The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1871-08-17
From the Nsao Orleans Picayune, July 18th.
Death of Mysterious Old iIan who Possess.
ed ti!r Bourbon Diat!Hm.

Few of the residents in the lower part Of the
city of late wears but are familiar with somc of
the incidents nc arc now rcl;tin@ They have
often seen in The twilight OF summer evenings
singular apparition. Suddenly, on t!'@ ban
Gucttc Of Ailsicstrccl, has appeared III OLD ln&n.
with long cray hair, and clad III .io COSTUME o.
half Il century a%o Tie garments were FACED
and worn. but revealed 2 richness which III ear
l;cr ,avS was more fitted fer 4 Court tl.:n III
tmc,ic.m metropolis He WAS very tell man.
although :, lunciliiacl, aii'l hu :pr The '!"!orn!-
ilv would have been oi' Gigantic Proportions.
In the breadth OF shoulders, Tie Jeep powcr.:!
chcs.. am! long nervous :ir!as. resided l'ar"ci
on, strength, while ;nc lover l!alh-, fashioned
in magnificent strength and beatty, arrc-.ed
attention. and commanded admiration wherever
he appeared, lie SPOKE 70 10 one locke! al
no one, bur in ,ilcn, abstraction pursued his
lonely walk FIR into the night. ic:lis Went b..
and night after night little children raE-,l in
their plav 70 watch tie rvcc,,in:c iig":c u Tic
lonely man.
1t must have been forty years aso that he
first came among u. JIG looked i";'!,!ic a.cy!
tGcn; but rs the year. few ~ ic-;Grdg frame
remained! exblc anc! active, 1ttiic hair grrH'
crav and his face w;, Scamod with wrinkles.
lie lived III . littlc hiici, hr.'ling that sci
bac: from Tie street Wi,: vines cFt,'5 over
tie rgumbline tiles aud wrca:hc,i tl:i,asy;c
Shapes on the ci.ncy ioi'-. III th~ lard 3et''
tiiu! flowers bloo;ncd aii the year !otil. an |.
;fcir rich rc,;nno made the hi: >c!>Uot;- an!
.wcct. 4; a window shaded by ;rciis-woch,
hid in thc bIoom OF roses, the Old man sat Of
afternoons and watched the sun decline. No
or. else was ever seen III ,hc Fo!i,c-i.o enc
ever crossed The thrc<hpid; and :" he lived, =
.alclrs-. .l,l old .il;:, il, = lonely hcusc.
Eat one day, Not Il great while since, the
.cirllor, sw !Iat the hlin'l@ IN tie !,pusc We're
closed The old man bad not appeared on TIE
etrcc;- !or weeks, and the @rN>s iEi,i begun to
IL grow from the ,'hini:; ci ;.c marble slabs 1t
hi, door, and it BEGAN 70 b2 whispered about
that the old iaan was dead.
1T last. one day, the ncghbors went in, (thcy
we're poHr people, but kindly SID ;rl;c. rurc
enough, he was dead. lie lail iailid ami si;!iE
Oh pallet Of straw. There were = few seat
tered chair, around the room and Il lain table,
One only object arrested the eye Near the
body wa- Il rich c;-kct, set in mother vi pearl
and gold. Jewel. flashed from the costly Id,
and wrcathcd in the dus; OF diamonds were en-
rravcd the Lille; of France" III 4 coronct of
gold. They opened the box and there flashed
On their ewes the Bourbon diadem. 1t was
stolen on tie n:"ht Of the lu;il oi Au-ai-t $3.50.
wien Charles X abdiclIc'l the throne OF
France in favor of the Duke of Bor'lcaux.---
Underneath it was u manuscript written III
French. II contained Only these words.
Il am Chorcttc, the Ecn;!c!n General Ma
ria Of Savoy was to avc hecn my wife. She
was taken from me AMI Sen ie the Contc q
.lrto>. could hav, .ol.gi,en this, but he de-
tel e wl.cn i.o-. nc',:yd hi- he 9'''! Il
-.-,a.. T. :>vcu.,oa ny-cit az! ~ Eif
.ertacow, and Am ll..i ipy size. i:e u, n eE-
:iy.'
rhi: was all. Over his life silence VOW draws