The New York Herald Newspaper, August 25, 1874, Page 4

4 ~ ARTIST LIFE 1% PARIS. American Ladies in the Studios of the French Capital. (Mrs. Imogen Robinson Morrell and Miss E. J. Gardner. “THE FIRST BATTLE OF THE PURITANS,” \‘M. Chapelin’s School and M. Julian’s Studio. Panis, August 8, 1874, ‘There are not many American iadies at present | ‘studying painting tn Paris, but among the few who are now residing here several may fairly claim the highest rank in their profession, At the head of them should be named ‘MRS. IMOGRN ROBINSON MORRELL, from Boston, who i# a mode! for students by rea- gon of the quiet, earnest perseverance with which ehe bas devoted twelve years of labor and genius ™o the svudy of her art in Burope. She has not spent her time unprofitably, and the brilliant suc- cess which she bas obtained by ber two large his- ‘torical paintings which have just been completed ‘will encourage others who are still struggling over. the obstacies which she has surmounted. Mra. ‘Robinson Morrei! arrived in Europe when the difm- culties in the way of American lady students rwere moch more perplexing that they are now. Toere was, indeed, a strong prejudice against them, and the greavest masters of their profession were by nO Means disposed to meet them on equal terms a8 fellow laborers. Sometimes they met with levity, sometimes with downright rudeness, and even men who made unusual pretences to liberality of thought considered it more or less witty to ask them it they were acquainted with the componen: parts of a plum pudding or whether they knew anything of tne uses of the needle. Mrs. Robinson Morrell, however, bad a certain simple dignity of manner which checked 4mpertinence, and ioreigners who felt inclined to be funny at ber expense were abashed by her talent and her perseverance, She went first to Dwaseldor! and worked there for two years under the guidance of Schroeder ana of Camp- hausen. From the former she gained the Prinapies of spirtted composition which have rendered bim so celebrated as @ de- signer; from Camphausen she acquired that entnusiasm for horses which still characterizes this master, now that he is court painter to the Emperor of Germany. After she had learned all ‘the lessons which could be of use to her at Diis- | seldorf, Mrs. Morrell came to Paris with her friend MISS GAEDNER, OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, ‘Whose picture of “Corinne” attracted so much at- tention at the exnibition in the Palace of Industry this year. At that time there was no studio in Paris where ladies could study from an undraped model; bat, understanding that a thorough knowl- edge 01 anatomy was necessary to enable them to draw the human figure in motion, these ladies, | with great courage and good sense, opened an evening class in 8 studio of their own. To this | school, which was admirably conducted, gentie- men who had received medals at the Ecole des Beaux Arts and at the Salon Were permitted to come and were eager to avail themselves of that permission. Prejudice hus, however. now, in measure, given way to intelli- gence on the delicate point at issue as vo whether ladies sbonid or should not ve allowed to draw thetr inspiration from nature, and it has been at length admitted that such studies are needial for all serious tiguré painters, be they men or women. ‘Mra. Morrell, during her residence in Paris, has been a pupil of Couture, and has enjoyed the same advantages as his other pupils. A few years since she made a copy from bis masterpiece, which is the glory oi the gallery of the Luxembourg, “La Décadence Komaine,”’ Such conscientious work as hers, employed to cultivate such unusual natural gifts, has at length enabled Mrs, Morrell to compose and paint TWO EXTRAORDINARY PICTURES, which will soon be exhibited in New York. M. Knoedler, the Goupil of America, will publish the exquisite steel engravings which heve beef taken from them; and it is more tian probable that American patriotism and wealth will place the | originals where tbey properly belong, in the na- tional Capitol at Washington. Hundreds of visi- | tors have already flocked to see these nobie his- | torical paintings, which are tne fruit of three years’ ceaseless toil, guided by natural genius and @ consummate art, “THE FIRST BATTLE OF THE PURITAXS” is the subject of the picture which chtefly inter- ested me, as being connected with the early history of the English in America. The date to which it refers is 1621, when the Pilgrims, who | were to be the pioneers of such a mighty civilization, had jast pianted their feeble settie- ment on the banks of Massachusetts Bay. Already the Indians had begun to harass them, and Miles Standish, one o! the grandest figures of that far off time, in command of only eight soldiers, had marched out to paricy with the savages. Long- Jellow has described in immortal ianguage the episode irum which the tncideats of this pteture aretaken. The scene is an Indian encampment “pitched on the edge of a meadow, between the sea and the forest. Women at work by the tents, | and warriors, horrid with war paint, who, when | they saw the suuden approach of the white man— saw the fash oj the gun on breastplate and sabre and musket—straightway leaped to their feet; ana two from among them, advancing, came to parley with Standish and offer him furs as @ present. | Friendship was in their faces, but in their | hearts was hatred.” Vexed that he would give them no powder, which they naturally asked for after the manner of savages, two | brothers insulted Standish, taunted nim with his | little stature and bade him go work with the women. This enraged the choleric Vaptain, who, seizing a knife, returned a blow for the insult, and the savage feil at his feet. The Indians then sent asbower Of arrows irom behind the trees, and Standish’s men replied with a discharge which kilied the chief. | Each detail of this history is vividly rendered by | the painting. In the background stretches th wide sea which separates the Pilgrims from their home. Beside them are magnificent trees of the primeval forest. Indian tents are pitched under their branches, the inghtened savages are crouch ing beneath them for shelter and shooting their arrows from undercover. In the centre of tne Picture is Miles Standish, a stalwart and stately figure. He wears ‘his heimet, breastplate and | sword, An. Indian interpreter by bis side is | speaking to him with am aspect meek and sub- | dued, but wondrousiy cunning. At their feet he | the two brothers—one with his face upturned to- | ward the heavens, and still with the hues of death; the other in his jast agony, clutching the | earth as though to keep it irom the white man. In the toreground a bank of carefully painted wild flowers, accurately carryimg out the poet's description, relieves the severity of the subject. ‘The composition of this interesting picture shows @n anxious study of the customs and costumes of period, while its execution displays a thorough Mastery of all the dimicuities of a great art. “WASHINGTON WELCOMING THR PROVISION TRAINS” 4s another picture painted by Mrs, Robinson Mor- Tell, and quite equal to the former one both in historic and artistic interest, Botn piowites wil) be shortly sent to America, and it is probabie that she splendid portrait of Washiugton and the mag- nificent drawing of his staff and their horses will attract more attention than the Ganva® which re- | | small room will be received for $30 a month. cords the bola deed of the Pilgrim soldier. I am informed that when Mrs. Morrell was shut up in Paris, during the siege, she first determined to devote herself to historical painting, and this pic- ture is one of the most brilliant resuits of her reso- Jution. Its date refers the behoider to the sum- mer of 1780, When Washington's army tell short of | the inevitable fate of all young artists who prefer NEW YORK HERALD, TUES 100d sB4 for several days eufferea severely from Privations. Washington, however, succeeded in sending te General Tramball for suppites. Tromvull, with militsry precision, replied to the atde-de-camp who went on this momentous errand ‘on such a day,” fixing the date, “you may look for our teams on the banks ‘arrived many afi aitious eye wad turned toward the road which led from the landing place to the camp. A cloud of dust was seen fn the distance, and then were heard the cries’ of the teamsters urging om the oxen which dragged the heavily laden wagons. A lusty spout’ went up from the American camp aa the provision train approached, drawing nearer and nearer, and Wasbington, at- tended by h:s officers, rode to an eminence to wit- eas the arrival of the welcome supplies. This ts the incident represented tn the painting. it affords an excellent opportunity for depict- img the excitement incident to militery Operations without any of the harrowing epi- sodes of war. The landscape, which occupies an important part on the canvas, embraces & light, cheerfal sky, distant hills and water, s magnificent tree and a trampled foreground made rugged by hurrying footsteps, all broadly handled and in periect sudordination to the figures. Cross- ing a distant Mil are to be seen the eagerly ex- | Pected teams bringing abnndance of beef and bread (or she famishiog army. A group) of boya, who have outstripped the soldiers in their eager- ‘entics which Mra. orre! bas Gedicted with in- finite spirit and humor. Washington occupies the centre of the composition and 18 surreunded by his stad, among whom are General Hamtiton, his Beeretary and confidant, the two Trumpbulls, the Quartermaster Generel end General Pick- ering. Tne faces are taken from well authenticated portratts. The officers aro all superbly mounted; the impitient prancing of Washington's charger, the drawing of the fore- | shortened head of Hamilton’s horse and the bold modelling of Trumbuii’s black steed are equal to anything which has been done by Landseer. In fact, a8 @ painter of horses Mrs Morrell is un- Tivalled. All the difficulties of representing figures im the open air have been succeasiully surmounted. With regard to the coloring the lights are ail heavily imparted and the shadows are trans- Parent; the hues of both landscape and draperies are extremely brilliant. The composition of Mrs. Morrell’s pictures ts no less remarkable. The bumerous figures are admirabiy grouped; the dif- ferent plans of the pietures are weil preserved, giving great breadth of perspective. Tne princi-” pal objects are well brought out, and the acces- sories, whire carefally studied, are kept sulordi- nate. It requires the severest knowledge of anatomy, and a profound stady of all the sublimest principles in art, to produce’such results, I stood looking at them, spelldound and de- lighted, in company witn # pale little iady, who spoke m @ simple, modest voice to me, as if ane bad done nothing worthy of note. I told her that she was about to win agreat renown. “I only wishea to please my husband,” replied the American lady, gently, but I aw that something glittered in her eyes and ber lips trembied as they smiled. MISS CLEMENTINA TOMPEINS, of Washington, m one of the most promising American art stadents in Paris, Though quite young her hand seems thoroughly trained in drawing, and a pamted study of an Italian musician which she exhibited in the Salon this year attracted muco attention irom its orm touch and its solid covering. She ts & pupil of Bonnat and an enthusiastic admirer of his realistic talent. MISS STEVENSON-CASSATY, of Philadelphia, has been for several years studying in Europe. Of an original turn of mind, she ‘has determined to imitate no one, and her desire to realize her own idesl has made her 8 wanderer. Sometimes she has resided in Italy, sometimes in Spain, but has now retarned to Paris, incurring to create for themselves a new style rather than teimitate that of another. Her productions are often very successfal, but tt is said that she has, on rare occasions, fallen short of excellence. All her works, however, bear the stamp of originality and of bright promise for the future. ‘MISS KATE CAMERON, of Chicago, has devoted several years to tne study of art in Paris. She has made a praiseworthy number of coptes from the old masters in the | Louvre; and daring the war she was untiring n her devotion as & nurse in the Amcrican Ambu- lance. She has now astadio of herown, un her easels are a figure of a little Italian girl and an in- teresting interior. She bes also painted some | successful portraits, : MISS BABTAINE, | of Philadelphia, daughter of the well knowo American designer, is studying with M. Luminais, a French artist, whose talent is mach admired. Miss Sartaine’s devotion to her work and the marked progress which rewards her application guarantee her future success. MISS CORBETT, of Boston, a promising young lady, just beginning | her artistic career, 18 studying both at Chaplin's | and at Julian's, of the Nortu River,” When tne day indicated ten middle classes; tea and wine at discretion. — tee ee Bonaparte, Faubourg St, Germain, There the charge is $45 & month, with fire and lights extr@ ‘the rooms are clean, the soelety respectable and the meals satis- factory; the board consists of coffee and bread and butter for breakfast, the usual lunch and dinner, which are, in fact, two dinners of the The advantage to a young American lady of going to s French house~'is that she learne Fapidly to speak Fre: there, whereas in lodg ings she would learn slowly. The obdjection to It is being tied to smeat” hours;; and. & lady who \s working in her studio does not want to go home snd spend two hours over her lunch at noon. The sum total of expenses at a boarding house may be set down thus:— Francs. Dollars. Board and Dress and sundries. Ba 20 Perhaps it would be possible to live comfortably for $1,000 a year, and that vy rigid sell-denial a lady might contrive to exist upon half of that | amount KEEPING HOUSE If an American lady artist wili not live in a boarding hiuse, she should find a companion will- img to share expenses with her. Two young ladies can Tent a. \furnished) room at from $6 to $10a month im the neighborhood of the Rue de: Seine, ‘Which the Sohemian quarter of Paris. At te HMosel'au Mont Blanc, in this street, a modest room ‘May be had for the same price or a little lower. ‘The ladies, 1f forced to exercise’ vigorous seli- Genial, may there buy bread, cold meat and other necessaries at the current prices; but if they do not itke to live in so cneeriess a manner, their case will stand thas:—They may obtain their coffee and muk, duly sugared, ata crémerie, or milk shop, | at the rate: /of twenty centimes (four cents) the half pint; pat of butter will cost them’ five centimes (one cent); a small | loafof bread, suficient ior a meal, will cost ten | centimes (two cents), and it ts. usual to give five Centimes (one cent) to the waiter, so that they may breakfast in ® warm goom very well tor forty centimes (eight cents). Crémeries are mach fre- quented by American lady artists; and that of the Rae de POratoire, opposite the Louvre, and near he Protestant charch, is one of the best of them, Its clean, nice and respectable. A beefsteak or @ cutlet and potatoes or eggé cost fifty centimes (ten cents); rice, with sugar and milk, twenty centimes (four cents) ; a glass of wine, twenty cen- times ; @ plate of roast meat, seventy-five centimes (fliteen cents). One may dine thére very decently at someting ander two iranca, or forty cents, and the crémeries are frequented by many rich | curmudgeons, THE COST OF A PRIVATE STUDIO, With a good light, is from 800 francs to 1,500 francs ® year for one unfurnished ‘room. The price of | models who sit for lady artists is four francs to a woman and five francs fora man for the space of four pours. Good models are very abundant in Paris, and they are all extremely proud of the quality for which they are sought. One picture often requires Many models, and models of excep- tional perfections sometimes charge as much as ten francs ap hour. Very fine models are also frequently bired by the day at fancy prices. ‘An American lady artist who means serious work usually passes her day in attendance at Ju- Han‘s studio till noon. She then takes @ hasty breakfast and goes to the afternoon class at Ju- | lan’s or Chapelin’s or to the galleries at the Louvre ana the Luxembourg, where she paints as long as the lignt lasts. Admussion is to be obtained to these galleries without charge, and they are | open trom nine to five for artists only. The usual hour of dinner is about seven o'clock. THE ADVANTAGES OF PARIS are many. Itis the best school of art in the world; it has better professors of painting than any other European capital; living is cheap, mod- els are cheap, amusements are plentiful, and an Amertcan laay artist who comes to | however, breaks out once more in his dealings | ing company to give up all tts claims against the HUSSEIN AVNI. His Preposterous Proposals to the Roumelian Railway Company. — Examination of the American Col- lege in Constantinople. THE FAMINE IN CHSAREA. CONSTANTINOPLE, July 30, 1874, Thougn there is scarcely. divergence of opin- ton in all Constantinople regarding the estimation 1a which the Grand Vizier 16 neld—one and all agrecing that he 1s @ very disagreeable person- age—yet, in all fatrness, where praise ts duo wo should not withhold it, and His Highness certainly deserves some credit for the pleasant surprises he b forded the creditors of the Turkish govern- ment. by the unexpected fuldiment of more than one Of its pecuniary engagements. Again, the other day, tne ahort delay in settling for the loan Of 40,000,000, ialling due on the 20th inst, had created great uneasiness, but the minds of the apprehensive pubilo were speedily set at rest. Hussein Avni had again shown himself equal to she occasion, anda week later he was propared, through the medium of the Imperial,Ottoman Bank, to take up the amount due. THR RAILWAY SYSTEM. The churlishaess of the Grand Vizier'’s nature, with Baron Hirsch on the Roumelian Railway question. A new attempt had been made lately to bring about an understanding between the impe- rial government and Baron Hirsch. According to @ former convention, made -n 1872, the term fixed for the completion of the lines—which the govern- ment, in order to form a junction between the Turkish and Austrian and Servian railways, bad engaged to construct and deliver to the Hirsch working company—expires in the month of May next. Asit is impossible to execute the works tn this short space of time, and the Turks have more- over no money with which to carry them out, they must either obtain an extension of time or pay an indemnity to the working company. ' Losing sight, as is their wont, that they are not in a position to dictate terms, they not only demand the exten- sion, but the necessary capital as well for com- pleting the lines; and, further, they ask the work- imperial government, The Hirsch company, how- ever, having failed to discover any advantages to themselves in thesé one-sided proposals, and the Grand Vizier holding to his own view, the negotia- tions were broken off almost as soon as they were begun. THE AMERICAN COLLEGE ON THE BOSPHORUS. The aunual examination of the classes attend- ing the American “Robert Coliege"’ on the Bospho- Tus took place last week. The attendatice of the | fmenda and relatives 01 the students was very Hl numerous. It is impossible to overestimate the | service which this institution is renderimg to the highest invereste—intellectual, moral and sociai—or | the Turkish Empire, The examination of the va- | rious classes was highly satisiactory, and reflected greatcredit on ail the professors, who, with ove or two exceptions, are natives of the United States. Tne college closes this session with 170 stadents, of whom 62 are Americans, 8 Buiga- | rians, 38 Greeks, 16 English and 10 Israelites, while the remainder are made up of seven different nationalities, Owing to the system of | perfect equality and impartiality observed toward ali’ the students the greatest cor- duality and brotherly feeling reigns within the | walls of thecollege. On inquiry I learn that the | seniors Or graduating class consisted of five stu- | dents, the jumors of ten; that the mtermediate | and collegiate departments comprised one han- | Paris gets away from the flattery of her friends. As soon as sne can do anything worth doing she will always find aready market for good pictures, but she will never be able to sell bad ones. Artists who have a reputation at home do best in Italy, because there they are sel- dom troubled with hostile criticism; whereas Freneh critica really sting like hornets, and are often unjust, sometimes venal. The disadvantages of Paria have been much exaggerated, and no American lady need fear that she will be molested | while she respects herself. Ii American ladies do | not always make much of their studies in the French capital it is that they are almost always in too great a hurry. They do pot stay here long enough; they come for @ year, whereas the most | earnest worker cannot expect to do anything worth doing under five or.even ten years. | + DESERVED COMPLIMENT. T cannot concluae this @rtitie without paying a well deserved tribute to M. Julian for his dourtesy | and right jeeling in admitting ladies vo study in | bis schooL He has in every way considered their feelings, and even their prejudices, tor he has also opened a class tor the draped model, because @ great many young ladies, with more nicety than serious devotion to their profession, object to study from Miss E. J, Gardner, of New Hampshire, tne young and beaatifal girl who carried off the honors | of the Salon in Paris this year by her noble paint- | ing of “Corinne,” 1s the bright particular star of the French capital Witty, charming, graceful | and guted, witn a genius so splendid, having won } name and fame so eariy, courted, flattered, be- | loved by the good, honored, wise—it would be im- | pertinent to praise, and a sacrilege to blame her. | It isa happiaess to be permitted to make a vow from atar offto so much talent and beauty, and then pass op one’s Way, unnoticed and forgotten. There are doubtless other meritorious lady art | students in Paris, but as they have not yet ex- | hibited at the Saion and have not yet entered their | names at any public studio their privacy must be | respected. | OBSTACLES TO BE OVERCOME. There are, as Ihave said, many more facilities | in Paris for American ladies who desire to study | art than there were formerly; but there are still | \ diMiculties in their way. Ladies are not readily admitted into the best schools; they are not al- lowed to attend any of the lectures at the Beaux | Arts; not even the sober spoken essays of M. | Taine. They do go, nevertheless; for ladies wao are thoroughly bent upon accomplishing a purpose have had their way ever since the world began, and there are stories concerning certain masquer- | ading practices that are as well left uatolJ. THE BEST SCHOOLS. ‘The best place for young ladies to study in Paris is at M. Chapelin’s school, in the Rue de Lisponne, near tue Parc Monceaux, Many E£agilen and American ladies are learning the The expense of this school is about 100 francs a mor The sta- dents paint only from draped figures, and M. Chapelin’s studio is specially aaapted for portrait painters. M. Julian’s studio is a place for serious stv Models from the iife are there exhibited. 1 gentleman’s school, but ladies are admitte The teachers are M. Boulanger ana M. Lefebvre, who give their services gratuitousiy for the sake of the publicity thus obtained. The cost ot working irom the nude model all day | is forty francs a month. M. Julian has also ao evening class conducted on the same plan, but it | is Only for drawing, whereas the other is for draw- | ing and painting. The expense of attending the | evening Class is twelve francs a month; but a") ex- penses and incidental expenses for both classes, If paid by the year in advance, only amount to 300, francs, ay } BXPENSES IN PAIS, A young lady can come from America to Europe, as @ first class passenger, for $100, which repr will find comfortable lodgings ut once if she makes An intelligent search for them; but if she comes alone, she should go to # boarding house, The cheapest good boarding house is at No. 8 Rue de Bagneux, It is very respectable and weil conaucted, and boarders who are content with a Fire and lights are of course extra, but they can obtain warmth and the use of candles In the pub- Me parior. It must be admitted, however, that this price ia rather too low to insure comfort. | Imay observe that some French artiste will re- > Sie | sent her expenses from New York to Paris. Sie | prominently in speculations have levis tne nude. should add, also, that the expense of @ studio is not absolutely necessary, for a lady | artist who did not require instruction from & master might copy tn galleries without paying anything; and even if sne did require instruction, M. Barry has a government class which is free during the summer months for the study of animal Iife. It is heid in the lbrary of the Jardin des Plantes, and the pupils who stuay there draw only from skeletons; but they may Stauy from the lie in the garden ana submis their studies to him for remark or correction, Fimally, | ceive private pupils to Work in thelr studios wivh them ata cost of about $30 a month; but this method of learning is much more expensive. and they do not have the beuefit of seeing ocher, work or Comparing it With their own. itis good, there- fore, that they should bear im mind the tact that & pupil really learns more from other students | than irom @ ‘eacher PARIS GOSSIP. The Summer Vacation and the Dearth of Amusements or Smali Talk. Panis, August 6, 1874. The last grand Parliameutary banquet and re- ception of the season was held yesterday at the President’s palace at Versatlies, and those who attended the dinper were beyond measure aston- ished at findimg for their iellow guest.M, Dufaure, the lormer Garde des Sceaux (Keeper of the Seals) | in M. Thiers’ Ministry, and who has not dined at the palace since the fall of his chieftain. Several Deputies of the Left Centre, notably MM. Nitien | and Gallicber, were also of the party. ‘There was also a grand Kussian wedding yester- day. Comte Inakoi was married to Mile. Doigo- | rom, piece of Comte Kisselof, tormerly Ambassador ustantinopie. Among the ladies—who were | in totlete de bal, with bare shoulders and with | bie were the Princesse de Sinislof, the Prin- Troubetzkal and the Princesse Banatinsky. | The ceremony was performed by the Arcniman- | crite of Moscow, who is just now in Paris, An- | other marriage, which took piace to-day at the Mairie of toe Seventh Arrondissement, was that of Mile. Marie Augustine Vermersch, danghter of Vermereca, the well known Communist, to M. An- oré Chartier, am employéin the Ministry ol F nance, [tis scarcely necessary to say that Ver- merscn himseli Was not present, tuinking proba- ‘Diy that the goverament would be loach to part with Diu, SUICIDE OF A SPECULATOR. There have been some sad occurrences imcon- nevtion with recent speculations at the Boarse. ‘The suicide of M. Beytul, a distant relauon of the Rothseviids, which took place the day belore yesterday, 18 due to this cause. It ts algo said that several persons who nave recently pi crossed the frontier. BOCIAL GOSSIP. ‘The Princesse de Baufremont, alter seven years | legal proceedings, haa av last obtained @ judictal | separation from ber iusband, | ‘Phe death of the Comtesse Onreptovich, wite of } the former Russian Ambassador at Naples, 18 6) nounced, She and her sister, Mme Kaiergis, Di layed leading parte in tue polities of Europe uring thetr time. Tne ne de Manchez 1s by no means yet restored to health, and will remember until his death the carrixge accident in which his leg was broken, and it will be yet several weeks belore he cam leave There is an excellent boarding house kept by Mme, Bein. @ sculotor’a widow. at No. 76 Rue nigpoways . heatrical news there ts none, and literature is equally dull. | great measure depopulated. dred students and the preparatory department forty-six. It would thus appear that waile not a few commence acourse Ol study at Robert Col- , lege, but comparatively a small portion persevere | to the end, which may be accounted, for by the fact | that in commeroral cities boys are often removed trom school too early to perfect themselves in any of the higher branches of knowledge. It is inter- esting to observe that though the Bulgarian na- ; tion is not 60 numerously represented in tne col- | lege as the Armenians, ana only equally 80 with the Greeks, yet the graduating class is entirely com- posed this year of Bulgarian youths, After the | examinations were concluded the candidates | for the prize declamations entertained the audience with recitations in French’! and English, Then followed the orations composed by the members of the graauating class. . The subjects were well chosen and cleverly handled, | ‘Tne degree of Bachelor of Arts was then conferred on the graduating class, The Rev. George Wasb- { burn then made & touching reference to the ab- | sence of the Rev. Mr. Hamlin, the President, whosa critical state of heaith gave much anxiety to his fmends, Mr. Washburn then expiained the mode adopted by the college for catmating the moral and intellectual proficiency of the students and maintaining a wholesome discipline, He then gave the names of the stuclents to whom the prizes for declamations had been awarded by a committee | chosen from among the audience. and, in conclu- sion, Mr. Goodenow, United States Consul General and acting Chargé d’A‘faires in Mr. Bonn’s absence, | was called upon by Mr, Washburn to address the college, and he did go. THE FAMINE IN CARSARRA. A series of interesting letters on the horrors of the famine have appeared in the Levant Herald, , ‘They are irom the Rey, W. A. Farnsworth, attached to the American mission at Cesares. He takes a | very gloomy view of the future. I make several , extracts :— There is really a great deal of suffering from the lack of necessary food in Crsarea and the | large towns near that city. The same ts true of Everek and of Nigdé, but when we compare these Places with the Otner regions above named wo eel that, as yet, they have hardly been touched by the famine. In ail the villages very many, probably much more than one-hul! the population, | are destitate of bread, and jor many weeks have | lived almost entirely on such wild herbs as they | could gatuer in the fields and aiong the road sides. From the Ak Dagh and the Bozook regions very many have fied to Sivas and regions to the east and there beg their miserabie living from door to door, while large numbers of people trom the Keskin and the Kir Shehir regions have in the | same Way thrown themselves upon Oesarea and the surrounding towns, and the people irom the vicinity of Nigdé have gone in crowas to the re- gions of Tarsus and Ardana to secure a more honorable living by gleaningin the very rich grain | fields of Cilicia. Thus this whole district isin a While these people thus become ® great burden in the regions to which they have fied their own houses ana | vineyards and fields go to rom, Sad in- | deed is the destruction of houses. Built of , mud, with earth roofs, they have a little tim | ber that may be used for fuel. In many cases | the omer ecg to the last extremity, tore | down their houses belore leaving them, and used the timbers for juel or sold them to procure bread. | Many others left their homes uninjured; but no sooner is @ house deserted than the neighbora dig into the roofs for the timber. Multitudes of these people, were they now to return to their villages, ‘Would find their houses uninhabitable, A TERRIDLE STATE OF THINGS. Soongoorioo 14 a town 0! about 1,000 houses, and the residence of a cat ‘The scenes here the past winter nave almost, if not altogether, equalled the Worst Oi the Persian famine. The Governor told me that the statistics which they nad gathered showed some 6,000 deaths trom starvation in that kaza, Were those included who have come in from other districts, Salman, Keskin, 4c, and have died there, 1t would greatly swell, perhaps donbie, the list. In many cases hunger secms to nave destroyed aii the finer teelings of hamanity. As I Was assurea by many of the inuaoitants bodies have been allowed to remain as many a9 four days in the streets, and the dogs have par- tially devoured them, While this seems too bad to be true I can yet hardly doubt it, fur while I sat conversing with the Governor [ beard orders given for the burial of two bodies that had been lying at the edge of the town two days aiready awaiting interment. The people of the town, a8 well as strangers, have been driven to the greatest straits, Their th been st @ ramous | 1d at six eight, by Bram thgeed as much bread as copper. jongovrioo, the next place visited was in the Salman district, about twenty miles goath of Soongoorioo. In that village of Aly I was assured that more than 100 persons died from starvation. One man with whom I conversed assured we tb. five sons four were already dead and t live bata yory snore time, Both the Ja mudir are authority for the rig tek g | that village (Kaya Dibi) a camel died lacta:—In. the stable | thats DAY, AUGUST 25, 1874--TRIPLE SHEET. and was allowed co remain there forty days. St the end of that time, the stable was o the body @ le rushed to seoure teed Rae trad it Suri’ See the peop! + Up, and obliged jaar keep m irom ie such ag did eat of tt died. NO LIVING TO BURY THE DBAD. Many of the Villages of this district are bres Gopapelased: others are nearly so. The Judge me that about nine miles nearly wi \ of Ree. in the village of a, in 400 souls, but R wes z Douy alre interment ten 4 eld t that af awslting tii irom other es to perirmy this Tk anty. This same individual told me that in tue vil Keoy, five nours from Yoagat, site Of the ancient city of Tavi. sand saree Lisele oni the ol dest ze age. There, with none to wal or to hear their last moans, the little thin; had died and there were none to bury them. a Soat 1 saw and heard in ali myride from Soongoor- loo to Ak Sérai, a distance of 126 miles, served to impress upon my mind the terrible severity of she faming spent @ Sunday at Ak Séral, and durin those s enty-iour hours at least four persons die rom sta. ation. A FOOTBALL OF FORTUNE. The Extraordinary Career of M. Marie Ernest Tronein dua Mersan, Late Mem- ber of M. Thiers’ Staff. Pakis, August 8, 1874, A curious story of the career of a social and Political adventurer came wo licht before tne Paris Court of Assize on shee7th inst. The rise of M. Trongin du Mersan irom obscurityydhis career under the late Empire’ and his fail be- fore the bar of justice, arraigned on §. charge of forgery, make altogether as remarkable a narra- tive as that of Le Sage’s young adventarer of, Santillane. It is not probable that such an igpominious downfall wili trretrievably rain such an unscrupulous tactician as M. Mersan, We expect to hear of him again, should he live to again retura ‘to the world. The history of his life, condensed from tne acte @accusation, contains a moral for those whose heads are turoed by the brilliant examples 0! successful Knavery :— RIS BABLY LIFE. Marie Ernest Troncin ou Mersan was born at Parts on the 2d of May, 1824. Ho received a fair education and became a medical student, but, un- lortunately tor him, the Revolution of 1848 broke Out before he had taken his medical degrees, and he immediately plunged headlong into the vortex of politics, M, Ledru-Rollin appointed lim to the gubd-preiecture of Compitgne, but he was shelved in 1849, and returned to his meui- cal studies, In 1853 he obtained nis diploma as doctor of medicine, and contrived to get himself appointed as one of the occasional physicians of the Polytechnic School. Simultaneously he became at- tached in his medical cupacity to one of the Boule- vard theatres specially devoted to what may be mildly described as plastic exhibitions—the Folies Dramatiques. Thts theatre was then !n the hands of M. Mouries, a gentleman who thoroughly appre- ciated the taste of his countrymen and made @& fortune by gratifying it, Jt was be who first in- troduced what are Known as ‘‘des piéces 0: Jem- mes,” dramas in which the only attraction was & bevy ot {onne deautios attired in the most aedac- tive of désnadules, |. Mouries presently died; but he left behind bim a widow, remarkably well of, and this widow shortly aiter became the wile of M. Trongin du Mersan, MARRYING UPWARD. The old proverb, “‘set a beggar on horseback,” &c., was verified to the letter in the case of M. Troncin du Mersan. In command of a large sum of ready money, he Tred an establishment on a scale of the most lavish expenditure. He entertained, he receiv: he gave dinners, he roved @ munificent patron to several of the mi-monde celebrities, and, in addition, took it into his head to start a model farm. At the same ume he appeared to have a shrewd idea that this pleasant state ol things could nut last torever, and he contrived to get an introduction to the Em- peror’s secretary, M. Mocquart, who bad a strange | solve for ail Unscrupuious adventurers, and gave him a berth in his office. He did not keep tt iong, and soon alter became manager of the Boufles Parisiens AS AN OFFICIAL BLACKMAILER, After's couple of years he got into bankruptc: ‘and was then, through the favor of that evil gent ol the late Emperor, M. de Persigny, made sna! taché of the Ministry of tne Interior. Dirty tools are the fittest to do dirty work, and M. Troncin du Mersan was the original “biact man.” His func- tions consisted in taking the orders of his chief and going round to the offices of the various news- | payers, ‘Toose journalists who, to put ft in a civil way, Were “accessible” were made to understand | would pay them to fall in with tue views of | the Empire. Tnose who were not accessibie the hunors of suspension and suppression vividly | brought before them, He discharged nis functions 80 much to the satisfaction of nis employers that he got an appointment to the press department of the Corps Législatu, and was in the enjoyment of that post, the iunctions of which are nut ascer- taimaoie, When the 4un of September swept away the Corps Légisiaii! and the Empire. HB PROOLAIMS THE REPUBLIC. ‘It failed, however, to sweep away M. Troncin du Mersan. His patriotic soul revolted at the notion being sneived, and when M. Gambetta took possession of the Ministry of the Interior, very Mucn at sea as to Waat was to be done, M. Troncin | appeared as @ Deus ex machina and coached the Dictator. it was ne who drew up aid tor- warded the telegram Announcing to the preiects the prociamation of the Repubdiic in Paris. He went off to Tours before the biockade of Paris, and when Gambetta was upset at Bordeaux in the haps ten over them | ensuing month of February, and France was placed in the hands of M. Thiers, M. Troncin introduced meelt to M. Thiers, who made him useiul, THE CROSS OF THE LEGION OF HONOR. Durimg the Commune M. trongin du Mersan, ‘whose courage bb gg equal to his enterprise and inteiligence, acted as a middieman between Ver- sailles and Paris, and he did such good service that M. Thiers made him a member oj his staf and gave him the Cross of tue Legion of Honor; he also | eceived decorations irom Spain and Portugal. | All this wulie, however, M. Ironcin du Mersan’s finances were 10 @ condition which may be descrived as unsatisiactory. Hard hearted credi- nad repeatediy seized his furniture, and in order to supply himself with funds, as long ago as 1864, he had circulated bilis, to which he had forged his whle’s signature. So lung, however, us ue con- fined himsei: to domestic forgery of this kind there was not much chance of mis being detecied. | But after M. (hiers’ fali he got dismissed trom h oMcia! position, and then he got into serious dif. cuities, He took it into bis head to get up—on his | own hook—a universal exhibition, which was to take place at the Palais de i/industrie, in the Champs Elysées, in 1875. ~ wf ‘HB RUGGED EDGES OF DRSPAIR.” | But inspite of this ingenious device he found | that the raising of money became a work of serious aimcouity. One gentieman, whom he had let in tor some $10,000, refused to 100k at uss paper any More; #0 he changed his batteries, He went to | M. 1apin, a brother of the Deputy of that name, aud asked him vo lend him $2,000. As a security he produced an 1. O. U. ior $5,000, signed by M. | febvre, Under Secretary of State for Finance. M. | Tapin advanced the money. but a few days after, | on Trougin applying for a further loan of $100, M. | Tapin thought it odd that a man who could lend ; $5,000 to so exalted a financial funcitonary should be hard up for a small sum, IN THE TOILS, He communicated with tue authorities, M. Le- | febvre denied tiat te hud ever borrowed a@ sou | from M. du Mersan, and asserted that he had | never scen him, The case was put intu the hands of the police, and M, Troacgin du Mersan’s g@uventurous career was summarily cut shure by his arrest and re- moval to Mazas prison. He appeared on August | 7 before the Court of Assize. During his short im- prisonment bis hair and beard had turned white, and he looked @ broken down old man, while a few months ago he appeared a hale, a+ hearty man of between jorty and titty. THE PROCKEDINGS IN COURT. He was put into the dock, and the following con- versation between the President of the trioanal and the prisoner, nowhere to ba found outside of @ French criminal court, took place:— President—Ironcin, stand up. Y¥. ow are married, you have got_a child, you have. wot en tried beforé this, but your past career bas been « stormy one. However, we shail only revert to what is | essential to the present case. You were avery young man when you first took a part In public life. At twen- ty-four, in’ 1813, you were made sub-pretect of Com- | plegne: then you resumed your medical studies, and got your doctor's diploma. ut presently you pluiged into speculation. You had no money of your own, yet you married the widow Mouries, who brought yous mar. Hage portion amounting to ‘60,000 tranca ($18,000) per annum Prisonor.—TI beg pardon; the s1 francs ($160,000). hiss haa cid 4 MODRL MaarsTRAt President—Well, that is ver: Tach the same but let that pass." A capiial of 8u0,0W francs ie some lortune, Yer insix veurs’ dime you m get through the whole of lier fortane. “How We to account for such a rapid ruint People have said that you gambled, that you led a fast life. that you kept mis- | tresses. uu became Manager of the Bonffes, and tho result of that speculation was liabilities to the tune of 210,U00 irancs (340.0), while the assets amounted pre- cisely to ten contimnes (two cents) Troncin.—That is the cause of the bills. Soca SIM We ae fm nim ap shory—Yes, tho f¢ You were thoroughly at the end of your etic cntee. wise it would have been still more wicked to raise /unds by meaus of forgeries, However, in addition to your wite’s fortune you had other ways and means: wi Attached to several polition! administrations. Were in the Kmperor’s “private secretar: ice t” You were employed in the press department; then things hand ed 10 President (taki had | I YELLOW FEVER. Three Deaths on the Bark Evangeline on Hor Voyage from Cuba to New York. STATEMENT QF THE CAPTAIN. nut The present wonderfully healthy quarantine sea. son, which has existed under the supervision of Health OMcer Vanderpocl, apparently runs no risk of betng marred by yellow fever mortality. Not a single yellow fever death nas taken place in Weat Bank Quarantine Hospital, and the followmg story refers to death at sea. The ship's crew on which the mortality bas occurred are now tna state of convalescence, but will be kept in quaran- tine by Dr. Vanderpoel till all fear of infection has passed. In 1873 a still greater number of deaths occurred on the James Riley, a vessel which came to this port from Havans, THE ARRIVAL AT QUARANTING, On Sunday afternoon there arrived at Lower Quarantine the Nova Scotian bark Evangeline, commanded by Oaptain Kinney, from Sagua La Grande, in Cuba, which port she left on the oth inst., bringing @ cargoof sugar for Messrs, Brown Brothers. On the voyage to this port all of her crew and officers were attacked by yellow fever save two. Three of them succumbed and were buried at sea, one of them, from documents found in his possession, being apparently a wealthy man. THE CAPTAIN'S STORY, ‘The Captain made the following statement to a HERALD reporter :— “This,” he said, “1s a list of our dead: Thomas Clark, Scotchman, @ resident of Edin- burgh, in Scotland, about twenty-six years of age, single. James Walker, Scotchman, 4 resident likewise of Edingburgh, and single. Donald MoVane, Scotchman, of Edinburgh, mar- ried, aged aboat thirty. ‘There was very little sickness, if any, he con- tinued, when we left Sagua, but we hardly nad pro- ceeded on our course when Walker, & sailor, was attacked. The crew and I nursed him as well as we were able and gave him emetics and calomel, which are regularly prescribed medicines, but at last the black vomito came, and when a man has that it 1s my opmion that it is time to make prepa- rations for burial, and go 16 turued out to be in jor Walker's case. His sudden death demoralized he men and they refused to sieep tu the forecastie any longer, and went under the forecastie head, and none of them were wiliing to make his shroud for nim, 801 sewed him up in saticloth and at- tached a weight of iron to sink the body and gave him a saiior’s burial. Walker haa not a asrone constitution and succumbed seoner than he woul have done if he bad been @ more robust man. THE SECOND DEATH. Thomas Clark, another satlor, was next taken down with the terrible disease, and lived @ shors time longer than Walker. le suffered terribly till death came to his release. 1 told the crew that L was alratd of live men, but not dead men, ag they saw me putting on Walker's last suit before I committed his body to the deep. What ‘was to be done? Tne bouy had to be buried, ana T believed in Colonel Juun Hay’s “Jim Bludso— He'd seen his duty—s dead sure thing— And went tor it there and then. However, peruse you’d betcer not say this about the duty; it looks conceited. BURIED IN A CLUTHZS BAG. ‘The next death was that o1 Donaid McVane; his sufferings were very great. Alter he had been dead a re hour, the body smelt as oftensively asifit ad been kept for severai days. He was buried in a clothes bag. A CURIOUS DISCOVERY. ‘When-we subsequuently examined his trunk we foung in it a false bottom, in which was a will, uted 1871, irom Peter MoVane, of the Tolbooth Wynd, in Leith, near Edinvargh, leaving severat houses in trast to bis sou, Douaid McVane, whose annnal rental was about £800. Toe will was all ia Proper form and duly attested. What reason compelled this man to sbip as @ seaman belore the mast I cannot imagine. A large number ot private letters were found tied in a package and a diary near the will. I duly entered a note of this on my logs and the British Consul of New York says that ad betser take churge of the documents and send them to Edinburgh. His widow will get the money, I hope. THE YELLOW FEVER STILL GAINs. All the crew became sick, but nos very seriously, but were still so weak that it was witn great dtti- culty that the ship was handied. five days belore Teaching port the fever had lett them, Myseli and another man fortunately kept our health. I have no tear of catching yellow fever. Owing to the ‘weakness of the crew we had to let a whole set of sails blow away at the yarda, We have had a pretty hard voyage, I can assure you. So fatigued was I that slept like a top for chirty-six hours upou my arrival in port. During my trip I have decreased in weight from 165'to 160 pounds, For- tunately, { did not have my wile with me this voy- age. All on board are perfectly convalescent, BOUT HBALTH OFFICER DR. VANDERPORL will doubtless keep us “unuer observation” for some days yet at Lower Quarantine. ‘The clothes of the dead sailors have all veen burned, as also those of the men who have been sick and have now recovered, NBWS OF ANOTHER YELLOW FEVER SHIP. On the voyage | spoke the Bor wegen bark Dag: mar, which had spoken the snip Wm. Wilcox, of Boston, from Havana for St. Jonn, N. B., with the captain and matedead, (fhe William Wilcox put into Doboy Sound, Georgia, on tue Leth inst.) ‘The captam o/ tae Evangeline is & tail, handsome fellow, and ao experienced navigator. He goes down to his vessel witn provisions on a tug boat that he has hired. . NOT A SUIOIDE, The Death of Mr. Fitch om the Steam- boat Newark. On last Friday evening, as tne steamboat Newark was on her 7:20 trip between New York and Jer- ey City, @ tall man who was standing astern near the guard chain, was observed to stagger and fall overboard, Immediately the passengers near by raised the cry of ‘Man overboard!” ana for & few moments there was wild confusion, but Mr. John RK. Riley, one of the passengers, soon recoverea his presence of mind and called to the Captain for & boat. That humane officer responded, so It is re- ported, “If you want a buat come and get tt your- sell.” Riley clambered up to the davits, rollowed b} @ deck band called Jack; tue boat was launch but before she nad been pulled ten lengtns from the Newark she was nearly iull of water and in danger of swamping, on account of tne plugs being out of the bottom and thus rendered jt uniit for service. However, tue drowning man was reached aud pulled on board, where he ex- pired betore the boat reached the slip. An eye witness gives evidence that the Captain of the Newark Was conspicuous by his inhumanity and indifference, and that such boats as the Newark carries—if the one used tn the rescue be asample— are unfit to be in service on Jerry steamers, where | hundreds o/ lives might be impertiied by their un- seawortniness, It i» stated that Fitch had a fit, | and when he was pulled into tne boat, stili alive, @ quantity of foam and froth was exuding from nis mouth. THE DOG POUND. “Looking for a dog, sir?” isthe style in which the rosy taced policeman accosts you on entering the Dog Pound, nowadays. There are few callers, however, in this redeeming iine ana the unfortu- nate cars can, consequentiy how! without inter- ruption for eight and forty hours, Captain Marriott says it 18 the best thing ever happened these poor things, and the method of their riddance gives eneral satisfaction. He has already disposed of },000 dogs, and ms opinion ts therefore entitled to some consideration. ‘This morning about 150 un- claimed brutes will be placed in a cage, run down to the water’s edge ona tramway and drowned. Ther remains will be tuken care of by the city dumpers and conveyed to the proper quarters for final disposition. Some of the dogs ‘now detained in durance Vile, as the aay- ing is, seem to take Kindly to theif temporary in- carceration pass che time in catching fies, ac Which amusement several have become quite ex- pe; Many of them bowl piteousiy, and on the entrance oO! ladies in search, probably, of poodie dogs go a semitone higher in their complainis, ‘This 18 the more singular since there is not wnat might be calied a high-toued dog in the entire con- gregation, All of them will be drowned scientifi- cally forty-eight hours alter they have becn checked for the down train, Dox catchers, ac- cording to the, statistics, are not doing @ lively business, A GREAT LO38, The dandy dog catcher, Matthias, who was ap. served the Republic atte: Ey & confidential position with some ot the, highest tionaries of the government. it was only after the 24th of May that your connection wita the governinent to an end, While occupying these official positions you Freceived large sums apart from your official, salat oe you traded on the influeuce which people supp you services you remuered were not al- ‘oncin—No; I deny that. And #0 the case proceeded ster the most sp- Proved Frenen fashion for more than tw hours, during woich M, Tron dis) tany as much gravity as the raven rmaiities hrough, however, the prisoner ed ey Of Having forged the signature of Eorebvee. % the note for $5,000. Tne foon become Initted that he kd erie ‘on. nunelt. \ Trompe ‘was “gent up" for five yoars ‘nd aned pointed an officer td capture vagrant curs in tne newly annexed district, could not stand news. paper criticism and prosperity; hence he sent his Yesignation to the Mayor yesterday, which was quiy accepted. Alderman Morris must fill the place at once. The tollowing is Mr. Matthias’ let- eri— Morntsanta, N. ¥., A p. Weutsan F, Havexnran, Mayor ot the city of Now The severs criticism of the New Yi my deing appointed ad catcher (oF the Tw Press on roan tia was appatate wapaper criticium, I do. my resignation,