The Morning herald., 1878-11-09
TREASURE TROvE.

4 STORY OF SOME HRHycHNRE's TRBAs-
URR AND HOW THRY LOST IT IN TIE
coon OLD DAIs-BURIED RICHES BELOW
TIE BRRAKwATER.
There IL Q bonspza for some one on
what 10 known a. the 'Polk' farm, DOW
owned By Peer Torber.. During the rrvo-
lursonsry ~ar French fhgste, vi b mil
lion OF dollars In coin 90 board, was chased
up the bay BY an English nan-of-war, and
the frigate officers, seeing capture inevits-
BILE, Put sixteen kegs of gold into email
boats, rewed ashore and buried the treasure
on the firm above mentioned. In 1918 two
French ofa.ers spent q month In search ing
for the treasure"
The above Is clipped from the local col
umns of the Milford Chronicle. From cer-
tain incidents known In history which are
of Q similar nstlre We are led to be lieve
that the Chropiele 10 either at fault 10 0
msssure or as gotten hold of q striking
coincidence The story given by the Chron-
lcle NAV live in local tradition, and also be
true. But il 10 known that . French ship
lDaded with treasure was eh sssd In between
the capss during the Revolution, and up
the bay 90 far as where the Breskwater now
is,, and there put into shore and landed at
| Lewes. At that time Lewes, or Lewestown
as 1t was then called, was strongly though
temporarily gsrrisoned bJ 8 regiment of
| men under comm pd of uaptsin JohB Hall
The French vesse., 1t appears. was q priyS>
teer, which was bound for Wilmington, af-
Ter having captured several valuable priss
| The treasure was removed from the vessel
10 the shore, and the crew of the " ksel
m srched up through the State with 1t to
Wilmington, under the protectien of Capt.
H4ll's regiment. The French went into
quar:ers here and stayed considerable
time the officers headquarters we're in the
building which was formerly on the site
where the building occupied by W. 8. Nc
| CsuIley on Market ssreet AoJvs sixth, now
| stands. g..-..
| The treasure, which We are told Was i'm
mense, YVES buried in the cellar, and one
night large portion Of 1t, tf not all, was
stolen by some parties, who forced an en-.
trance to the p ace through q bsck win.
dow. The robbery wss cleverly planned
AID az cleyerly executed. The thieves
were never sIpr, heLdei
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name from his stay Of the French people
10 the city, md many incidents live in ira
dition OF th-ir Jings. A score or more of
years ago when the house already men.
TONED IS where the ire. sure was buried
and which the Officers had as their head
quart ers, was being repaired, the work men
'ound an old wooden shoe similar to those
the Frenchmen wore q that period. One
of the French officers published q book OF
his travels IN DrIswsIe upon his return TO
his native land, and . copy (probabiy the
only one IN this courtry) can DC seen In the
mercantile Library 10 Phil ,delphiA
W bile VT are on his subject it may be OF
some interest to our readers for US to make
q casual reference TO the sunken treasure off
the co.tt down below Cape Henlopn
About 10 or 90 years ago the British man.
of.Har, De 5 ock, com a anded by James
Drew, was cspsized and sunk while enter
ing the bay. The ship had q fabulous
amount OF treasure oo board, and also had
10 ch.rg4 two Spanish galleons loaded with
specie which went down with her. 10 sd i.
oition TO this there was ooce q Spanish
prize ship loaded with gold ard silver, Lost
Oh Synepuxette beach, near Ooean City ,sey.
ersl miles further down from which enough
treasure wss sshed ashore to make tue
people OF that locality itch for the time bs.
ing
There can be no doubt that fabulous
riches are buried beneath the waves just
seaW ard OF those fatal shores, and this idea
10 su ppsrted BY the fact that coin lie fire.
quently found washed up by The waters af-
tor heavy storms.