The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-11-24
Captain Kida.s freasurcs-A wonder.
fal story -lRePoraesi Finding OF Gold,
by Direction OF Spirits. IL

Captain Ktddss freassrc.-sA wonder en-
fal sfory--RePoraesi Finding OF Geld
by Direction OF spirits. -
tErom the New York Sun, November al
Jerry sLanigan, the tiller smanof the canal.
boat Emma Cooley, which arrived ut this
port yesterday from Buffalo, tells mar.
vellous story, as follows: e.
1t was about IL o'clock on Sunday night.
We were, with tow Of ten other boats,
going very slow. We were the last boat.
About i've miles below West Point we kept
in close to the west shore, and had passed
the up Albany boat. 1t twas very dark, and
| could see nothing but the boat and shore
lights, aud the dark mountains above on
both sides. All at once there was an awful
flash like lightning, and 1t seemed as though
tain, for the rocks and branches OF the trees
flew in the air, and soon came all over the
boat.
looked ashore and saw bonfire. Just
then three or four men seemed lifting some.
thing heavy; then they began to swear, and
at last goi TO fighting. / took three Of the
hands and rowed up near there; they were
still fighting. We went ashore. There was
a biz piece of rock in the side of the noun
tain blown out, and hole made down to
the water; big rocks were thrown all out,
and in the place where these fellows were
|fightiugwas an old rusty iron box with gold
pieces. They had their hats and pockets
full, just like these Showing seven splendid
ging for Captain kidd's treasures. Others
of the Godey's hands corroborate this story.
Yesterday afternoon James Vreden-
hurgh, Harry futile, David II. Briggs, and
John Mearns appeared before General
Madison Baker and said that last spring
Briggs, who is spiritualist, had drea m
which revealed to him a great rusty iron
chest submerged close by the rocky noun
tain lodges of the Hudson Highlands. He
put away the vision, but it came q again, even
more distinctly. He then went to clair
voyant, who directed him to the spot where
Captain Kidd's iron treasllre-chests were
buried. He temporarily suspended his
trade-he is silversmith--and enlisted
three companions, before named, who to-
gether chartered yacht and went on the
expedition. The ckairvoyant furnished par
ticular instructions, which they closely adj
hered to-
AT first they landed Mt Crow Nest, and
took possession Of an abandoned dwelling.
In. September they began work, digging
only at night. While. digging by charts in
perfect silence, they were surprised by some
United States detectives, who took them
for fugitive counterfeiters burying plates.
AT another time party Of adventurous
young men, who saw the lights on the
mountain side and could not account for
them, came over from Cold Spring. The
diggers suddenly eStiuguished their light,
| and sent down shower OF stones, trighten-
ing Off the Cold Spring boys.
The spirits then ordered a change of
| base. So they moved down below Snake
hole creek. Again they dug and blasted,
! and frightened all the country people with
their lights on the uninhabited mountain
sides. Finally, after many attempts, the
successful blast was made with ten pounds
of powder on Sunday night. Underneath
the rock which they blew away they found
a huge rusty iron chest. It was the work
of a moment to dash in the cover with q
Slcdge. hammer. and disclose piles of coin
smeared with mud.
Frantic with excitement, they scrambled
over the spoils, and finally came to blows,
when the spectators, Jerry Langan and his
boats crew, came upon the scene and in
terposed. ...,,-.. z..., ~ l.. 49,. Il. .
They actually secured about $1,000 in
ancient Spanish doubloons and sovereigns,
and some jewelry, all Of which was greatly
discolored by the water. An amicable ar
rangcment for the division of the spols has
been made. They intend to renew opera
tions Mt 'another place in the spring.