ical man was obvious. He gave
a copy to his father, who shortly after said, "Ah, John, I wish _you_
could have written such a book!" Dr. Burns has many friends in the
United States, who were once his pupils. One of the most eminent of
them is Professor Pattison of the Medical Department of the New York
University, in this city.

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HORACE SUMNER.

This gentleman, one of the victims of the lamentable wreck of the
Elizabeth, was the youngest son of the late Charles P. Sumner, of
Boston, for many years Sheriff of Suffolk county, and the brother of
George Sumner, Esq., of Boston, who is well known for his legal and
literary eminence throughout the country. He was about twenty-four
years of ago, and has been abroad for nearly a year, traveling in the
south of Europe for the benefit of his health. The past winter was
spent by him chiefly in Florence, where he was on terms of familiar
intimacy with the Marquis and Marchioness d'Ossoli, and was induced
to take passage in the same vessel with them for his return to his
native land. He was a young man of singular modesty of deportment,
of an original turn of mind, and greatly endeared to his friends
by the sweetness of his disposition and the purity of his
character.--_Tribune_.

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THE FINE ARTS.

POWERS'S STATUE OF CALHOUN.--An unfortunate fatality appears to wait
upon the works of Hiram Powers. It is but a few weeks since his "Eve"
was lost on the coast of Spain, and it is still uncertain here whether
that exquisite statue is preserved without such injury as materially
to affect its value. And his masterpiece in history--perhaps his
masterpiece in all departments--the statue of Calhoun, which has been
so anxiously looked-for ever since the death of the great senator, was
buried under the waves in which Madame d'Ossoli and Horace Sumner were
lost, on the morning of the 19th, near Fire Island. At the time this
sheet is sent to press we are uncertain as to the recovery of the
statue, but we hope for the sake of art and for the satisfaction of
all the parties interested, that it will still reach its destination.
It is insured in Charleston, and Mr. Kellogg, the friend and agent
of Mr. Powers, has been at the scene of the misfortune, with all
necessary means for its preservation, if that be possible.

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HORACE VERNET, the great painter, has return