Evening Star Newspaper, January 17, 1874, Page 1

DAILY, § 4T THE STAR BUILDINGS, Pennsylvania Aveune, cor. Litn St. aY STAR NEWSPAPER COMPANY, &. H. RAUF! Press. served by their enbel Forty -rorn counter Two Crete enh. 91.26, six mon! i; One Fear, $8. THB WEEKLY STA R—Published Fri Osean Wee Tmrarintiy in agvance,in both cases, aod BO paper sent icuger that paid for i Be Rates of advertising furnished on application. _ EVENING STAR. DOUBLE SHEET. Washington News and Gossip, Tiows at the Execu- Tee Eves dae Minden Wii commence ou Tesitey, the | Coys Muc@en, Past ovtock. Kecep- | hire” ith er | © Jtand enateot H. W. fleetions this morning held a two hours’ dis- cussion on the proposition to abolish the elec- ge and choose the Presi tent by a direct The subject will be sgain ussed at the nex: meeting of the com- teral coll te of the peo mittee. mow ice-bownd, had steam up this and was mao Blockade. bot will he is under ing was under di fame were exhibite Wa d at the meeting. - London—J. Barta: Sberman and family W. Brega, Mrs. J. 5 1. Saville and tamil had js yesterda Cameron's sire into the expediency of grantin, fof the Menonnites,of Russia aw tion Sen, them the re Prussia, to purchase from this government a ands sufficiently large to af- ford homes tor them in thts country. They compact bor'y of number between forty and fifty thousand soul: and propose emigrating to the United s enjoy the civil and religious liberty whi cent edicts of their 1 e depriving them of within th years. without coming to any conclusior Tus Fs great animation to-day, ai the recipient of numerous calls, ea-Minisier to Greect ‘ThE DaRren Saiy Can at.— Daring an inter- | view between Kepresentative Giayton, of ifernia, and Commander elicited. The ew. bas examined Selr sufi navigation will do to their several departments before lon Meanwhile Mr. Clayton will introduce a ree: olutign next Monday instructing the Commit- tee on Commerce to report a8 soon as possib’e on the feasibility and practicability or the pro- used enterprise. Rocky Mowntars Lic ground followed another, and te the bo where he had left his first deer, found that this tiger cat, or lion, bad torn carcass in pieces. This animal is qpite rare. and is regarded as very dangerous, avd anno: the people of the mountainous regions who are Lar ming or ranching by making nightly visits to 3 and sheep. The specimen received at theofice of the geological survey i: a very large one. meas- uring seven feet in length, and weigning up- thetr corals and carrying away thei Wards of one hundred pou Naval ORDERS.—Lieutenants Chas. H. Black and Wm. | ittle have been ordered to tte receiv- ing ship Potomac; Lieut. J. N. Hemphill has been ordered to navigation daty in the Norfolk ils has been de- t from command of the Shevanioah, on her arrival at Key West, and ordered to return home and report; Commander T. 8. Fillebrown bas been detached from command of the Wa- chusett, and on the arrival of the Shenandoab at Key West will assume command of that rex, B. Taylor has been detached from duty in the bureau of yards and docks, and ordered to command the W achasett; Commander Henry B. Howison ordered to com: 3 Lieut. Rieh'd Wainwright bas been detached trom the hydrographic or- Washington navy yard; : Capt. Clark H. We sel; Commander Bushrod mand the Shawmu fice and ordered to the Lieut. R. C. Hooker detached from the ‘n: yard and ordered to the hydrographic o! Commander from command of the Ossipee and plac sey detached from dut bance and ordered to c ‘Tee Copirication « UsrTED States.— vision of the La mand the Ossi pee. miseion which has been engaged thres year epon the work. Ali the laws now in force are condensed into a single volume. This volume must be treated as a bill and must be regularly considered and passed by both Houses before codification can bave the validity of law. When this task is accom plished by Congress there will be Be lon, eoy. use for the seventeen volumes ‘atutes, except for reference to laws repealed, directly or indirectly, by subse- e of the coditica- ag the whole body of the existing sta- the reach of lawyers, government efficers and others interested in them, who of the rev: quent legislation. Th w | MoRee, on the north side of the | ys Excepted, VS. 48—N°. 6,497. SS er TS, /ASHINGTON, D. C.. SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 1874. TWO CENTS THE CORCORAN GALLERY AN HOUR'S STROLL THROUGH THE COLLECTION. (UWritten for The Evening Star.) ‘The Corcoran art Gallery has been opened during the past week toa few newspaper peo- ple straying that way. As there are thousands of our citizens who have never passed the por- tal, it may be well to convey, brietly, an idea Of the interior as it will prese GADABOUT’S COLUMN. by Mark Twain and C likewise jruoning. The chair where the dead | ing classes,” and he uses the remark in refer- man presided is upset, as suggestive of the .Tecent moment of the tragedy, and a dagger Hee on the marble close to the figure. very large canvass, and the portly figure of Cwasar is given at life size. the solitude, the emptiness of death pervades Althongh the lad who received on Friday | were at home yesterday, the sudden and ex- | d the receptions fro.a being lant. Mrs. Gen. William Myersand bir Gavghter together with their guest, Miss Russell, of Detroit, had perhaps the largest number of calls, especially from the young beaux of the + Mrs. Gen. Ricketts, Miss Alexander Ray, ami Miss Baird, Mrs, Parker and her ence to this statue. It needs no critic to demonstrate the beauty and grace of this refined figure, which, how- ever, neither expresses in the countenance nor the features the name bestowed upon it. Tne indeed, although womanly, is not partic- has a rather comforta- e graceful anatom ite eclectic perfection of the form, and the easy poise and repose which g ght and we might add the remarkable purity of the stone, which Mr. Powers never neglected, nor the nicest manipulation of all details. The price Of this statue was 85,000, although it is the gen eral impression that a much larger sam was re- i public is qaite wild id many or the art treme cold preve: “ The Gilded Age, D. Warner, is a large and plentifally i subscription book, which I have read through with interest and satiety. vividly, runs slong into prose without mach plot, bits off a good many characters and ends without being finished good example of the The atmosphere, It begins drily and ble expression. At the other end of theroom, even larger than Gerome’s painting, is the prize picture success fully presented before the English Academy last year, entitled, I believe, ‘The Drought in In this are several figures life size, male and female, gathered around a well with different expressions, and over all the solemnity due to the type of r: y be revealed dilded Age in itself, be imperfect, and making the most advantageou trade upon two hasty and fair reputations, last page of the book is as impudent as the dying joke of Artemus Ward, when he left a fortune which nobody could find, to people sti carried a perwon cal throazh nearly the whole book “Perhaps some ay aghter, Miss Johnson, and niece, ey, all had p easant receptions during There is but one door to the whole interior, &N oversight, we should think, of Renwick, the Entering this door and passing a noiseless one just beyond it, the visitor tinds facing the great staircase, which is broad, with short. flat steps of stone, and grained along the sides like marble. the foot of the stairs open into the series of sa loons which are te receive the sculpture, vases, ts, and articles of virtuoso. The visitor wil! go by the left, and passing through the warm rich office of the trustees and superintendent, | will find himselr in the FIRST SALON, and the only one on this fluor which, at present, contains anything. In this room are tour vases, each the perfec- tion of its kind. The tirst is of rich modern «, four feet three inches high, mounted upon a pedestal of American walnut: lt is covered with rich designs of peacocks, stems, foliage, and other things, botl» delicate and gorgeous, and Faenza seldom produces a This ware is mere earthenware treated with a white opaque varnish. Thé art is im the designs. The smaller vase, in a niche to the right, is a voluptuous specimen of French painting on porcelain, represent: who bas taken Cupid's bow and hi her head, while he struggles to climb and re. | cover it, as meantime a taun glides through the grass towards the goddess’ feet. suous as this vase is, it will get many a sly glance. The other vases are marked for their exquisite colors, where violets and other flowers almost fade into the background, ly rare are the tints and dyes. In the middle of this room and taking up the ace, is nearly a complete collection of THE BRONZES OF BARYR, the celebrated modeler of and so forth, at the Jardin des Plantes. One with aneye to animal anatomy, physical ex- pression and artistic skill and power, can spend hours around this bronzes are above two feet and a half in length, and many of them but afew inches high, bat their variety is extraordinary all forms of —The events of the evening were the first evening reception of Mrs. Speaker Blaine, a Nl dancing party at Mrs. Albert's, and the nent given by Governor and The latter was one of the mest | tful entertainments ever given in Wash- ts | igton, so perfect were the arrangements made «1 pleasure of the guests. as throwa open on the 3 dressing rooms. On ur rooms opening em the ball roem in neers greatly enjoyed themselves. On the stairways were vases of flowers, on which were perched singing birds whose ‘life- like movements and sweet music almost made one believe them creatures of tesh and blood. | the ball room was used upon prices, and we may ists themselves. There are foreign this gallery which were purchas: moderate sums in comparison to society prices, f our American artists coalesce the social demand for them with their artistic We must remember that the two sta- tues of Franklin and Jefferson, which the gor- ernment purchased, cost but and the price paid for them was decried at the time by other sculptors. ae, except from the most renowned sculptors, is remunerative here at about $6,500, and the price which New Je - Browne for Kearney and American sculpture has much improved siuce Mr. Powers received such appreciative notices of this work, but it will havea value as marking our first success in National Art, and is always In the same room are four busts, of which a Bacchante by Galt is most e and the necessity Over the heads of the grown persons an infaut is held aloft. ‘The drawing is vigorous and the somposition effective. will give good exercise to a This picture nteurs a8 @ subject for the comfort a: fa, and re- We supposed, from the The London Art contains the following “Egypt: “This fine achievement by Portaels has been sold to the Corcoran Gallery of Art at ington, U.S., ata large price; bat its val ed in money, and it is to Second floor for the | the tirst floor there we into each other, one of th: for January, 1874, ease with which laudatory notice of it would not be difticutt. was; indeed it was impossible; and therefore the portions of the narrative containit of the search have been stricken the reader is rewarded for following a character as just paid to arcely be estir the credit and honor of the America: to have acquired it. at the Crystal Palace plished painter holds foremost rank among the ; his genius has been isplayed in many works, and is indeed a spe- It is of large size, fitted only for a large gallery, and worthy of a Except for its dimensions, it would certainly have found an appreciative space in this country.”* ARY SCHEFER AND FARD. To the left, as we enter, and behind us,is Ary Scheffer’s original and infatuating subject, one of the best specimens of his second or romantic series of paintings, and midway between the sentimenta! and religious series—Uhland’s bal- lad: Old Charlemange bewailing his dead son whom he bad driven to battle lespair by his re- ception of the youth when he lost a previous ac- tion. The bronze and golden tints of the paint- ing, the consonantly mellow atmosphere, the blending of death, beauty, woe, and tenderness in the feeling, and the suggestion of the ban- «uet without to celebrate the victory, are all in the best style of Ary Scheffer’s most healthy ‘The style is fabulous and mysterious, like the theme, and something hoary in treatment—visionary, yet not unreai—gives the stamp of age to the canvass as if it were almost contemporary with the subject. Fourth in consequence as a subjec! Awork of art,is the original oil p Faed of Shakespeare and his lriends, steel en gravings,ot which are known wherever the E: glish language is spoken tish painter, born in 182 produced nothing more ambitious than this, which will be a good relief to our Shakespear- when they put by the text and stroll in to see the man among his fellows. There are two French landscapes of large size im the collection by Jap: Emil Breton, which give vigor the half dozen American scenes, of which a showing the White Mountains, Eastman Johnson contrib: bis prettiest household scenes, a irl watching acat go ¢ Billed with gold tish, It obtained the gold medal rent from this book that one or both ‘The billiard room beic ity and the patience fer the supper room, and a most Tepast was served. were assisted by their guest, Miss Sandereon, of Philadelphia. Mrs. Shepherd wore an elegant toilet of blue silk, with facings of rose color. son's dress of biue tarletane over blue silk was relieved with sprays of roses. Parisian toilet wax superb. It was of pearl gre: kirt composed entirely of banded down with black tte of diamonds in ors lack cont to elaborate and exec equally yoked, and one man pull: off to graze while the load, and, of course, be invidious, perhaps, to say which of the twain does the grazing. The Gilded Age 1s pitched in nessee to begin with, where th lineal characters gets in some w r in land. This land tions it aronses are the curse of bis poster The family moves to Missouri, where the c After the war the land in le of @ great congres- reat artists of Euro) Mr. and Mrs. & sensuous delight. majolica or fa! national galler: Miss Sander- The possibilities of this Gallery, under good management. are of a very flattering charac- ter, and nothing augurs better than the cool and prudent manner in which Mr. Walters has commenced to make his purchases, buying slowly and making no mistakes, with a weather eye to the important matter of the Corcoran fund, which it is the object of all to nurse up to that figure when it shall have a net income ot #100,000, and then the best that comes will be Mr. Walters took $10,000 abroad; but, instead of spending it forthwith upon the nites of the period, he left a large part of it on deposit in Paris, subject to the order of & competent resident buyer. The tund at present represents $ annum, but some of the interest is compounded. In addition to this, Mr. Corcoran has literally emptied his private residence of the compat ions of his age, in order to furnish our citizens ing that shall relieve the merely national art. ten years from this time we shall have the sec in rank in the United States. rom this thme we shall have the bes’ collection south and west of the Hudson. T. *.S STEAMER (8SiPgee, which has for been aground off the Arsenal, and is ‘ternoon attempt to break the ice rders for Key West, g© into dock at Norfolk to haye 1 satin, the trat perpendicular pu She wore an aigre' ; her hair and a pendant at her throat of dia- monds and pearls. Mrs. Redfern wore a mag- k velvet, with overdress aud jin war breaks out. question is made the s sloral job, avd the action is transferred to Washington, which Mark Twain seen in a vision with bis boots on headtoremost- He says of the Capitol Goesips will tell BRATION.—The ex- national centenary insession last night at Willard’s Hotel, the Committee on Foreign Affairs and on the Centennial of the House ot Representatives deing present. The plan of the proposed baild- ion, and drawings of the Some of the distinguished President, Secret: Richardeon, i is Rich and sen- hardson, Miss Oldfield, . Belknap, Secretary Delano and his daughter. Mrs. Ames, the Attorney i Mrs, Williams, Mrs. and the Misses Mrs. Boultgny, | you that it was to cost nd that the government ¢ 000 of building it tor that sum.” and no trath either. ith the new syaares So exceeding- Kilbourne, Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. «. 3. Noyes, Mr and Mrs. Red- fern, District Secretary Harrington, Mrs. Her- ringfon and Miss Harrington, Miss Dupont, Senator and Mrs. Morton, Senator and Mrs. Dorsey and Miss Wyck, Senator and Mrs. Conover, Mr. John Edmund Brown, Miss Mor: | an, Misses Mackall, Mrs. Morsell, Dr. and | ining, Col. Donn I’iatt, , Admiral! Polo, Aristar fendi and the P. en. Babcok, Mr. George B MeVartee. Mr. M W. Galt, Mr. Richard Wal- lach and Mrs. Mareball Brown, Mr. and Mr Adolph Cluss, Mr. and Mrs. d 1 Mrs. Niblack. Judg Col. Dwyer, Hon. Mr. Clements, Mr. A. lett, Gen. Sherman, P: Gallaudet, Col. Magrader. Recorder Wolf, ators Sargent, Boutwell, Hamlm and Morto » Representative Kasson, McKee, Stannard, and many others of both Houses ot Congress. ry reunion of the season «° Hon. Horatio King’s occurs this evening. — Mrs. Southworth receives at Prospect Cot eorgetown, every Saturday evening. is no joke in th’ pitol at this dat added, bas cost but © Of the city he (she, or it) says. stretch of cheap little brick houses, with bere and there a noble architectaral itself out of the mktst—; If the thaw is INGTONIANS \nS0aD.—Th? following Wasbingtonians were registered in Paris on the “ith of December: A. Boree Allis, J. B. F. Da- lge. Mrs. Charles Eames, Mrs. Mrs. Pell, Nice—Mr. and Cunui ngham, J. Animals, reptiles, verament buildings 1 goingon when you come down and go about town you wil! wonder at the short-sightedness of the ¢ you come to inspect the streets, in that they did not dilute the mud a little more and use them and strangers some! rs. Nichols, Gen. Lieut. and Mrs. Mar chi Bey, Baitazzi Et y fathers when None of the This is all very well. as it they say of the White House: * treasury is a tine large white barn, with w upbandsome grounds about it. It is ugly enough o is nothing to what » aud they express Amongst the mounted De Foix, the Duke of drleans, 4 Circassian warrior, and an Amaryon. | Among the groups most notabl dragged to the ground by dogs, adying stag beset with hounds, and lions, monkeys, tigers, eagles, horses, and crocodiles swell the list of Garye's influence over mod- iMustrated by Mr. cre, the esteemed friend and executive of this collection, who seein; course of completion by M. G Aposties delivered to the lions,— with the calm looking attitude of the lion, star- ing up in @ sort of leonine respect. ‘That is a novel and Monsieur Gerome. “It is not mine,” said Gerome, from my friend Barye. | had made hungry and wild lion. ‘Mon Ami, @ ion would an _ amphitheatre. wildered with the scene.” Gerome changed the picture, and thus art and nataral history work: THE HILDESHRIM COLLECTION In the same room grouped under glass are the magnificent Koman utensils disentombed in Saxony and reproduced in France, and which restore tous the Komans as they livedia the noblest period of their applied arts, with their ladles, jugs, ewers, plates, bowls, tripods, &e., the whole richly chased with figures in such high relief as to seem at the point of leaving the vessels and with most perfect and cunning traceries and suggestions, modeled apparently into the silver surface. Amongst these trophies and intermixed with them by some chance—for ed together—is a huge ascribed to the eleventh cen- ully a gallon. which some Ger- bably quaffed many a time in in the doctors had leech and bleed human nature than i everate days. A fine bust of Commodore lorris completes the collection on this tloor, end parts of many days. B packet will be due Second Call of Gov. Davis for Military Assistance The President's Kea- John Faed is a Scot- , and he has provably Gallaudet and a teness, is what the inside offers to the ‘The Attorney General this afternoon sent the following telegram to Goy. Davis, of Texas, in response to his second call fe tates to : ch re- ve countries contem- next eight he committee discussed che matter “It occurs to me, all this before. just here, that I have read Mark Twain pass over to Mr. Warner his Washington correspondence | rs, aud have the same utilized in story by Warner? However, the authors introduce @ Christian statesman ‘‘into this book, made up of the min- gled reputations of Pomeroy, H— they are al! ingeniously grafted upon Senator Dilworth — The third liter animated metal. mittitary aseist erm French art DerartweeP or Jestice, WaSsHINeTon, January 17 Goxernor B. J. Davis. Your telegram stati constitution of Texas the 2sth of April, and tl bas been inaugurated and will attempt to seize the governor's office and buildings, and calling upon the President for military assistance, bas been referred by him to me tor answer, and | am instructed to say that after considering the fourth section of article four of the constitu tion of Texas, providing that the governor hold his office for the term ot years trom the time of his instalment, under which you claim, and section three of the elec tion declaration attached to the sa'd constitu tion, under which you were chosen, and which provides that the state and other officers elected thereunder shall hold their respective oftices for the term of years prescribed by the consti. ginning from the day of election, un- ct claims the oitice, and more than four years having expired since your election, he is of the vpinion that your Tight to hold the oftice of Governor at this time is at least so donbtful that he docs not fee! wat gz United States troops you in holding further possession of it; an herefore declines to comply with your re- Gro. H. Witttams, Att'y us contrast to TIVE MANSION was the scene of ithe President was eetively | end individually. Among those who desired to | pay their respects were tue republican members | of the Maryland legislature. The Mexican | veterans were received by the President in the new and gorgeous East Ruom, as stated elsewhere. ~ General Sherman ‘was among the spectators present. The Indian peace commissioners also had an inter- view with the President in which the situation was well discussed. Among other visitors were Messrs. Eaton and Shellabarger, of the civil service board, and Jno. M. Francis, | Local Art Notes Our home artists seem to be all busily at work, not only on subjects congenial to them selves, but successfully, so tar as their effurts s g that, according to the teh Gea or tae ‘ou were governor until Richard Coke Of course in the end Dilwor- thy is exposed, investigated and whitewashed, and the great job tails only interesting woman in the book, takes up a second time with the man who seduced and jilted her, and then follows him to New York and kills him. ‘Then there isa great trial, mo- deled upon the Stokes and Laura Fair trials, with some humorous writing. Laura is cleared and takes to lecturing on her crime, for which the audience hoot et and she dies that night in stupor and broken heartedness. The tale Virtually ends here, although there is a weak prolong other characters suticiensiy nen) wertul treatinont, said Mr. Walter. Meantime Laara, the —Ulke, who has recently completed a most striking likeness of Richard Harrington, Es«., is bard at work on his portrait of Senator Su: ner, for the Sumner school building, and occa- ly touching his fulilength picture of the same fine subject, wh: commission from the government of Hayti, and which bids fair to be his magum opus. — Poole is dividing his time between portraits In the former branch his like ness of the late Hon. J.C. Connor, ex-Repre sentative from Texas, elicits warm praise from the friends and acquaintances of that gentle. man, while his later efforts in landscape show ogress in that line. His view ot lountain, upon which the finishing Put, is one of the best ‘The two paintings, by Cole, called the Depar- ture and the Return, are fully descriptive of the man in his conscientious study of details and versatile aspiration to combine the largest pan oramic effects in nature with dramatic move. mentand human sympathy. the foreground is defined against a range of mountains, from which its abuts, and through the drawbridge the knights are trailing, gray paimer or priest waves discouragement to them trom under the green oak, where the In the next picture a chapel, dows are lighted by an au tumnal sunset, stands amidst the foliages of the vale, and the dead knight, who rejected the warning, is seen returning on a litter with his feet to the castle, followed but by oae mounted In these landscapes, nature and man joi to perfect the feeling and idea. One large and new painting, around which lovers and young co French school and ci A young girl of exquisite grace has tilled her pitcher and waits, with her back to the shadows, piritof the fountain who whispers over the wall in her ear in the form of a riculy dressed youth with crimson jacket, slashes anit position of Milton organ before Cromwell, his fami society of the Commonwealth, deserve: tion for the pains which the artist has taken do something worthy, and for the subject which treated. This isa fair sj f painting at Munich, great influence over all Leutze’s work. There are some delicious tlower and fruit sub- Jects of the French school ‘keon is set off by a copy of Stuart's well known Washington, by the artist’s d. There are some excellent amongst them one of Sully the artist, antique h Warren and his wite; by both native and Bayre saw it and said not behave so entering He would look at first be- he is painting together for gool. A great castle in oni landscapes. The mest extraordinary part of this book ix its sardonic, almost lurid estimate enjoyment. It is written in an unhappy spirit, and upon the model, apparently, There are good parts in it, but no The cssence of comedy ir vid parte are the best. times the work is so carcless as to suggest th the authors despaired in their task and hated for its uncongeniality. leader advances. whose stained w Seifritge, some im- portant facts relative to the propssed ship canal through the Isthmus of Darien were ineer of the Hoosac Tunnel idge’s reports and estimates, has expressed the opinion that the estimate Of $e0),000,600 for the completion of the work by the Atrato route is not too low, but entirely ent for all cowtingencies. The President bas rejuested Ges. Humphreys, chief of engi- neers; Prot. Pierce, of the coavt survey, and Commodore Ammen, chief of the burean of to report on the subject, which they h the governor-c: real merriment. touches are yet to be things we have seen from his pencil. Point of view is near the line of the Metropolt. tan railway; the time a bri way to the gol the first ranted in furnishin, As to real characte t sunny fall day, none. There are some human m urties in it in the early chapters, a hypocrites and contidence peopie; hood, beauty, mental repose, dignity of Manhood, and sincerity of aspiration, it is It ought to be called’ «The An arouser of dyspepsia. By Two The following is a sketch in this book of Newspaper iow y were always talking in the ow, ever- lastingly gossiping, banteri cally praising things, and which was a curious commingling of earnest Colonel Seller liked this tatk amazingly, though he was sometimes a little at sea in it—and perhaps that didn't lessen the relish of the conversation to the correspond- rally, is of the crimson tints which follow led “The Talkin, frosts of early autumn. The re- Wuit is that the mountain loses something of the massive and somber majesty which is its mos famil'ar characteristic, but we are not sure but the picture is all the pleasanter as an every-day companion for the bright clear atmosphere and warm cheery tone in which itis painted. Poole is also engaged on a series of shay little in which sunlight, water and children are introduced with charming effect. *. H. Miller, whose efforts in crayon we have heretofore had occasion to comniend, is busily engaged on portraits, with little forays in the domain of fancy now and then, by way of recreation. A recently completed likeness of Mr. Corceran is unusuall they were all disinterr: drinking flagoi tury, holding Ligvt. Cox. 0. E. BLUNT, corps of engineers has been ordered to take charge of the « struction of the defences of the harbor at Ports- mouth, N. H. wholly destitute, THE LEGAL-TENDER KaseRVES of the trea- sury have been drawn upon until the amount now available is only about seventeen mi'lions, entucky lottery, About the 10ih if the present system of the end of the forty-four millions will be reached, and then—what then’ ‘THE REMAINS of Charles Astor Bristed were yesterday afternoon remoyed trom his late resi- dence, No. 1525 K street, to Adams’ express office, from whence they were ferwarded to Stockbridge, Mass., leaving on the $ o'clock train. Previous to the re: the house a large number of the friends of the deceased assembled at the house, and brief fu- reral services were conducted by Watkins, of the Church of the Ep remains were encased in a magni with full glass top, extensive bar handles, cov. ered with black cloth, and lined with «wilted satin. Onthe top was a solid silver plate, with the inscription: ‘Charles Astor Bristed, died January lith, 1874, aged 53 years.” ——_—___ FORTY THIRD CONGRESS, - — SaTURDAY, January 17. THE SENATE was not in session te-day. REPRESENTATIVE: House met as in Committee of the Whole. Mr. Rusk (Wis.) in the chair, for deba' business whatever to be done. ‘The attendance was as usual on such occa- sions very slim. Mr. Harris (G: Leutze’s com wood interior: and in the lan, “the drawing iz or 15th of next month, ii disbursements lasts, and sarcasti- on in a style ~There was received yesterday by express at the office of the geologi- cal survey, 1101 Pennsylvania avenue, @ mon- jer tiger cat from the Rocky mountains of Colorado. It was killed by Henry Yount, the hunter that accompanied the geological survey dur-pg the past season. Mr. Youut had kilied @ piaid-tailed deer, and leaving the body on the | when he returned with the casts which are THE GREAT HALL OF SCULPTURE, between ninety and one hundred feet in length, which takes the whole width of the first story of the building. At present this noble hall and three others on the east side are empty. Sulty’s Andrew strong and life- markebly successtal in his ich are not only faith- y real and satisfy- SEVENTY-POUR. I have drunk of the cup many times, I have sipped of the Lees and the sweet; 1 know the enjoyment of power, And the silence and pain of defeat Behind me the sun of my day My shadow propels more and more, All the colors of life fade to gray, And the worst cannot flush seventy-four J have lived down an obdurate age, And commenced in another anew— the indelible page ry And thrice have | f A young generation before But the bounds, reinspired to the hunt Ran down the old stag Seventy-Four. But the work that is in me they know, patience and smile | maintain — That I'm tirelessly mining below, _ shall come to the surface again; Though they say I've less faith than a Turk, ‘Their religion they well may implore, To bless them as well as my work In the twilight beyond Seventy-four. My position they twit as perverse, And challenge my life to re But consistent in this I have Poe never was ae oe je young gen’ smile, bink this ere my creed ye deplore, No turns make a very lo’ And the longest may be CITY ARCHITECTURE. Amongst the most notable private mansions to be finished daring this and the coming sea- son are those of Anthony Pollock, General Bat- ler, and Mr. Sunderland, of California. The first and last are the designs of John Frazer, ‘one of the very best architects Washington ever had. Mr. Sunderland's house will stand upon the bare portion of the square occupied by tne new residence of the British Legation, and will be by far the most elegant and imposing private residence in Washington, constructed of brick Returning now to the front door, which we entered, we see on each side of the gr That on the left, colossal size, is a marble Napoleon by Canova, taken from his celebrated statue in the court of the Brera gal- lery at Milan, where the King of Italy is repre- sented as Mercury standing nude and holding asceptre. This isa very perfect copy of one ot the most ambitious of Canova’s heads. On the other side is a bust of Humboldt, or- dered by Mr. Corcoran from Rauch, the most «tigtinguished of all the German sculptors, who was protege of Humboldt while studying his art in Kome. where the baron was the Prussian minister. Kauch, whose monument of Fred- erick the Great, at Berlin, twenty years of his life, out ot door work of our before the Corcora: menced. He told M not atiord the time to make him a of their mutual friend; but Humbol request to Mr. Corcoran’s, therefore has come into posse: most exquisitely sculptured heads which America hild ful Lkencsses, but in their w: ing works of art. —Turner had recently on view for a short time, at Lamb's, a beautiful little bit of Wyo- ning Valley scenery, which was painted trom a study made last summer, on an order from one of the wealthy art-loversof Wilkesbarre, whither th sbeensent. Mr. ‘Turner has found a fine tield for his pencil in the old manorial estates of . with their eighteenth-century sur- as made @ number of ‘, a8 well as of the quiet pastoral scenery bordering on the Potomac. He has turned his attention to water colors, in ne of art he promises to achieve marked ones of General Jose and of pleasant stud foreign painters, there are a number both Two hours can well be even @ restless person. HUNTINGTON AND BAVHAEL MENGS. Hantington’s Mercy's Dream, jong ip Mr. Corcoran’s possession, is the picture which Edward L. Carey, in a long illness, derived re- ligious consolation from. It is a suggestion from the Pilgrim's Progress, which well de- scribes this canvas: “I was dreaming that I sat alone ina solitary place, and was bemoaning of the lowness of my heart. Methought [ looked up and saw one with wings toward me. me and said moval of the body from touching and spent in this «: dainty sketc! — Max Wey! is occasionally reproducing on fas some of the beautiful studies vmimer, both here and in the White Mountain regions of New Hampshire. [t is manifest that he has im since last winter; bis color better, though he sti ‘€ us Ou canvas the rich, pure nature gives to the trees and tie! summer, and which we hope he wil! His beautiful which occupied is the most magnii died two years Sohe came| HUUSE OF ‘Mercy, what Now, when he had heard me make my complaint, he said: ‘Peace be to "and he put @ beautiful crown on my The religious as well as the lighter emotions istered to by this nucleus of a fature great gallery, and one of the most valaable canvasees is ‘*The Adoration of the Shepherds,” the great religious painter century, sometimes called He was a Saxon, fe im Rome, and was employed by the Pope, the King of Spain, and tes, and the face which in many of his pictures is that of the girl he married. The tine specimen of Te) erent and faithful, it not gallery, is notable for the almost literal sentation of the holy child. ite dimplitude, and warm red. i directly toward roved & good deal aileth thee wing is firmer, and his and this ler: ssion of ong of the ) addressed the House on the civil righte bill, and the reserved rights ot the states, concluding thatthe former was calcu- lated to instigate strite between the races, re- sulting to the injury of both, and that its pas- sage was not desired by either race. ME. KELLEY ON THE FINANCES. Mr. Kelley (Pa.) was the next Speaker, tak ing for his topic the financial condition of the little autumnal scene, of which we have before spoken, is still on view at Markriter’s, whence ion to it was sold to one of our ve citizens a tew days since. emaing unsold can ont: tothe great stringen matters—a depression, by are the first to feel and the i= Kaufmann has on his easel, nearly com- | pleted, a weird looking picture, illustrating the gend of “The Eri King.” Departing trom the usual course in treatin, Mr. Kaufmann has placed the and son in the distance, with the spirit-forms of the Erl King’s daughters seen b: close in the foreground. The tloatin mists, and the pale ugh the old willows, are rendered ffect, and when finished the picture can hardly fail to find many admirers. — Of a series of little landscapes by Mr. H. Mort lately on exhibition, but which we did ity to see, our German co- ¢ fellowing notice pictures represent a scenery = ae Cor of the eighteen: “ The German Corre; who spent much of hi e stone, and makes he is dashing by, to examine it more Ascending the stairs, the visitor has but to push the door which faces uim at the summit, and he is at once in the GREAT NORTH HALL OF PAINTINGS, which, though much wider, precisely corres- ponds in length with the gallery of sculpture below, or nearly one hundred feet in length and lighted, like all the apartments on this floor, by A wainscotting of biack walnut about five feet high surrounds this room, and the walis throughout the building are toned into accommodation with the objects of art they are to relieve. The floors are of seasoned pine, laid with the greatest nicety. As the visitor enters, a rich surprise is in store forhim. He sees at a glance that, withuut That this gem r fohn Waters has been detached on waiting orders. Commander Francis M. !amn- inthe Burean of vrd- | Ppucopal Taeological Bema this cit : neo! nary, near thiscity, far 30 poart pest’ dion ental at the First National Bank of this city, this morning, in the 73d year of his age. He was one oi the old- ye that artists to recover from. eenback currency ot Coriginal style, ¥ at $100,000.00 and_ not leave 344,000,000 at the disposal of any Secretary of Treasury to inflate or expand the currency at cont mn of ten millions by what was knewn as a “corner,” it had been seen would produce @ commercial! crisis and to leave €44,000,000 to be used for intiation or con- ition that he considered $25,000,000 of the reserve was cannot go back to the aining ee fixe) the volume of the 5 TRE Laws or rae | be Committee on tbe Ke- | reported tothe House on Wernesday the complete codification of all the lawsof the Cuited States, made by the com- "e} sin what we may call ig this subject, tess which is quite unlike I the same subject. Cbarch’s first picture after his return from of the Andes st lena river—occupies a contribution. The te of this study is i834. The brown terraces of the mountain are in warm contrast to the snowy summit, and In the middle ground Fy drop of rich color into scart wern by a boat- exquisite blue of the is is not the largest specimen of Mr. but contains in epitome all his fine & grained skylight. traction was & pro fatally unwise. pect Nar we #356,000,000, and the would be required by the shortly, therefore he had Rot bave an opportuni temporary, the Journal had th since :—“‘These avenue circle. The tecture with Greekish rear, up which the house will Mr. Pollock’s house to stands on the south- coctere on main stairwa; THE CIRCULAR ROOM. “ : = Returning from the great north hall several empty rooms, one day to be bright with color and illustration, toward the front of the building, we find directly over the vestibule the here the Greek Siave oc- cuples place in the centre. This is the first work which gave Hiram Powers fame, and it is commonly said to be the original, of which six duplicates have been made. Mr. Tuckerman, however, who is authority on these matters, says that the first American Greek Slave was sold to A.T. Stewart, or New York, and the Original was bought in England. The fact is that Mr. Corcoran English original. —__—__2ee-__ Tae Grorera LecisLaturs ow NATIONAL b lerocpareate Dill was introduced the for eo latacape pictures s trus —On the walls of Barlow's gallery, where Nast's “March to the Sea” formerly hung, may of the historical “aght- hich has fe hite—ve dead art.” octagonal chamber, J; | be seen a portrait SSraeee the Kevision of the Laws, who of it vith the statutes, each The commnenion undertook to ‘correst pdareen | bonito d ‘te vist THE GREAT BND PIECES. Set in the ends of the room are the two On the right is Gerome’s Cwear,—not the death of Cxsar, title may be; for there Cwear dead, gashed and freshly bleeding, all the evidences of the m “ have pierced his toga. Tossess no litt! A Naw Postal Tnwaty.—The Postmaster ah grieinal, However this may be, General has just concluded with Hon. Samuel ‘the: least Lapis: exam; - Probably the best of his attempts, certainly the known. Various opinions have r % f | a i g i Hy get Of verandah. Tap Gaeting ot Mr. OER ‘apitol exten on, is Enisbed and about to be oocupied PEXCILLED Down. From one end of the country to the other there is an outery against the quality of street nished. The Chicago papers are par tioularly savage, and say that they scarcely possess light enough to secare the set! their type General Grant bas purchased the ground or bis comtemplated permanent residence Washington at the corner of Vermon ‘mae, P and (oth street t the farther circle east of Senator Stewart's house. Senator Jones, of Nevada, who has not yet put in am appearance at the Senate, stopped a good w Sacramento to help elect bis friend Newton Booth to « seat bende bim Since that time be has been operating in New York city. Ho will reside in Jessup > new row on K street, near 14th Amongst the guests at Willard’s for a week past has been Mr. Charles James, Mr. Lincoln « collector of the port ot San Francisco, one of the organ‘ vers of the repub Alissimo of Ranks" forces fe mecond of Anson Burlingame in bis noted duel with Pre- ton S. Brooks, Me i « tall son, full of agreeable reminisce present a war verre n in the White House Was a baby ever Whore? Why did Frank Pierce resign bis seat in the U.S. Senate? Why did Justice Wm. Cashing decline the Chief Justiceship to which he bad been appointed and confirmed in Washington's administration’ Pass to the oittest in Nam for Sanderson's new resta toll Hill: The Tarpe: ok The arrival of Albert Pike in Alexandria is said to havehad a singalar eflect. All the mar tied men come home late, having ‘joined a loag All the aged men smoke pipe= made o crowns as they goto market. There is ding fever already stimulated, and literature We are not to have a bi by Mr. Lanman after all hearsay. He had only med ry of Georgetown ng to doletal Donn Piatt i writing a French piece for Ciara Morris, aud bas turned the third act. It is first rate dialogue, and wildly wise ax Parle iteelt, HORUS FOR THE MORNING HOUR 1 So after all these week's of gab We've all refunded the salary gra’ Sing it is only clamor ' so much we had to abridge, Let's bave the franking privilege Sing all that’s under the bam wer Chorus. We're worth more, we're worth more ‘That's what's the matter with this ‘ere floor Republics ts astringent, Pile up the contingent, | our perks restore (They go through tellers And ney i getting low Let's pass @ law and let it tlow Sing gold is only glamour ! And cure the railroad follies West by subsidizing East the rest; Sing all Ubat'e under the hammer We're worth more, we're worth more, ‘That's what's the matter with this ‘ere oor The people wil! not back us, The people i+ a ja>kass, And the press it is a bore! They omnid is . The Secretary ue wants tax ‘’n breakfast tea am Moe sacks . Sing “biawe bis concise grammar We'd rather raiee it, if you please On railroad bars and lumber tree« Sing all that's under the hammer We're worth more, we're werth more, | That's what's the matter with Uhis ‘ere floor Republics is astringent, Pile ap the contingent And ali our perks restore They adjourn for three weeks, to see a man. Kelm’s New Handbook to Washington,” by B. DeRandoiph Keim, will be issued in a tew days in flexible covers. it has been printed in this city, by McGill & Witherow, and the bind ing prepared in Philadelphia. It is @ book of two hundred pages, and the matter is broaght up to the present time, including the operations of the Board of Public Works. There are some Ulustrations in the text, and @ brief history the city is appended to the descriptive main body. ‘The following is a partial list of the bibliography of Washington, which I make up at ra om 1. Col. Tobias Lear's Decription of the New City; 13s. D. B, Worden’s Chirographical and Statis- Wescription of the District of Columbia . Jonathan Elliott's History of the Ten Males Square: 180 ide toWashington; 1857. ie to Washington. ». The Federal City, or the ins and Alouts of Washington, by S. 1D. Wyeth; 1868, 7. Philip's Washington Described, by William D. Haley; 1s. &. Picture of Washington, by Wm. Q. Force, 1798, 9, Memoir of the U.S. Naval Ubservatory, by J.S. Nourse; ts5. i, Washington Sketch Book, by T. B. Var- Bum: Inez. IL. The Defenses of Washington, by Genera! J°G. Bernard, x75 12 Morrison's Stranger's Guide in Washing- ton; 183 1. The piure of Washington, by J. B. Williams; 10. 14. Sights and Secrets of the Capital City compilation 18:4, 15. Behind the Scenes at Washington, by E W. Martin; 1575. 16. Fashions and Follies of Washington Lite. APlay. By H.C. Preuss, it. Men and Things im Washi) for a Third of a Century, by L.. A. Gobri iti. is. Ten Years in Washington, by Mrs. M. C. Ames; 1573. 19. Wasbington, Outside and Inside, by Geo. Altred Townsend; 1<3. Keim's Handbook of Washingtow; 1 The Kenovated Capital AROTU TELEGRAMS TO THE STAR, The Election by Jay Cooke's Creditors. PHILADELPRIA, January mee wy Mason will not be able to submit the result of the elec- tion of Jay Cooke's creditors ext week. Enough is known, however, to indi- | cate that Mr. Edwin M. Lewis bas as trustee by an overwhelming vote and that the | committee of creditors to co-operate with him | Will, in atl likelibood, be the nated by Eli K. Price, viz: John Clapton, > P joseph mont and the Vermont & Canada railroads, bave vettied their financial diticulties. The terms laid before the directors of the latter company are the sale of the \ ermont & Canada road to the Central Vermont for $5,000,000 pay able in twenty years, secured by first mortgage | in trust, secured per cen’ hanna Death of Kev. Dr. Sparrow. ALEXanpuia, Va., January 17 —Kev. Wm. . dean of the faculty of the est divines of the Episcopal church. Suicide by a Policeman. Battiwoge, Javuary I—About T o'clock Robert . Kay, @ policeman, com- cide by shooting himeit in the tore- head and then cutting his throat from ear to with a butcher knife. Temporary insan! poy been the cause. ~ Hanged Yesterday. New York, J: ue Barker, a white man, was faraag at Charlottes m ot Newton +202- iB Nationa: Boarp oF Traps, Baitmore T