New-York daily tribune., 1849-05-16

may. 10 your WORK % at Tor years al months
oi unlAeersd and dca.t si;ins 90 the part of The
ARTIST after be Las gone through The earher stages
O. sn edacsrou. too largely based snd of SIN TOO
high to hnish 10 IBIS word.
Toe Pruss.sn ARTIST bers on nv eft hand, learned
not only his art bat readisg ana writing after be
wss thirty. farmers sou. be was alo~e 70
freedom 70 earn anything til the desth Of tie
head Of the house lefs him beesar but set him
free on foot he walked hundreds Of miles % Ber-
In attracted by hs hrsi works some attention. snd
received some assistance IN money. earned more
by invention Of a plowshare, walked to Rome.
struggled through every privAtion. and has row a
reputation which las secured him the means OF
putting his thoughts into marble. True. at 40
years OF age 10 is still severely poor be cannot
marry because be cannot maintain family oui
he s cheerful. because lie can work ~ his own
way, trusts with chudhke reliance IN God. and S
stl sustained by the vigorous health he won "a
boring 10 MS father fields Not every msn could
continue to work, circumstsnced as he Is. a. the
end OF the halt century. For him the only sad
thing in my mind IS that bis WORKS are not worth
working. though Of merit Ia composition and exc
c1tiou, yet Ideally product Of the galvanized
piety OF the German schoo, more mutton ike than
amb-hke TO my unchurched ewes.
You are likely to have work By the great mas
ter OF that school Overlook to looA st inhe United
States, Mr. Perkins of Boston, who knows bow
tospend his money with equal generosity and dis
c.etion, having bought his Vase aud Foolish IV-
guns. 1t viii be precious to the country from great
artistic merits. As 70 the spirit, blessed are the
poor ia spirit. That kind Of severity IS, perhaps
has become. the nature OF Overlook. He seems
like monk bu, a really pious and pure one.-
This spirit IS not what I seek deem 1t too mar
row for our day bat being deeply sincere IN him,
It's expression IS at times also deeply touching
Bsuabbas borne In triumph. snd the child Jesus
who, playing with his father tools has made hum
sell p cross, are subjects best adapted ior expres
sion Of this spirit
| have written too careessly-much writing
hath made me mad OF late. Forgive 1t the style
be not neat, terse and sparkling, II there be
nought of the thrilling. II the sentences seem
not written with diamond pen. like all else
I'll at Is published IN America. sometime ! must
try to 90 better For sis time
Forgive my iaults forgive my virtues TOO
2lt.-Dsy before yesterday was the feast Of
s.. Joseph. lie IS supposed 70 have acquired a
oudness Tor fred rice cakes. during his residence
IN Egypt. Many are eaten "a the open street. IN
arbors made for the occasion. One was ade be
meath my window, on Piazza Barberni. Andsy and
the evening men cleanly dressed n white aprons
and liberty caps quite new, of tne. red cloth. were
irving them Tor crowds Of laughing. gsstlculating
customers. It rained little, and they held an
umbrella over the frying pan, but not over them
selves The arbor IS still there and it;.e children
are PLAYING "a and out OF Il one still lesser runs
ia It's leading strings, followed by the bold, gay
nurse to tue brink OF the fountain alter its orange
which has rolled before Il. TenenaIl worSmen
are coming out OF his s.sdo the priests are coming
home from Ponia Pio. the contadn beginning to
play at moro, tor the setting snn has lst nc up The
magnificent range OF windows in Palazzo Barbe-
riui, aud then faded tenderly, sadly awsy and the
mellow bells have chimed the Ave Maria. Rome
looks as Roman. that IS to say as Tranquil as ever.
despite tine trouble that tugs at her heart strings
There is report that MazzIni IS 70 be made
Dictator. as Mann is in Venice for shor. time
so as to provide hastily and energeticaly for the
war Ave Maria Santissims when thou didst
gaze on thy babe with such infinite hope. thou
ddst not dream that so many sges after blood
would be shed and curses uttered IN his name.
Madonna Addolorata hsdst thou not hoped peace
and good will would spring from his bloody woes,
couldst thou have borne these hours at the foot OF
the cross. o Stella womans heart Of love- send
vet raw of pure light on this troubled deep x