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inatructors. Of this schiool Gibbon soya: ** Tho knowlodge Luat is suited to our situation and ro#era—tho wholo compsss of moral, natural, ond mathsmatical ecienco—was neglocted by tho N3w Piatonista ; whilst thoy exhaustad thelr ptrongth in tho vorbal disputes of motaphysles, attempted to explors the scorets of tho fuvisible world, and studlod to roconcilo Aristotle with Tlato in subjects of which both theso philoso phora wero a3 Ignotant as tho rest of mankind. Cousnming their reason in {hose doep but un- gubstantial moditations, their minds wero ox- posed to illusions of fanoy ; they flattorod thom- pelves that they posscssed tho seoret of dison- gaging the sonl from its ocorporeal privon s claimed a familiar intercourse with demona and epirits; and, by a very singular rovolution, ponvorted thio study of philosophy into magic.' It wo accopt dibbon's criticlsm, It must Lo nd- raitted that they bl golten far enough awny from the pure, speculative philosophy of the great man whose namo thoy assumod and whono tenets thoy proposed to m\lch. Cosmo del Medicl adopted thoso idens, disgusted with tho condition §n which he found the craods and morala of the day, finding oven in the chonged nand eorruptod philosophy of the modern Platon- {sta n rolie? which his honest mind eraved. F'liero Idoan wero cultivated Ly Loronzo Me- digi, and, widlo fo a cortaiu extont veiling thelr mora prouounced theoriss, whioh wore so dla- motrically opposed to tha toachings of the Church, o a8 not to fall under hor ban, a mattor of somo eocial importance in thoso days, thoro was still in_tho soacloty which frequented the Medici palaco & freedom from oreed restriotions that gavo Beopu for originality of thouglt und cx- prousion. BOOIETY AT TIE PALACE. How charming tho eocicty must Lave boen which Lorouzo dei Madici gatherod around Lim, and which Michiel Atigolo wa fortunato enaugh to enjoy. All who conld justly clmm any right to litorary distinction wora wolcome, whother ua- iivon of Floronco or strangers. Thers was o Yetvo and sparklo abont tho rownions of the wits v, tho lesrued, tha gultured of that day, aver which Loronzo preaided, which must have boen ablstosuimatos clod. Howthoroughly they must Tiavo beon onjoyed by Michel Angela, with his reat powers, then oxpanding under this genial izt and warmib, ono can resdily imasing. A Lappier echool than this, with its untrammeled opportunities for gpceulation, hindersd hy no sonvontionsl rulss por croods, eun searcely bo naagiuod, Tlero was THE LEARNED POLITIAN, who thought uo , lubor too severs that could add ta tho literary woulth of the world; one of tho saost profound, as wail as one of tho most elo- fant, sobolara of Lin nge. Findiug no depths of #hilosophic tuquiry boyond the ponetrating light of bis critical examination, and yot equally ready to point & Groek epigram’ or rotort with ployful switaud Inoghiug sarcosm when sssailed iu like manner. 'Qlo hiave known Politian must havo #uen an aducntion in itsclf,—this man, no bean- ity, with his protruding, cagle nose, but with full, {arge oye, beamlng with iutelligenco and gunlnl - ‘humor. Itis eaid that bis poem, ¥ La Giostrs doQuiliano dei Medicl,",in which asso and Arios- to found mattor worthy of imitation, was writion jwhon ho wag only 14, “Guinguove, howevor, says tlint ho was about 20 ysars old, which is moro probuble, Bo celobrated was lo for opigrmm- watic point nnd wit that he was incesenntly bo- siogod b; sarts of poopla for somo spesimen of it, glu toes, hints for billet<louz, dainty . ‘love-notes for somo sultor to send to hh damo, iuscriptions of all sorts—in fact, whatover any = onoof his frionds roquired, and Inckod wit to campogoe himuelf, ho came Lo Politinn for,. until : thoypgor map, distractod from his nobler and mora iutorosting litorary Inbors, was led to sy, “Iam daily forced toput up witl this sort of persocution, and am actually dragged about like an ox by his noso.” Giovanul Pico, Prince of Nuranduls, was an- otber habitus of the Medici palace. Ho was born in 1463, was & Hnguist, a scholar, anda gentleman, 1o was & poct of no mean famo, and & philosopher, At 20 he flung down tho gauntlat to thie world by offering 900 proposi- tiona on & variety of subjects, including physica, motaphysics, dialootics, mathomatics, miorals, eto. {lw challonge faund no one willing to op- poso him, but, somo of his propositions being cousidored borotical, Lio was placed under the bau by Innocent VIIL, thon reigning I'opo. Honaturally found & warm welcomo at the Medicl palace, but aftorwards, turning his atten- iion to rcligion, ho sct asido his hotorodox opinfons and gave himaclf up to theological studies, becoming a grent friond and aseistant of Bavivarola, Aftor tho change in bis opintons ha burnod his poems, much to the annoyanca of Politian, who, being & man of bronder views, thouglit such wholosalo dostruction sacrilogo, Anothor membor of this socioty was Cristo- foro Landiul, 8 man who Lad alrendy grown ald in literary and clasuical labors, and who had not only critiolsed mauy Grook and Iatin authors, but x;md‘nluo wrilton an exhanstive commentary on Duato. Thoro were also the Pulcl brothors, Bernardo, Luca, sud Lulgi, all omitent as poets; the firet in -Fns(oml u:ylu. the second in tha horoic; and tha third and most fawous, who wna tho originator of tho ecrio-buriesque stylo, which ho~ introduced 1o Lis cefobrated poom of *Morgante Maggioro As = matirist, too, ho was unequaled, aud the quick ebnfts of his lghtning light retort wero capoble of- pierciug tho most pachydermatous mombor who might havo joined tho parfy, pro- voklngtnhouu of Iaughter and applausp from al! ‘Pprosent. Inthis ho was asaisted by Mattoo Franco, who, gified in tho same manner, often couched tho spear of eatiro {u rest to meet the lunco of hin opponont, and the Llt of wit and words was Taro and mirth-provoking ; retorts fiashing, per- haps woundivg, but tha encounter still sought by oach with ardor. + “Tho Bonivieni brothors wera also loarned no- quieitions to this company. Less lauhund viva- clous than Luigi Pulel and hia friend Franco, but adding tholr quota to the literary socioty which make tho Medicl banqueta subjocts of cnvy and admiration ovon at the present day, Another of the graver but loarnod frequonters of these social guthorlngs was Demelrius Chinle condyles, a rofuges (ireck from Constantinoplo. He was ‘born at Athous, and was sppolnted by Lorenzo to the Grook cliair in Florenco, 1fo ed- ited tho * Editlo Princops of 1lomer,"” which wos published iv ¢wo volumes folio in 1138, ut Flor- enco. Hoalso published editions of Isocrates and 8nidas, Lnglavd was represonted by thros young mon, Thomas - Linacre, Grooyn, and_Collet, who had come to Floronce to study this Greek inngungo. Of these, the foromost Lecame a cholar noted for sloquonce as well as an eminons Pphyuician, It nay well bo nasured that THE WOMANLY ELIMENT iWnanot wantiog, Lorenzo's wifo was a prond, _bonull(ul womau pf the Oreinl family, who must havo gathored around hor tho beat of Floronting eocloty, Amnnlx thom was Alossaudra di Seala, , ¥lio wan not only thoronghly versed fn tho Greok sud Latin classics, but bid tho talont to roply to an opigram of Politiau's, o, acholar and conr- tler, ylolded binselt to hor charms and her finulus. but his ppssion found no Teaponso in tho eart of tho fair and talentod Alleganndra, who evantunlly marricd & Groek. At this timo also, tho Llatonio Academy of Florence, which Cosmo had [natituted, was (o its prime. ' Mamiglio Fi- cing, who hiad hoon placod at its Lead, was ono of Lorenzo's trionda. 1ifa fathor was s physi- an, and ho was ncoustomed to Bay that by Lim he 1iad been dedicatod to Qalen, snd by Cosmo {o I'lato. 1Iis tastes scomed to' bhave proforred tha vocation Cosmo eleoted for bim, ITo studiod not only I'lato, but all the Greek Philosophars, 4and traitslated many of them, with commontarion and riotes upon them, "o Academicans met at Yariouy places, nol nfroquenty in eomo of the boautiful gardons, amoug which may’ b espa. clatly montioned the ltucofial. Hora thoygath- erd to listen not ouly to Ficino, but to Machin- Yelti and others, thus mingling lightor Uteraturo with thelr own more abatrueo studics, Could & more admilruble school have been of- fored to Angolo? That much of nis ultimato mowlh a3 the result of hia liberal education at 8 time and the assoclations whioh thon aur- voundod him mugt certainly Le admitted, His §nnlu- Was thua offered the fullest opportunity i qssartiog tuclf, and tho recollections of that ‘“%f;l%hnu dove much towards compensat- e e lth troubles of bLiy aftor life, whon ko m.““‘.f.""“ of petty meannced snd gat- be taken fr Om'x'}!fiw:‘b : m{;m has enjoyed nfiu:u]:n ) therofore ano miay wall take Tor bis motio, ' Dum wieimus vivamiy. SAVO| oL N, Tul vnaxfi? gn‘fv}.\\:r. D! & MR G T It Michol Augolo gradusted #chool, It Ia slso evident tln: l::.n“zl; ll'}'um;‘l: adopted the Christian fa may havo been dus to ; with Bavonarols, It is perbaps g but no doubt that fiory mouk, wltm soorohing dsnunciations, not only of the lTozury and phi. losopby of Lorenzo'y Coart, but alsa of. the cor- supt aad licentious fnfluences of men bigh In tho Chnrch, wero nok without certatn effact, » This man waw of noble family, and waa bom St Perrace in 1452, He was dostined for tho ult to say, of acholast{o and liberal education. I'rom his carlient yonth, however, hio was of n dovotional tendency, and, as tho time approachel for him to adopt the profcasion for which hio was des- tined, Ite bacame moro and mora nverss to it, Fenring tho opposition of hia friends, Lo HECRETLY JOINED TIIE DOMINICANS at Bologna, from whicl placo hs wroto a latter to his fathor, doprecating hia displosstire, hut ine sisting that in the profligate eocioty of the world ho could not earry out his viows of Christian duty. Ilo found, however, that tho mo- uastery was mnot that keaven upon earth which ho bad hoped to find it. Inatead of balng allewed Lo study tho Scriptures aa ho wislsed, he wns madn to apply himself to rhot- orie nnd bolles lettres. Ilo then essayed to prench, but at first failed uiterly. Buccess after- wards crowned lis elforts fu this diroction. 'Tlirea yonrs beforo Lorenza dol Mediel died he ramoved to Tlorence, whers ho became prior of 8t Mark's. Horo hio fieat bogan to draw those crowds around him which bis entbusinsm and forco attracted. Ile was ntistore to all conneetod with bim in regard to thoir habits, but gentls in speoch, Ha denounced the elergy, ho denounced the conrt, Ilo would have ovory ono lay asida all tuxury, all plonsure, and live alife of pen- anca and self-renunciation, In fact, ho was a fanntie. Ile, howavar, was at loast honost. Of conrso ho and Lorenzo wera conslantly in- torforing with eachi other. 'Fha latter wanted to make lifc dolightful to the peoplo, and to timt ond introduced fotes, songs, dancos, masgnos,— evorything that conld delight the popular fancy. Throe years alter Savonarola's arrival in Flore ence, Loranzo diod, confessing and receiving ab- solutfon from tho austers monk. 'Thon folluwed il those political dissonalons, which agein dls- turked Fiorenco. Ilioro, Lorenzo's son, made himself abnoxlous to the poople, laying neido ale together tho policy of Cosina aud Lorenzo, who had, with all thelr wealth, never attompted to appear in tho eycs of tho peopleas anything morn than merchanta; Picro assumed Princely stylo, sought ill-advisers, and, flnally, whon Charlos VIIL, urgod an old claim to. the sovercignty of Ttaly, was foolish onough to doclars hinmelf 1m favor of {t. Tha result was that tho Modici wero chased from Floreaco, THL EMNASSY TO CIARLES VI Bavanarols was ono of an embarsy appointed to wait on Charfes VIIL He addressed {nm ina wmannor which exceedingly astonistied that mon- areh, but failed to make him alter his purposss, Charles marchied iuto Ilorenca, occupled tho painco of {ho Medici for iwo doys, and thon marchod out. Iiis troops, howovor, found timo to tansack tho placo and noesoss thomsolves of such of {ia art-treasures as thoy liked. After Lhey left tha rest wors gold by tho Btate. Thus this wniquo collection was eeattered brondeast ond its llterary and art tromsures dispersed, When the Aediel wero again inthe ascondant gomo of the most valuablo wers ropurchinsed. After_thio French monareh Lind started toward tho Tapal Bistes, Hayonaroln publlshed o pamphlet on- the principies of government; which led to o request that ho wonld favor the membors of the now Governmnnt, which had boon organizod after Charlen' dopuiuto. with a more cxtonded oxplanation of his views, The result wan that lio assibted in tho YORMING OF TIE NEW REPUDLICAN CODE of lnws for Florence. Iiiwns by his ndvivo tho vast hail of the Palazzobecchio “wus erccted, to afford & palace for tho ings of the Council, “who numbered nearly 2,000 membera, Ile declined offies " for himeelf, o dsvatod himeelf to roformn in the couvents, obfecting to the oasy livos tho monks lod, and altogather munt have been a verltablo thorn in their sidey, o insisted upon fntroducing the Bible into the schooly, and, alter the Mshion of the Mothodists of tho presont day, wrota Lymns and sdapled them to popular ainy, 1le still ‘preached with as'much force end cnergy as aver, no offoudor excaping from tho Inoh of hia tonguo. Especially did ho denounce tho clergy, which naturally ended in his Loing cited to appear and defoud his opinlons beforo the Church. For s time he stoppod preaching, but was urgod by the Seigniory of Florencs to resumo, Ho did mo, thin boing in 1495, He seemed fo biave unbounded influence over all classes in Ilorence, aud, though forbidden b Tapal briefs to preach at Ilorence, the peoploe would not bo deniod thelr roligions entortnin- meont, 1le preached the Lonten sermons to fin- monso crowds. 1t is said ho was offered a Car- dinal's hat to lold hig tonguo or take up tho other side. A conspirncy to restore tho Medicl agaln dls- turbed Flotence, Tho conspirators waro bo- hoaded, and Bavonarola is accused of not hay- Inr used Lis (nflucnce in the cauxn of mercy, lila own words, howaver, roem to prove that ho vecommended banishmont, 1t Eo, thoy dld nog oarry their nsual welght, 1IC FANATICISE lod bim into many excesscs. Mo turned tho carnivul nto o religious festival, and fluatly car. riod hiszeal to such extremen thiat ho dotormined to mako & holocaust of all such objocts as ho thought offcudad tho canso ho wished to pro- mote. So groat was bis {ntluence that artists brought thelr paintngs and studies, con- noisseurs their colloctions, and tha pilo wad awelled with mannor_~ of artlcles, Ramo valuolers, others pricoless. DBooks wora condemned by wholesale, and tho value of it may bo imagined when a Venetian morchant, with broador viows or influonced by cupldity, offered to purchnso the whola for 20,000 crowus, It was usolcss, howover, for no firs buros so fiercoly s ouo lighted by roligious fanuticlsm. Othor viows may promote a wlllingnoss to livo aud let livo; not”so thoso which cannot eco bo- yond their own narrow creed, On tho 12th May, 1497, bo was cxcommunicated, fi howover, continuod and nouuce the - Pope, calling the Papal power in Aloxandor's hands infernal and satanteal, 1lamot an oppancut in Francosco do Panilles, who at last succeoded in {nducing a trial by fire. An immonso pile of combustible materials woroe iled up in tho Ilazza der Blgnori In two rows, caviug a apaco 2 foos wido botweon, Thromgh thls tho two coutestants woro to watk, The supoared, oxcorted by thelr friouds; whilo tho wholo city was J‘:,m-wnt to viow tho awful core- wmony, Difllenttios of variows kinda wora ratsed, howover, until a sosking rain proventod tho trial. From this the tide of publio fooling scomed to chango, and Bavonarola was throaten- od by & mob, At luat tho Soiguiory deolded upon arrosting him and his adlioronts, ‘Tho Yope dJls- ntched ' two Judgea to asslst In tho rial, Xlo was tortured and ' imprigonod, and flually, with two of hia Aisciples, Pescin and Marrafil Bylvostro, was candomnod o be stranglod and burued. Whis was carrlod Into effact ‘on tho 234 of May, 1498, With all his fanlts Savonarola undoubtedly ald much to- ward ssslsting in tho ro-ostablishmont of n Tepublican form of governmont in Tloronco, und however much one may doprocate tho ox- ceates to which ho was lad, Lis atil had tha merit of boing Lonest, which condoncs much. That this man muet Lave oxorted somo Influ- enco aver Michol Angelo can hardly ba doubted, cpru:lnll an o hiad such impli cit falth Iy him: solf, belfoving Limsolf destinod to Lo an in. strument 1n the hands of the Almighty to turn his fellosy-men from tho evil of their ways, nnd aiso that lie waa glted with prophotic powers, ——— VITTORIA COLONNA, TUL ABTIST'S LOVE, No record of Michol Angolo's life could posasl- bly bo cousidored completo without a mention of Vittoria Colonns, the ouly woman who Las evar boon gasociated in any manner with the groat nre tlst'n lifo, Alkof Lis chroulclorsogroo in consid- ening thelr association as oue of tho purest triondship, Roscoo torming it & eacred affoction, Vittoria Colonua was tho daughter of Fabrizzia Colonna, and was bora In 1490 at Marino. At 4 Yoard of sga she was batrothod to Fernando Da. valos, Marquis of Poscara, who was oqually Preach do- Jyouthfal Unlike most such oxtromoly early ongagoments, thiv was ratiflod when thoy grew alder by s mutual affection, tho Iady rofusing in his favor the Dukes of Dragauzs and Bavoy., ‘I'hoy wore both liberally educated, the youug. Marqule, howsver, esrly showing s leaning foward mulitary pursuits, Their mar- tlage waa colobrated with {ha groatest maguifl- cence, and thoy reslded for many years at Tuchia. When the Holy League was formed in 1611, the Marquis of Pescara joined it. For the next twolvo years ke was nosrly all the timo in the fiold, whilo is wife employed Loruelt ip study- Ing olsasical and Tuscan litersture und art, Bho was, however, alwaysthe wiss counselor of her Lusband, and ho profited by her judi- clous svd digmified advice. In 1625 ko found Limwolf siuking from wounds which he had received ju tho battle of Parla, and sent for bis wife to join Lim at Milan. Bho haatoned to do 80, but at Viterbo learued that &ho wad (0o ato, hie Laving already doparted this life. Yormseven years sbo remaiyoed an jucon- eolable widow, aid thon . roused hersclf from hor geiofto pay tribute to biw memory in.a serics of ;.l'flE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 1875.--TWELVE PAGES, ; 3 oo —————— N Ings, but might aleo ba recognizod among lessor | medl profsssion, And'had thud tho advantags | sooricts, Ho was tho constant theme of hor | at it.” Nothigg more mesma to have como of ™ and crealing marina animats. In the ART ) B8, . muse, which was rcplelo with tendornees and dolicacy. Vittoria was but 35 when hor husband dled, and her hand wan nonght by many Lrinces and nobles of hugh rank. . VITTORIA THE REFORMEN. Boon after her again takiug an interest fn human affairs sho began fo Identify herself in n coertain way with tho roformers, They bogan to gain ground at Naples, and smong thoss namod as holding those heretical opinions snd admitted to Vittorla's rocloty ara Valdez, o Spaniard of high birth; Sinlia Gonzags, Duchess of Frajotto, colobrated 08 heing ono of tho lovollest women of Lierday Flaminio, an clegant Latin poot; Poter Martyr, the young Neapolitan Marquis of Vico; and an- other gontloman of quality, Glovaonl Caacria, Beroardine Achino, o Uafiuuhlu friar, advanced tho raform doctrines publicly in 1636, aud drew crowded audionces, o In 1636, Vittorla left Naplos hlor Terrara, stopping ' nt ltomo, whoro she was ra- coived with high distinction. * In 1508 sho returnod to Home, aund took up hor roridonco there, Hero she numbered amon; hor friends Cardinals Pola and Contarini, and onee comnmancod herrmmnngn of art, Hue ax- tended assistance to Leruardo Tnsso, the fathor of Torquato. Ioranlso BIE MADE TUF, ACQUAINTANCE OF MICIEL ANGLTA, | Itero commonced tho friendsbip that lasted throngl the rest of Yittoria’s lifo, Shie wan ablo to draw Angelo from tha solitude whero ho loved to work, and her friendship scoma to have been tho ono great light shod over s doclining days, In 1511, "Vittorln wont to Viterlo, being smong thoso muspeatod of entortain. g the now, herotioal ideas. Whilo hero who corrosponded with Michol Angelo, and thera is imuch of Intocest kn what we learn uf tholr lotters, Ouo latteronly of hora fa in the Dritish Musoum. ‘I'lis moutiots which the artist addronsod to bor are in Lis published col- Joction. Sha no doubt influsnced him more oven than Hafouarola in indnolng that chaage in his philosoply which ls observabla from his later writings, ~Vittorla dicd in Fobruary, 1517, and during her Inst lliness sont for hor friend to vimt hor. Hpeaklug of hor a{torwards, bo sald, ** His only rogtet was that hie had frot on that oconsion mmprinted o kies on hor faco or hor forehoad, as Lo did on her hand.” 1io frequently afterward expressed iy rotrow for the loss of this most. excclient friend, e ] AHGELO'S WORKS. TITE HCULTTOR, Pendemonto calls Michol Avgelo tho man of four eeals,~an architect, » aculptor, o painter, and a poct. Ho has spoken to the world th exch of thoscgarte, but sculpture was undoubtoedly his favorito langunge. Itrequired strong external pressuro to make him devoto himself to archi- tecturo or palnting ; pootry was tho amusewmont of Lia fdlo bours, if Lio can bo said to bave Lad any, but to sculpture ho turned as to s firus tavo, and folt that ho nover spolke Lis thoughtomo well ns with tho chisol, Z 1t has boen assorted by some writers that the oxhuming of tho Laocoon had littlo influcnce upon Michel Angelo, but it scarcely ecews pos. siblo thut this noblo nutiquo should not have filled bhim with admiration, Ono can resdily im- agiuo the excitomont caused in omos when it wag rumored that such a rolic had been un- carthod, 1t was found in the apring of 1506 in tho bathis of Titus by & Roman who owned tha place, 'Tho Pope pald 600 golden scudi for it. Criatofora Romauo and Michel Angelo were summoned by the Pope to decide whotlicr it was carvod out of ono block, &s mssoried by Pliny. They decidod that it waa not, but that it was so noatly jolued tho mistako was not enrprising, ‘Tlio Bolvidoro Torso is said to have boon tho nluglo antiquo fragmont that was capable of awakeniog emotion in tho sculptor and rousing Lim to any outward demousiration of en- thusiasm. TIE PAINTER, Wa find bim learuing paiuting under Domoenico Glisiandaja. His flst offort at origiual druwh‘wg seoms to havo Leon tho scaffolding aud its ap- purienances, with the men upon. il, which was used in tho repainting of tho Chureh Santa Maris Novella. Domonioo, on eoelng it, ex- claimed, * o understands mors than I do my- solt,” o followed this with an elarged copy ot a temptation of Bt. Antouy, taken from a plate by Martin Hohonganer. His noxt slep sooms to hinvo boen an tmprovivg of his master's drawinga by adding o fow bold trokos, which was not vory pleasing to #hat worthy personngo, so that the contract betwoen them which was drawn up for throo years was diesolved. Hoon after this ho came under the notico of Lorenzo dei Mediel, and was offercd a hiome in Lifs houo, whero ho way destined to meet that admirable company of learned and witty men which must liave done much towards stimulat- fog him, it bis artist soul needed any much po- tent luiluenco, 1If, o8 Vasari says, “‘In tha air of Fioronca thero liow an fmmense stimulus to anpira after fame and honor,” how capocially must this linve beon the case in the Modici palnca. 1t was by tho ndvice of Polltian, whils ‘Angolo waa thus domicllcd, that ho exocuted ths battlo of Hercales with tho Centaurs as a subjoot for & baa rollef. It was fillod with the promise of that boldness aud originality for which Michel Angelo aftorwards alstingulshed himsolf, 1o next made a woodeu erucifix for tho Church of Bauto Bplrito, and thna gained tho good will of the Prior, who Lelped Lim iu pursuing the studion in anntomy which he was then makiug, by procuring him subjects for disscction, AFTER LOUENZO'S DEATH. The death of Lorenza dot Medicl changed overything for tho artist. Whero ho bad buen a {rloud as ufton us another wonted at his host’s tildo during tho daily banquots which woro glyen iu the palace, Lo way now acarcoly rogarded as mora thian a sorvant. Ifo left tho paluca aud fn- stulled himsolf ju o studio, not wishing to live under tho roof of “a fool,” for Loronzo had classed his threo sons aH follows: Hinlinnoe, good; Giovanni, clever; IYero, a fool; and it was ll’lmr who suceeeded him in the Govern- meunt, A pnow statuo which Micliol Angelo made at Plero's commaud, though soroly agaiust his will, swakonod that Priuce's iuterest in him, and cauded liim to sand for the artlst to roturn to his palace and sgaln oceupy tho poultion of & friond, The rumlcul troubles which Picro brought upon himself induced Michel Angola to flon with sowe friends to Vunice, but he soon roturnod to Bologna. Iore ho waa employed in complot- ing ouo ligure and adding anotlor to a aarcopha gus, which Pisano had exceutod in tha Church of Ban Potronio, 1'ho complets flgure was an augel Lolding a candolabram, but &n unlike hia usual stylo that it can oaly bo snpposed tho stiftness was produced by an endoavor upon his part to couform tho worl al- ready finlshod. But for tho ovidonco of Vaenrl aud Condlvi it suthen- Hclty might bo doubted, While horn bo made coplen of tho bas-reliefs by Jacopo dol Ponte, which are nbout the doorway of Ht. Potronits, the memory of which was long aftor visible in Luu work at the Bistine Chapel, MAKING AN ANTIQUE, ‘Tho Bologneso artista woro onviqus, however, of Lia stccess, and ho was soon obflgnd to ro- turn to Florenco. Wo now find Lim at work an a aucklng Cupid for Lorouzo dei Modicl, a cousin of Vioro's, and who wos now liw best patron, When this was finlahod it wo strongly resembled tho antiquo that Lorenzo proposed that it thiould be mado to look Jike old marble scut to Rome aud buried, and then be dug up as an an- tique, To thia Michel Angelo cousented, and the schome was canfed out to perfoction, through ‘laldasarro . del Milaneso, Whal Michel gelo agreod to probably to test hia wlill was turacd to mcconnt hhy Baldassarro. Mo wold the psoudo-antique to the Cardinal di Han Glorglo for 200 wucats, of which he sont ouly 80 to_Michol Angelo, Buch asuerok could mot bo Kept, howaver, und it is mora than poasiblo that the artlst did not wish b to bo. 1lis way scarcaly s nature to tolorato de- coption, much loss practice it ; thotest had baon made which proved Lug .lm]. and ho wai no loubt suztous the truth should bo now made known, Humora of |t reachod tho Cardinal, who raturned tho statuo to Baldassarre, aud then ‘ine 'll'ulxcd who the wonderful counterfeitor was, ‘h- rosult was,Alichel Augelo was fuyitod by the Cardinal Lo vimt Rome, 'fhe artist bad Jonrned of the trick Daldassarre had played him, sud hopod eitlior to got Lls statuo or tho monoy ; Le ©ven offored Baldassarre 100 ducats for it, Lut +ha latter refused to give it up, A lotter writton at this tiwe by the artiut to orouzo del Medicl intorws us that Michel Angolo went to the Cardinal'a Hm“' wag warm- Jy recelvéd by him, and Iuvited to eXamino and pass judguiont upon some antlque marbles which His Eniluenco had tec ntly purchased. Iu bis letter Augoto sayss *'Tho Cardinal now wished to kuow whotlicr I would vouturs to uudertako any beaatiful {Ling, I answored that 1 would make na Fl‘d“ protuisos, but he would 800 biwmsulf what [ was able to do. We lave purchased u fino plecs of marblo for a figure as large a4 lity, and noxt Moausy I begiu to work this, howaver, but wo loarn of A'DACOMUS AXD A CUPID, which wern ordored by Jacopo Galli, a Ror gentieman, Bacchun is represonted by a naked youth, crowned with & wreath of vine leaves, & tiger sktn hauging over hia arm, I reomn to have folt tho potent influenca of the juice of tho grapa, having Just drained a cup which le holds in kia nght liand, and which has giveu an uncer- tainty to ths polse of his figura, occasionally ncen oven at the present day smong the mortale wlho worship at hus' whrine. A bunch of crapen {8 beld in tho left handt from which a ittlo salyr fepde, Critlcs object to clana thia fne toxicated yonth among clanslcal works, and thers reamn to ba littlo of tho ideal sbous it, J'erhaps oven in thosa days humau copicsof Jacchus wero 80 froquent a4 to mako it diflicult to gut tLom ont of portratt style into the ideal, His Cupld 18 much more highly praised, This reprosents the youthfnl fod “resting upon ons knoo and bending alightly forward, s if from a licight he was watchiog the course of an arrow which Lo hiad aped from lis bow, Tho face is full of lifg-liko expression, while the limba show liow thoroughly the artiat had applied hin kuoyle edge of onatomy. An Adonls inthe Uhizl aiso helonps to this period. Ho unw executed that group which ac onen tlaced Lilm above all his competitars nud proved him to bo the greatoat of artints, ‘LLis wos THE PIETA which was ordersd by the Cardinal di Han Dioni- zhthe Fronch Ambasaador at Nome. It repro. sunts the Aadonna woated, wlile the dead body of the Christ lies upon bher lap, it wonld soem sa it tho body wero hardly yot cold, tho Mifelessnons of death being thers, but the rigidity enliraly wanting, Nothing more haautiful ean woll be imagined than tlus figuro, with _ita liteloss arms and logs Lauging sus pinely, with tho bead fallen back, ‘Tho Mo dooua fs too boavily drapad, perhaps, hut the fignre in full of oxpression. “Tlsin group rained Michol Angelo at once to the position he baa ever since held in tLo world of art. L Diota was firat placed ina side chapel of tho old Basilica of 8t. Petor's, and when tho charch was rebullt was again placed in o side chapol, but in such a wretched )ight that It ia imponsible Lo obtain any correct idea of ju. ‘Fie noxt thing of note is 118 MADONNA AXD CIFILD at Notrs Damo de Druges. This Las been ths causo of muchspeculation, and certaincritice have Leen tempted to dony its authenticity. There aro tnequalities in it not uanal to the great ar- tist, but thero arn beautios whick could only Linvo been his worlt, L'erbaps tho wisest view fs to atuibute it, ns soms of the art-critics do, to an carler porlod than tus Plots, The tzroup iy lifo-size, tho mothiar seatod with the cbild Jean- mg agatnst her left knee, and lolding Ler hand with hls right band, reaching out the other toward & Look which tho Madonaa holds, Tho defects in this work aro n disproportion- rlely loug neck, and shortness of Lmb from the kneo downward, while IL5 heanty consiuts in a_purity of expression in tho Madonoa's faco, and an admirable managa. mont of the arapery, whick bas a pecaliar soft- ness about it. e also painted after Lis relurn to Florence a fcturo of the loly Family for Messer Agnolo oni, which shows n flueness of detail usnally applicd only to miaiaturer, TIE DAVID, On tho 16th of August, 1501, Lo recsived tha order for bis David. This was to ho earved from & slono 18 feot high upon which another atatue had alrondy been dosigned. Ha had un- dertaken to executo fifteon mmall statucs for tho Licolomini vault in tho Cathedral of Siena. Fired the desiro, however, to nttack -thia immonse block of marble, he ut nside Lis Siona stotues and dovoted Elm:nll to this wark. Tha wax model which he molded fp still In tho UMzl 1fe worked so in- dustriously on this that he fraqueutly siept with his clothes on that he might commeneos wotk at onceat the first dawn of day. It was comploted in150k. The Judith of Donalotts waa romoved from tho Niughiors In front of the Palozzo Pub- lico (o make room for it, This atatue wan gigau- tla in alzo, and a4 Buch searcaly realized tho fdesl David, the stripling with a sling. Cramped s Aungelo was by the fact that another fignro had boen outlined upon it, he still succeoded in pro- ducing o romarkablo atatwo. The sling is held in the nxi)ht hand, tho arm of which falls naturplly by tho Bide. Tha loft is ruised. Tue status is nudo, and perhops more remark- ablo for {ts siza than avything elso, if compared with Angelo's othor works, “(vhen it was flu- ishod and In positlon, the Guefalonicre, Yiotra Sadorriul, ons of thosa mon who are nothing it not critical, objoctod that tha nose was too thick, Mountlni; upon & ladder, Angolo nppnrnml{ usgsd bis clisel for gome time, lotting & quantlty of marblo dust which ho had taken up fall to the ground, Ha then asked, ¢ Iow docs it look now?"” * Bravol bravol You have given it lifo," waa tho aneswer, i ‘Tho year bofore his '* David * was eomploted Michel Angolo contracted to make tho Atatues of tho Twalvo Apoetles for the Wool-Mor- chants' Quild, ono of which was to ho cowmploted asch year. Ho also commonced two reliofs of tho Madouna and Child, which emy, London, $he other (u tha Ufizi. paioted Hoiy Family, which ia uow in the Trib- une of the Uhlzi, but” which lacks softness, and Iy scaroely pleasing. i Anather work upon whivh he was omployed was his wonderful eartoon of TIE DATTLE OF TISA, In wlilch he vied with Leonardo da Vinel, It Liss beon altuded Lo elsawhere, butdescrvos a moro extendod notice. It reprosonts a company of lu- {fontry, bathing in the Arno, who havo ovidently been warnod of the approach of tho enemy by seatod figure, who jpoiuts in the direetion by whi they wro appronching. Tho alarm Las ppread, and the roldiers are secn in varlous attitudes; some complotely armod, others seizing their clothos aud burrying thom ou; atill otbers droased and grasping tloir arms; somo just emorged from tho river; otliors dashiug out, while somo are clambering up the yleop bauks, alone or alded by companions, who have alrendy roached the top. lislifo and commotion. ~ Tho flgurcs ware the sizo of lifo, and tho subjoct gave scopo fur every variety of sltion and arraugement of drapory. Tho car- oon wad drawn in black chalk, the shadows bo- ing in brown and tho lights in ebaded white, qullul {usists that not evon Iutho Slstine Chapol vflld Aogelo again show such forcs and origin- ity ‘Whilo his was still at work on this cartoou ha was summonad by July If.- to Rowe, at the luatigation of Glulisuo Ssu Gallo. Julius de- Lim to doeign A GOLOSAL MATBOLEUX to be placed in the Basilion of Bt. Poler's, Ta doucriba the old Dasiliez would ocoupy too much spaco. Hlo solectod tho Tribune, which bad bosu commencod by 'opo Nicholaa V, but never som- ploted. ‘This ides ultimatoly led to the deatrue. tion of the old Basilics, which can’ never cease 10 bo & aubjoat of rogrot in spite of the wonder- ful dome of tha now 8, Poter’'s, Aftor it had been decided to tako it down and robuild it, Nan (allo and Brnmanta both furuishod desigus, and Lramante's was solocted. Plaos for the Mausoleum were drawn, These dosigned a building at least 80 fect high, will more than fifty statucs boeide the brouzs work aud nrchitectural adornmont, Bo much was Julius interested in the mattor at the timo that ho had nouvuro:lu!wuufio made from the palace to thoartist’s studio, which was noar by, that ho might visit bim at any lour. Afior sonding quantities of marble from Carrara for this pur- pose, ramanto, who waa joalous of Angelo, supgested to the Popo that it was unlucky to Luild oue's tomb during hia lifetime, and so inlluenced him that ho coased to iu- torest himsoll In Angelo’s work. 1t way at this time tho artlst was rofnsod admittance to tho palace and left IHoms. 1ho Dape aat thrae times for him in tte next five months, but Lisjrefused ¢o roturn unless tho orig- insl sgreoment mhould bo carricd out. Tho Pope, in August, 1600, marchod against Bologuna and D'erugia, and hora Micho! Angolo tinally wout tohlm. Pleased with his succoes, both in cune quoriug his robellious s ts fu tha revolted citles, and s robellious srtist, bo ordered statuo of himself caut in bronze, Michol Angelo tald him bronze-casting was not his profossion ; bLut ho was, novertheless, ordored todoit, I cast this statue twioe befora he succeeded, While in Florence, Augolo finishied his cartoon of I'lsa, Tho bronze status waa destroyod in one of tho atruggles in which Italy waa 5o constautly on. gaged, and the plecos were purchaeed by Al- phonuo, Duko of Ferrara, and cast into & cannon Which ha named "Julian.” In 1503 Mickel An. HKalo roturnad to Rome, and was orderod to g to work on TUE BISTINE ChareL, 1t was uscless for bim to object that Lo wsd & sculptor and not & painter, {ls cartoon of I'lsa had " proved hls Lilitios, Vorced into thils work, he gave up ta it all the power of Lis utel- leot aud gonius, The rosult hay covered him with everlasting fams, sad mado lim more rouowned thau oven his noblost works. in soulpture, It was repleto with various diticulties which he aurmounted. Han Ballo sidud bl with his sdvice when he found his colors would not dry properly, showing him that the fault lay in the hme, snd how to rectify it. 1t was displayed to the public on All Saints’ Day, 1812, 'I'he celliug contained a wories of subjects, nlua 10 number, formed by architeotural diyis~ ious and ofnamonts paluted fo rolief. ‘I'he Arut of th represents ihe oity soparating light from darkness. Iun thosscond lle is croating the great luminaries, while bolow tloats the genins of.Chaos. 1u the third Lie ls dividiog the wers nover finlshod. One js In the Royal Acad- Ho also fourth Adam Laa juat hoen created, Thia han Deon the most admired of all the compartments. The noxt a4 the ore. atlon of womau, aml ocenples the contral point of the osiling. Tho fall of Adam and Eve, aud thelr oxpulaion from Faradise, are in the next, The tempier is representnd Ly a beautiful hnman hody eoding in n serpsul's folda, Adam is plucking the fruit, whilo Lve rits at-the foat of the tren walting to receive it. Next folluws the delngs, and then the pin and cutvo of Ham, Inthe four cornera of tho spandoils of tha ceillug aro_largo compartments, in the firat of which id *The lirazen Harpent,’ mn the recond **The Panishment of Haman," the third, David dncapitating Goliath, and fu the fourth Judith with tho head of Holofernes, Around tho chapel ara twalvo majestio fizuros, ruven piophets and five nlb(ln. The prophoty nto Jouss, Jeremial, Jzekfel, Joel, Zacharias, Tnaiah, and Danlel. ‘il albyls aro the Porsian, the Erythreas, the Delphic, the Cnmeman, and the Lybian. The Innettos aro filled with paint- inge from the domentic lifo of Clirist. 'the ped- entala which incloge the turones upon which the prophets andaybils are scated are surmonuted by nude figares in patrs, botwaen cach of whoni are placed "bronze shields painted with ucenos from Jowish hlstory, 'f'hoy sre flanked by termini painted in o varfety of attitudss to (mitate eculp- ture. Fruit and flowers, fu clusters aud bauds, cuwplote thi marvelous work. A CHEATON OF CIRCUMSTANCES, After tho death of Juliun IL. it waa dotermined to build his mausolonm on & smsllor acale. An. golo workod ou it for s time, but was afterward commissioned to make s model for tha facade of Han Lorenzo. lo wassent to excavate tho marblea for this, and in this manner over fivo yearn of hia lifo wus wastod. In 15620 La com- mnenced the wtatuo of Christ which in in the Uhurch of Banta Maria Hopra Minerva. Noxt wa find him gecratly at work upon the monument for Pope Jullus, Clement VIL becomuy Pope, however, Le forcol lum again to work on the facado of San Loronzo, whilo the Duke of Ur- Liuo was coustantly urging him to work on the monument to tho Pope. This Clement would not pormit. Angelo commenced, Lowover, uudar s new coutract, twelvo statues for tho tomb of Julinw, of which the Mosos slono was flntshed. o loft nnfiuished o groupealled Victory,—now in tho Palazzo Veechio,—four prisoners in a grotto of the Bobali Gardens at Florence, and two prik- ouers fu the Louves, Tha latter, even inith un- finished slato, is considered wmouy the most banutlful of tho artist’s works, Duriug tlo sicge of Florenca ho commenced & pletura of Leda, aud sculptured an ailegotical figure of Military Glory, OTUEL WORKS, In 1531 he fininhed the wonderful Night and Aurorn for the Medioi tombs, and skotehed out the Day snd Twilight. Dsy ia represuntod b( a8 giaut, Night by a collossal woman buried in sleop. 1o a'so commonced & statno of Apollo and & Madonns and Child. Tho latter {a partio- ularly original 1a boanty of design. and alsogeth-~ eor frea from tho stercotyped treatment of tho subjoct, tho infant's face beiug turned away sud burled In his motlor’s bosom, * In 1533 he'com- menced tho Last Judgwent, a picture which would require a chapter to itself. 1o 1635 we find bim oppointad Architoot, Soulptor, aud Paintor to tho Apoatolio Chamber. In 1531 hin Lnst Judgment was ehown to the publle. Vaesari #ayn of it that “not_ouly Rome hut tho wholo world were fitied with stnpor and wouder,” 1u 1517 ho was appointord ABCHITECT OF KT, PETER'S, to whiclr ha now devoted bhiwmwself, 1le, tiow- aver, found time to construct the facado of the Faruoso P'alaca sud complete the frescoes in tho Tauline Chapel, To enter upon the tronbles with- which be had to compete in the finishing of Ht. Peter's would uot ba possiblo, It etands to-day a monument of his glory, but unfortunataly not a perfeot one, for Lis dosign was nos cxrried out as he wishod. In comparing bis drawing with asketeh of thio cathodral aa it 14, one scos Low the beauty and nobility of the structure has Leen impaired Ly the chisnges mado in jt. Fiven tho wonderful dome losen Lalf its beanty when viowed from tho outside, while tho smallor turrots at the sido ara almoat entirely hidden by the facade, aud its ex- terior besuty spoiled by'the elongation of tha oceutral nave, Hll, evon na it Is, it s monumcnt of glory which no other artist Las over boen equal to erocting and leaviog ns an immortal record of moot rare and wonderful geniun, — DOMINO. COLOZADO, A, D, 1865, Four at a table sat thetn down At the quiet 1oa of a dozing town, Thirsty, weary, aud travelstained-— Qlasxcs wero flled and quickly draioed, + Thern were gay gallants, youug and strong, Who seanoned the drink with rolst'ring ; "Llie fuurtl, & man of worrowed ar, His swart face furrowed with line of care, The host tn drive the time away, Dronglit dominoes and bado them play— A travial game for the bearded man Who biad diced with death since Jifp began, 3let by chance, they were strangers all, But liquor loosed blier tongues fram thrsll, Hare hie who scerucd no longer young, And either Jestod, played, nor snng, Qne tall, slender, and twenty-two, With an eyo to darc, a hand " to do, Yot with lewd, vile tongue, and rakish alr ‘Vauuted of conquest "wougst dawmssls fair, He spoke of oue, ruind, betrsyed, nndons Tn o distant land, ‘neath' s warmer sun, # A peerleen maidon, tall and lithn Dack 3es of love and aplrits blithe, *Rweet snmmer-bird~—she asng like one— And now, s, hu, #ho's dead aud rone, “Wray atx, donble-funr, douhlesfive, soe, 1l Uriok to Lex narrow restiug piace. * Her mother dled, *twas sald of griet For uer darling's blight, and #o reliot Os1ue 40 this seatimental fool, Who cluny o vixtue aa golden rule, “There's a son; of course he musde eomne alir, Though bu hns, by this, Corgottun Ler; An epbiode like that, wo know, Pazses away as melts the snow.” o Bilent i1 np, and with fured start, Drives dagger keen through Lothario's beart, “Pien bowiag o all, as ke furna ta go, 1 have mado the game, aud call Dotaine " —Indianapolts Herald, ————— . Dend-Eleadiug k¢ Across the Con= tinent, Oakand (Cal.) Tribune, A fow days ago a hearse arrivad from Hoohes- ter, New York, consigned to Ensterday & Mor- gan, ‘of this city. Tho boarso was trausporied Irom the shop in Rochestor without change of cars from tha flat on which it was orgiually placed. Beforo shipmont the mauufacturers Pplaced & largo box ovor it to protoot it from tho weather. Tho box retod outhe axles, huside tho wheols, being long enough to oxtend from the rear over the dashboard iu front. Owing to tue coustruction of tlio driver's seat on tho boarso, the corneraof tho box extonded fur enough to allow room for tho body of a man to F‘“ between tho box nt that point and the iearpe. ‘Tho front and roar of tho voiclo iu so constructod as to swing open, and thoreby lmnlm' tho talo. This was noticed by sotuo ons who silontly coutemplatod how easy it -would be ta save a fow ceuts andece the country whero alrawborrios grow aa large as hen's oggs all the yoar round, and theu ponnced ofto layina stock of provisions. Theso he procured, aud polied them through tho cavity botween the 6ars0 aud the box, after which be followed, Once within the woodud sepulclire, it is thought hie wafted a soug of praise, for there repossd a Iargo box partially.filled with sitver-plated casket trimmingw, etc., which had bevn packed in straw and sbavings, as also the seat cueliions. After arranging Ein(u carnod-beof, ULread, sardwes, hormotically-sealod cabbage, and a ‘quantity of tobnceo, he urraugod tho ornamonts in the box 80 us to leavo a nico {)lluu iu the ceutro for him to repose in. Aud thon, after taking a drink and a chow of tobacco, ha recliued amid tho straw and flue shavings, snd quiétly sniokered, The appearancs of this sutfering soul aa be laid back and ejaculated tho ntcotiue from between *his ruby lips agaivst tho piate-glass sidou of that hioarso must havo boen ntmluctw, As was seon Ly the romusnis lofs in bis lodgiogs, his sppatlie remeined wubstantial throughout the ourney: but his amiable weaksiess seems to iave Leen fu liniog the glasa walls of his sance tum with tobuooo julca. A highly-colored, short~ stommed vlu{ plpe, found iu the corner, gave proof that it was not allowed to rust with in- activity, and told how vacation beiween mesls was somatimed pasdod, e e A Cow sliding Down Hill, iy My M, 1n Hoston (Hobe, Aud Lers lu the tirst domoustration I may eay it was ever inmy powar to witnoss jn cowology— & cow ** coastiug" dowa bill. 'I'he born stood upon & Lill, at the foot of which "the esttle liad been sccustomed to go for driuk, Hut last Aon. dsy morniug, the bill was covered with i nd tho boy piaced m tub of water near § - door aud let out tha cow, supposing shie woutd wlako ber thirat frow shat tub. Tho cow, how- ever, started off for her old place at tha foot of the Lill, and, findlng heresit slipplng, ube squst- ted upon her baunches, like a dog, aud, bracing ber foet in front, sho alid & dstance of 20 feet to the bottom; and, as sbo brought up of s sud- don,: she recovered Ler hiud feet and logked around aa it 0 seo ** what hiad Lappencd.” i The Latest Attraction at the Academy of Destgn. Ohurch's Pioture of the City of Pe- tra, Deseription of Elking' Just Work, Finished Roeky Mountain Scenery, CHURCH. TUECITY GF PETHA, In the hoart of Arabia lics, cursed and blight- ed, the City of I'etra, tho long-lost Capitol of Idom. Curso upon cures was heosped upon this devotod placo. It fs thus denounced by the Almighty through Ileaial tho DPropuet: *For my sword ehall bo bathed In heaven ; behold, it shall come down upon tha people of wy curda lo Judgment.” T'rom ¥enrn(lun to generation it auall be waste none thall pass througt It forever and ever, Tut the cormorant aud the bittern snll pussean it; the owl alosnd the raven shall dwell fn t; and ' La shall Btretel: out upon it the iine of confusion and the stono of etuptiniess, They hall call the noblea thereof fa the Kingdom, Lut touo shall bethere, and all her Frinces shall be nothing, Aud thorns shall come up i bor palaces, neitles And brambles 1 the fortresses thereof; and it susll Lo a habitation of dragons and a court furawls, The wild beasts of tha desert ehall nlso meet with the wild beasts of the inland; snd tha #atyr sliall cry to his fellow; tho sareacl-owl also ahall reat thera, and Dnd for Lormolf & place of rest, Thara sball the groat uwl make her nost, and Jay, and hateh, oud gather undnr tho shadow s there shall the yuitures 110 ba gathiered, every oue with Ler maly, Bueh denuuciations might Le produced Lo weariuons, but the abovo uflicos to khow that it came undor the awxful displessure of the Al- mighty. This euteo has been almost literally carried ont, Tho erost caravan rtoutos of tho timo of Solomou and David as woll a9 thoae of the Roman Kmpire Lsvo all been broken up, and tho Orientals who now find it necessary to paas frum Mecca to Damaseus or Cairo, follow roads that sitaply border on this laud, but do not pavs throughit, Forn thonsand yoars it hau heen givon up to wandering Bedonin tribes. Wao loarn of no civilized boing who has evor reached its 1n- terior excepting, pousibly, M. Linaot and 3, La- borde, with tha _great traveler Burokhardt, and Iater still Jahn L. Bteplions, with Moears. Legh, Banks, Irby, aud Mauglos, also liuglishmen, until witbin the last docade. TUE APPROACH TO PETHA is through & mauutsiucua coun b0 Wild and deaolate it almost Lafilos aumT n; and yet thin city Xings 10ignod boforo lersol’ bowed her kues 1o eoy wovorigu; and thitlier caravans Lrought pracions stores from the citled of Por- 18 wind lodin, from Tyre aud from Hidon. Nearly o centary before the Chrigtian ers, Edom sunt forth ber hosts, 50,000 men, horse and foot, to thasuccor of tha Jaws. 1nthe eocond century Petra wea still the capitat of o Roman Province, Lut her glory had alrcady doparted, aud aftor the slxth centnry the curse wus faltlled. ‘Che City of the Rock™ was logt to the world until'Burcke bLardt discovered it in 1812, It tes within su amphithentro inclosad within 8 rocky ramnart. Tho wountuins risu aronnd ic huodreds of feet iu height, Those. lercul ean art and sirangth have chirelod juta einoantlness on the sido that fronts the wmphithestre, aud then hewn from them tha most WONDERIUL TEMFLLS ASD DWELLINGH, Tho greatost of theso, the tomple ‘Kl Lbeane,” i3 to-day placed where any Chicagosn may seo it. SIx years ago Church,” tho artiat, wout to this wild country—almost beyond even tho ambition of an artist o reach, aud wado stad- ioa and skotolies of this great, desortod city, mo particulurly of 1t templo. No artist could soupbt or found a more unique sunject. Grauder tomples may have becn erected elsowhore; but El Rbasne was not built siono upon stone. It was hewn out as o seulptor chisels a status, Nor 13 this edifica a rougl, coarse affair that Fitana might have excavated with a fow blows of mawm- wioth tools, but & perfect rsprescutation of the ocarlicat and purest Creek rtyle. Itw columns, ormaments, porticos, aud porches are all a part ot the solid rock, yer each us porfect in detail and ormament ns iL they bad boen separately carved, and then combined, Accustomed to the petty worka of the presont, ono can scarcaly realize the wonder of this, wone dorful oven when compared with tho most cela- brated monuments of the Greeks or Romans, TIIE VIEW WRICH M1, CHURCH AS GIVEN preaents not only tho temple but the npproash to it, ona of Nature's most stupendona freal 'The mountaiun are cleft asunder aud tower u ward taward tho sky stroam ruehos through over a rocky bottom. Just boyoud, in tho side of ths mountain, tho wonderfnl tomple has boow, not raiesd, but hewn. It stunds there 1u its pure Grouk beauty, won- derful and admirable, Onocan nearcoly balioye that the columus, the posticood, aud the statucs aro all the samo pioce of stone, Naturs has been Javish with hor colors, and wo Lera aea evory hue in this soft ssudstone thas is to ba found in tho rarost marbles. Ture white sud purplisheblack, piuk aud scarlat, violet and nal- inan, sit blended with indescribable boanty, The Pentolican marblon could not have been fluer, and the artist las caughit all thede soft rnd variod huos. The Coriuthisn columns ara ol porfuct oxcopt one. Thot Loa baop Lroken, The carsiug aud oruamonts ou *ho facade are perfoctly rendered. Abuve thesa are round turrots, supported on columune, within which aro statues, but overy platuc is o headloss one. Tho Moliammedans Lave ovidoutly des. froyed them thiough tho jofluenco ofguparsti- tioit. This Is & picture with su stmospbers, clear, radiant, perfect, but withuus sky,—a usiquo pleture, lehiud and sbove the turrets we woo the monntaiu aides rising io their uatural hues, which Lava not boon doveloped by art, aud of which wo only catch glimpses in thelr more subducd colory. A Littlo vogetation, instend of ndding life to the picturo, only mskes the scene uore desolato, 1ore true to naturo. Fho brook that glides along in transparont sa cryatal, now catchiug the reflection of tho pijl- ars, then shadowed by the mountaiu-gory throngh which it passes. Btraugest and most admirable of all perhaps is tho manner in which tho artist Las produced tho hoadless statues. Approach them nud thoy are [ndefinite, lacking sli that distivotucss more spproprie ato to miulatures which moat artlsts emplay, viewed from a proper distance, however, thov aro as diatinct in dutline as if o acalptor Lad earved them In the niokies where they staud. TIUE PEUSPECTIVE Las been sdmirably haudled, while the Hghta aud shadows on the tomplo aro & study. Ti rocky ountaln-sides riso to sho top of thy picturo and aro lost sight of, whilo tao Arabs are crouctied, watchtul, carbivo in hund, evi- dontly on tho lookout for an cuemy on tho rocky road thal winds through tho gorgo, This iy tho solo Dit of life iu this picturo ; s type of the ivsigniticant hnmanlty whieh, puerile a8 it moomms whon placed in proximity to these grand works of Nsturs, iy still a type, if a poor one, of thous who at Jeast brought her ruggodness uuder subjection, aud tore from Lior bosom this wondrous templs, ‘I'bo picture naturally altructs tlo attoution at Dico a8 one entors tue Acadewny, sa nbiquo s it in dexign, 4o oxcellent in execution, It hes beon lont by Mr, Church to the Academy for a fow weekn, nud thoso' who fall to ‘see It will surely rogrot it. It will bo of intereat to the " lover connoissour of art from .1ty matter sud uaunuer, whilo all others—those to whom it 1s a living bit of the old Horipturcs, and thoss who only feol an his- torical futorest in this Ioug-lost city—will also find » satisfuction fn tho view, Mr. Vol in #daily oxpocting a large sccession Lo the pallery, ~soino forty or fifty pletures,—which wili be on nxlubltion ; but apart from this no one shonld fall to see 12l Khasuo, porfoct ulinost to-dsy as whon 1t was firet hown aud chiseled, dowulato snd forsakes, the home of the but snd the owl, the vulturo and tho raven, ———— ELKINS, “THE cnows.” The attention whioh has Loou given of Iato yoars to scone landucapo painting, sud the zeal witl which our artisty Lsve penotratod the wily recesses of our continent in soarch of subjecis, has Lad tho effect of produciug & distunctivel American school of art, famiiler specimeus of which are tho great palutings of Bierstadt and Moran, The savage plotaresqueness aud stu- pendous grandeur of our mountain scenery, sy roprorented in this class of paintings, bave boen the snbject of muck minuto aud quoru. louw criticlam on tho part of DBuropean con- nolssenre, who, accustomed to the quiet toues and soft blondings of oolor in landsoapos ssen Sbrough the hutnid airof Europe, find tho uharp. neag of outlive and vivid distinotness of oolur, characteristio of onr mountain scenery, and which ia doubtless owing to the great dryneas of tho atmospherio medinm, harsh and dlsplessing, and are prono to impute to somo fault in the techinguo of the artlst what la Almply tho Mith- ful reprosentation of Naturo. Mr. Henry A. 1. kios, of thiscity, whose landscape paintinge, no- tably Lin Mount Shasta,” have glven him high rank among American artiste, is now pat- ting un. fniahing touches to s ple- ture, l‘. hLis studio 1n the Kendall Building, which will probably ba aitbjectod to thin kind of criticiam, while at tho aame time its many beau. tioa of affuct and esidences of akillful and thoughtful execution, cannot fail to obtain recog- nition, The painting s a largo oue, G feet by 10, and s ono of thoso laodacapes of which the Ttocky Monotains are full, s0d of which the dominaut characteristicn ara vastnosn and mub. hmity, Tha nrtist entitles it The Crown,” an he belleven thic peak ropressnted is the high- est of the Lucky Mountain range. The vcens fa Iafd ju: the wouthern partion ot the rango, in Mexico, and, Ly means of this location, a tropleal luxurianco ot folisga and vegetation in Introduced, giving somo mognifi- cant contrasts of color, and taling away that e l‘e-nncu of Llesk desolation which oppresses hio sense in somo of Mloran's Iatest works,—for instance, the *“Grand Canon of tha Yollow- stone,” now Iuouo of the halls of the United Btates Benate. Mr, Elkins visited this roglon of the country , ed, 69, and 70, and tool hng. dreds of ‘kkelchcs und also had photogiaphs made of tho most etriking foaturen of the laudseapo, Althoukh not by origival intention, » bapuy chance led lim to attompt a Iargo picture which should present » charsoturistio view of the rcanary, and as a result wo hava tho pros- cut fine painting. Like all great works of ard, it ia tho product of slow accrotions, for, although in its general features aud oullines & falthtu) renderiug of an actual econs, the trestment of the details ia tho rasnit of much pationt obnerys. tion and study, snd i the grand swamar of suany sinaller sketches, 1N TUE VIEW AM PRESENTED l:F the picture, the upectator kesws tolie looking nlong, o monntain gorge, the siglt losing itaclf fn tlie minty distanco, In the right of the fore- fround iv & steep mountain side, covered with » Inxunaut vegotation, through which oceasionsl sputs of granite jut boldly out. Tho wurface ig wmarked with ravines cut by tho monutain tors routs that rush down during the tropical slorms, and fu some of theso Lollows small utreams run down, and, forming & pool [a tle plateau bolow, pour o larger voluma into the gorge. In theleft of tlie foregrouud iu a fortion of snother moan- tain pide, lesd steep fu ila doscent, and, as {he view iy prosented nearcr Lo the npoctator go that tatap tall oaks on o dead limb of wue of which perches an oaglo, are tha noared Gbjects in the porapoctive. Lotweea theso two mountain sidos, uud partially bridged by a fallen trea, s THE U0LGE, whoso siden aro jogged with o Tuxuriant growth of piues coucogling the rocesscs noarest to the point of viow, Layond tho rocks in the left of the forogrouud A mountaiu spur projeets, its gradun! declive waking & coutral line across the picturo. 1t iv thickly covered with o growth of pino and aepen, whowe dark green masdes form » Tuil o the suow-covered snmmit of the mountain peak which forwa the coutral object of tho picture, Ureat manses of humlid vapor roll up from the gorge, aud gather into hoavy cumuli which aro cloving arouud tho poak in dark and threateniog massos presaglug tho ap- proaching storm. The timo of the year iy Beptembor, and some touches of autumual coloring are viaible in tha lsudscape. The box-glder Lay obtaiued a crim- #on ehwis, and the leaves of the swpen have ussumed w yellow tiage. Tho great masa of tho folisge, however, still rotains its rummor livery of greou, sud thore 2ro no ash- Tupt transitions of color. The rocks vary from Vluish gray, scross which offects of light intro- dueo ruddish shades 10 & white, flint-like calor whero bald spurs of rochs protrude. Tho decayed #puarlols of the pine introduca shiados of browa uud purple, relioving the vivid groen of the vog- otation ou_the mountala sido beyond. Boyond 2! this vivid coloring rises the Dare mow<cov- «red peak that forms the mountain erown. Notwithutanding the great mass of detail, SOFAING 13 JUMULED OR CONFUSKD, Lut thero 1 8 larmonlousness of geueral effect and'a truth to nature which constitute the groat werit of (he picture, Thore are many spociat points of excellenco, one of which is the fina porspective. Who oaks in the foreground toss their branches (owards the spectutor, couveylng 3 ulrikmf offuct of proximity, "I'he sight scems to loso itsell in diw immensities of distance, in lonkiug along the gorge. A very fine touch of the kind ls in the elouds to the lsit of tho monn- tain peak. Hero is n ¥ift of Llue sky pot yot obseured by the stormeclouds, and a maed of purplish clond whcss emooth wdges show that they havo not yet been cutight by the wind, Tharo 14 anotbor stroak of sly botween this and the wountain eide, and yat lwra, by a fne touck of gemus, the effact of dis- tance is futroduced, and eno seoty to bo looking under tho clouds aud into spaces whona trauquil depthy are ns yot undisturbed by he storm, "o techinical dilienltios to be overvome in workiug upon #0 lurge & spread of canvas ars very groat, The artist Is iu perpetual dangor of working up his subject too uely mo that its tonches are lost * wheu viewed at the distunce uoconeury i orler io {ake in tbe _view of 80 largs s picture. Mr. Elkiun atatos that this was his great trous blo when tirat attempting tiv. elans of subjeots, His work ou tho presant subject displays & bold aud uure hand. Look uarrowly at tho canvas, and the rocks are mado up of T:“ splashea of color dashed ou by the palette-knifo. “Stand off, and the patches of gray rvsolve thomsolves into fliub rocks, rteslistic in their naturaloess, Splolchios of gray und drab, roughly svumbled iy, become the distant miste of the gorge, into which the eizht seoms to ponotrale and loso iteelf. The top of {he pesk oy scom to have bLeen too sbarply drawn, to thoso pecustomod to Lhie yague outlines of for- cign landucape, but is a falthiful ropresentation of nature. As a whole, the piotare is graud and lmpreseive, and cannot but add to the reputs. tion of the artiat. 1t will be ready for exhibition iluxjnu next week, and will be taken to Europe n Juno, ———— IAARCH. Marcli! Marel! March! They are coming In troops, to the tune of the wind; Red-lieaded woodpeckers drumming, Golid-crested thruslica behind 5 Kparrows in brown Jackets bopping Lust every gatoway doors Fluches with crimsou capa atoppiug Just whivro thoy stopped years before, March ! Marck! March! Thoy are alippt! ‘u‘ul.\thE:ll-l nl‘:r:“ ':x.‘—i""- PR 1ttlo white lily-buds, drippin Under llllyl\lulln u.ul"!nfl fasi; Butterengm, violela, roses, f Suowdrop, and bluebell, and pink, “Llhrong upon throng of sweet oniee, Heuding the dewlzops to drink, March | March | March ! They will hurry Forth at {lie wild bugle-sound— Blorwoma aud birde in a lurry, Flutteriug all over tho gronnd, - Hanig out your fags, birch and willow? shake out your red tasscls, larch | Gruse-llades, Up from your esrth-pillow! Hear wha ju calling you—3arcl | DLty Larcow in St, Nicholas for March. A Curiosity of Legisiation. Boxton Advertiser, Tha followiug U, which Las passed both Houses of tho Alabama Logwlature, and |y lmfluhly 8 law by this timo, Iv & curiosity of logislation ¢ Abill 0 bo entitted an act ta probiit the diapostng of sgricultural products between the hours of sunssh & i “ffl::;fmx ta & dduty of paramount Importanos tliat the Geseral Avsoibly of Alsbaiua should provide ;ngu.l prutectiva to the sgricultural intersats of the ta and WitknizAs, Tho depredations commitied in (e way of potly thefts hiave Leen carried 5o far aa o demand Prowpt dicasares for thelr suppresalon ; and Wibiuss, 10 :1&; epiaton ?wms‘ Gonersl Auambly no as uate remt 'au be oxoept - fots 0f woneral appllantion. CoiFoSg tha’ batrs o¢ trado ; Wwreforv, Ero. 1, Ve st'enaeted by the Uenernl Assembly of Alupama, That sny person who shail buy, sell, roe colt, barler ur Midpoue of any cottou, cord, whsat uals, Jues, OF polatoes, after the Liour of subset snd befuru the hour of suurlse of the next succesdiug day shall L gullly of a lsdewoanar, and, oa couriction, shull be fined uot less than 310 nor siore than and may also be imprisoned in the county all, or 4o lisrd labor for tLis county, for uot more (had b wmouths, Hew, 24 1o 1§ furior stisctod, That (Lis act shall nof afect the Fight of rwuuicipal corporations 1o eatablish sud reyulite, under their charters, publio markola within their lluits, for tie sale of commodities for cullnary purposes, nor the right of any proprisior or ownor of auy plsiitation or prewlsse, o soll on such Plautation of preiulscs the Locessary grein snd proe viston for subialstunce for tuan and beast for the night t0 traveling or truusisut persons, or for the weoof sgrigultural Laborers in hisown employment on such vhulation or prewbses, . 'T'be purpae of thé bill is sufiicjontly stated in the proawLXl. It Iy, in_plaiu torins, o proveny tho petty thioves I the Bluto from ateallng fromn the plantatious. Tho wuethod, however, seams to b very indirect, aud clroumstances can easily be conceived of when tha law might twmn varx Lonest tradeswan into a violator of thas law, an subjeat to flne and imprisonment for his 1t is very Jikely, howaver, that the seve of the act will” oot be eaforced again tLian colored doprodators.