New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-10-08


propose to allow the vehement protesations of the
artists inculpated nor the chvalrous efforts OF
those who like Miss Hosmer interposed for the de-
Tense of weaker brethren, to frghten him away
from his warfare against fraudulent American Art
in Italy His last statement contains what his
earlier ones were lamentably deficient In that IS to
say distinct and detailed charges against various
artists whose names mentioned. He charges, IN
effect, that Mr.. Connolly is not the author OF the
busts and statues signed by his name but that the
sculptor Franchni designs, models, and puts into
marble those of them which deserve any credit as
works of art But the most damaging accusation
which Mr.. Healy has as yet brought against any
sculptor is that set forth in his last broadsde against
Mr.. Larkn G. Mead jr., the author OF the Lincoln
Monument to be dedicated next week with imposing
ceremonies at Springfield. Illinois. Mr. Healy
charges that Mr.. Mead had nothing whatever
to do with the designs of this monument
He did not conceive them, did not
modify them, did not SO much as make single
suggestion" Mr.. Healy says that the sculptor
Passaglia and the architect Bordeaux, both OF
Florence, designed aud modelled the monument for a
very small of money, in great haste, under the
pressure of immediate pecunary necessity and that
Mr. Mead refused to pay them until they had signed
declaration that they had merely developed his
Healys case for although he says these artists are
ready to swear that this former declaration is false
the public is free to determine whether they are en-
TITLED TO any more credit now than then. 1t is COM
Portable at all events to feel that the best Of
artists who wisely work at home are free from any
such imputatiOns upon their honor or honesty
There is no furtve and starving Italian genius con-
cealed about Mr.. Wards or Mr.. ThOmpsOn's
premises, and statues that come from these studios
prove their genuineness by their character and
merit.
WAYNE Mac Yeagh of Pennsylvania writes us that
he first saw at Chicago the allusion to him in the
correspondence lately furnished from New-Orleans
to The TRIBUNE. He adds: ~ suppose Mr.. Bill
lngs COMPOUNDED, perhaps not unnaturally, my per-
sonal interest in him as friend and classmate at
Yale with his professional interest the cause OF his
clients in louisiana for everybody who knows any
thing of my views on the latter subject, but
especially Gen. Cameron with whom ] had stand
ing difference of opinion about it, knows that was
wholly unable after an examination of the facts, to
see that Judge DurelIs order had any validity
or that President Grant was justified in installing and
unfolding the Kellogg Government. ! do not suppose
nv opinions on the question of public Importance,
but if published at ALL naturally desire them to be
understood as entertain them.' We have great
pleasure in printing the disclaimer and take leave
to add that Mr. Mac Veaghs opinions are OF i'm
portance. He belongs to that small class OF
SCHOLARLY gentlemen in public life who ad0rn wnat-
ever service they undertake. and whose opinions
about public affairs have always the double merit of
ability and honesty.
Formerly, in cases Of fractured crockery, it wa
the cat In Worcester, Mass, it was the gas. The
servant girl came into the diningroom to light the
aforesaid gas. Upon the table was glass goblet
full of water. With one hand resting on the goblet
Mary Tor Bridget with the other turned the key of
the burner allowing the gas to escape for instant
Then touching the match, the gas flashed. and the
goblet instantly few into pieces" Scientific explana-
tiOn The vibrations of the gas-jet violent
as to cause vibrations in the glass too violent
for il TO bear" Too thin, we suppose.
There have been so many unpleasant comparisons
drawn between the German educational system and
that of all other countries to the advantage
of tho Germans-that the present figures of iiteracy
in Berlin are astonishing. There are 1856 people
in that capital who can neither read nor write.
Further statistics, however, show that while
there are $50 20 years Of age there only -
between the ages Of 10 and Is. We are not anxious
to put tue Nsw-York statistics VI lliterscy beside