The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-05-06

c-,x .cp SroRY.-A most remarkable
- on,,'os n 1,s from the adjoining county
nj MiddIessex. a resident OF tnaI eo"uy'
r,athcr asleep or awake. drunk or sooel,
go ore not informed, was told by ghosliy
.,;s;tor to 20 and dig at certain polnt,
,ninntely described. where he would hnd
fret two cedar posts and afterwards come to
. hoy nine feet square, which contained TWO
,n;Il;ons of dollars in hard currency. Inc
Tnrtr 70 whom these wonderful rerelations
had been SO supernaturaiy impaired,
induced by curiosity, desire 10 tesI
the accuracy Of the information WHICH
he had received, and wish 10 re-
sumo specie payment as lar IS nc
was concerned, whether General GRANT )
veto meSsae e lead to general resumption OF
whether it didn't, being with him matter
OF perfect indifference, repaired TO the local
itv drsicnate,!. which he found to have been
20 accurately described that he bad no din.
Guilty in discovering the precise spot. Going
diligently to work with pick and
shade soon reached the cedar posts,
which this generous appartion had
described as being above the much
desired treasure. Stimulated to redoubled
efforts by this corroboration Of the tale,
he works so diligently that soon be
feels the top Of the box beneath his spade,
and almost hears the clisk OF the Spanish
dollars that Captain Kidd or some other bold
buccaneer bad there deposited. Work
Work. Work! Spadeful after spadeful OF
earth Is thrown up; hour after hour glldes
by: the SUN sets behind the western hills, and
the dim twilight deepens into night, but the
fortune-fnder of millions still plies bis busy
shade, aud still touches at every blow the
much coveted box. Night lifts her sable cur
tain. and blushing Aurora ushers in the reful'
gent god of day, but still the dull thud of the
spade. as it is driven into the earth, breaks on
the stiffness of the crisp morning air. Paus-
ing an instant to wipe from his reeking brow
the perspiration that bad gathered there du-
ring bis lonely and continuous labors, be
looks up, aud sight is presented which
sends cold chills creeping through his frame |
and freezes the very marrow IN his bones. |
The box which he had struck at distance |
of three or four feet from the SUI face had
sunk as be advanced, until he found himself
now some fourteen feet under ground, and |
not one inch nearer the tire asure he sought |
than the day before-the box was there, there
could be no doubt about that, the evidence
of his senses was conclusive on that point
but as he advanced, the box, like some will
o'-the- wisp, receded! Fright for time
uSpfltSu Ailu vi iia SSbCSss DoV UStAAS
q man not easily daunted by difficulties,
natural or supernatural, he sets bis wits to
work to circumYent the evil genius that
seemed about to deprive him of his promised
treasure. A number Of experiments which
he made convinced him that the chest only
sunk down as he approached it; when
he ceased digging, the chest ceased to
move. After little reflection he de-
termined on a plan of operations which
promised success. He would sink q new
shaft and when he had reached proper dis
lance he would tunnel through until he
gained position directly under the chest,
and cut off its further retreat in that direc-
ton, calculating that good charge of pow
der, would bring chest, money, and demon,
IL such were there, to the surface.
At last accounts he was still engaged In
digging this new tunnel, and at any moment
we may expect to hear the explosion OF the
powder keg which announces the successful
Issue of this brilliantly-coneei7ed plan to
..circumvent the devil and obtain an abund-
ant supply of the "root Of all evil."-1ap-
-hdpdanock Index.