The Sun.
London, England, 1863-08-20 00:00:00

FUNERAL OF EUGENE DELACROIX.

The church of St. Germain des Pies, Paris, was
crowded o❑ Monday last by artists and others who
had come to witness the funeral obsequies of this
distinguished painter; and the Rue Furstenberg, in
which the defunct artist resided, was filled by others
anxious to pay a last homage to the deceased.
At noon the funeral procession set out for the
church. The chief mourner was a cousin-german,
M. Delacroix, a military officer of high rank. The
corners of the pall were held by four members of
the Academy of Fine Arts, v;z., Count de Nieu-
werkerke, superintendent of Fine Arts; M. Jouf-
froy, president of the Academy; and Messrs. Flan-
drin and de Gisors. The 2d battalion of National
Guard, under the orders of its commanding officer,
rendered that homage to M. Delacroix which he
was entitled to according to his grade as member of
the Legion of Honour.
Besides the crowd within the church, the space
in front was occupied by a great number of persons
who could not obtain admission. A deputation of
the Academy of Fine Arts was present in the
church, and behind these gentlemen were many
members of other academies. Jcurnalists, authors,
and playwrights were strongly represented, and,
besides the members of the Institute, there were re-
marked Messrs. Artene Houssaye, Theophile Gait
tier, Paul de Saint-Victor, Louis Utbach, Louis
Havin, Ch. Blanc, Burye, Millet, Bids, F. Des-
noyers, Mouilleron, &c. Nearly all the painters,
sculptors, engravers, and architects of Paris were
present, and manyladies helped to swell the number.
After the mass, the funeral procession wended its
way to the cemetery of Pere la Chaise, the road to
which was lined by large bodies of people, who
respectfully uncovered as the procession passed.
Two funeral speeches wore made after the coffin
had been deposited in the tomb—one by M. Jouf-
froy, in the name of the Institute, and one by M.
Paul Heat, a painter, in the name of the friends of
the deceased

M. Jouffroy said—" Gentlemen, art in Europe,
and the French school in particular, has experienced
a great loss, and one of a nature to excite universal
regret. The Academy of Fine Arts, which I repre-
sent here in the face of this coffin, bitterly deplores
the premature end, the sudden death of a superior
man, whom she had admitted into her midst as one
of the greatest celebrities of our time. Few names,
in fact, have become better known than that of
Eugene Delacroix. His talent, full of boldness and
vigour, was of the number of those which gave rise
to the violent opposition, the lively discussions on
which posterity alone can pronounce with impar-
tiality and wisdom. It is now 41 years since the
eminent artist was revealed. It was a master-
piece, a powerful work, a work of a colourist. The
Bark of Dante' caused a profound sensation in the
world of art. Never had the sanguinary energy of
the middle ages been rendered with that strong and
terrible truth, and with such accent. Ala, gentle-
men, if Dante were restored to light, how he would
he satisfied with his painter ! He would recognise
in him one of his children. However, therein con-
sists the great feature of the talent of Eugene Dela-
croix. Ho is dramatic. The most lively, and some-
times the most refined, sentiment of poetry and his-
tory characterises it, for it must be said that the
painter was a distinguished literary man and a good
writer. Endowed with a marvellous originality,
Eugene Delacroix stamped what he touched with
a particular seal. He has followed a unique direc-
tion, and nothing has made him deviate from it.
Many productions of the highest order attest this,
and amongst others are always cited—' The Mas-
sacre of Scio,' The Bishop of Liege,' Valentine'
(from ' Faust'), • Marino Faliero,' Medea,' and,
above all, Don Juan.' Who can have forgotten
this admirable representation of a shipwreck, this
bark of cannibals lost in the midst of an im-
mense sea,-The sight of aiLtich reminds is of in
finitude and of death P I pause, gentlemen, for
we are here on the borders of a grave, and
thoughts higher than those which give birth to
human works agitate our breasts. I would sim-
ply, after having spoken to you of the great
artist, portray to you the man himself in the
simplicity of private life, unsurrounded by the rays
of celebrity. You know it, you who surround me,-
you his friends, his companions, that all the graceful
and amiable qualities of the mind, all that was con•
ciliatory and charming, were united in Eugene
Delacroix. We loved to see with what respec ful
deference the impassioned and clever interpreter of
Byron,Goethe, and Shakspere, heard the painter of
the apotheosis of Homer,for his untrammelled mind,
far from confining itself within the barriers of
romanticism, admired classic beauty. Alas! this
charming mini is no longer with us—a few days
since it became extinct amidst solitude and silence.
But the genius of Eugene Delacroix remains with
us, and animates certain pages, true treasures for
the French school and the eternal honour of his
name."

After this speech, M. Huet expressed himself in
the following terms:—" Gentlemen, 'Death comes
quickly.' This saying of Goethe, which Delacroix
repeated in his early youth and on the tomb of
Gericault, his guide and his friend, is unceasingly
and cruelly brought before us. What a void is
there around us! Yesterday, David, Scheffer, De-
laroche, Decamps, Ternet. To-day, he who was so
dear to us, Delacroix, is taken from us. • With as
much modesty as gory, he rests from his labours
with new works. For this indefatigable jouster
had never rested until before the sad day. Work
was for him his first happiness ; art was bis only
Passion, a passion to which he sacrificed all, even
the pleasures of the world, where his cultivated
mind assured him easy and brilliant successes, and
even family joys, of which he had a lively sense.
Like Michael Angelo, he wrangled with the hours
which it was necessary to steal from his jealous art.
Why cannot we recall him among us ? All who are
united here to render the last homage to this illus-
trious man feel how strong are the affections which
inspire genius. If talent creates envy, genius makes
friends, and we all feel the immense void which
tha ma-u,
who during so many years has
inspired in us such beautiful and lively
emotions, leaves after him. However, this man,
who from his first essay has left his footsteps on
the soil, and assured his glory by so fresh and
vigorous a manner, will be always with us, and will
live more than ever in our hearts. A profound
thinker, an admirable painter, who takes his place
near Paul Veronese and Rembrandt, by the side of
Goethe and Byron, Dalacroix is of the small num-
ber of the artists who characterise and govern an
epoch. He will remain one of the glories of our
France. It is impossible to recount here the his-
tory of this life so completed, to study the works so
varied, which all bear the imprint of the master,
and which, by their numbers, reveal to us the
astonisl.ing fecundity of the ancient masters. The
just mind of Delacroix kept him aloof from the
petty quarrels of the school. He blotted out no
word in the dictionary, nor rejected imagination or
study, colour, character, or drawing. He did not
ask if he was spiritualist or realist; he wished to
move and charm. He knew that the soul alone
meets soul, and that the truth was paramount.
Thence proceeds this number of impassioned can-
vasses, where colour is only One means the more of
arriving at expression ; thence proceeds this vigo-
rous, inventive, and original genius, which reveals
itself in the decorations of our monuments as well
as in works of smaller dimensions. The originality
of Delacroix is of the number of those which seem
quite natural, for it is one of
the most salient
characteristics of genius to manifest itself without
effort and without mannerism. I have not spoken
of the Writer, of the adminiotrator. Ewrywhere

DeLacroix has shown a just mind, and an unshak-
able firmness and sense of justice. But if it were
possible to me, how happy should I be to speak of
the Mend, of the man in private life, always ani-
mated with charming grace and goodness. It be-
longs to other voices than mine to make themselves
here the interpreters of this profound grief, and,
above all, to make themselves the judges of his
splendid talent; but, grateful and proud of a firm
friendship of forty years' duration, I have given
way to the impulse of the heart, and tried to con-
quer the emotion inspired by my profound grief,
in order to address a last and solemn adieu to him
whom I have so well loved and so well known."

AMERICA.

QUEENSTOWN, Tuesday Morning.

The Inman steamer City of New York, from New
York, on the Bth inst., arrived cff the harbour at an
early hour this morning.
On the 6th, the day of thanksgiving appointed by
President Lincoln was solemnly observed in New
York and various other Northern cities by suspen-
sion of business, and by religious services in most
of the churches.

The following is the latest in reference to the Con-
federate privatcers :
" A letter, dated from Bahia, July 26, on board the United
States' steamer Mohican, which was sent is search of the
pirates, states that the Florida was at the island of Las
Rocas on the 14th inst., where her surgeon and paymaster
were drowned by the swamping of their boat. Here she
got 70 tons of coal, and left on a cruise. We can hear no-
thing or see nothing of the Alabama, from which we con-
clude she has left this coast entirely. As for the Georgia,
we think she is in some secluded bay on the coast, awaiting
her guns by the Castor. It is some satisfaction to know
that she will have to wait a very long time. The United
States' ship Onward left here on the 25th inst. on a cruise.
American vessels are taking outßrazilian registers, availing
themselves thereby of the Brazilian flag. This is hard.
There should be more American men-of-war here."

Trenton, New Jersey, by an unanimous vote of
its Common Council, has offered a bounty of 200
dols. to fill up its quota. The draught in Wash-
ington was completed ou the 6th. Brokers were
offering to supply substitutes at 200 dols. each.
Many of the draughted men attempted to leave
the city, but were turned back at the railroad
depots. The War Department has advices that
the draught is going on smoothly in all sections of
the country. Arrests, however, continue to be
made in Indiana of parties protecting deserters
and resisting their arrest under warrants issued
by a United States' commander. Eight of those
resisting were arrested on the 6th in Brown
county. They were held for trial in 1,000 dols.
bail each.

Enrolment returns have been received at Spring.
field from six districts of Illinois. The number of
perscns enrolled in the First (or Chicago) district is
22,541. No order for a draught has yet been re-
ceived, but it is presumed that when the enrolment
returns are all in (expected by the 15th inst.), the
conscription will speedily take place. Governor
Yates, so far as known, is making no effort to secure
credit for the excess of troops heretofore furnished
by the State.
In reference to what are called the " War with
England articles" in Washington papers, the New
York World states:—

" Considerable embarrassment is likely to arise here by
reason of various city papers claiming to be official mouth-
pieces. The Star this evening, in a seemingly authoritative
manner, states that all publications lately appearing in city
journals relative to the imminence of trouble with England
are entirely unauthorised, and do not emanate from official
sources. The Republican, on the contrary, intimates that
it will furnish facts in a few days relative to its war with
England article."
The World also observes—

" Statements appeared in some of the Northern papers,
after the fall of Vicksburg and the defeat of Lee, to the
effect that the question of peace had been discussed in the
Federal Cabinet, and that a Cabinet crisis had been caused
by a proposition of Mr. Seward to issue a Presidential pro-
clamation offering an amnesty to the Southern people,
withdrawing the Emancipation Proclamation, suspending
the Confiscation Act, and offering protection to the personal
property and rights of the Southern people, except the
leaders ; the Atteerter:General Bates and Mr. Milifg6frierY"
Blair favoured the scheme, with a modification ; that Messrs.
Stanton and Chase violently opposed it, and Mr. Welles
also opposed it, but not so strongly. Here, where the public
is accustomed to assumptions of this kind, these statements
were not thought of sufficient importance to demand atten-
tion. It seems now that they went to Europe and were
made the foundation there of new castles in the air, built by
the European enemies of the United States. It is, there•.
fore, proper to say that these statements had no foundation
whatever in fact. No such debates or propositions, or any
debate or proposition on the subject of peace, or of such
amnesty, has been made in the Cabinet, nor have such dif-
ferences arisen."

The Philadelphia Inquirer thus speaks of the
question of war with England:—

"This question is raised by a very extraordinary article
in the Washington Republican of yesterday. It is an article
such as no prudent editor would venture upon at a time like
this without sufficient authority. It bears in every line in-
dications of an impending war with England. We are not
aware that the Republican is the organ of any department
of the Government, yet in these days of organs it may be
the organ of somebody. It is the possible inspiraticn and
the feverish condition of the public mind which gave the
article any consequence at all, for otherwise it has very
little force, and is, indeed, somewhat muddled. The fact,
however, that it is published with an air of information
right under the eyes of the Executive departments will
cause the public to wait with deep interest for further de-
velopments from quarters of more acknowledged authority.
The World remarks that—

"The article in question bears Mr. Seward's ear-marks,
and for this reason alcne attracts a momentary attention.
It is one of the diplomatic soap-bubbles which that philo-
sophical statesman' is in the habit of blowing, and which
so regularly burst by over• distension in the process of form-
ing. It is safe to presume (knowing what we do of Mr.
Seward's character) that if he had any immediate apprehen-
sion of such a war his half-oracular and half-bullying giv-
ings out in the columns of the Washington _Republican
would not have been ventured on."

The steamer Ruth has been burnt on the Mis-
sissippi, with a loss of several lives and a large
quantity of paper money. The following account
appears in a despatch to the Chicago Tribune of the
sth :

" The steamer Ruth, Captain Pegram, left Cairo last
night at 11 o'clock, with a small passenger list and 600 tons
of freight, bound for Helena. Her load consisted partly of
about 100 head of fat cattle for the army and 122 mules.
Paymaster Brinton, of Philadelphia, with 2,00,000 dols.,
was a passenger, en route for the army of General Grant,
having as guard 30 men of the 9th Wisconsin Regiment,
under Lieut. Courier. Less than an hour after leaving this
place the coloured chambermaid discovered fire aft on the
starboard side, near the stern. She gave the alarm, and a
scene of confusion ensued, though not as great as might
have been expected. It is said by passengers that not four
minutes elapsed after the first alarm before the entire upper
works of the steamer were in a blaze. The captain was at
his post. As soon as he saw that nothing but the direct
Intervention of Providence could save his boat, he caused
her head to be turned towards the Missouri shore, not more
than eight miles from Cairo, in the vicinity of and just be-
low Norfolk landing. and with a full head of steam on he
ran her hard aground, bow on. Some 30 feet of her stern
broke off by force of the shock, and the passengers, crew,
and everyone,excepting five soldiers on guard over the money
in the paymaster's box, made a simultaneous rush for the
shore. A few jumped overboard and were drowned, or
swam to the bank and climbed on shore. The five soldiers
mentioned remained at their post bravely turning the tide,
and trying to induce confidence in escaping Passengers'
but their efforts were fruitless. Paymaster Brinton had
given them orders they implicitly obeyed until the boat
struck with a crash upon the bank, then swung. All
would soon be lost, and no hope remaining of saving the
money, they also left their position and endeavoured to
escape. Before all could leap off, the boat recoiled from
shore, one wheel still going, and shot cut into the
stream. Five of the 9th Wisconsin and several passen-
gers, all the cattle, mules, money, freight, coloured clam.
bermaid, ono of the clerks, the son of Mr. Oglesby,
one paymaster, Grcenwalt, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania,
three paymasters' clerks (names unknown), were known to
be aboard. The tames cracked and spread ; cattle and
mules broke loose and jumped overboard, or snorted
frantically about, rendered insane by flames and heat. All
this was witnessed by passengers on shore. Some passen-
gers jumped overboard and swam ashore, one with his
trunk, and others nearly naked, swam out into the stream,
seeming also insane, and were carried under and lost. Soon
the wreck sank, and her seething fires were quenched in
4cOP waters. The steateer Shirsibs arriyt4 duriDE: the

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property as could be picked up.gers,
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captain, clerk, and such
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books of the boat were lost,
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stageeaapnrld sutlers' stores, and about 100 tons water;o altogether
ther
private freight
were all lost. There were about 200 persons on
all. The boat valued at 100,000 dols., is insured forosarOd is
doll. The fire broke out in the after part of the boat, °e°
say between decks, others say in the nurser
boat struck the shore, the fire having driven the engineers
from their posts, the engines contined to work, and as soon
as she struck a number jumped ashore, but her stern soon
swung around down stream, and as the engines corltinued
to work,her bow was soon turned from shore, and she again
started down river. When she left the shore there were
about 30 persons on her bow, nearly all of whom must have
perished. The soldiers are said to have acted heroically,
and to have stood by the boxes containing the money until
it was certain all were consumed. The boxes were iron-
bound, and too heavy to be removed. Besides, the flames
spread all over the boat in less than five minutes. There is
no satisfactory theory as to how the fire originated. It is
believed, however, to have been fired by an incendiary in
the interests of the rebel Government. An effort was made
to fire the naval depot here the night before last."
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The correspondent of the Boston Herald, in a
letter dated off Charleston, August 2, says that the
new battery erected by General Gilmore on Morris
Island, is mounted by the largest guns ever cast at
the North :

" When these batteries are opened against Sumter, there
will be a dreadful scattering of bricks, legs, arms, and
bodies. One hour and a half is allowed for the bombard-
ment of that fort before it will be compelled tfirrender."