Cairo evening times. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1865-1866, 1865-11-12

of acquiring wealth, anu 'iio niaS uincent OHer-
ings, that on more than one occasion, brought
.bont the conclusion of peace. The halls and
staircase are hung and set with trophies of
arms, of armor for man anu morse, with col
ors and standards dating from the earliest peri
cd of Russian history, to Il,e present time. A
GLASS case contains arms takeh from the Poles,
q smear hears the name of Stanislaus Augustus
and date l764. There is the thr one upon
which the Polish Kings were crowned, and an
ivory one. most elaborstely carved, brought
from Constantinople in IA. Upon this sat AL
exander II, in 1856, when the diadem was
placed upon his head. Next to this is throne
cermonv told us. with s76 diamonds, with 1928
rubies. besides pearls and turquains innumera-
Ic The orb opposite these thrones, is asrich in
historical importauce as in gems. 1t was sent to
Vladimir nv the Greek Emperors Baslius and
Conatantine torether with other ornaments and a
ehair containing piece of the true cross,
surrou nded by So diamonds of the first water.
80 rubies, % sapphires.' 30 emeralds and 81
pearls. Next came wardrobes containing cor
onation robes, those of Catharine and II, of
Anne, of Peter the lst, and OF the present
Emperor and Empress, and crowns that emit
the essence of light from their resplendent
di amopds: that of John, IN the shape of pyra-
midal can. surmounted by a heavy diamond
cross. taking rise in a ruby, contains 900
diamonds and these are but mere mention,
of the hundreds of jewel-set articles The
specimens of plate are of great interest, giving
the artists attempts of art In that line, down to
a late period, and from every nation. Curious
old sta1e carriages and sleighs harnesses and
saddles, fill a room, and now with mere
glance, of what it would take week, to see
and describe in full, we will pass out, and
! into the small chapel, devoted to the Emperor
fIn n
d. Almonds; and from this, to another small
| church. near the Cathedral, of which it is a
miniature copy, and adds very much to the
glitter of the whole, with its nine domes over.
I laid with gold This contains the tombs of
| the Romanoff dynasty, the founders of the
| Russian throne The only Emperor buried
| here is Peter H. The tomb containing the
canonized body of the young Demetrius son
of John the Terrible. He disappeared in
mysterious manner; has upon the lid,. full
length portrait, etched in gold, which is
| quite worn by the lip service of those who pay
to it their devotions. The tomb of John the
Terrible, notwithstanding his remembered
crimes, that stand out in bas relief against him,
has a place of honor, next to the high altar
The PRAYERS that have been offered in this
church, for THAT burden of sins, voluntary or
Involuntary known to themselves or, unknow own'
of the dead buried here, have been paid for,
it would seem, in proportion to their enormity.
in the shape of rich vestments lamps, and
church plate.
Among variety of sacred relics shown, the
holiest Of all, perhaps is drop Of blood, of
John the Baptist, seen in bottle. There
is another unimportant, little church, treas
sured only fo- its antiquity, a monk
society of the Holy Synod, which con-
tains mine Of wealth IN church treasury,
of gold and silver plate, gorgeous poDtifical
robes ; one, which, with its embroidery of
rubies, emeralds, diamonds and pearls, weighs
fifty-four pounds. One mitre contains five and
one half pounds weight of precious stones. But
of these my eyes were tired, and | concentra.
ted my interest connected with the palace upon
the precious contents of great number OF
large silver jugs, which contain the sacred oil
OF myrrh used III consecf atins all tho orthodox
Russian CHI lrches, in amounting the Emperors
at their .c.tsonaton, and all children whef
baptsed. Il i1-c5, s-~z-acess OF apphca
| ton in the bap,lslng OF y chn4, ',a not fully
| understand its signfication until 49, ExPEEss.
mersion is the order of baptism The prIes
serves the little victim very much as if he had
evil designs upon it. HIS hand is spread out
over his face, his thumb and little finger close
the ears, the other fingers close the eyes, the
palm Of the hand shuts the mouth, and in this
state the subject is dipped under water three
times. then with a small brush the sign of the
cross is described with this oil upon the eyes
of the child, that it may see only good upon
the ears that they may receive only what 10
pure; the mouth, that it may speak no evil ;
the hands, that they do no wrong, and the feet
that they tread only paths Of virtue 1t is com.
posed Of not less than thirty different ingredi
ents and its holiness consists in the infnitesimal
drop Of the sacred ointment used by Mary
Magdalea, the ratio Of Which, to the whole,
[ will leave you to estimate. AS there bid fair
to be a sunshiny hour, which was the excep-
ton, I concluded to improve it by ascending a
detached tower, five stories high. in the midst
of the Kremlin The basement is occupied
as chapel, in the next three stories are sus-
pended thirty-four bells, various in size and
tone the largest weighs six xy-four tuns. In
tho highest tier are small silver bells. / could
have faint idea of the effect produced upon
Easter evening, when the eight thousand bells
of the city peal forth joyous chimes From the
ringing of probably not fourth of the num-
Der the Sunday that there were services in be-
half Of the Emperor, the air was so ladened
with their echoes then that it seemed as if the
heavens were vaulted and left no vent for
sound But how can describe to yon the
view that was mine. 1t is impossible. My ey es
refused to take it in as reality-ts like is not
seen elsewhere in Europe. and it closely ves
in beauty of panoramic effect with CONSTANT
nopIe. NJ. y. 5.
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