense Of Lord Bacon
in these "personal msmors,o dug out OF IN
the untiring Industry Of the writer Mr. Dix
on, too. has style peculiar to himself though
By no means original Il il a sort Of mixed
imitation Of RuSkin and Carlyle. We make
the following extracts, as giving the best idea
OF DiEon's life, while, however, we abstain
from ssIecting those few which contain insIe-
gances Of thought and eIpTetsion unworthy 50
sxperieneeaa writer;
BAeON's nOTHOOD.
"Sweet to the eve and 70 TIE heart Is the
face Of Francis Bacon as child. Born among
the country glories Of York House, narsed on
the green slopes and IN the Ieafy woods Of
Gorha hanbury; now playing with the daisies
and forget-me-nOts, now with mace and seals: !
one day culliDg pOsies with the gardener or
eoursing after the Icons (Rhich be liked, |
particularly in pie, the next day paving bis |
pretty wee compliments to the Queen; hs grows
ap into bis teens grave, vet sunny boy; on
this side Of his mind in love with nature, on 1
that side in love with art. Every tale told OF /
this playihing Of the court wins on the imagi- /
nation, whether be hunts fhe echo In St. James I
Park, or eyes the jugglsr, and detects bis trick,
or lisping wise saws to the Queen, and becomes /
her Young Lord Keeper ot ten. Frail in health, /
as the soBs OF men mostly are, his fathers /
gout and stone, Of which he wi feel the twinge /
and FIRE to his dying day, oaly chain hin to /
his garden or his dssk. When thirteen years /
OF age he goes to read books under Whitgift,
at Cambridge when sixteen to read men un-
der Pauiett in France. II he iB Young, be is 1
snll more sage. A native grace OF soul keeps /
OF from him the rust OF the eloistsr no less |
nan the stain Of the world. As Cambridge /
Fails to dfy bin into Broughton, Paris and 1
Poietiers fail to melt him into Montioy. The |
perlls he escapes are grave; The three wears /
spent under Wbi'gift's hard, cold eve being no /
less full OF intellectual snarss than are the /
three years spent in the voluptuous court Of I
Henri TTois, among the danes and coartiers 1
OF France, Of moral snarss. In the train Of |
Sir Auias Paulet', be rid-s at seventeen with /
that throng Of mobiles who attend the King and /
Queen Mother down to Biois, to Tours, 10 /
Poictisrs mixes with the fair women on
whose bright eyes the Queen relies for hsr sue
cess, even more than on her regiments and 1
deets glides in and through the hostile camps;
observes the Huguenot and Catholic intriguss,
and sees the great men Of either court make |
love and war. But Lady Paulest, ind to him
~ mo her, watches over his steps with care
and loye-s kindness be rsmsmbers,and repays
10 the good lady and to her kin in later years /
For him the PAgelet sing their songs, the
Iosseuses twine their eurls in vain"
BAcoy's YOUTH.
''No oze lapse is known to have blurred toe
3eautY of hin Eoath. No rlrsh Of mad yoaBz
blood ever drives him into brawls. To men /
Ot iees temper and generosity than his own
o-DeTereux and Montjoy, to Percy and We're,
70 Sackville and Bruee-he leavss The glory OF I
Calais Sands and Msrylsbone Park IL he be 4
weak on the score Of dress and pomp; IL be \
dote like young girl on howsrs, on scents, on /
gay eoiors, on the trappings of horse, the ins 1
and outs Of garden, The furniture Of room: |
be neither drinks nor games, nor rms wild ard 4
loose in love. Armed With the most winning /
ways, the most Elozing lip at court, be hurts !
20 husbands peace, be drags no woman's 4
name into the mfre He seeks no victories like |
those OF ESSEX; be burns no shame like Raj
eigh Into The cheek Of one he loves. No Lady
kieh, as in sydney's immortal line, has cause
TO blush When ls is named
"Wbsn the passions fan out in most men,
poetry flowers out in him. Old when a child /
BE- Seems to grow younger az be gTows in years. |
Yet with all bis wisdom b. is not too wise to
be dreamer Of dreams; FOR whine busy with |
his books In Paris be gives ear to a ghostly 1
intimation OF bis fathers death. All his pores 1
lie open to external nature. Birds and flowers |
delight bis eye; his palse beats quick ct the /
sight Of hne horse, q ship in fuii sail, soft /
sweep OF country; everything holy, Innocent |
and gay acts on bis spirits like wine on a
strong mans blood. Joyous, helpful, swift to /
do good, slow te think evil, be leaves on every /
one who meets bin . sense Of friendlinesE, Of |
peace and power. The serenity Of bis spirit 4
keeps bis intellect bright, bis affections warm; /
and Just as be bad LETT the halls OF Trinity |
with bic mind unwarped, 50 be now, when duty 1
calls him from France, quits the galleries Of /
the Louvre and St. Cloud with his morals (
pure.7
PERSONAL APHEARAEcE or BACON.
"How be appears in outward grace and as
pect among these courtly and martial cotsm-
poraries, the ministure BY Hnlyard helps us to 1
conceive. Slight In build. rosy and round n 4
hesh, dieAt in sumptuous suit; the head well I
set, erect and framed in a thick, sfsrebed 1
ienee Of frili; bloom Of study and travel on 1
lhe Tat, girliah face, which locks far younger
than bis ysaTs, the bat and feather tossed aside
IRON the broads white brow, over which cfisps
and curls name Of dark, soft hair; an En-
shsh nose, srm, open, straight; mouth delicate
aud amall-s lady's or a jestsr's mouth-a
thousand PraniEs and humors, suibbles, whims
and daughters lurking in its twink ing, trsnu-
lous lines such is The age Of Francis Bacon
atthe age Of tWsnty-four.
Bacon IL LOVE.
More than year ago, in writing TO his
cousin Cecil, Bacon mentioned bis having
found handsome maiden to bis mind. She
loved him and be loved Der. But her mother,
4 widow and sgain a wife, having made two
good matches for herself, has set her heart on
maknS great alliances for Der Firls Ia part
70 please her, still more to glorify bis bride,
Bacon waits and tolls that be NAV Law at her
feet q rsttlel fortune and a more Splendid
name. The family into Whicn-wsen be can
steal an hour from the courts Of law ana the
purHnits Of science he goes counting, and in
which be Is now an accepted lover, consists Of
four girls, their pretty mother, and a bold.
handsome, heady step-fasber Of hftv-six: a
group Of persons notable from their private
stories, and Of ronsntie interest from their
loves and fcnds with the philosopher, and
from the part they must have bad in shaping
bis views Of the felieities and infelicitiss OF
domestic life. The four young girls are the
orphan dangbters of Benedict Rarnham. rner-