The North-Carolinian., 1844-07-20

ssThe river is clear enough 10 se. but very
lutte depih below the surface Of the wafer.
From the long time which the vessel bad been
sunk, being now about las years, ii could
not but be expected that she would be cover.
ed with mud. Experiments we're therefore
commenced with pricking with long poles,
with iron points. Timber was soon found
little below the mud. The aud being soft,
ooles wen, down with little efio.t, until thew
we're stopped by striking, what any one from
the sound aud sensation Of the hand, could
have no doubt was wood BY janming the
pole hard it would stick fast, SO much SO, that
it could with difficulty be pulled out, and, On
sticking down pole with a hafbed point, fas-
tened to the pole, by the pole being driven in-
10 a socket, and a rivet put through the pole
aud iron, to make the iron fast TO the pole, so
much power was applied to the pole, that it
tore it from the iron, before the iron would let
| 90 of the timber, aud it was left fast sticking
| 10 the wood. This is the part Of the vessel
nearest the shore, aud from which small part
of the deck is supposed To be blown of, aud,
| no doubt from the frmness with which tht.
iron drove in, it must have gone endways in
to the wood.
can attempt was therefore made, 10 fud
by prickiny other iimbers at the distance
| knee of a vessel would ordinarily be placed,
and tho attempt was successful. aud after set
thug up poles, and making them plump at these
various points, they made the curve of part
of the side of large vessel. An experiment
was afterwards tried, by boring with long au-
gers, with tin cases round them to save the
chips. On going further into the river, in 20
or 25 feet water, aud boring, the result was a
little mud Of one two feet in depth, theu
through plank Of soaked wood, very spongy
and which shipwri ght of great skill aud ex
perience, who was employed, as well as others
do uot hesitate 10 say il il Is pine. The au.
gers would then drop q number Of feet, ane
then bring up, aud on boring, the timber wa.
found to be English OAK, and in perfect
state Of preservation. Some Of the chips wers
charred, thus confirming the traditions, thai
she was partly burned; specimens Of these
chips we now have. This experiment wa.
many times repeated. In some cases timber
was bored, Which it took nearly an hour &c
bore through, and, in other cases, the augers
would be brought up on something solid,
whether on an iron box, cask or barrel o
specie, or on iron bars, II was impossible to
tell. only that it could no; be bored.
eBv pricking we found the timber ex
mepsions, and as we struck metal in various
places, and as nothing else but a vessel could
account for the result Of the experiments with
the aueurs-and as the chips we're English
oak and charred-and, as The gun cores
bonded with what we expected her armament
should be-,akipg into consideration the va.
rio,,s accounts aud traditions of the disposal
of and location uf Kidd's vessel aud cargo
we. who we're prosecuting the survey, could
co,ne To no other conclusion than that this Is
I the vessel with the immense treasure obtained
hv ,he renowned freebooter of for0ier days,
Who cauied on his depredat"ns aud atrocities
To such an Alarming and successful degree.
We therefore stopped our survey, and under
the direction oi persons ct great skill and ex-
perience in subna'i ine operations, we are now
having built, aud nearly completed, apparatus
and machinery for working under water. re-
moving and rnisiug large weights, such as
has never been surpassed, aud with the recent
improvements in such kind Of ofarparatas per
haps never eqnalled Our apparatus already
consists of u number Of diving dres aoo
helmets, which we have proved to work adm''a, /,
bly,, with over four hundred feet OF tubing o'
b the best description. -
"Our pumps are of excellent workmanship,
: and Of great pawer-we have also owing
hell of ereat size aud strength, with most aP'
proved and powerful means Of raising anc
lowering the same, also other apparatus neces
sary for the prosecution of the object, whlcf
we canno. mention in detail. We are nov
: adding to our present apparatus, and shall
8 continue so to do anything that will aid 10 thl
c enterprise. five think it expedient. we shal
d sink shafts, or build Golfer dam. We w"ule
e however, remark, that although we expec
e much labor, skill and expense will necessarily
Il have to be devoted to the object, nothing o
difficulty, under proper management need h
anticipated in the operation. The water .
o the creates, depth is not more than Thirty lee
: at high water, and no very great degree
y mud. The stein of the vessel is ais" nea
the shore with good banks, where works Cal
It be erec,ed-svcry facility employed for re"ov
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