Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1871-04-08
Wuo can THEY BIT
Remanos ana Reallly-ElNih stranger
Than FictlOn-A Touehins stsry.

aomanes ana neallly-Ilpth stranger
Whan FietlOn-A TouehinR atery.
From he Matches Democrat.
About the close Of Piurce's admins
or the beginning Of Bachanan's
4 Cited son Of Claiborne county Mis-
Sisslppl. a graduate Of Oakland College,
vas anpalnted, chiefly through the In,
strumentality Of Governor A.. It.
Brown and the late Governor McRae,
then our Senator and Representative
In Congress,
CONSULAR GENOA.
gAls appoi0tmeRt was made 10 en-
eonFage and aidoM Riend In the cul-
ture q his rare talent aa al artist-a
talent he had early developed, and
which, 1t was believed, only required
culture to make him eminent rs q
PAINTER and dranghtsman. Some spe.
clmens OF miniature nom his pencil
are perfect gems Of eauty. His por-
traits are LIE like, ant the colOring adj
mirahle; and many " his skeleton
sketches and carlcature have the bold
stroke and sardonic 81 a Of Hogarth.
Uniting with this speci1 talent Q high
" cultivated taste and = poetic imagi-
nation, thls accomplished nan estab-
lished his studio In the "City of Pal
aces,n the queen Of fair Italy, and 30
lemnly dedicated his life to art.
But while f~lattering himself witt his
brilliant prospects, studying the Old
masterpieces In that peerless city, and
companioning with its dit inguished
professors, ~afilction fell upo his house
hold. For months his chill EN- lay Ill
with the
SLOW AND FATAL TYP Us,
ard at length his wife perish 4 "a wo-
man # Southern type, 1el linine,
shrinking, like the sensiti e plant,
from the rule touch or gsLe OF the
world, but armed with suparhuman
courage to endure great and uaavoida'
bic misfortunes. Her only brother, q
citizen OF New Orleans, All tant OF
Crittenden's battalion in the tallopez
expedition for the liberatiC Of Cuba,
persisted with him, and wit fifty gal
liant young men Of New Orleans in the
massacre OF Atares, dogged by the fero-
cious rabble and murdered by The Span
ish infantry. When ordered to kpeel,
Crittendcn replied, "Americans kneel
only to Cod "Reverse your posi-
tions.n mo- said Victor Ker, tive
look death in the face" "Cowards,'
exclaimed Lieut.. James, tour country
will avenge u.s. Liberty forever
shouted Adjutant Stanford, and his
voice mingled with the crash Of mus
kerry and the groans of dying patriots,
The sister Of this
HEROIC MAN
died in Genoa, leaving her husband anG
a household Of children. One Or m ort
died, and the father himself was strick'
en- with blindness, thus cut off forever
from the pursuit Of art and any othel
, means OF earning a support.
OUR CIVIL WAR
soon s~upervened, depriying him OF hi
| consular office, aud of the little mean
| he had left in Mississippi. He had
widowed sister in this State-a woman
. of rare talent-once mistress Of a splen
: did fortune, left by veverses and by tn,
9 war without a cent. But she, with thu
unvarying affection and fortitude of
true woman, by teaching a school b.
: daytime and sewing by night, afte
: nearly two years. hard work, was abl
= to bring her blind brother and his chill
l dren
BACK 10 THE UNTrID STATES,
o where she has suppor,od them eve
since. In this labor Of )ve she ha
!, been aided by his eldest daughter,
lovely girl, distinguished tyr her smia
! bic traits, her modesty an reserve, a
. well a for her superior talents. He
peculiar gift is in recitation or declama
ton. These have occasionally bee
! exhibited for charitable purposes, an,
y now she has been prevailed on by he
friends to exhibit them in public for tn
sr- BORT Of her blind father and littl
II !" hers.
8, THE DUMD son OF CRoESCs
G spoke to save his fathers life, and thi
young, difident, and maidenly daugh
1t ter ofMississippi now comes before til
r. public for a purpose no less sacrel
Within Opportunity for culture, witt
SHt ever Ak4ng& essen in elocutiol
n having never seeh The great actress,
" on the4tage, brotght uh in the secll
4 sion ofvillage life, we nevertheless Or,
u diet for the young de6utAnte distil
. guished success. il it be- only ha
u equal to her merits and the -0od wisl
e es, affection and respect OF all WI
know her, u will he greASSfndt ed.
C Associated with her will be
Ii ANOTHER YOUNG MssIaSIppIANJ
:" daughter d an eminent lawyer 61
j. patriot ofour State, a beau sful maido
4 WHOSE remarkable musicsl gifts MI
, take IL public by surprise. We Or,
n diet tdf Ter aSsuccess beyond the no
sanguine expectations of her numerol
friends and admit Els. These your
. artists, once wealthy, now drive b
fortune to struggle for support, W |
> chaperoned by the respected laov sfcl
:, referred to--the sister of the bin a
u 'tist, wife Of the martyred Adj tan
mother Of the heroic officer, Cartain ,
IS artillery, who ''died at his gus f
: the South, at the siege Of Nieks our .
These ladies intend beginning j e
+ labors at Natchez, and we shall ii,
y our readers due notice of the time.