The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-05-28
PRINCE AND PRINCESS MURAL.
Story of the Royal Couple Whose Bodies
Are Buried in Florida.

Story of the Royal Couple Whose Bodies
Are Buried in Florida.
In the well kept little cemetery ii
the quiet little city of Tallahassee, the
capital of Florida, side by side beneath
the shade of the trees, rests all that was
mortal of once well known prince OF
royal blood and his American bride,
their graves turfed over and marked
by plain marble shafts One of these
stones bears the following inscription:
Departed this life April Is, 1847,
Charles Louis Napoleon Achille Murat,
son of the king of Naples and Caroline
Murat, aged forty-seven. This monu-
ment is dedicated by his wife Catherine
in perpetual memory Of her love. J"
Upon the other shaft is cut these
words:
Sacred to the memory of Princess
G. A. Murat, widow of Colonel Charles
Louis Napoleon Achille Murat and
daughter of the late Colonel Bird G..
Willis, of Virginia. She departed this
life on the 9th day of August, 1867, in
the sixty-fourth year of her age. A
kind and affectionate wife and sister.
A sincere and devoted friend. None
knew her but to love her. None named
her but to praise. This monument is
erected to her memory by her bereaved
brother and sisters"
The Prince and Princess Murat re-
sided upon their plantation in Jeffer-
son county, east of Tallahassee, and
owned numerous slaves. They lived
in grand style, and pictures of their
royal robes and magnificent jewels are
yet fresh in the memories of old resi-
dents
When the remains of the prince
were brought from Tallahassee for
burial the funeral cortege presented a
novel appearance. There were car
riages, buggies, wagons, carts and buck
boards, drawn by blooded horses, ordi-
nary horses, shabby horses mules, DON
keys and oxen. Everybody for miles
around attended, and among the
mourners were 200 slaves, all in fune-
real black, and there yet remained upon
the plantation many slaves either too
old or too young to come.
Prince Murat was an eccentric char
acter, and old citizens who knew him
well delight to tell anecdotes and remi-
niscences of his peculiar doings. Sew
eral of his former slaves are yet living
in and about Tallahassee, and they,
too, are proud to have one listen to
their marvellous tales of ''Maus Muh-
raw" The prince had three favorite
Jerry and William
who took part in all his hunting, fish
ing and exploring expeditions.
The prince was a great sportsman,
and he always shot any bird or beast
that came within reach of his gun. He
never shot anything but once that he
did not eat; in fact, he was often heard
to say that before he stopped he in
tended knowing the flavor of every
animal, fish or fowl to be found in
Florida
One day he brought in bird and de-
ivered it to William with instructions
to cook it.
''Good Gawd, mausa, yuh amt gwan
tub eat dat ting, is yuh2" asked VIII
liam.
81 will eat Eat crow. William; you
cook eetl"
''But, mausa, OATS nh buzzardl''
''You cook eet!"
The buzzard was plucked and put in |
the pot to parboil, but soon the atmos-
phere became SO dense with such pc
culiar effiuvia that even the prince had
TO hunt purer air. He did not eat that |
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