The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1869-02-19
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WAsHrNe=OE, D, G., Feb. 10, 1869.

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WAsHINe=OE, D, O., Feb. 10, 1869.
WINNIE KEAM's STATUE OF LINCOLN,
! Winnie Ream is now undergoing the ordeal
Of criticism on her model cast for the statue
of Lincoln, upon which she has been engaged
for about a year past. 1t will be remembered
that she received a commission for the work
from Congress. She was 10 be paid $4,000
for il; S., 900 down-which sum was paid her
at once-and the remainder at the completion
and acceptance Of the marble statue. That
Is my remembrance of the contract. She
has now only completed the plaster model;
yet asks fer the remaining S5, 1000, that she
may go TO Italy to execute the order, where,
she claims, the labor of rough hewing is to
be had cheaper and better; but really, where
she also may have the assistance and ipstruc-
ton of her fellow artists, and study of mas.
ter-Pieces. l am much pleased to. see in a
Washington daily, very faYorable critique
in detail, by Miner X. Kellogg, a gentleman
OF 80 years observation and study of art in
the Capitals Of Europe. After making a
judicious allowance for the gsnerous-hearteJ
rose-coloring TO be expected of an artist or
connoisseur towards young sister trembling
over her first creation, enough is left to be
reasonably assuring, viii EXTRACT only SO
much as is necessary to convey a notion TO
the reader of the general design of the artist:
"The features of Mr.. Lincoln are sdmiya.
bly, rendered, and it was this faithful deline-
alton of character which obtained for Mis-.
Ream the commission. The head and fea.
lures are fOrcilbly yet truthfuIIy modelled the
hair boldly managed in flowing masses. as bv
the skill of experience; and the expression Of
sadness, mingled with benevolence is touch
ingly portrayed, well conceived, and appro-
pirate to The expression and meaning Of the
statue. The head, bending slightly forward
and downward, seems to regard with anxious
sOlieitude the multitude of newly liberated
people, to whom is presented, by the right
hand, the proclamation for their emanciDa-
ton Along circular cloak covers the right
shoulder and arm, falls backward off the left,
being held partially under the forearm and
caught up by the left hand, which grasps its
ample folds as if in readiness to cover with
the protecting mantle of the Government
the defenceless beings who are to receive the
inestimable boon of freedom. A beautifu,
thought of the GftiSte-aptly and ingen1ously
symbOhzed. The cloak is happily arranged
to give breadth as wen as dignity to a very
tai and meagre figure. It plays also very |
useful part in aiding to support, where it
touches the ground, the weight of the sta
tue"
A bill amending the naturalization laws of
the United States is finally agreed upon in |
the Committee. 1t gives the power of nat
uralizatiOn to the United States district
courts. Persons who have been in the coun-
try four years and six months may become
naturalized, but naturalization papers cannot
be voted on until six months after the date
OF their issue. The most rigid rules concern
ing the examination and descriptions of per-
sons desiring to become naturalized are pro-
vided for.
The Supreme Court of the United States,
in the case of the county Of Lane VS.. the State
of Oregon, gave decision that the legaI-ten-
der act did not apply to the collection Of
State taxes. That was matter wholly with.
in the constitutional authority of the State.
and with which Congress has nothing 10 do.
The State can collect its taxes in coin, or in
kind, as it shall determine by statute. A
tax is not debt within the meaning of the
act. A debt arises in contract,
but tax is an obligation imposed on the
citizen, without his consent by the sovereign.
The Judgment of the Supreme Court of Ore.
gon was affirmed. hHl
The Senate Judiciary Committee have
concluded consideration of the naturalization
question, and differ materially from the
Jenckes proposed bill in the House 1t is
not so rigid in terms, and the time Of proba.
tion is shorter. 9 't.I
HOTELS CROWDED.
The advent Of visitors for the 4th of March
has already commenced, and our principal
hotels are nearly full. Last evening guests
arriving at the Metropolitan Hotel-which
by the way, is the best conducted hotel in
the city; being TO Washington as the Cont
mental Hotel is to Philadelphia-were COM
PEELED to wait until the departure of the
evening train North, before rooms could be
them. Its public halls have the
Town Hall in the country, on
Town Meeting day. = =
% THE. AIR-LINE RAILROAD BILL.
Hon. Frederick Stone, Representative in
Congress from Maryland, has addressed
letter to Governor Bowie in relation to the
Airline railroad, the bill to incorporate
which is now before the House. In the
course Of that letter he says: Since this
bill has been introduced IhaFs examined the
question carefully, and believe dispassion!
ately, and I have ne doHbt Of its unconsti-
and that The first spade full of earth
thrown upin making the road win afford an
to test it before the Supreme /,
Court Of the LATED States. suppose tie
State viii lake take, at the proper time the
steps 20 obtain the decision Of that
'ourt." So we may look out for legal test.
ing of the matter.
Gen. Grant has returned to Washington,
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