The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-08-23

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story that GIpsoN Tho Sculptor used 10 tell, ns
illustrating both tho physique und Tho notions Of
Roman artists mollrls.' When DAzEaIIo was
pursuing ha early studies rs painter i'll Rome,
his chief model WAS 4 certain ANTONIO, 4 singular
ly well made man, who frequently sat to the
artists Of tho day when they drew from The nude.
Ilu was besides very gOod-naturcd to the young
students, wllo were often very hard up for money,
not only allowing them TO run INTO his lcb, Int
occasionally even lcntlinS them money. Never
thcesH, this very aminhlo und handsome person.
ago had killed his own brother in Il moment of
sudden passion. Upon Which, with grin satire,
D'AzEuIio remarks that it is Impossible for
anybody to bo perfect. Speaking about mOtcls
in general, GInsoS used 10 say that in his
whole experience ho hnll mover Known Int
| ono person whose figure was really with
| out fault Il some kind. Either tho taec
was family, or tho hcnd, or tho neck, ur some ono
part OF some one of tho limbs; and II was the
work OF tho truo artist To correct Tho defect i'll the
individual figure by suggestions supplied by Other
| figures which were without fault in tho particular
curves OF forms in question. The only ono c2-
ccplion that Inc had met with, waBa boy belong
| ing 10 tho Roman alorng clnss; mud he, like
DAzEuILo's admirable ANTONIO, had been once in
prison FOR stabbing comparison. "At the prcs-
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little from life, and especially from tho nude; and
| this not by any means burallso good models are
scarce, but because il pays better 10 go ON manu-
featuring third and fourth ratio scnianentalitcs
| for tho supply Of tho market lhan to undergo tho
| labor necessary to make man true painter or
| sculptor. Tho buyers arc almost exclusively
Journals, chiefly American and English, tbs Amcr-
can al present being by far tho best customers to
dealers i'll pictures and works Of NIL kinds They
tho North, who buy pictures as they buy uphols-
terry, for tho purpose of furnishing their houses in
the approved fashion of tho day. There is per-
haps not city in the world where art is more
thoroughly manufacture than it is beneath tho
| shndow Of tho walls that woro raised nn,l painted
| by M1cuAEI. ANGELO and RAruAEL."
PARIS LErEER TO tho London Siar notes among
tho incidents Of tho day the reform which tho
Austrian band has succeeded in cilrcting in the
| martial music Of Franco. For tho last sixteen
years tho Parisans Ind no other patriotic mir than
"Partant pour In Syrio,' but the atlor evening n,
| tho Cirque do r1nperatrico, tho demand for "La
N1arsclaise' wns pressing, 30 violent, that tho
Austrian band, yielding to tho shrieks of tho pco-
ple, struck up that splcnd that most warlikc of
| tunes, tho melody OF which went ringing through
tho house rs n spirit-moving strain, with all it's
bursts Of rich harmony md its monrnfu wniiinGs.
Truly tho enthusiasm Of tho public was intcscriba-
ble. Thousands OF people were there cxulting in
the harmony Of that longsnpprcssctl song, beating
| ttmo to lis rhythm, AMI shouting i'll their full
| hcartcdness Of admiration. The correspondent
says: 81 understand now why the present goycrn-
mcnt drcads allowing this popular anu military air
being played md sung in tho streets of Paris or
tho towns OF Franco. Tho effect of il is most stir
| ring and irresistible. I understand nlso why, in
| tho Crimca rs well in Italy; why, al AIankoI ns
well rs nj Solferno why, tho barricadcs rs well
as OIL the battlefield, this national tunc this cx-
citing dilty, produced such cxutution among tho
combatauts. Of oil national songs of all march,
ing Mrs. none Inns n moro maddoning effect than
LA Marscillasc;' none il moro appropriate to
awako IDEAS Of slaughter, of vengeance, OF sabre
cashinS, bullets flying, horsomcn charging, and
standards waving. And this mny perhaps explain
| why most of tho papers Of tho opposition now ex-
press tho hope TINT tho French authorities having
allowed tho Austrian band to play lint patriotic
tune, tho same favor will be granted to all musi-
clans i'll this country"
THE ENTIRE REVENUES of tho Church of Eng
land nre stated on tho authority of the Eccesias-
ticnl Commissioners, published in their report
OF 1885, to bc fG,495, els tabout S32 400 UG0) which,
IL divided among tho 25,0o0 clergy Of England and
Walcs, would giyo to each nbout G259 ISlJ0O) 4
year. This aggregate includes, however, tho re-
venues of bishops and deans, arcl,dcacons and
rich incunbcnts, and therefore gives no idea of
tho actual stnto Of affairs 'Fho great body OF the
English clergy are shamefully unlcrpnd."
"rhcro is frat tho apprenticeship of Tho young
curate, whom ho rocaives his ESQ {s25O) year. II
is impossible to say how long this may bc extend
ed. Then his salary may DO raised to f1O0 or cl20
year $500 or sGG0), when he has probably vito
and family to support. On that miserable pit
anco ho may continue to 1.-Two for ali unlimited
time, possibly for his whole life, though his abors
may bo honGstlynnd ungrudginsy givon to tho
wcrk Of his high Office. Even il Io does obtain,
after years of work, benoiccnco, Lo is often
little better, and not unfrequcntIy il WORSE OF
than before. Perhaps tho curatc Of twenty years
service succoels TO living of c3OO or EDO Il year
(s1oOO to s200O) but with il comes q ma!titude
OF new expenses which ofton mako him wish
himself back again in his less dignidod position"
This shows that tho English clergy aro following
very poor trado, far rs business ia concerned,
and il is not surprising that very considerable
proportion OF them aro composed of worry poor
capa tics. Poor pay, poor preach" was say
ing Of SAMSON Occus, the Indian preacher, whom
no aaoo " Picucu hllioHs lno cAurcHcS OF eaAtDrn
Connecticut for bushcl OF rye.
UNDER THE CAPTION "Bridea for tho lar West.
tho last number OF tho Now York Ledger, has tho
following: "Lot tho unwcddcd atlventurers who
havo pitched their tonts in Washington Territory
reioicn. A thousand young Indies, "chiefly be.
tween tho agos OF sixteen and twenty" will bo en-
route from New York to that comparatively lady
loss land long beforo tho Ledger of today has
Iourneyed thilher. A steamer is TO bear tho pro-
cous cargo 10 it's destination by way of tho Straits
OF Magellan and alI along shore. Plenty OF om
ployment Mt rcmunoratiyo wages is promised Ia
tho fair cmigrants, and We earnestly homo that
tho roso-colorcd picture OF their futuro drawn by
the parties who have organized tho schomo will
Washingtonans thero can DO little doubt. Tbort
aro not womon enough in tho territory 10 .kooD
tho collars and wristbands Of the forlon rnnlo
creatures in buttonabo condition. In all proba-
biiity overy yop"r lady Of tho crowd will have boIf
a-dozcn admire . At her feet. sHeros my beart
and hcros my hnnd" will bo tho cry or Tho wifolcs,
pioneer, and it will bo we'll il tho competition docs
not load to dcndly feuds bctwcon onamorca r;va,u
fropItious gales to tho PaciGe-b bound steomcr
'iood fortune to her pretty passengers shoud
Their expectations be realized, moro shiploads
Will follow. The acx is not pitilcss. Tho 1am-
sells OF tho "Atlantic slope" will not permit tbe
western frontorsIncn TO degenerate into saraecs
Tor lack OF womnn's refining, clcyating and COM