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RELIC OF THE REVOLUTION. Story of Jewel-Studded Snuff Box Presented by Louis XVI, of France. In "Backward Glances," printed in the News and Courier recently there was a reference to the raffing off in Baltimore of the diamond-crested snuff box presented to Col. John Laurens, of this State, by Louis XVI, of France. This reference was taken from the Charleston Courier of May 19, 1866. The Courier of the day before, that is of May 18, 1866, printed a full and interesting story of the presentation of this snuff box to Col. t ?c kv fho tine nf Prance. As JLiAUi UiiO UJ v?v va. ? ? ? . > the details of this incident in South Carolina are probably not familiar fc- to most South Carolinians of this .generation the Sunday News reprints below the Courier's story. The Sun^ day News is not informed as to the final disposition of the snuff box. Probably this is known in Charleston, but the only information available at the moment is that contained in Prof. Wallace's admirable "Life of Henry Laurens." In this book, in the sketch of Lieut. Col. John Laurens, Prof. Wallace says: "The king gave Laurens on the 4 completion of his mission a gold snuff box ornamented with the royal portrait and set with brilliants (not diamonds, as commonly stated.) Years afterwards the member of the family to whom it had fallen was forced to sell it. It was bought by an enthusiastic admirer of Laurens wTho outbid i i. _ all others with the intention, sne said, of restoring it to its owner? which, however, she omitted to do." ^ The story from the Courier follows: \ Exhibited in Baltimore. _ 'The eyes of 4he people of Baltimore are just now gratified with the L exhibition of a magnificent relic of L Revolutionary times, which belongs to South Carolina, and which we HH should earnestly wish might still con|H tinue to be possessed in this State. HV This is the gold, and richly diamondI I ed snuff box, which was presented by Louis XVI, king of France, to Col. John Laurens, the 'Bayard,' as he was called, of the* Revolution, the aid-de-camp, and intimate friend and \ correspondent of Washington, who, with Alexander Hamilton, more completely shared the confidence of that great chieftain than almost any other persons, and to both of whom he so frequently confided the task of furnishing his correspondence from his own notes and memoranda. The box, which has so long been an heir-loom . of the Laurens family, is of the purest gold, the exterior beautifully enamelled and studded with diamonds. The top contains a finely tiftintftd miniature of the king, encir cled by thirty-four diamonds. Twenty-four diamonds encircle its outer edge. t Valued at $10,000. . "It's value was estimated, in . 1 money, at $10,000. But it possesses a value beyond that which lies in its gold and diamonds. As the memorial of a great king, presented by his own hands to one of the bravest chieftains of the Revolutionary war, under peculiar circumstances, it is one of those relics of eventful times which ? - a family will always fondly cherish, and which the collector of beautiful , antiquities will eagerly seek to secure. The circumstances under which this costly gift was made to Col. Laurens involve, of themselves, a very interesting history. The reader who is curious will find tfiis history in one of the early numbers of the American Quarterly Review, published in Philadelphia, under the editorial charge of Robert Walsh. We condense the substance of this history in a few sentences. It was at * the most trying period of the war, when the exigencies of the American army had reached its utmost point at which it could endure and hope, that it became necessary to appoint a special minister from the army itself, and under the special appointment of Washington, to solicit material aid from the crown of France to save the country from the reconquest of Great Britain. Laurens Chosen for Mission. "Franklin was our minister at the French court, but was doing nothing, f and it was very well understood in the South, at least, that between t philosophical and scientific seances and fashionable society, which he greatly affected, he was neglectful of i the interests of his country. Vergennes, the French premier, was supposed to be adverse to sending the desired succor to the Americans. He "was probably weak in the knees, when he thought of the power of Great Britain and the great conflicts between that power and his own, which were likely to follow from French interposition. Nothing could be done with him. To say the least of it, he was cold. The mission was a difficult and very delicate one; and for this mission, Washington selected John Laurens. He knew his man. Laurens was not merely a daring solJ dier, who had already acquired great reputation for gallantry and good conduct, but he was a courtly gen ASSOCIATIONS ARE A HABIT Even Form Clubs Over Question Teething Ring vs. Thumb. Our passion for getting up assoc tions is a bad symptom of intellect feebleness. Every trade and prof sion among us, every interest a prejudice, every aspiration, hypotl sis or question about a question 1 a gang of club members at its bacl The fashionable mothers get societies to determine what pl? their children shall see during t holidays. I know of one woman w was not able to decide whether s should give a rubber ring or a co to her teething child or should lea him to nature and the thumb. S accordingly formed a society. It called the Ring and Coral associati and meets twice a month. It has cently split into two organizatic through the secession of the ar ring and coralites. By means these two societies any mother m today escape the mental anguish making a decision for herself up this teething matter.?John J. Ch? man, in the Atlantic Monthly. Dyer?Is it the kind of a play y can take a girl to see? Ryer?No, it's the kind you ca keep her away from.?Life. tleman, a most accomplished schol a bold thinker and speaker, a gra< ful and forcible writer, and conve ant with the French and classii languages. When he reach Fran he found himself trifled with and < layed by Vergennes. ? J fix L/aurens s jboiu airose. "But the Gordian knot of policy, not to be untied by the philosophy fingers of Franklin, couki be cut the Alexandrian sword of Laure] Convinced that procrastination mi be fatal to the American cause, declared his purpose to Franklin appeal from the minister directly the king. This was in defiance of routine and etiquette. Franklin i hemently opposed the proceedin and anticipating a very unfavoral and unfriendly result, told Laure that he 'washed his hands of the cc sequences.' This did not discoura the latter, and at the very next g* eral levee, when Laurens's turn i presentation came, instead of simi exchanging a passing courtesy wi the monarch and passing on, he st( ped short, and addressed the king French, while he presented the n morial of congress and the letters the great Washington. His condi ing words were very emphatic: " 'Sire,' said he, 'should the fa\ sought for by my country be deni< or even delayed, there is great r< son that the sword which I wear my side, as the ally of France, m then be drawn against your maje* as that of a British subject.' King Taken by Surprise. "The king, for the moment, confounded, and showed much agi tion. The surprise was comple The novelty of the proceeding, t grace of the speaker, blended wi nvnuJ/oif A I^irrnlf-Ty on/1 fr\r BU 111UCIV CAyUlSKC cuau. iui his courage and eloquence, were w calculated to excite surprise. T king received the memorial and 1 ters; and the application was crov ed with success. Men and mom armies and vessels, a navy, and t munitions of war, were promptly fi nished, and th? independence of t United States, from that mome was un fait accompli! The admi: tion of the king, for this bold you aihbassador, was testified in the g of his own portrait, one of the hi? jst compliments at that day paid an ambassador by great monarc! with its incomparable setting in g( and diamonds. Laurens sealed ] devotion to his country with his li "He had led the storming pai which was successful, at the ,crov \ ing triumph of our armies, in the t? ing of Yorktown and the capture Cornwallis and his army, and died battle, in a skirmish, at the very cl< of the war, on the banks of the Co bahee. The Box Raffled. "It is sad to think that his < scendants should now, in this hour general tribulation among us, compelled to part with this venera and valuable relic of great time a A. mi... T ~ rt.pprtT. greui in mi. me uua id uuw uuci in Baltimore, under the auspices William Brown & Son, to be raff as soon as a sufficient number shares shall be taken at $10 each, realize a sufficient sum to keep from sacrifice. Three thousand d lars have been offered for it by a s gle individual, but refused. F thousand dollars, it is expected, \ result from its being raffled. W] we could especially wish is that t beautiful relic of the Revolution n still be retained within our Sts and, while passing out of the hai of the family, shall still become heir-loom, the wonder of futi times, in the home of some other z worthy citizen. Surely there may found in South Carolina some fi or a hundred citizens willing to ti their chance in the desire to obt so beautiful and precious a memor I illustrative of such a history."?N< I ot-ir? Crtnrior j CbiiU VVUiiV*. LIFE, FIRE, LIVESTOCK HEALTH and ACCIDENT i. INSURANCE ial ??? es_ Agent for Superior Monument Co. i nd Can Save you Money on Tombstones. - W.MAX WALKER ras EHRHARDT, S. C. i up Whenever You Need a General Tonic s Take Grove's h The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless ' chill Tonic is equally valuable as a i h? General Tonic because it contains the \ >he well known tonic properties of QUININE ? rai and IRON. 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