A Stupendous Centennial Bust

A recent number of La Stafftita. an Italian journal, informa us tliat the Italian sculptor, Pietro Guaruerio, of Milán, who won a prize at the Viennese Exposition for two groups of hia which wero purehased by the Emperor of Austria, and repetitions of which were afte) ward ordered by the Emperor of Germany, has now in hand a most won derf nl bust of "Washington. Signor Guarnerio, it appears, understands it to be tbe intention of our Oentennial Commissioners lo erect a single building covering an área of 2,578,000 square metres, and representing, therefore, a length of more th ;u one statute mile on each side, together with a tower to be of thrice the height of the so-called " Tower of Babel," of the Oathedral of Milán, or, in round nuinbers, about 1 ,075 feet. Naturally enough Signor Guarnerio Üie come to the conclusión that ar.ybody who expects any work of his to be so niuch as visible in ko vast an edilice, the like of which, he justly observes, " has never been seen before on earth that we know of," must put himseif to unusual pains in the way of coueeption and execution. So Signor Guarnerio is now engaged in makiug a colossal bust of the father of our country "at the inement wheu he gave tho United States their Constitution," ai:d, in orJor to give this bust " dimensicn-s adequate to the circumstances," he l.as purchased f our car-loads of modeling clay, and is making i figure, the little flnger of the lof t haud of which is to be twenty-six centímetros, or about a quarter of'a jard in length ! It is gratifyinp; to kuow, on the aut iioiity of La 8taff Ita, that in this remnrkable work " tiu great citizen" of America is represented in the most simple and natural attitu Ij possible, and expresses tho satisfacti. u of a stitiuless conscience which, haviag fulfilted a sublime act, and being convinced that it has discluirged itfl duty t'ioroughly, feels that it has touolied tlin summit of its wishes. In France they teke chicken featkei r, whose lmrsb sterns have reudered them useless, chip the plume part f rom Üiü sterns with scisaors, and put the pliiifces in á bag. which, when f uil, is closed aud kneaded with the hands, so that tbu feathera are felted together, forming a down of uubroken fabru; and great ligl.tness, which sell in Paris for two doll.js a pound.