New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-06-21

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sachusetts to witness the ceremony. A
| great crowd gathered around the uncovered
bronze, and much curiosity was manifested
] to see venerable Father Morse" himself,
who, being modest man, of course was
| not present. A white haired brother of the
professor occupied a front seat, and little
| to the right were Governor Hoffman, Cyrus
W. Field and William Cullen Bryant, the
poet editor of the Post. As Professor Morse's
brother took his seat murmur ran through
the audience that it was the venerable pro-
fessOr himself An old white headed
JaeksOnian in the audience grasped his
hand, and exclaimed
r You are pretty old man, sir-p-r-e-t-t-y
old, but not 80 old as l am. I'm goin on
eighty three-three years older than YOU"
But am only seventy eight, my good
mar" replied the Professors brother. ,....
Why, the paper said you were eighty"
Eighty! Oh, you take me for my
The old man did not hear him, but went
on in trembling strain about General
jackson, and how he was with him when
he whipped the "pesky' English at New
Orleans. This wound up several other
centurions on the stand, and for while
the conversation went on quite glibly about
what was done in the republic sixty years
ago, much to the amusement of the by
ISLANDERS.
THE STATUE.
The statue is life-size bronze, modelled
by Picket, in the usual American dress,
with cloak hanging from the right
shoulder to give the relief of drapery.
Why an American artist can not model
man Just as he is, without lugging in the
Roman tOga, is a mystery. We've just nut
up a statue of Lincoln ON Union square,
but the artist had to lug in the tOsa, when
1t is we'll known that Lincoln never wore a
cloak but once in his lite, and that was
when he was flying through Baltimore in
1860. Clark Mills, we will say to his credit,
has made one American tigure-his General
jackson, in front of the White House. No
tOga, no roll of parchment, no nonsense,
but plain ''Old Hickory" in an American
coat, with breeches and knee buckles, and
on an American horse, with an American
curb bit. These omissions of toggery are
virtues enough to excuse all of Clark Mills
faults as sculptor. How much better does
his crude jackson look than GreenOugh's
w Washington over in front of the Capitol
Washington in bare arms and legs, with
just enough heathenish toga to keep the
wind off Some sentimental artist will yet |
be caught making Grant in Roman toga,
and holding in his hand glittering sword |
or a roll of manuscript, when we all know |
that Grant never carried sword, and had |
only stick in his hand at the Appomattox |
and that his true position is to
sit bent forward, with feet crossed, with one
hand on his watch chain, and with the other
holding cigar.
THE TROUBLES OF POPE Plus TX.
The writer has just received letter from
The American consul at Florence, who had
ust returned from Rome 1t seems that
Rome is divided into two sections. Those
who live on the st. Peter side of the Tiber
ire papal sympathizers, while those who
i've IN Rome proper generally denounce the
question, accept DR.. Dollinger,
md indOrse the government OF Victor
emanuel There is a legend in Italy that
he civil ruler who shall remain in Rome
'ver night will surely die, and, as if to
orroborate its truth. Victor Emanuel has
lever, up to this time, spent a night in
aOme. He always runs down from Florence
u the morning, and returns at night.
There is also another superstition strongly
which is that if any Pope shall
ccupy the Papal chair for twenty five con-
ecutive years lie will be the last one in the
inc OF popes. st. Peter, according to Cath
lie history, occupied the chair over twenty
We years, and on the sixteenth of June,
efore this letter reaches you, Pope Plus
y. will have occupied the same chair
years. So the world will have
chance to test the integrity of the super
tition. The writer was a guest of Arch
ishop Lynch, of Charleston, at the Amer
IAN College in Rome in 1867. II was then
hat the papal infallibility question first be-
an to be discussed. 1t was the opinion of
IL the American bishops at that time that
ne infalhbility question would split the
hurch, and | believe it will do it vet. DR..
'ollinger and Father Hyacinthe are men of
'emendOus power, and they lead power
IL faction. The eighty millions of Rus
ans have no sympathy with the Romsh t
!terpretation of Catholicism; the great l
beral majority of Prussia dislike all
'ligion and despise the Church
LANDON. {