American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1865-03-29
The First Caesar by the Second
NaDOlcOU.

The following is description of the
first Caesar by the second Napoleon, copi-
ed from the great work of the Emperor,
renently published.
To those natural gifts, developed by a
brilliant education, were joined physical
advantages. His lofty stature, and his
finely. moulded and well-proportioned
limbs, impaired to his person grace
which distinguished him from all others
His eyes were dark, his glance penetra-
ting, his complexion colorloss, and his
nose straight and somewhat thick. His
mouth was small and regular, and the
lips, rather full, gave to the lower part Of
his face an expression of kindness, whiie
his breadth OF forehead indicated the de-
velopment of the intellectual faculties
His face was full, at least, in his youth !;
but in the busts which were made toward
the close of his life, his features are thin
ner, and bear the traces Of fatigue His
voice was sonorous and vibrating, his ges-
ture noble, and an air of dignity pervadcd
his whole person. His constitution, which
at first was delicate, grew robust by sober
living, and by his habit Of exposing him
self to the inclemency Of the bad wea-
ther
Accustomed from his youth to manly
exercise, he was bold horsemon, and he
supported with ease privations and IA
tigues. Habitually abstemious, his health
was not weakened by excess Of labor, nor
by excess OF pleasure. Nevertheless, on
two occasions, once at Cordova and then
at Thapsus, he had nervous attack it
was thought to be an epilepsy. He paid
particular attention to his person, shaved
with care, or had the hairs plucked out;
he brought forward aristicaIly his hair to
the front Of his head, and this in his more
advanced age served to conceal his bald
uess lie was reproached with the afiec-
tation of scratching his head with only
one finger for fear Of deranging his hair.
His DIR IS was arranged with exquisite
taste, His gown was generally bordered
with the latciam, ornamented with firing
es to the hands, aud was bound round his
loins by sash loosely knotted--a fashion
which distinguished the elegant and ef-
Terminate youth Of the period.
But Sylla was not deceived by this show
Of frivolty, and he was wont torccommend
that people should have an eye on that
young man with the flowing sash. lie
had taste for pictures, statues and gems;
and he always wore on his finger, in mem
ory of his origin, a ring on which was en-
graved the figure OF an armed Venus
70 sum up, there was found in Caesar
physically and morally, two natures which
are rarely combined in the same person
He joined aristocratic tastidiousness Of
person to the vigorous temperament Of the
soldier; the graccs of mind to the pro
undity Of thought; Il love Of luxury
and Of the arts to a passion for military
life in all its simplicity and rudeness In
a word, he joined the elegance Of manner
which seduces to the energy Of character
which commands. Such was Caesar at the
age of eighteen, when Sylla possessed
himself of the Dictatorship. He had al
ready attracted the attention of the Ro-
mans by his name, his wit, his engaging
manners, which we're so pleasing to men,
and still more so, perhaps, to women