The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-08-19

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mountain Into the sea The greater part Of these
debris is OF chemical kind, and few days ago the
whole mountain was tet ON fire, either by the ex-
treme heat or by srton, This new yesuyu. is daily
visited by thousands and thousands of people
The crops, oil over the country, are very good,
and much hope is entertained for those Of the au.
tnDn
With such fine weather as that which we now
either At Hayre, or Dieppo Trouvillo, are orga-
missed every Sunday morning, or rather Saturday
evening, and patrOniZsd by all The people belonging
to the pefn commerce Of Paris On Sunday last,
more than $4,000 people were taken by railway to
Havre, and conveyed back to Paris.
Mr.. Rives, the American minister, and family,
are now ut Trouville enjoying the sea bathing.
The embellishments Of Paris are progressing in
the most wonderful way, and the great capital Of
Europe viii soon become the first city of the world,
not only for pleasure and refinement. but also by
the graadioSe Of its buildings. Tho Hotel do
Vile is totally finished, and the admirable galleries.
which wore in the hands of the painters, have been
given up TO the upholsterers and bronze makers 1t
on the 10th instant, for tho occasion Of the distr
button OF the eagles to the National Guard In the
meantime, the continuation of the Rue do Rvoli
to the Hotel de Vile is in full progrss, and, no
opened to the public.
The first stone Of the additions to the Louvre
was laid down, on Sunday last, by NJ de Casa
blanca, Minister of State in presence Of MN. do
u ",
Nagnan, Picol, Vaudrcy, and other officers OF the
army A large tent had been erected on the spot,
and the workmen had decorated it with flowers.
n. de Casabanca delivered very neat speech,
after which the bronze box, containing the COM
memorative medal, two twenty franc gold pieces,
two five franc pieces, and two one franc pieces,
placed between four stones. and covered with NOR
tar. All these pieces Of money had the efigy o.
Louis Napoleon on them, and will, Of course, be Of
much curiosity in future ages
As may DO seen, the public works of this city are
progressing with the utmost rapidty, and, it is
sad there are 90 600 oncricrs now employed by the
government So much the better; they will not
think Of making barbados.
The church of the Military School was also con.
secrated on Sunday last, and opened for tho first
time since 1894. The priest who celebrated the
mass, Beautin. delivered brilliant and eloquent
speech, in which he stated that Louis Napoleon
had himself furnished tho ornaments and sacred
vases of tho church. The whole ended by the sing
ing of Domino iSalrum fac Lssdor,cim Napo-
lcOalH.
The three newly arrived infantry regiments Of the
line, the Nineteenth, Thirty seventh, and Thirty
eighth, were received at the Champ do Mars on
Sunday last at O'Clock A. NJ, and offered to the
be holders the sight OF avery curious sham fight and
skirmish | never behed such precision OF drill
ing and knowledge of strategy, in any regiments of
the world.
At Beauvais, the commemoration festival of
Jeanne Hacbette, who repulsed, alone, the enemy,
from the top of tho walls Of her native city, was
celebrated on the 18th inst, and offered brilliant
coup d'Rlt TO all lovers of these feasts of the
middle ages procession Of young girls, bearing
the flag OF Jeanne Hachette paraded in the streets,
and the ceremony ended hy grand ball given by
the common council to the chief inhabitants Of
Beauvals.
An ordinance has just been made public by tho
government, forbdding the inhuman habit of killing
chickens, geese, turkeys, and other birds, in the
public games, during the festivals, with stones,
sticks, and other weapons as Is generally done at
tho fairs Of the country.
A great number Of Baptsts are now existing in
France, and these secarinns often making their
ceremonies in the rivers. few days ago, twenty
Of them assembled on the shores Of the Seine, few
miles above Charenton, (whcre is the lunatic asy-
lum), and took their baptismal ducking' in pre-
sence Of large crowd The police has interfered
with these Mw,ionaires. and captured their chief.
A very curious discovery has just been made on
the shores Of the ocean, which will create an i'm
sensation among the litterati of the world 1t
is well known that when Christopher Columbus, after
the discovery ef America, returned to Europe, he
met with an horrible tempest, which made him be-
lieve that he would never arrive on the Spanish
shore. Fearful that his discovery would thus be.
come unknown, he called his officers, and in their
presence wrote the synopsis of his discovery upon
parchment, which, after it was signed by oil hi:
officers, was surrounded by ball Of wax and placed
in corked and scaled bottle, which was thrown
overheard in the ocean. This identical bottle, AMI
its contents has just been found by children on the
shores of the sea, and brought to savant, who has
WIlLteu 10 ACAu0Wy OF sciences, 10 eXQlDlt nj
discovery. No doubt the Spanish government wi
pay for the document large sum Of money
Another discovery, which appears to be Of no los
interest to the painters is that Of twelve pictures
attributed to Murillo, velasquuez, Cano and zurbu
were found in the convent Of st Croce, in Catalogue
stored in garrett and covered with dust. II
appears that they had been placed there to avoi
the vandalism OF tho enemy, during the last French
war All the monks were killed by the troops Of
Bonaparte, and one remained to toll the secret.
Whilst am speaking Of arts, / take much plea
sure in announcing to the American public that Mr.
William II Powell, the celebrated paintcr-to whose
the Congress at Washington has entrusted tho
composition and painting Of the Discovery Of the
Mississippi River by Ferdinand do Soto"-has near
~ achieved this grand work, and has accomplished
his task with the utmost capacity. The Capitol al
Washington will then possess Of the finest paint
irgs ever made in America, and great credit is due
to the pupil of IDman for this page Of Americ an
history. Within few days Mr. Powell will oxhi-
bit his picture to tho amateurs, critics and friends
send it to the United States. Beside this grand
work, MIR Powell has painted the portraits of Alex
AZ der Dumas, Eugene Sue, &C., which arc the most
striking licensees ever beheld The picture of the
Funeral OF DE Soto il also worth being mentioned
and Mr.. Powell is now ranked among the best ar
lists lot only Of America but also Of Europe.
The furniture, works of art, and nicnacks Of NJ
Pradier, tho sculptor, were sold few days ago at
his private house, quai Voltaire, No l. and produc.
Sappho," which was exposed at tho last exhibit.
ton, produced 35 600 francs, and was bought by
Russian amateur. All the statues and statuettcs Of
the sculptor were also sold for enormous prices
The children Of Pradier have made quito good sf
fair by this sale.
N Simarl, sculptor of much ability, has been
elected member of the Academy in place Of M. Pra.
dicr.
new method to keep rosebuds fresh for the win
ter, has been discovered, which is as follows-To
cut The buds, to cover the stem with sealing wax,
to place the flower into piece Of thick paper well
sealed with glue and then to hang the little bundle
in dry closet During the winter you unite the
rose, cut It above the scaling wax. put it into fresh
water and the rose blossoms, and opens if it was
fresh cut in the garden or green house
An experiment to direct the balloon was again
mace ut the Hyppodrome on Friday last, which Of
iercd an immense interest. Though this trial did
not succeed entirely, it produced much sensation
among all beholders. More anon.
Cerito, the able and remarkable dansc,sse, went
from Madrid (where she has received the greatest
appausc)to Vienna, and it is said that her inton-