Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-11-03
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trusting that MY letter will not be opened
and [ convicted of treason.
To begin The whole collection is
valued at twelve millions Of dollars
There are glass cases like silversmilh's
shop; and Behind the glass are the prin
cipal articles would you believe that |
there saw u dinner service Of silver gilt,
of The most gorgeous kind, presented by
the merchants Of Liverpool, to the late
William the IVlh, before lie was king,
in reward for his advocacy of the slave
trade I! Believe it or not, there il is,
with the inscription telling the tale.
There is salver of immense size, made
from the gold snuff boxes alone, of George
the Fourth, the lids and Inscriptions Gu
riously preserved on the surface in a
kind of mosaic gold; its value fifty thou>
sand dollars. Then you may see near it
Nelf Gwynn's bel'ows-the handles,
nozzle, &C., of gold the golden pea>
cock, inlaid with diamonds, and rubies
from Delhi-not as large as pheasant,
but valued at one hundred and fifty
thousand dollars (; the footstool of Tippoo
Saib, solid gold lion with chrystal
eyes, the value of its gold is seventy.fve
thousand dollars; George the Fourh's
celebrated golden candelabra for DIN
ner-table, valued at fifty thousand dol
lars, so heavy that two men are required
to lift each. Piles upon piles of golden
plates, sufficient to dine Two hundred and
fifty persons, with ample changes, were
pread about or in the cleaners hands.
If this enumeration does not satisfy
your aching vision, we will ask the Gus.
tode, who seems extremely anxious in
the midst of so much treasure, and
would evidently be glad TO get rid Of US,
to open long series Of dresser>looking
drawers: Here are lao dozen each Of
gold knives and forks OF various patterns,
which herepcats the names Of, as soak, :"
"slag," "George the Third" and SO on.
Another set of dressers !-wlIat can they
contain !-only 141 dozen each of gold
table and tea spoons, all arranged in the
most perfect order. Take another walk
up and down the room; with glass cases
on tables in the middle, filled with gor-
geous gold, and try to impress some
form of taste more elegant than another!
TITS vain emory 0nfy carries away a
confused idea of riches, such as must
have cost poor and underground laborers,
Hives of toll; and sweat, and pam, to
procure, merely 10 pamper wealth and
royalty,-to do no good-to be almost
as useless as it was in the mine, for it is
rarely produced, and requires host Of
human beings merely to keep it right.
A little compensation with this king of
the gold room, informed US tl.at it was a
poor time to see the plate, because fifty
chests were removed to be used by the
Queen at Buckingham Palace.
Honesty Jths 1ark.-f'ke travel
ler, Mr.. BarreIl, was walking in Con-
stantinople, through street not open to
Christians without an attending Turk.
The stores were supplied with the rich
est assortments of merchandise; among
them he saw one pre-eminent for the
costly array ofgoods. AS he discovered
one or two articles which he should like
to purchase, and by doing so gain full
view of the contents Of the store, he pro-
posed his attendant TO enter. =
"That is impossible" replied the
Turk, "as the owner has gone Out"
.But," said Mr.. Barrell, 'lhe door is
open.''
"True," replied the Turk, shut do
you not see at the door chair, with its
back towards the streel7 sign that
no one is within, and tha! no person
must enter.
"BA, said Mr.. b., is the owner not
exposing his immense amount Of proper
ty to depreciation. - >g
"Not at all. not at all, )" said the Turk
'do you not know that no Christians are
allowedio enter this street. without a
Turk to attend them 2'"' is,'ri - 2cs'.7
This shows the difference whicEa a
Turk (as least( thinks he finds between
his own people and the Greeks. 7.ij
"Stand in. amongst the Pins."-.A
good story is told Of a Yankee who went
for the first time to- bowling alley and
kept firing away alithe pins TO the inn
minent peril ofthe boy, who so far from
having anything to do in "setting up"
the pins, was actively at work in an
endeavor to avoid the balls Of the play
er, which ratified on all sides of the pins
without touching lhem.i At length the
fellow, seeing the predicament the boy
was in, yelled out, as: he let,drive anoth-
er ball, Stand in AMONG the pins, boy, if
you don't want to ethurt. ."fiv 'ais'.a
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