New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-10-25
TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 95, 1853,


girl had turned her bed room into a studio and
that she was robbing herself Of sleep in order
to make up for the hours necessarily lest in the
dayti Savorini alone noticed that her
cheeks grew pale, and that her eyes CLEANED
with unnatural brillancy. g Her soul is wear
ing out her body, Doctor" said he TO Corona
The Doctor assentel sorrowfully, without dar-
ing to betray,the secret.
Maria afterwards said that her life seemed to
have begun only from the time when she per-
ceiyed the presence Of the 80 divine spark in
her. All the former years faded from her re-
mem mbrance Her Imagination became filed
with beautiful forms Her ears we're ever open
to catch words Of instruction from her master or
| his visitors Her eyes greedily devoured the
models that surrounded her. She took Pulcs
books, one by one, TO her room, and learned all
that they could teach her. Whenever she went
forth, it was to some church, or to the Vatican,
to admire the achievements of the schools
At length she felt herself sufficiently pre-
pared to attempt original productions and she
| began to model a statue Of Minerva. pTac-
ticed hand would probably have produced
result as good as hers ma, mnets rasss,er fnne
! Aut Tsis ass ignorant Of routine, and many
accidents retarded her work However, as
time proceeded, the figure grew under her
| hands; and, day by day, the consciousness of
| her own genius increased within her Her
determination to send the figure to the annual
| competition for the prize-secretly-in order
that she might hear the impartial opinion of the
| judges. The difficulties in her way were i'm
mense. But she overcanc them all ; and, when
one day Master Pulci was absent, some porters,
| sent by Doctor Corona, came and took away
her model. Thus it was removed to the exhi-
| bition hall without accident.
| Maria entered with the crowd on the APP
| pointed day, and contrived to place herself
near TO her statue. Her ambition did not ex-
| tend to winning the prize All she dared to
| hope was to escape ridicule But her astonish-
ment was indiscribable on perceiving by de-
grees all the connoisseurs collect round her
Minerva, and begin to speak enthusiastically in
| its praise. The judges stood before it in their
! turn. There was an unanimous cry of admir-
alton. Her heart sweled nightly within her,
and it was with difficulty she could repress her
pride and exultation. These came to their
heighth when the prize was unanimously given
to her statue, and the crier began to exclaim,
| :" Let the sculptor Of the Minerva declare him
| selfr' 1t then struck her--in her confusion
that woman had no right to compete, and she
hastened away unperceived.
Her object, however, was gained. She was
now sure that she had not deceived herself by a
false idea of her own merit and she saw in the
future long series of triumphs Doctor Coro-
ma, who had watched her, followed and compli-
mented her. Even he had not dared TO admire
her work until public opinion had crowned it
lie went with her to the studio Of Pulci and
there she threw herself on her knees before he1
master, and confessed the truth. He at first
thought sire was mad, and it was not until Doc.
tor Corona confirmed her statement, that he
could believe that his servant girl Maria hac
won the first prize of sculpture by the unanim
Gus vote of the first artists of Rome
The news soon spread through the city; ant
Savorini came hastily to compliment the young
artist She allowed him to embrace her, anG
listened gratefully when he said, SO She mus
be at once raised from her menial capacity. Il
is impossible to deprive the arts Of this wonder.
He did not now repeat his d, claration of affec
ton; but he seemed to claim a right to watcl
over her future fortunes, Pulci at once agreet
to look out for another servant; but Maria re
. fused to leave his house 81 will superinten'
everything STILL she ssid
The three supped together pleasantly ths
, evening; and Saverimi began the well-know
etching which represents Maria sitting at til
n feet Of her Minerva, pausing in her work to az
! mire it. Next day, all the elite of.Roman a
4 came focking to hail their new comrade. F.
some months, indeed, the fashionable society
the city talked Of nothing else but this pleasa
| story and it became a popular opinion tn
- Maria would equal or surpass the greatest ma
: ters. There was some exaggeration in thl
! The cause which would have made them refu
, to acknow ledge her talent before her publ
. triumph, induced them to magnify it now
seemed so extraordinary that a servant gil
from the Dampagna di Roma could do anything
that people began to suppose nothing was to
great for her to perform. Even old Nisott
Maria's father. undertook a journey to Rome 70
the purpose of seeing his daughter, and locke
in at st. Peters by the way. She receives
, him with delight but shook her head when h
/ suggested that she might now marry 'farme
Raimondo. Savorin, who was present, venture
| hope on his own account, and he whispere
something in her ear, She smiled family, and
i giving him her hand, said " If you ask m
: again in six months, will say yes" He df
i not understand.
The truth was, that the divine spark wa
burning too fercely within. In vain DR.. Core
ma exerted his art, and endeavored, moreover
: to wean Maria for n while from her studio. TIL
7 hectic flush and the brilliant eyes proved tru
/ prophets
: The Minerva was the only work of the servar
! Maria who died on the twelfth of May, eightee
/ hundred and one.
JULLlEN's EXTRAORDINARY DrEL.-Jullie
" was first noticed by the public as leader of Il
: concerts at the Jardin Turc, at Paris, sint
! built over. A house now stands where he ont
y stood, as we have also often seen him in Londo
y with primrose gloves and shirt-cuifs turned u
Il to the elbow, welding the sceptre of king
>, the orchestra. 1t was during his reign at Il
Jardin Turc that, according to NJ. Leeomt
y the following accident happened to him: g /
y had an extraordinary DUEL unprecedente
II save among Ariostos fabulous heroes, One
., his musicians, who had been fencing master