Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-12-05
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TrIE ARTISTS RETURN.
FROM rain tHfeeH.

Hotel IN Nufembttth. The pillar WINS NJ
H9st entirely covered by M euornotts no
Ties, If which The following Is a copy
/ Joseph Duer, silvefsnith af this city, II
forms his fellow citizens thai he Intends r.
make, this evening, at his shop III CI0ch
place n general sale of his stock in The sill.
v~efsiniih line, consisting n articles lon III.
mer0tts to be here mentioned The sale
will commence nj four o'ti6tk.
What suddenly exclaimed nns # Tho
bystapdsfs with s1tpfise, who might easily
have been tHkpn toF n ffeign nobleman,
from The style and lungniHcenee of his
drassg The rich silyefsnuifb Duaf, going 10
sell his wonderful productions nj auction
What fatality eHH have reduced him 10 50
cruel an ettfsnityf'
Probably you do not know. sir replied
Il mechanic, 'tIat Joseph Dner has tnada
immense sacrifices 10 sustain the hD1sn n
bis sotizinslaw, who long since, was ope If
ths first merchants IN Lubbock. This som
inslaw has absconded, leaving many large
debts unpaid, and 1t IL 10 frpnir this mi3s
l%Gfttnby II IN ~ preserve tbs h0n6r Of his
grand children, II Is n mainfain n pure and
ltHstllieh eba raetsf, that the good mah parts
win his precious productions, which Hrp
tbe pride anil Joy Of his old aea, and which
are IN n mannHF identified with his very
es isleaef. This noble and honotaI,Ie con.
duct Is very worthy If Il loyal citizen ~
N1remlttfG, very much to c0heiliateu public
estreu IN his ftv0ft but why must ii sad
remembrance interrupt ibis general appfo.
bationy rs Ito prsvsnt this unanimous sym.
pathy r
Can | dare, without indisereti6n,' III
prired the stranger, : to ask nm e%tplann.
ton # these last words z
willingly, sir! Joseph Duer had three
sons md one daughter. Ills daughter he
married, giving her ut the same time n
large dosfy, H. a metchHHt Of Lubbock,
wI10 bad just filled. His two eldest sot,s,
Ivy iuhahs Of enortnous sacrifices, wera
placed, one Of ihF court Of The Elrctof 0f
bavaria, and lbs other al tho court If The
Grand Duke Of WiHtnaf. They have both
run, so far, u rapid and brilliant career. Tor.
gsltiug their old father aud exchanging HE
simple uarne Of c]itihens for Tbs more p0mt.
pu} fHlFs NJ f1liHt anu HhfUn
And the third son, what has becous Of
linF
ALBERT, replied tho merhanic, : Albert
wished 10 be IN artist, bul Joseph Dner
was opposed 10 It. 'You must ba n silver.
smith, hH ! ntn,' replied his father, ns Al
bert begged him for etayops, canvas, and.
pencils, '6r else you nttst leave my house. :
And what bcCame 81 him n injured
tho stranger.
One day be disappeared, and lnz not
bTGn heard 0f since. Whether he is dead
or alive, or whether he ha# become Fl sol
dinr, no Que knows
At tbs moment the clock struck four, the
EllverstnIth'g shop was opened, and a crowd
Of Vi t0os6s and idIors entered, WHEN The
public errors also began 10 give notice If
tbs sale.
Plates, dishes, ewers, and pitchers oil
gold, silver, and silver gilt, were first dis
posed Of IhoH eanc lbs precious pro.
auctions, tbe master pieces If the silver.
smith. TIM" were splendid tabcrnacIea,
elaborated with tho greatest Ingenuity;
Gothic ediices; Saracett ehapcls, which
bad the appearance Of bring made Of lace;
immense silver basins, which represented
in rGlief, subjects from the Old Testament;
and t%beltcatno figures, half ~ natural ~
nature herself, copied from antiquities with
great perfection, so long as the aue=
ti6hceers were selling the common articles
ofhtg trade, tho eiIyersmith remained calm
and quiet in the back part Of his shop; but
when he heard the atcti0nrcra prniainV,
In their low style, the merit and beauty oil
those works which had rendered his rrptl~
tation 50 great and 10 general, he was no
able to preserve HIS calm appear.
ance; he started up hastily, ~ if under the
influence Of some Invisible power, and be-
gan to walk around the different articles
which were about 10 be sold, just a. q mo.
ther walks around the cradle Of her sick
six small a%tatues,' cried tho ~auctionecr,
antiquity
'One thousand ducats,' cried one.
GOne thousand md hity,' said another.
One thousand ono hundt ed said the first.
No one bid any higher, and the statues
declared his.
The old silversmith scarcely brcatbed
bis face Was almost as white ns MS locks,
and q convulgive shudder ran through his
limbs. lie continued, however, to stand
by the public officer who was recording
The purchases. When all was sold the old
man cast his eyes about him with an mex
look Of grief. The most terrible
va approaching. The highest
bidder wal going before long to carry away
all the wealth with which the silvcrsmith
had grown old, his priced productions which
he looked upon al household gods, and
were, so to speak, a part Of his very
existence.
Let the highest bidders upon the last
wenty-three articles step forward said the
There is only one bidder cried the
same mechanic, whose conversation with
he noble stranger we have given.
Let him come forward, then, pay, and
give me his name added the register.
At this, a handsome young man, who
be tweDty-six or twenty-seven, APP
preached. He was superbly dressed in the
French style, with the exception Of a
cloak, elegantly ornamented with
embroidery and silk, which lay gracefully
upon his shoulders. Around his neck he
he wore q magnificent chain Of gold, to
which appended 4 medal Of the same me
which bore a head of the Emperor
Maximilian. His hat was sIouched over
his eyes, and his hair, which was very
long. rested upon his shoulders.
This is the price of what | have pur-
saa , sal IN the voung man. NH