New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-11-13

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The ruins of German art and German Ito m Inc
| Medic Ages here yon see that an stu pre-
served that life still vital in all rs quaist forms
| AND expressions Yen are not reminded OF Inc
Past for you live IN 1t. Ii requires as great al
effort to recall the Present as II does else mere
10 forget IT, And the age into which you STEP
ON leaving the Nineteenth Century which mas
steamed Won hitler for the railroad br lshes the
walls, but dares not pierce them,) is not stern or
harsh in its aspect. Its ruder outlines are sotened,
IFS shadowy places glorlfed by the divine
| light of Art With its crooked streets grotesque,
pointed gables and peaked roofs, wandering into
a bewildering variety of outlines, Nuremberg
still ministers to that passion whereof 1t was
once the chosen seattle love of the Beautiful
Painting, Poetry and Sculpture once dwelt here,
and their sign-manual is Beauty-Beauty IN one
of her maynard moods, it is true, but none the
less dear to those who love her under all her
| FORMS
The only objects in Nuremberg that appear
old. are the tomb-stones. Albert Durers house
on the hill, under the walls of the Castle, keeps
its rich, red coloring, its steep gable mounting
| into picturesque, overhanging balcony, and It's
windows Of stained glass, as If ne were stlll
within. ready to welcome his friend Wlllrbald.
As YOU walk the streets, YOU think of him as a
! living man, but his slab IN the chufch-yard OF
ST.. John is covered with the moss OF three hun
| dred wears ct is Death Is dead, not he over
the door of Hans Sachs's dwelling hangs his
portrait. with the flowing white beard so Wen
BETTING the n,eistersGngrr; and II you go there
at midday you may partake of dish OF brat
u,Jst which would have furnished Hans with
inspiration for at least SIX OdeS. In the court
| ward of the Castle there Is a mighty llndentree,
green and full of lusty leaves, which the frost
seems TO spare Seven hundred years ago that
tree was planted there by the hand of the En-
press Kunigunde In the Church OF 81. Lorenz,
! they show you the renowned pix by Adam Kraft
and his two apprentices you would think the
| dust of their chselling fresh upon II. Contem-
plate It's glorious workmanship, and II your
| ewes do not fill with tears-spontaneouS tribute
to that Beauty which is perpetual Joy and OF
| pity for its creator, who persisted m obScunty
| and want-its stony leaves and blossoms are
softer than your nature.
The situation of the city is peculiar, and IN the
highest degree picturesque. 1t Is divided by the
river Pegnitz into two nearly equal parts, called,
from the two grand churches they contain, the
Iorenz side and the Sebald side The river
washes the walls of the houses, and is spanned
| by number of bridges, one OF which, from It's
form. is named the RIalto There Is also
Bridge of Signs, leading to the prison A num-
Der of mill-wheels turn IN the stream, which
makes its entrance INTO and exit from the city
through arches in the walls The Sebald side
! ascends toward the north, and you climb steep
| streets lined with the houses OF the old patri-
| clans to the Castle, which is built on massive
sandstone crag, overhanging the city. The bat
Elements command wide and beautiful views on
every side. Yes erday morning the sky was
clear and soft, and | could see the broad mead
ows stretching away till they met the blue Fran
CONAN mountains III the northeast. Below me
yawned the great moat, fifty feet deep and one
| hundred feet wide, still surrounding the city
walls From the opposite battlement, the city
soped to the river, but rose again frem the o'hef
side-a mass of quaint, notched gables, sharp
roofs broken with windows OF every fashion,
turrets and Gothic pinnaces, shooting up so
tbickly that the spires of st. Sebald and 1t. Lo-
REM seemed but older plants which had been
allowed TO run to seed They blossomed natu-
rally from bed of such architecture. The four
| round towers of Albert Durer, in their models
the perfection OF simple strength, mark the four
points of the compass Beyond them, and over
| the wall. and moat and scattered buildings out
side. spreads the fruitful plain OF Franconia
| will not attempt to describe In detah 1he
| sights OF Nuremberg Ny time has been TOO
short to do them justice, yet long enough TO re-
ceiye some impressions which shall never for
oct OF course visited the Rathshaus, and the
! Picture Gallery, where was most struck with
! Albert Durer's st. Peter" and Rauchs bronze
statue Of Durer himself and the Beautiful
| Fountain, a specimen OF the purest Gothic,
| which furnished the idea for Sir Walter SCOTS
Monument in Edinburgh; and the Little Goose
herd. cunning fountain, representing little
| man with two geese under his arm and the
| Castle Well cut 300 feet through the solid rock
| and the Gymnasium founded by Melancthon,
with many other noteworthy building and monu-
ments The church-yard OF st. John, outside OF
! the city walls is of the most remarkable
cemeteries in Europe. The graves are ranged III
rows. and each is covered with pOnderous slab
of sandstone. raised on foundation, and regu-
larly numbered, from TO about 1000. They
nearly all date beyond the last century, and some
are so old as to have lost every trace OF their OIL
glnal inscriptions. The moss has eaten into their
creyices, the sharp corners are rounded and
broken, and they lie a. shapeless as so many
boulders left by the Deluge Among them
found the resting place OF Durer, which has been
carefully restored OF Hans Sachs, with poor
specimen of his poetry upon it oil PeterVischer,
wherein a crown OF oak-leaves, cast there many
days since, was rottng in the rain OF Veit Stoss,
| - LILY of The GOOD " lllihald PIrkhelmer.