, 1870-11-13

Aifam Powers haa completed his statue oil
"Eye after the Fau," which is said 10 be one
Of hia b6st creations.
The Schiller liatue, which Ia shout to be
erected in Vienna. it Is eaid, will be the anest
monument Of Its kind in Germany.
-Church's last pinture, sJerusalem," has
been purchased ty I. II. Allyn, Of Hartford,
Tor sto, 900 srd ho has bult.a gallery e.
-Bierdatadt, the painter, Is rich man, and
70 has acquired lis fortune through his ART.
uo displ1ya great husiteas CAPACITY in the
diaposal Of his vorka. he knoWs the highest
price which his pictures viii b;ing, and he
tnoEa how to get it.
sia, La selling tickets for al her oHn palnt-
ings, Which ara to be disposed OF in lottery
for the benefit Of the Invalid Fund. Tho
drawing will take place On tbs let Of Juuo.
a letter TO the New Fork Tribune talla
this story on Winnie Roam's statue Of Lin
eoln ~ blunt. Engliahmsn and devout
PtesbytariA pastor tho other day encounter
cd each othes before the liitlo railing that
pIotects the spotless marble thus abused.
The EngliehmAn had been surveying the
statue. III silent agonT, from every possibla
polut Of view. The meek inquiry Of The pas-
Tor as to his opinion of tho work Of art, lot
loose the pant-np torrents Of his wrath, and
the swearing OF the proyerbisl bold English
d!aIoon wae n pothlng, for few minutes, to
bis performance. Tbs shocked pastor tiaten-
ID *ish AL his ears. and seemed relieved till,
IS the last osth Was hissea out, ho took up the
1 Wo1a and simply .ddsd, with olerieA uncsion
.Ld the pio1s pastor understood each other.
Ihsy agreed On art-"
Prot .sinding. Scandinavian scholar, ia
n1w IN nSs.Sn, s;s..os ';Tsssip*,oqa his
fihss To7sitzep." IL made I sta,as q a'tIs tIs
poAt, After bis death, which wAs ssnt to. Lon
don in 1856. No place could bo found lot it.
for the Anglican clergy would not allow 1t to
be put IN Any place over which they had con-
troll. At last. in 1915, Trinity College. where
Byron hsd been edueated. offered to receive
It. II WA then difficult to discover tho
statue. but With some trouble It waa found
in the yanlta Of the London Cultom House,
and Vas taken to the library Of the college,
On Thor*aldsen's return to Copenhagen in
1888. he found letter Awaiting him from tho
Secretary Of the Rhode Island Historical So.
ciety. informing him that the society had
Eado him II honAry member, Ia the uuboubt-
I'd representative OF the first American Of
European pazentsge. Recent researches in
American antiquities had proved that Ger.
q Rhode Island, aud lad pAssed the winter
1t Mouat Hope. where. in tho following
spring, hia wife ,Gudrid gave birth to son
nAmsd snorro. According to Reo1ogists this
snoIro Was one Of the ancestors OF Thor
Haldssn. 'These echolGts' arc wonderful
4QAOhEb oGAA& LILO - hA3k$ 4AAk 0A& AoA4A1Y !
without them how could We seu whence We
come. whittier We 60"
The New YORK Eeenfng Pos, says: .s An
interesting address, to the people Of New York
has Just been published from the officers Of
the Metropolitan Museum Of Art, which g1vea
plste euecess Of that prsieewofthy enterprise.
Dy 1ct ofthe Legislature OF Ne. York, passed
during the current session, And approved By
tho Governor April 5, 1871, tho BoArd Of Com
raissioners Of the Department Of Pablio Parks
has beeu authorized 10 sereet sult.hle are-
upon ttAt part Of the Central Park formerly
known as Manhattan Square. It q coat not
exceeding Ave hundred thousand dollx1s,
We learn from the address that their first
care will be 10 provide for Loan Exhibition
Of Art at the earliest moment that the build :
ipg can be got in readiness for that purpose.
Ihe address speaks eAnguinely, but certainly
not with undue confidence, OF The probable
euecess OF thfs exhibition ~ = credltAbIa
cHPiay Of American art treasures. There
can bo no doubt that the gallery Of the
highest interest and e1cellence In modern art
81 this CITY alone. Bat the owners Of pictures
living IN Eoston, Philadslphia, Baltimore,
Cincinnati and othat cities, would gladly
unite II = nao7sueut 80 well calculated to
stimulate taste for art among the people,
and 1t may bo hardly too much to saJ that
several pictures Of acknowledged NEXT might
thus be brought together. Tie Loan E1hlpi- |
Gopa 1t the South keusinRtoa Museum, In
1856 and 1867. surpaued In interest even the
petmanent nj galleries Of the Btitiah n2sion.
The address tells Ill further that It has been
decided to purchase for the Metropolitan Hu-
seum, II nucltua for it's future gallery, It's
pictures Ct the Dutch and Fleuiah schools,
collected With great care and disc1imin atir1
In Paris and Bruesels 1t the time Of the
breaking out ct tbs VIZ between France and
Germany. To secure these pictures two ohi-
COTS Of the Metropolitan Museum have libar-
ally advanced the amount necessary TO meet
the cost Of the purchase OF Art upou the lib
eral and noble plan originally, proiscssl for ii
row depends upon the speedy fl.ing up Of
tho subscription liat- Tho minimum sum set
down in The constitution ~ basia OF opera
dona vas t250, 900, htif Of which has been Al
dieting that the oshar haif viii b. o5tsined Il