Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-04-05
Personal and Literary.

Personal and Literary.
CHAs. KINGSLEY, is preparing History
of England for the b'hoys.
A LONDON paper announces by the au-
thor of Prometheus Bound" Prone
theus Half-Bound, to be followed Prone
theus in cloth with gilt edges.
THURLow WEED BROWN, the noted tam
perance advocate and editor of the Wasd33s5Sssa
Chief lies in a critical condition at his home
in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin.
john P. HALE, United States Minister at
Madrid, has written to prominent members
Of Congress urging an increase of his salary,
which is now $4,000 in gold.
NJ. Victor Hugo writes to French pa
per to say that he has read statements that
he is blind and can neither read nor write
and wishes to contradict them.
The Hon. Arson Burlingame, Minister to
China, and the Hon. r. g. Manufacturing,
Minister to Japan, will spend few weeks
IN California before leaving for their re-
spcctiVe charges.
ENG1IsH papers say that Generals Grant
and Sherman will make the tour of Europe
in May next. They think the Union Gener-
rebel Lee would be more lionized.
COLONEL Robert Carr, Scotchman, who
vas an errand boy in the printing office OF
Benjamin Franklin at Philadelphia, and
subsequently learned the art Of printing,
died in Philadelphia on Thursday, aged So
A letter from Florence Nightingale, dated
at London, February %, speaks of her
health as even more2delicate than it has
been. She says;-"I am always and en-
tirely prisoner to my room, and latterly to
one position"
PRINCE ALFRED, Queen Viotoria's second
son, now a young fellow Of 81 has just been
promoted to be Captain in the British
navy, and Parliament has granted him an
allowance of $751; 900 . year. He is talked
Of as the Vioeroy Of the projected British
American Confederacy.
Two companies of volunteers from st.
| Andrews and Grenville, left Montreal for
Ottawa recently: Col. De Hertel dropped
dead while addressing them before their
departure from st. Andrews. He had Just
said, 8" have been fiffy-two years in the
service, and my heart is in it yet" when he
died.
THE laws of caste ore so RICHLY enforced
in England that even Charles Dickens is
not invited to what its members choose to
call the best society,"" He is manfully in
dependent of Milords,'' however, and
when he was recently requested by the
! Queen to take part in some amateur ORA
matte performance, he "declined to go as
q performer where he could not as private
gentleman"
JEFF. DAVIS health continues good, and
he keeps up the same habits to which he has
been accustomed for some time past, includ-
ing his daily outdoor exercise He reads
much and keeps well posted on passing
events. An officer who recently undertook
to draw him out on Fenianism met with
complete failure. Though great portion of
his time disposed to be social and conversa-
tional, he is frequently seized with fits of
sourness and reticence. He sci lom alludes
to his trial.
A writer in " The Nation" gives the
following photogra phs of French celebrities
whom he has met:
Rosa Bonheur.-A face not expressive
of genius. Features somewhat hard and
fixed. Expression bright but unsympath-
etic.
--Azphonse Karr.--Broad, high head, and
large nose and ears. The close-cropped
hair and long pointed beard make him look
like an author of the time of Sir Walter
Raleigh.
-Gmzot-Very old and very grave. A
large, intellectual brow. Thin grey hair.
Eyes not bright; the muscles beneath til EN-
swollen and baggy. Thin, fixed mouth. No
beard.
-Lamartjne.- complete contrast to
the last as can well be. A high but retreat
ing brow. Vain, supercilious eyes. Nose
long and pointed. Mouth rigid, yet weak
No beard or moustache.
--Nadame George Saad-Long, oval face;
large dark eyes with dropping lids. Face
expressing combination of q dreamy, vol =
uptuous Temperance mt, great benevoence
and intellectual genius.
--Rossini veteran composer has
grown old. His features do not expresse
what they should. The full, dark eyes,
however, still seem to flash with sparkling
melody
--Ale1ander Dumas, Pere.-A face whose
features have an unmi8takable basis of the
negro in them. Bald, bright, .jovial, some
what coarse, and decidedly earthly. Indi-
cations Of tough epidermis and strong
constitution Plenty Of selfeseem and
vanity.
-Thiers.-A head ard figure which per-
fectly recall the English Punch-or rather
a cross between Punch and Yankee cler-
gyman. Face very compact. Short grey
hair; no beard. Wears spectacles, through
which he looks intensely senatorial and
dignifed.
--IheeHore R0usseau.-A face full Of ben
evidence, honesty, child-like enthusiasm,
and modesty. Seems like man you can
hardly help liking. The brow is high, and
expressive Of calm, quiet thought and calm
communion with nature. Dark eyes; wears
a large black moustache and beard.
= Victor Hugo-A magnificent head--the
brow piled up square and compact, where
all tie intellectual organs seem well and
evenly developed. Immense ideality, above
which the moral faculties arch the head into.
well-rounded dome The hair grey and
cut close to the head. Eyes not large, but
deep and intense with soft fire. Large
ears. Nose in harmony with the rest Of the
face, which inclines to squarcness. Mouth
full of determination, yet expressive Of
feeling Thick moustache and very short
grey beard
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