New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-10-26
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26 1850

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famed within hundred years RON ~ y. IN.
Here il preserved copy 81 the hazarib Bibis--
GuttcfaI5ert.s first publication Aud ats1 aaJtaef
piIle-tiat of the jealous ELIOT Prntsd AZ
Cambridge in the Province OF Aass4aalsatta
Havt IA the fitla pags sets britt Ia its day
,I1ra ,Tere no Indian Chiefs delivering speeches
At Frankfort Conventions, and wa1ns the calanet
q peace over crowds Of appiagdhs aad Woadef
+ ing pale.iaces The inkatands IN tie stuiy .r1oh
were dry. and the desks unused aud dusty Inc
students had gonQ, was told to fight IA 5chiez
wig Ms jealous and enthusiastic tor tnt gJ2l lame
Of the Dannebrog az HolsteIners Tor Fathcrlan4-
( 4 WORTHY shrine is this hinge collection 0i books
as the terminus OF a pilgrimage 9irattprd upon
! Avon is esteemed great word fiecca, pus nero
is NOT only William Shakspere. bat thousand
others not indeed IN dry, inaccessible dust D4t
tangibly existent ulterln5 wonderful words aui
/ teaching instructive lessons.
The building yellow cement, which stands On
the other side Of the palace and winch Is 50 mas
sivey beautiful, is another sacred place-a shrine
OF art It is the Museum OF Thorwaldsen, winch
Copenhagen has built expression o. It's cltI-
zens' regard and love Tor the man VINO 50 honored
Denmark and art by bis works. The architect has
made it GUadrangular. ana IN the great court yart
lies the clay Of Thorwaldsen.
Dead he IS not, but departed, Tor the artist
never dies. From the open doors and wlndoY
embrasures the beautiful Developments Of his &c
MUS look down upon the liHyplanted grave, and
one could hardly imagine more appropriate place
for the buria! OF an artist than among ms WORKS.
His body has at last become q thing more dead
than they. The outer walls OF the editiee are
covered with q representation, IN KIND OF etrus-
can citation, OF the entrance and warm reception
OF the sculptor il the city OF his birth, after long
absence in Italy The polished walls and arched
ceiling within. adorned with all the wOndrous
fancies which art could invent, or the pencil apply,
and between them, arranged on both sides Of the
great halls and lengthy corridors are the produc-
tons OF the great master-sOne IL marble, many
| only in clay plaster.
The Eorc-haN is filled with monumental figures
Plus FII-COpernicus, his brow heavy with the
weight and care OF thought-the elegant head
and form OF the outcast Childe Harod-Gutsem
| berg, who stands with graceful dignity and An
air OF well-betitsing pride, as Ii he were looking
into revealed future, and therein the actlvl
ty and dominion OF the power he had given to
| thought and many more, such as huge equestrian
figures and the like The great grOupof statues
John the Baptist Preaching in tho Wilderness,
! fills up corridor and III another are hali-a-
! hundred busts OF as many genius gifted cotempo
y
crowded with imaged deities and demi-s ods-the
heroes Of pagan myths-almost majectlc and beau
| ttu enough to sway men even IN marble. Among
them is a. Ganymede and the Eagle OF J0ye, Of
exquisite outline and shape, whichhas been bought
! by Edward Bech, Esq. OF Newly ork, whittier IL IS
soon to be conveyed. The young cup-bearer IS
| knecling and with one hand presents the COB
| let to the bill of the bird, while the other
grasps the vase from which the nectar has just
! been poured The contour OF the eagle IS very
striking and exact The same gentleman who IS
| the fortunate owner OF the above work IN marble,
| has also purchased an tallanmade cast OF Ihor-
waldsen's greatest and most celebrated produc-
! ton" Christ and the Apostles thirteen large
| figures upon separate pedastas. St Paul has
| been substituted in the place OF Judas. The Tea
| lures OF St. John, who is writing the apocalytlc
chapters upon a tabetse animated by celestial
| thought-enliyened by celestial light. More than
decade of labor was bestowed upon the marble
originals which were gift OF the artist to the
| Fruekirke in this city.
The rooms above are of equal beauty and ex.
tent and contain beside bas relleis and statuary,
| the very large and complete collection OF antiques
made by Thorwaldsen, and his gallery OF pant
| ings mostly by artists of his time and acqualnt-
ance The cases of ancient gems and signetrings
are almost unryalled, and the impressions OF them
| in plaster nimitable. In suite OF rooms the adj
mircrs OF the sculptor have collected for preserya.
| ton the furniture and household goods from his
residence, and arranged them as they stood IN his
| home. Rarely does it happen that a man secs
and receives SO much Of honor during his life time
About the year enc thousand, is well known,
! the continent of America discovered by the
! hardy and adventurous Mortimer. and a Temporal
ry settlement effected in the ncghborhood OF Mar
| ragansett Bay. Then and there boy was born,
| who was the first OF the Caucasian race whose
| eyes had opened upon the light Of day among the
| forests OF the new world of the w est This child
| aiterward married and settled in Iceland. and
| from him Thorwadsen was lineally descended
| So the great soul ptor OF Yankee blood. Our
worthy sharp faced and sharp.minded Down-East.
| ers are prOverbla Tor their love OF carving and
cutting and thus bis taste for the chisel may be
easily and satisfactorily accounted for, by the doc
trine of the hereditary transmission OF character.
Bertcl. or, as we OF English speech say, Albert
| Thorwaldsen, born in l770, at Copenhagen, OF an
extremely poor family was by chance, when
| child. sent to the school attached to the Royal
Academy of Art for the reason that the instruction
here cost nothing, how many more would be
eyf0t if learning were free everywhere ana there
won successfully the Academy's four medals OF
honor Thereafter, by the kindness OF DANISH
noble he was enabled to go to that University OF
Art-Italv When he returned from there score
of wears after he was no longer the unnamed son
of a poor Iceandic carver in wood, but man OF
weI-e earned wealth and fame, He died in l844
Concerning the subject OF discourse here-the
Holstein notwithstanding of importance is OF
late reported Occasional skirmishes take place,
sometimes On land, sometimes on water, IN most
of which the Danes are successful Complaints
of lukewar,nness in action among the German
people reach here from German sources, and at.
tempts are making by DR.. Grimm and others OF
Berlin to rouse the national sympathy and to
make it more permanent and productive OF the
needed aid
Elihu Burritt, in company with Joseph Surge
Of Birmingham, and another English gentleman,
are here attempting to negotiate treaty OF peace.
will write soon Of their attempts and OF their
success. Nur.DL. =