Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1840-03-19
BATH THURSDAY MARCH 10, 1910

aHd calllnS 10 those VINO renamed on
board, he communicated the affair to them
and asked they would stand by him. -
They told him they would, if he could save
them. To which Phpps replied, "by the
help Of God he did not fearit it," Their pro-
q visions having been carried ashore and
placed in tent several oithe ships guns
had been planted round il to protect i,
IRON the Spaniards These guns he
caused silently to be unloaded; then raised
tue bridge. which connected the ship with
! the shore aud ordered the cannon on board
TO be charged and pointed. On the arri-
val of the muineers at the tent, they per-
ceived from appearances, that their plot was
discovered, and their suspicious were soon
confirmed, by Phipps calling out in a stern
voice "stand off you wreches, at your per-
/ H." so awed were they by his manner,
that they fell upon their knees and con-
fessed their crime. Phipps received them
on board, weighed anchor, aud proceeded
to Jamaica where he discharged them.
With new crew he sailed from thence
to Hispamoa, and finding there very old
spanIard or Portuguese, he acquired from
him littles informa'ion, concerning the true
spot where the wreck lay, which he had
been so long and so unsuccessfully seek
ing. From him he learnt that the spot
was upon a reef of shoals, few leagues to
the North of Port de la Plata port so
called from its being the place where some
OF the shipwrecked sailors of the lost frg-
ate, landed with boat-tull of plate, which
they saved from the sinking vessel.
Alter an unsuccessful search he was
again forced to abandon the enterprise, by
the misconduct aud insubordination Of his
crew.
The interchangeable Phipps determined to
make still another effort, anCi having inven-
ted and provided the instruments, which he
judged would be necessary for his purpose,
he again arrived at Port de Ia Plata. He
now caused canoe to be made of cotton
tree, large enough TO contain number of
persons, in the making of which, as his BIZ
oegrrapher tells US. he displayed the same
industry as he did in every thing else, en-
p'oying his own hand and suffering no ln-
tie hardship from camping out in the woods
Tor whole nights together. The canoe
was now constantly employed in searching
the neighboring reefs, and in exploring GER
tain rocks called the Boilers, which rose
steep and abruptly like a wall to within a
few feet of the surface of the water. This
unsuccessful search at length grew tedious
an1 the patience OF the men being wholly
exhausted, and the discovery of the treas
ure seemed so hopeless that they determin.
ed TO return to the captain and report the
utter uselessDess of further prosecuting
their design. But as they were returning
| nnp ~ tho sailorc -, 1,
OF the canoe, perceived a sea feather APP
parrently growing out of rock, and an In
dian was directed 10 dive down, and bfing
it up. The diver upon bringing up the
feather, informed them thai he saw several
great guns, lying upon the bottom, which
report ofthe guns, Cotton Maiher faceti-
ously observes, exceedingly astonished the
whole company and greatly increased their
hopes of success.
Upon diving again the Indian brought
up mass OF silver which they termed a
sou, worth two or three hundred pounds;
having buoyed the place, they returned to
Phipps, to whom they related the usua!
story OF Ill success, at the same time Sc
cre'iy placing the lump OF silver under the
table where the captain was sitting, they
heard him express bis resolution to wait pa
tienlly, upon the providence of God, under
these appointments The lump Of silver
was sOon discovered by Phipps. who in
great excitement, asked from whence it
came, and on being told, he said "thanks
be to God we are made!" The getting up
OF the silver now proceeded so expeditions
( ly, that IN short time without any acct
dent, they brought up the astonishing guam
Ai'y OF thirty two tons Of silver it is said
That besides the vast quantity of plate thus
brought up, they recovered grca, amount
OF gold, pearls and jewels, which had lain
III the bottom of the ocean for upwards of
half century, during which time masses
of limestone had formed in the wreck. up.
on breaking which, they knocked out
whole bushels ofrusty peices oreight which
had been embedded in calcareous matter,
This lucrative fishery was continued by
Phlpps, until his provisions were exhausted
As might be expected, the sailors seeing
this immense treasure rescued BY their la
bors. conceived themselves entitled to share
! it. Concluded next week
WHO ARE YOUNG MEN?
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