, 1879-08-07
KEYS AS X KEEpSAKES.

THO Unlted States Trspsuror's Curious Col.
~lect.nn-IIow thu Innlts Of tho Nation
Arc Guarded. !,
F.. 17isDatca to 1T. konIs Globe n<macrat.'
WABu1HaToN, D. G., Aug. 4.-The Treasurer
Of the Ul,i.cd States, Mr.. Gul1an, has com.
pleted a collection Of keys to tile Treasury
vaults and 1noacy.boxcs In usu before the tntro-
ductton Of combination locks. Tic collection
numbers fifteen keys, which have been arranged
In neat walnut ease, nnd now decorate thu
walls OF tho Trcasurcr's Office. Tic first n
chronological order Ia 'vcritabla patriarch OF
tue key family. 1t ia about soron Iuches long,
weighs over pound, and makes great dlspay
Ut notelea which fitted into tho complicated
war.ls of tho lock. Judging from tile fufsh OF
tho key, u,s lock was oyfdoutly regarded in It's
day os 'nastcrpieco Ut ingenuity und
mechanism. The exp1utts OF modern
experts would hn,Eio at such q barrier
between Themselves n,ll the pls,crIng treasure,
least half century. a,l4 1ta custodiun for years
Was u Nirgtnau named Col. Hutt, TIN. Cashtgr
lit The Trcaaursr's office. The Colonel was. ~.
yosdiNE to accounts, y true typo OF Tie o'l..isnc
tirHlnlan.-tAIl. eruet, Ant measuring uyue SIX
fect wearing certan a!F ot tllu cavalier which
would laye Justified B0nla notions ut The bpaat-
Cd chya!rv Of itm Old D,m!pion. 4io lived on
tic soil Of .!is nativ. Statc. md Uvcry morallig
summer time. ty.ug hts raw,botiel Virginia
parer In a grove uear tho Department, whero
mighty buildings now stard. the Cnlouel strods
Along the corridors Ut The 'rJcahury, with TITS
epurs clanktng on the pared war, and, cracking
ns rtdlnE-whp, swa4EeEel into hts oillce. Ills
fi1ak art was u haul tie .iIMntnsu safc.xoY out
Of wallet lie carried nbunt hta pcrson, nhl to
an a.lln!slng auItencc Vt accountants, telfcrs,
clerks messengers, ntil boYs, would preface ti!c
foHnaltly of opehIllg the antique utrap.lrou boz,
hy tle&canltng OH tho complicated interior ar.
ranEcmrnt OF tlIr lorG, amt tho humber ot tum
h!rrs the awt.thsplrislg Instrument Ee helu In
Intricate warLa. Tie moueJ.hoxc., tuo, wero
ncyur.cntlng a,lil fruitful tlrlnn OF tic Yrncra.
hit Nuts admiration. lie spoke Ut the welded
strapa Of 1roa utt'l lie tnnuuutabln bo1tR which
Que! continued tn office until Virginia 1oneAhcr
fortunes to the conspiracy against The Union,
al4 then one Afternoon, utter he had drawn Ills
pay, was last seen cautcr"E tnWaEd tic Potomac
aud ncross tnl0 llfs native state.
Another key, ~ large as Col. Nuts and
iauch more wufn, has It's notshrs sllapcl like a
lcttrr I. II IL said liat from this thu kcy
represented III t1ln seal Ut tho Treaaury Depart.
locks begun Notable charge IN The formation
ot the Keys ~ lntt,ea.ed. MKT comes palr .lMt
resetnb!u 'ihu handle Of u tontn!luel. md fol-
!owltly The intermediate htagra Alv twu heavy
tloh formed by strips nt metal Of different
lengths Atn! Hu1n6cEcd IltI combinations Wcrt
varied hs changing tic arrangement Ut tliesu
stEips IN thu kry. As loc..r!vEiny grew tn
iii art, nnd thu ingenuity ot u!e layenior
was brought into eomuslttou with ulu In-
EeHA!tf Of thu aursIar, thu Nke III kcys
was ab.nuuned anl (ruln year TO }ear, Us iuIll~
Ions vi treasure AMI securities nint notcs 'leA
The vaults. ali sl1r lase-t aud most stelltu app-
nneca wcre Introduced. After sarcIul lind
thorough examination, the Sar.rl,t li,nn and
tiIrn,iplncler rutnntnltiol lack was us!outrd q
few years ago. TlIrra nta ten OF tlirsu Iocis OIL
fart, vault. Every night, under lhn supsri,I..
tendsnro t, nt le trea'lftr, A,"a by trn.'s nn,i
IL wound ant set iur S:kl Il. III. Wrl, uIcr lu
!HotiHt, there h IN ,Als>r way t1 UpGa It. ryru
tiy Tho nItlsrrS uutst,rze III k.0w t r.i:l,El,la.
lmn. No Eeyls n-ra, thu ~ilulG tlelirats ,nrrh.
atsr, re- .HI1ftHE tn !unlt III tl.n9 lul tt M.
''tv1tiVn q! wn,t " iEufss ~ sl.u pat-+ !afu,.
~. tAc GNall1iMa1AAtl.