, 1860-04-11
LETTER FROm TIIEADORE
PARKEK.
Homs-~Art--R !avery--Wino and tho
Cotton Crop.

Mr DEAN Fa1Exp:- 1t is curious to
study the 1nstisutions Of Rome, and see how
man decays here With such government The
people OF the Roman States-about three and q
quarter millions have one Of the finest eli
mates and countries in the world. See what
they make OF it. They have about e5 or 50
miles OF railroad-one track to Frascati, another
10 tlFlta fecchia-though other lines are laid
out The commerce il incousiderab}e, manu-
1actures almost nothing all the spinning and
weaving in Rome is done By hand; so is oil the
saving. Agriculture returns to tue rudsst form.
In all the fertile campasna about Rome they
Get out one erop. from tue land in three years
the rest Of the time it lies fa1low The farori,e
Work of agriculture once WIS 10 produce the
Ffne, the ollre, the fig, nuts aud various grains.
NOW tue farmer seeks chiefly the spontaneous
products of the soii-grass-a1d on that he
labored products Of the farm are on tbs de-
cline Rome exports about one million pounds
OF wool year. I think it is her cllief export,
and may be worth two or three million dptiars.
In the city the chief industry, after supplying
the daily wants Of the back and the bell!, Is de-
voted 10 the fine arts. / ind that last year
Rome sold old pictures 10 the amount of $1s, ,ts0,
and new ones to 1884, ,00o-say 2l50,uU0 for
pictures; sho sold $2.0u0 worth Of old sculp-
ture, and $23n,0o worth Of new. Then she ex-
ports cameos, mosaics, Jewels, church orna
ments, Ac., to about }5G',vV0 year. Perhaps
We might SAY her industry in the fine arts
brought her in 81 100 900 in 1859. But the sale
ol these things is quite precarious, and depends
on the number Of strangers here. Il is a hard
time the poor artists hare this year, when there
are 80 few foreigners in torn. 1t is curious 10
see the contrasts Of niceness and rudeness in
the same street. In studio men make statues
Of most exquisite grace and be.uty-the t1i-
umph Of mind orer matter; in shop next door
others make the strong boxes to hold those
Hf3frpx nv vx%f torn r1,t
horses, one man gets a top, another underneath,
and with q miserable old saw they cut tue logs
into planks to make the boz. I'VE don't make
mRny statues in Boston, but a atop-sawyer is not
knoSn J The elegant arts are Leid in high es-
TEEN, willie the useful sink into neglect. 1t is
curious to see how long It takes mankind to re-
spectthe industry which feeds and clothes, hous-
es aud comforts the hunan race. TIE work Of
ruling. Of lighting, Of 'tsasiug the suul" By
some sort OF hocus-pocus, this is thought de-
cent md respectable; but farm work, woods
work, shop work, that is mean and debasing
Such il tho notion that prevails in tue classic
writer's Of Greece and Rome, and with the ",en-
'lemen" aud "lad'es" Of New Eng! land to-day
i mean with the ornamental males and fe-
mules. Slavery is only supported By the pro-
found contempt for productive industry which
marks the South aud i. has its support at the
North chiefly in the SAINT contempt. Miss Did
dled1ddled1ddle is descended frum blacksmith
at Beverly OF Marbehead he was grandfather
to this foolish hing; she is ashamed Of her
Of mortified vanity. Now, if had a son,
should rather lie would be q great engineer,
great Mason, carpenter or railroad builder, than
Il great painter, sculptor or fiddler; und GER
talnly shoulu rather my sou we're uu ordinary
thifd.rate tailor, shoemaker, brazer, than au
ordinary th!rd-rate sculptor, 10 spoil marble uud
Waste 1he time Of n,eu 1t strove 10 make statues
t1f 3t+rF. haff kt,
painter than . stupid dauber Of canvas: lu
Au'erica-l mean III tue free States-the mass
Of the people, III their coll. Give action, work
right III Respect to this, though uncounted indi-
stduass tnake tue greatest mistakes; but here
It Is the community as 4 whole that falls inio
tue error. 4Alas for them! tie miserable rags
which are the clothing of the people, aud tue
wre.ched food they cut, are consequences Of
tue intal blunder, aud the haggard, melancholy
taees Of the common people, III housed, II! clad,
Ill leu, ure the protest OF nature against the
worship Of beauty and the scorn Of use. Think
Ut IL city exporting one million dollars worth OF
trinkets, while she has nc. saw-n,il nor u
po"cr'soom: ne manage this matter better
III New England. There we're seyen paper. l4ils
IN Massachusetts, q foundry ut Sau:,us, and saw
mills more than can recullect, before picture
had ever been palated in all New England, or
d statue made. Jonathan hai ununy useful
notion before Il. made him Il liddle.
III Europe, you see many thugs which seem
stfange % so an American. lake the use Ut wi1e
! HIN i'ght, the Europeans eonsauae about
',ouo.o'u'''o gal!ons o1 vine. lu ttaIcc, leAse
cut OF account tie pasture land " llich is np.
i'lowed, aud tue forests, OF the acalhll aruhle
Land, one-thlrl is devoted 10 tile culture Ut the
grape. It there aie lMmeuse districts where
~ "1ne can be fatseu Ut all see It stuffed HAT
the government returns make it appear that the
people OF France drink so0,v0t,vt1 gallons u
"hs, and tue G. c-lculAtlon Is thai tue a:aount Is
not n'ach less than W.. .oau,euU! Yet don't
oeAeFe, 10 Inc }eir Ie39, tLcte WAS So n,ucL
" y, urankchness ulnong tue S",t10, ,tvu people oi
!, France ;'s among tue 5,uv0,"vv Yankees ol New
EoGlana. Lave been iour muntlIs ut Ho,Ie
there ase wine shups everywhere; a1n out
aooEs rom three to az hou's u dag, and have
"esef yet seea man dfun1; NJ" aud tneu obe
IS merry, hsser intoxicated. The kom4ns, ltai.
E19s, ttencn' a., are quite temperate; they
80 tue,i "saA "he "itn Wa,eF, ana "hen
10y taAe nquols' Is only !t:ie giassiul ut "a
Iinle, | nlch does uot make spvcnlui.) don't
,a.' ~ n, .u.S 49, pas ~ -! IL "nefe men
s'eP W ano dF1nA rum aho "a:cr, GIN nnd Wa
lel, ' &c. E3ces9lse ofinAlng Is nut to the taste
" " t44s peofN' ~ tne notta u Eutoie, ande5eu
n , oM'.1etaana, IL Is hat 20; 1hs Enslsl', with
~. itun s'e 1iisi; aaa 'occteh, uftnk about
NV, ,' ~ ,vtovuT ~ gaiohs o. oeeT e'Sry ssar,
lot 80 speah u 'ns "'ae, spirits, &C., tie! take
- - WASH IL gown wthal: IheFc Is uiuukcnueas.
~ > 19u nho II IN nGandlnasla, ~ Holland, a1ld
NoFtn uerinany. uow 40 YOU think the Amer
~. eans -, ~ se'e lne u1InA auestiuhs tsftulnly
~ - taAius nelsE 10 "alsf' tea, eouec, &C.
s n's note oee.' pelnaEs' return " 'hc
haAinS ~ aues' anu eer1aiaiy pssnt s'hea Where
10y WIZ g'9". u9uhkehhess Is sucn inon-
~ ~, ous e'"; "ouiu 10 ainosl S1asns 10 yet
~ " u. nut sometimes link ny are IN Tue
'!ons .saes. am saa 70 see the i'cense Ia"
atloouceo iu!o tne Ne" 1ofk Legislature, aut
1l1h u VIII 10 more Eood thau our New hug-
ana scheme OF pfoh'n'tion ~ iofce.
oo' we nase Eo1 Hel'nh'lcan speaker IN the
louise o. Representatives at iasti 1t Is great
r. 'ah ail 'he weight Of the Cn1on MUST No" ill.,
i 'ue lloih the Deaoefa1'o party: suppose
9a' n"usas VIII eo'ae 'uto tno Union this ses-
to ton. and that shameful quarrel be ended. Eut
snat violence on tae part OF Shareholders, whas
: eeiasauons 'ns| tue5 Viii dissolve the Union |
oe"a1a Is eItctea' wonder the Uuion saw |
rs a. nosaon anu New osk do not see what
oo,s they inaKe OF themselves By protesting /
eai lof inc Union, while they Sc strike huuds |
'hn Tue only men VINO attempt 20 destroy it.
On crop worth S.0o,oV0, 900; while the North
poor-the grass crop short by thirty r-thre.
es cent IN lso9, and the grain crop poor for
ne last three years. l take it the Vest is
feat's IN DEBT to the East for goods sent for
'ard, not to speak OF money put into {Siid cat)
a1foads, into lands which will not soon he SET
led. ant into city debt. Prospects to uie do |.
Of LOOK well ior tue West for some time to
ONE the people are Iery improrideut and
TASTEFUL. Such lire lands and such sloyenly