The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1858-01-28

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We are informed that advices have
been receiued at the officd Of the Boston
Relief and Submarine Company from
Capt..Jofeph p. CoMhouoy, command
ing the Company's Expedition to the
Caribbean Sea. dated Brig Monagas,
over the San Pedro, Dec. II. 1857. by
which it appears that after abou. three
months preliminary operations in blast
ing and clearing away rubbish. DC, the
divers had at length fairly got into the
hold OF the San Pedro. and were begin
ming to take up specie, several hundred
dollars having been found within the last
few days. Capt c. says:
"In my judgment here is tangible and
weighty evidence that there must be n
rou nd sum in her, VIXEN the dollars gre
found (Iike all of l.te) in rolls or parts Of
rolls. in Jumps of 9I5 and SEQ, to 500
eabh. 1, is uot likely that these are
merely few scattered ones; they must
br only The heralds tothe main body to
which they vtlong." led -fs h
1t will! be remembered that the San
Pedro was flag ship to squadron OF
Fl fteen sail, including transports sent out
by Spain i'll s, with an army Of ~,
OOu men. to reconquer the revolted Pro.
vince Of Venezuela, and that she blew
mp in the bay Of Cumsna, and sank iu
fifty feet OF water. Itis proved by Off
cial documents that she had on board At
>he time Of the catastrophe $4,000, ,OOO.r
Of which sl,6,OO.OUO were in gold. OF
this large sum till now, only ab"ut slol-
O90 have been recovered, which were OBJ
tanned by means Of a diving bell in the
mud and saEd outside the ship. This is
the first successful attempt ever made To
penetrate the hull where there is every
reascu to believe that the bulk of the spe.
Gle will be founl, since Laving been pa-
ctd in the spirit room, just forward of the
snd on the same level. it would
necessarily be driven forward by the ex,
plosion Of the powder and scattered
through the hold. Everything thus far
favors this suppostion, not only spe-
Gle but numerous articles which must
have belonged to the officers quarters aft
are found mixed up with broken pieces Of
wreck, in confused mass, completely
filing the hold. i'4'v la 's roes
The brass guns that have been found
ale known to have been slowed in the
hold before the explosion, Of which there
are sold to have been from sixty to one
hundred thousand dollars worth, compri-
sing a park Of fsld artillery and the
bronze gunr taken from captured and dis
mantled forts. or these, FIVE beautiful
pieces Of ordnance in perfect state Of
have been taken up, beside
quantities Of copper and
other articles Of value, A rudder piniie
of pure copper, weighing over 500 lbs,
had the name Of San Pedro de Alcatra"
stamped upon it.
The work has beeu one Of the greatest
difficulty and labor, and onlya small por-
ion Of the hold has yet been explored;
out the prospect now is that the pcrseve
ring efforts Of Capt. Couthouay will be
crowned with complete success. He has
he very best Of machinery. and bold and
experienced divers. His crew are devo-
ed to him, and cheerfully work 81 hours
leily under water. He has adopted a
SYSTEMATIC plan Of operations, by which,
~ the aid Of gun powder and the sub
marine armor, he will undoubtedly sue
,eei in completely demolishing the San
Pedro. and having at length fairly got in
o the hold, and commenced taking up
,yecie, the stock holders are certainly JUS
fled in expecting rich harvest.
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