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Famous Real Diamonds. .

("rom the Pall Malt Gazette.) The fineat diamonds are clear and trans parent esadrop of pure Water. But be- sides those ** brilliants of he first water.’

as they are called both teghiiceally and in| ordinary conversation, there are colored,

diamonds of every sort andhne. A yellow

shade diamond; s0 also is a cihwamon Next to rose-colored disnonds green takes rank in the market ; next to green, blue aud nest to biue, black.

THE VALUER OF DIAMONDS

may, according to some writers on the sub- ject be ascertained by a regular formula, according to which the square of the weight in carata must be multiphed-by a sum vary- ing aceording to the condition and quality of the stone. If the diamond is of good waterand of fine shape this sum may be put down at S10. If, however, the diamond be perfect in quality and algo perfectly ent the sum to be taken as the basis of the caloulation will be 330 or $40. Big diam-4 onds have a larger theoretical value than smail ones; but, as a matter of fact, diamonds of large size have often had to be cut up before they could be disposed of in the market. When in 1837 the Deccan

| booty, obtained by the army of Lord Hast-

ings, was sold, a MAGNIFICENT DIAMOND

weighirg 3734 grains, and of the purest water, broagit at auction only $15,000. In the oresent day the finest diamonds are held by Portuguese, Spanish, Frenéh‘and English. families in the order namgd; and the best market for themis in The United States. Among historieal diamonds an important place must be assigned to the celebrated Pitt diamond, of which the weight was 430 carats. But after being cut —aprecess which occupied two years— it was found to have been reduced to the weight of 100 carats, and it was then sold to the Regent of Orleans for $675,000 Its preaént value is“ said to be $1,000,090, thongh it might be difficult to find a pur- chaser for it at that price.

THE PITT DIAMOND,

or Regent diamond, as it was called after having passed into the hands of the Duke of Or veans—became one of the Crewn diamonds of Frayree. it was destined to meet with strange adventures; for, after being place by Napoleon on the hilt of the sword of State, it -was captured by the Prussiiws at Waterloo. A

DIAMOND OF LITERARY INESTIMABLE VALUE, belonging to the King of Portugal, and of Brazilian erigin, is said to be worth upward of $2,500,000; but this value is clearly not its valuo in exchange. For the historical interest attached to it no diamond can be compared to Her Majesty's Kah-i-neor. Originally dug from the mines of Golconda. lt passwd to successive sovereigns of Cen- tral ladia, and in the early part of the fourteenth century was added to the treas- ures of Delhi. It remained in the posses sion of the reigning family until the inva- sion, .n the eighteenth century, of Nadir Shah, who, seeing it in the turban of the vanquished Maheommed, proposed to him an exchance of headdresses, and, the polite offer being perferce accepted, bore away with him the the priceless jewel. After the assassination of Nadir Shah

THE ‘MOUNTAIN OF LIGHT,”’ passa| through the hands of Ahmed Shah, of Cabnl, the Shah Shoojah, who gave it as the price of his liberty te Runject Singh, ruler of Punjaub. On the annexation of the Punjanb in 1849, it was stipulated that the Koh-i noor should be surrendered to the Queen of England, who received it from the Hast India Company in 1850. At the great Exhibition of 1851 this famons diamond was found inferior to the glass model, and it was necessary to surround it with yas lights to bring out itecolors. The Ru sians have a very good diamond known asthe Orloff. It is about the size of a pigecn’s egg, at one time formed the eye of an idol in the Temple of Brahma at Pondi- cherry. Brahma was robbed of it bya French deserter, from whom it found its way to a Greek merchant, established somewhere on the shores of the Mediter- ranean, who sold it to Count Orlotf, at that time in command of the Russian Med terranean squadron for half a millign roubles, an annuity of 20,000 rubles, and a patent of nobility.

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Li Fu Yen, the wife of the Chinese En- yoy Li Fong Pa», having had her inangural audience of the German Emperor and Em- press, is now making her appearance in the diplomatic world of Berlin. emancipate herself from the reserved habits of her country as to visit at least the more important diplomatic soirees, the presence of men notwithstanding.

M. Ernest Dottain, of the Paris Journal des SJesbats, is dead. His profound know- ledys of histery, assisted by a magnificent meniory, was of incalculable value to his paper, and his articles on foreign polities werw very brilliant, especially those con- cerning the Eastern question.

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| T'o the Editor of the Examiner.

| Srr,—The snbjoined composition has, in lain by me for more than the Vir- igillan period of nine years, aud has, ia the ; neantime, received many

; | could wee as eitectively as did my Patrony- jmical ‘* Donaid the Hamme’er.” jits ceaseless course.” Some of

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> tions have not been fulfilled by events; but

,even the Ghost of Tiresias, queted by Hor ‘atius Flaceus, had t> say : **O Lertiade! Quicquid dicam ant erit ant

pm iene & +*My dear Ulysses! What I say to you

| May, as the Fates ordain, prove false or

true }”" i Neither Poet nor Politician can do more | than to predict that which he himself thinks

\ ine to pass, Some of the person- ages named by me, have passed away from the scene of action (i hope to a much better scene.) The one general fact, remaining un- altered, is that there are ‘* Wara and rumours of wars,” and that St. Paul's description of mankind in his Epistie to the Romans, is trne and applicable, now as then. My .‘Thesia, altho’ feunded on a short text, is somewhat long. I have, therefore, divided it into parts, of which | now send the first for your ap- proval; thinking that this plan may best meet the necessity for variety in the ecclamns cf your very valuable diournal-—that is to say, hit you think it at all worthy of insertion.

Lam, Sir, Your constant reader, View DuomMNIuL Naw Orb,

March 9, 180.

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THOUGHTS ON PAPER AND GOLD. _ rant 1. “The Rauk is but the guineas’ stamp !” The man’s the gowd, for a’ that !” —Vide Burn’s song, *‘ A Man's a Man, fore’ that,”

How sad itis, to know that genius rare

May stain With many a blot, its colours fair !

hat he who wrote ‘“‘The Cotter’s Sabbath Night,”

Could that vile chaunt ‘Tne Jolly Beggars” write !

That he who for a friend could frame a Prayer

Which angels might to Heaven’s own portals bear,

At times, as by some evil spirit smitten,

Could write what a/l must wish he ne’er had written !

How — we weep that such a man might

e!

How Sem we mourn that Robert Burns was ie !

A Jacobite and Democrat by turns,

Consistency was not the forte of Burns,

No thought of Prudence could his frenzy damp ;

He wrote that ‘‘Rank is but the guinea stamp;

‘A man’s a man,” we take the poet’s word,

Nor is he more than man when made a Lord.

But, whatsoe’er Republicans may ‘‘ guess,”

The rank of Lord will scarcely make him Jesse.

The head aud superscriptien crown the cash,

A brazen counterfeit is worthless trash ;

! And he who dares to imitate is— rash!

| hope this epithet is not too strong

For these who think ail penal codes are Wrong ;

Who view the Forger as a scribbling child;

The Rebel asa Patriot somewhat wild ;

Who look with equal eye on black and white,

Nor mark the gulph which severs wrong from

right. Take all the Kings and Lords that eer were lenown ;

The Persian Shah on his barbarian throne ;

Assyria’s King, ere yet by chastening bowed ;

Or Herod's self, the proudest of the proud ;

Can all the pride of those I’ve named by turns,

Exceed the boundiess pride of ploughman Burns?

A pride which dared at every rank to strike,

And said, or swore, ‘* All mortals are alike!”

Success, or failure, either is the plan

By which to prove th: real werth of man.

These are the tests which gold alone can pass ;

Unmixed with pinchbeck, unalloyed with brass.

Now, dear old Scotland ! Bid thy Poet turn

From vile Democracy, to Bannockburn !

To those brave ‘‘ Scots wha hae wi’ Wallace bled,”’

And ‘‘ wham” their valiant King had ‘‘ often led ;”

See Royal Bruce, encircled by his Peers,

Crash, like a whirlwind, through the South- ren spears !

Hear fis clear metal ring with Gold’s own clank !

The stamp indeed was all he owed to rank !

Haar him exclaiming with his Kingly breath, —

**On! Sous of Freadom! Vietory, or Death!

Shoulder to shoulder! Men of Perthshire nowy !

Lord of the Isles, my Ailsa Craig art thou!

Macdonald, to the right hand march thy clan!

And fitl the post of houor in our van !

Dear Walter Stewart! May this battle won,

Add a new wreath to thee, my chosen son !

Kirkpatrick, dear old friend, If feel secure,

This day shall make assurance doubly sure !

A Highland seer, in second-sighted trance,

Proclaims thy fair descendant Queen of France!

‘At Austerlitz, a name as yet unknown,

The Bird which scares the Heron from Loch Con,

Shall soar aloft, o’er many a flag uafurled,

And strike with terror Europe's ancient world.

A second Eagle shall succession keep,

And then in England’s Kentish district sleep!

A third shall fall on Africa’s barbarous shore,

And then thy fair descendant smiles no

more!’ | Now, forward to the shock ! With sword and targe ! ‘

‘I, with my Carrick spearmen, head the charge.”

From rank to rank the Royal valour shone, And Scotland’s noblest son

: Throne ! .

| g8 Wedo not hold ourselves responsible for | the etalements or opinions of our correspondents

EDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1880.

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Now let us tuen to Flodden’s dismal day,

When Scotlant’s ‘‘fairest flowers were wede away :”

| Her faithful nebles, in asteel-clad ring,

| Fought, tii they fell, around their hapless

King ;

j Lach stepping where his dying comrade

stood,

The spirit of the Peerage, pure and high, Come life, come death, can comquer—or can

io DIE !

i later vears ‘tis true that paper claims

joe rans of goid,—as William that of James;

\ tram ling down Hritannia’s Royal

ce ih.

[iu erushed Borne ;

And jaid his plans to make the nation fret

Beneath the burden of its groWing debt.

bo Canpboll’s hacred he permite the blow

Which brands his memory with dark GiBNCOK !

it Bt Bie th tod thie Veotind i

by his connivanee did the victins bleed;

He signed the warrant; ‘and, approved the decd.

Then, for two centuries, postponed the hour

When Panama shou'd yield to mortal power;

Lest Scottish wealth might sid the rightful claims

Of Britania’s King, the son of blinded James,

Misguided James might abdieatethe throne; |

A King can yield no more than is his own ; °

The title etood .entailed on James’ son, \

Pho’ paper money o'er the werld be rolled ; }

Give Mr my lawful Kiny, and sterling cold,

END OF PART I

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A. Wonderful Railroad. 151 MILES oF Roap—18 PER CENT. OF WHICH ARS& TUNNELS AND BRIDGES.

In 1870 Italy, Germany and Switzer- land signed a convention guaranteeing $17,000,000 to the company that weuld construct the St. Gethard Railroad and Tunnel. Italy giving $9,000,000, Germany $4,000 000, and Switzerland $4,000,000. The original estimates of $57,400,000 preved under the mark, and it was found that $57,800,000 would be required in- stead. Germany added $2,000,000 to her subsidy, Italy $2,000,000, and Switzer- land $1,600,009.

THE WORK WAS BEGUN

in the autumn of 1872. The tunnel begins at Geeschenen, in a detile where the river -Reuss dashes beneath the famous Devil’s Bridge, and ends at Airelo, where it over- iooks the the pleasant pastoral valley of the Ticino. Its length is nine and a third miles—48.936 feet to be exact; it is 194 feet high and 26 feet in maximum width. Twenty-six hundred men have been em- ployed— Italians with few exceptions,

THE ROCK,

which has varied from hard granite gneiss on the Swiss side, to gravel, sand and peb- bles on the Italian, has been operated upon in a similar way to that followed in the Cenis Tunnel, dynamite being used in blasting operations. Owing to the greater homogeneity and the absence of water, more rapid progress has been made in tun- nelling through the rocks than in dealing with the softer material when the succes- sive infillation of water necessitated special drainage arrangmenis, besides - retarding inore or less ali branches of work. Thus, in piercing a bed of schist, water was dis- charged in torrents, and often the work had ‘o be carried on under liquid jets des. cending with the force of these from a fire engine pump.

THE ST. GCOTHARD TUNNEL. is ently one section of a railroad running from Lake Lueerne in England to Lake Maggiore it hialy Besides the big tunnel,

there are twelve others, the sheritest of which, Warren, is 1,106 yards long, while the longeat, the Olberg, reaches 2,027 yards, The total length of these twelve tunnels is very nearly ten miles—15,578 meires Then there are five tunnels be- tween 220 and 559, and twenty-five between 110 and 220 yards, making in all fifty-two subsidiary tunnels of an aggregate length of sixteen miles. Between Immensee and Goeschenen there will be thirty-three tun- nels, between Airolo and Giubiasco, seven- teen. The line will be carried ever sixty- four bridges and viaducts, the longest of which, that ef Cadenazze, in Tessin, will consist of five arches, each having a span 65 yards. The total length of the Gothard line will be 151 miles, 17 per cent. of it be- tunnels, and ene per cent. bridges and vyiaduets.

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The U. 8, Presidency.

Speaking of the coming Republican Na- tional Convention, an American exchange telis us that the Chicago cenvention will have 756 delegates, and 559 votes are the minimum required fer a nomination. Of the delegates so far appointed 130 favor General Grant. They are from Pennsylvania, New York, and Arizona, Forty-two more ‘delegates have been appointed thus far by North Carolina, Vermont, Indiana, and the District of Colum. bia, and they are supposed to be unfavorable in the nomination of General Grant. The conventions of March will not change this re. sult, as only Texas and Kansas will meet, Tae April contests will be more interesting, when Connecticut, Massachusetts, Oregon and California will be heard from. But the real decision, as far as the delegates are concern: ed, will occur in May, when Wisconsin, Ten- nessee, Michigan and illinois will choose dele- gates. The Ohio convention will be cailed on the 10th inst., and will probably meet before that of Illineis, which has been called fer the 19th of May.

Denis Kearney has been onglaliel from ihe California ise of Representatives,

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