The Portland daily press., 1889-04-18
MEN WHO MADE THE NATION GREAT
Looking from the Painters Canvas
on People OF Today.
The Art Exhibition In Connection
with the Centennial.
Artists Of Another Kind Closely
Watched by Inspector Byrnes.

NEW YORK, April 17.-The Metropolitan
Opera House was transformed into picture
gallery this morning, to continue as such un-
til the Sth Of May next. At II o'clock today,
the doors were thrown open to members of
the press and the Centennial committee for
the purpose of viewing the historical por-
traits and relics of the loan exhibition. In
the evening the public was afforded an op-
portunity to see the exhibition. Chairman
Henry G. Marquand, on behalf of the COM
mittee on art and exhibition, presented the
exhibition to the city, which was declared
open by President Arnold of the Board of
Aldermen.
Relics from all sections Of the country
have been forwarded here and placed on ex-
hibition, among the contributors being the
living descendants Of President and Martha
Washington. The committee Of arrange
ments has spared no pains to make this
event grand success. Some of the paint
ings Of note which have been hung in con
spicuous places are Alexander Hamilton, by
Trumbull. loaned by the Chamber of Com
merce Gilbert Stuart's portrait Of Rufus
King, owned by John A. King; portraits Of
John Adams and Mrs. John Adams, by Gil
bert Stuart. owned by Charles Francis Ad-
ans, who also sends several portraits of
President and Martha Washington, mostly
by Savage, and portrait of Thomas Jeffer
son, from the brush of Matthew Brown of
Paris; Chancellor Livingston, loaned by
John Henry Livingston, Of Clermont; Gen.
Philip Schuyler and Mrs. SCHUYLER loaned
by George l.. Schuyler; George Washington,
by Gilbert Stuart, sent By, Mrs. J. Y. L.
ington from ex-Mayor Hewitt and Hon.
Hamilton Fish; the Cerracchi bust of Alex
ander Hamilton from Abram S. Hewitt; the
vaughan portrait" of Washington, by Gil
bert Stuart, from Mrs. Joseph Harrison of
Philadelphia; President Monroe by Van
by Mrs. Gouverneur of Washington, ID. c.;
Washington, by Rembrandt Peale, sent by
Henry Chauncey Of Garden City, L. 7. Sam
uel Liyermore, by Trumbull, loaned by the
State Senate of New Hampshire: George
Washington, by Stuart, loaned by Hon.
Chauncey M. Depew; Eggbert Benson, by
Stuart; Stephen Van Rensselaer,, by Stuart,
sent by John Jay; the original Cerracchi
bust of General Washington, from the Cor
coran Art Gallery Of Washington. d. c.;
Elias Boudinot, by Waldo; Richard Varick,
by Inman, sent by the Americal Bible So
ciety.
The relics Of ancient date which will be
displayed will prove quite as interesting as
tuo pdiutluBo. AmOuB Tic ftilC tAIlDlLS
which may be seen are General Washing
toms writing table and desk; the Bible used
by Martha Washington, sent by Mrs. Lewis
Of Audley, Va; the desk upon which tie
Federalist was written. sent by DR.. Allan
McLane Hamilton: several court dresses
worn by John Adams, John Jay and James
Monroe; Baron Steuben's snuffbox, gold
headed cane and gold watch, sent by Mrs. r.
b. Austin Of New York; the watch worn by
Chief Justice John Jay, his cane and other
relics, sent by John jay; the silver spurs
worn by Washington; copy Of the acts
passed by Congress and prepared by Con-
gress for Washington, several rare relics
from Charles Henry Hart of Philadelphia,
several interesting relics of Thomas Jeffer
son from DR.. j. r. Leaning; Governor Clin-
toms shoe buckles and other relics, sent by
Clinton Genet of Bergen Point; many por-
traits of Washington, Hamilton, Governor
George Clinton, Lafayette. Colonel Morgan
Lewis, Richard Varick, James Duane and
General Jacob Morgan, the property of the
documents of all kinds.
One Of the relics which will undoubtedly
be inspected with marked interest and which
was contributed by Colonel Danderfield
Lewis Of Audey, Va, is the garment worn
by President Washington when he took the
oath of Office and on all state occasions after.
ward. The garmant was brought here by
special messenger.
Inspector Byrnes and his men are busily
engaged in providing quarters and marking
out the special districts in which the thous-
and crooks and gentlemen Of bunco
proclivities who will visit this city on Gen.
tennial week may recreate themselves
The quarters will be neat and clean, but
their districts will be somewhat eircum-
scribed and will be bounded by the walls of
the Central Office on Mulberry street and
those of police stations in various sections.
The fact, which has made itself prominent
to the shady gentlemen within the past few
days, has caused their anticipations to as
sumo an exceedingly consumptive aspect
The clearer it becomes that visitors to this
city may be allowed to see the elephant and
gaze upon the gorgeous 400 without carrying
their loose change and valuables in pocket
safe secured to their body by an inch and a
quarter chain the more melancholy is their
demeanOr.
Boston has contributed quite an expert
gang Of second story" men, and Philadel-
phia is represented by some genteel pick
pockets. Nearly every city has contributed
a quota to the population Of New York, but
they have been pretty thoroughly located
and it now only requires the passage of the
summary arrest bill, before the legislature,
to empower the inspector to corral the crooks
on sight and hold them until The celebration
is over.