The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1870-03-23
without success, and finally gave.p

without success, and finally gave1dp
indespair. q heayYra rail- having diseom-
NODDED item tosa discouraging extent.
Time passed On, and the event has
perhaps escaped the minds of nearly
all toeAvhom the mysterious affair. was
cognizant, and but for the event which
we are about to chronicle, would per-
haPs have never disturbed their brairs
! again: However We XillQn to our
story, which IS as strange as it is true.
Shortly after a heavy storm, a few
weeks ago, a couple Of negro boys,
while hunting in the vicinity of exc
Feavatfehs made by the discounted
treasure seekers of one year since,
CHANGED sto find a dingy,l rusty old
squarefbox which was sobound abeat
with metal as to almost resemble an
nEbex.-4tswasswitradi ficuity TINT
the two combined could move it, and
10 carry j, was out of the question.
=. While one Of them. renamed near
this qneerlooking old box, the other
went home for his father aThe father.
his wife, and another colored man, re.
paired to the spot, and remembering
the old .sorceress' tale, at once cenclud.
ed they had found at least a portion
otethe treasure. Events have proved
that they-were not amiss in their cofIz
lectures Z Bat they moved ,ery eau
tiousiy in the matter lest they should
be discovered, and so under the cover
ofthe night the box was removed to.
their little cottage. Up to tive early
part of rhis week they confided their
secret to no living person, but a seri-
u affair having occurred between the
boys, the matter (being at first but
vaguely limited at1 came to the ears OF
our reporter, He repaired to the
house on Z Wednesday night for the
purpose of-examinfng -Hre~treasure
found. The box in (which it was
found is about three feet long by two,
feet wide, evidently made; OF. a species
of cedar, and is firmly bound hysstrips
OF iron. running around laterally and
diagonally, and fastened with LONE
nails, clinched inside. The treasure
consists principally of ancient Spanish
gold end Silver coin, dated from 1850
up to 1880, and it is adjudged there is
at l~eastZ$S6, 600 worth of them. Be
sides the coin, there are seye5af gold
buckles and varieas other articles,
seemingly to- have been worn as orna.
neuts. A great number of; silver
ornaments were in the box which ap-
peared were used as some part of heir
sword trappings
4 Its impossible to tell what mctat
any of the coins or ornaments are
composed of'their looks, for all have
a mouldy, green appearance, fully at
testing TO the lapse of time since they
were buril. A little. golden eros.
with AZ image of ourSaviour, establi an
es the religion of the people who burr.
ed the treasure, and from the dates on
the various coins it il believed that
the treasure thus unearthed at this
late day was buried by none other1
than the great fernando De Soto and
his followers, about the year I41, as
it is well known that the discoverer of
the mighty hfissi<sippi was IN this
vicinity about that time, and also that
he was seriously troubfcdby the hostile
lndlaE9.Y.- !
, A piece of parchment fond in the
box was. SO old and musty that no char
acters could be discerne,l upon it.. As
whole, the discovery of this long hid
len treasure forms no inconsiderab1e
event in Our history, and will throw a
new light uoon the adventures of the
hardy paniards who freduented the
spot where now stands oar beautiful
centuries ago A number of in
tividuals have visited the hut, and ex
lmined the coins, and all agree with
views of the writer rs I whom the
was burie,l by. Il : j
A prominent gentleman has bar
for the box and its contents,
with a view of removing them to New
where the coins will bring =:
large, price from antiquaries. -Natehez
Neo South.