Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-05-30
EUROPEAN corEEsroNDENcE-,No. MI
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| TO TIE EDITORS OF TIE ENQUIRER.
BREMES April 81, 1SI3
Dcor S:rs: This city is so celebrated for its wealth
and hrb commercial character, that shall be pardon
ed | trust for noticing 1t more IN detail than other
places on the continent IL cannot be regarded strictly
as seaport it is about fifteen miles above tide water
and thir,y-six above lis haven the highest point that
large vessels at all times reach-and from whence
their ca rgoes conveyed by Lighters. 1t s located
on the Weser, seventy miles from the sea- and can be
approached al any time by steam boats. Bremen haven
one of The best harbors in the North OF Europe
The dock though moi So large is well constructed as
that ell Liverpool
The government of Bremen differs slightly from
that Of Hamburger, described in former letter. that ii
is needless for 10 give mn account oil H. Inc Guy
WAC established in 1S5 and shortly afterwards became
the residence of Bishop Wehatus who converted the
uea;hens Adam, who ilourished in the lllh century,
,,c earliest writer who gives any description OF its
commerce. indeed ci the commerce OF Inc bailic or
German seas Al the beginning Of the l1.h century,
Bremen became member of the Hunsealc League,
then f,rmed by Lubec and Hamburg, 10 which II Sill
beIonrs The State House erected IN fourteen
hundred and four For upwards of 200 years aler lis
competion, il plain ordinary building IN its aP'
pearance but lis front afterwards ornonented win
sa,ues of the most distinguished sages ana orators.
These figures give il an air OF grandeur out set a.
defiance every thing like architectural beauty Beneath
,b;s structure ID the far famed cellar IL contains
mn other wines than Rhenish One apartment 10 hed
With uHcck heimer" and "RudeshcImer OF the V'n-
,,ce of 1900 which is II vais named alter the -
Anosues: and in another is cask, partly filled with
the Rose, the vintage of si1tccn hundred ana ~
I,,cn the oldest wine in the world. Over the
centre Of the which conains II, large
rose is painted, and here centuries ago all Inc
nrominenl men met for the purpose OF discussing
whatever related 10 the welfare OF the state, us
.undkr the Rose whatever was said was considered
perecty sacred. In this way, individuals could WIN
entire freedom interchange opinions with each other as
thew were 'sunder The Rose Dining, suppng or
drinking the social relations Of life were never dis
turbed by any remark made "under The Rose. u was
mt afterwards repeated The cellar is about 800 feet
Ionr and 80 WIDE and the wines slowed in II belong 10
the Republic. They of great value-one vat hold
| inr 40 pipes :,
In front of the exchange in the market place, is the
Statue of Roland, erected IN iiI4. Formerly, u was
richly gded but at present is OF dull greysh color
Wherever this statue stands, the power OF the city IS
su,reme to Judge III cases of life and ceath. This IS
mo second statue v hich has been erected The same
o,o, The former one was destroyed IN 1850 by
| ,reacherous combination sga'nst Burgerme'ser Jo'
ron der Tirfer The enemies oil the freedom oil Inc
CITY believed, that in its destruction their wishes wouio
| be accomplished.
The principal churches Of Bremen arc large and well
| constructed The Dome Cathedral, was originally
built in 1885, bu, its plan was varied und us SIZE exlenc
cd from time to time, until the year 1000 Its steeple
,-as the highest of any in Lower Saxony; but II was
struck by lightning in 1856, and has not since been
rebuilt In tie vault beneath this church. there IS some
thing so peculiar in The atmosphere, as to preserve
dead bodies from pulrefactlon. The remains of ind
viduals which were deposited there 600 years ago,
entirely free from decompo;iiion--ihe face having
undergone in this vast space OF time no change "ha
spectacle to gaze upon features that have been with
ant e's animation for six centuries. No inferno nts
have been made here for many years but the ntmos
phee has undergone change as has been tested by
expe riments made with fowls and fresh beef which
may be exposed 10 year after year, without becoming
| impure.
| S. .7asgaries Church was erected in 1899 It's