The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-08-05
PRINCE NAPOLEON's TALISMAN.
History of the Reliquary that the zulus
Left Beside His Body.

In Tho will Of Napoleon ] II occurs tho fol-
lowing remarkable passage: with regard to
my son, let him keep as u tasmnn the seal
used to wear attached to my watch, and
which comes from my mother, let him care
fully preserve everything that comes to mo
from the Emperor, my uncle, md let him be
convinced that my heart ana soul remain
with him. The telegram from Cape Town
which announced the finding Of the late OK
Prince Imperial contains these words: "Fhe
Princes body WAS found stripped OF all cloth
ing, but had not suffered any mutilation, and
the reliquary which no wore suspended by
chain from his neck together with his watch
and rings, was found lying near the spot
where he fell
The Craftsman" which the late Emperor so
sOlemnly eDjoned his son TO wear, which he
did wear, and which returns to his mother
from the wild scene beside the Tombakaa, Ia
almost certainly the once famous charm OF
Charlemagne. It has moro interesting
story than any gem In Europe II not In the
world. In the course ofstudies for other pur
poses have recently come upon legendary
traces of this curious object
In plus belle rellque dc TEutrope.' as a
French antiquarian described 1t in the last
generation, was by one myth said to have
been eontrived by one of the Magi belonging
to the court OF Haroun-al-Rachid.w who came
from the east to pay homage TO the great am
peror Of the west, slong with certain embas-
s;ldors. The wife OF Cbarlemagne, Fastrada,
asked the Magi for q tallsman which would
always cause hef husband 70 pe iasclhateh by
~ Wetalei' i sl,ie sn, Ms'' aad -. ~
the following origin: While Chariemange had
his seat at Ium Loch near Zurich, admins
terng exact justice to all, he had q column
liked ~ ne gaze W., peia anu rope. L. was
opsh ~ any un1 us th !ua.,uo w. 5uoi =.
even though at his meals, he would instantly
answer the summons.
On one occasion this bell was repeatedly
rxrrfh nt on fCIlnI
VIZ Mlt,loar ~ ~, p'h a P,, ~
~ ,eae. az thn III , "as i ha
nWli,ti iat IUpn ~
le ns' 4f,y W. r 80 ~, 80 ono ~ p ',
s ..I 20 1917 i . d ln aIi' ~
1871 io, NV, ~ 80 ,h
~ W. .lna, H. ~ 'am md = 20 ~ con-,
slICnb np.h 1lio heo, st.ia oss ? " .n5 sni
aot me7oiveu w !u IT, IA ~ ~
LlIhsu.1o, w 49, ~ af,, ~; 80 80, -
pe Duiile - lew uass ai.9, , Iiils u 9si ieab
cteps nen uhe .utgent IN nall LIP, howe md low VIC 10
ny W. W. oa ~ aiu Ihn,,
ny u.opu.:i pnJouae suono n.y. - so,e.i
sop.eo, gtIau Iueo,a aM@y. ,,t ho 10y
lnpIesseu Dy Ihlss lliaivsi' puib ~ lils sppt
Whele an. ts setpsha he5I nau p.tn onuIen
cllleu W va; ~ guy t,,o p.ec.pus
s.one W ills ueiosea spou7e, Iaseah n ~
stone SO drew TOWARD her the Imperors
rove thaG ne toulI ndiuly sllller her
w ~ ms s'sno. ~ i 1ho hpi. VI n ~
nta1I we En utia.'ng n'5e saiips ~.
should succeed ner III the aliectlohs OF the
e.-.at
anu ~ was pulleu VIII ~ mel: ChalIsmaeHe
could not separate himself from the bvd,,
ana lor eighteen years carried it aoout WIN
MN. AZ length MS eohiessoT, by some plach
art discovered inc stone ana LIS virtues, alter
Wnch Charlenaghe ailoWla me boay 70 be
inferred, ana transferred ms ailection TO the
coniessor, VINO became MS prime minister,
archblshop OF Malhz and chancellor or the
empire. But Then, either IN moment OF re-
pentance or anger, this Individual threw the
stone into lake near lngethum. linen the
affection OF Charlemagne was diverted from
MS former 1aVoflte TO the lake, ana ne bnlit
beside IL palace, Iof whose decoration his
other Imperial residences were made bare
but when Charlelpagne came to die his
tntoes were long ana vlolent' ana the arch
DlShpp, knowing the cause, had the lake
Dragged Tor the gem ne mad thrown into 1t.
The tallsman having been restored to the
person OF the monarch ne died peacefully
tolI. Gu,
Inc tomb 81 Gharlemagne;, at Alx-la, Cha-