The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1877-02-09
CAPTAIN TAIN KIDD's TREASURE.

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CAPTAIN KIDD'S TREASURE.
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The ohl anania for the search of Cap.
taiiisKfdtl's treasure has been revived
in New Jersey land Monmouth county
is wild w 18th an excitement which sinks
the Presidential problem into insight.
icaffcl. It is stated that some astOund-
ingdIseoVeries have been made upon
haH.a0. acre of, land known as Coffin
Island Or Money Hill, and men have
focked ttlfther by the hundreds to dig
for the supposed treasure. While it is
.sssserted that fabulous sums of money
have been unearthed, no one has yet
beendound whois willing to swear to it.
The Tegend which gave rise to the
-,,nt -, .rls,:i- y A." or Coffin Island,
is TRAITS, .:e that two hundred years
aga an, Ynuian chief pursued a wounded
deer to the high bluff which overlooks
Shark river, when he observed Il canoe
coming: up the stream, impelled by
s.,.-r' lIfEtia iu"n, with Il negro bound in
- never seen col
uleu gentleman before, the red man set
him down as Il bad spirit or the devil,
possibly with Il prophetic knowledge tina,
his progeny were to play that part in
American history. a couple of centuries
later. At any rate, the old sachen was
so terrified that he hid himself and
watched things. The white men land
cd, and digging a hole in the hill, made
three Journeys between it and the boat,
each time slowing away bagful vi
treasure. They then dug Il larger hole
and dropped therein the vehemently
protesting African, first punching GU,
his eyes. that he might not witness his
own funeral. lie was carefully covered
up, when the canoe was padded out
the inlet to Il vessel waiting beyond
the bar, and it Immediately hoisted
sallah vanished. The coast being cleal
the Chief crept out from his conceulment
ndhurricd back to his village, where he
related all he had seen. A council OF
war. was. held, and the tribe, by an over
whel,ning majority, decided to emigrate
ut once: They settled near the mouth
of Sqqaln river, but no warrior could
be bribed into going near the hill, and
the young gallants, when they went a
wooing after, dark, always gave it a
wide BERTH. Shadowy giants We're
seen towering about the elevation, aud
strange sounds smote tho ear of night.
The legend descended from the red to
the white men, and there have been
hundreds who never doubted that one
OF the occupants of the boat was Cap
tain Kidd, the freebooter, who, rs he
sailed, took this means of stow
ing away portion of his spoils. There
has been hardly year since the revo-
luton in which some; credulous coun-
tryman has not piled the pike or shovel
in the hope Of unearthing all or part
of the; gold. '""
The New York World says that last
autumn Il South Carolinian, in Norfolk,
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Kid had buried Il mint of money near
Shark river,and gave explicit directions
where. to hunt for it. He thought
nothing OF the matter, however, until
some.mohths later, when he made a
visit to Ocean Beach, and at once rec
ognizett the spot. He kept his counsel,
and learning that the land belonged to
James Allen, of New Bedford, he
secured the right to dig upon it, on the
condition that the ownershould receive
Il certain ;percentage of the reward OBJ
tanned. The gentleman disappeared in
the course ofa few days, and when lie
returned q month afterwards it was OBJ
served that he had become suddenly
rich, but as to the means, he was mute
as an oyster. h.. s.
Nh~n this report became noised
'oantry wild, and
',...>o ,..er he vlctnity of the supposed
discovery mas resembled vast camp,
and the men have iudustriousiy work
eel on the frozen ground with pick and
shovel, hoping to find the hidden treas
- .::cs: the mys-
-. ...e ;,.nous pirates hidden
wealth has bafficd discovery, and it is
probable that we are no nearer it now
than when men first began to search
for it.-,T. Joseph No. Chronicle.
The Alexandria Gazette says that the
influence of the whipping-post rs pun
ishment for petty crimes has been so
in Virginia that its use has