The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-04-09

nav interest with ove exceptions
TIE grsngcrs must see herein proc
that the contained suprcaaacy Of TIKI
Republican party is necessary to TIKI
triumph Of the course Of cheap trans.
,,ortation.
THIRrY-s1v1N MILLIONS.
Our great and glorious Congress
can increase the money Of the coun-
Try 1t one stroke, and not half try
By the alchemy Of legislation it car
:urn rags into money At rate which
discounts every other wealth seeking
enterprise ever known. One Of the
biggest s.yans" of its kind told in
history relates how Koni, Khan Of
Persia, defeated the great Mcgul's
troops before Delhi, and then carried
way treasure to the extent of $780,
900, 900. That was something like
$50 years ago. American statesmen
of the latest school would have
wrought grander achievement with
. few sheets Of paper. II every man
was only . Congress unto himself, we
would all be millionairs. But that
good time is still remote, and we are
compelled TO put something like the
old estimates upon hard cash. When.
therefore, it Is announced that gold to
the extent Of thirty-seven millions is
about 10 be added to the worlds me-
tallic wealth, the announcement is
startling, especially when told that il
d al 10 come up out OF the bottom of
he sea. The facts in the case, or the al
legged facts, to speak more accurately,
are as follows:
10 the year 17Os Spain and France,
then in alliance against England and
Holland, were very hard pushed for
the s.sinews Of war" Not having .
statesman like General Logan in their
councils, instead of working over =
few rags into currency, they set about
getting q supply of gold from
Amerca. According to the Spanish
way Of thinking, Providence had used
tho lucas and the Moutezumss as
storers OF precious metals for the ex-
press use Of Christian robbers. The
Spsniards knew just where to get the
stuff, the only trouble being to pre-
vent the Dutch broom from sweeping
the vessels conveying the same to
Spain into the Jaws Of the British Ii.
IN. 1t was resolved to try it. The
Spanish Gallons, protected by the
French men-of-war, csssyed the task.
Hoping to escape danger, they steer
ed for Vigo, instead Of Cadix. It is
in Gslicia, on the northwest
coast of Spain, and eighiy-6ve miles
north Of Oporto. The attempt might
have been entirely successful had the
ships been unloaded - soon rs they
came to land; but certain representa-
tons made by the officials of Cadiz
to TO the authorities 1t Madrid, inter
fered with the landing Of the treasure,
and It remained ON board the galleons,
with the exception Of a few small
parcels. when the Anglo Dutch feet,
which had large land force on board,
OF the harbor Of Vigo on
the 2lst of October, 1872. On the
following morning they entered and
their at,act. The result
was that some Of the treasure was
very little Of it saved, and
the greater part Of it sunk in the har-
Dor Of vigo. The amount is estima-
ted 1t al, OOO, 900.
Several Intellectual attempts have
been made to raise the treasure. It
is supposed that the gold, which was
in bars, has not stirred, and that the
spot is known. The Spanish Govern
ment has recently given q "conces-
sion" to company organized for
that purpose 70 Ssh" for the lost
galleons. The chief engineer in the
project is Colonel Gowen, who sue
cesssfully raised the Russian Zee,
that was sunk in the harbor Of Sc.
bastapol during the Crimean war, and
he confidently states that within -four
months after his arrival on the spot
be win have recovered the content.
of 1t least three of the galleons.-
According to him, the Russian yes.
sells in the harbor Of Sebastopol were
submerged in much deeper water, and
enveloped in mud and debris; and the
position in which those ships were
exposed them to the weather; then
too, the violent storms Of the BLACK
sea rendered the operation of raising
them far more difficult and expensive
than can possibly be the case with
the treasure in the harbor of Vigo
which is submerged in depth Of
water ranging from thirty-thrce te
fifty feet, besides which there is the
fact that the harbor Of Vigo, where
the galleons we're submerged, is al
al times comparatively smooth water.
It Is estimated that the cost Of recoy.
ering this treasure will be about
$3.50, 900. - Chicago Journal.
IN MEMORIAM.
The following preamble and res0lu-
lions were adopted by Covers Ferry