The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-08-30
WHAT THE sEA GIVES up.

| Thirteen years have rolled away, with their
joys and sorrows, their hopes aud fears, ths Dir
anticipation and disaPpoin.ment heir fru.'s and
their ashes, since the happy throng that waved
| their adieus and shouted I" good b, e. from the
decks Of I" that new end eta unch steamer" the
Eric, was borne away from our whav-rs, one
bright sumner evening, to he joyous cheering
of friends ashore, am h~ 1ruu.ing q. bann-rs
and accompanied in the best " lshe. of hundred.
Ut spectators. Crowj-d her forward and lower
decks Wee SC res OF foreign people freshly
arrived from she drns.!y inhabited cnua. RES of
Europe, and b und Tor the broad prairirs of our
tar iind, To reaching which they locked
with hopes stimulated BY pros prro,.s voyage
thus lar, and cheerful reliance upon the g".,d
ship beneath tile IN and htr experienced crew.
AS ihey sto,d there, the young, the ag d the
parent and chid, sexes AMI cor ilii rs kil ftnl
led In the pursuit OF one Object the S, ekinI
new home among strangers, IN a CLINE of wh:ci,
they kae~ absolutely nothing, those ill 'a,-d
ein,grants thou ,t title OF The per |, Of The de. p,
nor ccnjdeed up any vlsions vi The ALTERNATIVE
50 soon TO be pstsen;ed tn thsir 'ew 'ld-red
minds, of dedth BY the demen If fir, III
quieler grave beneath the waters II The lake
that looked sn placid and so innocen Mt Of danger
Thus she went off, with banners streaming,
cheers ~ .ouading, music playing, and IN sta
caliy piougaed the b,,sofn at ner adopted ele.
meat, the pee rless ani unrvallrd craft ira was
to bear the palm from all contestants There
were some " no came ~ he wharf TO" late and
these were g,eeted by 4 risv- shouts from
tlose I'm board, and many contemptuous
Iaa. IN. Blu, later at nigh there came the awful
runor of s'sip on fire and burning ut sea, and
those who watched the grea, globe vt fire, and
saw i, r,se aud fail Upon the sw H., knew i, tor
beacon vi drah aud Wac, AMI went shuddering
TO their ,uch-s to await the morning with lis
tutt revslstlons of disaser.
Tnir,een yeas have passed sinc' then, and
many another Gala III y has obscured, wHh it's
dark story, h. details OF that dreadful night -
For fourteen Ysars The ashes of the Etie's dead
have ben washed by the surseS that bnomed
their requiem upon the lonely beach, and tossed
the bones of the victims, aud the treasure thai
went down with them and the sand and shells
Ut the d ep in one CO fused heap.
But once more the ligh. of day Lines in upon
the secrets that the has 50 long kept, and
the ocean renders 40 its charge, al the behest o:
rsen who claim the hidden treasures AS IF old
the savage nations consecrated great enter
prise by the sacrifices al living beings, SO this
exploration OF the watery sePuichre has been
accompanied by new deaths, and the darkrr,
final secret, is shared ny those who would have
learned the lesser ones Blu, long aud difficult,
labor has accomplished the task Of the ssarcners,
and their zeal has been rewarded
By the courtesy OF Messrs. Mann, Vail &
Co, and the gentlemen in their oihce, We were
Yesterday shown the results of the enterprise, as
far az they have been revealed, and a nelancho
ly story they tell. The coin which has been
obtained from the wreck is partly American
aud purity French. Some $1,000. in bright |
American eagles and lesser pieces, and WAS
deposited in the HOLSTER Bank, and about the |
same amount in gold, which has been burned
and d scol r. d, but without loss in value, CONE
petes the tale Of perfect rescued thus tar. |
By Tar greater amount Of treasure is probably !
contained in the unshapen masses of me al
which have been taken FROM the mud and ashes
in the bottom of the hull. These present the
appearance nf having been melted and dropped
into wafer, and Of gold and silver, in some
cases, perhaps, with the baser metals mingled in
them, and only by their great weight, revealing
their intrinsic worth.
Ronleacx Of FIVE franc pieces, which having
heen slightly tipped from the perpendicular are
soldered together by fusion, and in one case we
noticed gold piece with a siage link OF Ia
dy's watch-guard adherins To IT'S edge, as il
placed there to suspend the coin. Two pork
barrels are filed with this { infused and sggfo
merated material, much Of It in b'ta like shot,
and weigh ng, altogether, some SIXTEEN hundred
pounds. Beside this, there many pound
gelher very curiou-ly. AT rough estimate, If
the metal prove only silver, we should say that
$50 900 OF treasure has been recovered, which |
with the avais of the machinery, iron, &c, will
make handsome return tor the outlay.
Or article is already So extended that we
have room only to advert to the other valGables
that have been hrough tn light, and which,
even more Than Tire money, seem TO carry the
mind by assoc alton, back to The owners of il
all. The household goods, the little fam liar
articles OF property tnat 30 directly point to
hpneand Its joys, ard II he tale Of sorrow 50
plainly, watches. with the haad pointing to the
hour wien thy stopped forever, knives, even
the little pipes hat w.re in the pockets OF the
dead, al act as silent historians and remembran
ces Of the awt al event, and seen, by their iami.
liar look, to lake Us back, at once, 10 the day
aud moment when those who used them were
harri.d from Ii inlo dea h as horrible as I'M
looked ter.