Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-07-30

rock was hollow. and filled with son,,

rock was hollow, and filled with some
thing which, upon examination, he found
to be pieces of gold, varying in size from
a quarter to a half of an inch in diameter.
and which, upon scrutinizing, he ascer-
famed TO be OF curious inscription, ap-
parehtly Ph9nician. Upon looking again
at the large lid or cover, our fortunate
friend, who is a gentleman of great and
varied learning, discovered it to be COW
cred with Ph9nician letters and hero
| glyphics, which stated that, lured by the
| wondrous tales of former navigators who
| claimed to have sailed around Africa. and
found lands overlooking with gold, a nav
lgator in the time of Cambyses, who was
ordered to proceed against Carthage
(which was Ph9nician colony, secretly
embarked for the Phenician coast having
collected the wealth of himself and
friends, and sailed past Carthage, pre-
ferring flight to an unknown country i'm
an unknown sea than make war upon
their own countrymen. The route pur
sued is briefly told. Passing the pillars
OF Hercules, they sailed close to the Afri-
can coast, and having sailed many moons.
they steered to the shore, where thew
stocked with provisions. After this thew
were met by most adverse winds. which.
giving way to, they, after many weeks,
Iotlnd themselves upon some new
coast. Being intimidated by dark, Curl
Gus people, they again betook themselves
to their ship, and sailing with the wind
ana stream, soon found new and large
land. A disaster to their ship compelled
them to seak the shore, where they were
first received as gods, but some of their,
own cruelties made their flight necessary.
and after fleeing over hills and streams.
sailing over lakes, they came to the river
where they then were. The coins were
carefully preserved as the images of the
gods Of the Phenicians were engraved on
their coins, and their other images were
too heavy to carry in their flight Having
recourse to a late reading of the late Lieu
tenant Maury's trade winds and ocean cur
rents, he remembered that from the Cape
of Good Hope to the coast of Brazil a
strong and vigorous wind is constantly
blowing, which was the adverse wind
spoken Of which drove them on the I'M
known shore. The wind and stream
which still carried them on was probably
the Caribbean and Gulf stream AS they
were naVlgators, they probably hastily
constructed boats and sailed along the
south shore Of Lake Erie, our magnificent
bay and harbor inviting them to rest. re-
sembling probably the spacious havens of
their own Kgean Sea- A further inscriu-
llon, stating the terror of the sailors at
first beholding the sun shining to the
north of them, is also recorded with sim
gular Phoenician brevity. But casting
aside the reflections Of the scholar for the
practical energies of the treasure-seeker-
he turned from the inscription to the
coins, when our friend found himself i'm
possession of princely fortune, which
Monte Christie could not but covet, which.
after having with great labor dug up, he
proceeded with levers and rollers to carry
his wealth into the house, when just as he
reached the door-he woke up-Toled1
Blade.