Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1865-03-16
JULIUS CESAR.

| an Emperor has turned author and writes
BOOKS But Louis Napoleon is ambitious OF
! distinction as a writer as we'll as statesman.
To these natural gifts, developed by bril-.
liant education, were Joined physical advan~
tages. His lofty stature, and his finely nodded
and we'll proportioned limbs impaired to his
person grace which distinguished him from
all Others His eyes we're dark, his glance
penetrating, his complexion colorless and his
nose strai yht and somewhat thick His mouth
was small and regular, and the lips, rather full
gave te the lower part Of his face an expression
Of kindiness while his breadth of forehead
Indicated the development OF intellectual tao
ultes His lace was full, al east, in. his youth !;
bur IN the busts which We're made toward the
close OF his life his features are thinner, aud
bear the traces OF fatigue.
His voice was sonOrous and vibrating; his
gestures noble, and an air Of dignity pervsded
his whole person. His constitution, which at
first was delicate, grew robust by sober living
and by bis habit OF exposing himself to the
inclemency Of the seasons. Accustomed from
his youth to manly exercise, he was bold
horseman and he supported with ease priva-
tons and fatigues. Hatitually abstemious,
his health was not weakened by excess OF
labor, nor by excess ct pleasure. Nevertheless
Thapsus. he had nervous attack, which was
enormously tho ought to be epilepsy. He paid
particular attention to hio person, shaved with
care, or had the hairs plucked out; he brought
forward artsticalIy bis hair to the front of his
head, and this IN his more advanced age served
to conceal his badness.
He was reproached with the affectation OF
scratching his head with only one finger for
fear of dcranging his hair. His dress was
arranged with exquisite taste. His gown was
generally bordered with the laticam oranen-
ted with fringes to the hands, and was bound
round the loin by sash loosely knotted-a
fashion which distinguished the elegant and
efeminate youth of the period. But Sylia
was not deceived by this show of frivolity, and
he was wont to recommend that people should
have an eye on that young man with the
flowing sash. He had a taste tor pictures,
statues and gems and he always wore On his
finger, in memory Of his origin, q ring on
which was engraved the figure OF an armed
Venus.
To sum ND, there were found in Cce ar, phys
ically, and morally, two natures which are
| rarely combined in the same person. Heejol7ed
aristocratic fastdiousr ess ct person to the Wig
! orous temperament of the soldier; the graces
of mind to the profundity OF thought; tue
love of luxury and Of the arts to passion tor
military life in all its simplicity and rndeness
In word, he joined the elegance OF manner
which seduces 30 the energy Of character
which commands. Such WAS Caesar AZ the
age Of IS. when scvlla possessed himself or
the Dictatorship. FIc had already attracted
the attention Of the Romans by his name. his
viii, his engaging manners, which we're so
| pleasing to men, and still more 50, perhaps 60
women. Liv. H., cap. j.
The Queen of Spain has relinQnshed large
portion of her patlimony for the benefit OF the
sal tuoaaun,r xviii the queens OF shodaY