I What it Contained.—The box
• which was deposited in the Treasury
Department in 1857 for safe keeping',
aud which the Secretary of the Treas
ury was authorized ‘by a resolu
tion of Congress to open, was recently
subjected to an examination of its
contents, which were stolen from the
the Patent Oilice in 1.857. It consists
of the following valuable articles: One
bottle containing ottarof roses, valued
at $2,000; one vial containing dia
monds; one gold plate, the fnside lin
ing of a snuir box, presented to the
t’nited States Minister at St. Peters
burg by the Emperor; a paper con
taining a gold ornament an I a silk
tassel belonging to a necklace; a pa
per containing thirteen diamonds and
four pearls ; two lumps of gold worth
JfMOt). There was also enclosed a cer
tificate signed l»y Hugh McCormick
and R. C. Wvightnrm, dated United
♦States Patent Oilice, June 14, 1857,
staling that they saw the articles
placed in the box.
