Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-07-30

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cealment. He was afraid and declined to
point it out. until he was assured tina, Kidd
had been taken prisoner and was to be TIA
ken to England for trial, and that they acted
under q commission from Richard, Earl of
Belmont, Governor, &C., and he then went
into the 10. and found the buried treasure.
He afterwards accompanied the commits
sioners to Boston, and delivered the trea-
sure.
There were we'll authenticated accounts
OF persons on Long Island, who were poor
becoming suddenly in good circumstances,
and it was attributed TO having found some
Of K ldd's money, hut whether so or not, is
with US q matter of doubt. It's not impro-
bablc, however, that among so many men
as he had, some Of them, sick Of such an
atrocious and bloody lie, should, as oppor-
tuni,y offered, conceal what they could steal
away from the vessel, with the hopes Of
esca pc and going for it at some future day
to save it for themselves. That he cap
tured number Of French ships and Span
ish galIeons, and other vessels Of most va
liable cargoes, containing gold and silver
with much jewelry, no one will doubt who
will look into the accounts Of his piracies,
before the English Government: could take
efficient measures for his capture. Some
idea Of the value Of his revenue can ba had
from the old Kidd ballad, in which, after
reciting his large amount Of gold and sill
YER, and stating the other vessels he had
taken, he Says
g sped three ships from Spain
AS sailed, as | sailed,
And | took them on the Main
AS | sailed, us | sailed"
And when il is taken into consideration
that those Spanish galleons, according to
an estimate for one hundred years taken
from the Record of Coinage Mt Mexico,
carried. on an average, two millions five
hundred thousand dollars gold, etc., the
immense amount Of his booty is hardly
conceivable. So enormous had been his
plracses, that when it became necessary
for the English government to send out a
Tor tho extrpation Of the pirates
and winch was done under the command
of Captain Thomas Warner, procama.
ton was mode by the King. to give no: ice
Of the "inenton to extend tho royal mercy
to such as should surrender Themselves"
bearing date at Kcnsington, the 9Th day of
Decenhet, 1893, and ailor rcciling IN the
proclaim zion 10 whom the surrender must
be m de in order to avail themselves Of
such mercy, and making limit Of thu
time in which it must be done. Kidd was
excepie from the same, and the proc,a-
NATION closed in these words, excepting
Henry Avery, alias Brldgman, and Viii.
liam Kidd
Influenced ny traditions, from different
sources. and other reasons pointing 10 this
place as the location Of that vessel, a pc son
of great sagacity, Intelligence and wealth,
in connection with another gentleman. took
measures abou, fifteen years since TO Sc
cure the In d at the location Of this sunken
vessel, and also n water grant from the
State Of New York Of $50 feet from high
water mark, that distance extending beyond
the vessel. They purchased large tract
Of land, about one hundred acres, thus Ger
tain il extended beyond, on both sides. the
precise spot where they believed The vesse
was located. A s"ries Of experiments was
then commenced by them, TO ascertain as
to whether a vessel was sunk in the river
at that place, for there was nothing of one
10 be seen. These experiments have been
continued from time TO time, having been
interrupted by tho death of one of the pa'-
ties interested. They have however been
pursued of late more thoroughly. since the
property has come into the hands Of ore
person, by the settlement of the estate Of
the other party who was interested in the
purchase. The results of these expert
ments are entirely corroboratory of the
traditions.
The river is not clenr enough TO see but
a very little depth below the surface of the
water. From the long time which the YES
sci had been sunk, being now about l45
years, it could not but be expected tina, she
would be covered with mud. Experiments
were therefore commenced by picking with
long poles, with iron points. Timber was
soon found a little below the mud The
mud being soft. the poles went down with
little effort, until they were stopped by stri.
king what any one from the sound and SEN
sation Of the hand could have no doubt was
wood. By jamming the pole hard it would
stick last, so much so, it could with difficult
ty be pulled out, and on sticking down a
pole with barbed poin, fastened to the
pole, by the pole being driven in a socket
and a rive, put through the pole and iron.
to make the iron fast to the pole, so much
force was applied TO the pole, tina, it tore it
from the iron before the iron would let go
Of the timber, and it wa. left fas, sticking
into the wood.
This 10 the part Of the vessel nearest the
shore, and from which q small part Of The
deck is supposed to be blown of, no doubt,
from The frmness with which tho iron drove
in, i, mus, have gone endways into the tim.
Der. An attempt was therefore made. TO
find by pricAing, other ,imbers a. the dis.
lance knee Of vessel would ordinarily
be placed, and the attempt was successful,
and after setting up poles, and making
them plump OF these various points. they
made The curve OF a par. Of the side of
large vessel. An experiment was after
wards tried, by boring with long augers,
with tin cases around them, to save the
chips. On going further into the river, in
20 or rs feet water, and boring, the result.
was lutte mud Of one or two feet depth,
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