Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-06-26

now Iss for | am very tired. though very glad to
THE SAFE OF THE CUMBERLANp,-A COR
respondent of the Baltimore American sends
the following FROM Norfolk, Va, about the
safe of the man of war Cumberland, recently
raised
The iron safe lately t ken from the wreck of
the Ill-'ated United States man Of war Cumber-
land. run into and sunk by the Confederate ram
NJ errlmac, in Hampton K >ads, ia 1862, is now
on exhibition in this city. 1t is Al old fashioned
coice"n, square, about the siz. Of 8 common
SIZE Tea chest, and built of cast iron. When
found it Was lying on its side, buried N about
tour feet of mud on q deck next to the one where
II stood when The ship went down. Rust has
eaten through 1t in several places, and there is
al! opening on its side about three inches wide,
estseo' ~ Is supposed, by the explosion of a tor
p.edo. IL ls said that through this opening \
shoWer OF nearly $4,000 in gold coin marked the
track OF Its ascent from the wreck to the schoon.
or. None of it Of course Can ever be recover, d
~ the wnter there is nearly one hundred feet
aoep and the tide very swift. The parties who
nave tn" safe are silent ir regard to It's contents,
ana ale not Kelly to tell the amount of its tress.
ur',, but 1t is confidently believed that their
banking account has been increased about S75 :
0o) III gold. Fully this amount has been ex-
pcndod IN the various vain endeavors to find it
before these parties urd de. took the lob One
~-@f N'J -" VI az u " " INC WAS Az
Governor Gilbert {. Walker, is known to hay.
sunk 91D,UU IN the ~truitless enterprise. 1t is
now known that those who formerly searched
TOT Inns money were many times either standing
on Inc very spot or very near it, and had they
k'io%n II could hsve easily put their hands on
It. the deck around it had been shattered and
the safe itself been partly blown open by torpe.
does By 6 exploded beside It. While Csptain
Brown was searching for the spot where he sup
p"sou The ssie to be ne stumbled against what
ne supposed TO be IL log of wood, but what he
subsequently Was Mortified to lind WAS the phsst.
~ retains OF a man hardened and petriaed in.
to stone, standing solid and erect-a lone senti.
mel, watching as II were the treasures of the
deep, surrounded by the bones of his lost com
1aues VINO died with him Wlil:vainiy and nobly
o tttl'hg tor me preservation Of their good and
beloved OLD ship. 1t was when underwriting to
raise this strange object out of its grave of mud
he louII the safe, which was Immediately taken
up and brought, Norfolk. Brown has been q
mo I sa' cesstuI diver, having performed many
ontl her anu in Englani. q. f.. G Maltby,
VINO employs him, and who CTS the bulk OF
THIS MOI ey, IS q merchant OF this city, and ia
largely engaged i'll w~recking opera 10 8 in all
parts vi the United States. He will doubtless
put ne gold where 1T will do the most good.
Several 81 'plcIous characters, attracted here, il
Is supposed, oy the announcement that the sale
would not be opened until the arrival of certain
Interested Detroit parties, have been pu. under
Inc surveillance OF the police. Three OF them,
two nights before the safe WAS openad. wers
found secreted in the b .ck yard of the Atlantic
Hotel where the safe is kept, but escaped BIZ.
fore they could be arrested. it is the intention
OF Mr.; Maltby to present tho safe, with other
valuable curlosltle' taken from tho wrecks in
hampton Roads. TO the Massachusetts Histori.
cal Society, in time to be exhibited ut the com
Ing Centennial Celebration"
HEAR Il OTHER SIDE. "A card from Col.
llolIlngswurlh, taken from the Washington
Star, was published in Thursdays Gazette.
The following IL the answer as taken from The
same paper:
"A cad from Col. H~olliugsworth, of Mount
Vernon, is published, complaining of trespass
from certain parties who came to Vernon
Springs on the Mary Washington last SUNDAY,
he langu .ge of this card seems 10 brow dis
credit upon the visitors at the latter place. The
Inquiry Is made What shall be done to pre-.
vent the Sunday excursions from Invading the
sacred preclucIs of Mount Veraou?'
Being RI .,onsible for the attempt to furnish
to the hard"orked people OF the city and their
families u cheap excursion on the ouIy day left
to them. L desire to say Il word iu defence OF
The Mary Washington aud her passengers.
The excursion last Sunday was large, and TO-
Guided many OF the best citizens aud several
members OF The press. Both en- route aud 90
shore The behavior Of The entire party was as
decorous as 10 a we'll ordered huue. A lrw
Wild boys Wandered away frum The main party
at Vernon Springs to see the Tomb of Wash.
lugt"n and get snme cherries. This was out
ragenuS, aud they ought to have been caught
and logged, or at least We'll scored. II Is what
everybody has TO look our Tor When excursions
come down the river, There will always be a
few roeu"s. The remedy is to catch aud punish
them. | distinctly noIl6cd every one | could
that visitors were not received at Mount Yer.
nou % San lays No one couuected with the
boat Is 10 any Way to blame, and [ am sure all
will readily uuile with Col. tloilugsw,rth to
prevent any trcspass upon the sacrei spot
which be presldes over ~ gracefully and worth.
lily as agent Ut the Ladies' Association"
EDWARD DANIEL
EXECUTIONS. Six murderers paid the peu
4lty Ut death for their crimes 10 tn, Uritei
States yesterday. At Thomaston, Maine, Wag.