The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-08-25

Effects of The Chsrokse's Intelligence Hot Peathsr
again Ttcsnty Portraits ordersdA Landscape
Painting-E Erroneous Census decentralization
Of an Abolition Leadsr--An Instance from Hood.
New YoRK, August %, 1851.
Wall street this morning has been held in sus-
pense, like Mahomet's coffin, between the effect Of
the arrival Of two millions of gold dust by the
Cherokee, and the shocking intelligence from Ha-
vana by the same steamer. The gold would have
sent prices up, but the intelligence of the dsas-
trous capture Of part of the invading army of
Lopez would have sent them down; so. between
the two influences, affairs were poised for while,
but at last yielded to the power Of gold as all hu-
man affairs do, and gradually confidence seemed
to be restored The general feeling now is for a
rise in prices.
II is a long while since the public mind here has
been 30 stirred by the report of the execution OF
the Americans at Havana, and prudent people fear
that, in the existing temperament OF the South the
effect will be such that serious difficulties must IN
evitably follow and it was this apprehension that
caused a wayering in the stock market this morn
ing.
The past four five days have been cold and
wet, with northeast winds; but the sun has come
out again this morning in all his wonted splendor,
and bazes away rather too fercely for the comfort
of those who left home this morning with thick
clothes in expectation of wintry weather.
Mr.. Elliot, an eminent portrait painter, who had
the i'll luck TO break his leg few days since just
as he was the point of starting for aunt in the
country, has received order from one of mer
chants, formerly ofsyracuse, to paint ST. 900 worth
of portraits, being twenty in number OF the orig-
nal settlers of that thriving town. They are in
tended as present to the town of Syracuse, to be
placed in one of its public buildings. The idea is
a most happy one, and, as the founders OF many OF
our large cities still living, it is not unlikely
that it may be initiated by some other public
spirited man of wealth. Mr.. Elliot is himself a
native of Syracuse, and well deserves such COM
pliment to his talents.
Speaking Of pictures, acquisition has just been
made to the collection of the American Art Union,
by the purchase of beautiful landscape by Church,
which is pronounced by some connoisseurs the
finest that was painted by any artist in any
age / heard gentleman characterize 1t who
has just returned from tour in Europe, where he
| went for the express purpose of inspecting and
studying the different schools of ancient and mo-
dern art in Italy, Germany, France, and England.
The praise seemed to me rather extravaganza, al
though the painting is, beyond question, remark
ably fine production. tits landscape composition
of wide billy country with glowing sunset, and
mill-stream. 1t is very deicately finished, yet
broad in effect and full of warmth and nature, but
still should be afraid of pronouncing it the finest
| landscape in the world, remembering what Tur-
ner, and Claude, and Ruysdael have done in the
same line.
| One of our papers has recently published ON abb
stract from the census returns giving statement
of the circulation Of our different city journals,
daily, weekly, and monthly, which contains some
very great errors, and makes some strange omis-
sions. The exact circulation of newspaper or
magazine is a matter of no small Importance, for
it often affords the of making moral and po-
lical deductions quite reliable and important aa
the returns of the baot-box. In this statement in
question, for instance, there two anti slavery
standards mentioned, one having circulation oil
three thousand, and the other oftwo thousand. But
there il only paper of that name, or cha
ractcr, printed in New York, which circulaes less
than two thousand, although it prints just that
number. Then there ia q certain paper whose cir
culation is stated at five thousand, which has never
| had to exceed circulation of three thousand, and
at no time during the past five years has exceeded
nine hundred There are, also, papers named a
FIVE thousand which circulate more than double
that number. This matter of newspaper circula-
ton s one in which il is most difficult to learn any
thing like the truth, and if any body should attemp
to make concentrations from the census returns in
this particular branch of business, he would bt
likely to commit very great blunders One of the
weekly papers, which is put down at FIVE thousane
circulation, never circulated five hundred, and hal
long since ceased its existence for lack of support
Abiding to the National Anti- slavery Standard
which is the national organ of the Garrisoniar
abolitionists, reminds me that that small party
Ia. IF nafa and octt
agents and co.operators; namely, Frederick
| Douglas. the editor and proprietor of the Norh
Star, published in Rochester. Douglas has de
serted his old friends and sold himself, or gone
over Star and all, to the Gerritt Smith party, WHIT
| are as much opposed to the Garrisonians as Free
| soilers are to Old Hunkers. The detection o
| Douglas must be great modification to bis former
| friends, by whom he had been petted and sup
ported Hood, in his comic story of "Black
| White and Brown" tells of a similar instance o
ingratitude on the part of fugitive An old LADY
| in London, pious and unmarried, had such hor
ror of slavery that she denied herself the luxury
sugar in her tea, and would not allow any OF tina
"wicked sweet" to be brought into her house
She once found colored sister in the street WHIT
represented herself newly escaped from bond
age, and in want. The old lady's benevolent feel
ings were touched, and she took Phills home will
her and treated her friend. After while thu
old lady discovered that she was almost daily rob
bed of small sums of money, and was forced Il
suspect her colored protege of the theft. She &C
cused Phils, who, without hesitation, confessed
her crirae, and, being asked what could hav
tempted her TO wrong her benefactor in such
manner, she replied "Why, cuss it, took tn
money to buy shugar-" s. X s.
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LlvERPooL is said that Mr. Vanderbilt is max
ing arrangements to establish regular steamship
line from San Francisco via Nicaragua and New
York to Liverpool The plan proposed is for tn,
now steamship Northern Light to run between thi