The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-10-20
The Plaster CAST Of Secretary Rawlins-
A Parfeot Success How it was done.

"a drleot SUCCESS LOW IL was done.
1t is curious to see how all trade
and professions must dip down som,
time on the bare, dend human BODY
The physician is intimate with death
the lawyer examines wounds that hav,
caused it. The wood carver fran q
the coffin. The merchant measure
the shroud. In the fair realm of ar
that loves no horrors, it would seem
that the artist, at least, would escap,
ghastliness. 1t is not SO.
Young Mills handed me from it,
cover the cast taken a few days age
from Rawlins' face, after he was dead
and placed in the vault. Mills called
it "sharp," teohnioalisy for acoura,
oy. 1t is marvellous. The symmetry
of the feature was porfeot and calme,
than sleep. The nose was cbiselied
to the firmness Of marble. The beard,
the mustache, the eyelids, were i'm.
pressed to the exaotnees of a hair.
The lips we're full anda little apart
as if he had breathedE through the
plaster. The very pores of the skin
were taken and visible. The art was
astonishing. The face was dead
kings. Carlos III, of Portugal, never
saw finer, peeping into vaults of his
ancestors. Rawlins dead, lay in his
coffin like black bearded knight
composed in his armors3 1t was OBJ
served in his life time how balanced
his features were across the line of
artistic proportion butt, I think, new
er half so vividly as tits seen in this
"counterfeit of DEATH" The head
was not large, the forehead not very
high or broad none ofsthe features
great or grand, but they}were as exact
and fine as an Italian nobla's. It is
wonderful how much q man of medi-
um powers can be and do in the world,
if his faculties are square sot to its
edge and none of them drag back or
jostle the others, and how little genius
can be, onthe other hand, ,swarring with
itself. Rawlins was q remarkable
example of the first. If the symme-
try of his life was that of his face, /
don't wonder he won troops of friends
and kept them. l would not have
missed seeing this masterpiece of death
for much. 1t was at arst intended to
take the cast of the face the night
tsd tssssssss shss dhTyrs Ebege
ment, but it was feared that the fea.
lures might bo marred before the arri-
val of Mrs. Rawlins. Two days af-
ter, Mills and his friends had an arch
way Of flags erected in front of The
tomb. The coffin was drawn out un-
der 1t, when the work of taking the
cast was done with ease. - Cor. Cincin-
imati Commercial.
PRor. THos. T.. HART AND THE s.
G. UNrvEhslrY.--We are pleased to
see, says correspondent of the
Charleston Courier, that this gentle
man has accepted Professorship in
the University Of South Carolina, as
we are interested in having an institu-
tion Of learning that will command
the respect of our people, and induce
parents to educate their sons at home.
Our colleges and aoademiesfare doing
much to the cause of education, and
we would like to see them made tribu.
tary to the University, by elevating the
standard Of the! latter and making it
worthy Of the name. sfs@E ,%@7f"'
Prof. Hart graduated at the State
Military Academy, taking The second
honor in his GLASS in 1854. Gen. Jef,.
kins, who fell at the battle Of the
Wilderness in May, 1864, taking the
first honor He was a tutor in tho
Furman University at Greenville, s..
c., from '55 to '57,, and was elected
adjunct Professor Natural Philosophy
and Chemistrygin '57. He resigned
in '5s and went to Germany to pre-.
pare himself for teaching. He spent
six years there, and graduated at the
University Of Heidelberg with consid-
erable distinction, and took the De-
gree of Doctor Of Philosophy. Just
before his graduation lie submitted an
original mathematical problem, which
was we'll thought of and an appropria.
tion made for its publication and dis
semination. ,ig1na4 # yoT9 1o,1io
We hope tho Radical Board of Trus-
tees will do equally we'll in filing the
vacancies existing. the Faculty. go Our
only regret in tho election Of, Prof.
Hart, is, that he was not mada Profas.
sor of the school Of Natural aud Me-
chanical Philosophy and Astronomy,
a position for which he is minshtly
qualified. eds Ns MoarRoss. =
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A TOUCHING InoIpgET.--4The .obee-
quies. .iof the late Il Mr.. James nose
took, place sat ST.. Paaps Church, Rad
cliffeboro' 40 O'Clock yesterday. MIR.
Rose had been a:lsrge 'slaveheldsr,
and bis funeral was attended by a
considerable number Of the former
servants Of the, family. when the
body was to be removed frons the
House to tho hearse, sesersll6s them,
whilst the 4 appointed jpallsboaress