Cairo evening times. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1865-1866, 1865-11-15

| are surrounded by precious stones. save Judas
| who is done up in brass. | h::>; often though
! of our surprise, in Jerusalem. at seeing IN the
Greek Church of the Holy Sapnlc:rre y picture
of Christ encased in diamonds. There is not
place of worship in Russia that has not many
pictures correspondingly rich. 1s'oppad some
| time to gaze upon the ragged. bare footed
| ignorant. looking throng OF worsLippers, who
Iostled each other right ana left in their cage
| haste to leave no holy spot untouched by their
| lips. The Metropole was here on I. visit, and
| these poor, degraded specimens Of humanity
hovcred about to catch glimpse Of him, as il
he were u God / noted two beautiful lamps,
one studded with turquose-a large diamond
pendant-the other Of flagree silver, in the
form of a cross, burning to the memory of the
late deceased Prince. Various diamond
wrought burners were shown-gifts Of diffe-
rent Emperors. The door, through which only
the Emperor passes when here, is of massive
gold, finely etched with Scrptural figures.
But we will leave all of these to glance at
treasures contained in four chambers, buried
to the world almost as completely as if they
were in their original position in the bowels of
the earth, or depths of the ocean. There is
no description adequate to the jewels seen
here; old books, Embedded in them gold cen
sors, in fagree cases of pearls. bordered with
diamonds; a natural phenomenon in agate, q
praying monk, so skillfnlly produced that with
the glance l gave it ] could not discover
how had been applied the ingenious
touch of man, but knew, nevertheless,
that nature, unaided, had never done 1t. A
scarf, dated 1900, of red silk, is almost covered
by an embroidery Of pearls; a yellow satin
mantle of Catharine II, is wrought all over with
clusters of fruit and flowers, in diamonds and
pearls; heavy vine about the edge, in pearls,
the grapes in emeralds and diamonds. A large
altar cloth, thickly set with the same another,
with large sapphires surrounded by diamonds,
with scriptural notices in pearls. A Metro
pole, in etfgy, showed HIM as he is, in full
dress, upon State occasions. gold cloth
robe, worked with diamonds, jewel set cuffs
reaching to the elbows; a high, diamond set
cap, with censor crucifxes and seepter, all re-
spleDdent with the same precious stones. A
new robe Is made for each coronation and Inl-
perial baptsmal service, and then laid aside 10
moulder with its jewels and glory. The robes
of all the satellites of the Metropolis and those
worn upon ordinary occasions by the priests,
seen alone, would be considered marvels of
richness. The heavy log chains and balls are
kept rs sacred rehcs, those worn by the early
monks in penitential moods. Sinful, it may
have been, the bare harboring of such a
thought but it occurred to me that if the 4, 600
well-kept, sturdy looking monks, quartered
here, were ornamented with these and turned
to work in the mines of Siberia, or on the
plains Of Russia, they would be doing better
service 10 God and man. Returning, | had for
few stations, an old woman, her
daughter and the daughters lover, Judged
from various tender evidences The mother
and daughter were evidently making their first
ride by steam. A perilous era in their lives
it seemed to be considered by them. With
every jolt or whistle from the engine they pros
trated themselves. and made repeated signs of
the cross, and the old woman gave me 10 un-
1erstand tAat she thought the world was flying
She, was extremely curious to find out my
When I told her was from Amer
ca, suppose her surprise was only the more
increased, that did not speak her language. |
which you will understand, when 1 tell you |
nan dining with Russian, whose income is |
'eckoned by millions, said it was great pity |
hat the Americans had rebelyed and caused the |
Emperor so much trouble ! believing, as all the |
lneducated do, that America is a Russian Prov |
nee. leave tor st. Petersburg in the morning, |
where yon may hear from me again. Adleu. |
NJ J. S.