New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-08-12

| view IL commands Of ali tue grounds, which are
frsvrrs-d hy ap ar z6cla river, and sbch Sil have
| Also model silk worm house (mngaastri,), q
magnificent aquarium, a kennel or dogsery, a Pug
gerry, domestic or barn-ysrd iowlery, With httleg
boidipRs for more dehc,fe animals. AZ the ca
trsrc- ~ the garden will be 8 building taxed up
| with refrrsfmeDt and conversation rooms. Are
You getting up something Of the sort 10 Connection
l with your beautiful Central Park Ii Dot, why
II Dot Fas est dozen, dc., which means, fake
\ French lessons, etc.
| From the gsrdeo, Of the Imperisl Z,-Joaio,l Ac
c,.ua' ng Society in The Bas de Bouiosne. ~ tae
lmnarial Srsl Of Foubleusr, scar st. Cloud is bat
.sor, drive. grand trial III respiog nchncs
tool place ih,re last werk. attet BED by Ministers
| of Stat and b, ts- Emperor. Whrn H0p-'crs et
nm such exhibitors on their own nroa~i fsrtos and
| desire 20 remit, by their own hands the prizes
" sw,rJ,d a. exh ioltors BY he Jury." We can
iuder somewhat of he honor 10 Which agriculture
Is held in the country raied by them. Napoleon
has love of farming fer Us Ga N sske, Pe'oSPs; ort
4 That Ike bis religion or morality ~ private mat-
Ter Il little importance c'pIpsred With toe sigah-
cspce of his watching the resping mstch last
thursday ard handing the price to the lucky
con %. tiiors: that was for BuscoWbe, aud 80 no
usp on this side the Atlantic understands Ban
ccnbe better than he, the performance esoss bow
much agricultural Improvement Is Thought az m
France And thinkrg has brought about greater
.
ton than Is generally suspected abroad Thus, In
respect OF quantity, We learn from recent care
fuly lsboIed report the subject, that white
forty years ago the average yleId of wheat
per hectare WAS eleven bectoltres, II IS
low f,tet hec,olltres the hectare equals t-luO
acres and h.ctoltre q bushels i and that the az
gregate production of the county has arly doubled
within ibe zane period To return to the reaPog
race Forfy.eigbt machines were entered for tho
tiiaL of hicb t"rnty-eight only appeared on the
ground, and but seventeen were put In practical
,peratoD. They were divide toto tao Glasses. &C
cordpg as they were Of French forel, invention.
Three riz-s were to be- given IL each class large
colo u edal entitled the pnZe Of honor Was 10 10
gwen IN addition t. the lucont-stably best machine
Oh oug them oil. This prize Of honor snJ the bret
Of tie three prizes for foreigners We're hanaed over
10 tbat very worthy AmeTlcaO, Mr.. Mckenzie who
ran wnh the macbioe sent BY Burgess N Key from
LONDON, which is the orlg'nal McCorm ok reaper
so improved to 10y the cut gran 10 perfectly
regular swarh for the binder, and now requiring
only one naD the driver, to operate It, ln'repsst-
ed ssays before the jury, 1t reapeda width OF ieet
II ches at the rate of 90 ares, or fraction less
than an acre and half per hour. The second
foreign prize was awarded To the invention OF W.
A. " ood Of Hoosck + ais, in New York and the
third 10 Manny's reaper.
Ofthe other foreign and French reapers have not
space 10 witr II fact have CLEANED out the above
facts from the Jurys long report on tue trial, less
10 convey useful Information Ia your readers thsn
10 tickle their national vanity aud, with the sane
laudabe purpose, go on 10 speak oI other Aucfi-
cans wbo spread cur name here IN Paris
1be Salon, or grand biennial exhibition OF CO.
temporary painting aud sculpture has just closed.
bose live battle pieces gong on IN Italy anu tue
crowd of other historical subjects Tor the past two
moptbS-wbch by the way, will figure largely on
canvas in the Dext SalOu-preyented mention OF II
before and now, happily tor your readers, 1t Is al
most loo late. In the wealth of dull reading FUR
nlsbed BY the press tlere is nothing, alter pampiet
controversy between dylDes OF juvenile and senile
schools dnlier than most otthe called criticism of
pictures, bch the reader has not seen. EnOugntO
say beIe that the exhibition was iatigulngy eNtea-
sSe numb, ring some tour thousand pieces There
wss abundance OF far merit, great deal OF TALENT
but very little eeuius. The picture OF the collec-
ton that drew ne the hg hest prizes Tor IT'S author,
A Geimao attracted most attention from the mass oi
yisItoIs AMI will deseryedy become popular the
world over by engraved copies, was = Inc Golden
Wedding" by knouss. No one but a German could
have So completely translated t. canvas the
Geo,nihtohit of the iestlSity 1t is full OF sent
| nent, without the least sentlmentaity; tdli
hearty bumor. without the least STAN Of vulgacty;
from the che erfu cOu0enaaces, the frstal faces
" of the three generations Ot family 50 faithfully
| d" depicted there beams" as my friend Dldsbuiy
says, " an air of refined beerIness." But ! am run
mig fast into easy writing aud away from Amer
icsDs ia Paris. GoupIl and company will presently
send You The Golden Wedding" in black or
white.
A good deal of nonsense has found its way into
American papers Donsenslcslly explaining why Mr..
Pages too. celebrated Venus was not admitted 10
the Salon. The true and only reason with the
Ccunitiee for refusing admission to that painted
female, WIS not that 1t was indecent which 1t ia
not particularly but that 1t was not we'll enough
painted. Having seen the picture, humoly SUD
scribe 10 the opinion of the Committee. Our couB-
trymen, May and RothrrmeI, each exhibited fms
productions Of their art, handsomely spoken OF by
ibe critics here. May received medal IN lc5J;
Rothermel received an " honorable MENTION The
worth of this French title of honor, Is thus defined
in Minister Foulds address 10 the artists gu dstrb-
uiiDg the awards oi the jury: The honorable
mentions serve to show that those to whom they
are d.creed had been found worthy Of distinction,
I" although this year il was impossible t. award
them ole Of the medals, owing ~ their restricted
" number"
One large painting, representing caDes, 1t
ii. htly remember, a camel, IN dre,ry waste of
cabyas, attracted my patriotic anxiety Tor mo
meDt, from ITS foot long rigDature-G. Washington.
IVES relieved, On reference to the catalogue. tn
find Do such stain Of paint attaching " the Father
of Our Country OF any of her children. The pic
toIlal g. W. is French and halls from Bordeaux.
There were two very singular portralts-one Of
y0uf Q Soulf son Of our ex-SllDister 10 SPAN, tho
other of the Hon. Mr.. - speaking Id the Anen-
can Senate on Cuba. The fierce, aoDe&at0fy,
swoOp,b geagle quality OF the orator was gwen WIN
3D. extraordinary deal Of sign and black palnt.
Laugh as you choose" l remarked TO An artist
frlrnd who was slashiDg at them, " tho man VINO
painted them was pot fool No, be VAS IN
sane ny critic snapped me up. The Distinction
WIS sound one The observation is applicable to
numerous works Of art BY fierce, emphatic young