The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-04-08

felt sincere and deep respect for the
old city. which the narrow streets and throng-
ing masses of people helped to sustain. |
really believe our coachman drove us up
one street and down the other in order to
show US the imposing greatness Of the town
for it lasted almost an eternity before We
came to the Hotel de BavieIe,' in 'Neue
Jungfernstieg.' where we descended. Here
within the city itself it looks well, as the
Alster, which is broad and large, separates,
as it were, the old town from the new. The
high towers are reflected in the water,
where the swans glide along, and the boats
rock with their loads OF welldressed per-
sons. The Jungfernstieg' is crowded with
promenaders; and along here, where the
one holel lies by the side OF the other, the
door-ways are thronged with waters, upper
walters, and upper-waiters upper-waiters.
We will, however, hot taIry here, but
reserve our visit until the evening, when all
is lighted up. although it can we'll bear be-
ing seen by daylight. We will venture in
to the crowd, amongst hackney coaches,
shouting retailers of all kinds, flower girls
from Vierlanden, and busy monied men
from Change. Ii looks as if it were but
one single shop-so thickly do they press
on each other. The streets cross one an
other, and down towards the Elbe we find
some to which the entrance is through a
lobby, and where scarcely any one can live
that exceeds certain circumference, unless
he live in them continually. | stuck my
head into some OF them, but burst not go
further, for they reminded me Of dream
once had; how the houses in Ostergade,
East street) Copenhagen, where | was
walking, also began to walk, but with their
fronts towards each other, so that the streets
had the appearance Of these Hamburg
Streets and as they made another step, sat
squeezed in between the walls, and could
neither get forward nor backward-which
was rather unpleasant.
Yet swarm of children played about in
them, quite pleased and satisfied in that hall
obscure Hamburger-world.
A poor man was to be buried: four men
bore the coffin, and the wife followed; they
had some difficulty in passing through the
narrow lane; the way was straight; not s
sunbeam found its way down here-it wa,
only when they had emerged into the broad
er streets that the sunlight fell on the hum
BILE coffin. | heard story about this fu
neral, which is as POLITICALLY touching as i
is true.
"Within this narrow street, high up in al
equally narrow chamber, lay this poo
corpse; the wife sat and wept over it; she
knew of no expedient to get it buried-shs
had no means. The window stood open
when canary bird flew into the room, ant
settled by the head of the corpse, where i
began to sing; it made a strange impression
on the woman; she could weep no longer
Tor abe imagined it must have come down tC
her from the Lord The bird was tame; i
allowed itself to be caught directly; and a.
she related the circumstance TO a neighbor
and showed her the bird, the woman remem
bered that she had shortly before read al
advertisement in the newspaper about ca
nary-bird that had flown away from ii
home.
''lt was the same bird; and the woman
on restoring it to its owners, found there hu
name hearts, who rendered her such assist
ance as enabled her to bury the dead. -
Rambles. &C., by Hans Christian Ander
| sen.