New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-04-05
BssssH HAVING. Carrie A. Clark thus writes to
1m Hsaisyille Journal f:


"A meeting 10 this city on Wednesday Of The
1asrhhoaaers Of the Boston Relief and Sub Marine
&sssFnny, an interesting report was made by the D
E1sS 81 the result OF two expeditions of the Com.
y2xy 10 recover treasure buried in the sea- One Of
&eHf expeditions to raise the vessels and other
sss1es@ls sunk BY the Russians 10 the harbor OF Sc
MHsPol 10 this expedition as yet only partial sue
zrz has been obtained Tue two vessels Of the expe-
&2H@ are, however, to be employed the coming sea.
80 h operating upon vessels in Turkish waters
1eH other expedition has been seut to the Caribbean
An. uatleT the command Of Capt. Coathopy. After
ez1szsE nsadsentufes, the whole Of the crew being
nsasczed With yellow feverat st. Thomas from which
&ry an fortunately recovered. at length the Bay Of
DnstsoA. Ia Venezuela, was reached where work was
e. snee commenced upon the sunken Spanish frigate
&m fedr,, and it has been continued steadily ever
Masa- The several divers connected with Capt Cou-
nessEs force spent in the aggregate about eight and
nna hours under water daily, during the time thev
Aaae beea at work upon the wreck.
Asez removing vast amount Of deck material,
zn divers penetrated into the deck-room where they
Manaa Enncarrages, deck furniture, etc. piled up Ia
seR Afge mass, making any attempt TO work useless
wea@as fifst removing it. At this place four mag
Eersst brass csnnons were taken out, and eleven
zlsanse boxes, supposed to be oast.stee they were
% nc size Of q candle box, but were thought by
szae y be platina Silver dollars were also found at
&s depth OF sixty feet in the water, covered with
mhss bal they were mostly separate. Several gold
wxsehes were here taken out, and many other art
sskss and the divers came TO the conclusion that
wzca the explosion of the vessel took place these
sfascss were driven from this forward part Of the
as where the bulk Of the treasure undoubtedly re-
HznEneG. n
FhAiag this as reasonable view of the case. thew
srereafd 70 their work with renewed vrpr and after
Exas difficulty succeeded in clearing away the large
Szsssnt Of rubbish, and obtained al entrance to the
1850 p ine furw9rd part Of the ship the 18th of
&eezsser last. About 500 ID specie and another
Brass sixpouader we taken out at this place in
gssess time; also, watches aud many curious relics
- money lound here was cemented together in rolls
g Us, SO and 500 each, and plainly showed that
nary Hist be very near the vast amount OF money
ssHsaiHed in this ship. According to the official
aAssuzenfs when the San Pedro went down she con.
as.Res one million Spanish dollars aud million and
zssrF2 stin -
xse work was now fairly commenced, and the
dlssrefs elt greatly encouraged and saw no reason
seg ne stockholders should not be So. The last
sassess which were up to January LIST, represented
slzs sheJ had been unexpectedly stopped in their
M<Hss By timber etc, in the hold but hoped ia a short
e'ss tofemove IT, In the meantime, Capt Couthony
30 ssea 70 the capital TO obtain license for his divers
- @ye Tor pearls at the Pearl bank.
Rnston Traveller.