The Mesilla Valley independent. [volume] (Mesilla, N.M.) 1877-1879, 1879-02-01
1Ir.. Faasel's Great PaIntlng.
The Electoral Commission Portrait Of
Two Hundred Statesman ina
Single Gronpe.

Mrs. FaAaers poEtFAis II the electoral esaa
mission is nearly finished and il is 8 great
picture greater and more valuable than any
rone.exer supposed it void be--grealeT as ~
work Of historical art than any woman has
ever yet attempted. mach less performed
successfully. It bids fair 10 be tle best his
tnricaI painting Of the kind that hAs ever
been pFodaeed inthis country II is as nuuis
better than cArpenter ) ',sig ming s..Emuuei-
patton PrneIanntionr as portrait by Sir
Jushua Reynolds y better thsn splnt1gEzph
l.J serAmefa .pasheE. CarpsAisE spent
two years at the White Hause, of and on-sen
months consrcutiveiy hal only eight
portraits to make. Mrs Fasset has painted
nearly 900 portraits ia the same time Her
Chicago friends will rejoice At her success
A DKsogIrTlox OF rug rEeTUER,
The canvass is about seven feet BY five %
size. zndroutaihs nearly two hundred faces.
Ii represents the electoral commissions in the
act ~ hysTipg Evarts argdmrns on the Flo
rida case. sissing Of course in the Supreale
Court chamber, which was former y occupied
by the Sensie, and II sacred with historic
assscisnsns 10 itself. The cofnniss,an sits
au the bencE., Justice ciifus5 in the crntef
As his right. 10 order, Miller, Strong. morton,
Edmunds, Freiinghassen, Bayard and Thur
man At his ieft, IN order. Field, Bradley,
Psyse, HaHton. At.Isoss. Garfield and HaAr.
Alese them In The gallery, wi,ica lnns agg,,
was used for spectators when the Senate ne
cnpied the rooal, are the more prominent If
the nevspan.r cavrezpoa,lenise ef wAshipSsnn
men and wamca. At tlse l,Ar sians.s RsartS
xith.his ia,lsx ssngrr. thai lsess.me tasns,as
iA'the BcsrhAr sxiais p,,intea NJ stss ceart.
Az his ssdes. and arnmnll AinS ssetle eunsnent
lau ssvs wbo took part an ths argune11 not
ONLY Of The tiesIfa case, bat those ssa the
ntaer States Charles llsnsphw David
Du,lley FseAg StsBseS aia,Ee~s. samsseE
Shellabsrgrr. Mathews n GArpeDier, George
w. ItcGrssy, Vim. " eilanlieF. 5cremiah
5. Black, Richard Merrirk. AslSasi Green,
Edward II. ssoughton, and others. and BE-.
hind aud Aroand them are seated all ths
Edastinguishsd uaen then in eaagEess a In
I,ul,lic life ia wAsiiugsna. The meml,eEs
Is General Grants cahinet Fish, Cl1and-
ier, 1sobcsou, Morrill,, Tvner, Tan, Don Ca
h1heron, Nice Prrsident wheelcr; tbs other
Judges of the Supreme 0nurt ret SITTING on
the commission: Waite, Hunt and Davis,
Serssors Conkling. Sherman. Logsn. Blaine,
Hanliu, Howe. Ferry, Windous Ingslls,
Allison, Bruce, Chnxtiancy, SaTgsas, morrill,,
Lamar, Gordon, Hill, sad others: Speaker
Randall and nuneFous msmbeFs of the
House Who wsse Identified with the eyents
/ Of the electoral eouat. Then there are sever
al citiaens Of eEnInepce. Geosge Bancroft,
the historian. CercsFan. the banker; Conn
missioner DeAnison, GovsFoog Shepherd,
and Others, with Sir Edward ThoFnsoas aud
several nlemtacFs Of tho diplomatic Corps.
Scattered among the heads cf!saaaess men
are ueoaAen With lright bSnnsts, wlio make y
happy relief. Mrs. Fsssets selected the
handsOnest and most stEikInK lAoksng 90
mea in official society 81 Ehaasatinse. Ars-
Secretary Fish, Mrs- HeaataE Cameron, the
wives and daughters Of ssgsezl sfs he9asti-
j ces, Lady Thornton. and ots,es equally dis-
| tingmsled M.s