The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1871-08-17

OF the Latin inscription, VIC approached
the archaeological enthusiast, who ex
claimed with professional sest: "Them
ancients cut letters well J" Scarcely
had the smiles excited by this original
commentary subsided, when, speaking
OF Shelley and Keats, whose graves we
were about to visit, the former name
caught the ear OF Crisp. "Ah," he
said, "is Shelley in town! had made
memorandum to call on him." And
when we reached the pyramid of Caus
Cestus, he ostentatiously transferred to
the back of letter the lines from the
Tempest, on the slab which covers
Shelley's heart, as an original epltah
written by Lord Byron; and when, re-
turning, Shakespeare happened to be
mentioned, he shook his head aud
gravely observed, that from all he had
heard, the bard was very wild as
young man" Crisp's one political idea
aud national watchword was General
jackson. lie challenged comparison
with him beside the sarcophagus OF
Sclpio and the tomb OF Hadrian; he
proposed substituting the battle OF New
Orleans as subject OF the bas.reliefs
on the column OF Trajan, aud shouted
the name Of his hero on the most inap
propriate occasions, and to audiences
ignorant thereof, with complacency
and confidence that were amusing to
us and bewildering to them. When
hundreds OF Italian voices were calling
iavorite prinia dona before the cur
tain, "Hurra for Jackson y was the in
congruous cry intermingled with those
euphonious plaudits; and many stolid
Enslishman became pugnaSlous when
summoned to compare the old Roman
OF Tennessee with Nelson aud Victoria.
In vain was Peter reminded that the
poor Capuchin he bullied, or the sar
castle bcggar who improvised jokes at
his expense, understood not word OF
English; he only talked the louder, and
rivaleed Repro, the lame mendioant on
the Piazza steps, every time he passed
him, in voclierous and unintcllisible
objuratlous. Despite remonstrance, he
Insisted upon going to arthe Miserere,
at the Sistine Chapel, In green frock
coat; and when the SWISS guard lowered
his halberd and declared black dress
coat and gloves were required for ad-
mission, he looked gravely IN his face
the speech having been translated-and
replied In English. wv hatever you may
think OF this coat, | wore it at levee
OF General jackson" But on this oc
caslon the name served as a password,
Tor the soldier, thinking he claimed the
privilege OF military rank, raised his
spear and answered apolisetically-
AN generate Passe@; and doubtless 70
TINS day Crisp imnglnes that etiquette
was waived IN his favor out OF respect
70 .ne ' 9is nero name No1 ior mo
meu' o.u NC iorsce 70 ufaw invidlous
Ipm W ''''Spus pa pe'"seu nome ana New
=, io.n, -, n,eaS o ne eonsiuereu as an onset
~ Pso'oies' ~ ~UrSle'o m'ne was contempti'
9'e pes,uc Aloany alei the oysters were
I,'es n -aJ.e a''e' InrcwsouryS ana oad
uie hocNs; ana a broadway omnibus the
s,huu 'ovo'nO''y9 % aes'uera'1m OF the
mternal ouy' ne con'rasted the mole
,iAe process ., 'ue ia1y eScavators ut
Tue roram WIN the Celtic dira'n'diggers
oi tue Amerlcan metropolis; and his
ohe no, was cail'ns 'he cI'moing devo
'.e VI 'iie ara onil STAIRS the ne plus
@ Wn " Supe's',''ou, ~. ne signed Tor
van street u Tue wa nppia, aud de.
oia.eu II once mayor oi nome nc would
wnl'ewash aii .ne waiis ana RUNS, and
uriSe .ne street cooiers in' doors, abolish
saints Gays, ana expe, the odor OF in
eense , ana sat'S oy daiiy distribution
VI onior'uo " i'me; proh'oit itinerant
musicians, c, ahu SUBSTITUTE anthracite and
'urnaces LOT peripate'ic scahfi"''
1t was funny to hear Crisp's art
comments. He used to con his guide.
book, and then extempoize in the gal
ieries. One day he glanced hastily at
the catalogue, and mistook the descrip-
tion OF Pshyce for that of Venus
emerging from her ablutious, in the
next Vestioule and, when q group OF
visitors passed before the former vol
unteered to enlighten them: "This,"
said he, "is one Of the most remarkable
statues in Rome; it represents Frisky
a-coming out OF a bath" He exhibited
what he asserted was bust of himself
"a declaration only sustained by the
pug nose and the smirk. "lnstead of
paying thousand dollars to Powers" he
remarked, u ordered this at an alabas.
ter shop on the Lung Arno, for eighty ;
ana 40 you know why it looks so live
iyf found out that the way to get a
good expression when sitting to an
artist, is to Imagine yourself some great