The Republican journal., 1877-08-16
TreaSure-TrOVe.

Chambers Edinburg Journal gives list of curl
Gus discoveries of treasure. from which select
the following: laborer digging drain i'll a farm
on the estate of the late Lord Palmerston found
golden tOrque or tOrgut. an ancient British neck
lace 1t was ascertained that the original grant of
the estate gave to the grantee as lord Of the man
or, Il right to all treaSurerove found therein the
veteran statesman established his claim, but took
! care that the finder should not go unrewarded. A
ploughman, working near Horndean. in Hants,
found more than hundred Old silver coins in an
earthern jar under the surface of the ground; the
lord OF the manor gave to the finder the intrinsic
valne of the coins mere silver, and then had to
light battle with the crown 10 who ought to
possess the coins themselves. One find near High
gate was very remarkable, account of the
strange manner i'll which the yeritable owner made
his appearance. Laborers grubbing up a tree in a
held found two jars containing nearly four hun
dred soyerelgns they divided the money amongst
themselves, and We're then taken aback by the
lord Of the manor claiming it. Before this claim
could be Investigated, tradeSman came forward
and stated that one night, under temporary delu-
sion, he had gone ont and buried the money when
ne aWoke, and for some time afterwards he tried
III vain to recoeCt the locality he had selected
and only obtained clew when he heard a rumor
OF the finding OF four hundred sovereigns. He
was able to bring forward sufficient evidence in
support of his singular story, and his claim was
admitted
On different occasions in 1861 the crown put in
claims for treasure trove-a gold coin found at
Long Crendon in Buckinghanshire sixty two
gold COINS tOnnd in earthen lar in a field at
Stockcrston, Leicestershre less than 5000 sill
Yer pennies Of the time of Henry Ill, found at
Eccles near Manchester, and 100 silver coins
earthed up near Newark. The next following year
gave the crown a claim to 1870 silver coins OF the
relgns OF Mary. Elizabeth James |. and Charles l.
found at Grantham and to gold cross and chain
brought to light al Castle Bailey Glare. IN Suffolk
The years 1866 and 1867 were marked among other
instances by the tinding of nearly 1000 small gold
and silver coins at Highbury near London eighty
gulneaS concealed III the wall OF an old house at
East Farley, near Christchurch Hants; and two
hundred and sixty old silver coins in house at
Lichteld. In other years there We're nine hundred
silver CONS found at Cumbcrford IN Stafordshire.
and elven rose mobiles found in the closters of
Westminster Abbey. These several instances of
treasure-trove We're settled in various ways. Some
of the findings returned by the crown to the
finders, some We're sold to the British Museum in
manner to place an honorarun i'll the finders
pocket, some were presented to museums and the
money value given to the finders. some
tanned by the crown as antiquarian curositieS
while one has been handed over to the descend
ants Of Il former owner.
Seven or eight years ago two laboring men found
a very ancient gold chain which they sold to Il
dealer who knew the value better than they did ::
the unlncky lucky men Jared badly in this instance
seeing that they were punished for selling the
ind' without giving notice to the authorities
rather hard lines for rusteS who are not likely
know much about the law of treasure trove In
another ease poor man found pair of ancient
Irish silver bracelets he sold them old SILVER to
4 silversmth, who melted them down at once
10 the great regret OF an antlquary, who would
have srVcn much more than their intrinsic value
for such relics Of former days During the multi
arous diggngs which have been going on for
some years III and near Cannon street an its neigh
b0rho0d for the formation of new streets and the
construction Of large commercial buildings. the
workmen lighted upon twenty-nine guincas and
tWpntV ShIlllOtrS nearly old. the
men got into trouble because they did not volun
tarlly give them up. Ou one occasion, when the
tuSty and nuSty contents OF rag dealers heap
were being overhauled somewhere in the neigh
borhood of Houndsdltch, diamond ring
pied. \ contest arose as to who should possess it.
\ woman engaged i'll sorting the rags claimed it
because she had found il; the rag dealer disputed
her claim IL paWnbroker who SAID he had advanced
money on the ring insisted on his prior right; a
dealer in old clothes who had sold garment for
that money, and one or two other persons OF some
what doubtful antecedents-a came forward to
show that for some reason or other the diamond
ring ought to be considered theirs. Whether the
crown waived its claim, we are not certain but Il
magistrate eventually gave a decision IN favor of
the rae SOrtcr
Bank notes. as we'll as coins, ewery, and arti
cleS in the precious metals, sometimes make their
appearance among the findings. \ bundle of notes
was one day picked up outside the counter of a re
tail shop; the finder claimed them because he ,raS
the finder; while the shopkeeper claimed them
because II was on his premises that the notes had
been dropped The real owner, whoever lie may
have been. did not come forward and the law de
olded in favor of the finder. But Il much more re
markable case occurred two or three wears apo A
packet containing no less than ten Thousand pounds
worth Of bank notes picked up from the pave
ment in one Of the busy streets near the Bank of
England--ten notes Of one thousand pounds each
4 younp city clerk picked up and pocketed the
treasure A friend advised HIM on consultations
to keep the notes until the following day, when a
handsome reward would possibly be offered by the
lnckless person who had inadvertently dropped the
notes \ firm Of solicitors i'll the names OF the
real owners speedily offered one hundred pounds
to the finder The iudciolls friend oyerslot the
mark here; he stipulated that he should have
nearly half the sum of one hundred pounds as his
reward for the advice given and at the same time
coaXed sixty pounds out of the owners by Il tabri-
Gated story concerning himself the finder and the
tindng 4 Sheriff Court had To decide the NATTER
and ordered the friend" to return part at any
rate of the money he had received
4 uucer story has lately found It's way into the
upwspnuers moi exactly touching on the discovery
of treasure but on IL concealment which might
posslbly lead to discovery if this Or that were to
occur one Adolfo de liarcilano lso runs the stor>
a prisoner in Madrid and lately a colonel in the
,.rlist Army was instr ,e,l Inv Don Carlos to take
six million pesctas (about one franc each) in Eng
lish securities and Spanish notes to London en-
closed in AN IRON box This treasure he was to
hurv in the earth in a particular locality make a
sketch pf thr exact and return a Span He
,ras newt ,antured hy thr Alfonsists thrust into
nrison and tod That he would not be set free ex
cent on the payment of a LARGE sum Of money bv
Wv Of ransom Thereupon he wrote to som. one
in England or Scotland asking for the transmission
of a sufficient sum of money: this done the secret
If The burjed treasure would h. communicated To
fine liberal ransomer, who was to retain one-third
If # as n grateful reward If there had been only
onr surh letter some person might possibly have
bern yictimized; but there were more than one,
to different quarters each reouestno tie money
to be sent TO n third party AT an address named.
W. may hereby form a t0Irrahlv trun estimate Of
non Aiolfn de GarciIano
TnIoubtelly the most intercstiur recent discov-
orins If small INIT valuable works In thr nr.cous
metals are those due to DR. Srhliemnnn Arch
n'nIn,,ists havo lnn, r,norniynd thr nrobahiitv
that bnried beneath some Of tbc ancient cities Of
tha worIa thern ara MT only ,rchiterturol and
srnlntnrnl fragments Of muc, historical imnor
tonce still remaining 10 be discovered but also
| in,vals and other treasures which hav. not seen
pnnneii Urrcni,neum Eyvnt Cvnrus tbr Site ot
the famous Troy. and those of the once important
cities Of Asia Minor--all may, perchance, have