Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1853-08-06
FUR NEW YORK CRYSTAL PALACE EXHIBITION.

Tuy New YORK CRYSTAL PALACE EXHIBITION.
There were 1855 persons admitted to the ex-
h;bition on Tuesday the 10Th, on pay tickets,
and 1900 on seasonAtickets. It is said that
ee5 900 worth of season tickets have been sold
and that the receipts 50 far have averaged ST. 500
ner day. The Evening Post urges that the e1-
h;hition be opened on Sunday afternoons,in
order to attract the crowds from the drinking
saloons and gambling houses in the vicinity
but the suggestion will hardly be adepted. The
Tribune says:
The CRYSTAL Palace isresonant with the hum
n industry it is putting on its exhibition dress
H. degrees Thereis however, a great deal to
900 and as it will bear many visits, persons will
he s safe in attending now. Enough is shown al
.resdy to prove that, although the United States
made, artisticaly, a poor figure at the London
Exposition, at this one they will do themselves
credit. H.
The Italian department has yet much to do ia
mt it in proper order. Many cases, however,
Till be opened for it in o few days. The Dutch
department also requires arrangement to, present
Il 10 the public. AS for the French, II ID nj M
from full that we shall not attempt to propHesy
lis splendor-though some articles, especially
the magnificent Porcelains, now make q liberal
display. Thereare alse number Of pianos in
that department.. The British department. has
a good deal exposed, but any quantity d things
almost yet to be set forth. The silverware oi
this department is beyond all praise. Among
other things is the prize-work which obtained
GOO from the Goldsmith's Company, Iondon.
The American department has already some
splendid contributions in carvings, especially
buffets, and sideboards that are as ponderoue
az besutiful. So, too, various compartments
devoted to wearing apparel-fancy 81 uss9nl--
clothes, hats, boots, etc. merit al praise.
In machinery, England and Amsca will
both be strong, but the inachine arcade nov
building, can only, ION its completion, develop
these resources. Some American coaches Of TIL
last patents IRE attracting crowds, from theil
lightness, beauty and richness. We met COM
: ing, the Philadelphia Hope Hose, aiffass Of
silver, veneering japanning, carving, and paint
ing-handsome enough for royal state coach.
Some frames oflooking- glasses Of a size reaching
from foJr to ceiling and decked with Rapha-
lesque fullness Of design relievos- French,
English and American anong the moatfe-
markable things in the Palace.H
A few days more and we trust to be able to
presentin regular and clear order the various
contributions which now are on thesroad, or lie
about the floor uncovered or half taken out OF
boxes, or, if out, are in such confusion as to
defy description.
Horaace Greeley thus speaks Of Baron Marc
cheti's equestrian Statue of Washington, and
Carew's statue Of Webster: s.ss g.
It is bad unqualifedly and entirely, it is be-
meath mediocrity and yet it seemst to be source
Of pleasure to many humbugged people. The
horse is an ungainly, wooden, slifeless, and i'll
proportioned animal. It's action would be inn
possible in q real horse. The fore foot is lifted
o. If to paw the ground with violence, while the
raised hind foot is going upon gentle trot But
this colossal abortion is nothing to the figure as
tride Of it, The attitude of this figure is about
that which would be assumed by bag Of meal
on horseback The body is shortand squat and
the legs long, while the headis out of proportion
with either. The face has not the least resem-
biance to that of Washington, and looks more
Ike Franklin than any other of the American
revolutionary patriots thoughWe should hate to
believe it likeness Of any. The head is bare
and the right hand, resting on the thigh, holds
the three-cornered hat. This hand is twisted in
manner which suggests the idea of palsy or
some other preternatural fexibility Of the mus
cles The palm is turned outward, and the
fingers are quite out Of proportion. In short we
are unable to find in this colossal work single
point worthy to be admired or even tolerated,
ind If the artist enjoys, as we are told he does,
aEaropean reputation, it must be among a very
limited circle.
But if we are obliged thus to speak of this
statue, what shall be said of the image behind
Il called by the name of Webster? This is GER
n -, hn H. -
English sculptor. Absolutely, this statue is a
disgrace to its maker, and an outrage on the
memory Of its subject We have used pretty
severe language on the Washington, but it is a
grnuine work of art compared with the Webster.
Wed0not believe there is in town wood carver,
who cuts fgure-heads for ships, who would not
osc all his customers if he supplied them with
such work as this. The head is deformed, the
forehead bulges as with hydrocephalus, the
ne features are feeble and expressionless, the
eody, the arms, the legs, the draperies, the
pose, the action-all are not only without merit,
but 90 far replete with its opposite IS to be be-
heath contempt. Indeed, it is a pity that the
thing stands in the Exhibition.
BuKs1sa Mono. ron MuRpER.-Th negro
nm belonging to II. France, Of Heath's Creek,
Psstis county, KY, who murdered the wife Of
John Rains, living in the same neighborhood,
~ burned at the stake in or near Georgetown,
"a Wednesday, last. The circumstances attend
hg this murder, so far as we can learn, says the
Boonville Observer, were as follow:
The negro man, aged about nineteen or TWEEN
q, visited MIR. Rains house on Sunday morning,
e 3D. Of July, while Rains Was sbsent at meet
Vs. for the diabolical purpose, sccording to his
Nnfessi0n, Of committinga rape upon the person
4 Mrs. Rains. The consequence was that this
hdy, within few weeks Of q confinement was
bEuially murdered with club. The negro IT.
tlnpted to kill her oldest boy, and fancied he
~ killed him, fearing as he said, that be would
~ On him; and two younger children were
IDLY bruised, and thrown in q fence corner, be-
\ anss, as the negro said they annoyed him by
trying about their MOTHER