New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-08-28
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TUESDAY MORNING. AUGUST Is, 1865.
Art Items.

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The British Institution, an art society of sixty
years duration, is about to be broken up. Bad
management is said to be the cause. The direc,s
tors were too much of ''swells' to attend to the
business themselves and they handed it over to
persons Of low standard of taste. Then it be-
come vulgar, Of late years. and fell into dsrepute.
The lease of the building in Pail Mall occupied by
the institution, shortly expires, and as the rents
will be raised, and they have not funds to meet it,
they have agreed 10 dissolve.
There has been residing in Florence, for a num-
ber OF years past an American sculptor, Of the
name of Hart. This artist has lately modelled q
group called "Ihe Triumph of Woman" which is
much praised BY the critics. is not of the con-
ventional Ems and Cupid class, but has an orig
inal idea in it-the female figure being represented
in the act Of taking the last arrow from the quiYer
OF the little god. &8
Another American subject has just been com
pleted at Florence, by an English sculptor named
Conelly, q rising young artist. 1t is called The
Returnsof Peace, u and has reference to the close
of our late war. The group consists OF three hg
ures-tYo of them beautiful females, representing
America and Peace while the third, fierce, ath
letio embodiment of war, lies lifeless at their
feet
The London Fine Arts Quarterly, which was
suspended some time ago, has been revived in
attractive style. Among the articles in the last
number there is one explaining Mr.. d. Q. Hitch
cocks graphotyne process, with illustrations OBJ
tanned by that method.
w, HI Beard has returned from his trip to the
Rocky Mountains. He did not penetrate much
beyond Denvers, but brought with hun good
many sketches for the bear life, which he is SO
fond of illustrating.
Wmtredge who is with Gen. Pope's expedi-
ton, has been heard from. He was busily en-
gagged in making sketches along the slopes OF the
Rocky Mountains
Powell is engagedip giving the finishing touch
to his life size equestrian portrait Of Gen, Mc-
Clellan.
Artists have long had tronble about white pig
ments, those of tha greatest brianey being liable
to change eolcr Mr.. u. N. Ward an English
painter informs the Atbenasum that the high
lights in his pictars called The South Sea Bub
be,' painted twenty years ago, are as fresh naS
as when they were laid on. The pigment used b.
hiln was fake white,
We make tile following interesting extracts from
onegof John Mitchell's Paris letters:
PARIs, Aug. Il 1966,--Long before this reaches
New York, yan viii doubtless have associates
press dispatches through the Atlantic tele graph
bringing much later news of events 10 Europe thar
any which can send. Yhatenterprise is at length
suppose a suecess. never wished itweli, anc
was glad when it failed before. For this reason
like every other instrument OF rapid communca
tien, Especially when u IS very expensive N
strument,) its chief benefit will rebound to specu
lators in trade and money, BY means, chiefly Of
Representations more Oh less false, and at the ex
peilse chiefly of the great mass of human society
who are not smart enough TO jump at all the
chances and speculate on ayasty scale. In Other
g words, these grand improvements Of this grand
century, tend always to make the rich richer, and
this can only be by milking the poor poorer On
in still other words, iah0r-dunlb, blind stupid la
b0r- pays for all In the sweat of its brow. But
there is yet another reason why this particular
telegraph lire, now unfortunately happily laid
pleases me not.
Z know that an Atlantic cable has always beer
regarded by the English government {whatevel
innocent Americans may think as d military
measure -agaiusb the United States. Beth ends d
s the cable are on British ground, NO matte
what conventions or agreements may subsist be
tween the two governments aboub the Z neu
fraiitY'7 of the cable, anditsI common use, every
body knows. or ought to know, that these cor
Eentons and agreements last justso long as peac
s8 lasts between the two countries. The nomef
there is Quarrel-apd England will not be s
solieitousfo avoid one as she was week agos-th
cable is British prope1tyi and by means thereo
Halifax qNebee aud Montreal will be With
whispering distance OF the Horse Guards. Is ihi
nofhing2 Withn1aye minutes Of a declaration q
war aud q fortnight hHfore you know it, Butfal
may be hiazing. ln such case this fine intelnf
tionai concern will be a military eStgfeste eI
5irely in the employmento Of an enemy, and abQr
as tsneutralii as au Armstrong gun.
But 1t il no use talking in this way. American
are, inst at present. 5eo confident OF their own il
Vineibihty aud toooempl certain that II
power On earlh viii ever dare dispute with theI
the empire Of their continent to be at all alecte
by alarming provisions of this kind. Especial
that any danger should come TO them from II
side Of Gaaada, above places-Ganada, whiS
they were obliged TO save the other day, ther
selves, from being conquered bya handful OF the
own Fenians--nln seem to them rather Il
ridiculous idea. Beitso don't care a Ia
years ago should certainly have felt great repu
nance at seeing the British monarchy possess
self Of so Formidable an arm as this Atlantic to
graph against American republieRaism, But
present | see little to choose between them. b.
anger said Hsa aI a5l.i
ayf "Ia p7is Eonte la fesghuque.
Depuis que 'aiyu tanI es ros,h