Powers' Greek Slave

John Smit!), Je, wriiing Trim N. Y. to tiie National Lra,has ïhe Iblliwing ln'nutiful reflection upon Powers' ce'ebrnted stntue. Powers' Statue of the Greek Slave. - I have just retiimed ("rum llie exliinition room of the National Academy Deign, and hnve gazed dn au h mh on the "Greek Slave," to which tlip genius ofPower ha-; given mmorlnüiv. It is mnrvellous inngf of grare ;ind pirily. Every line and ÜHean ent of the figure convey8 ideas of loveliness and beauty which impress theinselve upon i lio sou) fu re i er. lt may jusily be placo.) side y ai.ie with ' The si itnsthu enc-lmits i'ie mil Al t he ih fir-i glanc, nml h'ii vie-vprl :it n di.-taice, llie st-itue stems fu l'ick tlie high pxiti'-s.'hi whwh v t -il lok fut n nc!i n '.utiject. Ii s Sim inatvirnatc. Bul ns you gnz" " " and, apro-ichina MPiirer, .-tudv il, as ym must, wiih ilepenp.) imeret, ihe su'nl'iing (jii-iv eness of ihe heauteous capUvo si.-.ksnt oijC'' do lie lie.ut. 1 1 e re Art lias indeel nngirfieJ itn officf. The st'irery of geniu-i lias ext-ell'-d f;ir henee evey imjiure em tim. Even lilft dullost spiri; owns tlie inflir ence "f l hts uniiiiile.' ntmo pujie and oi" a lima tlie imgiaatUin and the iiearl ceaie lo be of llieearth, e.u-ililv. 1 fi.ij)iceJ tu erceive, in the crowd ■ r til? fairer so.v whieh ilirongini ilie exhibilion mom, evidfnce ol'llie greut progrpss whieh ha been made io i lie si'rile iiloci:il refiíu'ment. Thero wna but onp prude in the room - a boardlng-school mis-', roinbl_v, vho?e digus'ing itfiVft tion f mperior ■ di'lii-acy fire bly remindf'd me of the uif-cioie cf t!ie Frencti an.1 E'ig]l) la.iv, who visited tliegnüery of the Lonvre in eompany. 'Olí ! la ! ihai is a very innelicaie pi.Murf-!" exolaimed the F.nglish prudo, as iIip party stond boftirc ne of the must e.M]uisit pninlings ia t hm fnmiius g ilery. "I think ibe iiidclic-icy is in fie remarl,not in thf paituiog ! " Reilied i lie pure ■i) i i n!ed diugliter of Frailee. Onceoii a time, íío ruiisthe ta!e, the la-lies of Businn in cólico etlicontg un Grefnoijgh's litta angel, lt ii evii'eut tl.at in Nev York imirp correct notionsof -i 1 1 Ipgin t" prevail j "o i he pu:e a! I tilinga are iiiic." -But, alas ! in the midst f ihe pleisMig eni'-tions e.vcited by admirable uil; il";nt. thee enme snd ih'Hih's of the vondruus liardfies of that nature whieh can ec]i oí sight o'' arT irnensaie )ipre ol' marbU' whirh in:epes a helpless virgin rliiiiiud in the markoi-pluce oí brutal lus', and still mora b'-util cupid iv, ainl yei listens minoe.i to ihe awful story oftbe Ainer-can .-lave! Tbore were fair breflsts, ihat leuei! ith genuine Bympathy (ene-ith ihe niag'C iovpr of the. greal nrtist, that haxe never yet bn-aihcd sigli forthesnbk sterlio'.d of the South ! As ihis cloqueni -t': ue Iraverses the lai.d, inay maiy n moiher and ria;-ghter nf tiip [lopiiblic l)p aw.-i kene.1 t a -cuse oi' the en rtniiy of s'averv, n ii n our itiii!st ! Thus may Art, iiidped, fulril i!s high atiri h"ly mi-siori ! Let the solemn leon sink rieep imo the hearti of the fur ivoaifn of ihe Norlti and of the Souih ! V;iste not vi'Ur svi: pathies on ihe i-enseless marble, but reserve some if-ais for ihn helpless hum-mity Which l'i's quiverir.g I eneat'i :he lash of American f reenten !