New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-09-16

building with ornament OF no must give up Tee orna,
mont for the sake Of getting the room necessary d
he building for the uses to which it to DO applied
) course It was very plain which Of these two asrns.
ves a scnsibe man would choose and accordingly Mr.
yiubts design shows an edfce exceedingly well
planned with abundance OF light and space and yea
tiaton, but Of extreme external plaioness. having
scarcely any details Of pure ornament and not one posi-
lively unnecessary feature Indeed We cannot too
much commend the principle on which be has built tue
principle OF sincerity In ali his dealings with his mate
rails; in making stone do stones werk. and wood
woods Of using iron only where iron Is best and Thea
wukng at no lies Of paint or plaster. but letting
known for plain iron "a honorable. doing its homely
necessary work as marble in it, coser service. rhes
again. no cheap expedents Of structure for the sake Il
the undeserved credit Of elegance or expensiyeness
there Is stone it shall Show II there is brick It sh.1
show-he will do the best be with them, bat be
will not disguise them. Here have another prhci
ole equally important with the first Not only shall each
material do what can do best and be asked to do Only
that, bu. each internal shall get the credit Of Its work.
bal stand confessed and if it have no other beauty IA
boast Of shall yet have that which always invests bon
esty Of purpose and sincerity OF dealing.
The building is In the shape Of irregular letter r.
consisting OF two main buildings connected by smaller
one The principal front is on Chspelst. but there /,
another entrance on the College Green ard it is about
these entrances that what little ornament there %
the building is to be fund. There is basement rising
some four feet above the ground and above that TIVE
stories Of which the lower contains studios lecture
and Offices and the upper galleries Tor the eIai
btion of pictures. statues engravings photographs &C.
Toe workmen have just reached this second'sory and
the day when 1 first visited the building. had the
pleasure Of seeing the key stone OF the arch that forms
the entrance on Chapels lowered to its place sad Of
depositing In the hole made for the clamps BY which
the last Of the two stones which II rests had been
lowered cion whose denomination is not Of so uach
Importance rs the fact that bore the symbol and syk
Of the Republic and carried with it into its dark srss,
nv PRAYER that the Republic might be perpetual What
if beside that prayer there was an expression Of tanls
for something accomplished thanks that In the SLOW
descent Of that key Its place and the fixing ire'o-
caby there was the assurance that the beaniul co'
ums Of the Chapel ST. entrance. with their hreT cat
caps were not to be sacrificed 70 any whm OF Ignorance
or pedantry but that they were safe IRON any ifher
meddng. For deversnce from such fatal mistake
a. that would have been am sure no one Interested IN
tbs binding or in the cause Of art would think the
enthusiasm exaggerated that deprived me Of ny
dinner that mi Rlt see it assured.
These columns which now form, as have se.d al
most the only decorative feature OF the new buhing
are OF polished red senite from q quarry recently
opened at Quincy Massachusetts, and are ieae'e'
the first columns Of that material ever mace Ia AnecA
Columns made Of polished slenie nom ocotlaha arr
10 be found here and there one OF eonsideraoe s1s
and great beauty is in the cemetery al Mouh' Au"a
nm, rhe fine sieaites Of our own coast have uh1ar'
cent?, been neglected. To polish sienite Is din'ai
ard e.pensiye process but accomplished ID. ~
snlt ia worth all the time aud labor 1t Las cost Is
psh is ndestructble and brings out the colors mia
briliancy that would surprise those who have, yeu
after year climbed without thought over the rrksd
our Massachusetts coast or where only idea oitAss
rocks is to found in Mr.. Hazel1ines monotone" ps'
tures Of them Twas taking about these columns tie
other day with friend young gcologist whcsea'
gaged In the State survey OF California ana saers
speaking Of the dferen. processes Tor pohs"iAs'en
when he re marked that no method YET ln''n'S 0'1'
eousl Natures way Of doing it-with the eiaeer' hs
had seen on the Rocky Mountains large sIsidcee"''
senite and porphyry rock polished to the very nse"
point by glacial action alone and said II "odd d aN
ossible though OF course expensive to procure pHas
ers or slabs for casing walls that would excel a'a'
beauty Of their varied coors the nebess OF Their TEX
tire and the splendor of their polish. any msFas
that had ever been seen in our Eastern Saes
wouldn't this be roya-or rather. LOT me say-aoo9
American way TO decorate buildiug'
One word rs to the caps Of these pillows. rbg S'
similar in spirit to those on our Academy u DtetA
and were cut by two OF the most skiufu OF the voc
employed on that work-Alessrs. Seiu and CLAIR. III
material for the caps and bases Of these pillars w
same as that employed throughout the building O'
alternate youssors Of the arches-a ght-colofed sna
stone from Ohio /; is Of very agreeable tone. conT
ing-though not as strongly as 1 would hke-wllsh
red sandstone of the mass Of the building ana loos
II il would stand the weather well. quality wheai
wish we're shared by the Caen. Normandy. ssnd'one
which experience ought by this timc to have conTne
~ cannot be employed in this country for exffaA
work In design these caps are better than 'on'
of those on the Academy Building. though no oe'ei
think. than the best; while the caps Of the pdlan."
flank the smaller entrance from the green thouer MI
Williams has cut them with much deliescy and sA-
was 10 be expected, seemed 10 me rather ieepe"
design and the corbel Of oak leaves that supporn~'
stone oriel on the sane side although equally wel-
is so III designed for its place and 50 small that
moan spnearsrce and wished it were away. A"
hal especially when u has any serious work to CO
here, in supporting ais heavy oriel should LOOK e'
20 II, task. AM stolid have preferred plain 'qn
and nodded so,e TO this Insignificant knob Oh 's.
colored sandstone. msde more conspienousiy "eN.
the fac, that the mass supports has its pondef0e'a
helped by being Of aark zone, the LIGHT KNOB c'.s
moreover. stuck over with oak ieavee that e'"S'I
hava M cons,rnctiva eou lretion with II. lrdeN-
orsrr.l with these orts, Sd,ws altogether H'.'
sny feature introduced nroN i' building for show 80
oricl is purely domestic feature -''" ,~,,,,.s
meaning in picture gallery TAM " ~, ...u,s
on a croquet lawn and While l A"oD'" .' n,.,,ild