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JULIO, E. D. B. 



KANSAS. 



the Jews in Roumania in the Treaty of Berlin 

 as marking an event of great importance and 

 an occasion of joy. The Kev. H. S. Jacobs of 

 New York spoke of the great influence which 

 America was destined to exercise in Jewish 

 affairs, and of the interest which was felt in 

 the United States in Jewish progress. A vote 

 of thanks was given to the American delegates. 

 The subject of education was prominent among 

 the matters considered by the Convention, and 

 whatever related to the establishment and im- 

 provement of schools in the East was received 

 with favor. A proposition was adopted to 

 commemorate Jewish emancipation in the East 

 by means of a medal. Propositions concerning 

 the organization of the Alliance and modifica- 

 tions of its constitution were much debated, 

 and a final decision upon them was postponed 

 till the next year. 



JULIO, E. D. B., a painter, born on the island 

 of St. Helena, near the spot where the great 

 Emperor lingered out his years of captivity, in 

 1843, died in Georgia, September 15, 1879. He 

 was the son of an Italian father and a Scotch 

 mother, and inherited his poetic and artistic 

 tendencies from one and his indomitable per- 

 severance from the other. At an early age he 

 was sent to Paris, where he received a care- 

 ful education. During the war he removed to 

 America and settled at the North. The fra- 

 gility of his constitution and his natural sym- 

 pathies induced him to move South. He estab- 

 lished himself in New Orleans, and was suc- 

 cessful as a portrait painter. Ambitious and 



like every true artist, dissatisfied with his own 

 powers of execution, he abandoned his career 

 and went back to Paris to become a pupil of 

 Bonnat. On his return to this country he be- 

 gan in New Orleans a school of art. His best 

 known painting, engravings of which are wide- 

 spread, is " The Last Meeting of Lee and Stone- 

 wall Jackson." It is a composition of consid- 

 erable merit. The faces of the two Southern 

 leaders are admirable likenesses. Though es- 

 sentially a portrait-painter, Julio was ambitious 

 of excelling in landscape. He painted many 

 Louisiana scenes, but his work does not com- 

 pare with that of the lamented Olague, who 

 alone has caught the very trick of the indolent 

 waving moss pendent from the wide-spreading 

 branches of the live-oaks, the sharply defined 

 shadows of the leaves, the transparent atmos- 

 phere, and the dark untroubled waters. Though 

 Clague had no rival and left no successor, Julio 

 bore some impress of his genius, and paid him 

 the homage of sincere admiration. Unfortu- 

 nately his career was untimely nipped. To try 

 change of air, he went to Georgia, but con- 

 sumption was too far advanced. He left many 

 unfinished works. His "Diana" is a striking 

 and graceful figure. The coloring is defective, 

 but the drawing is fine. He was a rapid and 

 skillful draughtsman. His crayon sketches are 

 meritorious. One of his pictures was exhib- 

 ited at the Centennial and favorably criticised. 

 It was entitled " Harvest Scene," and repre- 

 sented cane-cutting on a Louisiana sugar plan- 

 tation. 



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KANSAS. The biennial session of the Legis- 

 lature of Kansas commenced on January 13th. 

 Lieutenant-Governor L. U. Humphrey presided 

 in the Senate ; and in the House Sidney Clarke 

 was chosen permanent Speaker. 



An election of a Senator in Congress, to fill 

 the vacancy caused by the expiration of the 

 term of John James Ingalls, was concluded on 

 January 31st. Mr. Ingalls was reflected. The 

 vote on each ballot was as follows : 



Charges of bribery in the election were im- 

 mediately made, and the following resolution 

 was adopted by the House : 



Whereas, It is charged that during the progress of 

 the late Senatorial election acts of bribery and corrup- 

 tion were resorted to, to influence the votes of mem- 

 bers of this House for United States Senator ; and, 



Whereas, It is also charged that offers -were made to 

 pay large sums of money for votes for Senator, and 

 that in some cases these corrupt offers were made by 

 members of this House; and. 



Whereas, The honor 'of the State, the integrity of 

 this House, and the character of the Senate of the Uni- 

 ted States demand that a full and impartial investiga- 

 tion should be had of all the lacts and circumstances 

 connected with the aforesaid charges ; therefore, 



Resolved, That a committee of five members be 

 appointed, whose duty it shall be to investigate all 

 charges of bribery and corruption connected with the 

 late Senatorial election, and all charges of corruption 

 in office made against the recently elected Senator, to 

 the end that the innocent may be vindicated, and all 

 acts of bribery and corruption, if any, shall be found, 

 exposed, and punished. 



A similar resolution was adopted in the Sen- 

 ate, and for the sake of economy it was pro- 

 posed to change the committee into a joint one, 

 but the House refused to concur. 



The committee of the House submitted three 

 reports, one a majority and two minority. The 

 chairman reported that the charge that acts of 

 bribery and corruption were resorted to with 

 intent to influence the votes of members of the 

 House was sustained; but no acts of bribery and 

 corruption were proven against Senator Ingalls. 



Another member of the committee reported 



