The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1873-09-04

; phl'FlEyIEtlMllBEtR H. :t!'lM!ll 5'tlRF.,1 !, 1879 KS
soaking for moEs thaa forty, ysars, sxere
oyth's ot'ms isoe vater-loggsd, ~ to
weigh more than. double their original
weight, and the p1ojsstors discovered
when too late that their. scheme xss
abortiye, When. sthsi great trial Was
made they came near sending two Of
their own .sahoosers to. the bottom to,
o',r, the Huasar company, and in 1928.
they gave up the. enterprise, prefsriing,
rather 70 pocket their losses than to
sink any more. money in tho forlorn
and .Hell.nigh desperate quest. : ,ss 1saf
Then came another quiet interval OF
seventeen syears, during which the
skeleton Of The old Hussar was allowed.
to rest It peace in "a wstery grave.
Now and then sanguines1 prospectors
who had heard Of the deep:hidden
treasure visited the spot. and question.
ed tho old settlers but none Of them
were Sal s.nguine Of success, and probably.
nine out Of ten lacked the funds to be-
gin 20 vast An undertaking. Thus. the
claim Vas again abandoned, and 49,.
ooo, ,oel,i 900 in solid gold was q left in the
enchanted depths, awaiting tho coming
Of the great magician destined to bring
It to the surface sfa1s2 = 4S an 5s ~.
AssuB-MAR1NE ExpLoRrR's WORK.
- Ono Of the most famous Of the sub.
marine explorers 1t this period was Mr..
George W. Taylor, whose life had been
devoted to labors, Of this kind. he
". the inventor Of diving suit, which
h still !iLl occasionally used, although it
has. been: to aeonsider,bls extent super.
seeded BY = more recent English in.
ssntioa. 10 1840 s(about the time OF
the perfsetion rf o Of bis .app.f.tus), Mr..
Taylor 1inspectsd the abandoned ,olaim
and having, some money began, hi
dtspises ssareninSs, using his recently
invented diving sun. NTH success. HI
worked the claim fox two years, bu,
failed, as BIZ, i ppr predecessor. 4 had done, <
mike b il i ,. pesonandia!ry nj success. IN 1912
he F.s employed. BY the. American
Government . to- 80 ;, to :, Gibraltar and
l. tske. charge Of sa:5p.rty detailed K
raise the old frigate Missouri
which had been sank in those. waters
In the prosecution Of. this work h
contracted mortal sickness, and, com
ing home, died soon after landing. o,
his death he wllled bis diving suit
and his presumption right to the wrecl
| of the 2Hussar to Mr. G. B. Pratt, o
Worcester, Massachusetts,, = youn,
Imam whom he had adopted early il
youth. Mr.. Pratt was enjoined to con
tinus The work OF; the wreck az rapid,
as possible, MI. Taylor having beer
| confdent'to the last that the treasurer
he took down With her might be re-
claimsasby industry and perseverance,
i 4 srocK COMPANY Z At = work. 70
+ Having but little capital. Mr.. Pratt
reiorted to she expedient Of forming
tstoek company, and having inherited ,
great proportion Of the s.uguine belize
of Mr.. Taylor, succeeded after = time
in enlisting the aid of several capita
lists in this city, Boston and other East
ern cities, In addition more than one
enthusiastic ssaroher after hidden
treasures Joined thom, some with and
others without capital. Among the
former was Mr.. L. E. Bancroft, o.
Worcester, Mass, : practical mechanic
an inventor and diver. This gentle.
man not only embarked his money in
the scheme, but gave bis own personal
attention to the work, With which be
is now connected in the capacity ot
supsriutendent.r The new. company
went to work in 1850, using the T.y.
lor apparatus. They anchored sohoon-
er over the wreck, which was at the
time apparently we'll preserved, aud be.
gan working amidships. They soon
discovered. however, that as soon as
they removed the interior works, the
space opened .was filed with other
parts Of the wreck, and in : short time
de.erm,ped to break up The hulk =. and
send it ashore pieoeme.l. This was
slow work, 4. 4 only one ne diver could e
vork, .t > tims, aud then only when
| the tide VA, At ths,slaek.: - :>s.s
CURIOUS Rrl1os FROM THE wRzoK.
! II Tie removal of the timbsrs sheJ
brought up many interesting :. relics
Among these we're. numerous pewter
| plat.era, leather buckets, whose thread
had long since disappsared, junk bot.
tles. half filed With some oily matter,
,.rthen! j.,rs of Ia. same shape :. .hos,i
IL use to,d,J, shoe lasts, ;. pieces q
heavy cable exoelleutly preserved, sev'
.ral large cannons, two Of which an
now At Central Park, wooden trunnion:
Of gun carriages, blocks and shsaves n
perfect as they were hundred ysarl
ago, and differing but little from those
| in use to-day, compass cases, worm cat
on gun. stocks, aud vast numbers o.
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