The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-04-29
May Magazines.
Scribner's.

The proximity of the Centennial opening
q. Philadelphia naturally suggests magazine
topics in that connection. AS one every
where in Philadelphia encounters statues,
bus,s or pictures of William Penn, the ques-
ton arises, what claim have any to be true
portraits? This leads Col Ettlng, of one Of
the Centennial committees, to discuss the
"Portraiture Of William Penn" The origin
of about all the pictures of Penn extant is thus
related:
When old Lord Gotham was adjoining his
rarden at Stowe with the busts OF famous
men, he made inquiry for picture OF WI
liam Penn many years after the death OF the
latter, but could find none; whercupon Syi-
vanus Bevan, an old Quaker apothecaTy re-
markable for the notice he took OF couhle-
nances, and a knack he had OF cutting Ia
ivory strong likenesses OF persons ne hau
once seen, hearing Of Lord Cobham's desire
set himself to recollect Penn'S lace, Win
which he had been well acquainted. lie &C
cordingly cut bust IN ivory, and sent IL TO
Lord Gotham withou. letter or notice where
upon my Lord, who had personally known
Penn. immediately exclaimed, whence came
thlse-it is William Penn himseliH" From
This little bust the large one in the garden
was formed.
1t is.agreed that while the portraits gener-
ally and correctly agree in giving Penn
broad, open, benevolent countenancc, there Is
no good reason why mos, Of the statues and
pictures of Penn should make him corpu-
lent.
A chapter from the forthcoming Bryant
history OF the United States, tells US who
was the true Pocahontas While Bryant is
not iconOclast enough to anrihlatc the
sweet princess he knocks all the poetry out
Of her history, by ruthlcssly disproving the
whole romantic story about her rcscuin5
Captain Smith, which, had it ever occurred
must have been when she was but nine years
old, at which time, tins hearlless historian
tells U.s.
"PocahOntas was well known at James
town. The Indian girls then wore no cloth
ing till the age of eleven or twelve years
nor were they much ashamed thereof ana
therefore, 'POcahOntas, u well featured wan
ton girl, PoWhatan's daughter, says Strachcy
a cOtempOrary chrOniCler), now eleven or
Twelve years OLD, sCmetymes resOrcd TO our
fort, and would get the boys forth with her
into the market place, and make them Whcelc
falling on their hands, turning up their heels
upwards, Whome she would follow and
whcce so herself, naked as she was, all the
fort Ovcr''
She did not, however, "wan.on' though she
was as q child, 90 to the bad, but at 10 mar
ried Captain Rollc, of the British army, and
went with him to England, where she was
present to the Queen, and otherwise attracted
great attention and excited admiration for
her personal graccs and the propuety and good
sense with which she conducted herself
The college series is continued by a paper
on BOwdoin college, with "reminiscences
of Hawthorne Longtellow, Cheeyer, and 9th
ers. Charles Barnard, the author Of "Onc
Thousand Homes in u previous number,
commences n series ofpapcrs, which give pro
mise of deep interest, on American and for
eign experiment in cooperation. There Is
an illustrated sketch Of JOHN Gutenberg,
giving some curious facts and more curious
specimens, in illustration Of the early strug.
giles INTO assured existence of the art OF print
ing. And then we have the continuation OF
Bret Hartc's and Edward Hale serials, with
short stories by Miss IIowells and Colonel
Waring, concluding with the Old Cabinet
Bric-a Brac, Home and Society, &C. &c.