Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1853-10-14

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the discovery of the royal insignia Of Hungary
from the o1iciJl 7,1ssssar Zsiitng
"It was fully shown at the outset bv Auditor T Won
karger that k1Ssuh first took the insignia to AtOrsova
but being unable with any due degree of security 10 CON
cea them there he took them the Hercules Baths at
MehlGa. Finding, however, still less opportunity to
hide them there, returned forthwith to Alt Orsova
placed them IN the house Of certain George Theodor
and uaiy 10y the assistance OF persons. for
varied them night the Czerna toward the Wal
lachian boundary horses bought tor the purpose
also rendered certain that companions OF Kossuth
had purchased on the day, AltOrsova tools for
digging, and had night LETT the Czerua The win
ter on tue lower Danube hasns come on very early and
covered the earth sth = foot Il depth TO search
could be made or some months iu the ground about All
Orsova, and when 10 April 1880 the and ice melted
all Of any excavation had disappeared and further
research this quarter prevented and the attention
o. those engaged u turned TO another part the king
DOM " le zh-ewdness Of the kosuth party who secretly
removed tue private masks sld signals TO different
place.
"Eary last spring Karger ordered devote him
s the task OF seeking the chest in which the insignia
deposited. lie started the principle that the
cre could have been impaired TO but few in order
attain any degree OF security, and ;hey
have chosen some point which could BE- easily found
again by them or bv their messengers even upon the
lapse OF years and further that they could have crossed
the CzernI by only way, aad that the place Of
cealmeUt be bevo1i that liycr-a region aordinE
but few places suited their object Although pretty
thorough knowledge %! the surface Of this territory had
been gained previously, thorough and careful
animation was once more begun. This lasted several
months all welthers, and hrou ghOut the clear
moonlight nj ghs Of july aud August. Every upurned
ciOd every BUSH broken branch stone, scratch
in the earth noted, the spots passed
and again by those engaged in the search, sometimes
direction, sometimes 10 another, leaving the
spo: in despair Of finding the clue, and vet called
back by hi CHER power-say the Austrian writer
returning again the search The result of all this
search the COW iCOu that the Of the place
Of couccameut be found 10 peculiar cOniorDa-
ton Of the earth Of hills, or 10 peculiar tree
"karggr concluded finally that the desired sign
sought among tie trees. No. began a careful exam
EatiOn of the entire wooded dstrl and last in soil
tary spot almost hidden from the eye and Ear from
old road, ultraviolet for the last feen years which
led 70 NalIChl, uO';cei a Clgmp Of in which
many branches had been Topped oil or partially cut aud
which the whole prcsgntsd somewhat the appearance
Of having been trimmed with special otject in view
Next il motto, ithat branches found eutaagel 10 the
thor bushc aud 90 the branches Of other trees belonged
t1e the cGmp, which showed that those could
have been trimmed by the peIsIury for fuel In pro-
of these examinations elegant watch kew found
handle, which indicated that Of the better
classes had assisted 10 the work. This taken in cOnuec
trees completely covered creeping plants the -oa
.on OF the place, and vet it, proN the Danube
the one hand and the Turkish ScEyan boundary tue
other, awakened in hargers mind feeling Of the highest
confidence that the place vas found lie had in
strcted not to begin the work Of removing the earth until
he had Oe signs Of having found the right place.
but he that the 9Th Of September last
space Of twenty square ithoms marked out and
set 10 work examining 10 by digging bitches at intervals Of
foo. and half which be extended 10 each direc.
ton the gore enclosed here the bend Of the
Alton, which the ciImp Of stood On the sh Of
september. IL o'clock 10 the morning. a work
which gave metallic ring, aud moment later well
locked iron box exposed, taken TO place Of safety
opened 10y Orce-aud the Austrian tyrant had
the Crown ofsL stephen 10 hi- possession