Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-06-11
rom the London Standard.


The recovery Of the Spanish galleon wrecked
of Hispaniola, Of which the bullion was secured
by some English speculators in 1887, has cost
later generations dearly. The Duke Of Abe
marie, governor of Jamaica, received ESQ, 900,
the royal share was 10000, gentlemen who
had adventured f10O took $4,000 to 100000.
Innumerable have been the disastrous enter
prises which this success promoted. Within
the last few years we saw a company formed
to recover Napoleon's army chest, sunk with
the vessel that contained it, at the battle Of
Abukir.
Perhaps the most interesting find, saving
those wondrous tombs in South Russia, was the
Treasure Of Guarrazar," discovered in 1853
Some peasants travelling near Toledo noticed
objects of gold and jewel work washed partly
out Of the ground by heavy rains. They broke
them to pieces and divided them. Happily an
intelligent man heard the story in time, bought
up every fragment. pieced them all together
and fed TO Paris. where he sold the lot to the
Musee Cluny- The objects proved to be eleven
crowns-mostly "votive"-Of Gothic monarchs
who ruled Spain during the seventh century.
OF the owner in two cases there is no doubt al
all, for they bear his name in letters of gold
hanging by gold chains from the circiet, with a
jewel pendant from each letter. One bears the
simple inscription, ''Suinthila." who reigned
from 62l-63l AID; the other "Reccesvinthus
rex oferret." His date Was 649-672 AID. Two
II not more, are queens crowns. One, the
largest, has thirty big sspphires and thirty
pearls Of great size below il hangs q cross SET
with large sapphires and pearls, which, again
has jeweled pendants. But we must not de-
scribe infinitely objects which are, perhaps
better known, to antiquarians at least, than any
pieces of goldsmiths work existing.
The Treasure Of Hldesheim" also il price
less II was found by soldiers digging trench
for siege practice near the town Of that name
In 1850. We cannot doubt that this glorious
trouvAille was the camp equipage" Of some
very rich traveller, probably a Roman gen.
eral-though conjecture has boundlsss Aeld
for speculating how il could find its way Ia
Hildesheim, which the Roman armies never
reached. There are stewpans. pots, plates q
oatterie de cuisine complete, all Of silver. ex-
qusite IN form and ornament; the legs, 80 to
call them, Of q table, stands for lamps. and
other things indefnable, all silver and all
lovely; complete dinner service, plates, dishes
cups, goblets, of beautiful Greek work, In sil-
yer. with gold wresths and attachments. One
might say In truth that the goldsmith's aft
could not go beyond the grace and richness Of
these srticles-many of which are ascribed 70
the first century a. D.-hsd not the Russian
ENDS surpassed them. The Hildesheim treas
ure is at Berlin: the Russian at the Winter Phi.
ace. That, in truth, Is glorious beyond imagin-
ing. OF one piece, NJ Thiers declared. IN rsp-
| ture, that q nation would be JUSTIFIED in msidns
var on the czar for possession of 1t. This Z
the ''Nikopol vsss." Volumes have been writ
ten, and libraries win be written ON these mar
wells. Therefore We do not dwell upon them
They have been recovered from tumuH In thu
neighborhood Of the ancient Greek oclouiss on
the Black sen.