The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-03-16
A FINE PIECE OF AMATEUR ARr.-In
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A FINE PIECE OF AMATEUR ART.-Ir
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ty genre picture copied from photograph
of au English painting by R. N. Tate, o
this city. Mr.. Tate who is now approaching
the allotted period Of human life, did moi
commence the study of art until his Goth
year, and since then, has confined himsel
merely to the mechanical drudgery of copy
ing. Since he has studied the principles OF art
only by educating his eye in the process OF
imitation, it is not to be expected that he
would have attempted working out an origi
nal idea. The picture we refer to, is tri
umph of talent in its way. Mr.. Tate labor
ed under several impediments, one
of which was his nesrsightedness
another the smalness Of the pho
tograph and the absence of any hints Of
color. He had seen the original in England
and arranged the color from his remem
| brance Of it. Hints OF light and shade were
suggested by the photograph, and Por"e-
of the composition of the piet"re' '"'r''o'
N. n of articles of furniture, ETC., were the
work Of Mr.. Tate. II represents scene
comn,on in the seaport towns of England.
| A travelling mountebsnk, in sailors garb, is
exhibiting dancing jack to the delighted
amily of a 6sherm an, while the jig of the
little figure is danced TO the &C
compartment Of fageolet played
by the vagabond's little boy. All the figures
possess Vitality, and the blending of attitudes
lie natural and expressive. Mr.. Tate studied
the details of the picture from the little pho
tograph by the aid of a magnitying glass
and has made goodly sized oil painting o.
it. The figures of shawl laying on chair
the clicked stockings of the family and othe
minutiae are worked up with pre- Raphaelite
accuracy, which indicates the talent, though
an inferior one, of imitation.
| More OF THE RAILROAD DIsAsrEs.-Wt
published yesterday q short account of thu
railroad collision which occurred near Dav-
export. The Gazette of this morning con-
tains the following particulars of the disaster
| together with the name of the injured
brakasmsn which we were unable to learn
''Oa the third and last car from the rea
of the the train, crowded with men, women
and children, the scene of confusion auc
destruction was terrible; several seats being
entirely torn from their places and broker
to pieces the passengers sitting in then
being hurled to the floor, a..d the floor its
,,tr pa lrd and h.Jpr
broken into kindling wood. Almost mirac-
ulously, however, the only persons mi
were Mr.. II. Il. Clark, Insurance Agent
. still resident OF this city although nov
doing business in Chicago, and young ma,
whose name we ,ouid not learn. The latte
had his face burned slightly by falling o,
the stove, and Mr.. Clark was roughly bark
ed below his his left knee. Meanwhile 1
horrible spectacle was TO be seen at the
outer front Of the same car. There stand
ing or rather pinned between the window and
corner of the car was poor Henry C.Cottreii
braveiy standing at his post and importing
his own life to save that of the hundred, Oh
more, passengers, and while his hands were
straining to make tighter the brakes which
were holding back the train from tota
destruction, his legs had been crush
ed bv the rear platform OF the baggag
train that had "telescoped" over the pssseu
ger car platform, doubling under and hope
lessly running the left ankle of Cottrell IL
its progress. Held as in a vice, the left lie,
broken in two places, the right thigh BON
snapped off like a pipe stem, tor nearly
full half hour the heroic brskesman was pit
ilessly pelted BY terrible q storm Of keen
est cold aud drifting snow as we have wit
messed since the memorable January o
/ 1864. At length q lack-screw accomplish,
I what the united muscle OF passengers AM
railroad men, with saw and axe TO aid, hat
vainly attempted, and the msugled form
was laid on the car floor where a friendl
stove might aid in restoring warmth and cir
cula,ion while axe aud Ratchet did sergc,
in making rude splints; and linen, stinulant
and opiAtes from Good Samaritan passsen
gers, enabled skillful, and. as was abund
antly proved, devotedlv assiduous and SYN
pathizing surgeon, IN the person Of our tei
Low citizen. DR. NJ. B. Cochran. to reude
such assistance and secure such ameliora
ton of terrible suffering as possible, until, a
halt past two O'Clock, P NJ. the wounde
man was placed in his own bed, at his res
dence on Third street, below the Dis;ric
school house.
The recovery of poor Cottrell is still
matter Of grave doubt On the cars reael
ing the city, Drs. Hosford and Middeto
we're in re adiHess to give attendance, an
soon after reaching the house, Cottrell va
also aided BY DR.. McCourtney. At II o'cloc
last night. Mr.. Cottrell was very low. Re
action had not set in. DR.. Cochran re
manned with him fearing that secondsr
hemorrhsge might result From the condi
ton of the poor man, his recovery is yer
doubtful.
! Too much praise cannot be given to d.
Cochran, for his unwearied efforts. on tn
car and up to late hour last evening
But for his timely aid, the suffering of tn
victims would have been made greater
| It should be added that Mr. Elijah Cowles
postal clerk. and Mr.. Geo. Curtis, baggage
man, were also among the slightly injured
both in the face.
The wreck WAS cleared, and the tract
made ready in time for the regular western
train last evening. when the detsined mail
went forward in charge of Messrs Cowle
and Clark, postal clerks.