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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 116, 15 May 1880, Page 1

News of the present whereabouts of the magnificen t diamond necklace which was presented by the Khedive of Egypt to Mrs Fitch, daughter of General Sherman, seems to have been obtained from a diamond merchant by the Cincinnatti Enquirer. It will be remembered that this necklace was deemed worth 200,000d0l and Congreee remitted the duties, 20,000 J01, for the non-payment of which it was long detained in the New York Custom -house. " After this," says the informant, '' the necklace was sent to Washington, and with Genera) Sherman's sword, deposited in the .United States Treasury for safe keeping, Upon further enquiry Lieutenant Fitch ascertained that the yeirly taxes on the diamonds in S'« Louis county, where he then resided, would be much more than his salary, and he once more found them an elephant on his hands. His father-in-law, General Sherman, took pity on the boy, and returned the necklace, with thanks, to the donor in Egypt. Upon receiving them, the Khedive wrote to the General, saying that it was not hia desire that the diamonds should be given to any one member of his family, and having learned that he had four daughters, it was his wish then that the diamonds should be mounted in sets, and divided equally among them. These daughters are Mrs Fitcb, nee Minnie Sherman, Ella Sherman, Lizzie Sherman and Richel Sherman. The necklace was then returned to the Sherman family, and mounted in four magnificent pendants, four pairs of earrings and eight rings. These four ladies are now the happy possessors of four complete suites of diamonds, the value of each suite being at least; 70,000J01. This makes each of them rich in her own right through the generosity of Egypt's late ruler."