American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1845-06-14
For the American Republican,. |

MEssRs. EDIToRs: have been much pleased
to discover, among the business men of our
community, disposition to favor the young
gentlemen (and the married ones too) whom
they have in their employ, by allowing their
stores to be closed at an earlier hour than here
toforc, during the warm season. Now you must
not presume that would advocate the course
of the merchants from entirely diSintereSted mo-
tives. | must acknowledge | feel gratlfied by
the movement, for the reason that it allows
the young gentlemen sometime in the afternoon
to take recreation, before sable night has shut
out from the view the beauties of nature. As
long as the days are, at this season Of the year.
| should Judge it to be very fatgung to those
especially, whose duty it is to stand behind the
counter, from early dawn s'till the evening
shades prevail, to wait on the ladies', astidlous
as some of them are in their taste, and difficult
as it 10 to please them in their purchases. |
feel Authorized to say that the ladies', so far as
they are concerned, will endeavor to void any
obstacle whatever in the way of this arrange
ment; for as they sincerely sympathise with the
employer and the employed on account of their
marked attention and readiness to serve them
throughout the day, when they are shopping,
they will very cheerfuly cooperate in the mea-
sure by buying their goods at an early hour, and
tllcll O"li dldllS 81 DIS ilOl W
with the rule that may be adopted. Besides
the opportunities that would be afforded to
gentlemen, who are so closely confined, to i'm
prove and invigorate their constitutions by sa-
lutary exercise, another important considera-
ton influences me to take up my pen III their
behalf You will perhaps want to know what
that is. won't say much OH that point, but
to speak frankly and candidly, as ladies always
should speak, ] confess think we might have
more of their company than we are at present
permitted to enjoy, provided the arrangement
alluded to should be generally carried out. |
feel disposed, Messrs. Editors to thank you for
the interest you have taken in the matter, and
you may be assured the gentlemen whose cause
your have so kindly espoused, and their female
frenes, will ever feel that they owe you a debt
of gratitude. MARY W., of Charles-st.
THE DEsrRUcTIoN OF THE PHILADELPHIA
ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS. We gave an &C
count of this fire in yesterdays paper. The
Philadelphia North American furnishes the
following particulars of the destruction which
1t produced.
We have however the lamentable intelli-
gence to communicate that the entire contents
OF the Antique Statue Gallery are destroyed,
and works of art, which few hours since, ex-
cited the admiration of the world, are now
mass of worthless ruins! Among these were
an admirable copy of Titian's Venus, Canova's
Three Graces, Hebe, Venus, Bust of Junius
Brutus, and the magnificent colossal bust of
Napoleon, also attributed to Canova, which
was intended for the gates of Rheims, but
found its way to this country when every SOU
renir of the Emperor and the Empire was in
terdcted in France: the exquisite antiques of
Meleager, Venus aux Bellies Fesses, LAGOON
and his sons, Germanicus, Venus de Medici,
Apollo Antinous, Mthrdates, Apollo Bevi-
dere, Piping Fawn, Dying Gladiator, Hymen,
Paris, Hercules, two Fighting Gladiators, ST.
lerius with Bacchus, Castor and PolIux, the |
Bust of Jupiter by Phdias, Loughs colossal
cast of Milo and various other gems of the
sculptor's art. Hardly fragment is preserv-
ed-'mid blackened beams and smoulderng
ratlers they lie mass of almost undstnguish-
able ruin-a painful sight to the lover of the
sublime art.
In the Rotunda, Gilbert Stuart's full length |
portrait of Washington was preserved, with
some little injury, the canvas being torn and
fayed, but the features are fortunately pre-
served. When this work was rescued from the
flames of the preceding evening, we never
heard such gladstone shout sent up as rent
the air. 1t showed, indeed, that he was ''frst
in the hearts of his ccuntrytaen." Sully's ex-