New-York daily tribune., 1858-09-15
P.y,RpT.YLoR IN yoRTnERy EUROPE
Ne LXVU
THE KPEMIE.


Moscow. Jlp., -.
Ii Moscow j. tie Mecca of tie Russians, me
kr-mlln j. it Ka2oa. Within Il aueIen; walls .
gathered al that j. hol..t 10 religion or mot
cherished in historical tradition. key and Nov
gorod retain bgt q dim halo of their former sane
riiy; their glory les wholly N me Past. The
kingdoms of which tL-y were the cente-s had
CEASED 70 .xis. before The foundation q Rgs-.a
power. Or The Lill of itc KrrEiiin first planted
that mighty tree sno.e b-anches oyer-hadow tte
continents TIE fact hat Tartar swede and
Frenchman have laid their a1,s az IL yery root.
without being able "a lop Of single bouCh. though
the world waited irs fall. only erdears his spot
tire more Ia the Russian peop'e and strengthens
fleir .up.rs,itiols faith III ths Divine protection
yolcl.afed 10 u. The Tartar planted b. crescent
90 irs hoy spires, aud there u stl ritters, but
andr the conqusring cross. Napoleon housed IN
II. ancient palace, ard thousand # hs cannon are
now piird in the courtyard. T. very gates are'
protected h., miracles and the peasant from d.
iant province enfer- item witt much the sane
feeling q: Jewish pilgrim enters The lons-lo-t
City Of Zion.
Of the city. II is triangular in form, the longest
side facing the Moskya. about i mile N circuni-
ference and somewhat iess than hundred feet IN
hight. Adjoining II on th- esst Is th- h,,di GOrod
(Chinese City, still inclo.ed within ~ ancient
walls The original walls Of the Krenlin We're
built by Demetru. Donsso, IN the folrteenth
century, and though frequently repaired II not
81. 80
ancient character Ri.nc directly from the
Moskys. at the foot of the hil, on the southern
.ide, they climb il at either end. and crown It on
oil other sides. Thus, when you stand on the
opposite bank Of the river you Sc before you the
long no.c,ed wall, interrupted With picturesque
Tartar towers. Ike an antique frame 10 the green
slope OF the Lili, whose level top bears aicit II
crown OF palaces, churches and towers. This ~
the only general view on. gets of the kremlln,
although IL clustered golden domes are visible
from almost every part OF The city. Thrre was
formerly lake-like moa, around the northern SIDE
of rbe nil; bur Alexander |. drained aud planted
II. and il is now d pleasant garden.
The main entrance j. AZ the northeastern angle,
through double lowered portal called the Sun
day Gate. As propose acting as s cdtst De place
for my feow-traveler- readers. ] shsll describe 10
them the notable sights of the kremlin, in the or
der in which they meet us. We shall not enter,
therefore, without pausiue moment before this
gate, 10 inspect more ciosey little chapel, or
rather shrine, bait against the wall, between the
two arch-ways. Before the shrine is platform.
thronged with a tare-headed crowd, whose heads
are continually bobbing up and down as they cross
themselves. Every one who passes, going IN or
out, does the same, and many officer grave citi-
zen or rrspendent lady descends from the droshky,
presses through the throng and falls on bis knees
before the holy picture inside the sanctuary. We
press in, among hackmen, beggars merchants
and high officials, al 50 intent or their manplla-
ions that they do not even u ard finally r,arh
a Diche lighted with sil.er lamps, before a screen
dazzling with gold, silver and precious stones. A
high-born lady in ilk and lace and lousy bearded
serf are kneeng side by ,id- and kissing with pas
sionate devotion the glass cover over Byzantine
mother and child, o; dark mulatto complexion,
whose hands and faces alone are visible through
their giided and jeweied mantles. This is the
" lteriar Mother OF God"-a miraculous picture,
which, after working wonders in Georgia and on
Mount Athos, has for the last two hundred years
been the protectress of the Mcscovites. Her a.d
j. insoked by high aud low in all the circumstances
Of life and doub, whether any other shrine ia
the world is the witness Of such general ard 20
much real devotion.
Once within the Sunday Gate, before MS
N, long krasaoi PioshQG, oF Red Square, stretch
ing southwark 10 the bank OF the Mcskss. Close
an our right towers the gray wall Of tie Kremlin-
for, although on The Hill, W. src no. yet fairly
within the sacred citade-wbil. OF the left parallel
to II. j. the long, low front Of the Go.tiaao, Dror,
or Great Bazaar. In tire center of the square II
bronze monument TO Minim aud Pojarski, the Rus
sian heroes, whom 1910 aroused The people stormed
Moscow and drove out Yladisss OF Poland wro
had beer called 10 The throne By the Boyards. Brt
for this act the relative destiny Of the TWO powers
might have beer reversed. The Russians, there
fore, deseryedly honor the memory of the sturdy
butcher If Mini Novgorod, who, Ike the Roman
Ciceronaccio, seems 10 lave been The mastersp,r.t
Of the Revolution. He is represented as address
ing Poarski, the General, who st- before hlm,
listening one hand on hs sword. Tie figures are
colossal. ard full Of FIRE aud yigor. A -hor. de-
tance beyond this monument is small circular
platform OF masonry, which is said 70 haye been a
throne. OF public iudgmea, sat, oi the cary
Tzsrs.
Proceeding dowE the srisre 10 iis southern es-
tremity halt at last before the mo-; astonishing
structure our eyes have ever behed. What II il
"a church, pavilion. or an immense Toy Al
The oolors Of the rainbow, all th, forms and com-