, 1869-09-26

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AnlItond Stntlou-NeSv Books
rrRox ocR srEc1L CORRESPONDENCE
NEW TORE, Sept Ii.
Tho Student who, tndulgtn9 himself in choice
Of veSbe, made his translation read, AZ have
eate,s monument OF brzss,'' has not lacked
lntta,css tn the manner In which New YORK hss
been recently assocatsng its banquets and IT,
bruuaes, In hunur Of tho1e whom 1t deIishteth to 1
honor.
4, the Humboldt centennial, the unvenln9 of
the atatne It Central Patk was no more ps1t Of
the birthday ceremonies, thaz the removal Of the
cloth in the sumptuous d!nlng-halls Of the Leder-
cEnnz; and the torchllght procession, with ita
biographical printing press, and national chauts,
failed not 10 incorporate In ita nusle. the Fathes
land lbattona In the reception Of the !" "Hstraru |
four" the presentation Of the freedom Of the !
city WAS rendered particularly complimentary By |
Including the eafte blanehs Of Delnon1coA And |
the Vanderbilt bronz, 80 highly lauded By connos-
se45a l1 stil kept Yelled from The pnblic, uut!l
the uar when 1t ahal be presented, With an &C.
compapytng hanqact As mars efons as ITSELF.
The ste chosen at the PARK for the HUMBOLDT
Monument is upon level greenswarI near the
stSchoIafs Gatc," the grand entr71ce-WBy OF
FIFTH nve1ue- The haSs, which has the 1na gnlu.
Gu tin: OF Ronsn bronze, Is mounted upon an IT,
consp!cuous pedestal, which on the day Of the
rather the pa1asols Of the astembled multitude,
around v hotn the carriages slowls couEsed. "Ev-
cr1oue,r sa,a an En-: hustastie German, '' who eau
sing In New York, will sing 'o~daf." Ani It was
the r7u.!c IN !act, that gave e-er1toa II the cefe
nouy. A more dtgDired monument, however, Will
IN ,iue 1ate The Place Of this temporary ea,e; one
Imposil design for which, already considered BY
TIC COMMISSIONERS "a granite ccuotanh, suTn1unl-
III h5 globe aud en.hr.ninR the bronze. in a
ntche,> having becn REJECTED on account OF it ap-
ptuach to rhat taleteal aspect c-Ietuli avoided
10 every part Of cur beautiful pleasure gto1ut.
For humboldt Indeed, wco was IS E.1diy as he
was Atse, We should possess a monument to fuidl
the desire lie expressed for his Coamos: " A woEk
tat shall attract vita its nvlng toagu, aad give
jty to the heart
Tho Vanderbilt bronze has Al elevation above
the pnrU.acs OF about 1fty feet, being set In the
peditncnt ot tue grand height depot ot the llni-
son River Railroad And only for few daJs
moro, wntlc the scaaoldaS rtaains will It b. pos
sll,1e TO Inspect closely thls elaborate work.
The building !tseli, which has hten thus orna-
1reuted at the expense Of about half million of
t!ot2rs. ID quite worthy Of wit. Perfectly nre-
proof, md bailt soltdlY enough to stand rs long
az the city lasts these huge warefooms. With tte!e
futed ceilings, and irnn.cased WINDOWS anil as.
| phaltum kdoors cover the entire grounA Of the
once quietly. sha.ird ST. Juhu4 i'ark, enjoyed by
a'l the now.santshed azlstccracy Of The ne,sabur-
hood, AID The happy little children who had keys.
quiet shade IN quite different sense has that
f!a!E9ounu now become. 1ae 1usue ol 1easses
auu " Dnos aie 1oss 'ofe'e1 ~ tae eease'ess
| ertudlnK OF the inuumvrable little lad.1z-truck4
| Herr, IN the great IectlFtng space, al! mauneE
OF merchandise Is pltl,-b01es Of butter and
| starch, asul enough sluatcs Of brown paper to
make pocket-hauIseschieIs for a the generations
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teesnassK uatlo" naax'us sl.1sase .uaa rau
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"onn ."a. ~" SAelses tae s'aua naeo's'a' 'ao'eA
" 'au"cfoA y n's'-'n o'onAe'
lhae'ne Al a1eueea DAs-fenel one H"od1ea anu
uEs iect looS' supposlea III lac ceatie .! co'os-
sa' s""ne, ~ 'ne 'o.n " neaate VI eo'uno'
"ote 'a""etot', aa". q. 'h' eAt!e!a.'e7 y! 1'sn'
! aau le!t1 ~ 1oe1t5 and HePt1ne IN az"
dols staaana erect ana ~ leisure aha Neptaas
ana Lloell1 esace'osv tccumoen'' "l'n III the'f
I c'NhcA' k"'aese" af'"t''' tuttt'
iue sa.ee - 'oa'sesu 4eet ~ "e'sa'' nu" - wv
s'aeteu ah cAceheut aAehess u AF' an"es1,a''
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IN lhe tlde OF toc entah!at1fe nanHed VI Ser-
tunr We ana inc portrayal Of The 'iaaFine ''fa' VI
HIS gallant C"fnfhooofc, *hl'c on the othrf. nneE
| tue RualHtaut1'p u AEt37can AaucE1}, ~ p'e1aEcH
1nAt nnH'u' P"f!'oo " teFsH 'sna "hese ne mas
70 baiely lah"en. IN me maf'he View ase tile
thfcc-stor.cc cfa n tnal nave e'sa5eu tac lousne}s
Of ane VARIOUS seats'-usa', the rtucey ltt'e
NeN taat 'nc yoota1al sAnacsnae r!.o'e'1
uI'osa t"e 'et1'' 'neu tuo ss'h'he'scA ->ot'a
s'N pss'ssa' mo"s'ea ~ Luz otun1s' ~ css1t
usuAy, , aass pi,otnIA % .uc usAAna. usase
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csr+o,n on,tn, ,ro,,.sonansss ~ no .,,,,n,,a'
mcn+ resent,I,nv IN. rsxan, of n, fnthr,,, m n
WIN ken, hla m,stol TN /, orrw tn ba a gun. aol
thrn tar, rho mn M II oreu, n t cnnnnn lronp
| ~. 80 So Ill. 40 ~ urIs., ,,,r,~ ~. m
,",ra - ,nnnaI mi =. ,xotrhn,sn n.,1 hts t..
wh,,c er-reinr f,nr, the ;.snof heyou nnoears N"
1,cnmo,,rrufs yontrrh,It x1th tts te.n,tful tnc
nanon. The e,t, fre,uht.hon,c. tnr rural sreoe.
rss ,re rean.r. art, she,xes ~ o,ntr tho rows Al
s,,so ~. ,,,s =, ~, 80. az, ~ tn,s,,..,,a,.
~ U.e,,,,n-., ~ ,r1,s,c,,,r ,r,,nne,. an,
I Contrasts, viii ,hr for, ornnnd at rnr mar,nt
view. with n, cr,ters nj trppfc !, fruits and en-
hleus Of commerre--,he great Watchdog guard
,uv fbe cotton pae4--the anchor AMI coils Of rome
Everyone who beholds this life.history IN hFonzt
; most be impressed WIN tne maeotade aaa eL4o
osat'oa u 'Ao "osA' e'en ~ ~ nos poest''e -
saafe sne enthusiasm 0! Tue 'halohlshea speetA
tor " 70 whom an Indebted for the loalo"lus
st:t'tstlcs and "1nsolunsarly htep BACK 10 aso'c
the spray that seems 70 be os'nE 1roai tae a~ls
fe'oisinR padaie- "heels; or 10 discover ID shs
ofohze dlfcs tsat art 10 ansSeSt 'ne clf!as Ely
feei below" netcy summer clouds doaaing IaziJ
along
The varacro: hronzs was ies9gcel hs Captatt
Degr0os, modelled By Er1s' Plassmap, aal cas-
bt the Fischer Brothers It covers an area o
s1s5 equare feet; IL 81 feet IN height by 10 II
length: weighs about 1po onn ponu1s. and is bel.
to the wall by usore than e.ooe anchors. <egalus
above four tons. Upon the petesta. Of the stain
I is Inscribed, +" Erected 1si5+"
. Scnfe,nI4r has br1,ucht us rnany ne8, hnnks
. ,mopo ,rh,ch .rc q IN ,,e FIce ny tse sto,1,
hy she author Of "Nademo!seiIe Mort" an
Principles OF PsJchoioRT," bJ John BACON
) I Professnr IN Nfams College, nunltshed b,
j; pntr-n "
"On the E1ge Of the Storm " is the fourth o
. the eeries Of the "Ltbrary Of European Ltefa
7 ture y The .eeue n, tnc rnmance. wn1ch ia wvtt
;. | ~ ~ -.sat,1 ~, .n,,,s..a - 49, >. -
: Nh ~ staeelat aua a"llaa'eu st!se' ~ III
Eottn OF F1ance: ana the rtae-lse9-toe yea
tha, brought disaster to so mann noble famil.e.
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