The Nevada journal., 1855-09-14
Discovery Of the Gold Magnet.

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state of agitation of lost interesting
nature during some tn ydst, by the dis
covery which has been Rde, and which is
destined to hang one more prize upon the
Grand Mat de Cocagne, which fortune has
already decorated with such pleasing va
riety for the temptation of the human race
in its mad pursuit after gold, whether hid
den in the bowels of the earth, or attaina-
bic by industry or privation, by treachery
or crime. Electricity, it seems, has aided
the discovery, although bYhat means the
end is attained yet remains a mystery.-
The savant Processes to have at length
reached the goal for which every savant
has been striving ever since the world be-
gan. He has discovered the magnet which
bctrays the presence of gold in far great
er degree than the loadstone is attracted
by the approach of iron No treasure is
henceforth to be hidden from our savant,
who, by means of machine, drawing near
the place where it is concealed, can at
once point out the exact spot, without de-
waiting a hairs breadth, where the search
Is to be made. The secret seems to con-
slst IN the matter of which the machine is
constructed-not in any mechanism pecu-
liar to the machine itself 1t is small-not
bigger than pile of about twenty crowns.
The sayant places this machine upon his
heart, and walks over the ground where
tradition has assigned the existence of bur-
led treasure. The moment he touches the
spot where it is concealed the electric shock
Is so violent that the heart suddenly ceases
to beat and when the treasure exists in
large quantities, the bearer of the machine
falls stunned and senseless to the ground.
This effect, be it remarked, is as tradition
al as the treasure sought for, our savant,
like all inventors, holding the strongest
objection to the machine being beheld by
any mortal being, and only consenting to
search for gold upon condition that he shall
be left to do so alone, in the place where
it Is supposed to exist
As you may suppose, the machine has
been already put to the test many times
Tor the treasure supposed to he concealed
IN Paris is beyond all calculation, especially
IN the old part of the city, where usual
clause in the lease of houses is the condi-
ton that no search for gold shall be made,
save IN the presence of the proprietor OF
his delegates. Of course, almost the first
summons he received was one for the Tul-
leries, where rumor has lodged in the vaul-
ted passages beneath the cellars an i'm
meRse quantity of plate and specie buried
there by order of Louis Seize, before his
attempt at flight from Paris The assem-
bly, waiting in the green salon where the
search was taking place consisting of all
: the notabilitics in wealth, art, and science
belonging to the country, and after two
hours delay the disappointment was ter
rible when the gold seeker returned to say
that nothing whatever was hidden in the
vaults, neither below the surface nor in the
walls: Louis Philippe, it appeared, had
found the nest egg Of Louis Seize when he
constructed the subterranean passage from
the palace to the Terrasse du Bord de
Pau. 1t consisted, so it is reported by
Dupin, who was admitted to the secret,
of about forty barrels, filled entirely with
gold pieces, chiefly coming from the treas
ury of the regent of Orleans, and compos-
ed almost entirely of single and double
louis-d'ors. The Emperor, who knew that
II the nest had been already robbed, laughed
heartily at the disappointment of the cour-
tiers, and in order to console them for their
disappointment proposed that a sum of
gold should be concealed in the apartment,
which, if fouud by the savant, should be
his own 1t was deposited by NJ Fleury
beneath one of the bronze candelebras of
the Sale des Marchaux. The candelebras
are eight in number, their weight tremen-
dous, requiring the strength of three men
to dlsplace them when occasion requires
The company following the savant all thro'
the rooms, and only permitted to stand at
the door while he pursued his search, watch
ed every moment with the greatest inter-
est, and an eye witness declared to me that
as soon rs he entered the Sale des Mare
chaux, so great was the attraction, so pow
erful the machine, that the treasure-seek-
er seemed as if instantly drawn by some
invisible hand towards the place where NJ
Fleury had SO cunningly deposited the
money. There was no demur, no hesita-
ton IN this instaace-the triumph was
complete, and the ten rouleaus were given
up to the, savant with great good humor
and much satisfaction on both sides.
The discoverer of the gold magnet has
departed for Bordeaux, where it is sup
posed the English buried heaps of treasure
before they embarked when abandoning
Cyenne with the hope of speedy return !;
he Is then to proceed to Luneville, where,
at the foot of the ramparts to the east of
the town, the famous treasure of King
Stanislas still lies buried, in spite of the
most extraordinary diggings and undermin-
ings made by order of the Government at
different times, the result of which has be-
come one of the wonders of the place. 1t
is certain that in every case where his ma
chine has pronounced gold to exist, it has
been found. At ST. Denis he has discov-
cred, in garden which formerly belonged
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