New-York daily tribune., 1843-12-18
r He TR I BU N E :.
GlIrpses of Europe.
N.,.rp XIII By TRAVELLING NEw-i oRKEi
Foreign Correspondence of The Tribune
COLOGNE.

be maze IN New DIX III our cay dCqullNo ''.i
the indescribablc innumerabe and lnsuf1eraDic
odours which half sufocate the stranger IN every
street of Cologne, then Will every one who has a
nose (Which is here most undesirable posses
s;on) most ferventy hope that we may always be
oornpeled 70 import the genuine article from
abroad. Fifty years ago Colerldge honored the
unsavory fumes of the place with two bitter SON
nets. and recorded the number which he had DIS
tinpuished Since his time, they seem to have
increased with the population, IN spite OF The
cares of an officer whom saw going his rounds
in cooked hat and with long sword, and pointing
ont to the housewives the fragments o cabbages
before their doors. They eagerly swept them INTO
little heaps, and the Street Inspector" quite sat
is6ed, went his way, but when | left the city the
fragments SO nicely piled up, were still unremoved
Is not street cleaning sometimes thus managed
nearer home
Every one who uses " Ecu de Cologne" knows
that the real manufacturer is Jean Marie iarl-
ma" but on attempting to get the genuine article
here, YOU will find at least eight of that name,
each claiming to be the only rightful possessor
and inhertor Of the title, and denounclng all the
rest as impostors and countcrfeters THIS question
Of identity is worse than that of the two Dromlos,
or of Sir John Cutters silk stockings. The vlo
lence of their quauels proves the immense demand
and consumption of the article. which is made to
the annual value of $s400, 600. talked with sew
eral Of the manufacturers every one oil whom as
sumed as matter of course that he was the real
Simon Pure, and lamented the wicked ISLANDERS OF
the rest, and invelghed against their criminal for
geries. 1t is, however, generally believed that
the rightful heir Of the original inventor lives at
No. % JiilichG Platz, at least he supplies the
King of Prussia, who ought to know the rights
of matter so completely under his nose.
OF all churches in Northern Europe, the cutie
dral of Cologne is the most beautiful As yet 1t
is only fragment, though commenced SIX centu-
ries ago. But few competitions can rival 1t IN grace
and richness The eastern end or choir. the only
portion finished. is perfect in itself. Its height
of two hundred and thirty feet surpasses that OF
most of our seeples, and it is surrounded by clus-
tered and richly sculptured buttresses which stand
at respectful distance, like guards of honor but
are connected with the main structure which they
strengthen, by lying arches, sprnging through md
air and forming noble bridges half invisible from
below, and on which angels might not dlsdan TO
tread Their SUBMITS brlstle with q forest OF pm
nacles. spires and statues, and within these rch
frames are set the gorgeous windows. The
whole building is indeed poem written IN stone
Some poets embody their ideas IN verse ana others
in prose; some in painting, and others again
sculpture but of all modes of expressing grand
and imaginative conceptions, architecture IS the
most cnnobling and effective.
The interior presents a splendid vision OF cha
pels, painted windows, arches and columns,
crowned by gold and crimson capitals, and each
with a guardian statue. When completed, Its
length will be five hundred and thirty two feet,
and the height of It's two towers the same inns
length and height like every dimension ol the
building, and like all its arrangements, Is mul-
tiple of the sacred number SereR, TO which the
original architect supposed to have been the ma
gician Albertus Magnus) seems to have attached
even more than the usual sllperstitlous import
ance.
In chapel behind the high altar is the famous
shrine containing the bones OF the Three hmgs
Of Cologne, or Wisemen of the East who brought
presents to the infant Christ. The golden coffin
is surrounded by arcadcs Of pillars enclosing
statues Of the Apostles and Prophets, and is mag
nifcently embossed with Jewels, CAL. eos, cna-
mels, and Babylonisi gems, said to be worth
twelve hundred thousand dollars Through an
opening in the shrine are seen the skulls of the
three kings, crowned with diadems, and insert
bed in ruby letters with their names--Gaspar,
Mechior, and Bathazcr.
Cologne is said to have once had as many
steeples as there arc days in the year. Though
many of them are still very interesting to examine
personally, will conduct you to but one more
that of 81. Ursula and he' ejeUen thousand or-
gins All their bones are there preserved, but
instead of being quietly inferred IN consecrateo
ground, they arc displayed allover the church
Some arc built INTO little closets IN the walls, pro-
tected by IRON gradngs, and arranged svmmetrl'
cally on shelves, with white wells dropping from
the eyebrows of each skull. Another shelf con
tains only arm-boncs, and SO on, IN an anatoml
cal classification. Others are lnlaid in the pave
mcnts, and Others again displayed IN glass cases
around the altar The legend runs that St. ur
sua, sailing from Britain to Armorica with all lei
virgin train (and large feet 1t must have been,
was driven up the Rhine to Cologne by a storm
and which must have been wonderfully long anC
strong to stem that rapid current so far. There
,bo ,,,hola ,ortv were SLAUGHTERED by the barha
rian Huns, because they resouteiy adhered t'
their vows of singlebessedness; butif they were
half as uolv as thev are painted IN the huge PIC