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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-12-20

II legal. hours, ia honl Of tho Court house,
Memphis, Team, proceed 20 cell to the highest
bidder, rr eaSh, tho following described prop
erty, to-Witi. Situate, lying and being in the
county OF Shelby and State Of Tennessee
one tract beginning at a take 1898 6-l0 feet
east Of q stake in the west boundary line OF
grant No. 1915, in the name Of Il. Levy; rum
ming thence east 5l9 3 10 feet 10 a ST. Ike on the
northeast corner Of Joy and LegwOod's joint
tract tine same being the northwest corner OF
2 tract o. land sold ny Lsyi JOY, Leon Irous-
dale and j. II. Unthank to w. II. Barrett,
and said corner being on the south side of
Breckintidge ~avenue); thence sou h 976 S-l2
feet 70 a stake on tho south line Of said Joy
and LogW0Ud tract; thence west $40 $40 feet
TO a stab o. thence north 976 feet s inches to
the beginning, berg estimated to DO eleven
and sixty our hundrtdtns Ql.64) acres. For
more particular descgip ion SEQ Book So. page
4Ol.
The other tracts OF parcels Of land are
known as lots 5, 6 and 2 Of George Dixon's
subdivision Of his land on Walnut street in
the city of Meplphis. in said county of Shelby:
beginning on tie West Ii O Of Walnut street,
45 feet 8 inobes south Of the intersection 81
Walnut and ID Xon streets, being the north
east corner OF lot No 5; thence south with
Walnut street $50 feet 10 q stake; thence ives,
$50 feet 10 ihe east tiqe OF an alley 20 feet
wide thepce north with said alley 80 feet 10
Dixon's south line; thence east SSj feet TO the
beginning. See Book lQ3, page 1876.
Levied on as the property OF defendant
Mrs. J. 8. Wgixht, to satisfy said judgment
interest ard costa.
Memphis. 28d day Of November, 1876.
9. l. ANDERSON.
eherlu OF shelby county, Tenn,
py W. W. CALLAHAN, ID. S.
II. Clay King, Attorney for plaintiff.
hNaWNaNU
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-12-20

ON WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 81, 1876.
city Of Memphis, Tenn / will sell, as truatee.
a certain parcel of land situated on lot No. s
OF the VIM. Crane survey, lying between the
Loosa Hatchie and Mississippi rivers. in
Shelby county, Tenn, recorded Ia the Regis
ter's stioe OF Shelby county, Tenn, ia Book
for q aoro full and particular deserip-
ton, sell this land under power given in a
deed Of trust made by j.. j. Worsham to
George G. Mahan, trustee, and by virtue of .
decree made on the 29lh day of NAV, 1876, in
the Probate Court appointing IN , trustee To-
is'y the debt mentioned in said trust deed.
Terms cash Equity OF redemption waived.
l will sell and convey only as trustee
~ l0l W. II. MOORE. Trnstaa
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change Of the moon, every sudden
variation in the weather, fills him
with prophecy which does every
body ill luck. The man who does
not read misjudges the common
natural laws of matter, the easily
explained changes Of vegetable and
animal life are subjects for super
stitious dread and trouble. The
great progress Of the world in
literature, science and art, the news
of the day at home and abroad, are
blanks to the man who does not
read.
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LEGAL
Trustees Sale.


WHEREAS. d, L. FURGESON Ann
w Mary 4. Furgeson, by their dead of trnst
dated the Slst day of December. in tha wear ~
our Lord eighteen hundred and seventy-tbree
ana recorded in the Registers Office of Shelhv
county Tenenessee. in book No. l0l. al nage
", ,cenveyed to the undersigned trustee. the
following described real estate, lying and he
ing situate in Shelby county, Tenne see. In
Fort PICKERING, commencing ut a point l4O
feet on Firth street, south of the southwest
corner OF Fifth and Gaines streets; thence
west parallel with Gaines street 40 feet 10
Fourth street; thence north with the east side
of Fourth street l40 feet(to Gaines street.
thence east with tne south side Of Gaines
street 400 feet to Fifth street; themes south
with the west side of Fifth street 40 feet 10
the polnto beginning, which conveyance was
made 70 secure the payment Of certain prom
lssory notes in said deed described. And,
whereas, several Of said notes have become
dSe and remain unpaid, now therefore public
notice is hereby given that /, tho undersigned
trustee. at the request of the legal holder of
ard notes, and in pursuance of the provisions
IN sald coed Of trust. will, on T~hRrsORy.
Inc 2lst day of nacembeF, 1875, at ths
corner OF Madison and Main streets, in Mem
pine, shelby county, Tennessee. between the
hours OF ~ O'Clock am. and 4 o'clock pm Of
mat day, procoe ! to sell the property above
described ct public vendgo, for cash, to the
highest bidder, TO satisfy said notes and inte-
rest. together with the costs and expenses Of
this trust. The title to this property is be-
lleved TO be good, but | make no warrsnties.
A. M. BkITTON, Trustee.
Charles kortrecht and j. W. Scales, Solicit
0rs. eol %
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ShoriiF's Sale of Real Estate.

DUBLIc NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN.
j. that by virtue IT . yenditioni exp0nas 10
no directed from the honorable Circuit Court
Of Shelby county, tennessee, in the case Of
Alex. w. Raines VS.. N ID. Smith, judgment
rendered on tic 18Th dy Of May, 1876, for
the sum Of tw0 thousand and eighty eight
dollarl and two cents, with interest and costs
Of suit, 10 satisfy said j%utgmeni, etc., ] will,
On Thursday, January ii, 1877.
IN legal hours, in fron; Of the Court-house,
Memphis, Tennessee, proceed 20 sell. 10 the
highest bidder. Cor cash, the following de-
soribed property. to-wit; Ia block l. Fort
Pickering, lots 2, 3 and b, fronting 60 feet each
on the south side Of Vanburen street By a
depth Il 1919 feet each 20 IA alley.
Lot No. $ fronting GO feos On the north side
Of Gaines street BY q depth Of l5lH feet to an
alley.
Levied on Os the property Of defendant,
N. b. smith, TO satisfy said judgment, inter.
! est and costs.
Memphis. 18th day Of December, 1878.
O.. q. ANDERSON,
Sheriff Of Shelby county, Tenn.
BY W. ID. CANNON, d. S.
VIM. Strong, Attorney for plaintiff.
! @-l0Q 100
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Thursday, December 2s, 1876.

commencing at 10 o'cloci6 am and continu-
ing from day to day IN al completely, proceed
to sell to the highest bidder, for cash, ali the
No. 322 Front Street, occupied by Moore
Emery " 90, CONSISTING of the usual variety
OF groceries and Shelf Goods as kept by
wholesale houses.
Z. L. ANDERSON. Sheriff.
BY W. W. COLEMAN, D. S.
Jarnigan 4 Fraysey, Attorneys.
Memphis. December is, 1879 936l0l
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Adminislrnf0r,a Nn.inn-

A LII PERSONS HAVING CL AIMS
"A against the estate Of Francis Moore, de-
nae for payment within the tire presc r;bsd b ~
law; otherwise they will be forever haired
All persons indebted to said estate will coma
forward at once and settle their inqebtsdness'
or suit will be pr mptly institutsI.
NJ. WOLF, Administrator.
w IUi-llU-lIO 242 front STRAIT
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Nav YoaE, December g. I3:2O pm. Gotten
IL ouiet, with futures easy. Sales for future
anitunrr Il enA hnlns.

LIVERPOOL December % 1880 p.m -0ot-
ton steady. Uplsnds. SD; Orleans, 6 u-l6d.
Saies, IS COO bales. OF Ehich 20U were for
export and speculation receipts, 1900 bales.
OF which 500 were American. Arrivals
opened 6rm.
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yUBLIO LEDGER.
YIAANglAl AND %OUaARaO.AA
q
PVBLIo LEDGER OFFICE.
TrrN nacamhnr 20. lAIh.

PEBLIc LKDGKR OFFICE.
MExPHIs. Tenn. December 20. 1876.
The banks report business very quiet.
Exchange continues in good supply, with
rates unchanged, which are as fol-
lows: New York commercial bills, &c
discount buying and selling at par
Eastern sight, &c discount and selling
at par; New Orleans, buying at ic
discount and selling at 1c premium.
Curb stone or street brokers are eau
tons, and charge from 2 to 81 per cent.
per month. New York gold rates are
1913; here brokers are paying lO7 to
lO7& Stocks, bonds aud local securities
continue dull and inactive, with little
doing in either,
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doing in either
OOTrOR.

The market to-day was quiet and in
active, with a light demand and limited
transactions. Business for the day
amounted to about 1000 bales, which
were principally purchased at irregular
rofaa
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CONDITION Of inc Rivers.

NOuOItioh OF the lsdFeTS.
The river here is falling fast
again, and is now lower than it has
been for a number of years, there
being only four and one-half feet
on the bars at 0sceola and points
above here. The Ohio is blocked
with ice from P%ittsburg to Cairo, as
is also the upper Mississippi. Ar
kansas river is at a low stage, with
only twenty,six inches of water
from Pine Bluff to the mouth
White river is getting down low,
and thirty inches is the best water
from J~acksonport to the mouth.
HIseeIiansOus.
The John Howard left New Or
leans last evening for White river.
Pedestrians are crossing the river
at Cincinnati on the solid damp.
ness.
Navigation in the Ohio and be-
tween here and Cairo is still sus-
pended.
Memphis is the head of nayiga-
ton.
Brooks is displeased because he
is not eligible to become a member
of the Mackerel Brigade.
The United States Marshal tool
command of the Illinois yesterday
and laid her up at the foot o
Washington street.
The Belle Of Texas returned t.
Friar's Point with a splendid triI
of freight and people.
The st. Geneyieye will bring
lighter down from Cairo for tn,
Maude, to help her over the shoa
places.
The James Howard, Captain
Pegram, leaves this evening 70
New Orleans and the bends, max
ing all principal way landings an.
attending to all plantation business
Mr.. Chasing has charge of tn
Office.
The channel below here is cuttin
out and the packets now report
feet Of water at Presidents Islam
bend and south of there.
j, The John B. Maude cleared lai
!. evening for Cairo with 5000 sacL
: Of oil meal and nearly 1000 bales
I Eastern cotton.
The river above here is bulldozel
and in consequence business is pa
tally suspended.
The Coahoma went out last nigl
with all the freight she could Wa
under, and was full Of people.
: Captain Elliott will have Il
Ella ahoat and ready for busine
as soon as there is a rise in Il
river.
p The Atlantic and bargos, B
and barges, Greyhound and Futu
. City and barges are all betwe,
I here and Cairo fighting the san
t. bars.
:. The Idlcwild will probably
brought here again to ply in T.
lower coast trade.
). Nearly all the officers of the il
!, bound packets, Mary Housto
y Sherlock aud Ashland, have 90.
. to their homes to spend the no
days.
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LOTTERY.

A FORTUNE FOR ONLY ONE nor.
n LAR FIRST DOLLAR QUARTERLY
DRAWING, at New Orleans. Tuesday, Jan
uary 2, 1871.
Louisiana State Lottery Company.
This Institution was regularly incorporated
by the Legislature OF the state for Educa,
tional purposes in 1868, with a Capital 81
81. 900, COO. to which it has since added a re-
serve fund 1850 900. ITS GRAND SINGLE
NUMBER DRAWINGS will take place
monthly. The season of 1877 opens with the
following scheme:
OSPIrAL PRIZE, SIS OOO,
loo. 900 Tiek cts at eve seolIar Zach
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RIVER INTELLIGENCE
ARRIyALs.

ARRIVALS.
Steamer Jno. A. Scudder, New Orleans.
Hard Cash, White river.
Carohdelet, New Orleans.
0sceola Belle, Ashport.
DEPARTURES.
Steamer Coahoma, Friar's Point.
Belle OF Texas, Frisr's Point.
~ PORT.
Osceola Belle, Hard Cash, Csropdelet
James Howard, John a. Scudder, Jsmss
ID Parker.
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Sheriff 8 Sale Of Real Estate.

DUBLIO NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN,
4 that by virtue of two venditioni expOnases
70 me directed from the Honorable Circuit
Court or Shelby county. Tennessee, ia tho
case Of Rheinstrom x Co. aad b. J. Semmes
q 70. vs.. Thomas Winters, for the aggregate
sum of six hundred and forty. nine dollars
aud forty-f five cents, with interest and costs
OF suit, to satisfy said judgment. etc, 1 will.
On Saturday, December 80, 1876,
in legal hours. in front Of tho Court House,
Memphis, Tennessee, proceed to sell. to tho
highest bidder, for cash. the following de-
scTiBed property, tO-wit; Situate, lying and
being in the county of Shelby, state of Ten
nessee, described in q deed BY p. NJ, Winters
10 Thomas Winters of date NOvomberN q. 1874,
for part Of city lot No. Isl. fronting 40 feet on
the north side of Jackson street and running
back on the east side Of Center alley, between
Front and Main streets, north 74A feet, the
same width as the front, and being the
same lot conveyed to Thomas Winters by
Patrick Quincy by deed Of record In the office
OF the Register OF shelby county in Book NO.
81, pages AS and 4i9, and by John Mahon by
pages 1855 and lS9. Above deed is of record in
the Registers office Of Shelby county in Book
No. lO4, page lI6.
Levied on as the property Of defendant,
Thomas Winters to satisfy said judgment,
interest and costs.
Memphis, 9th day Of December, 1876.
Q. l.. ANDERSON,
Sheriff Of Shelby County, Tenn.
By W. CANNON, D. S,
Bstes 4 Elicit, Attorneys for plaintiff.
! Sc 92'9S
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LEGAL.
Sheriff s Sale OF Real Estate.

DODLIO NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN
i that by virtue VI an execution to me d.
rected fl ON tho Honorable Circuit Court Of
Shelby county. Tenn, in tbs case Of b. X.
Pullen Va. Mrs. j S. Wright, judgment . n
dered on the 9Th day Of November, 1879, for
the sum Of three hundred and seventy dolls.s.
with interest aud costs # suit, TO satisfy said
judgment, etc., [ will, on $500
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THE Stair OF TENNESSEE,
Sunny nnmAnr

SHELBY COUNTY.
THE UNDERSIGNED, EXECUTORS OF
phis, attorney at law, hereby give notice That.
all persons having hly elaine against the
estate Of the said n ". Campbell, deceased.
are requested t. exhibit the sar.e within the
time and in the manner prescribed by law. or
they will DO forever barred.
T,M WhITEl pv..
r. NJ BANK5,5 Executors
B%ernando, Miss, November q, 1876.
82.S9.9i-l0O
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sHEREFF's SALE
-OF-
Stock OF Groceries, Etc.

RY VIRTUE OF AN ORDER OF sALE
- from the Hon. Chancery Court tf Sbeibv
county, in the case Of the Union and planters
Bank and tae Home Insurance Co VS., Moore,
Emery d Co., l will, on -"oOi''
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Saturday, January 6, 1877,

at tho southwest corner of Main and Mali.
streets, In the city Of Memphis. M 10 o Sioison
10. 81 pnblic auction, to the highest SiJ5IeV.A
Tor cash. the louthwest quarter of %secIion Se'
m township ]. range west, basis ms,V3;a1n'
Shicbasaw %cession, and the impr.vemnni
thereon, EQUITY of redemption waived I'M
etIe - oelirqed TO be COED, but / geli and viii
~-iV' J. N FORD. Trustee.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-12-20
Trust sale.

pY VIRTUE OF A DEED OF TRUsT on
ID record ia Book IA, pages 81. az and "a &c
tho Records Of Deeds Of De oto county. Miss.
made TO me as trustee, 10 secure ~oerfain IN
debtedness mentioned therein, I will. al tba
request Of the benehciaries, sell on
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-05-10

some equestrian figures being set up in the corners
an altar of marble nlaid with Iocsaies, aud
thoro viii probably be some pieces Of sculpture
besides those We have mentioned. Tie south
eastern angle of the Memonal Han ~ divided
among the Austrian, German, and French eA-
hibitors. The northeastern angle l. gwen mp To
sculpture Of these nations and to some private eX-
bibitors-.a one oi the rooms is WaeneTS " Chariot
Race" well known by the engraving and the Pho
toerapn Tho southwestern angle is occupied ny
the English and American oil pictures with those OF
Sweden and Spain, and the northwestern angle
contains the works OF deceased English artists,
specimens OF the products oC the SouJh Keisington
school Of Design, and English engrayi' G' while the
corridor on This side IL filed with English water
colors AID smaller English oil pictures that codd
not SO wen be placed in the large room
ENGLISH AMERICAN, AND SWEDISH FXHlBiT5
OF these collections the only ones that are ready
at the time of writing arc the English, American,
ard Swedish THIS last However, ONLY Occupies here
the Sidewalk Of one room, 1ha spanish pictures III
The opposite, west side Of the same room. The
Austrian pictures stacked with tneiI faces against
the wall OF t. room, and not even ,he artists names
are to I've got 1T. The Germans pretty near all
bunc and ~nry mnch pleased the American ''er'nanS
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this 40; enough, the picture that faces Us on
entering the is Mr.. Henry Peters Grays " Venus
Receiving the Apple" but then 1t must be cheeriuily
acknowledged that Mr. Gray put into tuis picture
all he knew when he painted it, and did earnestly
strive to make picture good as titan. MIR. Pago
has not been deferred by the inuumertb.e laughter
of the public from sending his Shakespeare that
WAS in last years exhibition 81 the
Academy; and in general, if any one Of us
has painted very bad thing, he has taken pans to
rake it out of its hdng-pac aud send it mere. But
many of our artists have sent their best pictures.
Whttredge and Smile, Perry and McErtee, s. Il.
Clifford, and Swain Clifford, and Tiffany; Miller,
d. johnson, Eastman johnson. La Fargo tthe mucl-
talked-of st. Paul by this artist appears here
for the first ume Wordsworth Thompson,
John Weir, Toby Rosenthal-n short all the
familiar American names are here, and one
gets a complete notion of what American
art has accomplished up this time, and where it
stands if you look only at the surface. But. what
is being thought, attempted done. by the youngest
is not be known from what seen Oh these walls,
nor has any single man, FAR ~ we can learn,
painted picture expressly for this Exhibition to
show his countrymen the best that he can do under
the spur of love of his art and love of his native land
In the annex there some large pictures by
American artists. Mr. La Farg,'s 81. Paal" and
his Boy and Dog with large landscape by Whit
tredge. Robert Wcr's Taking the Nr.l." "a huge
allegory by Cole. Ritchie's Death Of Lincoln
Huntngton's Old Man Reading Ia Girls" Ocrte's
e" Rock in the Desert" iiayss Buffalo, Wants
" Italian Lady with the Head Of Her Riyal.' and
Pauwels of Antwerp" America and Europe" a sort
of Leutze allegory, only better painted very nsrGc-
tive with it's "reminiscences and changed relations,
Lincoln aud Washington glorfed above and below.
Beecher on one side standing for Americas welcome
to those athr5t for intellectual and spiritual free
dom. and on the other COlfax benign and smiling
welcoming the boys with the votes FOR such freedom
as he and his likes had 10 give. The Boston school!
makes moderate show, but Bostons best is her
past-her Copleys-Gne examples tho John Han
cock" and the MIR" and Madam "BoystOn
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NRT GALIAERE z

leoreson. L-,ct.rs which are pro iauy se..t
here bv IA II authors dc3p.irnC of admission 10 the
great exhibition going on this year 1t Munich,
whore cor the first time in 80 years display is
heinz made OF pietIres contributed by artists from
all parts Of Germany. This concourse has drawn
away ali the WORKS of the best German artists who
would however. nave perhaps taken the pans to
make a better exh tion Of Philadelphia # It had
no; been for the eleventh LJur nature of all the for
eign interest and lclicf in TIE undertaking. The
only toerah,c pictures in the German room are by
Larch, Kor1er, Crete, Brgas, KAISER, Wagner,
Schauss, Becker, Mesucr iieger Sei5els Meyer lof
Wsmar Xylundcr Di-Ii;z. Eoths Holnar, OcLel,
II rschlcder, and Kcrnhcck. Bat few even OF
these are worth mucI attention. Mcncrs g Eve
and Lambs" is a good picture, natural, and really
wei painted; Xylandcr's Seq piece Is not bad, and
l,Irschecller's Lost Crlcfx is not without
hum0r.
FR %CH PICTURES.
OF the French contribution il NAV be sal that,
though very few well-suown names ar represented
and with the exception Of CaIolus Duran not SIM
Gle distinguished artist yet there are good many
PICTURES that If is not wasted time to examine By
oil odds the finest French picture here IL Carolus
Durans equestrian portrait Of NM Croizette Of The
Theatre FiaJcIfs, i picture exhibited last v"@- 1t
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Will lo at the display their country makes IL almost
succeeds in eclipsng the contribution of the Argeh-
tine Republic OF South America OF those OF Canada
and Sweden La fact, 20 treat the natttr
seriously, the Germans make 10 ofchitaDe
display. Not single name OF impor-
anco hardly a single name known outside o. Ger
many. or deserving to be known. Is rspresented
on these walls. This u negative. bnt positive
criticism is that tho Germans have succeeded IN cH!-
doing even Philadelphia in bad taste and want OF
tact by making thi. great Exhibition the Medium 81
heir brag over the German war. Not one. but two
large pictures OF the surrender at Sedan disgrace th
German gallery, Disgrace it as an art eXhiOihon'
and disgrace 1t as an exhibition Of manners bah az
the two are they do not OF course both together
equal RothcrmePs Battle Of GcttysbniB IN
badness, but though they arc not, Ink.
it. as big as a churcdoor, yet they are enough and
more than enough. what makes Tie matter worse
IS that the German gallery opens directly from the
French gallery, and ill-fecuc and bitterness nave
not wa.ed till the day Of opening to sprout uP with
their fiery glances aud bitter words. IL has been IN
vain that VIC have searched the German room
for some picture worth bringing 10 the notice
of our rca!ers. The commonplace branch
~ the Munich school is the one chony
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-05-10

Inc salon. Duran has painted 50 many hne portraits
that il would moi be- safe to say this IS
his finest. but it is certainly one OF hls
very best. Horse and rider are equally good
bat the lady is so graceful pretty SO intelligent
hat we cannot keep oureycs of her long enough to DO
fan Justice to tie horse, by FIR the finest animal OF
his race that has been painted within our recoec-
ton. TIE picture is very large one the figures tie
size of lfc the horse with his TIler staining almost
in profile on the sna-shore the merely Indicated
and the wave aping in the gcnileSt OF lines along
the beach The laly sits at rest, both hands upon
the reins upon her knee her vail is lightly stirred by
the Summer wind; she enjoys the delicate peace,
the listless wave. the balm of the air. If Ape-!es
had ever seen a lady in riding habit on horseback
he would have pante his Venus so, as she came up
from tine sea.
Another important French picture is the "RApah
defending the bodies Of her Sons" by Georges
Becker picture that brought ia author good deai
Of reputation when eshbItcd in last years SAXON.
Tie GrapRic of N-w-lork publishe a large ensriv-
ing OF it, lie ia powerful conception, painted VIVID
much force and dimctness. Ii looks at the same
time er, nger aut coarscr than it really Is by the
contrast IL presents 90 the rest OF The French pictures
jexccpting the Diraul both here and in the annex.
What was desirable wla that we should have had