The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-02-16

4 " - ~ fHAa #ft tstH'F Hlaf HH'tfsHH' (
and few DAYS afterwards the post.
tnasicf Vt Batilcboto received bn
auonymou lrIter. asking 10 be Ia.
formed as % The habits and position
o. the Young nodcler 10 snow The
correspondent proved to he Nicholas
Longworth. "a Cincinnati. the vine
maaulaclarcr. lie SEM Mead two
hundred dollars with an order to pul
4 tie Recording Angel" IL marble,
e,iHhiutg sise. lns WAS aflerNarl.
exhibited ., Washington, aud Oh
ian,d Tor the lad ,onp-d dressing en-.
eaeemeut upon the Capitol He al
iirrwards assisted ia mod, ling Brown's
statue ot Washington, tor Union
Squarr, New Yolk, aud iualy reiurn.
ibe 10 Nermout IL lie aye OF twenty.
ihrre, maje a proposition 70 the SAFE
! Leg sttiere 20 construct statue of
Elhan Allen ior Tie caplul building.
/ Repeatedly refused, he returatd 10
the charge with true Yankee energy. /.
aul iiu,ily ohlaiuei an appropriation
ol two thousand dollars. lie then
Travelled 20 various quarters oi the
Slate soliciting Information, personal
and otherwise, relative TO the hero o.
Ticonl' raga, If whom no pouuiis *.
istmg, il was necessary 10 make q ira.
dilional LIKENESS merely. The statue.
when finished, asloui,ted his couutry
folk. Ii was luil OF lite and character.
entirely oli.iual, aud fashion 4 most
faithfully IA figure, feature and garb.
+ The statue !, now IN the porch OF the
State capitol. Tha Legislature re-
Gently soied 10 Mr. Mead another
thousand dollars. Mr.. Mead, ] be-
IWve, has projected a statue Of Gen.
John Stark, OF N. H., and historic
figure OF Christopher Columbus.
have dwell at some length upon his
early history, because il is essentially
American, aud without parallel in our
limited art annals. Mr.. Mead will
obtain additionalal ability with years
for he IS yet very young, and 1t would
be the sorriesl paragraph Of thi, 40.
tee il we could STATE that he had
achieved his highest honors. He ha.
,ix or eight men in his employ, lol
whom be finds plenty TO do. and hi.
studio is one Of the " sights" Of The
city.
] come now to the sculptor Of most
repuie, Hiram Powers. He is hale
old man, with a large family resident
here, and ii IS anomalous 10 find on,
50 famed abioad and at home as an.
assuming. original and native as ",
find Nj. Powers. He would seem /,
he IN lie right place upon one Of youl
Danphin county farms, among hi,
, COWS and pigs and poultry. He epnss
ed through many years from quiet
ness 10 greatness, yet The man seem.
unconscious of the renown which h,
has gained. ii has not raised hi,
head one mite, nor placed more dc
cision in his tread. or add, d a light {,
lis eye. Ills eldest son is photo
grapher il Florence his children ar,
said to be handsome his dwelling
adjoins bis studio, which il on III,
south side ol the Arno, aud n0t in Tia,
more irequenied district. Powers i
not thought 10 be wealthy, though hit
art gives him a handsome income. -
lie is either a spiritualist or Sweden
] borgian by faith. II is odd 10 remarI
5 this man turning into Cafe Doney o
evenings, hulnmiug an old hymn an,
/ stopping to chat with the yonng a.
fists, aud wearing the weli-eonlene
guisc Of n plan New England villa
ger. His buildings occupy co1sid
cradle area Of ground upon Die VI,
delta forauce, or Furnace street.
lou come fret TO the sign Of The youn,
!, powers, photographer ; then passin.
lwo doors. you read the plain an
rouncemen. f" Hiram Powers. Scul(
tor.' a touch Of the bell.ropc open
The door, and entering a .brick-hooret
ycslibule or covered portal, you wi
! walk across green yard and ente
the studio upon the ground floor. !
underlies Mr.. Powers residence
There are some eight or ten apart
ments connected by irregular ancie /
ras.age~ays and in lle first ot the.
ion will probab ! meet the old gentle
man lfinseli. or one oil his iamly {
> -ay good morning, and place whaleye
Is 70 be seen at your disposal Tier
is a visitors book wherein YOU wi
see the names Of people from ever
part of ibc woaid- Dukes, Earls, Vi.
counts aud scholars. There are east
Of the scores OF husts which Mr. Pow
! ers has made arranged upon pedestal
or upon shelves, aud as he is alm0.
alwi ys called upon 10 duplicate every
Thing which be shapes, sou viii -
many Of the most highly priced head
I either complete Or ia process OF con
p!elion IN The MARBLE Cor. Harril
burg Patri0t and Union.
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IHe REFUGEE ALBERT PIKE
9 A letter from Arkan-a- gives ihr FOL
: lowing Interesting skeici Of one Z
a tie most remarkable men WHO h.t
Q lyed ~ the Southwest:
: liz is bow refugee IN the noun
lains OF Southern Afkansas. and
>ais 70 be oecupyng his le.snrc tam