Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-04-28

q similar eleva.ion, Is another marble group
,--the artist, Greonough Civilization,
)or the ssettlemen. Of e'tho country" Eight
yearstwa spent on t6is gtoup, atsa cost iof
twenty fouEEthpusand dbllars. ss8
On the tShpanumjof tho portioo is q group
of allegofical 6gures4of colossal asise said
70 bo tho design of John, Quincy Adams; exc.
'onted bS,Signor Porsioo. Tho central figure
is tho "Geuius Of America" Within inches
on eithor side of tho bronze door are statues
of "Peace" and "War." They all cost seven
thousand five hundred dollars.
The main entrance to the capitol is by tho
pron7e doer,'l and omit is 10 ,piotured his.
tory of events connected with tho lifo of Col.
umbus and tho discoveryo of America. Tie
door weighs twenty thousand pounds, is
l7.feet high md 8 feet wdo On the casing
ore four figures at tho top and bottom, rep,
resenting Asia, Africa, Europe and America.
The door Inns 8 panols. In each panol,,is q
picture. The story the door tells s.tho "IIis.
tory Of Columbus" aud ,tl,p "a. discovery of
Almerica,"' us follows: ]. columbus undor-
going m examination before the council of
Salamanca" 2. "Columbus's departure from
the convent Of I'm Rabida." g. Audience
Mt tho court Of Ferdinand" d. Starting of
Columbus from Pulos on his fl ret VOYAGE"
8. rFirst landing OF tho Spaniards at San
Salvador" 6. First cnooun ter of the
discoyerers with tho natiyes.n z, "The tri.
umphal entry Of Columbus into Barcelona"
8. "Colunibus in chains" o. "The doatb
scene." On tho sides aud between the panels
of the door arc sixteen small statues in
nichos, OF eminent contemporaries Of COL
nm tfI,p nj A.
on this remarkable door. Randolph Rogers,
au American, conceived tho idea Of this door
1t cost over thirty thousad dollars.
The rotunda is ono of tho most magnificent
apartments of tho capital. 1t is 81 feet
in diameter and 300 feet in circumference.
Its height from the floor to tho centro of tho
pictured canopy, which overhangs it, is 1870
Ecet There inro 8 splendid mammoth pic,
turcs which surround its circuit. each occupy
lnga large panel and measuring lSby IL
feet. These are remarkable. pictures tho
figures being life-size and beautifully painted.
They are No. l. Landing Of Columbus"
No. 2. "De Soto'a Discovery of tho Missis-
sipp." No. g. "The Baptism of Pochabon-
tas." No 4. "rho Embaroation of the
Pilgrims" Those pictures cost from ten
thousand dollars to twenty thousand dollars
'nct. The four other pictures were painted
by Col. John Trumbull at cost Of thirty
.wo thousand dollars. They wero ordered in
1877 and finished in 1924. Col Trumbull
vas on aid Of Gen. Washington. These
pictures arc especially valuable because each
IF the many faccs painted in them are
actual ILLNESSES for which many Of the SUBJ
ects sat to tho artist, and when this was not
he case, copies were made from portraits.
fheso pictures arc No. l. ''rhe Declaration
IF Independence" No. Q. "Surrender of
Gen. Burgoyne." No. 3. "Surrondcr of
lord Corvallis" No. H. "Rcsignation Of
Gen. Washington"
Over the four doors Of the rotunda arc
four splendid pictnrcs No. l 'Thc Landing
# the Pilgrims on Plymouth Rock in 1920"
No. 2"Wm. Penn's Treaty with the In
lians." No. 3. "Sho Preservation of Capt.
Smith by pocahontns in 1906" No 4
Conflict Between Daniel Boonc and the In
Inns, l775." They cost 500 dolnrs.
We are indebted 10 Koosc's guide. for many
If tho facts aud figures in these articles on
he capitol.
(To DE coSrlNUED)