Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-03-06
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/ The most profound admantoloeist IN the world IL
the Duke of Brunswick. BE has in his possession es
millions Of dollars uorh of diamonds He has just
published catalogue Of his diamonds and in the ap
pendix there is notice of the most celebrated dia-
! nonds in the world. This catalogue numbers not
less than 26S quarto pages II gives with great de-
tail, list of his white Transparent, first white,
second white steel white, blue white, light blue,
black blue, light yellow. bright yellow, amber yel
low, straw, champagne. deep rOse, rosy Light rose,
opalescent pcmegranate. violet greenlsn, green.
| sea-green, brown. light brown, deep brown, dusky
black opaque black London fog. sandy, frosty,
black spotted, cracked. split, scratched, ihcct, I'M
cut square. round, oval. oblOng. ocfagonS pointed,
| pigeon eyed, almond, Chinese-eyed diamonds. IL
relates how this adorned Turkish sabre, that
a royal diadem, another Al imperial collar. third
a Grand Electoral hat; this black diamond was an
IDOLS eye, that brilliant rosy diamond was taken
from the Emperor Baber, at Agra. in 1926, lie
weighs II carats, and is worth SS6 0O0) those were
the waiscoat buttons Of the Emperor Don Pedro;
this Diamond ring with the Stuart coat Of arms and
the CIPHER M. ST. belonged to Mary Queen Of
Scots; that pair Of ear>rings hung once
on Maria Antoinette. The Duke Of Bruns-
wick has IN bis possession fifteen of the
ninety known diamonds weighing thirty-six csrats,
but he has not a diamond worth 100000. lie has
plenty of diamonds worth $4,000, $50 900, e45,-
600 apiece he has two worth 100000 each, one
worth $4,000 and one worth $4,000; bus 10
hasn't ofe worth 100000. He is in treaty now for
two diamonds, one Of which is worth S232 600 and
the other S650,00O and which rank in the order Of
precedence established by adamantologIsts in the
sixth rank which next after the Regent diamond
and the former the eighth rankthat is next after
the Orloh diamond of Russia In his list of eele-
brated diamonds he places IN the front rank bril-
liant white diamond, weighing ESQ carIts, and
belonging to some East Indian prince, asd worth
81 SOC, 900; next comes the KOh moor, which weighs
lS6 carsts. and which he sets down worth
81 1888 $40 next comes the Rajah of Mataras tBor-
neO) diamond; it IS Of the most beautiful water
conceivable; the Governor Of Batavia offered the
Rajah Sl50,000. two briys of war armed, equipped,
and prOvisioned for six months. and large quant-
ty OF cannon balls, powder and eongreve rockets;
the Rajah refused them all, and preferred keep
ing his diamond which passes for taiisnlan;
it is worth Sl,339, 455. Next comes the Great
Mogul, which is of a beautiful rose color. and Of
the shape and size of half hens egg it is worth
STS4 Geo. according to the Duke of Bruins 1Eick's
valuation, though Tayerner, the traveller. set it
down being worth s., 344, 655; the Regents dia-
mond of France land which by the way, belonged
to Lord Chatham's grandfather, who brought il
from India concealed in the heel o. his shoe (c0nes
only IN the fifth rank; it weighs 1851 rarats-it is
worth S739. $40; it is the purest iimond known; e
required two years 10 cut it; before it was "a {
it weighed 40 carSts; the clippings Of is
were sold for, $4,000 The Duke Of Brunswick
says the 0rlcf diamond of Russia is worth only
S344,3 and not. s1s516,5s0 some persons have
pretended; and he says that the Sancy diamond
which Prince Paul Demidoff purchased at the price
of 100000 Is worth only, SO $50; but then the
luke OF DrunSW recEOls us HISTORICAL value as
nothing, although il once adorned tie sword of
Charles the Bold. found after his death on the
field of Sancy. was sold in Switzerland carried to
Portugal and there sold, belonged to King Antonio.
10 Henry Ill. was swallowed by a noble 10 whom
he con6ded it-swaliOwed by the faithful nobls
sooner than deliver it TO robbers and found in
his body, disinterred for the purpose of discovering
1t. The Duke Of Brunswick dares not leave
Paris at an period Of the year; his diamonds kcep
him chained there. He dares not slee,l 1roen
home (some people reekcl tLs iberiy OF pisrw
Of tho great franchises o. Paris single night
Then. he lives 10 house Constructed not so much
for comfort as security. It is burgar-proof, sur
rounded on every side BY high wall; the wall II
self is surm0unted by a lofty iron railing, defended
By iBnumerable spearheads, which are SO eOnErived
that if any person touches any one Of them chime
Of bells begins instantly TO ring alarm; this iron
railing cost him S14l27. He keeps his diamonds in
safe built in thick wall; his bed is placed against
it that no burglar may break into it without killing,
leilst waking him, and that he may amuse him
self without leaving his bed. This SAFE is lined with
granite and with iron; the locks have which
must be known before they can be opened; II they
are opened with violence, a discharge of firearms
takes place. which will inevitably kill the burglar
and at the same me chime Of bells in every room
in his house are set ringing. He has but one win
dow in his bed room; the sash is of the stOutest1on:
the shutters are thick sheet iron The ceiling Of his
is plated with iron several inches thick and so
is the floor The door opening into it is Of solid
sheet iron, and cannot be entered unless one be
master of the secret combination of the lock. A
case of dozen six-barrelled revolyers loaded and
capped lies open upon table, within reach Of his
bed. Would you Ike to be IN his place9-Paris Corr
respondents ~. o. Picayne