New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-06-14

of St. Petersburg, and presented by the
Emperor Nicholas in 1912. The first court
is adorned with S. George and the
dragon, colossal group in bronze by Kiss,
erected in 1865. Visitors are conducted
into the palace by the long gate erected by
Schluter on the east side of the quadrangle.
The building contains 600 apartments,
The Schweizer Saal, the Konig's Saal,
with full-length portraits of the kings of
Prussia, and the Rothe Adler Saal, are first
entered. The last mentioned room con-
tains handsome silver memorial of the
foundation Of the order Of the Iron Cross,
designed by Burger, and presented to King
William in 1870 by the senior members of
the order. The Ritter Saal, or Thron Saal
contains the royal throne, entirely wrought
in silver, eight feet in height, presented to
the Emperor by the officers of the army and
navy in 1867, on the sixtieth anniversary of
his admission to the military service. Here
are also to be seen beautiful vases and
tankards in gold and silver. The Schwartz
Adler Saal is the room where the meetings
of the order of the Black Eagle are held.
1t contains large picture by Camphausen.
representing Frederick the Great sur
rounded by his generals. The picture gal
lery. hall seventy yards long, which is
used as a reception room on festive oc-
casions, contains some fine modern pic.
tures-"King William at the Battle OF
Sadowa," by Stetfeck; Coronation of the
King at Konigsberg in 1861" and numer-
GUS portraits by Mcneil; liking William
presenting the Crown Prince with the Or
der 'Pourle Merite,'" after the battle of
Sadowa, by Camphausen; THE Great
Elector at the Battle Of Fehrbeliin, in
1875" by Eybel; "Bonaparte Cros sing the
St. Bernard" by Dav id, and numerous
others. At the entrance is portrait of
Sultan Soliman H., by Lievens. At the
egress is the finely executed portraits by
Van Dyck of the handsome Charles l. OF
England and his Queen.
The white saloon, which has been much
| altered, is thirty-si yards long, seventeen
yards wide, and forty-two feet high. This
contains many marble statues, among those
| of Brandenburg, and an admirable statue
| of Victory" in sitting posture, by ROUGH.
In inches above are eight statues, emblem
atical of the eight provinces Of the Prussian
State; beneath are Caryatides with armorial
bearings, above them eight different paint
ings The adjoining staircase is embellished
| with marble statues of the EmperOrs JUS
tinian, Constantine, Charlemagne, and
Rudolph II. by Eggers, and reliefs by
Schluter.
The palace chapel is full of interest, and
sumptuously fitted up. tits l26 feet high and
eighty eight feet in diameter. 1t is lined and
paved with marble, and adorned with fres-
Goes by distinguished modern masters, rep
resentirg Scriptural subjects, members of
the royal family, refor mers, etc. The altar
is of Oriental alabaster, with lefty crucifiX
gilded and set with precious stones. On the
! right and left are ambos, or reading desks,
in Carrara marble. Ten columns in marble
serve as candelabras. The chapel is said to
hold 1900 persons, and is used uy the royal
family on the occasion Of Church festivals.
There is tradition here, much believed
in, that the ghost of the Countess Agnes OF
Orlamunde periodically haunts tie palaces
of Bareuth and Berlin to give warning OF
the death of member of the royal family
of Brandenburg. The apparition is called
the "White Lady, and is said to Lave ap
peared last in February, lS4C il this palace
chapel, and Frederick William Ill. died in
the summer of the same year. The story
of the Countess of Orlamunde tells US that
she murdered her two children in orde,
that she might marry the Durgrave Albert
of Nuremberg. ancestor of the electors Of
Bran denburg.
On the east side of the Lustgarten, be-
tvs cen the Palace and the Royal Museum
the cathedral erected under Frederick i;
situated. It is said to have been much i'm
proved since, with large and two small
towers, covered by splendid domes. i
contains monument to the electors, JohI
Cicero Q499) and Joachim 1880. cast BY
Vischer, Of Nuremberg in 1910, and thu
handsome sarcoph agi of the great electol
and King Frederick /. These are highly
interesting. Beneath the cathedral are thu
burial vaults of the Prussian royal family
Adjoining is burial hall in imitation o
the Campo Santo at Pisa, for which thu
distinguished painter, Cornelius, designed
his compositions descriptive of the subject
sin, death and the redemption. The latte
is uncompleted. The Royal Museum il
worthy of mum erous visits, to be able t.
discuss properly all subjects of interest ant
beauty. 1t is an admirable building, in thu
Greek style, the finest in Berlin, with al
Ionic portico of eighteen columns, and as
cended by broad flight of steps. Th
museum was erected by Schinkel, and i
ninety-four yards long, twenty eight dee1
and sixty-two feet high. The central par
of the structure, rising above the rest o
the building, and corresponding with tn
rotunda in the interior, is adorned at thu
corners with four colossal groups in bronze
in front, the "Horse Tanners OF thu
Monte Cavallo at Rome" by Ticck
: at the back, Pegasus refreshed an'
caressed by the Horac, by SchirveIben
and Hagen. The steps are adorned will
two large groups in bronze. On the RICH
Is an Amazon on horseback defending her
self against tiger, executed by Kiss, AM
on the left is lion combat, by A. Wolf
The vestibule contains marble statues o
Schinckel, by Tieck; Wichmann, Schadoy
and Hagen. The frescoes were designed b.
Schinckel and executed under the direction
of Cornelius. On the left is Represented
the development of the world from chaos
and on the right the progress of human cul
ture portrayed in the ancient style. On tn
left Uranus and the dance of the consteila