Carolina Watchman

              tans ficayune of jply 20 h , j test from texas i ratified-death of vice pre . '.• /^ anderson — incursions and i //,. lillians general ________ ' n i * arr ival of the brig hope howes i i shaw from galveston yester f *. r g are apprised of the glorious and i ugfacl thai the question of annex h , ;,,., n finally consummated — and unwavering con h ople have the machina h traitors at home and enemies a h and frustrated honor i - of texas for the part i in tbe achievement of i \\ , our worthy correspondent's h clear and suc the proceedings of the h ie latesl period at which i news : i embled on the mor r-oftlie ' luminously elected over its delibera h the chair he made a h . u hich was well delivered h a commit was soon after appointed h ed by their chairman judge ■ • • on be ie people texas to the terms of h i n proposed by the united states i ment it was adopted with one h e but 1 i v « - members ab i it v ed and signed by all h embers present it is not a little sin i nt the only dissenting voice was h"li:u bache the father-in-law of your h tn of the treasury and brother-in i of ii \ ice president i after the m ce sary resolutions were i for lhe transmission of the ordin i i nited states a resolution was i i by col love and unanimously a h ted " thai the members wear crape i r left arm for one month as a tes h of regrel lm lhe decease of gen i il jackson \\ hatever differences of h may cxisl as regards his political i t elsewhere texas owes him a debt of i . to him we arc indebted for i ii'i ilege uf becoming a member of h greal american union — a measure so i us and 1 hope to you the h n lh n adjourned ll was a no h 1 celebration of the liberty day to i lerthe independence of our nation i i of the whole people assent i is incorporation with another and ol i < a tribute of respeel to the man through i influence the measure was con i animated i on the 5th we appointed committees on i i adopted l the virginia conven h • report on various subjects submit i i forth some discussion which i creditable to the speakers — it was the i ! precedes more heavy firing i lo the convention for in i ntegrity and worth would rank i country there is not per i ucli of brilliancy but agreat deal i sense and sound knovv i _'•: and i predicl thai we shall form i n sound and sensible on ■ tion free fn in lhe worsl features of i i ■!,- of annexation are not per i s we had a righl to ask ; but i re we to tree the subject from i on in the united states that i lions whatever will be annexed i i nstitution differing rrom the res i d by the united stales con i i latch was received from the i ni i the morning and major don i : > arrived on ihe evening of the 5th i heen detained al washington by i indisposition these despatches i » the occupation of our frontier by i ir troops thej are now on their march i ' b waler to corpus christi on bank of lhe veuces ; the dra by land io san antonio step is taken thai will decide mex '•'■'' le.r policy foreign troops vvill soon she chums her choice ration of war or if she is tion she may acquire mo the latter defeat and disgrace on .- the former to-day a resolution tssed requesting the president of united states in behalf ofthe people : rexas to send troops forthwith to our tier this resolution isasauction on part of the ji ople of texas of the men noted al rhe intrigue of those in power here 1 ii in its commencement was advisi d ex-president has been dissipated power of the people the execu tes no envied position : — 1 am to think he has hern \ ictimized end and patron as well as her esty's minister true to his faith •. be issued his proclamation ad state of war and a disputed ter ich if not intended as treason to itr . or proceeding from disappoin s was excessively foolish aberdeen has avowed to dr ash y smith that her majesty government t interfere in the question so he home this removes one of the 5 of war so il you gel to logger nth john bull it must be about ; r 2on jonathan will fight for whales j 1 lumber but seems to have but little it if sugar cotton or negroes y thing to do with the matter once flourishing village isin a state ■' '"'•■; delapidation and ruin the ef 1 an arbitrary exercise of power \ cause and without precedent hough the author ol all this ruin is 1 '• delegate he will not take his ' mnot he dare not look upon ; is which he has in his wantonness en rarrajr**i delegate from fannin 1 l " 1 a v i co nan antonio he with the carolina watchman bruner & james ) ip 1 en ■ i i " ktr.p a check upon all your ijililors a rropnelors \ > ' \ is afe ( new series rrleks j^.n eertv \ number 15 of volume ii salisbury c august 9 1845 mr howard delegate from that place has for some days been expected painful apprehensions have arisen for their safety as many indians are on the frontier who have committed several murders lately we are entirely exposed to the attacks of indians and mexicans — not a soldier on guard and but few lire-arms so callous have people of texas become to danger that they scarcely ever prepare to repel attack on my way here 1 met a young man wilh two young girls in a buggy with no protection whatever from attack almost at the very spot where young llorns by had been killed two weeks previous by the indian they were in high glee laughing and talking merrily — i could but think that an hour might consign them to death or a worse fate ! the hope howes reports only 10 hours from ( ralveston to the ealize the latest galveston papers we have is of lhe 12th inst we are indebted to captain shaw and mr nick boilvin for papers c the british brig persian arrived at gal veston a few days ago from vera cruz she brought despatches for the govern ment and was lo relurn as soon as she heard from washington it was rumored iu galveston that she was there for the purpose of learning the fate of the mexi can propositions to president jones and if ihey were rejected that the licet of mex ico would he down on galveston without delay we hope the galvestonians will not evacuate their city on the strength of this fearful rumor the hon k l anderson vice presi dent of texas died ou the 10th inst at fanthrop's montgomery county of fever the papers are in mourning for the sad event air edward bourne a native of coven try england left his residence on clear creek lake in a boat on the 3d inst and is supposed to have been drowned on the ith ashbel smith has been recalled from england speaking of this the galves ton news ofthe 12th says — we should like to know what he went for what he has done how much money he has , pocketed when lie is going again or what ' plan will next be fallen upon to disburse our public funds the following appointments have been made by the president : hon ebenezcr allen sec'ry of state ; lion w b < ichiltree attorney gen'l : hon j a greer sec id the treasury the reports of the crops throughout the country are highly favorable ; galveston and the other cities and towns continue healthy ; emigrants are fast pressing into the country from the adjoining states of the union : and the prospects of texas view them through what phase we will are prosperous and encouraging progress of corruption ! the washington correspondent of the new york tribune express the following facts which serve to show the extent to which the public treasury is plundered by those who should be its guardians in the account ofthe clerk of the house of representatives showingthedisbursement ofthe cintingent fund is the following entry : 1843 december nathan clifford to 17 days per diem as member of congress from 3d ol march 1 13 to the 20th of the same month at 8 per day while con lined at washington by severe indisposition and unable to leave for home 130 00 now it must be remembered that mr clifford's term of service expired on the 3d march and yet here he is paid 8 per day for 1 days subsequent to the expira tion of his term on the ground that he was sick at washington this is a prin ciple which if admitted and allowed to take root will spread itself with fearful rapidity fur the facility with which mem ber of congress habituate themselves to grasping all the public money which they can have an excuse to handle has been strongly exemplified witness the con structive mileage and the immense sums paid for their use at every session of con gress where will this stop if it be allow ed to go on unchecked — if every member who may happen to be unwell at the close of his term of service or at the adjourn ment ol a session can remain in wash ington and charge and recover his 88 per day as long as he remains sick .' a few pages farther on in this very document i find a strong exemplication of what may be expected if this principle is to be act ed upon on page 111 of the same doc ument there is the following item is44 april j j roane — for thir ty davs detention by sickness in washington city after the ad journment of congress in july 1843 at 88 per day 8*210 00 here we see the principle illustrated per diem pay having been allowed to one member whose term of service had expir ed because he was detained by sickness in washington mr roane goes back a period of twelve t/cars and claims pay on the same account for 30 days detention is not this an abuse and should it be allowed to go on and take root without being checked nor is this all lam informed that during the present year the accounts of which will not be published until december the executors of barker ijurnell a deceased member from massa chusetts who died in this city after the expiration of his term on the 3rd march 1844 have made a claim and recovered payment for per diem for him during the time he was sick previous to death and after the congress was over is this to be allowed to continue and grow up un til by prescription it becomes a vested right p'rom the utica gazette an abolition mob — great cry and little wool a very ludicrous performance has just come off in our city which has gained imperishable laurels to some ofthe distinguished philanthro pists of the liberty party john muni esq formerly a resident of this place but now re siding in mississippi a few days since arriv ed here with his family on a visit he brought with him an old negro woman a slave as a nurse to his children intelligence of the fact was quickly disseminated among the brave and | liberal spirits who sympathise with the poor african — at a safe distance on monday wm m allen esq who has been the lead ing spirit of the abolitionists since air alvan stewart wont to establish the liberty party in new york obtained a writ of habaes corpus returnable before judge root mr munn is visiting at tho house of mr eli f benjamin who has also with him on a visit his son dr samuel benjamin of north caro lina the writ was through a mistake issued against this latter gentleman who happening to have left all his slaves at home had no diffi culty in clearing himself from the process we understand however that he was so much struck with the courage and address ofthe gen tleman who had the principal charge of the proceedings that he invited him to visit him in north carolina offering to pay his expenses and give him free access to his slaves to take away as many as he could persuade to leave by his eloquence and the confidence which his appearance inspired the writ having been corrected a mob of white black and mixed of all ages and sexes ! accompanied the officer to mr benjamin's re sidence the poor object of their sympathy was so much terrified at the appearance and actions of these angels ot light that it was feared she would die of fright she is some 57 years of age and suffering under the dropsy mr munn assured the zealous philanthropists that he was perfectly willing they should take the woman if they would gi.e security for her maintenance and she would consent and in form them that be had told her on first coming into a free state that she was at liberty to leave him whenever she pleased on giving a few days notice but the liberators were far too eleva ted in their conceptions to take pecuniary mat ters into consideration judge root at the request ofthe mayor wdio had visited the scene of the disturbance post poned the return of the writ till tuesday morn i ing at 9 o'clock the old woman in the mean \ time was in continual terror lost her loving friends should liberate her by force to allay her fears and the apprehensions of the family ; deputy sheriff johnson passed the night at the house and a body of watchmen were stationed in its vicinity the morning came and at the appointed hour mr munn was at judge root's office with the slave and the sheriff with the writ to which he returned that the defendant did not detain the ' woman judge root explained to the woman that she was at liberty to go where she pleased she notwithstanding the arguments and entrea ties of her new friends insisted upon remaining with her master and is now abiding with him though still laboring under much apprehension lest she should be abducted and left to the ten dor mercies of the busy-bodies who have given themselves so much unnecessary trouble on her account spain a recent letter from madrid brings in : lelligcnce of mr irving's continued good health and the prowess of mr living stone in a grand display of tauromachie in which he and other members of the di plomatic corps rivalled the professional matadors — though it is maliciously re marked that two year old calves were sub stituted for the monarchs of the analusian herds they call themselves the " socie ty of babel and are soon to have a grand tournament the reports which were in circulation last year concerning an alleg ed criminal intimacy between the young queen and one of her generals are again whispered about on lit that she is to marry a cobourg prince brother to the king of portugal and the duchess of ne mo ur.s ; and that the duke of montpen sicr is to marry her sister the infanta ma ria louisa the recent discovery of a se cret correspondence between the pope and that crafty woman queen christian has occasioned much surprise amongst those here best acquainted with spanish affairs and it would not be thought strange il she was sent out of spain by the pre sent ministry who so recently recalled her from the exile into which she was sent espartero — paris litter ex-governor jones of tennessee is now on a visit to mr clay lie arrived in lexington yesterday week and was re ceived bv an address from cen coomb and a military escort two country attorneys overtaking a wagoner on the road thinking to break a joke upon him asked him why his fore horse was so fat and the rest so lean .— the wagoner knowing them to be limbs ofthe law answered that his fore horse was his lawyer and the rest were his cli ents the " american republican " is puzzled with the remarks we made upon the admitted fact that cerman shoemakers here were driving our own out of employ by underbidding them and by living on cheaper food it is so indeed — so not only with shoemakers but irish potters irish baekmen irish servant girls irish labor ers of all kinds cerman piano forte makers cerman musical instrument makers cerman giass cutters swiss watchmakers jewellers ajc d:c a man born and bred in poverty in europe does not feel the want of nor need the comforts that the american insists upon and can therefore underbid the american in this country and work cheaper the only remedy we saw was for the american to change his pursuits — totum farmer the republican ex claims : " we enter our solemn protest being thus driven from • pillar to post if we in an evil hour abandoned our native born rights in politi cal matters it is lime to take such steps as shall prevent any further innovation scarcely a corner now in the city but what is occupied by a cerman or irish grocer and if our mechanics should be as effectually rooted out as are those who used to keep stores of various kinds a native would fare full as well in holland or among the bogs of ireland as he would here but we believe they are made of sterner stuff than to be thus unceremoniously disposed of and it is to be hoped that a new order of things is about to be introduced they are not quite ready to be forced into the wilderness against their will and to change their habits and pur suits of life " we go for the ' american system at home or abroad our system is more comprehensive than the present ' taritf and will protect the american mechanic from cheap labor here as well as in europe and will bring about a more equal division of the labor of the country — while wc wish lo be liberal wc arc determined not to be robbed and if we prefer living in a city we shall object to going into the woods or on lhe great prairies of the far west the american republican gives us no reme dy to stop their voting can't stop their com ing here when they start from the foot ofthe alps the borders of the rhine or the baltic — from dublin or cork or tipperarv — when michael o'shaughnessy writes to bridget o hannegan ' to come out as all can live here in a palace on the banks of a beautiful river at the public expense bellvue poor house mem a published letter inviting immigration — none of these emigrants think of voting — tha our demagogues first ding doug into their ears on staten island at the quarantine grounds they come here tempted by higher wages than they get at homo the dollar a day calls them from their homes — the exchange of mutton and beef for potatoes the bettor fare the easier work the happier iif now there is no stopp ing this but l.y drawing around the u states a cordon which the emigrant cannot pass we must turn chinese or establish regulations like thosejof dr francia in paraguay before we can prevent it is the republican ready to do this ? if not we see no remedy for the american where the foreigner underbids him but to learn some other trade or to turn farmer — in which last remedy sure there is no calamity n y express health of new york — the official re port of the city inspector for last week presents a frightful increase of mortality in new york tho number of deaths du ring the week being more than double that ofthe present week and reaching the un precedented and truly appalling number of four hundred and seventy-four the news remarks that this statement would afford just ground for the most serious a larm were it not evident that the great excess has been occasioned by no deterio ration ol the public health generally but has been exclusively the result of causes originating in the intense heat of the wea ther during the week we learn from the x yew journal of commerce of monday afternoon that the following insurance companies have re solved to wind up they refuse to issue more policies and ask that all policies now out may be cancelled though they will be able to pay nearly or quite all the losses by the late disaster viz : the americal mutual the guardian merchants mutual east river merchants fire manhattan the rates of premium demanded by of fices which go on are double the rates of last week and the citizens are rapidly paying the rates superseding gas — the rumors of a ve ry interesting and astonishing discovery begin to be circulated in paris it consists of furnishing the means of lighting simul taneously all the different highways which cross france in all directions by means of simple iron wires connected with elec tro magnetic machines the utility of this discovery is immense as it will ren der the roads as well lighted and safe as the most frequented streets of the cap ital several experiments have already been made ou the road from paris to a small town on the havre road which were crowned with entire success gas light is said to be nothing in comparison to that given by the above process event ins mirror co there died recently at unity in maine a lady named mrs hannah chase at the very advanced age of 10(i years and 2 days she left 10 children g grand children 160 great grand children and 1 2 of the tif.h generation there were about 150 of her descendants pre sent at her funeral and 150 walked in the fu neral train a trie work of art .. . ■ v there is now in thi city ( new york brought over from lady by the american consulatge noa mr c edwards lester a more exquisite and noble work of art ihan has probably ever boon in this c untry it is a christ on the cross wrought oul uf a single piece of ivory by a ceuuo-e monk tho circumstances attend ing its execution ami disposal an ! the character of the old monk by whom it was worked are of singular interest passing one evening near the old convent of st nicholas which stands on the semi-circular hill that swoop around back of genoa — an im mense picturesque building at one time used for barracks by napoleon now half in ruins and tenanted by a tew old m inks — mr i wander ing through the long dilapidated corridors saw through the coil-door partly ajar an unusually lu ivory figure lying on the lable unfinished rapping on iho ghosiiy lintel a hollow step cam and the door was shut in bis face mr . l rcquc'-tcd entrance a husky fiiinl voice re fused him : " the cell was sacred ;" and a rus ty holt grated to finish the reply mr i ** want ed to soo the holy image lie was working — the divine christ did not permit him to show [ his crucified bod mr l wished to talk religiou.lv with his father the monk had nodosireto speak ot these things with a strang er after much other ascetic conversation mr l finally declaring himself an american ' deputed to visit all tho holy catholic convents tho door was at length cautiously opened a long and singular conversation ensued the monk was one of ihose strange intellectual be ings peculiar for centuries to the catholic church — a true ascetic gloomy-souled thought ful eulhushiast worthy ofthe times ofthe cru , sudors his account ot the origin and progress of his sacred work was extraordinary and en tirely in keeping with such a character there had boon in some garret ur store-house , in genoa for years centuries perhaps — longer ! at least than any one had remembered or heard : — an immense block of ivory of a strange ap ' pearance it was two or three times as largo ' as any piece that had ever been seen being a seamless solid beam over three foot long four teen inches in diameter and weighing more than one hundred and twenty-five pounds all the antiquarians iu italy who have looked at it have pronounced it a relic of the antediluvian world no modern piece ot ivory being at all to . [ he compared with it either in size or appearance : it was supposed to have boon brought from the east in some genoese vessel when that state was fivmed lor her maritime enterprise and had ships in all parts ot the world lt might indeed have come from any region — having l>een pre served by some natural means — as there are in several places fragments of immense tcsks fos silized which must have helunged to some au i tediluvian or pre-adamic race o animals that produced ivory ;* and whai is more to the point : it was well authenticated that there was discov ered many years ago ia the north of europe imbedded in century-accumulated ice — and thus 1 preserved from decay even to the flesh skin and i hair — an individual of some extinct genus very ; much larger than any modern kind of elephant it was looked upon however as worthies except for a curiosity of unknown origin — the whole exterior being thoroughly discolored and : decomposed and the decay apparently reaching lo the centre from some indications the monk is induced to suppose otherwise uo feels him self moved by a sacred impulse heaven has provided — marvellously — a substance for an im age of ths divine christ it must indeed be made by exceeding skill and toil such an one ! as was never seen hut how blessed shall he he who shall execute it aright — with hurried eagerness the austere enthusiast bore the hea vy fiagment up the hill to his ruined convent c vond ho city — as ho who was to bo imaged forth from tile shapeless mass once ascended his hill of suffering wiih the burden of his cross ilo shut himself up in bis cell — away even from the inquiries of his toilow monks — and begun his labor it was necessary firsl to remove the decayed portions tbe outside was found to be ofa dull gray and porous the parts next to tbis were denser and of a dark mottled brown ; it then deepened into a substance black a ebony and nearly as hard as glass : beyond this there was iiearb an inch thick almost as bard hut ot a curdled yellow having with groat la or cut all this away — much of it being almost imper vious to instruments of ste •! — i solid mass ot ivory was reached ofa pure cream-color en tirely unchanged by the action of centurh -. measuring about '»') inches iu length and eight inches in diameter and weighing about bo lbs from this substance which could with diffi culty be cul but slowly etched and scraped a way the crucified christ was to be wrought — the account which lhe monk of st nil holas gave ot his long labor up to the time mr i entered his unfrequented cloister was sin and affecting lie knewnothing by practice ofthe shaping of images : b bad never wrought upon a piece of ivory in bis life but he thought the dear lord and grach us m try-mother would aid him in so holy a lab r he would he in spired to make a divine work an i sud lenly be said the inspi ral ion came — likt a thou ht a virion sprung up wilhin hi t he did not know that thus the id al always aria - logenius !) ib saw cod on ih cro lead il never could pass awav from him — and ho knew it was sen to him for tlo holy image he must make al ways therefore day and if .'.'. b • prayed before that crucified vision in hi soul while 1 began confidenuy to give it form from the bard beam of ivory that lay constantly before him it he came to him a work of devotion and sublime hope if he could but make it superior to an other such representation in the world mary and lh son i mary and the sacred angels would perhaps give him a higher place am ng the blessed — ami it was with him a work of penance often be said his thoughts wandered mr i'um-.ts h a i r conversing with mr lester in ita .. ' • • stated that there were in the cinci m nth which he was once eonnecti i -• ra sk.eev 1 eral feet long when united end so large t-tronghoat thati he could only tell by the gra - which end had grown n.are t th animal's head away from the divine image — into the world — then he would bow himself before the ionn he was shaping with sighs and tears ; and his pen ance was to continue his prayers and his slow labor — without food or drink or sleep — for 20 and 30 hours at once deep through tho night till the day-break looked into his cell on such occasions he saw sometimes a miraculous glo ry enriching the head ofthe figure as he work ed upon it ! — a natural effect of his solitary lamp upon a vision fevered by intense straining ) with such patient and severe enthusiasm — ascetic inspiration familiar to the days ol loyo la and peter the hermit and still found some times in lhe followers of the catholic church — the monk of st nicholas had boon nearly four years engaged upon this statue of christ when mr i visited him he was very much worn with his constant toil and what was more the restless excitement of a naturally vivi 1 mind ; but the high pale forehead aud the eyes glow in an 1 thoughtful t ugh . : -' ly sunken spoke at once tho intelli oui ca acili - f the man the work was so far completed as to show at a glance its remarkable character mr l in quired what ho intended to do with it lie seem ed only anxious to have it placed in some church where it mi__!,t lon bo lo iked upon aud rever enced by de*t ■ .' , pie himself receiving a lit tle remuneration for lour years labor mr i immediately offered him gve or six time as much as the poor m mk had dreamed of receiv ing adding lhat it sh uld be carri d lo ameri ca and placed where it should be preserved and receive great veneration alter much hes itation he accepted tie offer and mr l had him carry the statue at once to lhe consulate residence whore he came frequently for iv mouths longer to give it lhe lasl touches certainly the figure as it now exists i an extraordinary work — equally in conception and execution the idea seems to have been the saviour at the moment after death but before ihe agonized expression had lefi the divine form — an ideal wo ilo not remember ever to have soon represented the firsl great impression emanates to tin beholder from the entire appear ance of tho frame as it hang upon the cross distended with tho immortal pains that have hardly departed tho exai tness of detail and the wonderful effect ofthe whole combined are truly astonishing the anatomical structure to the most experienced eves thai have sciuti nized it is found perfect the d*di..*iite veins are seen coursin : under the skin as in ilu liv ing model while every muscle is sloped to iis termination with an exactness and naturalness that seem almost miraculous nol the slightest particular effect moreover that would result in a body hanging in so unnatural a position — as i the groat protrusion of the chest tho unusual distension ofthe chords of tin arm — even to the gathering ofthe flesh above the nails in the hands and loot by tho weight resting upon them fails to appear in distinct execution but tho triumph ot tho work is in tin foe of tin re deemer the characteristics there presented can never be once soon and forgotten : and w ith prolonged study ihey appear the more remark able the lineaments slightly holder than the usual grecian but beautiful in the extreme — the wonderful union in :!:•• features of manly mas sivencss and exquisite womanish delicacy — tho contrast above all of intellectual agony knit into tho brows and frozen upon iho lofty fore head with the sublime cotnpi sure of sweel an i culm resignation that sleeps around die almost feminine mouth — are a combinati •<.-, v hich could belong to no human countenance which wo have never seen idealized in anv work of ait md such alone as could arise from lhe groat conception of the ami of deity who had been able to feel a deep joy in dying by an infinite torture it will appear extraordinary that a solitary person who fad pre i usly studied no anatomi cal in jdels fashioned no images iho even amus ed himself wilh working a little in ivory should suddenly be able to achieve so triumphal t an effort of art but if we do nol believe wiih the earnest monk in heavenly impulses in such cases we may remember another inspiration — the power which arises from strong native fac ulties and a constantly excited resolute and ex pectant spirit concentrated together on a sing \ absorbing object this is in fact simply tho in piration of genius — « ho wond ribl achieve ments alwaj - come unlooked for the fact at le of this achi vemcnl i be yond qtiestion when tic statue was finished it was once placed universally and by the finest judges in italy at tic head of all sculpture i;i ivory there are thousands of ivory ligues iu tho italian churches especially at florence ami genoa but none could be found wiih half its length a third of i weight or anything of its extraordinary execution numerous critiques appeared in italian journal all speaking to one effect : and man poisons wiih thai enthusiasm lor all a.t which is aim ist tin only remaining honor of that unhappy people made long and expensive journej _ to - e it the opinion ( ,| our emin ml artist mr pow ers will be of particular weighl in this c na?c lion me statue had been taken by request to leghorn to whioh mr powers who resides at florence made a journey principally to see a work of art alrcadj so celebrated mr pow ers -:' once ex ressed his surprise and admit i ii n at lhe extraordinary character of lhe i cution at his request as also lhe requests fore preferred i eminenl persons in florem ■. it was can icd to thai city .;•■ r looking al it a long lime mr powi rs said he thought be cottl 1 touch lhe brows with a slig-i mpnl mr j i iadilj told him lo do so having the fullest con nee in his jure was according ly carried to the artist's stii io and fine in m mts were prepared for the pm be but af ter retaining it ten days every dav contempla the divine lineaments which he thought to •:, he finally resolved not to do it saying ihal nol a line could b ■ alti i i • — al least " he could n l do i in n the high estimation unqu tlifiedlj :.'. a passag ■ m iy be i from a private letter add mr powers to the preseni possessi r of the statue i am glad to hear that yi u intend lal ing •. ur beautiful ivory statue of christ to the uni ti i states and i bi ; ■■ it will remain there it is the lar_"-t work that i ban ever seen in ivo ry and i doubt if another could be found of mi ' a siz tecuted in the same material — but this though of considerable importance is the lea-tot is recommendations then is au expression of calmness and dignity about it which i conceive to be quite characteristic i our saviour and which i have never seen be fore in any similar work the font is to and manly and uie execution is quite beautiful i hope if you part with it that it may remain in some place where it can be generally seen and studied for such work will improvo our tastes in the arts in america and the more wc have of them the better ' • « • • •