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VOLUME XI. NEW ORLEANS, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY Is, 1879. NUMBER 49:
imorning or ana irnHUllc vIesalenger.
maw O..LUa.S. SUI'DAY, JANUARY 12 1t79.
TZLXEIOAPIC SUNAZRY.
(Condensed from Associated Press Telegrams.)
FOREIGN
FwAeuS.-The senatorial elections which
took place on the 5tb, resulted in a great Re
publican triumph. Of forty-seven Conserve
stire senators whose terms have expired only
thirteen have been re-elected. All the retiring
Republican senators have been re-elected. The
general results show the election of fifteen
Conservatives and sixty-four Republicans. The
Republican majority in the Senate will be about
fifty-seven.
All details of the Senatorial elections add to
the crushing character of the Conservative de
feat. M. Renan, in Bonches dn Rhone. seems
not to have obtained a single vote. M. Branne,
extreme Radical, was elected there. In the
irxoude, which was hitherto an Imperialist
stronghold, all four Republican candidates
were elected. Five Republicans were sucoese
ful in the Nord, which was also noted for its
reactionary sympathies. Toe Departments of
Herault and lle-et-Vilaire h ave also complete
ly abandoned their former Conservatism. Tae
Conservatlves are still dominant in Gere,
where ex-Minister Batbie has been re-elected,
and in Indre, where MM. de B indy and Cle
ment have been re elected.
There are thirteen vacancies in the Chamber
of Deputies, in consequence of Deputies being
elected to the Senate. To fill these an election
will be held on the 2d of February. It will be
of unusual interest as ex-Minister Da Fonrton,
Count de Man and Paul de Cassagnao will
stand for re-election.
The French Government has given one yeat's
notice of termication of all treaties-of com
merce. This is simply a measure of precaution
to have the-hands of France free in view of
Prince Bismarck's new economic policy and the
diffioulties of concluding a new treaty with
Austria.
ROMEu-A Renter telegram, dated January
9th. says that the Pope has sent to the Bishops
of the world a very important encyclical letter
with regard to the Churoh's condition.
GeaMaeY.-A great meeting of Catholices is
in contemplation. It will be held in Folda to
consider the relations of the Church with the
empire.
The Sooialist Democrats have lately carried
most of their manicipal candidates in the dis
triots around Leipsai. A Soialiet will stand
for Breslan at toe forthcoming election for the
Relihstag.
ENoLGIAD.-Tne distress among the poor in
Sheffield, Menchester. Lyndon and Wolver
hampton continues. Besides the large number
that had been receiving relief before, 3000
heads of families, representing 13 500 persons.
applied for help on the 4'b in Manobester, and
the next day there were 4000 fresn appl:ca
tions,
A gun abasrd the great Bciti~b iron clad
Thunderer burst on the 21 inst., killing 4 cffi
cers and 5 men and wounding 32 men.
Diarselli is suffering from a severe attack of
the gout.
IRELAND -The release of O'Kelly, the only
remaining Fenian prisoner, is seriously con
templated by the Government.
The Council of toe Irish Home Rule League
determined to call a general meeting of the
organization, to be held on the 4 ,h of February
next, to consider a series of resolutions sub
mitted by the active section of t' e Home Rule
party on the policy of the Irish Parliamentary
party, and for reorgan'zation of the movement 1
in Ireland.
Gen. Grant has been received everywhere J
with great honors. In Dublin the freedom of
the city was presented to him in an ancient d
carved oak casket. In responding. Gen. Grant
said that no ceremony had given him such
satisfaction as the present one. He was proud )
to belong to a country containing many Irish- f
men.f He said he was not an eloquent speaker; '
he could only thank them for the honor done n
him. Three cheers were given for Gen. Grant a
and three more were called for and given for o
America. Dr. Butt, as first honorary freeman o
of the city, made a speech highly compliment- .,
ar to Gen. Grant.
At Belfast and Londonderry banquets were a
given in bis honor, and at Caloraine a large s,
delegatiovfpresented him with addresses.
At Cork, however, the ease was quite differ- b,
ent. The New York Herald's dispatch says : f
At the Cork town council meeting, which de- m
alined to give Grant a reception, Mr. Harris al
said r "It will be to the interest of our fellow b,
conotrymen in the United States if a proper
reception was accorded Grant, who repiesents
the goerning party in that country. There
ser be no personal antipathy to the gentleman e
himself; reither was there anything in the
goverrment of the ex-President objectionable
to the Irish people nor unopleasant to the Irish st
In Ame:'os. Probably Grant would again be t
at the head of the United States, in which of
event it would be to the interest of our fellow
countrymen in America if a proper recognition se
be given to Grant on his arrival at Cork." in
Mr. Barry said theex-President had insulted ed
the Iris': people in America. He got up the th
"No Por ry" cry there.
Mr. 'racy said it would be unbecoming for
their Catholio constituenot of Cork to welcome qr
such a man. It would be ungenerous to refuse to
him hospitality if he deserved it, but he saw Bi
nothing in Grant's career that called for sym- in,
patby from the Irish nation. He never thought M
of the Irish race as he thought of others, and re
he went out of his way to insult their religion. th
Mr. Dwyer would not couple Grant's name th
with Amecieo. The Irish who sought a refuge as
and home in the United States had received
kindness and attention from the American peo
pie. Grant had never given them the same re
cognition as the other inhabitants. It would
be an impropriety to pay any mark of respect
personally to Grant.
Messrs. MoSweeney and Creedon spoke to the
same effect, and with a great shont of "aye,"
there being no dissenting voices, Cork refused
b to receive Grant.
THE AFOHAN WAR-The English are ad
vancing rapidly on Candahar. It is said that
y the Afghans intend to defend the place to the
g last extremity. There in a great deal of sick
h ness among the English troops.
e RussIA.-A telegram from Moscow, states
t that the Kharkoff Veterinary School has been
broken up, and the Kieff University closed in
o definitely, in consequence of theriotons demon
. strations of the students.
The plague has caused a general panic in
Astraohan and Saroton. Precautions against
e the disease were at first neglected, as it was
t mistaken for typhoid. When the weather be
e came warmer people died like flies. The dead
lay unburied in the streets. The infected die
s trict hs been surrounded by troops, and oom
f monication with Moscow has been stopped.
General anxiety prevails throughout Russia.
UNITED STATES.
WASHINGTON. - Congress reassembled last
Tuesday, but did very little business during
the week.
Representative Hartridge, of Georgia. died
I of pnenmooia on the 8th, and Representative
I Schleicher, of Texas, is very low.
3 Washington Jan. 9.-The following are the
sallent features of the decision in the United
1 States Supreme Court, in the case of Reynolds
of Utab, polygamist, vs. the United States,
brought here on final appeal. The principal
questions raised are:
1. Whether the first amendment to the con.
stitution prohibits interference with religious
practices which are contrary to the law of the
Sland ; and
2 Whether a criminal action can bejusttfi
F ed by a plea of religions belief.
This court holds that the constitutional
guarantee of religions freedom was not intend
ed to prohibit legislation in respect to marri
age, and that it is within the legitimate scope
of the power of every civil government to de
termine whether polygamy or monogamy shall
be the law of social life under its dominion.
The laws of Congress for the suppression of
the former are therefore valid and constitn
tional.
With regard to the second question, it is
held that a criminal practice cannot be exuse
ed on the ground of religious conviction. To
permit this would be to make religious doe
trines superior to the law of the land, and in
efIfct tro ermit every citi/zn to become a law
unto h:uself. The Government could exist only
in nramo ncder such circumstances. The only
defense of the accused in this case is his belief
that the law should not have been enacted. It
matt n riot that hin belief was a part of his
religion; it was still belief, and nothing more.
Tee judgment of the lower court, in which the
prisuoer was found guilty, is therefore affirm
ed. The opinion was delivered by the Chief
Justice
WEATHER REPORTS - Telegraphic reports
from all sections of the country show that from
the eve iug of the 23, to noon on the 6th.J3he
cold was inte ice, the thermometer in no part of
the -NoitTern States being higher than three
degrees above zero and in some places mark
ing 24 degrees below zero. In the South the
cold was also very great, at Louisville the
thermometer marking 6 degrees below z cro, at
Nashville 1 degree; Mobile 15 degrees above;
Jacksonville, F:a, 30 degrees above zero. The
James River at Richmond was frczen over on
the 4th. At Mobile there was a snow storm all
day on the 4th and in Atlanta there was skat
ing for the first time in twenty years
Oscego, Y. Y. Jan 5 -At about 6 i'lock
last evening the great storm, which had reged
for sixty boors, mod ated to a gentle breeze.
The snow fall, however, continued until about
noon to-day, and the top snow now consists of
an innocent-looking fleecy mass that needs
only a breath to stir it. 8 inday morning broke
over a scene of Biberian silence ssch as no liv
ing inhabitant had seen. Through the main
streets great banks of snow towered up to the
second story of the buildings, and in the
suburbs small houses were c3mpletely snowed
under. On the level the snow is estimated to t
be four feet deep, and in the drifts anywhere
from fifteen to twenty feet. The churches this
morning were pretty much deserted, the snow
shovel being freely substituted for the psalm I
book.
DIocesE OF CrINCmNNAT.-The Catholic 2Tele
greph, the official organ of the diocese, in an a
editorial on the 9th Inst. expressed gratitude
to the members who had contributed to aid
the Archbishop in his financial trouble, and
stated that another subscription would be
taken up next Sunday, after which the names
of the subscribers will be published. It also
states that Mr. Reuben R. Springer has just
sent the Archbishop $5000 for the fund. An 0
interview with a prominent Catholic, publish .C
ed in the Enqr:rer, states that the demands on
the Archbishop are materially lessened.
P"ISCELLANEOUS. a
The Postili ie and Gen. Sheridan's head
quarters in Clbioago were destroyed by fire on
the 4: b. The Academy of the Holy Angels, it
Buffalo, was burned on the 4th. Lose, 6;0.000; ri
insurance, b$5 000 - The Harmony Cotton a
Mills, at Coboes, N. Y., have given notice of a si
reduction of work to three days a week. Three oa
thousand five hundred hands are employed io at
these mills. Over-production is assigned at
as the cause of the redooction.---Governor w
ed Bisiop. of Ohio, in his annual message, calls
e- attention to the prevalence of grave.robbing
e- and asks the Legislature to pass a law by
Id which an adequate number of bodies may be
of obtained from a recognised source, and thus
do away with the odious traffil of body
be snatehere.-Beeton dispatches report that
I," the annual statements of the New England
ad mills are unsatisfaotory. Dividends will be
passed in many oases - Dn Cameron has
d- been elected United States Senator from Penn
at sylvania, to sucoeed himself.-- Monoasi,
he who some months ago attempted to assassinate
k- the King of Spain, was executed on the 4th.
- Last Thursday, Bogardus, with his little
shot-gun, broke 3000 glass balls in 3000 oonsecu
tn Live shots. A big crowd was present and
n cheered him The Balgarians of Macedo
nia declare that 120 of their villages were
destroyed and 6000 pers- ,' killed during the
In suppression of the rebellion.
at THE BS1HOPS JOKE.
HOW BISHOP FOLEY. OF CHICAGO, CAUSED AN
UNANTICIPATED COLLECTION TO •E TAKEN
UP IN HIIS BERRETTA.
Chicago Telegraph.
a The new chapel of St. Joseph's O:phan Asy
lum, Lake avenue and Thirty-flfth street, was
dedicated on Wednetsday, December 11th.
It Bishop Foley performed the dedication cele
g mony and preached. At the conolasion of the
Bishop's discourse, Maas was resumed, and the
Soclergy and congregation took their seats until
e the chair-composed of the sweet voices of
orphan girls-could finish the "Credo." It is
a at this time that the collection is nunall'
d taken up. Of course. as the congregation was
Is an invited one, and as the chapel is priva
5, there could not be any collection. Bi
al Foley evidently thought there ought to
offering to the orphans on so pleasant an oe
I oasion, and suddenly pothis hand in his pocket
s and drew out a green-back. It was apparent
e that there was no box, no plate, no anything
to put it i-. Bishop Foley, at everybody
knows, is dgunity itself. The congregation
vie.e very munch as'onished, therefore,
i1 to see him remove tiom his head tl
 pap: berretta, and, reversing it, de
i- po-it thereiu his greenback, a mer
ry teinhie spakliirg in his eyes. With a
glancco, which was loader than words, he sam- I
.1 nioned to him Fatiher John Waldron, and held t
the barretta, with t:ae mroenosak in it, before 1
I his face. Father 'Johne"coautenance beam
ed with humor, his h-a;ds were quickly in his
poc'icL ", cndlhis grcoback was its the b,rretta.
"Pass itaround, F.ier John," aild the Bishop, I
-so..o loce , his fac3 g-avr , but his eyee fairl: t
o laughing FatherJ >i: was uetterly aetoanleri.
Bit the B ;sop loo!:, d at him againo so sigr:ii I
c i-tly that to lesi:R: was imtnosible. Call
ring to his assistarnc ihe venerable Jeseat,
V Father Corbett, Fa.t .r Waldron "passed the e
Sbhat" to each of the a crgylreu inl the snuoto
cry, and i-clndiog the celebrant of the Mass, a
t the deac3n, sob-deao-n, and the master of cer- i
a emonies, all laid ther gifts, smiling, in the "
" beretta. Up and down the sorprised congre- n
gation it went then, and was carried back to
the altar overflow,.- with "the beet money s
the world ever saw." Near the door of the t,
chapt' stood the adri;rable superior of c
the asylum, Mother Jo eph. When she ri
eaw what the B'sbop wasdoing she bloshed, si
hat as the f.ll sense of his generous action b
r came over her, her lips trembled, her eyes filled h
with tears, and she stepped across the dcor
into the hall to yield. unobserved, to the grate- L
tall emotions she could not onceal. How oom- d
Spetely the berretta robbed those in attendance a
-and well-known ladies and gentlemen were ci
present from all parts of the city-may be in- tl
(ferred from the fact that, when the ceremony fi
was over, groups could be seen on the corner et
of Cottage Grove avenue and Thi-ty-fifth ge
esteet, borrowing from thoes who bad any ca
money left, niokles enough to pay street sar t:
fare Lome. hi
in
One of the most remarkable feats of memory m
is not recorded in the books, though it canie or
before the publio in a singular manner in Jan
nary, 1E47, At Sidney, Australia, a prisoner bi
set up as his defence on trial an alibi, claiming ec
to have been at the time the complainant was is,
robbed at home in his own hat listening to the de
recital of Horace Walpole's novel, "The Old or
Baron," which a man named Lane had, with cl
other novels, committed to memory, the mat- sk
ter of time being disposed of by the declara- so
tion that Lane's reoitation took two hours and ha
a half. The Attorney General declared that hi,
this was incredible, whereupon Lane claring we
his throat. began : "In the time of King Henry
when the Good Duke Humphrey returned from eq
the wars in the Holy L d, where he he had been a
sojourning for a number of years, there lived l
and had recited several pages when the ws
Attorney General told him to stop-be was sol
quite satisfied. But the oounsel for the de- pie
fence was not, and insisted that, as the verac- er,
ity of his witness had been questioned the OSt
witness should be allowed toast himself right, gal
also to prove the allegation as to time by re- his
citing the whole novel. "Do you expect me to bin
take it all down as evidence T" stammered the Ch
Chief Justice, in great dismay, and finally a thi
compromise was arrived at and Lane gave a ow
chapter from the middle of the story and its rion
conclosion. The prisoner was acquitted. Bee
Ste
Love to place religions pictures in the dwell- tha
ing you inhabit. The presence of these holy 1
representations exerts a sauntifying influence tion
upon the soul; they give it strength, courage, and
and consolation, in all the different situations a I
of life, and they will also warn you to moder- mer
ate your enjoyments and pleasures, if you bee
sheuld be tempted to give yourself up t) them acto
with criminal intemperance. whi
Is THE MEN OF STURDY MUSCLE.
,y With wreaths of shining laurel
be The he-o's brow is bt.Sht;
SDeep In the costly harhle
S Hi battle.names we write;
id Who stags the patient thousands
at That won for him each fight t
S Tha world rings with their praise.
, Who cOnquer land or ea
]By lines of speech electric
Or roads s ihere ships eatl free;
Who sinog the patient thousandse
Lhsawrought each bolt and keyS
. With reveret love we rescue,
s Though centuries dotpoil,.
Tbhe statse and the plot urea
- Of artists' sacred toll -
td Who sltgs the patient tho sands
That groua d their stone and oil r
Oh, men of sturdy muscle.
o l By then, the world grows far;
The nameless patient thousands,
Who In no glot y share.
lBt unto toll and danger
Daily their bosoms bale.
N The noble, patient thousands!
Oh carelesse world and blithe,
Be grateful and unloosen
Eash needless chain and withe.
And give them of your triumphs
Their just and honest tithe!
1'
T dO GREAT ARTISTS.
s. JLN L U. MEIaSONIUR -JNO. xvgRrETT MILLAIS.
;e The Annual of Phrenology poblishes portraits
and sketches of the two greatest painters of
s the age. We reproduce the sketches :
The portraits represent two painters, each in
the foremost rank of the artists of his country.
our reader has more frequently heard
of n Frenchman, M. Melesouier as he is deem
in a the leading fimure-srtiat of the age. The
likeness of Melesonier shows a combina.
t tion of the mental and motive temporamont.,
t with a fair support from the vital. The motive
g temperament is very strongly marked, and has
Sa prominent influence in his mental disposition.
o Character of a most forceful sort is impressed
u, upon his portraito; everytLinC aibout tiat or
Sgaen'. vi.io is etdoweol with emphasis. His
every m lve~onet and word, all his thoughts
and pnrpots art , s l -itivre as a clenched fst
a may bee id to b:', as ctnmpared with the open
- hand; yet the features have a certain quality
I cf fineness ibcyt t'itun which indiotea ele;'a
,tion, refinement, spirit, aeoivity.
Notice the eyt; bow full, sharp, intense. Ili,
power of expre' dion in words ie at oncc coli
one and concci,,. TLere ir ci; ability for the I
linguist, set too nmuoc positiveness for the
teacher, te'll h,: it able to express his opinires
rirel claorpy and efltctivel' tha :niost iten. I
sIc has a r:g tetmper, yet we thmink that Ih.
erarely liarr,h with thoe c who are r:-laiti.t.d
with hont, ate it is natural for his atochiat tois
eudeovor to adopt thremielvei to his Pa3 a:;d I
opinion'. Inletd, he muolds and fashi.,ns Le I
surroundings to hie own purpeseo, and pe iple
instinoive;ly alap' tm.tnsolves to him. As a
whole, he is a min of courageo, ambition, dotor j
minatio. Hies firmness and courage, c.,mmbiul a
with his ambit:on, tend to the acquisition of ii
whatever he may desiret He is organ/, d cer
tainly on higb-pressnre principle, yet well C
centered, steady, and able to control his force, A
rarely losing poise and steadi-ees of aim. Witb
such an organh'r tion, it is not a marvel that i
Meiesonier has achieved so much chlebrity in t
his choaer sphere.
Jean Louis Ernest Mefsonier was born in
Lyons, France, in 1811 or Il1:3--the precise
date not being known. Ile commenced the si
study of art early in life, having shown a de- it
cided predilection for it; was sent to Paris for i
the purpose, and there received instruction ti
from M. Leon Colmiet and others. In 1G he a
exhibited a picture entitled "'Little Messen- di
ger," which drew attention to his peculiar P
charaoteristios as a painter. Devoting himself fo
to one class of treatment, he has become per- it
hape the most popular and the beat paid of liv- ae
ing French painters, and is said to have dones
more than any other artist for the maintenape in
or rather preeminence of the genre school. gr
Comparatively few of his works have been IIe
brought tJ this country, except, however, in th
engraving or photograph. His most owaracter. de
islic features are smallness of oanvas and great M
delicacy and finish in execution. The artist's in
own claims to fame rest upon the finenesr or in
closeness of his observation and his manual to
skill, and so teoommon are these qualities, and ni
so high the legree of excellence to wlich - eth;
has brought them, that he stands unrivaled in th,
his own department among the painters of the res
world. Ith
His canvases rarely exceed twenty Inches by
quare--even where numerous figures make up po
a gronp. His figures are portraits faithful to F
life. It is said that his fidelity in this respect del
was attained from the habit of sketching the Va
subjects life-sigb first. Among his best known tr
pictures are "The Chess Players," "The Read- Chb
er," "A Game of P.quet," "The Painter in lis 90
Studio," "The Skittle Players," "The Body- Iat;
guard," and '"The Readtng at Diderot's." Some son
historical works have been wrought out by it,
him, to wit: "The Emperorat Solferino;" "Toe wit
Charge of Cavalry," which was sold for some- sai
thing like thirty thousand dollars an,' is now Fl
owneed by a gentleman of Cincinnati : "A Bar- pril
ricade, June, 184 ;" ' Eighteen Huodred and tar
Seven," which wws purchased by Mr. A. T. obi
Stewart and sold shortly after the death of
that New York merchant.
Melesoniler has designed for several publica- ers
lions, notably, BIazea's "Come-lie Humane," by I
and "Paul and Virginia." In I-46 he was made sibl
a knight of the Legion cf Honor, in tl63 a wit
member of the French Institute, and has also "Po
been honored by several decorations of a char- And
a0ter very highly esteemed in Europe, and and
which are the gifts of royalty. deg
John Everett Millais posseseses an organize
tion of.a very different mold. The reader at once I
perceives an extraordinary delicacy and re
finement of the features, and is impressed with
the natural adaptation of the man to a sphere '
highly esthetic. Mr. Mllate is intensely seas- a
ceptible to emotional impressions-very "thin e
skinned," as the expression goes. His features
are classically symmetrical. There is grosat
breadth in the region of the tmplees ideality, I
constructiveness, sublimity are very large. He b
lives in the atmosphere of the grand and the
picturesque. liIt paintings would embody
ideas, sentiments, yearnings, and the represen- II
tation of the higher phases of human life. Hiis e
intellect, as shabown by the portrait, possese s
more of the refleotive than of the perceptive
oast. He has clear impressions of subjects;
comes to a conclusion quickly. His language
shows facility of expression, and In giving his
opinion he is inclined to emphasis. lie appre- u
elates social poolton and moral obligation; is o
sensitive and qqiok In feeling and temper, but
not by any means headstrong or aggressive,
although we doubt that he would not show re
solution and positiveness in the defense of his to
rights and privileges. h
Lie was born in Bouthampton, England, on
the 8:h of June, l'21. Very early in life his
artistic tastes were exhibited and furthered ii
by appreciative friends. At the age of nine p
he gained the gold medal and a position in a c
Als, school of art in London; two years later-he
was transferred to the Antique School of the ti
sits Royal Academy. His progress was very rapid; n
of when but fourteen years old he won the gold t
medal for the best drawing from the Antique.
Toree years later he exhibited his first paslt- n
h in log at the Academy, which was entitled " Pi- fi
try. zarro seizing the Inca of Peru." In 1847 be t1
tard was the gold medalist for the best oil painting,
em. the subject being "The Tribe of Benjamn t
The seizing the Daughters of 8biloh." About this Ic
Ina, time, as we are informed, Mr. Millals was in- ti
ots, duced, probably by the prompting of his own
ive individuality or special taste, to adopt the
has principles of the pre-Raphaelite school of B
won. which he was one of the original members
sed and founders. His first picture in this new ti
or style was exhibited in 1ril); the conception
lie was derived from Keats' well.known poem. and ci
hts was entitled "Isabella." In 1~'50 appeared hise t
flit "Ferdinand lured by Aiel.," suggested by the P,
)en well-known pssasgo In S.inkeeipeare's "Feoul hi
ity pest." W
ra- laI 1,01 he produe.l " Mc.irl:nn.i ir t:e Moat- n
ed GrCiage," "'R:tur' f te t ) e o the Ark," II
His and the " Woodman's )ia ghbtr." In the ix',
pi- cation of these ho n):ight to e.nlbidy a very w
he iigh order of naturalian. Their very ei:np,!li.lii
be city at flrsn was not npplreeiated I y tht critics. to
uis Tioohu"Oljct4, "The li:gu'enot," arid ' Ophe- At
en. lie," whlt" Iname beOn liasile ns fdulllaur by the il,
I-- waidely circulateIul ergravings, wore exhibited ~
ad in 1;,2 In the next tear hi pointed tee "Pro- cb
to scribed ItJyalit" arld "Order of I-lease." t,
ad Among his lat-,r works are "A Dream a ,f the
. Pant," "'lThe i.-retio," "A Vale of Rest." ,
ale " Spring Flowere," "i're Black Brnaewicker."
Ia "My First Sermon," also a very familiar sub
r- ject, "Joan of Aro," ' S:eeping," "Waking," w'
al and "Jeptha." "Winter Fol"'' was pru.doced to
of in 1874, and in the course of the present year no
er- "The Fringe of the Moor" and "A Deserted s
ell Girden." lie .wa, made member of the Royal
no, Academy in 1-;63, having been an associate
tb since his' twenty-fourth year. Besides his
at larger works, he has also contributed illnstra- sid
in tions to various books and periodicals. i
in ely
se Melssonnier's grni' picture of "TieCaiirau
he siera" has just been eold to a Belgian amateur Ma
e- in Brussels for :300or0 francs. 'The purchaser,
or who is one of the wealthiest and at the same mo
an time one of the most intelligent collectors in
be a land fall of rich and well-chosen collections, ext
n- does not wish his name to be made publio at as
ar present, as the picture will not be sent to him
if for some time t, come. Meissonnier has taken
r- It into his atelier for the purpose of retonching
r. and in fact repainting ton foreground. Those for
a who saw and admired this noble work of art gat
Sin its place of honor at the upper end of the i
grand salen of French art in the Exposition of des
in 1'078 will remember that the foreground lacked attI
n that exquisite finish in the treatment of the it e
r-. details which is characteristic of the master.
it Meissonnier found it necessary to sacrifice this tare'
's in order to send the picture to the Exposition II
r in time. It is not flattering to our own collec
I tore but it is true, nevertheless, that Masoon- Ti
d nier exhibited great satisfaction on learning the
e that this picture, which he regards as one of oboi
u the masterpieces on which his reputation is to
e rest, had been bouight for Belgium and not f,r uiO0
the United Statee. The sale was negotia:ed and
a by M. Arthur Stevens, of Brussels, who also cone
purchased Meiassnnier's picture of "The Two
Friends" for another Belgian collector, M. Van
t den Eynde. who paid 120,000 francs for it. M. L
Van den Eynde is the happy owner, too. of log I
two of Rousseau's most charming works, "The sent
-Charoal-Burner's Hot," for which he paid corn
S90000 francs, and "Thelsanks ofithe Oise." The
latter he bought at the Laurent-Richard sale
some time ago. Prince Demidoff, who cove ted
it, offered him a fabulous sum if he would part
with it. To whom M. Van den Eynde, with a Th
spirit worthy of the good days of these old bl ca
Flemish burghers, who were in troth nmercbant lowit
princes, made reply: "We Belgians boy pie
tares to keep t aem-and leave them to our
children."
"Ah. by George," groaned young Mr Leth
ered, sinking wearily into an c flies chair; "alh,
by George, my head aches fearfully " -Pose
sible?" asked his employer, old Mr. llardfax,
with a look of curious interest and sympathy.
"Poejih:e B Something must have got into it." Wh
And then for a long time nobody said anything me ant
and to roam se*emed to grow about fifteen well w
degrees colder.--'urlisgton Markeyw . axed lo.
lIe- ICommunicate.
noe Editor Morning Star
rteh 8me weeks ago the MoRNINo STAR recoms.
Sere mended "M:anohy's Mass for two voices" to the
ans- attentioj of its musioal friends, saying that
thin coml it u-t experts have declared this compost
reas thon a "highly meritorious work." Your x.
llty, prtes would really oblige us by explalolnng the
He high merits of said coompoition, for, regarding
ody the Msa from an artistic point of view, there
eeon- i nothing of any merit to be found in it.
His As to the value of it from the ecoleelaei
,ses tioal point of view, we can only say that
tse; this work is a new proof of how corrupted
iage Catholic Church musil has become amongst
re- n.u Not one bar in the whole "Mae" ie worthy
; is of being produced at our divine servicee.
but Your experts further declare " two-voloe
ive,
re- mnases of merit" very rare. They do not eem
his to be acquainted with the great reforms that
have taken place In hobrch mcalo during the
'h last ten years-reforms that are still progreeo.
red oing in Germany, England, and In the northern
ine parts of this Republic, by the energetoi labors
'h of the St. Ceoillian Society, nder the proteo*
the tion of Oar Holy Father and the most proml.
nid; nent Arobbishops and Blshops. One glanee at
:old the catalogue Issued by thbl soioety would de.
ot- monstrate to your experts the fact that Masmes
Pi- for two voices, of real merit, are not as rare as
he they seem to think. May we be allowed to call
mn to your notice a few numbers out of this cata
this logue, the criticisms of which being thees of
in- the 'College of Referees" of the German Ceel
w J lan 8oiety, have been translated by I. S.
of Betterfeld, London:
Ier 1. Grrilh, C. Mass in honor of St. Clara, for
ew two voices and organ,.
t1n The Referees pi;ose that no one should
and criticise muaio for the Catholic Chuorch who is
his not able to prove his historical knowledge.
the Pept!o would then take a broader view, and
uLl havo more respect for such a Mass as that.
What hn so remarkable in Grniih is, that he is
at- nev,-r ',icomonpilaoe; thus it happlen that hi.
k," tusloe l.un not easily imprend itself upon the
1' melor', but then one doues not get tired of it.
mry We do not find anything here actually new.
!1t b,'. I e old way appears in a new form put
s. together aid l applied il a difl'llent manner.
'e And the fact that the Mane is in twu parts, and
' thIllrtfuie very au,t.t, a fir convents. eubools.
ed e i, p puci.eru ,,f the stricter kind of
ro- church tinnieC (irl' few paasagesetrike us as
t" , to swiet) will tLake it wel noe.
lie 2 "I .1 Grrih l', 7re iier itn cantu choralI.
t'p "'7. fr two voices.
S iOri:h, C. Moif fiur ,opranando Alto up 3i.
TIe 'y ountain a g'oiod deal of polypIonio
C," work. Hpecially suitable, where it !s desired
ed to have real art in place of the n'iserable,
tar nothing saying, two part twaddleof S. Webbe
ed and o'here.
l ; Will, F. Dr. "Frullet," Maoefor rto voices
top .
S A well known and moosiadmired work; con
'a- idered moderately easy.
7. Will F Dr. Micra "Sep'initleni" for two
equal rtiices. op 1.
It seenhe to as that this is an awe-inspiring
r Mais, with its gentle melodies and msajetio
harmonies built upon the solemn old church
re mode. It is not exactly easy, but thoee who
n take the pains to learn it ,ill never regret the
extra trouble, and they a ill cI tiuliy serve art
Sas well as the Church.
SWilltt M'. Aflisa in lien St. Michaeli AreA.
asgeli for one or two voloces with orann.
0 t* rlteh,' J E. .' Sle Regina " r','ire M~
g for &Sjpraioe and lti,) (l 'ei:r sad Bass not obll
t ga,), with organ.
It is seldom that a rosen enjoy so well
I deserved a popolarity an thin prise manss. 'oe
attention of all choirs that do not yet poseee
it in called to the new edition.
10 ,Hingenberger, J. Easy Mals for tice or
th reec roir re
II. eoenes FIi. Mas in to I prrt.s
I. 1,uher~~y, F. l.. Mi.*a ad daos eoieu.
These masses certainly are not written In
the common barrel organ style and rrqiire a
choir master wi,,, cr,.denrtads real oburch
mouic and singers who :',Itne to cburoh to pray
and not to a:ttract pnblic attention like in a
concert hall. Relspc:tolly, C. Wils.
Lawrza AnD Elitro -A lawyer, think
log to take the rise of a journalist lately
sent him the following lines for the poet's
corner of his paper :
I slept In an dltor's b-d lant albtl
Wbhno no other thoneod to to, 'Rb;
Dow I tbohobt sa I tmb:ed the r(ar', s bed.
HlOW esly editors le e
The editor, however, was a match for
his correspoudent, and appended the fol
lowing :
IftM lawyer slept in th rd tor's hod
Wheb no other nbanted to be nltb.
And thougn a. a.ho" he has naimely said
How na.ily ed;to rs in
ite most then admlt, ae he lay on tbhat bed.
And i;pt to i. beart'm desire.
Whate er he mas)- it of the edtlor's bed,
'Iww. the awyer 'hat wan the Ilir.
When out shopping, the ladie, should re
mm.Ler that dame' store, :ru Maazene street, is
well warmed and that his stock s reatClaI, fres
aLd low priced.