Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1838-02-19

Ish Church bells which will be sold at auction pext
Tuesday week 1.-THE 9th inst,) at No. % exchange
street, where they can be visited and inspected. AS
so much has been said of these bells, and as they will
deubtlessly be visited by our fair DANES and madens
on account Of the interest and association connected
with them
Those Spanish bells those Spanish bells,
How many tale their music tells
we have Judged il not inappropriate to publish their
description and weight and 10 accompany our cata-
logue with some obvious reflections growing out Of
the subject. We have taken some pains to correct
the Latin and Spanish Of their inscriptions, which
admirably confused and m; stiiied, in the copy
from which we transcrbe such jargon as the gno-
of the catalogue writer has produced could not
surely BE- eqnaed by the unknown tongues.
One Bell with Cross Maria De la Concepcion Pertain
nnaculsam Del genetrI Virgo de,ende nos ab hos,e ma
nZauerdo leama Ano De 7sS Depoes roten ties desede
one Bell with san Juan dos Pro nobis Ano
D 7ss seyso ssr6o Prior De Este Gones -, s'o De h'ga
one Be with Crnss-Santa Maria ora Pro nc bis di
l775 Weighing $40 lbs.
Ose Bell with CreAnmas nditas Ora Pro Robis Ano
one Bell, win crosssanta Maria De apasisra Ora Pro
nobis Seio Sendo Guar Dean En r. +. MIGUEL de Mata-
"a Ano Di 1852 Weighing So lbs.
One Bell WIN sar osePn mIesa nee
conAento Hosptase X. f. Joseph Uerdejo Ano Di l77i
One Bel with Crosssancta PHILIPPE Meri Ora Pro nobis
Ano d. l77s. Weighing 3S4 lbs,
Tomas Uleanuena La r. NJ. San Maria de las Mercedes
Pora de aacusr nnasd Malaga Nmchnocorsnaa &C. Weigh
One Bill, with Cross-ssnta Maria De Da Psz Ora Pro
One Bell with cross-san Joseph Ora Pro nob Ano D
One Sell, with cross-san j. p II. Ora Pro nob
One Bell VIII ,1a, S;ssd q FRO nqs kfgna
Eerno Luaens ign EL T. Psdworts Coo'ss me ieeit
One Ben: with crosssania Teresa Del Jesus Pro nobs
oqua Eper mad osuen Que admiration Bias Roman Face-
x AR0 @ @ %ss e. .as queen
Maria Graca nj. Ciriacus ronauOnec En- Malaga
One Bell with Cross-Naris Joseph Jesus sn Franco
Ano Deicoraxou De Jesus, era Pro Rsbs Ano DE 76l-
Osc Bei with Cross--Senora SAINT Ana Pro nolis
AM. 1901. se.izo seudo Adm'or Ell DR. On. Antonio
De Mari. Pheipe DE s Reui,a s;.ude: Dsbaderrama
One Bell, with Cross. Maria ora Pro nobis Ane Di
1873. Weighing $50 lbs :, MI, D. ,os. A.. n,
Iss~ Weighing iss lbs
One Bell, with Cross-san Ysidro Pro nobs Are D
One Beii with a Cross-Domingo Pro nobis Ane. D
e,.e Bell win Cross-saa siriaco Pro nobs Ano D
I775 Weighing 400 lbs
nobs Aso Bi i77s. Weighing 1908 lbs.
These bells formerly their siIvery tones over
the plains of Castillo and through the Serras of Ca
thoc Spaint to call the faithful their devotcns; at
their sound the darkeyed beauties hid their faces in
their mantllas and turned deaf ear for an instant
u the warm views of some cooked hated and be-
cloaked cavalier, while they whispered a hasty Are
Mario or a rapid credo and when the sound ceased,
smiled upon their cavalier with looks, in which love
and Devotion religion and tenderness, were mingled
in strange and indefnable proportion These bells
have told Of victory and defeat; have kneed the
QUEEN, perhaps Of the shriekng victims of a stern
Inqusition have rung the dirges of the Austrian dy
nasty welcomed that Of the Bourbon; Summoned the
loyalty Of the land 10 resist intrusive king told of
alternate triumph and ght for eight years of national
suffering; and have now been torn from the hal
lowed fanes they filled with their sacred and familiar
melody TO be put up 10 auction article Of mer
chandze in western cline, 10 be devoted to secular
purposes or to the celebration Of the ntes of wor
ship which those who them, would have started
from as profane hateful and heretcal. Ii is fruitful
subject for reflection, and interesting alike to the phi
losopher, the lover of history, and the Of SEN
tment.
As such another opportunity as this will scarcely
ever offer, would urge il upon the attention of the
trustees &c. OF the various churches in New York to
avail themselves of It, and make this city renowned
Tor the beauty and sweetness Of its church bells as
il is for so many other attractions. Those who are
familiar with the usages Of Europe know what
charm these sounds convey, whether from the spires
of city, or whether carried over the fields from the
turrets Of some time honored cathedral breathing
peace the soul and melting the heart with tender
ness and devotion.
In former times particularly, and even now in
countries where the old faith the religion Of our ia
theirs before Luther prevails the bells ofa church, and
every thing connected with them, were a matter OF
grave and serious import Their casting was a So
Tenn f5te, accompanied by peculiar forms and with
ritual apart expressly for the occasions the faith
ul threw gold and silver plate into the melting mass
and when they were finished they were regularly con-
secrated, and kings, princes, mobiles, queens pm.
cesses, and duchesses stoed sponsors for them The
baptism OF the Church bells was quite holiday for
the parish and districts We'd with each other in the
costlness and beauty Of their respective bcfres All
this may be called vain and empty and trivial super
siiton; be il so-but II !. connected with oar ear
lest and purest fsengs il brings back the rccollee-
tons Of youth and home; and IL akin 10 the as.oci-
tons which made Abans and Pharphar, waters Of
Damascus deorer 70 the Syrian warrior than all the
rivers OF foreign Israel