New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-05-05

is for lasts NaDiiy has found its forte /, petri
fscinn. Ac,u.tomtd to see marble posts MI
losoJ hers aud gods, We lave been TEMPTED In try
tie eXperin srt of s'atusry ourselves. and ss
sfretd simultaneously to step into stone, thereby
ttiIg exposed 10 zee ourselves as others see VA
in tie cold stifuess Of our unclassic outsiiea 1
think it was our excellent TX. President who frst
irsucurat.d the mania. and after him men, womea
and children seemed p ksesssd To be- patted up in
tie dough of mother Garth. One fsDcies it is D
repetition of bis first creation, and so the process
hss q peculiar retrospective charm. In THE
plastic state l lave seen dozen of my country.
Peoples imsg,s together, some with wet csu-
presses around them, others with waterans be-
eide them; all soft. green hslfbaked, uncertain
locking like Adam before he was done. There
are otleIs consolidated into plaster. impatient Of
stone, stsndiDg In one OF our souptors studios
One sweet face | recognized the other day, just
being pscStd cut of its II, Id i was a child's two
years old, and it looked 10 little and ~ life.liks
hat expected every cement to hear il peep. Is
is said that all these busts as well as all statues
already exist in the store, and that they have only
to Re brought cut. 1t is curious to watch the
wOiknen with hacking clisel and hammer
seal cl ing n the blocks for their hidden AeadsN
Old, plain ard common people seem to have 10
decacy about showing their faces and figures In
stone. Some whose plainness might be embol
h.hed BY colors canvas follow blndly Ne
path of their more classic nelghbors. When
blush for The npertneLce of some in putting their
pug noses in relief they turn to Socrates for a.
sursnce ard support and indulge in the lllusiea
that back of their noses are arcaDs 81 sou, ~ re
d. EN- their outward ugliness. The prettier pre-
files are cut in canoes, and the standard ono
measures bis beauty BY is seen in the style Il
siniltude he adopts for himself One good man
lemurred at bis artists choice Of a coal stone for
his cameo. He suggested redder one as more
suited to bic ecu pleAion. If were to make
"your bust" the artist replied, 81 suppose yos
would choose red-vensd Egyptian marble 40
more true to nature" Neritas yielded dOciley
to tie coal.
Pia-iron Weight, another of our acquaintance,
bought block Of n Srble at Carrara and bargaiaea
with one Of our artists to cut him out at 20 mach
per foot; while the terms stood in statu quo, Pig
iron strollipg by Trsan's column, noticed its bes
reets; returning to the studio he declared hs
plans all changed-he would have bis marble made
into column-tbere would DO less waste, and the
ncid uis Of bis in the button shoe and iroa
lire would more than cover it. Another noticing
an oval sab more than its highly finished bias relief
,sked if il were q grave stone. NO said the
artist. sit is only picture of Hagar and lshmaeL"
60, indeed ] have seen gave stones just liee H.
replied Jonathan, "ODly there were guided letters
"of when she died there instead 0f that woman
" and so on"
Mrs. Weaktop from New-York has just beoa
sitting for her bust She is sufficiently advanced
in lite to be able to wear gracefully false hair ana
false teeth ard feels the need OF general embed
IsIu.nfs she was told that q most exceIens
likeness had been attained. She replied that thn
was the only obj. ctiOn she had 20 the bust. so che
ordered the wrinkles to be smoOthed out OF q
had the cap chopped od, ard the gray wisP behies
expanded 10 Diana exuhcrance OF knOtted tresses,
and row nothing more is left TO DO desired but 70
rise from flower or from lily leaves like Clyee
in the British Museum.
Leaving the clay, the plaster and the marble.
let us return to our vitality Mr. Fillmore lets "a
Faster Noiday tefDre the fireworks, putting sn
.ud to auotter mania second only t. that Ter
tusts. Ever since lie has been here the rage has
been "to meet MIR. Fillmore. Cards to thAs
tfit ct were found every table, and no was
"mef' most cordially by all our people here.
Gtniltnanly as he is, and sweetly as he says
"Yes, Sir" and "Yes, Man," nevertheless hs
has great tact, after sautng all. of slipping away
lilly to b. mt md to rest. The American Minis-
ter gave him u very elegant reception. to which
were invited all the Americans In Rome, on tho
SatuI day evening before Faster. This tho Ex-
Preside ut bonOred till late hour, and We all went
home just Gu the eve OF the Resurrection.
Etne has been yacatiDg since Easter Tuesday.
For,il ners fa.cy the malaria commences At the
close of the Fireworks. The march is TO Florence
rather than 10 Nrplee-tbe latter had it's visit dur
inc Lent. A few of US will soon have ROOe Sl 10
ourselves. Already have not spoken word Of
English to-day, and pretty soon may repeat VOC
tie ssme for weeks. Already stiffness ard soil
tude is prett Dded among the ruins, aud 500 tho
spirit OF ancient Rome alar Of. approaching in the
dtpsrDg fOOtstepr Of strangers. Rome will b
herself again In Winter she IL q depO.t of
vhitors, students pedants and fasbionables.
Iast Sunday the cannon Of st. Angelo fired for
the announcement of peace, and to-day Tie Desm
has been sung in the Sistine Chapel TO keep it.
Everything comes opropos 10 the Emperor-ss
heir on Palm sunday u lie Desm for 1t st Faster,
guns in Rome ard beneoictiOns, then pence and
more guns and another To Depm, and 10 on ad in
fLilum
If you have a moments more time for this ges-
sjpinC route let NE iesd You into few stusioas
Gitt0n (excuse be Mister as you do TO Phidiss) 10
modtlug IaLdOra thinking about opening Tie
box Ey.DbOdy goes to s.e bic cOOred Venus
sud comes away feeling tbe is I" eotored ucm0n y
Crsvfor il pleting bis pedimeDt The seated
Indian 10 despair, near the grave OF his race, .
Cd, sss nude figure OF great expression. aud ssid
to be the mater piece Of bis MAKER, Page's We
rus is sold to the POston AtbeDaum for ~ OSO
ard Bo.top is c.ngroiuat,d on the acquisition. II
lust be ole Of tie most remarkable PICTURES OF
modern tin 70. Page, and Lowell the poet, were
sInt Bin together before il the other day--genos
Tapped in geDus--sdniiIDg each other Us mucn a.
tie loving eOdcess i ssy not word OF crticism
Cd ,he,e great n's works. for they are oil Dor
oIaile men" Mr.. Bartholomew has hieeeh por-
trait lu,ts 90 his shelves TO complete, headed ~
Dir. illnoIe's lis Eve 10 nearly finished 10 'he
nlI.se 81 DE-. pair Hi holder and most original
cor r1sti.p Il adj mede, seated on the back OF
rising eagle. il now in plaster. ieDair hguro,
ulus,fst,rR subject a. yet uIat'eEi ted IN soup.
lure staI &c BIZ IA IL lis studio. Ibe t'LiaeI" ia
.Ltftep il ~ III public. age, O), hhs caIvasrs
TUNED TO the walls whose revelations We await
with 10, cling sOlici'ude. m's hosmar 70 m"des-