The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-09-13
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u,,, From the Boston Traveller, September 1Ol
THE PARIS CATHEDRAL OF N0TRE DAME
ROBRED OF SI6O 00O


last letter received from 'sSpridon," our Paris
correspondent, dated August &c:
"We are at this moment in a good deal of excite
ment in consequence of a successful burglary COM
mitted at the metropolitan church in this city, to
the loss of the cathedral of at least 800 000f CSl60
0O0), and | speak merely of the pecuniary oss-the
moral loss is irreparable.
''Every person who has done Paris must have
visited the treasury of Notre Dame which is kept
In the vestry-roOm, for it is one of the shows of
Paris. While it is not comparable to the treasures
of Italian and Spanish churches, it is interesting,
for the visitor sees the gorgeous vestments of the
metropolitan clergy at state ceremonies, some Of
winch, (such as the costumes givenby Louis XVIII.
upon the baptism of the Duke of Bordeaux, by
Napoleon |. on his marriage, by Louis Philippe
upon the marriage of the Duke of Orleans. and the
return OF Napoleon's ashes, and by Louis Napoleon
on the baptism of his ehild,) are historical and
great variety of ecclesiastical ornaments: crozers
taperholders crosses, etc. in massive gold adorned
with the most precious Stones all of great intrinsic
and historical value, and many of them impor-
tant by their great antiquity. These trea-
sures are kept in an outlying building CON
nected with the cathedral and built purpOsely
for these treasures, which are therein kept in
iron closets. secured by massive doors. AS every
person pays ten for entering this place. (the
Church of Rome has always been distinguished
by its Jewish instinct for turning a penny,) a
considerable harvest of half.francs must have been
reaped every wear from this field which the
burglars have despoiled The large space of
ground which lies between the river Seine and the
Cathedral has been for "a good many years past
used as the work shop where the stones and other
objects wanted in the repairs of the fabric are pre-
pared for their places
"1 esterday morning, when tho workmen went
to resume their wonted labors, they were surprised
to good many ecclesiastical vases scattered
over the ground. They notified the officers of the
church, and the latter instantly discovered the
treasury had been entered by burglars and all the
golden sacred furniture it contained, and esti-
mated, as | have said, at Sl60 900 in value, had
been carried off. The police were instantly sent
for. Their Investigations led them to the parapet
wall of the quay, and upon leaning over the wall
and looking towards the water, they discovered
rope secured to an iron ring above the level of
the water. Thinking it probable this rope had
been used by the burglars, they entered a boat
ana attempted to detach it from the iron ring
They found it tightened by an object under wa.
ter, and pulling it out of the water they found
large fishing net, filled with great manv OBJ
Jects belonging to the treasury, but ali of them
stripped of their precious stones The police are
now employing divers to search the rivers bot
tom.
"This discovery has led the police to presume
that the burglars, after having secured their first
portion of prizes in the net and sunk in the river
returned to the treasury to empty it of its contents,
but were put to flight by some noise, probably the
barking of a watch dog placed there and in their
haste let fall or threw away the ecclesiastical fur
nture found in the yard, and cOntented themselves
with running off with the diamonds, rubies and
other precious stones The police feel assured they
VIII soon capture the burglars. You may well
conceive that a robbery of this Importance, aud
the loss of such valuable objects has made a deep
was sacked at the Revolution of July, and all the
ecclesiastical vestments thrown into the river,
where they were discovered by some fishermen
several month afterwards