The Montana post. [volume] (Virginia City, Montana Territory [i.e. Mont.]) 1864-1869, 1867-06-29

| After hearing each claimants petition
They passed definite judgement on man,
And thus settled his fnte's disposition.
81 Let Afliction possess her own child till the
/ cares
| OF life cease to harras5 and goad it,
I Then his body return TO Esrth-whence it rose
/ And his spirit to Joye who bestowed it.
LongfeIIovv, Lowell and AsasSiz.
| A Cambridge Massachusetts, cores
pondent of the HadtpeRdeHt give the fol-
| lowing sketches of Longtellow, Lowell
and Agazziz:
On our way we came to n large, square,
wooden house, with nothing especially
attractive about it. 1t stands back from
| the street, it's front in full view, looking
over Charles River. Near it. at the sides,
a few trees and bushes relieve the open
! space. This is the house known as
Washington's headquarters and here
| for many years has lived Henry w.
| Longfellow, the sweetest and most ro-
mantle of American poets. The house
seems full of him. The spacious rooms
are furnished with ostentatious luxury
elegant literature is freely strewn about
| pictures, engravings and miscellaneous
works of art adorn the walls and grace
the mantels. The library, on the second
| floor front, expresses the occupant. Ii
is large, sunny room, filled with books
in all languages, that seem to have fall
len into their places at the bidding of
the muse Here sits the poet Mr.
Longfellow was always a poet to- look at
lin form, feature and expression, a poet.
Lawrence's portrait, engraved for the
small blue-and-gold edition of the poeti-
cal works, gives an admirable idea of his
head and countenance in its finest mood,
though not in it's domestic aspect. Since
the fearful death OF his wife, the out
ward life of the poet has altered much.
The step is less buoyant than it was, the
the bearing less joyous the look less
elate. The florid man has matured into
an exceeding mellpwness of dignity.
Ripe and rich looking he always was
exquisitely neat in Gress and exquisitely
elegant in person-though always ami.
mated by sentiment that saved him
from the suspicion of foppery. But now
he has attained wonderful complete
ness of expression. His aspect is that of
bard in the full afiluence of his years
and the full wealth of his genius His
silvered hair is long and wavy. His
beard grows white and thick beneath
his chin, looking more like a deep lace
ruff than anything else. His voice is
melodiOus as an organ, and his features,
handsome as ever, have been touched
and sorrow. His manners are very beau
tiful to all persons and he carries
about him that indescribable atmos-
phere that marks the perfectly cultured
gentleman.
But we do not go far without meeting
other humanity more remarkable and
far more famous. Here. for example,
comes man of notable presence How
are you, Professor Agassiz, always young?
Agassiz is the youngest looking man of
his years you ever saw. In less than a
month he viii be sixty-but one must
go to the record to find il out. Firmly
set, round and juicy, with skin as soft as
a boys, and sound, sweet flesh, he would
justify middle age, did not his face, on
close inspection, tell, by innumerable
signs, of severe and protracted labor
His hair is thin, his eyes are worn with
observation, his forehead is marked with
lines of thought The manner of Agas-
siz is direct and hearty; he has a sweet
voice, which his piquant foreign accent
makes especially pleasant TO hear, and
when animated, as he easily is, his small
eyes laugh and twinkle with mirth.
Nature has kept the man young in flesh
and spirit. He is child of nature. j
remember, years ago, spending a golden
autumnal day with him in the woods, in
company with some gentleman who
went out TO visit huge and singularly
formed rock, which was noted as a local
curiosity. The man seemed to have eyes
in every part of his head. -
Here lives the poet Lowell, on his an
cestral estate. His library is rich In
literature, we'll saturated with the per
fume of the fragrant weed in which the
witty humorist delighted Here are
plenty of old books, rare and precious
chronicles, romaunts, antique tones of
quaint poetry; for lowell is learned in
such lore and fond Of it. Rumors have
been about for years, to the effect that
he meant to reproduce some of its grand
traditions in modern verse. Lowell is
very striking in his personal appearance
-strikingly handsome he is usually
called-though handsome is not precise
ly the word TO use. He looks like one
of Reuben's portraits. His head is finely
developed in the intellectual and moral
organs. His color is prevailing brown.
His strong reddish brown hair, parted
from the middle OF his low but white
forehead, falls in thick curls down his
shoulders. His beard is of the same
color. The expression of his face is not
sweet, but earnest and grave rather, ex-
cent when it Is LIGHTED mn bv mirth or