The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-04-20
7 He + AIR .

T HE FAIR.
Another Busy Day-sals or Paiatl ngs
I'm the Art Departmsat-Over Eight
THOUSAND Dollars Beaiixed-Thc Sword
Contess-Graat sevcnty-eaght Ahead,
&c., &C., Sc.
The Fair received IN extensive amount a patronage
yesterday afternoon and evening, end the atsndADos
win compare favoraby with thas Of previous days me
interesting part Of last evenings Entertainment q
the Fourteenth street building was The i4 t7
CONTRIBUTION FROM BLIND sssosAKr.
70 the splendid collection be seen In the ouriosisy
shop there added yesterday very Interesting article
the shape Of walking contributed By Sergeant
Keller bsd soldier who lost his sight By wouod
ceivsd In The Mexican war. The whitfield out Of
piece Of MAPLE contains neat pisceof carving
ming It's entire length representing grapevine The fol-
lowing letter from one Of our army correspondents win
explain the rest
WASHINGTON. D. o., April 10, 1854.
DEAR STR-Herewith you will fad most curiousiy
wrought waking.stck which desire you TO present In
the name Of Its maker TO the New York Sanitary Fair
Tho wood from which the stick was cut was grown
upon Mount Vernon, and within few yards the tomb
Of Washington The piece Of mahogany which forms tho
ture belonging 70 the Washington mansion. f4
But these facts not the most curious enes connected
with the article Sergeant Keller totally blind soldier,
who lost his sight by the explosion Of caisson ct the
battle Of Monterey In Mexico, and now an inmate OF the
Soldiers Home Ia this city worked the whole AFFAIR,
col0ring, ornaments and oil, assisted only By common
pocketknfe and his keen sense OF feeling not only
know this fact from having seen the cane 10 its various
stages while being cut by the Sergeant 6u! s also
Mr. B. p Snyder the manager Of the American Telegraph
Company Office in this city, and hundreds Of the visit
ors TO the Home, who never went away without paying
visit 10 the famous blind whittier
Sergeant Keller desires mo to present the cane. with
proceeds 70 be- Considered ns hs the
soldiers that can't whttle."
Trusting tina. you win see that !. safely reaches i.s
Correspondent Of NY. HERALD, Army Of Potomac.
To JAMES g. BxssErr, Esq, Herald ofAce, New York.
SALE OF PAINTINGS IN THE ARr DHPARr1BNr.
From early hour 10 The afternoon tho large hall Of
the Art Department filled with buyers and
for sale attracted thher large number Of the se both
OF fashion and art and, as will be seen below the sum
realized on the occasion came somewhat up 70 the o.
the sale commenced precisely at haif.past seven
O'clock Mr.. John H. Austen, aactioneer having conduct
was conduced ana the late hour al which concluded
It is impossible here TO enter into any heightened re-
the dioerent paintings. Below We suboin list Of the
the paintings the price they brought and the
pames OF the purchasers:-
drummer Boy Writing Home" s8S-F. Whitney.
Landscape, $S-E Bliss
After Reynolds, $lo-Kensats
APPLES SlO--A. X. Stewart.
Jandscape, $22 6O--Iivingstoo.
Cnerres, ~ ov-SssO. ,vvu
MoantaIn Iass 800 o. y IN G.s%
IN !ne r rs,ns, Sce~erw sThmE.s.ou
"FalstaT' (scene from the Merry Wives q windsor)
landscape. $le-A. T. Hutch.
I,andsc"pe, s12 50-Hatch.
"A Roman Peasant" So 5o-Bsrnhsm.
''Grcen Mountain BOOK, $4O-Wh'sns'
"CamQan,s Cs.sr!ns f2o0essa
a Mountain View, !" $oo-ncnensie.
"a Romsn Peasant $sO-Posw.
"Decatur's Attack on gripod, vi eo-Iouag.
"rhc Dying BIRD, $0-hemess.
"Kniiting," S2O-ack s ems r.,
Landscape, S4o-Moore 4
"Tns soldiers Widow = xlOo-A' ssuress
landscape $20-Henry.
"Copy Of Domenichino's Last Commuoiou Ok ~.
Jerome $I0-A. I. Potts.
"Campagna Of Rome ScS-Aoors.
"Fruit Piece" Sl9-James.
"winter" Sl05-MooFe N
Landscape, with deer" $oo-kcors
"Kntting,v $s5-Rogers.
"rhe Potomac $7s-Eaese.
landscape Sl2 5o-Younx
"rakng Breath" Ne0-Wley
"Coass Scene. = 500 5o-Cash.
Cherries si2 so-Posts -
"Frut and Vegetables" $oO-Rogers
difference" S76-Convers.
sHon. G. godfrey Ganther." SSSo-Hassy.
Landscape, $soo-Klsn.
'Study OF Oranges" $5o-Cssh.
aSketch from Nature" $1S-FRown
"The Brook, $l6-Brown:
"The Prayer" $l00-Ophane.
"CattIe Piece, S165-Hcnry.
"5pantsh GIRL" $200-PotU
"Portrait OF Richard Codoen, u ,oOO-W. U Bryant.
"ESopus Creek, S2oO-LAvis.
New England meeting Rouse, Sco-Stedvis.
"Scosps Entry INTO the Cy o. mexlco $l00-kooerts
Landing OF the fiigrims, $iU-fsooerb.
1.-THE Morning Lesson !" $So0-casn.
winter scene, s.o ,o :, saIn p.
florence NRuIineaae' solo-nooor~