New-York daily tribune., 1858-09-15

covered WIN k1obbed scsies IA. pue-cone. or
with overlapping leaves Of crimson purple. god
and greeu. Between the base. OF tre-,, towers
sa1errs rr, introduced, wh.rh, again, differ IN
s,ylr and criam,nt a, mucn as The toNcr. tbe NJ
sei,e.. La Interior wal. axe covered w.iL ,ro-
tesq. maz. oi painting, consisting Of 6ower-Pots,
ttis,i.s. ru.,- vines rd-. beasts and scrol-worh,
tv ned together in ineXtrcsbe confusion, q, We
Often POI, u Byzantine capitals AID frezes.
Tie interior Of TIE Caihedra! s no le,s curious
than The oa;,ids. Eyey tower incicses chapel,
50 ,tA, twelve or fifteen sa.n;s here have their
.br.ues under one roof vet enjoy the srrr' the
.1een.e and TIE prayers Of their wor>hipers ~
private. no one interfering with the other. The
chapes. owing to their Hsrrow bases and great
hight r-.rmte furs. Their sldes are co'ertd
With .arrcd frescoes and all manner o, ornamental
pa ming % a golden ground, and a. yon Dob up
IN, diminishing shaft, the colossal face oi Christ,
the Nir.ln. o. the protecting saiui. siares down
upon Won from The hollow of the Gaping dome.
Th, central tower = l2p feet high, While the dla-
meter of the chsp- inside I cannot be- Ino~ than
thirty Zee, az the base. ! cannot better describe
thi. singular structure than by cain- !; tHe Apo
theosis Of Ctmneys.
Let us now turn bach few steps, and pass
through the krsmhn wall b. the Spass toroia, or
Gate Of the Redsemer. This seven more pecu-
hsrly sacred than the chapel OF TIE lberan Mother
Over the hollow srch hangs picture ct the SAVIOR,
uhct looks with b.nignity upon tie Russians, but
breaihe- IRE and thunder upon their ioes. The
Tartsrs, "a says tradition, have been driven bach
again and acain from ,h!s gate by miraculous r.
..fauce ard though the French entered az last,
all ttrr attempts to blow il up were vain. The
other entrance the Gate Of 81. Nicholas, has also
its picture but Of lesser ssncrity. Here the
French siecreded ia cracking the arch - far -
the pc,Ire-frame. where the rent suddenly stopped.
No msn dare pass through tue Gate OF tie Re
dremer without uncoyerng ti- head-not even the
Emperor. Tie common Russians commence at
twenty psces oe. and very few Of them pass
through the Red Square, on their way 10 and from
III. Mo.sys without turning toward the gate, DOW
ne and crossing themselves. This j. not the only
shrine in Moscow whose holiness irrTdates wide
circle around il. have frequently seen men per-
forming their deyctions IN the market place or the
middle Of tho street and By following the direction
OF their eyes, have discovered at considerable
distance, the object of reverence.
Al last We tread the paved court of the Krem-
lin. Before us rises the tower Of Ivan Veliki
whose massive, sturdy walls seem TO groan under
its load OF monster bells Beyond it are the Ca
ihedral OF 81. Michael, the Church Of the Asslmp-
tion and the ancient church of the Tzars, all
crowded with taras of gilded domes. To the right
rises another cluster of dark-biue, pear-shsped
domes tie House OF the Holy Synod while
, the new Palace (Granoyitsya Paata), with its
heavy French front and wings, above which
"Tbe i'm: aerial gallery, g den tailed,
B-rus Atc fringe Of ere
f,ls lp The background. The Tartar tower. OF
the Kremlin wall shoot up, on our leir from under
the edge of the platform whereon We stand, aud
away and beyond them stters the southern part
of the wonderful city-a vast semcircle of red.
green and gold. | know not when this picture is
mos, beautfn-when il blinds you in the glare of
sunshine when the shadows OF clouds soften It's
piercing colors and exingui,h bali lis reflected
fires wbeu evening wraps i il violet mist. r.
painting il with sober tnts, or when il lies pale aud
gray, yet .prinkled with points OF silver light, un-
der the midnight moon.
Al The foot of the tower stands on a granite
pedestal the T=ar K0lokoi, or Emperor of Bell.
whose renown Ii worldwide. Twas csst by order
Of the Empress Anne 10 1880, but Was broken
years afte terward, through the burning of the
wooden tower in which Il hung IL i little over
81 fee; m hight ~ feet 10 diameter at the bottom
weighs 100 tuns, and The estimated value OF the
gold. silver aud copper contained in il is : 500 0oc
In of the lower stories Of the tower hangs an
other bell cast more than century before the Tar
kol0kol and weighing - tuns. lis iron tongue il
swung from eide 10 side BY the united exertons of
three men. IL If only rang thrice year, and when
II speaks all other bells silent. To those who
stand the tower the vibration Of the air is said
"a o. Ike that which follows the -imulisneous dis
charge of 4 hundred cannon. Ia the other stories
hang al least forty or fifty bells, varying wright
from 50 tIns 10 thousand pounds: some OF them
arr one-thlrd silver When they all sound at once
on Easter morn, the very tower must rock on its
foundation. In those parts Of Russia where the
Eastern Church j. predominant, other sect il
allowed 20 possess bells IL Austria the same pro-
hbiton IS extended 10 the Protestant churches
The sound of the BELLS part Of the act Of worship
and thersio To heterodox tongue, though Of iron,
mus' b. permitted 10 preach tI-e doctrine 10 half
the city.
The Empress Anne seems Ia have hsd fond
ness for monster castings. Turning 20 the right,
into adjoining courtyard, We behold tre-
"pocke,-piece Of this TzariRs. The diameter