Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1850-01-21
c 0 N G R E SSION AL
THURSDAY January 10, 1850.
SENATE.

Mr 'iay presented the petition of " illiam A Seeley
praying congress to Interfere in his behalf to effect
the recovery OF $4,000 due him by the government of
Holland. v
The circumstances of the claim were stated to be,
That IN September, 1899, tho palace of William
Prince Of Orange and of the princess, his wife, sua
tea near Brussels, WIS burglariously entered aud
roppea oil all the royal plate diadems insignia dia
mohds, crown jewels and other rich and splendid mr.
tces oil value, IN all amounting in value as was snid
y the charge oil the Netherlands, then in this coun
Try, to probably one million ot dollars The noliee of
All Europe were invoked TO discover the robbers but
IN VAIN. The government OF the Netherlands s,nt
10 All inc nations OF the world particular doscriptiou
I" Tue articles lost with request that custom house
fhers and others might be on the look out for them
oh ths 9th oil November following. the government of
the Netherlands authorized it's ministers and agents
10 oher reward OF htty thousand norins This WINS
done 1t appeared that one Constant Polari WAS the
roooer and that after taking the articles he found il
Impossible to do any thing with thcman had buried
them In 1881 he took up with a lewd woman and
her ehhd' and with them dug up large portion of the
ruo'os' slowed them away and, foot left Bru,sel,
ana entered France Here they disposed of portion
OF thcm,and with the residue placed in hollow cane
hoow umbrella stick and hollow toy tor the child
'cachea America and passed the custom, house with
u"' ue'eetion' They put upa ia respectable French
oo"fang mouse IN New York where at the time dwet
ono oohh howmnge, a Frenchmnn. Rowmage soon
W '''"ey Win Tue woman and n.
Vegied her out OF the secret. Cheyaer Uuypins the
charge from the Netherlands and the pctition,r h.,
oa"e apPr1eu oil these facts and after the most ex
traordnnry efforts during period of three wears ,ho
Pe.'uoher succeeded in recovering the whole of the
ost jewels During the time between the loss md ,b
arrival OF the rogue IN this country the interest in .he
loss haa become considerably heightened from ,be
fumors, ana afterwards the direct CHARGE that n,
prince was his own robber. The royal family ,nnse.
quenty were more deeply interested in the recovery
anu Inducements OF the most e>trayacant charactcr
were held forward for the recovery of the stolen
good 80 great was this feeling that Cheyaler I'm,
glts declared that the intrinsic value of the art;l
was considered as nothing in comparison to the stain
upon Tue character OF the prince After the cony,
on OF foarand his executi n instead OF the reward
PROMISED the petitioner offered n small tol,n
"n'ch ne Indignantly refused Since that time ne
mas never received any thing from Holland
lie no" prays Congress to interfere and to dednc.
,o' 'ne moneys due by the United States to Holland
the sum so justly belonging to him
MIR. Clay said there was much IN tho clo;, thu, >,
commended itself 20 the favorable considero,inn &c
the Senate, and the documents nccompay;n ~" "
ton were full and conclusive in the estnbshmo,f s
the facts set forth lie moved its reference 70 ,,a
COMMITTEE on Foreign Relations, Wv
!Hr King remembered the circumstances wall H.
doubted the right OF the Government To stu, uoros
due private citizens ofllolland to paw CLAIM; of ~,
own citizens The creditors of the United Stntes IN
Holland were no parties to the matter
Mr. Clay admitted the Senator was RIGHT Rut wo,
mere not part of the debt due bv us owing IN 49,
Government Of ilclland' lfso, why should not ths
citizen have good line upon that !? IIe would how
eVer,hove the reference to the committee on Finance
ana the reference was ordered