New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-05-13
THE ART.UNIoN INVESTIGATION

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mt 10 adjournment Hon u r. TAYLOR IN tn oaaif u
.iu- A. smith sworn. reside n Blttvs- Gsarsss Co.
y wss e TIE s-crets-ies q The Ar lipn 'lr
iumhr q ysars. and II 1881, Ia which year r-
ruTrd about seven subscriptions ordinarily " a iroa
20 fourteen clr1ft p ri -uia1ze aBy Jacii l1l
cfon N ide % The Art Uuionn 81. 5 bal more ~ less
corrfsT ondsuce With them; mr. DOL hi.k have suo7-
over n that period received ir y - reference
10 The proceedings NJ ar liol - t-s All --l
cannot psrrcuiaTize what j. Wa lEer 90 ne y-lr
-5z had b~enin the habit u receag noee' % ne P')
Crroings ofthe At I'i0n bu'n not in t-l er - l,1'ni
@ = .ln hat before --l ~e we're = ~ ilt ~ i'iS
circulars &c Afer that presune l knew al c'u.i
lI0E WITH respect % those pEocsiing. ia ne 50
rher ,au fai In 1851 receive n1ee ln ~ % ~
new pr $50 or 1s53s No 81 nor since l-il have
tssen any steps % procure sshs'r 9ef> % NJ, Np"
hat TIE Subscribers for l-5- reoely "a az yA- III A
NsxYos<. sAsaraiy Isas ? i'i2
ssks Instructed By TIE Co,ne o. Ana l- 70 'a'0
you VI ii prss resioo Of the sarrs o. ne Aioa M
Ihs R.'efes Of 'es cty ss'.5s 6 - ~ - r. w.. Y 49, e.
ecneSt -. noeI - - r zee Works 1f Al a. v5
stos o. s lry A'so'nsv 10 2ltsaanf p a..
80 Fl - stgs Ths sppss5o dese-s Yesterday By ne "a
~ WI eosGS.r.ss s.isaoo sHpd s9nou taat esr
esui ID gal sed useonsFutota 70 DE, 49,
,os 10th uon ana TIE C5a.'ita'e at nee or
ss 20 The court Of Aspsa Coa Of sal rr and 1n tly
entertain The hope hat IN. eeeoa q ,ae ho.as
1 -. co Of few wee In hs tns s or sa' ~ -
dea Of Which VII ss duly siV' Rye ", srs Re Sc.
Wtues. in continuation. Th- bulletins were recsig7d
every wear hv nv subscribers intending the last ny IN
preston is that received from the S-'r7t'y cFceA
from the Corresponding secretary informing ne Ut ne lnu
result Of the Court Of appeals cannot answer ''uyey
II recei, I'd any nfoFmlu0n from the Corr,p nhls So
Rotary sst ear respecting The engrtvin<' htNt ECU
NOTICE somewhere that they would De ai7flpd H. ~.
Eetber IA the ne.uapers or not cinnot say Ia-an
the wear 1881 the lat year Of the existence q" me lns
ton O. What amount 81 commsFoo- pave You fe'eiNel
in the VI arr $50 and 1851 A really cannot teh You
but il is no, a very frightfd amount !. might
poss,bly be ten dollars mere was hf'y eert' gwen
or every subscriber inst E II did not get H. 7ooy
Else did am here under subpeDtf amer Receiving VIZ
rcular did give information the suDscr oers Tor -'
Of It's contents; and il is not very diihcu % give hiof
ton of such matters in country places ms can 'Y va
the matter was perfectly we'll understood by All suJ orders
lobn n Williams sworn Nv place OF business u NJ J1J
Broadway deal 10 looking glasses prints palntns'' ana
eneravngs. O. Have You NJ any im5 durlns tus I SUI
auon of The Art MON sold any lures TO mat lnsaion
A have . State what they were, ana when. a j eau
only stare the general fact that sold pictures ont with
ont referring ~ memoranda cannot state plrtriarsi
shpd sav that we nj ht have sold them about two dozen
and they were generally sold account Of the artist 10
whom they belonged and not on account OF me nrm'
though there may have been some sol'eu cse Ter ~"
picture painted by fsgg which We had purch tSe ana
advertised and aerwsrd sold 10 the Art mon the tte 90
the picture was Isabel and II was purchased AN
rather inclined tO think by Mr. Cozzens bat II may nave
been by Mr. Austen 90 not recOleci distinctly picture
entitled ." The Tangled Skein' =. 10 you r7coisct
the artists whose works you sold we're A'rcA All
or foreign They all resident artists Ont cinnOt
say il they Iaturahzed or not but they All resiaei
here. | may have sold picture entitled The Gypses'
but ] cannot recall il TO my mind we soh pictures
ON account OF Odde, Culverhouse, lie GrAnd anl lte
and think we sold one for Brent artists mostly them
Ives were in direct communication with tue Con ntes
and only when absent from the City directed Us y ac' Tor
IA. m believe sold one picture for BurtOrd Oddie Is an
American Culverhouse English by orih but went over
10 the Continent OF Europe az early age and resided IN
Germany, the language OF when country ne P%~S 'h'
hen he rst called me he had with nun An herPe'efi
Grand is ais foreigner he Is German or SWISS can
not say which they residing here at the tune the
pictures painted, as they Informed me lae IS an
cot ufz with ~
max ing il his home and resides here with hs family Brent
is b, ieve an American Burford is an Englshntn by
birth but has resided here twenty years and more do
not where MIR Culyerhouse resd 80 az me present
time the p lures had every indication OF hayug oeen
painted here they freshly painted ana me canvas
on which many Ot them painted was Dougnl al u-
cnud not designate these pictures by any particular names
al present; Odde paints mostly landscapes Nuiverhoase
moonlight aud convivia scenes and Que OF ms pictures u
d. Tie Ale House Door :" Mr fagg IL an Amorcin. ..
uch did YOU pay him FOR the picture " n--sl have
no direction 10 anse ~, but think rather inquhort
and making aman disclose his private ousness oat YOU'D
rather than nave noted mar refused 20 40 90
Mr. shannon-O Only would BIKE 90 know wat pFont you
made Wnessl do not think right 20 have asked tbs
Que stiOn but will but there should be- no re-
rorks made I've paid him s01 Tor tie picture, sad far
nshed hun with orders for portrait paintings the com MS
sioa which worth 80 more, aud then framed u AZ
COS, Of s25 and sold Il for sJ, or r 500 al me ~
most this picture was not in the l.i OF distribution o ,ss
Art Union before purchased It Cross examined by NJ
FuleTt0n-Q State whether, in your opinion me AT IN
TOD exercised discretion judgment and goa tt'5 n tue
pureba.e # their pictures from you. objected 90, bat
overruled consider they did the artists from whom
purchased or who sold the Art Union resident artists
The counsel for petitioners not having any other W.T.
ness present conversation ensued 20 whether Tor the
purpose Of shortening thu abors OF the COMMITTEE II
ouo be well for the coarse for petitioners 70 present
what he pected prove by the Witnesses and se that
the COUNSEL the Art Union would not admit som3 Of IT,
or If they could 10 some such fsrstsnsng Nc
Fullerton We are res1y do this Dui do bseve that
the counsel for petitioners does yet know what ne
expects 10 prove by of b Witnesses I'll they come on
the stand The Committee adjourned 70 clock IN
the evening when the petitioners given TO ua eraAnd
that they should 90 with their evidence or lose tnsi
case bu they would get attachments issued they uued
them and then the Art uaOn could 60 on vita the
defense.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The Committee met last evening pursuant 20 adjourn
meDt Nj Monk stated that Mr. shannon had been taken
i'll and could not attend, and the witnesses who hal been
summoned not in In attendance. lie therefore APP
piled for attachments againt er persons Af. Wells
sworn, and stated THAI IL subscriber 20 Z Art
Mon for 1851 and dres a picture entitled "Cttte lie
posing, which he told by Dr. Clarke, OF seneca
ais good but when he it an rTards, az
the OF tie AIT Union disappointed with H. and
made present OF il TO his sister in law he could not tell
whether the picture allotted 10 him or not he was
not Judge OF pictures and would not be able 90 distinguish
the difference between worth O. aud one worth $780,
Mr. Monk then required liberty of explaining hrs test
mony There nothing in his remarks hosever which
did nOtappear before in his evidence as the Committee
seemed 81 think land he told hat he could not be s
tened longer the beet and if witnesses would not
come up by o'clock PM this day, the case would De
finally closed the part OF the petitioners Mr. Fuller
mony which the Art Union would consider necessary for
their defense Al sitting The Committee then al
iourned, on this understai ding 10 o'clock this day
Monk in the Of his examination stated that there
were documents the hands Of Recorder IuOu an jus
tces Osborn and Stewart which could prove the Treas
urer accounts wrong and this issued