The Arkansas banner., 1850-05-21

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 The next room contains firearms from their ear
 Hest invention in Europe down te the Identical Pis- tols worn by that half msdnaan and whole hsrO. Charles the Twelfth of SNeden. on the day of his death, al FredeFicksuai. This pair Exceedingly ulaiu and are only remarkable as those worn by . hero worthy the chivairons days oi inight-ernnIry The oldest pistol dating fsem the end of the if. tsensh centary, is mere iron barrel with touch- hole in the side and was hred by the friction ef . file upon piecs of fire-stOne. The file was inser- ted in groove by the touch-hole. and the stone screwed down tightly upon it. When the file was e,narty wihdrawn, the friction igaIlsd the powder Thi5 primitive weapon was succeeded by one fired by means of lighted tow then came the wheel lock, which was an invention of tho sixteenth century, and afterward followed the ialling lock with the fiat.
 The next room Is filled with rich court dresses. used as the coronstion of Augustus the Strong us King of Poland splendid honsngs for sleigh horses. whose heads were covered with asifich fsmshsFs and their necks with bells embroidered krdles and str- rnps, magnificent horse trappings ensmeled with gold and silver and with rabies and pearls also, curious collection of shoes of different nations. among which are the boots of Msrat. The next room, Is fitted up with large Turkish tent taken by Sobieski at Vienna, and surreanded by the arms that were captured at the saIse time. In another room gre lncian curosilies. and still another with | riding t-appings. &c.. amoug which are placed. strangely enough. the little cooked hat oi Peter the | Great and the boots of Napoleon, worn by him at the battle of Dresden. Round.toed and perfectly plata, ys; Fingered :hsH,, ss delight 10 do about everything connected with that ressarkable man. By the by, he had very large foot or man | of his size.
 | The green vaults contain many Of the most cu- rious and beautiful things ever saw. Objects in bronze and iyory-magnifcent Floreniirr mosaies --tl,e massive silver plate used at the Ssxon | ham afs ous stones, agates, rock crystals. aud ohers-gob- I lets of cat gems valued at $6. GOO esch-quaint
 figures of men and animals. formed of suge pearls
 ol odd shapes and the slight addition of soid enamel
 costly jewels aud trinkes of the most ingenious and l beautiful work manship-old watches. called Mar emberg eggs, from their size, shape, sid the place l where they were first made, about theyear l5DO- exceedingly rich works of Dinginger the court oi the Great Mogul, containing one hunfed and eigh- teen figures. all of gold enamel, speuiidy cooFed ! to represent the appropriate costume, which oc cnpied him eight years, and cost him S34OOO, aud like many of his argorical pieces which are here, it Is exquisitely executed: These, with antique drinking cups. curiously carved shells and ostrich eggs, aud the crown and crown jewel of Saxony are some of the hundreds of curious, ntique, and bsautifulithings contained in this mos interesting l collection.
 The Japanese palace, on the oths side of the
 Ebe, contains the museum of antiq uiees and china | ne hrsi is . very considerable aiTnslDuse Tor the 1 preservation of the maimed exiles in marble from | Rome and Pompeii. To zsaons ydng medical students, deeply absorbed Tn the efiecs of various bruises and conclusions, and desirous inspecting unusual ampnlstions of limbs and evea of heads or to a practical manufacturer of cGk arms and legs, anxious to discover the most approved manner | of fitting on these important member-this mus cum of patched statues and damaged sniques would possess the deepest interest. Hut to te mere lover of the beautiful, it is something bord,ring the confines of what might De called bore. They are certainly interesting coming from Rsme or Pon'- peii; but am unable 10 discover the necessity foi | expeuding all my enthusiasm on these exhumed fragments from Pompeii, pieced out by some mod ern iptor, when expect, in lew months. to ransack the richest store house of sf and antiqui- tes which all Italy afford. If never expected to visit Italy, my feelings for tie dismembered trunks of these veteran gods and goddesses with their new legs and arms, might b very different But. as it was. wished most heartily that they had been left quietly to Fepose in tle graves which Vesuvius had made for them.
 l The museum of China was one d those especially ex,ensive humbugs. which only pedder of old pottery. or venerable damsel neTously interested | in the history of teacups, could appreciate. Our | Lord High keeper Of the preciots crockery was evidently very ignorant of the history of the objects of his care, and when his somewhat confused ac- count of the dates of the varicu, things and the places where they were made cane to through the medium of the execrabls FreTch of our valet de-place. who spoke no English, the only interest that we might have felt, in comparing the various l changes and improvements of successive ages, was wholly lost But we saw an immense Geai of pot l teTy. M.