Washington telegraph., 1848-01-26
TIL. .srRAsBURG CLOCK.

- 'fN'"''iN'g - 'AHtt tsAs
DaguarttoIype.
lncomprehrniible and solitary,
Ike alllAal is great aud lrue rises lae Mn.
scr u sIasbufg. walked ruuni aud
round II. ani sought The entrance nj which
stands kfRm' statue, the figure Of Justice.
On he opposite silo %, the church Is he
PafIal N Waish is ,hc mlnyulnn Of St.
lanfeutias. within an arbur. AS IL Waft a!
SUM, open al AROUND and llll Of hung n
grapeyiues. Ia the principl, entrance on
tue laii arc wise virgins with their lamps,
innocent and simpIoi on the right are SAINTS
with demons or evil spirits under iheir
heeIsi IN tAh uur gao are angels a1avs an
gals. aa the other martyrs. Is Iaa.. up
anl down, aud co olieupIale tir countless
images O Stone ia their inches, iheir sHlI.
enel lips lnn.enei, | hear their paiees.
their hYfnnsi lhe whole pila becomes NJ.
alFi lhs swell Of sepArllo tones me-, IN.
u ona gigantic symphony.
ennnlpman was sting closely WIIa
~ aiia lpnn one ollho steps Of he church,
sa1sils his pipe. Near them | sheltered
- 81 u a recess Of tho wall IRON Iaa
N I#a. SUI, aud there awaited the friend
vaa sas 10 Ia,e m' TO the restored clock.
LIE wofk ul Dasy poius aud Of llabrrehls,
TIE EIaai master Piee, OF the sixteenth cen
TRY. winch has been celebrated in Ger.
man ani Lalin by tho poet. oil thai age.
SfIaalef, fischaH, Ciuisius, Gel a9d
iaIzaa.in. aud which, according 10 tue
Ealia inscription on the portal Of the ar.
fhifnIssalal palace al Nayence, is one aI
Iaaz#f wonders OF Gcmlng, ,4he iaW=
efa sifasb#lg, abe cboirai Cologne. ihs
sIszs Al s'nsbug. the organ at Tim. iaa
i4Hf a Frankfort. luH works ui ar n NJ
fem5efsl aud the lO'cl lc vile at Aug
baEs.s lhee is a popular iadItian. ae.
eofd ~ IL which The magistrates or elsfs,
oi s.fasblfs caused lhe eyes o.. lhn hlIi.
ef N lhIs Old clock To be plt uut, ia under
TN b. night n1l achieve anniher wafl. Of
the kinl, ani he. lo revenge himself win
zIHz.s push dsnugci lbe Whole machine.
- Int H1 one vas abio io repair il raa
afisa q tas Tradition may lee. TIT The
slsIsf u lhetWo Habrechis beeap.s BIN
ahaal ihe sana time that Josias, lhe ,aanz.
er u these shaft hauspn mechauirs. VA.
iuRied, before the works were quite com.
Rlsiet hg iha EIcciur Of Cologne. 10 efael
IA astronomical clock in the Castle Of
klifsctwouh.
As the 18Th hour approached militulos
came running from every side; they were
ali eager 10 see this curiosity Of mel'nval
times, although the clock, adapted by the
aged Mathematician, Sehwilguc, to the
present state OF science, has now been
going iour years, Nv friend at Ia, a1.
pcarrd, and we bad barely time to push our
way through the crowd an ascend the
small winding staircase, which leads in
10 the four stories Of the clock, and Tie
smaI. balcony In which we were suspend.
ed like swallows, against this mathematical
monument, looking down prpculIcuiary.
upon a dense mass of heads, whose ewes
ani lips were all dNeI upon one point. On
one OF the lower gallcrN., auangcI. guaII
ed by iaul which i1mcr.y roaieI. aud
holding a seepIrc aud bells In its hands.
strikes the qllHers, aud another turns the
hour.g.ass, Ia an upper space the lour
ages OF life lhon step forward. the child
strikes the lfsi quaHef with ils thrgsp. rp.
oa the BELL, the youth strikes the half hour
with his arrow, the msiwarior the lhim
quarter wish his swurl, ani the old man
the fourth with bis crl'ch; then Death 40.
pears and strike, the hour with bis bone.
aud as tho sound ol the last stroke d.s.
away. the figure ul Christ c1inrs forwafd
in yet higher story, anil raises o. tight
arm As iur blessing; lhc Twelve Apostle.
one alter anu'hcr pas. hflu.r h.m anl .n
passing, inr..ue themselves br,ore the So.
y.onr, who, 10 conclusion. gives bis bless
Ing Ia the spectators; their eyes, in tlr
meanwhile, turn 10 the cock, who prauls
sits high upon a small tower he hars bis
wings, stretches out his head 1nl his tail
rliilc- BIZ, neck. and thrice bis .hfi.l crow.
ing sounds, loud aud clear
Among The old paintings which aipn
ihe cl.r 1i The clock. one ui tho most con
.pru1us stir porrti'oi Coptmirus. ac.
romug tu whose system HE pltnrlarilm.
which Is over the gallery of The lions. 4.
.rca.. at the mom.nt when GaIcp wa,
r.ud uuad the scientific men of Slns
u.r Hr,.t,iad against the Judgment, and
rrnaled "a monument lo the Polish asigono.
mtr IN this astral clock, which, like to
ply Of truth, IS placed in the sancllay.--
Nirr the exhibition was discontinued we
stepped into the interior Of the asironomi.
cal works. which are wound up once in
eight days, aud in which. endless combina.
lions OF wheels were revolving in perfect
.iIrnrc. 4 solemn aud mysterious srnn.
iion sail's upon one here, as Il ona were
10 the workshop Of the spirits Of thr hours.
The conception is certainly a lofty one,
that oi showing forth tho whole structure
of the heavens. Behold that small wheel
the only purpose Of which il 10 make a lwd
take the place Of one, whcu lhr second
tbDrsanh yoara nj Tho Christief, era shall