New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-04-27
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NEW ORLEANS:
MONDAY MORNING, APRIL ~, 1857.


MONDAY MORNING, APRIL 81, 1857.
Bsautiful sculpture.
It has long been the practice Of the patrons of
sculpture in this city to have only their palmer work
done here at home and to send abroad-to the North
or to Europe anything Of extra fneness SPLEEN
dor that they might DESIRE This we look upon as an
unnecessarily expensive and troublesome practcea
blind devotion to mistaken idea, which little OBJ
servs1ion about home might dissipate
~ ruth is, that the seulptors Of New Orleans
have no superiors il the world, in repect to onu-
mental md household marble work andif they have
not turned out many exquisite jobs Is have been
imported. it is because they have been denied the
confidence which q their due. This has frequently
been car reflection, upon catching glimpses in our
yards Of the genius that slumbered there, re-
mni6g undivulged, as it were, from being deprived
Of the patronage which was sent abroad And the
rcfection % With renewed force as few days
since we inspected some of the work recently com
peted BY Messrs al Barrett COS II their yard on St.
Charles street, Nos. HI and lls. near Poydras.
The work which most attracted our admiration,
was monument from the chisel Of Mr.. Barrett, in
tended for deceased gentleman and his infant son,
at Bayou Goula. It IS alike beautiful in design and
execution, and is Of the most exquisite pieces of
monumental sculpture we ever saw, anywhere. The
material IL the finest Italian marble. The pedestal is
square, having inverted torches in basso relieve all
around with the tablatures between. The column is
double, broken of at the top, with rich drapery
hanging over it, and shield and cross reclining
against it's base. The double column, drapery shield,
GROSS and oil, are cut from solid piece of MARBLE
a III most exquisite manner. The whole monument
y after the ancient Greek STYLE and is exc
cate chasteness and beauty that cannot be sur
passed anywhere There were other cemetery sculp-
tqreeof great beauty; but the we have particu-
slY desexbed illustrates what wish to distinctly
y upon the minds Of our citizens namely, that
very finest kind Of sculpture be done here at
home, az well as in any other part Of the world.
Some marble mantels, also from Mr.. Barret,s
chisel, impressed with their exceeding beauty of
design and fneness of finish. More beautiful articles
Of this kind, are not to be obtained anywhere. We
would advise those Of friends who admire beauti-
full marbe-work, or may wish the same executed to
order, to 60 and look at the specimens we have de-
scribed. The monumental chef d'euUrc win soon be
removed to it destination up the river.
y The SHIRTLEss MANS SOLIoQUY.- follow
ing was found wrapped up in an old dirty shirt, in
oneof our popular boarding houses one day last week.
The man who left the shirt is reported to have de-
parted!from the house in very peculiar, mysterious
manner, which was not understood until lie was seen
to clasp his hands and take farewell dive into
MooDy's store:
s. To sweat, not to sweat, that is the question;
Whether lis better for the purse, suffer
" fe The hot petspirlngs Of the COM ng summer
OF 70 shsls eIt freely 'gainst such troubles
AZ ~ elssn linen end them ITO sweat, to dry,
SSaAAs more and by that sweat to bring about