The New York Herald Newspaper, July 2, 1871, Page 3

WASHINGTON IRVING. Unveiling of the Cciossal Bust in Prospect Park. nnn A Distinguished and Fashion- able Assembly. Addresses by Henry Ward Beecher, Mr. Demas Barnes and Mr. J. 8. T. Stranahan. A Wreath of Ivy from Westmin- ster Abbey. Yesterday afternoon a homage was paid to American literature that attracted many thousands to participate thereat. The bust of Washington Irving was unveiled yesterday in Prospect Park with Gppropriate ceremonial. ‘This bast is the gift ef Mr. Demas Barnes, of Brooklyn, to the Prospect Park Commissioners, and is cousidered by compe- ent judges to be a very close resemblance of the original, It was modelled trom the only daguereo- ‘type ever taken of tne celebrated author, and this so near to the time of his death as 1659. The bust was ast at Powers’ National Fine Art Foundry, New York, and weighs avout seyep hundred pounds, upright slab of gran- tte, which bears the simple inscription, “Irving.” The locality selected for the bust 48 that part of the Park close to Flushing avenue, in the region of the lakes, near the carriage concourse. Mr. J. Wilson McDonald is the sculptor, and was warmly congratulated by bis many [rionds yester- day on the success of his artistic efforts, Mr, MeDonall i% now engaged on a statue of Mr, Kiward Bates, for Lafayette Park, St. Louts. Araised platform was placed on the right of the statue, the speakers and omicials of the coremony occupying seats thereon, On the left was the band, whioa discoursed sweet music at intervals before and after the coremonial. In front of the platform was an area of chairs and rural seats, which were occupled by guests. Around this circle was A CORDON OF CARRIAGES and the general public. Among those present. In addition to those who took part im the proceedings, were ex-Mayor Lambert, J. B. Morris, Miss Vinnie Ream, Samuel B, Ruggles, Dr. Cuyler and ©. C, Morton. Shortly after five o'clock Mr. A. A. Low, who pre- sided, advanced to the front of the platform and said that the audience was met to receive irom their Jellow citizen, Demas Barnes, and to uncover an excellent bust of Washington Irving. Mr. Low here referred at length to the ceremonial of the un- veiling of the statue of Lincoln in the same park in 1869, The bust that was about to be uncovered was of one who still visited us in spirit, through his works, and was, and would be to many thousands, gsource of immeasurable delignt, It was a beauu- tal expression of tbe affection aud gratitude of the Gation and a great tibnte to departed worth, Branding at the entrance of these very popular grounds it would be useful in stimulating many who observed it to the pursuit of knowledge. Mr. Low referred to the writings of Irving and the ver- watility of his gonius. He mentioned the life of Columbus as the tirat biography possible in the Eng. Neb language, and insututed a comparison between sie genius of Irving and Walter Scott. ADDRESS OF MR. DEMAS BARNES, Mr. BARNES, Who was received with applause, then made the presentation and said:— Mr. CHAIRMAN AND FRLEOW CITIZENS—'o every age and generation arises a separate duty. Our sorelatuers leiled the 1orest, digged canals and formed a government. That which immediately preceded ours unlocked the biuden resources of scence, harnessed sicam and lightning to the en- wines of akiil, until Nuw a ton Of coal will periorm the twbor of a Dun.red hands, and the wtherto worthless products of an mland State are trans- ported over mountains to viess aud enrich the world. Wealth, education, esthetic taste and in- vreased luxuries have revolutionized society as weil im the building of cities as in the furnishing of a house. Labor dictates to capital eight hours per day; tho humble have leisure to cnlsvate havits of thought; the opulent demand a wider scoye for en- joyment, and all conditions of society are Permeaied with an ennoviing pride which bas made us a nation of critics. Ignorance and want Will accummodate themseives to humble surrouudings, but Wealta and rennement seek con- @ Miauity and wul domicile themselves wherever the oounty of nature or the wisdom of man combine the greatest attractions, whether it be in Alpine grandeur, the Kursaals of Baden or the newer charins of American clues, The accident of our exist- ence in the aineteeath century forces us into a race with other cities for populauon and wealth, Sound Policy diciates to Brooklyn liberal umprovemeuts— competition compels her to it, And why noty rhe railroads of @ continent and the comierce of a world meet us at the water's front; our streets are sud elegant; places of a nusement, galeries of art and uuiversities of learning are rapidly maulu- plying: residences here are more convenient to our counting rooms than are those of upper New York; a bridge more wonderful than the Claudian sous of Rome will svon furnish us an unobstructed highway across the river, anu this Park in what will sooa be the ventre of population, all combine to suggest our desiiny and vetine our duty. We ure a young city and have, within a brief period, had to provide streets, water, sewerage, public bulidings, schoois, parks, &c., for the 1uost rapidiy e~panaing popuia- tion 1 the United States; yet, with all these concen- trated improvements, our taxes for 1870 were but $ly 02 per capiia ayainst $29 04 In New York for the same period. Our object now is to domicile capital as well as population. This we can only do by making our city attractive as well as convement, Bear in nnd that in this country we cannot spend public money for purposes of mere ornamentation, as is done under monarchical iostituu0ys. Those who here, underiake trusts of such @ character must expect to be public martyrs while they live, but ey will be considered public bene- tactors when they have passed away and ther Works becoine thew monuments, Let us lay aside envy andl distrust, and prepare a brighter page tor the hiswry of our city. Cau We not do justice to honored men as well as add euphony to literature vy dispensing with our Sackett street boulevard, our Fourti and Flatbush @.enues, and subsutute & “Stranauan Wa) @ “Murphy's Drive” and a “Low’s terrace,”’ intermingied with the aboriginal dialect of tue Oneidas and the Iro- ois? Mr. President and gentiemen of the Park foumission, | was al original promoter of tnis pack. 1 know through what you ave passed, ‘ou have labored for ten years witnont other com- pensation than that applause which 16 grudgingly vestowed by a heavily taxed community, and you have provided us What we this day behold. { wouid fave imade the Park different in many respects, but it will ever be our city’s pride asitis, But the Park 1s not completed, You require deer to feed upon yonder lawn, swans anc goudolas to enliven the waters of your lakes, birds to sing in aviaries, lions to roar and elephants to amuse in zoologicat gardens, tropical plants to blvom in conservatorics, and works of art to acorn appropriate places. These suould be the contributions of your tellow cituzens, With this view I have caused the work which through you | now present to the City of Brooklyn, to be erected iu this place, Few names have greater olaims upon their countrymen than bis we now week to honor, Irving was a New Yorker by birch and an American by education and thought. Cos- mopolite as he was, his theories were ours, and whether musing under aristocratic patronage in Loudon, Lisvon or Paris, he taught the philosophy of tie repubitc, and his heart was always upon the Hudson. He helo to no political party. He Bd bis God without ostentation or uifence, dilustraling through @ long Ife those beroiw virtues of tixed purpose, Odelity and good will, which even now call forth th of gratitade when memory re-echoes bis genial humor and the kindly wentiments of lis warm beart, Who has not im amagination njoyed with him the territie eraudeur of thunderstorm in the Highlands of te Hudson;” sailed wih nim tn the jolly “Hut joon;”? wandered with him through the deserted of The Alhambra,” laughed at the mishaps of habod VUrane;” sighed With tne disconsolate Carian smoked the social pipe with his rubi- cund Dutchman, and discovered through hin new ‘traits to admire in the imiportat Wasitugion t We jove Irving for hia sympatheuc nature aud exquisite bumor—we honor fim as the founucr ot an Atmert- can literature. Deprived of a thorough education, and not biessed with fortune, yet he became tie peer and inumate friend of Sir Walter scott, of Tou Moore, of Campbell and Talieyraud, of Cooper and Everett, and of allthe frst scholars on both continents, Scott wrote to Campbell that “youug Irving was by far the greatest Iterary genius that had appeared upon the horizon of the New World.” We have become #0 accustomed to the use of his ideal creations that we have forgot- zen tueir parentage, What do we relish more ja this hot weather than “nickerbocker” ice? The steamer “Rip Van Winkle’ carries us safely to Alvany, wie Our hours with the Jegends of tv and “Ssreepy Hollow.” Irving never married, At the age of seventy: the worn Bible of Miss Holman was by hia ‘eitesting the simoerity of au only love pledged her new-made ve over fity years beloi N York mourned his at 1s placed on an iow pt years. for Could he return to the scenes of hts eariy associa. nus, weil ev we wonder 11 he Wh"'d not be as * favorite Sunnyside eleven much Rip Flow citizens, mre astonished at our progress as was noor after his twenty years’ sleep in the mountains, jet thig vy its duty and empba- Ns history. While ieonvelasts of France are pulling down the proud monumea‘s of her bow depi grandeur; while enervated Foeland 4s taxing her tolling miilions to bolster up the pap, ered scons of a tottering royalty, let uz rear col- umns to our spirit of utility which snall outlive the memory of war stained Veru\me—columns which itke the pian of Hercules, shall cast their shadows upon the shores of tyo continents—lei us fovite artisans irom the Ew in carnival of blood to brid upon American su! Arcs of Triumph to a cavaival of peace, an‘ let us two-day in Brooklyn per- petuate inimpershable bronze the fame of one of America’s most loved name, and add our mite to a spirit of art which shall render our city the envied home of the cultiva.ed from all parts of the world. THR BUST WAS UNVBILED at the close of this address by the sculptor, and a3 the sun shone upon the colossal features there was @ general cheering and the band struck up an ap- propriate melody. There was ae few minutes pause while @ photographer attempted to take a photo- Pen of the scene, but there seemed to be some joubt as to whether it was successiul or not, as Lhe lignt was somewhat cloudy, Nr. J. 5. T, Siranahan accepted the bust in the Game of the Brooklyn Park Commissioners, deliver. ing & very appropriate address. BENRY WARD HER'R ORATION, Hanky Warp BEECHER, at the close of this ad- dress, stepped for yard and said:—it was customary among the Greeks of oid to employ their temptes, not only aa places of worsnip, but tc make them mau- seoleuns, tied by the patriotic #eal of citizens with memoniais of thelr novlest and best men; those who had taken honor in the great games; those who had distinguished themselves by public services, ‘Woether in the army or the stato, hud statues dedi- cated to them; so that in the progress of the ages thelr temples became rich in these memorials of weir noblest cluzens, It was @ wortly work then, to place a statue of our accomplished men in sowe such public resort as this, We have uo tem- pies tor this purpose, for we have no vemple except that which God has built and which 1s around us, and better than this we do not need. It is a beneficent example of one of our wealthiest citizens, and it 18 commendable of our men of wealth thus to attach their names to our great men and thus take them down to posterity with them. Nothing ls so forget- fulas the memory of the rivh if they live only for themselves. We have heard it sald that virtwe 18 tis own reward; but selfishoeas reaps its own reward, for tue selfish lev it. In such a city as Brooklyn there will be wealthy men who wiil compete witi one another in this way and will be honored by placing statucs in this park. May I[ say here that while we naturally honor men of wive counsel and statesmanship—and that is right— We hunor men wo have governed by their multary skill and by the victories they have aclueved, and Unat »s right. We are perbaps, however, liable to for- et those men Who walk the peaceful lives and tread fie tlowery paths of nteratnze, It is this fact thar Makes the selection of this statue the more be- nidcent. Tuis honor should not be patd only to literary men, but & selection should be made from the great working class of our country. Men could be found who, by their careful and assiduous toll, by their hands and their muscie, who live in the memory of Americans, and who, having no voice to speak jor themselves wile 1D 1 es, had never- theieas left a grateful remembrance, and it was eminently desirable that there shoud be working men’s statues. (Cheers.) There are engineers of our own country, whose lives, I pray God, may long be spared, but to whose meniory it would be emi- nently proper to erect @ statue—as Ericsson and McAlpin. To descend lower than the artisan and to go to the humbiest oocupation ot Iife, the clergy- man. (Laughter.) Although they are not in wsthetic qualities fitted for statues, ministers may yet be born who shall be handsome, erin this solec- tion of inen all classes and ail conditions would be roperly and fittingly represenied. But let it be rat “Greenwood” ana then ‘the Park.” We never know what » man willbe before he dies. It was quite possible for men by pecumary arrangements lo improvise an enthusiasm on their own behalf and thus erect a free will offering to their own fame and to their own glory. Let us, therefore, urge the Coin- missioners to allow the dead and not the living to be thns honored. It was seldom that there was one so sweet in heart, 80 pure in life, so noble in the fruits o1 his industry and so beloved among men as Wasningion Irviag. Tne works of Irving nad a pecuhar excellence as a care ex- pelier. Other men had written bistories, perhaps, with greater acumen, more profoundly puiloso- phical, yet Irving stands pre-eminent as a writer of eculiur feltcitonsness. le led the way in litera- jure betore others had broken the pathway or even broken the country pow trod by 80 many worthy feet. He was the father of American literature; ue. attained a4 position that no man can attain to again, He stands at the entrance to the patiway of our reputable literature. It is right that we should pay our affectionate regards to the memory of Wash- ington Irving. Not one word had he written which be would have cared to regret even in the seraphic presence. Mr. Beecher here referred at length and humorousiy to the ‘‘Knickervocker History of New York.” He hoped that there would be erected in the two Parks a statue to the memory of Ulmsted. He waa the father of our two nobiest parka, and which he had so ably contributed to Tashion and to beautify. Mr. Beecher closed with an eloqucut admonition to the you to read Washing- ton Irving’s writings, and they Woutd be better for the reading of them, and they would attain influ- ences tuat would be eanobling to their children and to generations yet unborn, A WREATH OF IVY. At the close of the address a remarkably intelit- gent boy ascended a ladder held for him by the masons ava placed a wreath of ivy over the brow of the statue. This was @ godson of Washington ton Irving—Master Washington Irving Bisuop, The ivy of which the wreath was ‘composed was from the walls of Westminster Abbey, Eng- land. The juncement of these facts was given by the chairman, and the delighted assembly appeared to regard this as a fitting and touching close to this interesting ceremonial, CATHOLIC CHURCH TROUBLES. A Mob Preven's a Priest from Holding Service. Outrageous Conduct of Ruffians in Hudson— Father 0’ ullivan Denied Admission Into His Church—Proposal to Call Out the Military—The Priest Sustained by His Congregation. Hupson, N, Y., July 1, 1871. ‘The trounle between Father O'Sullivan and cer- tam disaffected parties here threatens to become serious to-morrow. [he reverend gentleman this evening, accoinpanied by the Rev. Father Mortarty, attempted to enter the church, when he was con- fronted by some twenty men at the door, who for- bade him to cross the threshold at nis peril. He de- manded admittance several times, but was told to go ahout nis business, and threatened with violence if he persisted. Secing that the men were determined, the two priests went away, and shortly afterwards the men dispersed, To-morrow morning Father O'Sullivan will again go to the church to fay mass, but it is certain that he will be again refused admis- sion and ROUGHLY HANDLED if ne should attempt to make a way for him- self by mainforce. There has been a good deal of misrepresentation about the trouble between Father O’Sulhvan and his congregaticn, The fact is that his congregation are strongly in his favor, and are as heartily opposed to the men who defy bim as he ts himself, The fellows, who have caused ail the trouble have often, for good canses, been reprimanded by the pastor for not act- ing as good Catholics snould act. | have sifted the whole matter to the bottom, and find that the reoeis, instead of pumbering 200, as has been stated, do not number more than thirty, all void. They are an UNSCRUPULOUS, BAD SE’, without the slightest character among their feliow citizens und innowise in sympathy with tie wei- fare of the Onurcn, The indignation of the real members of the Churci against these men is very great, and but for the wise counsels of Father O'Sulitvan, who wishes no conflict, they would short work of them. Indeed delega- after delegation have called upon priest 1 get his permission to sweep the rebels out of town, but he would not hear of the thing. It may be that to-morrow he will not be abie to control the congregation, who are to-night iy excited over the Way tue priest has been reated, and if they once make up their minds to take the law Into their own bands there will be a lively time of it, If resistance is made to Fatner O'Sullivan to-morrow Bishop Conroy will at once excommunicate those who take part in it and piace the churca under interdict, The eifect of tnis wiil be to CLOSE THR CHURCH RNTIRELY and suspend the administration of the sacraments, unless the excommunicated make full repentance. ‘The Bisnop has sent word that troops would be sent down to nt bed the peace if Pather 0’Sui- livan thought it necessary to-morrow, but the latter is yet hopeful that this extreme measure can be avoided and 80 has sent back word that the ASBISTANOR OF THE MILITARY would not be advisable as yet. Their presence, however, would no doubt have a good ¢! upon the unscrupulous gang who are creating all_the dis- turbance, a8, although this piace is dignified with the title of city, its entire police force consists of four lonely men. Had the city aatnorities a good force at (heir command the trouble would never have reached Its present proportion “THE POWELL FAMILY FEUO. The body of James Powell, who stabbed his wife thirteen times and toen drowned himseif, as re- porees ie y id iit ies has not been re- covered. Mrs. Powell s ® precagous con- ditipn at Bellevue Hospita, NEW YORK ART MATTERS. OUR PUBL'C; STATUES. ‘The necessity for public patronage of art has been recognized in every age and under almost every form of govirnment. It 1s not, therefore, to be won- dered at that the enterprising authorities of the Em- pire City should imitate an example set them, not alone by the free citics and States of the ancient world, but even by the despotic governments that sprung from feudal barbarism. ‘The citizen and tyrannic lordling ake bowed down before the magic of the artist’s skill and worshipped the tangible ex- pression of a beautiful idea, crystallized in marble cr breathing forth In the glowing colors of life from the seemingly enchanted canvas. It is, indeed, one of the giortes of many despota that tney make their reign illustrious by the protection and patronage accorded to art, and so weave the interest of the king and the artist together that so long as the memory of @ great work remains so long will the patron of the artist be not forgotten. The destiny of America, with her unrivalled future, 1s undoubtedly to become the home and the theme of THE GREAT ART OF THE FUTURB, and it 18 our duty to see that the people enter on the faldilment of their high destiny with the least possi- ble delay. Hitherto the public mind has not had the lelsnre necessary either to the encouragement or Production of art; and though here and there in quict nooks some sympathetic minds were com- muning with nature, and siruggling in their own wayward, Weak way to give expression to the feel- ings.of beauty that were within them, still had we no national art—nothing that we might be proud of except strong, honest struggles to express the hope and the hfe that were in us. Already a brighter dawn ia breaking, ana as the dull, heavy clouds are rising we seo FAINT STREAKS OF THE GOLDEN LIGHT that is far away off in the upper regions, to which ‘we must atrugale to ascend. Here in our loveiy city of Gotham at intervals there are stgas portentous of the change tnat is coming, and the desire wu is settling in the hearts of the people for the encour- agement of that art which gilds all that 1t touches and immortatizes the age which it honors, Artis essentially noble and loving and universal. It over- leas the narrow bounds of man’s prejudice, and knows no nation and no race, It 1s catholic in the bestand purest sense of the word, and stretches out its arms to embrace, without distinction of race or color, all who can contribute ONE BEAUTY OF THOUGAT or add a conceptive gem to the crown of art. We kneel alike in homage before the splendor of Raphael or the brillant power of Murillo’s bl: Who pauses to think of the black painter’s woolly head and thick lips when standing before some beautiful conception of the Queen of Heaven or blessed saint? Art knows no distinction of hue, and the crown of genius will remain fresh and bright upon that swarthy African brow as long as there are men ca- pable of honoring whatever is touching and tender in the works and thoughts of men. So it is right that the encouragement accorded to art by u free nation like America shonid not be circumscribed by any lines of race or lineage. Wherever there ts a wreat soul SHEDDING THE LIGHT OF TRUTE and veaching us refined tenderness of feeling the homage of America should be offered to that soul as one of the gifts of God to humanity. This is tne home of humanity, built up by the blood and sweat of all races of men, belonging to none and to all, owning no exclusive race but that of nian. From this great vation of the future must go fortn the Message that all men are brothers—suffering the same ills, cheered by the same hopes and rewarded by the same joys—and it is fitting that through our encouragement of foreign art the first light of this great truth should break upon the world. In the present stage of American art the patron- age of foreign artists is a necessity, if we would have exainples of the highest art among us; but we hope that when the necessity has passed away and America has taken the first rank in the production of art works the same generosity will continue to ve — exhibited and patronage be still extended to every worthy object. Bat while we would have foreign art cn- couraged, and even fostered because it is goou, we intend to insist that It shall not be patronized merely because it is foreign, At all times and under all cireumetances REALLY GOOD ART SHALL BR WELCOMED, and received not alone with pleasure, but even with thankiuiness, and be set up for the instruction and emulation of the American youth, But care should be taken by those who dispense the people's patronage that the works so distinguished snall be worthy of the nation’s homage, and not merely the expression of a blind admiration for the reputation of @ people. Of course it 16 too much to expect that our oiticials should be artists, or even endowed with art taste—a thing much less common than might ve imagined—but we do hold that no one should be entrusted with the patronage of foreign or native artists bot aman in whose honor and knowledge Saepee reliance, from an art point of view, can be Placed. These reflections were called up by one day fnd- ing ourselves pear the Gate of Commerce in Central Park face to lace with a large bronze statue which we had approached with THE CURIOUS RZVERENTIAL INTEREST which the sight of an art work always calls up within us. The statue represented ‘Vommerce,” aud had been executed by Mons. Fesquet, of Paris. At first stent it suggested the inquiry, why had 1t come ali the way from Frauce? There was, certainly, nothing in the execution or conception of the work which could have prevented its production by any one of our less pretentious American sculptors. ‘There was neither grandeur nor delicacy, BOLDNESS OF DESION nor firmness of execution, to merit the honor that had been conferred upon this work, which was sim- ply commonplace. The artist has represented Commerce’ by a id pin 00 female figure ‘wearing ao urban crown. In order to indicate the advantages that spring from trade the artist has placed two large ears of maize in the hair of the statue, which at @ little distance have a curious eifect, giving the idea of a pair of buading horns, ‘The siatue stands posed on the left leg, with the Tight toot advanced, the knee beng sligotly bent. ‘The position is strong, out mes A wanting in that nobie, dignitied grace that we look for in an allegorical representation of “Commerce.” What makes the want of grace more striking is THK ABSENCE OF CORRECT PROPORTIONS, the figure being dectdediy short and dumpy, and this serious dciect 18 Increased by the heavy masses of drapery which encumber the figure, and was no doubt put on to save the artist the trouble of flesh modelling. However, we can easily pardon him the omission 1 he could do no beter than some of the parts to which we shall call attention further on. “Commerce” has her right hand on the rudder of a ship, and im her left she carries @ kind of Mercary Wand. Heavy masses ol drapery cover up so com- pletely the form that it is only indicated here and there under the foids, which seem specially designe: to hide the lines of the figure rather than to bring them out by contrast, Which we consider the true use ofdrapery in sculpture. In addiuon to the want of graceful expression, which ts THE GREAT CHARM OF SCULPTURE, we have to compiain that “Commerce” 1s not even in equilibrium, anu to our minds the principal nse of the rudder upon which her rignt hand is resting is to prevent her Loppliug over. if @ line be dropped through the centre of the figure it will be at once perceived that neither of the feet is ina position to support the figure, and that unless propped up in some way it would be sure to come to grief. In the Present instance the strong-minded and somewhat Moscular lady that represents “Commerce” sustains herseli by plact wrong right arm on the rudder, Which forms an excellent support. However in- geniovs lus three-legged arrangement may be It is contrary to OCR NOTIONS OF CORRECT ART, One of the first requirements of figure drawing or modelling 18 that the figures shail stand or sit camly and naturally, neither sliding of tne canvas nor toppliag of their pedestais; and, im the present in- Stance, this primary requirement las not been satix- fied, for tt woula be Impossibie for an ordinary ito stand one minute in the position of merce” without fatiing if the support ef the rudder were withdrawn. Nor is there any visible explana- tion of this serious error to be found any where in the Ngure; it cannot be said that truth was sacri- fived to the exigency of the pose, or in @ striving after some graceful effect, Sometimes artists are unwise enough to sacrifice a trath of outline in order to harmonize tneir lines, but in these cases the cause is generaliy apparent. and pleads with te critic for forgiveness, The present figure has no particular ORIGINALITY OF CONCRPTION; it ts wanting in that unspeakable feminine grace that Is ever visible in the. strot dignified woman, Endeavoring 10 express the v. or and richness of life which commerce bestows upon # nation the artist forgot that only very degraded women ever lose THR GRACKFUL MOBILITY OF FORM which is one ot the charins of female beauty. The force and dignity expressed in the gladiator in theatrical repose, Lewd displaying Dis Muscle, than of a novie and g woman, repre- senting the mental rather more than the animal vigor of our young community, Bye figure lv s fareleas representation of common nature, with litte or no attempt io spirituslize tt, and, 1h adsti- ton to many defects of execution, 18 unpardonably vulgar in conception. it is an exampie of the sensual school of art whieh sprang up under the cor- rupting influence of the second empire, and which sought to reproduce the vou mis forma of Kunens’ women. but too olten missed the refinement and delicacy that are valle even mn THK WARMBST AND MOST SUGGEATIVE WORKS Of that gr master. The modelling of the breast and a 1 “Commerce” are in this exaggerated style; the full, well developed chest and swelling bosom of the igures are appropriate enough in & statue of “Commerce” as frdveating wealth, rich- ness and plenty; but still we think al) this could have been as well conveyed with a litte more deli- cacy of Meatinent and refinement of expression, Where the artist has exposed so little of his flesh Modeling we have a right 5 eae, that the little which is givep should be good; but the contrary 1s the case in this msignee, Ul the desh movelling of | the bosoms we can only say that the treatment 18 Wanting tn refinement, and that this defect is not compensated by any peculiar BREAUTH OF EXECUTION, ‘The right arm, which ts bare nearly to the shoul- der, is decidediy wrong in drawing, and exhibits either great carelessness or lamentable ignorance of the anatomy of the human form. In fact we do Rot rememoer to have seen so bad a specimen of modelling in any statue pretendiug to come vut of the bands of an artist as the right urm of Commerce, Notwithstanding the immense quantity of the dra- Fery on this statue, it 18 poor m quailty; espectally onthe upper part of the figure it is stringy and Wanting in breadth, Tae lines on the left side of the figure are chopped and broken and THE DISPOSITION OF THE MASS OF DRAPERY far from graceful. In frout the treatment of the lower drapery is broad and effective, but somewhat dragged, While the pack line of the right leg appear- ing through the drapery 18 decidediy wrong and out Ol drawing. Where such @ mass of drapery 1s intro- duced it 1s only natural that we should look for striking effects and bold, broad treatment as some compensation ior the absence of the form which is hid aud buried beneath massive folds; in the present {ustance the artist either did not understand or was wot equitl to the realization of this trath. Hence he has given us am immense quantity of drapery, very much broken up, it is true, with “couches” A a With almost mathematical regularity, rt NOT ONE BROAD, SWEEPING LINE on which the eye could rest with pleasure in all the ass of a by which the figure is eacumbered. Tn potut of finish, ‘too, the work 1s decidedly rough, little or no care hay been taken to clean up” the casting. ing reems to have been con- fined to removing the unsightly scams, which could not possibly have been allowed to remain; but as to gomg careiuily over the figure and endeavoring to remedy the errors which are unavoidable in heavy castings Lhere are Be tndicaions, If we have some’ ‘severely critteieed the work of M. Fexquet, at have not “set down aught in maiice,” and, we have leit great many things unsaid. We speak in THK INTEREST OF ART, and desire that the works which receive the honor Of public patronage shall deserve it, There cannot be too much good art imported from wherever it can be obtained, but if itis not possible to opiain the ‘Dest works, then it is better that we should wait Tather than set up monuments of our bad taste for posterity. Many of the a es capitals—Lon on, Jor Instdnce—are rendered hideous by a collection of public states that are enough td produce night- ure, sad monuments to the stupid favoritism witch Sacrificed the mterest of art to personal predilection. The authorities of our Empire City are making Atrenuons efforts to beantify anv adorn our public pores and have properly resolved on the tntroduc- Jon of examples of Kuropean art for the pleasure and instraction of the citizens, This effort to create @ correct art taste nas all OUR SYMPATHY, and we only require that closer actention be paid to the selection of works. There are a hundred beautiful Statues by modern artiste+—French, German, [vwlian, English and Irish—that we should desire to see per- manently before the eyes of our people, and trom which number there 18 plenty of room for our city autilorities to couse before it should become neces- sary to purchase @ work so defective as Mons. Fes quet’s “Commerce,” and we hope that im future we Suall never have ovcasion to criticise 80 severely an art Work erected at Lue public expense. s! 3 e Z Brighton in the Seasou. Mr. H. W. Derby, on his recent return from Europe, brought with him a remarkable specimen of English art which will in a few days be exhibited to the public at the new art rooms of Messrs. Leavitt & Co., on the corner of Twelfth street and Broadway, The painting, which is about nine feet long by five tu breadth, represents “Brighton in the Season.” It 1s the work of the celebrated artist, James Webb, Who of all the English artists is the only one who cun wear the mantle of the late Clarkson Stanfield. It occasioned a great sensation last season in Lon- | don, thongauds flocking «daily to see it at the St. James Gavlery, and it was subsequently exhibited in several of the leading provinctal towns, at Scar- borough and other famoas watering places. One great merit of the pictare consists in its ex- treme fieliiy to nature. Whi'e haudled with all the freedoni of genulue art it 13 so truthful a repre. | sentation Gf ihe scene portrayed by it as to afford Vs the suv OShon, w when looking ata photograph, The scene ts wrom from the fine, new west pier, looking landward, and embracing in one splendid view the whole espia- nade, fronted by the arches of the sea wall, and a panorama of the entire sea front, with its hotels and | fantastic, but picturesque, buildings, all of varied heights ana different styles of architecture. The | Grand, the New York and the Bedtora Hotels are | recognized looming up conspicuously. To the east 1s caught a glimpse of¢the chain pier and the hilis and chalky clits beyond Kemptown, while the artist has been so true in his details that each house along | the King’s road in the distance can be distinguished by its pecuilarities. But, while thus valuable asa correct portraiture of a celebrated locaiity, the painting possesses merit of a still higher kind. This consists in its fine ar. tistic treatment, in the beautiful manner in which sea, earth and sky are painted, and the wonderfal spirit and variety thrown into the countless forms of pleasure seekers of both sexes and of all ages and social conditions who throng the gay pier and en- liven the foreground. It is a perfect representation | Of life at a fashionable English watering place, and the artist has cleverly seized upon all those striking contrasts of character which ate only to be found grouped together at certain seasons in the grand Promenades of such locanties Besides giving a good idea of how ‘our cousins across the water” enjoy themselves in summer time, the “Brighton in the Season” shows us in what lavish expenditure they indulge in providing for their enjoyment, it offers, moreover, the interest of actualité, in view of the proposed Long Branch pier, of which a descrip- tion was given yesterday in the HERALD. There is no reason why more than one of our own favorite watering places should not ere long boast of a cool and magnificent pier jutting far out into the sea, like the new west plier at Brighton, the delight of promenaders. The exhibition of “Brighton in the Season” will tend to increase the pnbile desire that the time may be bastened when a scene as fine, if | not finer, may be presented at Long Branch and elsewhere. PACIFIC COAST ITEMS, Califorsin ablican Nomination for ( sreee—Outrages by Amador Mincrs—High- way Nobbery in Novad SAN FRANCISCO, July 1, 1871. The republicans nominated Mayor Selby for Con- gress from the First aistrict now represented by Mr. Axtel. Selby refusing, 8. 0. Neounghton, of Santa Clara, was nominated, ‘The striking miners m Amador county are threat- ening the lives of miners, who are working ander | the Bgecwee of the military. Yesterday tney nght Mr. Herrick, of Sacramento, on the road, and, supposing him w be a newpaper reporter, beut him terribly. The White Pine and Palisade, Nevada, stage was robbed yesterday. The passengers were tied, searched and robbed. Wells, Fargo & Company's express box, containing & smajl amount of money, was stolen. Vinente Peraiie, to whom the property on which Oakland now stands was granted by tne Mexican government im 1822, dled yesterday. phe hood in Columbia has subsided, BROOKLYN AFFAIRS. Drowaing of Alderman Borgen’s Son. i Alderman Jacob J. Bergen's son Freddie, a bright boy of six years, was drowned on Friday night by falling into the water at the foot of Thirty-sixth street, Gowanus, Mecting of t Board of Supervisors—Veto from the supervisor at Large. ‘The Kings County Board of Supervisors met yes- terday and recetved from the Supervisor at Large his veto of the resolution of the Board to pay the architect's olil of $16,000 for plans for the new jail. The Supervisors made the mistake in having the om, in that respect, we feel | | | (first | of HERALD, SUNDAY, JULY 2 1871—TRIPLE SHEET. LITERARY CHIT-CHAT. Hanrrer & Proraers have in press the fourth vol- ume of McClintock and Strong's “Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature,” containing the letters H, Land J of this great work. ‘The same publishers will bring out Mrs, Antoinetté Brown Blackweli’s novel of American life, “The Island Neighbors.”’ It will be tiustrated. Tue JULY number of the Overland Monthly ia out, with its usual variety of Nght descriptive sketches, stories and semi-sclentific articles, There is @ new poem, by the author of “The Rale Rode” Epic, on the Spotted Cayuse, or wild pony, whereof we cite the only quotable stanzas:— Now the government muie's an unprincipied steed, And comes as near bein; roulue ase An apy that fun’t just exactly the breed; Hut the erookedent thing that ts loove upon grasa — A demon on wheels and without an excuse— Is an Oregon pony they call the cayuse, I bought cayuse in the days that are gone, And L think he was rather too good for thie world, With bis bileng mane an‘t thovw natty spots on, And his tail like a pirate’s black bauner unfurled; Ah! surely hie hke never strayed among men, And | plously trust that ‘twill never agath! In another so-called poem, entitied “Broke,” the new school of vulgar-dialect minstrelsy, founded by Bret Hart: and developed by John Hay, gets re- duced to its lowest terms, as follows And when the Good Maater above us wan chin’ us lovin’ each otber down here, He didn't teil any auch orzery feliere Aa these tha: their title was clear. EARI. STANHOPR’S exposure, In the London Times, of Lord Brougham’s gross inaccuracy in the second volume of hia autobiography in citing as the pro- duction of George III., “tong before 1809," a letter written by his grandfather, George IT., in 1737, and one of the best known documents tn English his- tory, brings to mind a sharp saying of one of his contemporaries about the versatile Chancelior. When Brougham was tn the zenith of his busy career, presiding over s0cial science meetings, writing books for the Useful Knowledge Society, stirring up the House of Commons with his eloqueuce, contribut- ing to the encyclopawdias and managing law cases by the dozen, a brother barrister said of him one day, “What a splendid tellow Brougham would be if he only Knew a little taw 1!" Tue LONDON Times has been denouncing the Eng- sh universities, apropos of the Franco-German war, for their neglect of the practical sciences, and especially of geography. It cites the well known but no less wonderful fact, that every German officer, aud almost every soldier, carried & map in hus pocket, and knew as much about roads, rivers, fords and bridle paths as the natives of the country themselves, Not one siberally educated Englishman in a hundred knows as much of the vopography of Great Britain as these tough, fighting Germaus knew of that of France. ‘The trouble ts, says the Times, that In England all primary education 18 a “cram- ming” for the universities, and as the latter institu- tions make geography a merely incidentat adjanct to history it is almost universally neglected in schools of every grave. Nine out of ten of gentle- men’s sons who “pass” for the untversity curricu- lum are grossly ignorant of geographical science, and the Times urges as a remedy the adoption of a compulsory entrance examination, which shall in- clude this as a sine qud non, A REMARKABLE SALE Of books on geography and early printed Americana closed to London about the miadle of June, The books belonged to the late Bolton Corney, and the competition for the rare lots Was quite keen, both trom Americans and English- men. We give the prices brought by some of the plums of the collection:—Basanier, “Histoire Notable de la Floride,’” 1586 (fist edition), £36; Casas (B. de Las), “The Spanish Colonie, or Briefe Chronicle of the Spaniardes in the West Indies,” 1583, £24 158.; Cham- Diam, ‘‘Voyages en la Nouvelle France,” 1627 (not the rarest of the Champlain voyages), £35 108.; Co- jumbus, nis famous letter of 1493, in Latin, consist- ing of four leaves only, small quarto (the earliest Printed book relating to America), £116; Krondelle, “Noua Francia, or Description of that Part of New France which is One Continent with Virginia’ (really a translation of Lescarbot), Loudon, 1609, £37; Lescarbot, “Histoire de la Nouvelle France” edition), Paris, 1609, £27; “Martyres Angierit Opus Epistolarum" (Peter Martyre’s Let ters), 1530, £49; Oviedo, ‘Historia de las Indias,’ 1647, £29 108.; Smith (Captain John), “Description ew England” (one of the few copies known with map), 1616, £55 10s, Vespulius (Americus) “Past Nouamente Retrouati, e> Nouo Mondo da A. Ves- putio,’’ 1507, £157. The last-named sold the highest of any book in the collectlon—$500 (in goid) 18a DICily nus pmo fora Lite dingy volume of less than 100 leaves, but it was gladly paid. ‘The whole sale realized £3,539 9s, 6d., for a lot of books which cost the lave owner about £500, Tne rage for early Americana seems to be on the increase, and tt is an interesting problem vo see how much higher it can be carried. The sharpest competition oa the above was, We understand, between several well-known private collectors of New York. CHARLES FRANC!S ADAMS has in press “Memoirs of John Quincy Adams,” comprising bis diary from 1795 to 1845 (ihe year of his death) This long-de- Jayed and expected work will be read with avidity by men of all parties, J. B. Lippincott & Co., of Philadelphta, carry off the honor of publishing it from the Bostonians. Mk. FRANOIS PARKMAN has nearly ready a fourth volume of his historical series, ‘France and Eng- Jand in North America.” It will be entitied “Monarchy in America Under Louis XIV.” IN a Caustic review of the merits of Mr. ['roude's history, in the London Tabdiet, is this allusion to the religious opinions of the author:— If Gibbon wrote long ago that to the philosopner all religions are equally taise, and to the statesman ull are equally useful, It appears to be a tenet of Froudelsm that all creeds are equally pernicious, M. Kossutu, who has been for years living tn ob- scurity in London, devoting muca of nis time to the study of science, has just published a paper on the “Parbenveranderung der Sterne,” or “Variations in Color of the Stars.” A New “Life of Pius IX.,” from the most authentic sources, is promised by Patrick Donahoe, Boston. Also, @ reprint of Montalembert’s “Monks of the West.”” DURING THE six months ending June 30, 1871, there were issued from the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington (where all copyrights ure now recorded) about six thousand one hundred new copyrights, A great number of these were tor musical compositions, photographs, engravings, Maps, charts and periodicals, 80 that the large num- ber of articles copyrighted affords no index to the actual production of original works in this country. This, however, will appear in the annual report to Congress, which is to be submitted by the Livrartan, ‘Less than @ year has elapsed since the transfer of the business of copyright records to Washington. AN INTERESTING discovery Was made on the re- cent removal to the British Record Ofice of the “Shaftesbury Papers,’ presented by the present Lord Shaftesbury tothe nation. It was @ smal vellum-bound volume, containing tue original draft, inthe handwriting of Jono Locke, of “The Funda. mental Constitutions for the Government of Caro- lina.” Historical imvestigators have never yet found conclusive evidence that Locke was the real autnor of this political scheme. Lord Asniey, the ancestor of Lord Shaftesbury, was one of tie lords proprietors of Carolina, and Locke acted at one tune as bis secretary. From the documents now brought Lo light 1t seems well establisned that Locke not only wrote the whole of the Carolina constitu- tons (which bear numerous care!ul corrections also in bis own hand), but thathe was also a prime iover iu the enterprise of the settlement of Caro- iiua. THR ANNUAL Report of the oMcers of the British Museum Library shows this great collection ina state of the highest prosperity and utility. The pumber of volumes added during tie past year was 80,662, of which 1,157 were gifts, 6,826 acquired vy copyright and 21,502 ny purchase. It is noteworthy Inland Revenue oMce was the means of #70 bound volumes of newspa- pers, being the product of the newspaper tax for vue year, By the English law every journal must de- postt copies of eack issue with the reveoue oficers— a kind of tax from which American periodicals are happliy exempt, The average number of datly readers at the Museum Library was 33%, and the jans drawn before they were ready to build we Ra The proposed structure 1s to cost $60),000; but there is an effort t© economize and lessen the taxes next year, and, thereiorc, it has been deemed peep te make the a il answer jor a few years longer, notwit that it 8 too small and dlled with v and murderers must not look for any improvement in their accommodations for some time tu come, and may late themeelves if they ercape Gevoured by the vormuw during their conipemeny total number of books used by them in the year ts calculated at 1,200,744, or an average of 4,405 per day. The number of arrests by the police for the week ending June 30 was 1,817. Toe number of arrests each day were as follows:—June 24, 295; June 25, 271; June 26, 316; June 27, 255; June 28, 2333 dune 2%, 227, and June 90, 221, making the above total, 3 ‘LONG BRANCH. Pardon by the President of Bigamist Bowen. Honest Tom Murphy Treats Grant and fis Friends to an Irish Stew. Fashionable People and Shoddyites on the Beach—A Word About Gambling— General Yan Vilet and His Style— The Latest Arrivals, LONG BRANCH, July 1, 1871. Evidences abound on every Nand tha: at last the season has fairly opened, The hotels are about two- thirds fuil—that 14, the best of them—and ail the cot- tages are occupied by their owners.. At one hotel 200 guests are expected to-night by the trains from the Hook, and at others a large | ase ty the num- ber of those already here is anticipated, Tne roads fare musical with the jingle ot splendidly appointea teams of Gotham’s and Philadelphia's opulent, and the shore, beyond which but few have as yet ven- tured, TO SWIM OR SPLASH, 18 bright with the happy faces of fair women, an@ of men, miserable in the endeavor to look tiner and more fashionable tl they are, The latter stare, smoke and strut about in & manner which would have afforded Thackeray a text for a bitter social essay. ‘There are people here who really have claims to be considered as belonging to the bon ton, by position, education and accomplishinents; and, happily, they are in the majority. The other REPRESENTATIVES OF SOCIETY exhibit unconsciously the characteristics that mark’ them whenever they attempt to astonish the natives of roral places with their tawdry grandeur, Of these are the impudently-staring, statuesque men 1 have alluded to, Fortunately for us, however, these betong to the Noating population, and consequentiy do not stay long cnough to have their disagreeable eccentricities generally noticed and condemned, In consequence of the sudden increase of visitors @ band of music will be at the West End Hotel this evening, to stay for the season, and a hop—an impromptu one, [ sappose—will take Place in tne parior, At the Continental Hotel there will aise be music and dancing. A large nuniber of the visitors here drive out daily, not # few taking the direction of the Presidents cottage. These last find pleasure and (if political) a MILD SORT OF EXUITEMENE In gazing at the litte, stern-looking man, dressed in black clothes and a white hat, who usually, paper in hand, sits on the piazza of that plain, architectural mistake. To-day, while the President was absent, I caught two would-be fashiouable rustics leaning on the railings surrounding the co:tage, and gazing on the stables by the road, in lull expectation Luat the General would come out of the hay lo.t aud speak to them. But the General was absent, and they were aisappointed. He Was out driving With KX-SECRETARY OF THE NAVY BORTR, that dashing son of Neptune who could never live a mile und a half from the sound of the breakers. What with the attentions of Mr. Horie and Miss Cook, the accomplished daughter of the Governor or te ‘Territory of the wistrict of Columbia, and Honest ‘Tom Murpny’s proverbial philosophy, the President has his hands full ‘Then Mrs, Grant, Whose taste i8 seeu in the arrangement of the grounds, and who, like every good lady, 18 passion- ately fond of Sowers, has much to say about home matters. A petitioner or # politician must, there- fore, be exceedingly unwelcome at the cottage. To the credit of the latter class it be salt that, so I. they have kept away and mourned their unrecognized fate in becoming seciuston. People who Know tow to talk, smoke and do not want anything ure always wel- come at the cottage. ‘Tals has been iy experience, Entertaining people, p pusly Introduced, who have u taste for Mowers and music, are certain of receiving # hearty RECEPTION FROM MRS, GRANT. ‘The only petitioner, thus far, who succeeded in seeing the President and getting what he wanted apneared on the scene tis morning, Tins was Mr. Charles Ridgeway, sun of Judge Kidgeway, of Wash- ington. He came at tweive o'clock bearmg a dlank pardon for ex-Congressman Bowen, tne bigamust, now under sentence lor LOVING NOT WISELY BUT TOO MUCH. ‘The President, moved more, | have reason to think, by the merciful arguments of Mrs, Grant than by any other consideration, after an nour or so spent to Woking over Site oe and the charge of the udye who condemned Kewen to 1 decned he vardor and seat tis youn MANN One raS way rejotcing. In afew minntes aiter the signing of the document Mr. Ridgeway telegraphed to the Attorney General, and [ suppose that by this time you are informed trom Washington of the release of Bowen. Jf am not informed by anybody tiat the busy B-owen intends wo run again for Congress op the freelove-cosmo-political Ucket, He wilt proba- bly wait unul Mrs, Woodnull’s natural or unnatural “Tendencies of Government” float that irrepressible Western girl invo the White House, GENERAL VAN VileT in here to-day. An old friend of the President, he is @ jolly soul; does not want anything more (until the quartermaster generat resigns or dies); has always @ good «eal to say and cau say it well, No wonder, therefore, that Grant likes him. He lives, moves and has his being @ few miles from here, aud, when notin New York furnishing “the neces- Sary transportation,’’ which quartermasters are re- quired te do, driv.s @ pair of spanking bays ou the shore road, ; A:supper and “chips” @ la discretion wi ve served at our gambling establishment to-nign', and of course there will ve @ crowd in attendance. MURPHY'S IRI#H STEW. Just as Tam closing this ietcer | am informed that, under cover of a grand Lee oe Honest Tom Mur- phy will tickle the palate of the President and nis party to an Irish stew this evening at his cott The joliowing are the latest arrivals at we nental Hotel:— W. A. Stewart, wife and child; J.T. Brown and wife, S. J. Hamot and wife, William Reed and wite and Misa Baybee, New York; E. B, W. Wynn and wife, Wateriown, N. Y.; Mrs. R, F. Austin, and W. D. White and wile, Brookiya, N. Y.; C. J. Lawrence aud Richard H. Lawrence, Irvington, N. Y.; Wile liam B, Allen, New York; T. Haskins Ducay, “Phila. delphia; William M. Fietsa and family, A, B. Wood ana family, W. S. Kelso, H. D. Aylesworth and J. Gibbon and wife, New York; B. Duffy, New Jersey; Stadtmar and and E. Keynoids, Brooklyn; James Douge and L. R. Barrett, New York; George E. Dell, Baltimore; M. H. Tnomson and wife and M. G. Thomson, Utica, New York; J. K. Platt, Mra. J. G. White, Mrs, J. A. Beidon, Mrs, Blauchard, H. W, Strauss, 0. M. Stern, T. A, Stimon, R. i, Parks and wife, Miss Belle E. varks, Miss Van iyne, and Charies A. Robinson aud wile, New York, G. &- Leighton, St. Louis; G. N. Levings and E. F. Leon. ard, Timois; L. Tillotson and wife aod Miss Sweitzer, New York; ©. H. Burkaos, Charieston; L, Rosenteid and family, New York. President Grant Entertained at a Binayet by jecior Murphy—Inflax of Visitors to the ont. Lone Braycu, July 1, 1871, President Grant attended a banquet tendered him In Collector Thomas Murphy’s cottage this eveuing. ‘rhe President's family will attend church to-morrow in the Methodist Episcopal church, Governor Cooke, otf Washington; Senator Cattell, of New Jersey, and Senator George BE. spencer, of Alabama, are at the West End Hotel, Nearly two thousand visitors arrived here to-day, among thei @ large number of turfmen. Pools on the races will be sold on Monday evening at the West End Hotel, All the horses are iu flae condition and showing great speed. This camp mecting of the Methodists, under the auspices of the Methodist National Camp Meeung Association, for the promotion of the higher Chris- tran life or “entire holiness,” to commence st Round Lake on Tuesday next. promises to be unusually large, and the preparatious making for the event aie necessarily on the most generous scaie, More than four hundred tents are already up, and scores more are in course of erection, while appiications for accommodation are still pouring in upon J. Hiliman, President R. L. ©. A., from residents of nearly every State fu the Union. The representation of clergymen of every Christian sect wiil be immense, and the ral attendance will probabiy fall not short of forty or fifty thousand persous. The board- ing and society tents are very numerous and of the Most ample description, Water, weil ascertained to have toule qualities very strengthening to the enervated, bas also been introd ito the grove, and will distributed im fountains, tanks and reservoirs for bouh and ornamental pur- piwes, WEW TARIFF ON COAL. PHILADELPALA, July 1, 1871. ‘The Reading Railroad Company, since the Scram ton sale, have issued @ new toll circular, to continue ineffect for the balance of the season. According to these rates there will be to points east of New Brunswick forty cents drawback, and to points south of Cape Henry twenty cenis woack, !or the month of July. For August there will be a draw- buck of twenty cents; in September no drawbacks Will be adowed, aud in October tolls, &c., will be aavanced, The rates by canal will be arranged ac corumey-