Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-11-02

numismatic value, as it is the only com =
pl te set in existence, except one in tn 9
Japanese treasury. Some of the gol d
coins are quarter of an inch thick, and
as big around as the top of dinner
pail. Seven OF them cost $4,000, and
there are perhaps q hundred coins
in the collection. In another case
there are half q dozen large elephant
tucks which the king of Siam gave 10
Grant, and there are six pieces of costly
jade stone given him by one Of the
princes of China All of the swords pre-
scented to him are here and many of these
have diamonds set In their handles. The
sword given TO Grant by the sanitary fair
at New York has solid gold head repre-
senting the Goddess of Liberty, which
has two rubies, two diamonds aud two
sapphires set in it. The sword of Chat
tanoOga has fourteen diamonds embedded
in it, and many of the gifts which he re-
ceived from foreign monarchs are of gold
set with diamonds. One Of the medals
which are in the collection contains 5000
worth of gold and is as big around as the
bottom of Il tin cup. The gold articles
in this collection would fill a peck meas
ure, and every city seems to have given
Grant q gold box containing the paper
in which the freedom of the town was
presented to him. The box which he re-
ceiyed at Ayr, Scotland, is as big as
cigar box and is of solid gold. The city
of Glasgow gave him still bigger
one beautifully chased, and the
gold boz which he received from
the city of London is a wonder of artistic
workmanship bearing the engraving OF
the capital on one side and of the Lon
don guild hall on the other. Enamled
on its golden surface are the Union Jack
and the red, white and blue, aud the
Goddess of Liberty shaking hands with
the British lion. Then there is won
deTfully beautiful cigar case of pure gold
from the king of Siam, model of the
table on which Lees surrender was
signed of solid gold, ami solid gold in
vitation card as big as postal card and
about four times as thick, which was
sent to Grant in solid silver envelope,
inviting him TO a masked ball at San
Francisco. There are number of silver
menus, q gold handled knife which the
miners of Idaho gave him, gold hea led
canes set with diamonds. and medals
and other articles of gold which beggar
description.
SOME COSTLY SWORDS.
In case near Grants are the two
swords with their scabbards of solid gold
which were given to Gen. Shields by
South Carolina, and which congress
bought for $40, 900. These have dia-
monds in their handles and they are very
beautiful. There is q Damascus sword
with handle of gold which was given
Commodore (now Admirably Shufeldt,
and other swords given TO Perry and
Elliott, all of solid gold. There is
Mexican saddle mounted with gold which
the noted Gen. Harvey received from
Mexican officer after the battle of Cerro
Gordo, and there is one case devoted to
is a gold headed cane with diamond in
its handle as big as the head of lead
pencil. There are swords of gold and
dress sword brilliant with diamonds.
Thomas jefferson left golden sword
here. 1t came from the Orient and was
taken from the patent office for the
museum The Washington relics
have only few silver articles, but
they contain many fine pieces of
china and cut glass. The punch bowl is
as big as half bushel measure, and
there are decanters of all shapes and
sizes. Some of the plates were given by
Lafayette to- Mrs. Washington, and the
Museum has lately received from the
family of Lewis Washington number OF
autograph letters which have never been
published. His camp plates are also
here, and there is q letter in Washing
toms handwriting in which he invites
some ladies to dine with him from these