Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-07-02

Treasures Exhumed From the Ground or
From Ancient Tomb.

From Ancient Tomhs.
From the New York Journal.
The recovery OF the Spanish gAileon vrecked
Oh Hispaniola, OF which the bullion Was secured
by some English spectators In 1857, has COS,
later generations dearly.
The Duke Of Albemarle. governor Of Jamaica,
received fs0 900. the royal share was $40 900.
gentlemen who had adventured Eioo took
$4,000 to flo.0oo. Innumerable have been the
disastrous enterprises which this success pro-
NOTED.
Within the last few wears we saw q company
formed 20 recover Nspoleon's army chest, sunk
with the vessel that contained it, ct the battle
OF Abukir.
Perhaps the most interesting fnd. saving
those wondrous tombs in south Russia, wa. the
Treasure OF Guarrazar," discovered In 1855.
Some peasants travelling near Toledo noticed
objects of gold and jewel work washed partly
out OF the ground by heavy rains. They broke
them 20 pieces and divided them. Happily an
Intelligent man heard the story in time. bought
up every fragment, pieced them all together
and ned to Paris. where he sold the lot TO the
Musee Cluny
The objects proved to be eleven crowns
mostly "votiveH-of Gothic monarchs who
ruled Spain during the seventh century. OF
the owncr In two Gases there IL no doubt at all.
for they bear his name in letters Of gold hang
ing by gold chains from the circlet with level
pendant from each letter
One bears the simple inscription, "Suin-
thlia. who reigned from 62i-s3l A D.; the
Other "Reccesvinthus rex offerret" His date
was 649-672 A. D.
Two, IL not more, are queens crowns. One.
the largest, has thirty big sapphires and thirty
pearls OF great size: below ii hangs q cross set
with large snpphires and pearls, which, again,
has jeweled pendants.
The Treasure of Hildesheim' also is price
less IL was found by soldiers digging trench
Tor flege practice near the town of that name
IN 1850. We cannot doubt that this glorious
rouyaille was the camp equipage" of some
very rich traveller, probably a Roman general
though conjecture has boundless field for
speculating how il could find lite way 20 Hide
sheiin, which the Roman armies never reached.
There are stewpans. pots, plates, q batterie
de cuisine complete, all OF silver, exquisite in
form and ornament; the legs. SO TO call them,
OF table. stands for lamps and other thing.
indefinable all silver and lovely: q complete
dinner seryice-plates, dishes, cups, goblets-
OF beautiful Greek work. in silver. with gold
wreaths and attachments One might eay in
truth that the goldsmith's art could not 60 be-
yond the grace and richness Of these articles
many OF which are Rscribed TO the first century
a. D.-had not the Russian finds surpassed
them.
The Hildesheim treasure is at Berlin; the
Russian ut the Winter Palace. That. in truth,
Is glorious beyond imagining. OF one piece NJ
THEIRS declared in rapture that n nation would
be Justified in making war on the oar for pos
session of it. This il the "Nikopol Vase"
Volumes have been written and libraries will
be written on these marvels They have been
recovered from tumuli in the neighborhood of
the ancient Greek colonies on the Black sea.