The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-04-30

adequate, upvu The Whole, 70 repleB
isL tnd Dck Of the precious metals
require for mouetafy .snd srtl-tic
uses. No dvnbf. the discovery Of
bonaIkas may occasion temporary
dislur uAnce in the bullion market
but, on an average, the acces-ions e.
little furthsr than 10 ofsrI The shriok.
age from continual attrilion and mys
FERROUS disappearance. The annual
amuuat Of loss has been compa cd,
bat il Is not easy 10 de6ae aud meas.
ure the several causes which operate
10 exnsust the WORLDS story Of me.
IaiIic wealth. Some light, however
is throwu on The curious subj CT bs
NJ J.g G. Smith. tbe late Mayor oi
Bostoa, il q pamphlet pointing oui
sone u the ways ia which bplliun
Gas been withdrawn from circulatien.
boih III earlier aua recent tiees.
The Secretion of vsiuable-, aud es
p sciaIiy II gold and silver, is aD ia
r.iDct ~ilh Ignorant and rimareu-
persons, even 10 the most civiiiz d
countries, aud 10 q large part If the
world IL is an iuseferate habit,
prompted aud justified by necessity
During Our civil war, for INSTANCE.
large -ums are kDvwn TO have bres
buried ip The Sou,herp Sateslo save
what could not be conveniently car
rled beyond The grasp Of possible in-
vuders No doubt much of the treas
ure thus Inferred has been recovered,
but II Is probable that a part, owing
to the death of the owners acqusint.
ed with ihe precise place of burial,
viii never come again 10 the surface
] During the occupancy Of ouisiana
by the Federal troops under the
Command of Genersl Banks, a serv.
ant girl il New Orleans betrayed the
coDideuce Of her mistress by report
log the burial of half a barrel Of dol
lars 10 The yard of the premises. Here
tue treasure was soon unearthed
but in another case which likewise
occurred in New Orleans, q large
qusntity of silver plate which had
been concealed in a water tank wa-
discovered years afterward by a
mere accident.
The propensity for hiding bullion
underground is universal among The
Hind os, and during 40 centuries 4
arbitrary and ~rapacious governmeD.
they have been secretly sdding to
tue s~uo;erranean deposits. The Chi.
oese. tos, have a significant provert
TO The effect that security lies belpw
the p~loughsbsre. AIMING The Bed.
euins, We are told, money is in great
demand, aud Is procured ut any sac.
nfice from travellers or daellers IL
he io~ns, yet it is seldom TOR never
used among themselves, aud srem-
to vanish from circulation almo,t rs
quickly a. it touches their iDgers.
IL is customary for the Shelks 10 tury
their gaips in The sand, abe g the
hoard can only be recovered by the
most scrnpulou u attention TO heoriog-
aud distaures, al other inoidations
being speedily oblitera.ed.
lu Southern Earope, every year j.
marked by Cases Of treasure troVe.
where ACCOMMODATIONS of plate ~ coin
ed moLey are turned up by the
plough, or brought 10 light upon the
d-malrian of Id b idisg- The
I CT ms freq entity chosen for such
a-p.slIs 81 ems 10 have been uGdrr
heavy stuurs 10 Ihe E.cesses Of tenn
pies, churches aud ogher structures
proleeied by religious sentiment,
sbere no prec nce'ted attempts at
discovery would be permitted Thus,
10 Ibe repairing IT al ahiiquHted
church al s.. Gervsis, iU Fraucr, net
long ago, an uru was incidentally TX
. red. which on being brp ken open
revealed seven Thousand silver coins
We hardly need refer 10 The e eni
t. which the burial Of gold under tie
form OF ornaments or money in the
tombs of conspicuous persons was
carried ia former times, or 10 The re-
msrksble fluids of this nature lately
made by Gen, Di Cesnoly in Cyprus
But we may mention q less known
but analogous instance, namely, that
the excavation Of a gravey ard at ST.
don, some years ago, led 10 the dis
cavery # three esrihen pots foil of
gold pieces bearing the head of Phil
10. tsfner # Alexander The Great
Aud We may here call to mird hat
be %easure known to exist 10 the
Jewish Temple at the time Of the
-eige of Jerusalem by Titus, but none
If which were found by the Romans,
are believed to have been seereted in
some Of the limestone vaults which
honey comb the base Of MI. Moriab.
To conceal treasure under water
has been a frequent expeGient in ali
ages. Silver, as We know, is slowly
soluble In the ocean. bpt il is not i'm
probable that considerable sccu1ala-
lions of gold would be found 10 the
beds Of certain historic rivers aud
harb1rs There is ground, for in-
stance. TIC believe that the silt Of the
Tiber must have become rich in gold
C IN and precious specimens OF the
~goldsDith's art during % centuries
OF commotion aud assault, since the
expulsion of Tarquin to the fight Of
Pho Nono. There is also some histo-
rical evidence for the belief that not
2 little submurged treasure might be
fouod 10 the cboked up artificial har.
Dor Of Tyre. Indeed, repeated apli-
cations have besp made to the Porte
for a Rrmal persn,tIing examinations
10 De made, bat permission has inss-
riably been denied IL is thought,
TOO, that dredging operations in the
sluggish water Of the canals of Ye-
nice would yield considerable results.
and similar undertakings have been
mooted win regard 20 the be6s Of
the Seine and of the Thames. We
may add that Spanish chronselers TO-
T, port as an unquestionable fact that
vast qas1lities of treasure were
thrown by the Inca priests into Lske
Titicaca at the time OF Pizsrro's ip-
vasiou. There is no doubt that pro-
peaals for the recovery of wealth
thus submerged have more than once
been submitted to the Peruvian Gov
eminent.
Resides ibe great amount Of bull
lion which is removed from ~circnla-
tiou through boarding and bnrial,