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21st the right wing appeared, having
marched twenty miles. Shorman's army
now faced both sides Of the "" slocum
fronting one and Howard the other Tn
certain. however, Of Johnston's numbers,
Sherman hesitated about attacking, for he
did not wish general battle. His food
supply was low. and he had received mes
sages that -hofeld and Terry were close
TO GnldShoTO. The wagon trains were sent
back to Kinston for fresh supplies in case
Of a general battle The next day it rained.
but at noon General Mower, with HE Gus
tomarN fearlessness, pushed across the
swamp and broke through the extreme left
Of the Confederate line into the enemy's
rear. He Was on HE way into Bentonville
and approaching the bridge across the
creek. In the roar of the enemy. when Sher
man. fearful that Johnston might concen.
trate upon him. ordered him back. and AZ
the same time engaged the whole Of the
enemy's lines with strong skirmish line
10 distract attention.
When Sherman got mp the next morning.
Johnston had vanished He had retireo
10 Snthfeld, town between Goldshoro
and Raleigh. and the road was cIesr for
The march into the former place. On March
q and q his army Joined Schofcld's and
Terry's forces al Godsboro. Sherman had
traversed n distance OF 425 miles and
brought In his army and trains in good
condition entirely NJ for the next and last
stage into Virginia He now had ninety
thousand mon with which to meet John
ston, or Lee or both.
He was never to meet either Of the gen
erals in warfare. lie prepared his army
for the march toward Grant, which was
to be begun on April lo Suddenly the
whole problem was changed Learning ON
April of the abandonment of Richmond
and Petersburg on April ?. he proposed 10
move straight upon Johnston and Raleigh.
Then came thick and fast the reports OF
Grants pursuit Of Lee. On Monday morn
ing, April TO- the army started for Smith
field. where IL arrived the following dav.
only TO find Johnston's camp EMMY
Johnston had gone on 10 Raleigh burning
the bridges behind him. That night he
received the news OF Lees surrender al
AnpomattoX court House perfect fu-
rore Of rejoicing" was the result Wild en-
thusiasm followed in the trail OF the stan
officer who whirlcd aIong the lines Of tho
Army Of the Ohio with the news, officers
OF high rank unbending In a most literal
manner Ar they turned somersaults on tho
grass Would Johnston surrender" or
would he break his army up into small
.nds 20 reassemhc somewhere else and
continue the wal? These were the ques-
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of the best Of Mr. LaWson's qualities
and il also discloses one or two less en-
gaging phases Of his art. To dispose Of
the latter at once, It may be said that
Mr.. Lawson sometimes transmits to can
vas impressions that are hardly worth
the trouble. 1t is one thing TO be re-
ceptiyC to what one sees and il is an
other and an equally important faculty
10 select ones Impressions before com
hitting them to a permanent form
Looking about the Madison Gallery IL
is not difficult to point out canvases IN
which Lawson has set down records tnat
arc relatively unimco"tant and that
ha ,e ro' interested him enough to en-
list his imagination. In some cases me
subjects have lot even reused what may
he torm.5 his edi.crial sense. There is
in other words, so little comment py 'he
l~itter an, eff in such caENases, upon
the ,nc.Aes he has chosen, that the oo-
server COINS from them hardly more
than an uninspired statement OF certain
toposraphiCa! facts. And in q le" eN'
trem- cases even these recorded I"''s
are put forward with 30 little eHei5>
ara thrust that the painter manner
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Sherman's March Throug Carolina
Swamps Left Trail of Ruins

, would be murder" lie proposed 10 ar
range for the surrender Of all the Con-
federate armies wherever they might oe'
He said. in response 10 a question. that he
could obtain the authority TO do this. ana
sherman. realizing the desirability of this
and remembering his recent conversation
With President Lincoln at city Point, IN
which the latter indicated his intense de-
sire for peace. almost at any cost, looked
favorah;v upon the proposition. II was de-
cIded 10 meet at the same place the follow
ing day when Johnston should bring with
him authority to arrange for peace.
That night the news OF Lincolns asssssi-
nation was made known to the army. ana
produced great sorrow. but not acts OF re-
prisal The following day Sherman ana
Johnston again met at Bennett's house.
Johnston had the authority desired and
rroposed that General Breckenridge,
member OF Davis's Cabinet be called in
sherman finally acceded TO this. II he came
as an officer Of the Confederate army. Al
fer some debate Sherman wrote out the
terms which he was willing 10 accept They
proyided. among other things. for the po-
Iitical rehabilitation Of the South and gen
oral amnesty for the officers and men or
the Confederate army
The memorandum was signed and every
body thought that peace was now secured
in a way that Lincoln would have liked
When the proposed terms reached Washing
ton Il was seen that Sherman, who had
been misguided by the leniency Of Grant
terms at Appomattox and by other acts
apparently performed under authority from
President Lincoln. In his zeal had gone tur-
ther than he had authority to 90 In the
effort 10 grasp the opportunity to settle
everything at once, out or hand ms
terms were disapprovcd by President john
son and stanton sent Grant to Raleigh TO
hegin operations against the enemy as soon
o. tho truce should be concluded. Secretary
stanton gave a note to the press signed by
himself which contained the innuendo that
Sherman might have been bribed by Davis
IN arrange for the escape Of the Conteder-
ato President from the country and that
the liberal terms which he had submitted
for approval looked 10 this end. General
Sherman afterward publicly refused TO take
Stanton's hand. General Grant Obeyed the
direction to 20 10 Shermans army but dld
I, secretly. in order that sherman IN whom
he had fun trust should not be put IN an
,enomlnious light SO far as johnston
army was concerned. all worked out we'll in
rho end. for the Confederate COMMANDER
mon receiving the notice of the proposed
conclusion OF the truce invited sherman
"a meet him again. and on April y, at noon
On Rennetrs little house, between Durham
and Hinsboro. North Carolina Johnston
surrendered his army on the same terms
that had been granted to Lee. The war
al last was oyef'
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bestowed upon this work by the painter
If such theme as this failed to stir Mr
Lawson's not unresponsive pulses, why
did he carry it willy-nilly to this stage
Of elaborate dulness? The same might
be said Of certain canvases here in which
his habit Of seeing things through the
bare boughs OF trees in the near fore
ground becomes burdensome to the spec
tator.
Again, there have been subjects, as
the visitor can see for himself, that have
indubita bly, interested Mr.. Lawson, but
whose realization on canvas has lacked
the final touch of skill. One Of these is
an evening study of the new Cathedral
Of st. John from the lower ground TO
the east Of 1t. In the attainment Of at
mospheric fulness and in the arrange
ment Of the lower half Of his compost
tion Mr. Lawson reaches level Of gen
uine eloquence. Amid the suffused
lights of late twilight in the park ones
glance is led easily and with anticipa
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landscape and he has passed II on to the
observer.

Thirty paintings by thirty artists, all
OF them Americans. have been arranged
as a special exhibition in the Macbeth
Gallery. These canvases have not be
fore been shown here; they represent the
work Of group OF diverse spirits. most
of whom have already qualified in the
field Of art by developing Characteristic
ways Of expressing themselves, and
few Of whom have gone very much fur
tber. Mr.. Sargents earlier methods are
recalled by his Venetian Interior" new
to this country, depicting men and
women in a workshop. The painters
resolute style shows in every detail Of
the composition, in the solid modelling Of
the diigent workers. and in the bold
energetic brush strokes in white that
represent the unidentified raw material
OF the industry. Color that is refined
even luscious. without being sentimental
or sugary, is here. II Is a typical Sar-
sent, not a virtuoso piece, but wcrl:
full Of zest and vigor
The name of Kenneth Hayes Miller
will speedily become better known to
appreciative art lovers if that painter
can continue to measure up to the high
level of his little picture, "By the Pool"
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tions which the news placed before Sher-
man.
on April Il a package addressed to Gen
eral sherman. came through the lines. II
was letter which read:
The results OF the recent campaign in
Virginia have changed the relative mill
tsry condition Of the belligerents. am.
therefore. induced to address YOU in this
form the inquiry whether. to stop the fur
ther effusion Of blood and devastation of
property, YOU are willing 10 make a tenn
norarv suspension Of active operations. and
{" communicate 10 Lieutenant General
Grant. commanding the armies of the
nited States. the request that he Will take
like action in regard to other armies, the
object being 10 permit the civil authorities
10 enter into the needful arrangements TO
terminate the existing war.
II was signed nv General Johnston This
vas promising General Sherman returned
a favorable answer on the 18th, two days
later. he received a reply In which II was
proposed that the two should meet the fol
loving day at a point between the Union
advance at Durham and the Confederate
rear at Hilsboro. locomotive and car
P0,
was entering the car al Raleign at o'clock
on the morning OF April IL the telegraph
orerator in the railroad station ran down
from his Office on the second moor to say
that he was receiving an important cipher
dispatch from Morehead city wnich the
general ought TO see. The tram was held
half an hour. when the message. duly trans
lated. was handed TO him IL was from
Secretary Stanton and informed MIN OF the
sssassination Of President Lincoln, the at
tcmnt on the life Of Secretary Seward and
his son and a suspicion that IKE rate
vas designed for General Grant ana the
principal officers OF the government warn
ing the telegraph operator 10 make no sign
- bis nevs nv word or look, the train
started on It's Journey 10 Durham, twenty
siv p,,,es nvay. II arrived there at 10 O'Clock,
aud Sherman and his stan mounted the
horses which had been provided by Gen
eraI KIIpatrick and, preceded by a "hitc
flag and accompanied By suqadroh oi
cavalry. they moved out on me hiliSporo
road. Traversng Il for hNe miIes' 'heS
met a party coming from the opposite III
rection. also carrying nag Johnson ana
sherman soon met, and. riding side by side
alsmounted at a rough hiIe ldIHhpuse
or.n.d hy a Mr. Bennett. The owner was
willing that they should make use Of his
home and the two generals entered ana
sat down in the living room by themselves
As soon as they were seated Sherman
handed Secretary stantons message to
Iohrsto, unor whose brow the porspira-
,ion came in large drops as he read. They
discussed the erect Of this news upon the
I,nion army and the prospects of peace, and
Johns,oa admitted that further hghtins
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The name does not much matter; II is
the dropping beauty that Is manifest In
the seated nude that counts. Not often
does one come upon so thoughtful and
yet so moving a portrayal OF musing
vistfuIness. Embodied In this lovely
nresentation of the woman is something
spiritual and haunting Her material
form Is of ripe femininity. but 1t Is less
this quality for its own sake that makes
the canvas memorable than the relation
of subtle harmony between the placing
of the figure in the landscape, and its own
pose between the lowered head and the
relaxed torso and limbs. Yet II Is not
a literary picture, so to say. because the
PAINTER has achieved definite and per-
sonal expression OF emotion. with ;he
aid Of the fewest possible illustrative
factors. Mr.. Miller should go farm
fact, in this picture he has already done
so. Mr.. Davies, whose loan exhibition
at tho Women's Cosmopolitan Club. re-
Gently ended, provided one OF the hap
piest events of the current season, has
here a characteristic canvas, with
landscape of nobility and two nudes
whose attitudes are Of widely contrastcd
mood. Mr.. Henris Laughing Girl" re-
produced on this page, is vigorous and
colorfuI. rather too hot, in studio par
lance, round the mouth, but done with a
brio that Is not to be resisted. In quiet
mood, and uncommonly skilful in its
management Of various degrees Of white,
In sunshine, is Mr.. Frank Benson's The
Reader"
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pling flow and movement Of the water,
the quiet solidity of houses set amid
trees and shrubbery whose rustic the
observer can almost hear and the gen.
eral balance and proportion Of the COM
position have been skilfully and enthu-
siastically achieved.
There is even more of the artists per
soaal pleasure in what he saw indicated
In the smaller picture. called Winter"
This transcription in form and color
of the bend OF river whose banks are
snow lined and whose water runs cold,
with the greenish hue that conveys this
fact convincingly to the observer, Is es-
pecially interesting. because in it's every
line and brush stroke II reflects what is
probably Mr.. Lawson's best fund Of
poetic appreciation. He has really
seized the impression that came to him
from survey OF this bit of unassumng
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Mr. Hawthorne's large canvas, Fish
ermans Daughter" is composed with
enough ability TO make one wish for
little more sureness and mastery in the
work Of this artist The canvas Is larger
than the theme demanded. and It is also
rather sweet In color. The girl Is con-
scious in her pose, and this weakens the
whole picture. It seems ungracieus TO
suggest that Mr.. Hawthorne's work here
bears signs Of a low emotional tension.
yet such is the case II theme appears
tC require so large scale for its en-
bodment that the artist loses heart or
Zest or command of his materials in
carrying 1t out, then the theme does not
At the canvas-or the painter. Mr..
Dougherty Is here with a well handled
Cornwall coast subject, and Mr.. Waugh
shows n coast scene carried not quite
far enough to be fully expressive BY
the clever Mr.. Frieseke is a garden
scene of much ingenuity, ably planned
and executed, while Mr.. Richard E. Mil
Ter is represented by an unevenly paint
Ell Summer Reverie.' Miss Cecilia
Beaux, Mr.. Paxton. Mr.. Ranger, Mr..
Sartan, Mr.. Guy Virgins, with gray
Madison Square" not without distinc-
ton, are others in this group Of thirty.
The show will last through January 16.
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and arranged facts speak almost un-
aided While one is admiring the con-
tained and tranquil beauty Of it all, one
notes the absence of accent, Of the per-
sonal utterahce, in this just and bal
anced painting.
That Mr.. Metcalf has not only his own
point of view regarding his subjects but
that he also responds inwardly to the
beauty and the character Of his themes,
is the conviction left with the observer
OF his canyases. But II is as though the
artist were either too proud or too shy
TO betray his feelings in the conven-
tional way, To most painters the Ian
guage of such expression lies in the
accentuation or the repression Of certain
details. There will be either a loving
lingering over some contour or color or
texture of his painting, or there will be
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as a loyal member Of the Academy Of
Design, he is understood TO have refused
to be conn ected, should the new body
intend to enter into avowed hostilities
with the older one. What the outcome
Of this new venture will be it is not for
the observer Of to-day to predict. 1t is
certain. however, that there are some
able spirits in the list OF members thus
far secured. and It is also the fact that
those officially qualified to speak dis
claim any purpose Of competing with the
Academy, except in the friendly way that
is likely 20 benefit both. One hope may
be expressed: that the new organization
will be content TO keep its exhibitions
numerically small, so that they will have
a correspondinSly higher chance Of being
worth while.
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Matters Of Art

isms, his stock phrases, as It were, at
tain undue prominence.
TO cite chapter and verse, large cam
Vas' Near Spuyten Duyvil," may be
named Here the painter has placed be-
fore his audience two groups of COM
monpiace buildings in the hilly land OF
the northern region of this city. Trees
stand about the houses. and the light
brings out without any disguise the
rather trivial details of the whole COM
position. The same subject might have
been treated with enough regard for at
mospheric quality. for beauty Of color or
surface. or for any one Of half a dozen
other aspects, that would have justified
the honest and careful labor evidently
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Cosway, Gainsborough, Hoppner. Law
renee, Downman and others, will remain
on view until about the end OF Janu-
ary. It is encouraging 10 note the in
creasing public interest in drawings. as
evidenced by the success Of such exhtbi-
tions as this one, and as also reflected
in the distinct place in New York's art
life, made for itself by the recently or
ganized Pastellists' Society.
A retrospective exhibition is an
nounced by the American Society OF
Miniature Painters as It's thirteenth I'm
nual show. opening at the new galleries
Of Knoedle- & Co. on February l.
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New Work by Americans Shown
in City GaIIerieS-Current Notes.

Paintings by American artists are to
be seen in special exhibitions In numer-
Gus galleries, in the district in which the
dealers have congregated. There are
one-man SHOWS and there are gatherings
made up of pictures by various painters
And there is also the Academy of De-
sign, whose winter exhibition ends this
afternoon. Further. there comes the an
rouncement Of progress being made by
the newly formed organization. the
American Painters and Sculptors, Of
which Mr.. j. Alden Weir was elected
president me other day. but with which,
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leries ..................The Schdus collection
OF oil paintings and
water colors on
exhibition ( r o m
January 10 to 10,
and 10 be sold at
the Plaza on the
evenings of Janu-
ary 10, Is and II,
and at the Ameri
can Art Galleries
on the evening OF
Januar.' Is.
City Club.............."Car by Messrs.
Boardman Robin
son, By. Mayer G.
r. Macauley, Rob
ert Carter and J.
w. Triggs; ends
January
Cottier Gallery...........P Paintings and Draw
Greayes.' Urea From
January II to Feb
Durand-Ruel Gallery. Paintings by Albert
andre; ehds Janu-
Elite Art Rooms. Water colors by
Fukawa Baske, of
Toxic.
Graft Gallery. .Mezzotlnts printed
in cOlors and in
black and white,
after Reynolds,
Gainsborough, Law
renee, Romney.
Hoppner, etc; ends
January 10.
Grolier Exhibitions Of angl-
ing books, prints,
me s. angling
bookplates; e d 3
January 10.
Hodgkins Gallery. Eighteenth century
English drawings
by Cosway, Gard
ner, Gainsborough,
Smart. Lawrence
and others; ends
January 30.
Katz Paintings by Will J.
Quinlan and wood
engravings by Ell
bridge Kingsley;
ends January l3.
Macbeth Thirty pictures by
thirty artists; ends
January H.
MacDowell Cub. Paintings by Frances
Bolton, Leora NJ.
Dryer. +. Grandin,
F.. Haworth. L.
Pope II. w. Titlow
and others; ends
January 3.
Madison Art Gallery, Recent paintings by
ends January 10.
Montross Gallery. Paintings by Willard
L. Metcalf ends
January 1S.
National Academy Of
Design. n..................N w inter ENnlDltlOH' ;
ends s p. m. to-day.
National Arts Club. Special prize eXhibi-
tiOn of paintings
ends January ~.
New York Public Lii
brary....................Lo Loan exhibition Of
French portrait en-
cravings and etch-
ings by Alphonse
Legros.
Powell Art Gallery. Paintings nv Paul
X NJ Thomas
ends January rs.
Snedecor GalIery........ Paintings by T. A..
Monte: ends Janu-
airy -.
Women's Cosmopolitan
C'Iuh Old and modern sill
yer and iewelry
ends January l6.
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u, in the ballroom Of ths Plaza Hotel.
and on Thursday evening, January u.
at the American Art Galleries. Modern
French, German and Dutch pictures
predominate, and many well known
names are listed.
Messrs. Cottcr & Co. will show from
next Thursday until February 10 col
lection of paintings and drawings by
Walter Greaves, who for many years
was closely associated in London with
Whistler, and who did much Of his
painting under the lstter's tutelage. At
the Dursnd- Ruei galleries may be seen
paintings by Albert Andre until jan
uary 26.
The collection of eighteenth century
English drawings at Mr.. f. NJ. Hodg-
kins's galleries. including specimens by
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II is an aristocratic type Of landscape
art that Mr.. Willard L. Metcalf repre-
sents. i'm his exhibition of late work at
the Montross gallery. The painter is
exceptionally equipped for the observa-
ton and registration of the facts that
lie before hin. in a grassy meadow, a
rugged hillside, a spreading tree or a
brook that fnds its way over pebbly
reaches and between fringes of under
brush Mr.. AIetcalf is not content with
correct observation of such things, but
he apprehends the essential qualities Of
natural objects well enough 70 separate
the significant from what is unim-
portant, the data that define and
illuminate from those that would add
nothing 10 The sum of the observers
impressions Of a given theme. But the
aristocratic character of Mr.. Metcalfs
art lies not i'm this so much Is in his re-
pressed way Of handing his subject. He
is content 20 let the carefully selected
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y member Of the new organization,
Mr.. Ernest Lawson. is showing eighteen
of his recent paintings at the Madison
Gallery. The exhibition brings out some
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slurring over Of what interests him
less Such aloofness, such withholding
f his ow1 opinion as Mr.. Metcalf evil
Gences here, is altogether unusual. But
his representation of what he sees and
believes to he worth setting down is OF
answering fidelity to the truth and also
in the main, 10 beauty.
AS maker of effective and unforced
conpositions Mr. Metcalf must be ranked
high. His lines lead the eye persuasive
ly, and there is rearly always a dehnite
end or elimination where one expects II.
When ycu have followed the snowy
ridge. capped with evergreens, that leads
across ons OF his typical canvases in this
exhibition, you reach at the far edge OF
the landscape a little eminence that
farms a positive conclusion. Impulses OF
this sort aroused by the arrangement or
component factors in Mr.. Metcalfs
pnIntings are nearly always rewarded
the observer finds what he half-con-
sciously was looking for, and he IS
ccrrespondmgly satisfied.
thick boughs of evergreens, the weight
and texture OF melting snowfall such
things are communicated to the observer
with unfailing accuracy and In the well
bred fashion already suggested. Per-
haps some will find Mr.. Metcalfs art
lacking m the precious elements OF sur
prise auI OF dramatic force. Evidently
the painter di6 not seek to convey such
qualities and very possibly they were not
within his natural range of expression.
Taking his performance on It's merits
however. It would not be easy to find
ricurcs more accomplished In their own
way than these landscape studies made
among the hills and brooks Cf Cornish.
|, remains 10 give special recognition to
the two snow pictures In Mr.. Metcalrs
show. which are especially good eX-
omples Of his sane, healthy outlook.
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The paintings in oil and water color
left by the late Fifth avenue dealer Her
mann schaus, comprising the stock of
the William Schaus Art Gallery, will he
placed ON exhibition at the American
Art Galleries next Wednesday, January
10 to remain until their sale, which Will
take place on Monday, Tuesday and
"Wednesday evenings, January Ii. Ii and
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CALENDAR OF EXHIBITIONS
Current Displays Of Paintings, Objects
Of Art and Prints.

American Art Gal