Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-02-09
BURlED TREASURE.


WrooA % ne Oo0 0aOpoo1oe.
The scsas Of Edgar A. Pos's famoul
story Of "Ths Gold Bus' y % oullivsn'l
iolon0s noaf Charleston, aAd q euefoop0o.
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dlscovegy oi docunsals emoag ~ f0eofdo
city MT pscSabiy soensd shs baais q ~
Fis:s shSfs Il published oss a uunsss
Of olmllar am0ovit1 by the crew Of 3 pllo(
bual Il a@asss thas about 5 o'clook u the
mnfsiDe gof the lse Of 6sp.ombef, l7l6,
uasok 0sg made towards him and bod0
him lower his mainsaiL
"Upcn thas be isckt end stood away nom
hi0s upoA WhjcA they nred irula the
schoooof bolh musQuo( end round ohoo
Win ne Spenish pe~ddst also nying. upon
Which tnis dspoc:ns mads The best Of HI
1us sAsrs = snsshss smdavis, whsshh =
"Joks 0ssvin, full brsush PLEA bsing
oWoen o. TIE Holy Evaneolisesol q Almighty
COD, 6opooes that very loio On The night Of
Aue1s; y. tS =. ~. Sh:S sSss co",ss u f'g@ ,. -
there being partial FOG. hs suddenly, when
lOssiDg west, ran into Q great number Of
small D0ats, one OF which no cApeissd. He
Immediately tAckt and fetched up about Q
Quarter Of mile 70 the westward end al.
lt was too late 70 haul en aud Inn courses
bsouGnt him Close alopgside and one Of his
crew read The title 'Uld Campeodor.' Thia
depeodent knows that the Cid Canpeador,
y Spanish brlgautine, the commander Of
whiea y Jaiian de Vega.
nny yards @ the northwest Of the brigsn.
tio0 lay Q schooner. The wind at this time
WNs uSiavoeable TO entry, and he (the Dc.
po0ent) thought IL best, In Code grace, to
put back TO ~, In which respect ho Was
aided by providential wind, the bflsantino
range on acoount Of the fog, and the more
because the deponent had quenched the
lights, which he he'd hauled down. He
further avers that h0 kept On his way along
the coast and put into Waccamaw bay, and
bega1 - make hin way hack to Charles
ends. and where II Grlmbeck's tavern,
whore the mail coach puts up and n
carried scross the river TO make ths journey
good to Charleston, this dsponent We In.
formed that Spanish bEigantins was ashors
% own 1a men 1S and Suud1y % Of he Scoc a people %
from the tavern, sailed down to the lslend
and found that . brjsantine had
been oass away and Wss On her beam ends
over Against the red eand blu6a. The
brjsa1tine was boarded and there Was
msndsF. Julian DO Vega, Alfonso Reelta,
the second matA. and two sailorA The
commander surrendered 10 % IN the name
Of the king, and he was taken On board
with 10 ana al bis mon. Thle doponont
dsposipg further, saith that the Capt do
v Gn es ESysfs y G sxor: s::a ss
the b1igantins had bssa loaded with oliver
and gold, lhs sum thereof In English
sterling belpg 81, 800 900. That he aud the
nrst m6te, Miguel Aretino, hsd agreed to
make lood g themselves thls money and
Island. That they had boldly psrmitssd
the whole oreW into the c6uspiracy,
and On the afternoon Of the 3lst Of
Ausust the captain and the mates and the
crew went ash0ar In the small boats. That
the mate selected large pine tree near the
shore. which was biased With circle with
two inner cross marks on The side OF The
tree turned from the shoor. That from this
tree the mate took bearing with Q land
oompaaG-noftheast "a deg. l6 min. The
captain next measured distance OF about
% chains, or nearly. quarter OF miie, the
msndsr snd he sEippsr had made unto
themsslvee On agreement that the COM
msndor should keep the memorandum
OF the distance secret from the
mate and crew, and that the cap'
tain should keep the bearing 20 that there
about O'Clock ON the morning Of Bsptsm.
ber the first mate boarded the brigantins's
companion schooner aud conveyed eight
smsll boats loaded with the Ooin 10 the
shore, and It was buried. The captain
further said that when the small boats and
we're run through BY . schooner, Q. no
thought (the same reing my vessel which
Was blown slongside and ON which no fired.
But the most villeinous part OF the ceptaln's
tale u that Il had been agreed that when
The dsst Of ANAL boats should return from
schooner Wsre to bear away from the
deos, the same 70 be lost The commander
further said that on the return the schooner
must. have been frightened away By the
fear OF the vessel on which he had fred
0nd kept we'll away. This dsponent further
ssss. tn:s 2. 90 p..,SSs aSs 10 e o1:so Town
On the 'bsaoh Of Sand leland morris
Islspd) and picked up one OF the boats OF
toe Ct0 Osmpsador In which ohate OF the
Spanish Kings money had been carried 70
ne Long island. He hath no doubt and
westward toward Bullivan's Inland, and
IVES cast ashore on Sand island. Toe mate
on board the schooner. who was lost he'd
with him the bearing OF the gold aud silver
where Il Was buried In the mNs1 { on
the pine tree; and psfsdvsuture Il would
bS IDLE 70 search therefor Without the chsrf.
but by 0od's graoe this depouent desirsth
an order from the kings lawful ofAcss TO
search therefor and will true return make
70 any magistrate OF the king"
Another OF the papers recites the grant.
inG Of the order, but no return hes yel
bssn msde nor does i appear on the 70.
cords what became Of julian dc Vega and
the three other wrecked spanish marines.
IL u easy to understand why the schooner,
which 6red its last shot ct the Charleston
schooner on the morning Of Sept !, H45
Was flying pirate asg.
The shove records are only now given 70
show that e igar Allan Poe had Q fair
ground work for his story, and that there ID
nearly go 0O0. 900 In gold and silver some
where on Long leland. The wreck of ths
brigantine OF South island II . matter ol
und0ubtsd history, - are the facts abov,
given from Probate Judge Glesson's court
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