Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1854-05-30

occurrence. andnvnrnblv accompanied by guild, utl
that it WIS esteemed 10 tho most costly of human
possessions.
By the present vuluc placed upon tho principal din
mo,ls in the possession OF various crowned Heads
and other individuals throughout the world, it would
appear ns if those gems were valued fur higher ut this
rcmnte nciiod n 0dr0Htrd civilization than they
in the bcMiehhI days OF The above quoted an
ccnt writer's Nicholas, .AuUcrat OF all tho Russ,e,
is rcpt,l tn haze in his imperial sccptrc polished
dinnmud weighing loj cGras, valued at s., i,SG0 800
sterling II was FORMERLY one of the eyes of Il Brah-
min Idol stolen ihrrefIomirya French tircadicr who
sold II To sp;ls'rr !"r mere .rle, ami after BE-
Ing resod lnaly times il was purchased tron Greek
merchant by Catherine nf Russia, lur Sil6,GnU and
un annuity of :l6DO0 OF late ii lS been valued at
S23, %, Un. Ii is represented I" be tatrrd oval
about the size "i pigrGn egg al"i rul IN pyri:.
calculated Ia lend {, JUDI" of hrillians tn rlpr,. il
lus in fnct never been submitted Ia the cutting and
polishing whri- Of lap!dary, hnt is one of the cx-
irclurlv linul India diamonds, i'll the S:tc uncut and
unpoIishrd condition rs when il emerged from M
turcs laboratory Among the crown Jewels o Fralr,.,
is the Pitt or Regent nnol, said to be in the
form OF brilliant. weighing 1867 carns, mrnsllring
If lines long, Isl lines brbad, and y! lines thick nmd
cr ilIr French Treasury SGuO,OO, its atesi va!la-
iinn being Si0G,000 The kph-i-Soor, and Drrria-i-
Moor, il is believed, have no estimated value, al
though lliry could not br purchased short OF several
millions of dollars.
The flmnps-;u-hsiory diamond Of the hv-gone
Grand AlUTu, whose daughter, Hlille on sbiaitir
was captured and pluiIdrrcd hy Capt Kidd. IF bnr-
ranicr fame anl memory, i- snld 10 have wcg ghcd
30 :}.lG curats AMI rrscncd i'll form ands2c hiatt
hens egg.
The RuIul n AIn.lnu in B"rnoo, is reported To have
in hi. u,,sSfssinn dinn"nd that was found an that
island arl thai weighs ' carals is n am cgg 'l1n, l-
cayitv near the thinner cnl, nm is n the first wa
ter. The iargrS' ui all known diamonds is clnnc'
10 he Among the crown Jewels of NHr Portugal. 1t
wn4 found in brazil, in the Diamond District ni that
l.. i
hem. r weighs SlI rnr!G:s, and llus, by of rst
been valued II. S2a6ij0,0nn Its Gcnilimcss is qcs-
toned iv inInaml conuni-srurs, wh" agree in pro-
nnunciug il n br nothing more than Il magnificent
white T"pnz.
complete liz, and description, with the estimated
value rl all the urg, diamonds hcl,i 10y Eastern and
other P6,rIatrs, Rninls and other piTSnnngcs, in
clndin. o! r1n,Sr, tlI old Old Dominion Om-i-Npnr,
besides filling quite volume would represent M
imaginary SUN, which. il in silver dollars, would br
ample Ia form several united strings of those much
loved articles entirely round our globe.
Persons ,rarul- tn obtain further and more def
mite information relative IL The Dm-i Moor, which i-
kept safely deposited in the Farmers Bank in this
ciiv, may rely upon having their inquiries promptly
answered lv addressing, postpaid, nr visiting either
the proprietor OF the diamond James Fisher, ESq
Of Mnnt hester, Chesterfield County, and all those
who wish 10 b,c0nc fully air correctly informed
the %nhirct OF diamonds pearls mud precious, stones
urr respectfully advised Ia furnish themselves with
az Treatise on Gems in reference To their practical
and scientific value, by DR.. Lewis Fcu,h:wangrr, oi'
New York, the most valuable American work "f the
kind cAtnni, and pre-. umcd IL br sale in the book
s,nrcs generally throughout he United Srutcs. ID.