The Ring California Gave Pierce

One of the most cnrious as well as most valuable of American rings was presented to President Pierce in 1852 by the citizens of California. It is of massive gold, weighing upward of a pound. The circular portion is cut into squares, which are embellished with beautifully executed designs, the entire group presenting a pictorial history of California. The seal of the ring is really a lid, which swings tipon a hinge and is covered with the arms of the state of Calif ornia,. surmounted by the stars and stripes. Underneath is a square box divided by bars of gold into nine separate compartments, each containing a pure specimen of the varieties of ore fouiid in the country. On the inside is the f ollowing inscription: "Presented to Franklin Pierce, the fourteenth president of