The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-11-21

Paris Correspondence of the London Stall
The grand preoccupation Of the ferni.ins
| world OF Paris il TO ascertain which q the
great historic diamonds are to 6eurs a. the
Universal Exhibition. IndiAerent A. wa
may be to the merits Of precio as stones in
general, it must be amiited that he diamond
has ftoin time immemorial occ. op,ed q certain
poeition IN the history Of r.a,ions. Thus IL
1 Was one OF the stones which adorned ,he bre.s,
plate Of the Hebrew hiiih priests. Homer
Plato believed the stone 10 be created bv the
| rays OF certain stars. The anc,ents main
tanned that the diamond irRpxrsed courage 10
the wearer, IN IKE manner w. they believed
tne ruby TO oe preseryatase sainst pestilence,
the sapphire 10 secure the fnyor az princes.
AUG emerald 70 preserve its possessor from
false accusers. Certain Il Is that diamonds
" th's moment repres@ II several millions OF
money.
Tho name Of evv v stone vaiuing dun
above 1s'ooo Is nov perfectly knowa, cad lis
nereauouts ~ e.asined, wheihef II be- II
Amsterdam, Ari 5, Moscow, or London. The
moment that . diamond is discovered that
exceeds this vs'.ue. The stone. as il we're, nj.
tsins sor'. of etaf ctnit in the world OF lapi>
dares For IL ,stance, no one would dare TO
wear an lnitX'tion of the Regent, so long don
eesied ~ a Save in deep wound ne made
,ur tts purpose in his thigh. Its weight 10
toe e.rais, and originally cost xSl2 800, al.
,eOn&h ics actual value 10 twelve millions
Neither ~o uid any lady attempt TO adorn her
sen u an limitation Ut the Ssncy, which, -
you are e~ale, was cut by Louis de BesqnAem
'or Charles The Bold, Duke Of Burgundy, who
wore It in bis helmet Henry lii. borrowed
u from his treasurer, De Ssncy, 10 ordef to
gamer money on il for the purpose OF rAlding
Z on cd al sci
The sefv ant ~ whom il was entrusted was
attacked by y ~ nd Of Free Lsncers, and died
lighting for hIs lite and honor. His mater,
DE Sancy, cor .6dent that he had sacrificed his
ne IN dsiens OF his trust, gave orders foIthe
disinteraeu', of his body. On cutting it open
the disMsv was found in his stomach. The
Sancy pas sed suesessively from the posses,
sion ct aDes IL. to Louis XVI. from whom
It WAS stolen and alter series Of adventures
It Was sold last year by Prince Demidoh, if
my memory serves me, for the sum Of IH6,-
ovO. The French Grown possessed, in the
year 1Isl, incisding those purchased for the
hllt OF Louis XVI.'s sword of state, 3, 457 di
| Almonds, among which we're the Regent. the
Blue Diamond, and the Sancy. 1he whole
at this treasure vas robbed in 1892 from the
Royal Garde Meuble.
Search Wa vainly made for the perpeira
tors of this daring theft, but no trace could
be discovered Of the jewels until the cons
mune rece we'd an anonymous letter, stating
i that gre.t part of the missing stones were
buried in u ditch of the Alice des Neuvos,
! Champs Ulysses; and truly the Regent and
the greater part Of the Crown d Almonds we're
dug out of spot Of ground now occupied by
| the celebrated restaurant so well known az
the Moulin Rouge. The true story of this
robbery WAS never known bnt in 1876 man
l Of the strange name of Babs was taken up
for forgery, and contested that he had assist
ed in the affair. aud had buried the Regent,
and subsequently, revealed its whereabouts to
the commune. His line Of defense Was pc
culiar Que. He informed his judges that
4 France owed the Imperial dynasty TO him,
seeing that had he not revealed the spot where
the Regent lay buried, Napoleon could not
have pledged it, after the 18th Brumaire, when
his possession OF power depended on his hAv-
ing funds NJ his command wherewith 70 pay
the army and carry on the Government. The
Emperor hftd Europe rarsacked TO recover
the rest Of the Crown diamonds, and suc-
ceeded in repurchasing the most vaisable
among them. Louis XVIII. presented the
Duke Of v eliington in 1915 with the Order of
: ST. Esrrit executed with Grown diamonds
which had cort 40, 600 francs, but the value
Of which amounted 70 20, 700, EGO francs in the
year 1882 although the Sancy was not among
them, neither we're the splendid opal, called
the Burning of Troy," which had belonged
70 the Empress Josephine, nor diamonri of
thirty -four carats, which the First Emperor
Was said to have lost on the field Of Wslsrlo J.