SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR. 
adaptive genius of the architect to combine the peculiari- 
ties of other already known styles with the requirements 
which modern civilization renders necessary to our com- 
fort, that we can look for any improvement in the present 
designs and construction of our residences. 
This style has been adapted mainly from the Italian ; 
but it is well known that the Italian style, as carried out 
in Italy, does not, by any means, meet our requirements. 
We have, as our only resort and by long years of study, 
devised the beautiful forms, ideas and details, derived 
from the Italian and adapted them with such other char- 
acteristics and modifications as were necessary to conform 
with our customs and wants. 
The above design we have had engraved, as it fully 
represents the general characteristics of the style. Every 
interior department is represented by characteristics on 
the exterior ; each detail has its bold relief; the construc- 
tion is the most economical, and the whole effect of the 
execution is entirely different from the present designs 
that we see executed everywhere. 
Let us look for a moment upon the design of our pre- 
sent residences. Is there not a stiffness of design, a want 
of harmony of the masses, a dullness of form, repetition 
upon repetition, heavy details and mouldings, no beauty 
in the arrangement of the plan, and a want of spirit in 
the whole design which must be felt, as we cannot 
describe it by word'l 
To design a country Villa or Cottage, suitably arrang- 
ed, combining all our required comforts, taking all the 
advantages of the site, and in good taste, is one of the most 
difficult tasks for an architect to perform ; and, conse- 
quently, very few good and artistic designs are to be 
found. 
The outer forms of Villas should be selected with great 
care,'-and with the finest outlines; the same should per- 
tain to cottages, no matter how small, (the smaller the 
greater care) the form of the plan combining the owner’s 
required comforts, should be left to the architect ; all the 
details should have their bold relief and their proper 
places ; but, above all this, let a spirit, a life pervade the 
whole design that will bring it into the compass of art. 
We will now leave the design for the judgment of an ap- 
preciative public ; but we wish it understood that this is 
only one form of plan and design. 
The interior arrangement is as follows : — The main en- 
trance is through an arbor and enclosed piazza, leading 
to the main hall, which opens to the parlor, library and 
sitting-room ; the main staircase is in one end of the main 
hall. The parlor has a beautiful bay window on the 
front, with a communicating hail and enclosed piazza on 
the rear; the communicating hall leads to dining-room, 
which opens from parlor, has a circular bay window, a 
sitting place, marked S. P , butter pantry, with all con- 
veniences; kitchen has pantry, laundry (L.), servants 
stairs (S ), and entrance (A ) By this arrangement of 
ffining room and kitchen, &c,, we separate the servant’s 
and dining portion of the house from the other rooms— a 
■convenience very much in favor in the middle States. 
On the second floor are six bed-rooms, with closets to 
each; bath rooms, &c , and a separate communication to 
all the rooms. 
The cost of this residence was six thousand dollars, 
complete. 
In this representation of the general characteristics of 
the style, v/e have endeavored to give as distinct a pic- 
ture of American life as architectural forms will allow; 
and, if an appreciative public accept our humble efforts, 
we have accomplished nothing more than our duty. 
Yours respectfully, 
Salltzer & Valk, 
Architects, N. Y. Academy of Music, 
Asior Library, &c., Office 399 4ih Avenue, N. Y. 
For the Southern Cultivator. 
YE MOVER. 
"White, ye winding road-way shines, 
Scantly shadowed by the pines. 
Where ye mover moveth slow, 
Wearily, and Westward, ho! 
i Ark of his, before the v/ind 
! With its jolly-boat behind — 
! Yaller-dog, that fares at one 
j With his wife and rifle-gun ! 
I And ye line of little eyes 
i Graded to an easy rise, 
I With, by whiles, a level, where 
I Tuvins alleviate ye stair. 
i 
! So ye mover moveth still 
I Up ye dale and down ye hill, 
I Bound with all his household band 
1 To ye latest Promised Land. 
i 
; Scarce the girdled pines are dead 
On the hills he ravaged red ; 
Scarce the blessed sun-light blinks 
Through his cabin’s wasted chinks; 
j Ere a vision, vague and dim, 
j Hints a better place for him ; 
I Better soil and brighter sun 
j Somewhere else, and farther on ! 
I Where the woods supply his want — 
j Where ’twere ‘ 'dangerous” to plant — 
I Where ye cattle range at will 
j And ye roads run, all, down hill. 
I 
] Where, with scarce a tax ye State 
Grows in grandeur, cheap and great 
j Where but bad-folks fear ye laws 
And but “Browns” are Governors! 
Ttieti ye mover cocks his eye, 
I Curves his spine and smites histhigk 
I While the hops his heart approves 
Comes to move him, and he moves. 
%Yhere the righteous rest we know, 
Also, where ye wicked go ; 
But what future place may be 
Ye mover’s, is a mystery ! 
How were mortal mover blest 
In a world without a — West, 
Who, with half a Hemisphere, 
Weeps, a wilderness, to clear % 
Speed we then ye mover-man 
In his moving while he can; 
Blest, if not a hope as dim 
Moveth ^LS as moveth him. 
Torch Hill, Ja., 1859. 
