Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1856-03-20
New York Correspondence.
Avademy Of Desiqn-D.6fealtieso Of City Trcvel-
Perpetual Notion FGtli5uSte,ing- Cold Geo.
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New York, March II, 1856.
The National Academy of Design opened with
the largest number of contributors which have
been exhibited for several years. While there are
many pictures that cannot be said to take high
position in art, there several very good, and
few excellent ones. The landscapes, as general
thing, are carefully finished, but cold-showing
more art than genius. The majority of the paint
ings are portraits Those contributed by Elliott
Boyle, and Phillips, are considered the best. The
two former have the advantage of position and
light; but the portraits of the latter, notwith
standing this, dispute with them for the admira-
ton of the public. Elliott and Boyle are already
wellknown. Phillips is 4 younger artist, who
has returned, buta few months since, from Eu-
rope, where he had spent some years in studying
the old masters. His style is peculiar. and, iudg-
ing from the number of sitters, he must now be
receiving the reward his genius merits. A por-
trait by him of EX-Lieut. Governor Patterson, of
New York State-now on exhibition in the Acad-
emy-will, most likely, be the means of making
for him fortune. Mr.. Durand-the President
Of the Academy-has landscape on exhibition,
which is good deal admired; the subject is from
Goldsmith's Deserted Village. During the day,
the Academy is visited by large number of per-
sons, and in the evening it was crowded that
1t was difficult to move about. Among those pre-
sent, were nearly all the artists of the city, some
OF whom had the satisfaction of hearing them
selves discussed, and many of our most ceebrat-
ed literary ladies. The exhibition will remain
open for some weeks.
The people of this city are considerably ex-
cited upon the subject of railway on Broad
way. Those doing business on Broadway,
oppose it by every means in their power, on
the grounds that it will so impede travel by
unnecessarily blocking it up; that, in case
of fire, the engines would be obliged to run into
the back streets, and thus lose much time, while
valuable property is pelng oestroyed-the cars
running IN tracks could not act out of the way las
omnlbuses now do; that it would also detraet
from the picturesque appearance of the streets,
lnasmuch as the two lines of cars would not al
low sufficient space for military companies, and
professions of various kinds, to parade or march
upon 1t; and that it is absolutely necessary to
have one principal street in the city entirely un.
lmpeded 1sr fancy equipages, fast horses, fash
ions, and whatever else the fates may send to at
tract attention. 1t must be admitted, however,
that broadway is overcrowded, and that some
thing is necessary for its relief railroad, run
ming upon platform, with trains over peoples
heads, has been advocated, and found some favor
but many doubted its practicability.
There is simple looking piece of mechanicism
now on exhibition in Broadway, which purports
to be perpetual notion" A notice of it has ap-
peared in some of our scientific papers. Some
attribute the motive power to electricity; others
believe the story of its inventor, that it moves by
its own gravity. At any rate, the thing keeps in
motion, and has, during the past three weeks,
panied all efforts at the discovery of the trckery.
The arrival of the Northern Light, with two
weeks later news from Nicaragua, has, as your
Telegraph intelligence doubt informed you,
created strong fermentation in our filibustering
elements. Walkers last coup 9'etat-the annul-
ing OF the Transit Company's Understanding, las
dramatists say, made Shit" in Wall Street, will
probably do more to bring the affairs Of his gov
eminent to erlsls, than would the expulsion of
a hundred Kenneys, and the annexation of
dozen Mosquito coasts. Walkers actions are
very Louis Napoleonc. The bodness of his
measures excite the sympathy of +" Young
America" in these parts, if it does not gain the
unqualified favor of - Old Sam"
The cold weather has begun to relax its grasp
and there are now strong symptoms of SPRING
Navigation on Long Island Sound is now fairly
open; the floating ice offers but little impede
ment, although it is likely that, when the North
River breaks up, it will be troublesome for a few
days.
George Law is, politically, dead. It is true he,
and his supporters appear anxious to get the
support OF the Republican party: but his chances
for this, and being struck by lightning are about
equal; if there is any difference it leans to the
latter. In the class anterior to " Fillmore and
Donelson, his busts were finding their way be-
side those OF Webster and lay now they are
mo whar" The last use l saw one Of the m put
to, was, bearing on the under lip, which is some
what protuberant, the card of an umbrella maker
How have the mighty fallen?
baTnum, the Snowman extraordinary, has fat
tened completely out At an examination before
one of our Justices few days ago, he stated that
he was dependent for living entirely upon few
friends, who will not, in his adversely, let him
starve. He is at present keeping a boarding
house in Clinton Place, and presents, in the
streets, unequivocal indications of a used up
man. Sic transit, &c. OBSERVER