Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-09-19

fHE srirUE or s'LrBERrY''-A GRAND
GIFT OF FRANCE TO THE UNITED
: erATKs--FRxEcH sCULPTURE-A TRI-
Az ~ AMERICAN PLoUGHs-UsEFUL
AID ORNAMENTAL EMPLOYMENT OF
TERRA GOTTA, &C., &C.
From a Regular Correspondent.
PARIS, August, 30th, 1873.
The head Of the new Colossus,
Liberty" which is in future to
light al nations into the harbor of
New York, has produced q profound
impression on the visitors to the ex-
ehihttson. 1t is placed on the left
hand side. Of the grounds Of the
= Champ do Mars, looking towards the
Seine. The face IL very fine, some
' what resembling that of the Apallo
Aetridsre, and the effect from the
othsr side OF the grounds, two thou
sand feet of, Tor SO, lie remarkably
grand. For the first time q modern
sculptor has achieved hat in which
the Greeks seemed to find no diff
Guilty Whatever, namely, the necessa-
Ty exageration Of parts to produce
effect At . great distance. N. Bart
holdi has had . great success so far.
The astonishment of the a of visi-
sors u amusing, and their presence
serves to bring out to an observer thu
fun grandeur OF the work by CON-
psrison. A staircase is established
within the head, and hundreds OF
ViStors ascend every hour, while
Thousands wait their turn. The stair.
case leads up to the eyes of the figure
which serve IS windows. From head
10 foot the Colossus will measure
just about 100 feet, half the height OF
the monument Of London; the army
which holds q "fambean," that is to
say the lantern Of the lighthouse,
measures forty feet ; but the details
read even more curiously. Thus,
the arms measure nearly seven feet in
diameter, the hand is more than four
teen feet long, and twenty inches in
diameter; lastly, the finder nail meas
nres more than fourteen inches by
twelve The platform which is to
surround the lantern, will measure
nearly four feet in width and will hold
ten persons, and allow space for them
70 circulate without difficulty. The
head 10 surrounded by rays which are
TO be Illuminated.
The Colossus is to stand on a base
erected on q rock, the base contain
ing the keepers residence and the &C.
~cessories Of a lighthouse. This base
VIII measure more than eighty feet
high, 50 that the top of the head of
the figure will he little short Of two
hundred feet from the ground.
The whole Is formed of sheets of
copper rcpousse and bolted together
and the quantity Of metal required
VIII be thirty tons; while the iron
france work, including the staircase
within the statue, will weigh about
seventy tons more.
'ane statue Of the Republic, a grand
seated figure, by Clesinger, which is
placed in the terrace before the chief
entraoce Of the Exhibition, is, with
IT. piinth, about the heiahth of the
OF the Colossus. n. Clesineer
Ia said to have received $500 for his
work.
Sculpture is certainly in the as
sendant just now in France; last
year, . sculptor, N. Chapu, took one
OF the Grands Prix d. Honneur and
the Pix du Salon, q travelling schol-
arzhip. and this year the Salon iuries
have awarded both of the Grsnds
FIX, - well As the Prx du Salon to
scuiptors-A. M. Barrais, Delap-
iancne and Hector Lemairs. The
group In bronze which won NJ. Mer.
Gle the Prix d. Honneur in 1874. ia
perhaps the most remarkable eram-
PIE OF the sculptor's art produced in
rance since the last exhibit
aon; 1t consists OF two figures, an
angel bearing the dead body of a
warrior, with broken sword still
ciutched in his hand, with wings out
stretched, and feet just about to Quit
tne earth: the figure Of the angel is
remarkably noble, and admirably
posed. This work stands at present
In the central garden, in the Champ
de Aars building, but is to be erect
edin the Square Montholop.
Atrial Of ploughs on a large scale
recently took place with the author;.
cation Of N. Krantz, of Witt Bourp.
nsaF Ivry, on the Lyons Line, on the
farms Of n. Decanvile, who worthilv
aaneufs nom his father the title of
O the most eminent agriculture
nts tn France. n. Decanville is a
iafge purchaser OF American agricul-
sarai implements, md habitually uses
on his property both steam-ploughs:
~ well ~ stesm-rollers, scarifers
and harrows Of American manufac-
ture. All these we're in full work at
me trial, and nearly monopolized the
attention Of the wondering peasantry,
who nocked in great numbers from
ns'ghboring communes. The rapidi-
y and nestness with which steam.
pboughs do their work mabo