The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-10-01

crder The wires have been oxen on the shores |
Of Fr:nce, and the company ave begp, anew. Il |
is said that " han the expe unent Will have proved
satisfactory 10 It's unde .l,akers, they viii make
another itiegTat III bet" cen England and lrei md;
and, very likely afte wards between Ireland aud
North America.
c,yery of Csl dornia, city of Paris ia posohrd
with miniLg companies, or rather ''gold humbugs"
of sll sets Ths police has lately made severe
investigation upon those "gIeen catchers," aad
many Sf diem have been forced TO shut lheir shops
Signor Forti, the talented tenor of Max M,ret
7eh's company, Is here, in Paris. received his
visit his morning We had long conversation
together relative to bis success in the Uaited
Ststes, the kind reception he has met with your
public. etc, etc. This young man seems II be
very grateful 10 the dilsitanh OF America, and in
tends returning 10 Nav York by the steamer Her
man. Mime Mllct, the wife of the master Of the
company, goes with him to New York, accompa-
MED by her daughter.
The cholera is raging IN Denmark. The last
accounts received announce IL very severe IN
| some parts of the country.
Mr.. Rives, The American Minister in Paris, re-
! turned, last week. from journey he hsd made Ia
| Scotland and England, for his health His amlable
lady and agreeable family are still travelling in
| Germany and Switzerland, but VIII soon re-
turn also to open their parlor Of the Hotel de la
Rue, Vile fEvque, to their American trends.
Great preparations are made IN Hlvte Tor the
reception Of the frs, steamer OF the American line,
The Franklin. Captain Walton has many friends
10 that city, and doubt his arrival in our sea-
| American line between New York and Hayre, Will
| meet with The same reception es that offered to
| the unfortunate C8pain Heberl and his steamer
| Union MessTs. Livingston, Wells IL Co, whose
agency here is No 3 Place de ID Bourse, uader the
ALE care of Mr. John Canchoi., are the cousigneet
Of the franklin and the humboldt
| 81 visited last week the studio OF the American
| painter, Mr.. William Ii Powell, who Is now bu-
silly engaged in painting for the capitol at wash
| ington an immense canvass, representing v he
Inirod action of Civilization into the Valleys OF the
, West" Ferdinand de Soto. in the year 1912. left
Cub, of which he was governor, and accompa-
, MED by many noblemen, monks and soldiers, en-
tered he mouth of the Mississippi river till he fell
in with tribe of red skins. The picture repre-
sents the memen; whea Ferdinand de Soto,
in front of he tents of the Indians The chiefs
! of the tribe otter him the calumet OF peace,
! and in the meantime the monks place upon
! a mound the sign Of fraternity and Iedemp-
! ton, the holy cross of Jesus Christ. The va
Iiety Of costumes, the richness of coloring, the
ability of the painter, everything leads me to be-
lieve that the capitol will be graced with very
remarkable page of the history Of the counlry.
! The costumes are of the most accurate style, and
Mr.. Powell has found here the best models of the
/ kind, either in our public Libraries or among our
artists. This mammoth picture cannot be finished
before one year. The American painter takes much
pride in giving his country petit ch,f d0nrre upon
aarge scale Besides tins painting, Mr.. Powell is
busily engaged 10 reproducing, upon small scale,
! King Charles TX. firing upon the Huguenots,
which will be a capital little gem.
Messrs. Goupel n Co. have published lthogrsph
| from painting by the same artist, representing
1.-The Burial in the Mississippi River oil Ferdinand
de Solo," whIchis a very remarkable compos ton.
James Watson Webb left Paris with his family,
ON lis way TO the United StAtes, per steamer At
laItic. lie was accompanied by Mr. Daniel Leroy,
who was formerly Ccnsul Of the United States nj
Genoa. Is. ii. X.