The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-04-19


A New Protestant CHURcH IN GERMAxY-Hs
Curious Architecfwe.--A German CORRESPONDENT of
the London Star thus describes fanciful eccIesias-
teal edifce OF recent construction
"The Protestant Cathedral of Wiesbsden is
meant to be a church like any other church. and is
built OF brick like any other brick building You
cannot help, therefore, being astonished at seeing
such an ordinary problem of the architectural art
solved in way which, at all events fascinates
your eye in spite Of yourself, while sou are as vet
undecided whether you are to find it very beautiful
or very ugly. Imagine cathedral in whose con.
struction the well-known elements of Gothic art
are exclusively applied, and which, nevertheless,
in outline, color, and character OF composition
bears no resemblance to any Gothic cathedral Won
as vet have seen. For you never have seen such
an extraordinary height Of nave and choir as
well as of the spires, in cathedral Of SO small
length and breadth.
"The main spires, next, are FIVE in number three
in row, of which the middle one is the he hest
rising from the front wall without projecting from
1t, while the remaining two stand the side walls
where the nave ends and the curve of the choir
begins. To this add the color, glazing red and
yet no artificial color, but the natural red of the
bricks, which are exquistey made, and, as is said,
more durable than any bricks yet used, and which
color covers the whole building, even the steep
roofs OF the five larger, as well of the numerous
smaller spires.
"For all these roofs are constructed oc the same
red brick as the whole building and are adorned
with nothing but figures formed by PROJECTING
bricks, somewhat in the style of an Indian pagoda
roof. And so the whole building is adorned with
nothing but figures formed by projecting bricks
and the pillars and columns of the doors and win
dows consist likewise ofthe same garing red brick,
while the habtude OF your eyesight in seeing
Gothic cathedral makes YOU refuse to believe
that all this is really brick of color to which
you are not accustomed, and creates the impress
sion on you that you have a cathedral of white
stone before you, on which, in some inexpcable
| manner, a red light not of terrestrial nature is
falling, or which is built of red-hot metal; in fact
you may fancy you have a dream of Dante's before
you-a church belonging to region where
| churches are least to be expected.
''The name of the architect who has staked his
| name on this really bold and altogether new con-
ception is Boos. The church-building zeal of the
| Protestant community in the town, could not fail
| to stir up that OF the Catholics, who, however, as
| in every region where the Teutonic race prevails
are not so well off in Nassau. in point of worldly
| riches, as their Protestant brethren. They are
| now likewise engaged in erecting a cathedral,
which Is completed, save the spires, and where SER
| vice is already performed 1t is a very chaste and
fine composition in the late Roman style, with some
| varieties borrowed from Gothic construction and
| does as much honor to the modesty and learning of
its architect as the Protestant temple does to the
| boldness of Herr Boos."
One MASSACHUSETTS REGIMENT ORDERED TO FoRT
| MoNRoE.-About 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon
| Governor Andrew received despatch from Wash
ington, requesting him to forward one regiment of
$40 privates to Fort Monroe, in Virginia, as soon
as possible. The Sixth Regiment, Col. Jones' was
Immediately selected, the deficiency in men to be
made up OF companies from the Third Regiment.
| The number of men in the Sixth Regiment is 4O7
and as the Third Regiment is not very largely rem
resented, it will probably take all the men in it to
ma Ike up the requisite number. The steamer Mas
sachusetts, of the Boston and Charleston, S. c.,
line, has been chartered, it is stated, to take the
troops to the fort. Active preparations were going
on all last night in preparing ammunition, provi,
sions, &c, for the regiment. The troops leave at
O'Clock this morning. Boston Courier, april II.
| SINKING OF THE PITTsBURG AQUEDUCr.-On Sun
day night, the aqueduct which carries the water OF
| the Pennsylvania nal from the north side of the
| Allegheny river into Pttsburg, sunk some twelve
or fifteen feet between the second and third piers
i from the Allegheny side. 1t had been "sapping''
at this point three or four feet for some months past
| and although there very. little water in the
| dock at the time, it went down as above stated
andis utterly useless far asnavigatingit with
| boats is cnncerned - Pittshurn Gn-ctta Lei -