The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1870-01-08
Baron Munchausen Outdone.

The Panama correspondent of the n
Z. Sun, under date of November 9Th,
tells the following miraculous tale, which
is equal to the best of the Munehausen
tales:
Your readers will remember the story
concerning sl0,00O,0 900 in silver buried
on the Cocos Island, which was started
in San Francisco ten years ago, and has
been probably published in every coun-
try newspaper in the United States. The
tale was that doctor in San Francisco
was one night called to the bedside of a
sick and poverty stricken sailor. The
doctor watched over him carefully, and
made and paid for all his own prescrip-
tions. Inspite of all his precautions the
sailor grew worse, and at last the doctor
told him he must die. The man was
deeply affected, and wept bitterly. Death
came over him slowly but surely.
On his dying bed, with tears in his
eyes, he thanked the doctor for all his
kindness, and said he could and would
repay him for all his trouble. In few
short breaths he told him that in his
younger days he had been pirate. With
twenty companions he had shipped on a
Spanish treasure ship at Callao bound to
Cadiz. When FIVE days out they rose
and butchered the passengers, after which
the course of the ship was changed due
west. Three weeks afterwards, during
a drunken carousal, the ship ran upon a
reef of rocks fringng an island in the
Pacific, and before morning eight of the
buccaneers were drowned. At the break
of day they reached the shore in boats,
and found the island fertile and pleasant.
After three days hard work they
brought the kegs OF silver dollars to the
shore and buried them. The treasure
amounted to over Sl0,000,000. AS wa
ter was scarce, and the provisions on the
wreck were totally damaged, the twelve
pirates took to their boats and steered
for the coast of South America. Moth
ing was ever heard from one of the boats,
and it was probably swamped in great
storm which occurred three days after
they had left the island. The provisions
in the other boat soon gave out, and the
men gradually became delirious for want
of sustenance. Two jumped overheard,
and were drowned One of their COM
panions died in the boat, and a fourth
was killed by his comrades, who drank
his blood. After drifting under burn
ing sun for two weeks, the survivors
were picked up by passing vessel.
One of them died ON the following
day, and the other lived to tell his story
to hundredaof in.-rariaus listencrs, and
to seek in vain for the means to return
to return to the island. He was now
about to end life of disappointment in
death At the conclusion of his story
the dying sailor drew from under his
bolster a roll of papers giving the lati-
tude and longitude of the island as near
as possible, and handed them to the doc
tor; but before the physician could cx-
anime them the old sailor died. The
mutiny occurred during the Peruvian
revolution against Spain, and the sailor
died in San Francisco, some thirteen
years ago. A careful study of the chart
located the island in the vicinity Of Co.
cos. The doctor embarked in the scheme
with all his wealth, rugged out a schooner,
and sailed from San Francisco in search
of the Ell Dorado. He returned ruined
man, unable to discover the island. 9th
er expeditions were fitted out, but none
were successful.
In July, 1868, several gentlemen in
this city bought schooner and fitted out
an expedition. There were twenty-six
persons in the party. They left in high
spirits, with complete charts, and seemed
confident of success. The most of the
party were old Californians, and were
used to life of adventure. Among the
party was one George Cummins, man
of large experience, who had accompa-
MED one of the previous expeditions.
They reached the island after tifty-six
days navigation, thoroughly worn out
and disgusted They spent nineteen
days there vainly looking for the hidden
riches, and then gave up the hunt as en-
tirely Utopian. Setting sail again for
Panama, they finally brought up in La
Union, whence Cummins came up to this
city with the news of their blasted hopes.
1t was thought that the failure of this
expedition would pat an end to all at
tempts to recover the specie. This was
not the case. Last winter some of the
superstitious and wealthy citizens of Costa
Rica began to agitate the subject anew.
| A company was organized, composed OF
some of the prominent Government Off
cials The matter was brought before
| the Costa Rica Congress, and after an
investigation they authorized the pur-
chase of several shares of the stock on
Government account. A large majority
of the members of the new expedition
were soldiers, probably sent to look after
the interests of the Government. A
| priest was sent along to look after their
spiritual welfare. They left Costa Rica
in June last Nothing has been heard
of them until yesterday, when letter
was received from one of the party by a
friend in this city, containing intelligence
of the discovery of the treasure. The
letter states that all the treasure has not yet
been found, and therefore no estimate of
its value can be given. The greater
part of that which has already been dug
out is in silver, the most of it in Spanish
dollars.
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