The New York herald., 1868-02-26
SPIRITUAL GOLD HUNTING.

4 Strange Tale Of n Piratical Captain and
His Cave-The Goid Hunters mt seiiico. Con-
necticut-The spirit Of Doctor Franklin and
Its Revelaiions-What Has been Done by
The Scitico Fanatics.
Tho middle northern part of the State Of Connections
las been Tor some months IN furry about the
eccen;rcitiss OF certain member Of the spiritually
minded fraternity who persisis and has for couple OF
months persisted In digging for gold just wherc gold has
heretofore been supposed not to De- Tho people IN the
vicinity, no withsiandsng the subject has become
trie p1sse or ought have become so, stll flock by
dozens to the MINES; whilo tue golddiggers work on
YEARLY, through and frost and see with The Their
nome,er twenty degrees below as IN duty bound by
the spirit Of Benjamin Franklin, who since his death
seems 10 have forgotten the meaning Of his own
proverbs and takes delight leading The faithful 10 IN
vest their greenbacks every eor Of iotuious specu
in,on Nor ihis the first time that tie spirit OF the
Solomon of Philadelphia has been caught in the very
act OF de.udng the Yankees with practical jokes The
dsemoodied Benjamin SO ms to comprehend with con.
siderable dls,incness the native cupdly OF hs Yankee
and the fact that Yankee will even start OF on the
hunt for the end Of rainbow out OF respect for the old
legend that bag OF god supposed to be at the end OF
twill follow any wllo he-wisp OF futuriiy provided
always that in following tho said wllo the-vsp there
is prospect Of being lbersly remuuerated with the
metallic They are fond Of the metallic, those Yankees;
move them by recourse to metallic Arguments
Strange tales Of boxes Of treasure deposited by
Captain Kidd, of old plratical reputation; weird
legends OF buccaneers who came all the way up
TO Connecticut to deposit their Treasures queer fana.
sizes and auips OF old romance which cannot be dis.
proved for want Of evidence with which to dsprove
them-these are the materials out OF which tho ghost
OF the rsdouotabe and romancius Benjamin manu-.
factures hts webs Of deuson for the Yankees.
The h,,le old town of Lynn famous for It's cobbers,
not sherry Cata~ba but cobbers Of men, who wiod
the awI and waxed ends, has been, for instance for
fourteen years the theatre OF Of Benamns practi
cal jokes Fourteen years ago Tin 1885, gentleman and
his son, OF the of Marble began excavations
OF Dungeon Rock, small rocky eminence the
coast and within tho precincts of the famous town of
shoemakers aud shoemenders ghts OF the and
peg-and all by Benjamin's direction and the oath
and affidavit OF his ghost tha; Mr. Tom Vele or
nobody in the world heard in the old iins-
traied piratical books, did, three hundred years
ago or thereabouts reside in cave within that rock the
mouth OF which has SINCE been closed by earthquake
and did there bury Mrs. Tom vee his devoted wife and
feowheper in the genee business OF thro,tling and
thruacutiing, together with certain treasures In gold
coin TO the amount OF 81, 600 900 which Mr. and Mira
Veile had smassed In the prosecution OF their noble
profession. Here so runs the invention, Nr and dr5
veille had Their habitation, Mrs veilie nursing
babies and plying her needle while Tom and the boys
sailed orsb, IL Do h5hiDg SmlchS TO cut the
hroats Of the and relieve their pockets OF any
supcriuols accunulations of gold COMA thing for
which Tom is said 10 have had especial fancy. Tom
VAS enterprslng aud made money; Mrs Veille
domestic and miuded the family; but l. fell out that
in duo course of time Mrs vele died, and the ncon-
Holable Tom buried her In grave scooped
Of tho sod rock burying with her In The same
grave about Two millions, lest she might wake mp sud
denly and want money. Having made this exhibition
of his devoon Tom, in sheer desperation took the
high and. after numerous desperate encounters.
having attacked an enemy beyond hls mete, was sunk
In hi craft Qnna al hnua xu m In Nnrh nf
least, is the ghosty Benamn's account OF the affair;
and there exists record OF the gallant Tom having
ever been hanged 1t may be taken for grantsd tina. the
ghos. is In his version OF tho biography The
gnost further corroboraies his etory by exhibiting
prot0arapn of Mr.. Veie she In the days of the
at Dungeon Rock proving that lady to have been
OF tho blue Castilian blood with Standardization Of
and dresmily ahed eyes OF the interesting subject Of
the photograph This photograph as originally taken
from the recoIect,ons of the moving spirit 10 In posses
sion OF Mr. Marble, who turns many an honest penny
by tho dissemination OF copies tnereo at fabulous pho
tograph,c prices
For fourteen years Marble & Son have wrought at
Dcng,on Rock having IN that time dug $50 feet into
the solid granite Of its formation. Some four years
ago knife with rus,ed blade and antique handle.
was excavated which is supposed 20 havo cut many
throat in the hands OF the ontepsng and since then
pair OF antique scissors with which Mrs ve,ile IS sup
posed to have Gu. the babies dresses has been Ok
humed and exhibited to the asonished cobblors IN the
nssnoorhood. No tokens o, the % treasure have how.
as yet developed the mouth Of the cave near which t
is supposed that Mrs Vee was 80 unIucky as TO have
dropped her scissors and beyond these facts therefore,
nothing remains to be stated except tha, Marble Son
still keep .oipg with the more Of faith tho more
and diamonds haunt the nightly dreams Of
Marble a Son and the nightly visions OF every
though, unfortunately, with often repeating
the visions have ceased 10 DO as reliable
OF one Of the cSvsous Benanns pracscs osss al tbs
expense Of native Yankee cupidity.
Another was lately perpeat d In WalIingord, VT,
ana Is worth parae raph OF attention. Within tho
cincs OF that town uprears its head rocky emnence
COVERED witsiined tufts Of pine and termed the Noun
tain of Rocks. About ths formation of the mountain,
whicn is located in tho midst of the New England trap
region, there u something very pecu AR. Rising quito
abruptly and regularly very eide with OF
ike geometry OF outline 10 Tho hoiuh, or 200 fee,
above the level OF the surrounding country The top,
which would naturally terminate point, il u
had been broken on, leaving table OF rock OF some
thirty ieet In diameter and evei granite floor.
where happens 10 bs broken here anu there with deep,
narrow assures ana seams At the top OF this mountain
lso asserts the spiritI there two centuries ago,
deep cave the month OF which has been lost
through some natural convnsion or rock slide,
and within this cave SO runs the second point Of toe
Legend band or pirates once buried hugo amount OF
treasure How or why tho pirates sought this cave to
bury their accumulation Of doubcons aud h,w they
happened 10 be OF LIS existence the aidsvit Of
the jocose spirit saith not thus leaving 10 the lmsgipa
ton an important point bearing upon Tho authenticity
OF the narrative winch, however though wanting In
that mnutsness Of detail which the Yankee
viction has been the means inducing some enter
prsing Yankees TO expend little labor md consdera
bic powder and fuse IN endeavoDg to blast away tho
noun ain top TO tho level OF the cave wuich B sup
posed 10 be located some fee, beneath the table in the
solid body OF the mouotain Five years occupied
In the booess and booty ess erprse OF carry ng
the Instructions OF the Philadeph pbiosop er and
adding second instance TO the list Of his successful
plays upon the Yankee thirst, not only romance,
but Tor romance well loaded With legendary gold and
practically obtained diamonds
third OF these practical Jokes has boon lately perpe-
tratod by the spirit through Miss Cas~e, OF Bos-
ton, . medium of some New England celebrity. The
defunct DIR. 4. made tho revelation upon which tue
Scco digging based about three months aimee, and
TO Miss Caswe the present directing Boston modium
In the way OF vision or trance 10 the course " which
the Doctor stated that ne knes OF the exsencs oil
tain treasures buried on tn Scautic river In Sctco
which Il would be vastly pro1tabie to dig tor. In the
way OF amounts the Doctor kind TO oxnlbl
the exac, 1gures-viz IS 100000 worth or cold coin
and diamonds very securely packed In coupeof IRON
boxes, bound with iron bands aud dolpy locked aud
boted Toe vaiue OF ths diamonds the ghost OF ths
Doctor who. since his demise, become crit.
cal judge OF diamonds than formerly, so obligng az
to estimate ~ 81 00o o00a collection worthy Of tho
fancy oi an ksterhazy or Duke OF Brunswick- Lunen
burg and these diamonds. the Doctor Is OF the OPINION,