The national Republican., 1869-01-02
New Year. ain TO Mr.. CoIf.,.

few Of the peraun,l friends nf Mr. Schuy-
her C1lfax the Vice President ctecf, VIII tht,
morning present him with u large and cUstly
eofcc.ufn and salvcr, to be used at his reccp-
tiOus In Washington during the conf ng win
ter, The pieces are the manufacture Of the
works, 10 Providence, Rhode Islsnd, - Indeed
are ali their wares, whether Of solid eiivet o.
siivsr.plstsd. The two pieces to Be ptessntei
20 ia M ths ss.. Of re sy.sy srs of
ware that 10 made by this company, cannot be
distinguished by the eye. alone from real sil.
metals would be able TO diserimisate betwee,
the real silver and this "coaoterfeit present
ment." Even the manufacturers themselves
are liable to be puzzled 1os spa then and e
from the true. Thus 1t happened = few. weeks
ago that some silver napkin-sinEs became
mixed up with Others of precisely the same
plated, aud II was not until after . great deal
Of consultation aud the application o. tests
known 10 certain members OF the hrm nat the
The tray on which tie eoffse-urn stssls, In
the service to be presented to Mr. Collar, v
designed with q highly FURNISHED noor, haytnf
The Ne ,nisis,s , Of h,m,ef and n: ~ wife n -.
by swreath, engraved In the middle. This
mirror-like hoor-snd q more periectly.renect-
ing mirror than II 10 was probably never
BY an upright I'm OF silver, the inner sur
face Of which 10 pssin, but highly FURNISHED,
and the exterior ornamsnted with renaissance
panneis In repousss work between the six feet
that support the tray % each side Of the tray
are two Of these feet secured to the rim by
buttons representing mowers the common
Xinia OF our gardens having apparently been
chosen ss the model Of these oBnsments, which
are repeated to attach the supports Of the
urn to the urn itself, and also Nthe termina-
q tnaS. q i1s ~
the inner surfaces Of the pstals are highly burn.
ished, so that very pretty eject 10 produced
Il with the reflections. The two remaF ming feet
at the ends OF the tray are ornsmented with
/ antique masks, extremely we'll modelled, and
they al,o support the handles BY which The
The urn will hold two gallons, and Ne dssisn
| consists OF very highly polished globe, sup.
ported BY four curved legs, two OF which are
| continued up the sides, and terminate In hsn-
dies. The legs Of the urn are secured to one
WHICH ,4e cup 70 be allied can be placed. HI.
| stand ~ itself supported by four feet, ssd
thus the confusion sometimes produced BY the
| cups impatiently crowding about the faucet
/ In their eagerness to be filed 10 avoided, and
the saueers are obliged to anase them.elye.
reflections In the shining tray, until the turn
| OF their cups comes to be Allied, whieh,,b by the
| present contrtvsnoe, 10 neatly and quickly
| performed. The I'D OF the urn 10 surmounted
BY figure Of q IfStle winged Cupid, who, q
we conceive, is showing TO the world the only
true way OF making good coffee-by Infusion
rather than BY boiling. He 10 lying upon II,
| ground, and pouring hot wafer, Tor, DO VI
| take ~ upon branch Of the coffee tree lif VI
arc not mistakenly with the berries still At
whatever he 10 doing, he 10 pretty little fel
low, and makes an extremely pretty hnish q
| this shining temple Of hospitality and goot
| eheer.-N. Y. Tribune, January !.