New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-07-12

with bis lard, but could not. The sevepte.,th n.
wss on deck minutss in which he fastened Eno
| TO the wood work and by il the men above relied
IL 81. Ire eigb!eeenth and lat descent be Gas
nirg line 10 Il end ring Of TIE SAFE and helm
ing cut Of the aperture il raised the deck 81
tie schooner. The perilous work was doce, and the
ADVENTUROUS mep ppoD opening the safe, or rather
chest % by IL by l6 inches in sze found them.
selves the possfsstrs Of about Is 900 in gos and
s3I eco in bills all portion Of which useless
Fl, the action Of water and insolvency OF bsnks and
SIX watches, two Of which we're valuable gold ones.
Tie cbest contained papers for which the American
Exprss Con paDy payeo handsome salvage. Tho
Atlantic lies careensdber larbosrd side being IT'S
The sse about l57 feet from the surface. Upon
her Geek Mr.. u. found light sediment of three OF
four inches depth. He could, have said above,
see pohDg, and encountered nothing but the wood
work, ctsits, glass; and the cbe,t The water was
very chilly and Mr. HIS hands were 90 numb that no
could not by feeling Distinguish glass from wood.
II OILY by tie formers breaking that he knew it,
ma'trisl. He thinks bic strength when below
than ore tenth that be has when in the open air. He
suffered bur little from pressure except two three
times, when such the rush Of bs cd to the head
that be says, he saw brig flashes IN bis helmet,
bike electric spark"
We have been thus accurate, from Justice 10 Mr. H.,
who Tar thus accomplished feat never before, we
believe, successful. He is a candid, farspoken man,
end il not little mortified that any sbould have
so mkrep'e the matter to the editors OF The Do.
froit Advertiser.
The Buffalo Erpress, Jr.t
The party concerned in the salvage consisted OF
four peons, and on forcing open the iron chest, and
FL ding the contents in condition to be MADE avaa-
be, they divided the treasure trove equally by the
law they ought have gone before an United States
Court ita.ed be case, and taken an oider 40 to tho
dis post on Of the money, &c But this they omitted
TO DO and the Express Company through their attor-
ney, represented the case to them, showing them
wherein The bad erred and offered them the terus Of
comIIomse, TO which the salvois at once acceded.
In the ulfment Of this stipulation, the salvor were
4 q IA cd q
Odd 50 100 in bank notes, making the sum Of $1,000
paid over TO them by the Company Besides this sum,
there missing ssid to have been ost 6y carelessnee@
want of skill in drying and haudlng the bulls recov-
enc some 81, 500, which makes the loss to the Com
psby about $4,000, in this lat sum should ever
tuin up the banks having in their the Com
PaDys bond Of ineemDity as collateral secu,ty for the
bank notes reissued the supposed total ls OF tho
MONEY Should these notee really have been destroyed,
tie Compan,s oss will be covered OF souue, by the
smourt OF 1900 paid TO the salvors. The total sum
in The safe when the steamer went down, was about
$4,000.
We were shown part of the contents which had lain
a. the water for nearly four years Tue bank notes,
most of which were entirely and some actually In
che etc. u, cut look If they had been slightly stained
and dried Tie faces Of the bills are not injured In the
asst The me. seDgers bills turned completely
black the outside, but within the entries all are per-
fectly egble ard the oh, ok marks, pencil are
as PLAN as when written BE sides the money, there
was parcel of Michigan State Bonds; a warrant on
the United States Treasury drawn IN tsvcT OF Ne
dated Aug. IL, 1852; four watches, and some minor
article The Treasury warrant will be returned as 1t
bas beer Ie-b sued to Governments; suit involving
the bonds will be decided by the reappeaance OF the
property at issue but the watches are vaueless, ex-
CT pt for their cases.
RAISING OF THE ATLANTIC IN LAKE ERrr.-The
morey AID contents of the American Express Comps.
rvs safe VIII h lately raised frvm the wreck OF
the Atlantic are now at the Office Of the Company in
this city. The property recovered is as follows; A.
Bill BIZ: on OBJ Cow ea men. Stock Bank Of Ann
s sis on Of ts On the Bank Of America orse s@
Michigan State 80
Gold. ov
Total ............................ss $3.50
The psp. money was, when raised, wet through,
but has been carefully dried, ard all fesh and
fair, looking as when lost. The signatures are PLAIN
ard distinct and give little evidence OF the oIdeai
through which they have passed. The bills Of sdmg.
which were likewise in the SAFE show the writing upon
them plainly even to pencil marks c a., r,..,.,
Correspondence Of The Detroit Free Press.
WEsrFIEID, Chsutauque Co., N. Y, July 5, 1856.
RAISING OF THE ATLANTIcs SArE.-Accordiog TO
pi, se serdy you statement Of the facts in relation
to the raising of the Aaniics safe: The Atlantic was
sprk by collision with the propeller Ogdensburgh In
1859, three miles off Long Point 40 feet of water
one day sounding the wreck and getting vessel
mOored; on the 10Th made the fret dive landed upon
her upper deck near her quarter At the eighth dive
was opposite the stateroom that contained the SAFE.
The rest Ct the tine, urtil the 18TH vas busy in
breaking IN the window and castings. There was no
door opening out upon the guards On the fifteenth
dive got lire fact to the ring in the lid but found
the Role too small to allow the sae to come out. Tho
sixteenth, took eaw with me and sawed through
the casir of the window tiled to break Il out but
could not. On the l7b made line fast TO the casing
and it was broken out by the of the vessel from
above On the ls'h, made my line fast to one OF the
end rings ard it was hauled up is needless TO cay
that all stories of seepg beautiful LADY," &c, are
false, as it was dark at eighty feet and all the the
work dore there was teh out. The apparatus uted
was Wells & Gowan air pump, from Boston, with
one manufactured and owned by N. Quigley. The
amor vas common rubber one and not protected
by "copper" as stated. ! suffered no inconv. nienoe
from the pressure except in two three instances,
when my fead piece seemed TO be filed with bright
81. ctIic spaks-or, in other words, "ssw stars.
When that occurred, Immediately gave the s'gp0
ard came up T.. +. HARRINGTON