The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-02-09
LUCK FOR GOV. HOGG.
He Found Pirates Strong Box, and
MAY Be Rich,

HOgg, of Texas, has b zen an eventful one.
He was poor farmer boy before he entered
IL country printing office, where he went
through the regulation apprenticeship OF
rolling and carrying papers, setting type
and pulling a Washington handpress,
winding up by adding editorial duties to
the Others and taking cordwood, potatoes
OF Other farm pro luc, in exchange Tor his
weekly wages. While editing his paper
he studied law, and soon after obtaining Ii
cense, was elected county and afterwards dis
trict attorney OF Smith and Cherokee coun-
ties. Afterwards he was promoted to the
Office OF attorney general OF Texas, and here
began to lay his plans to secure the COVER.
norship.
He made himself notorious, if not fam
GUS says the Houston correspondent of the
ST. Louis Globe-D Democrat, by suits against
railroads and other corporations, which he
assaled in such manner as to win the
plaudits of the boys at the forks o. the
Nitch' 'putStcuiuSo L. -. hOSS anu llll
treasury, he set about inaugurating reforms,
putting in operation railroad commission.
depicting the treasury, and had the most
stormy time of it any governor of Texas
ever has encountered during his tenure of
office.
Eut Gov. Hogg loves excitement, not
only that of politics, but that of the chase,
and to the latter trait he owes his present
and coming fortune. Whenever he could
find time he would slip off from the capital
to the coast country and put in few days
hunting and fishing He was equally as
happy angling for bass Or trout as on a
stand waiting to get il shot at a fat buck or
in ii big thicket following pack of dogs in
pursuit OF bear.
On one of these expeditions he and Cap
tain Jerry Iongfellow Mitchell were mess
mates. They chartered a boat and took in
the coast along the Gulf OF Mexico In a
cove near Sabine Pass they put into port
and struck their camp 1t was pictur-
esque spot and a better harbor in case of
stormy weather could not have been Sc
lected. The cove was one into which the
famous buccaneer and pirate Latitte fire.
quently sailed when he was marauding the
Texan and Louisiana coast While hunt
ing one day the Governor and Capt Nit
chell discovered an excavation, which they
explored, and found it to be cave.
Prompted more by spirit of adventure
than any thought of making discovery,
they removed all the old rubbish and thor
oughly explored it,
Their labors were rewarded in the dis
cOvery that the cave had once been hid
ing place of the notorious Latitte. In "a
corner was an old box full of papers, few
in the French, but the larger number
in the Spanish language In the batch
were the original deeds to large bodies of
land in Mexico, and tied up with them was
an old diary. This diary, it appears, con-
tanned great deal of Mexican historical
data, and had evidently been captured by
Lattte on one of his raids.
One chapter in the chronology was de-
voted to a description of the lands which
were called for in the deeds. Some of them
are far in the interior of Mexico, and were
old silver mines, rich with the white metal
One piece of property is situated near the
ruins of an old Aztec city, and is said to
contain untold quantities of not only silver
but gold.
Guarding their secret until they could
have the deeds translated, which was done
by District Attorney Gillespie and Judge
5. X. Perryman, the lands were located.
AS the governor could not well leave the
state on such an expedition, Capt. Mitchell
made trip over to Mexico. He explored
the interior and located a portion of the
property. Counsel was called in, and a
prominent Mexican lawyer was summoned
to attend. 1t was held in this city about
year ago, and so favorable was the prospect
that Capt Mitchell was again detailed to
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time he pursued his Investigations further,
and with the aid of the Mexican attorney
and experienced mining engineer succeeded
in locating two of the mines. Samples of
the ores were taken and assayed. They
turned out very rich in silver and copper,
and the test was so satisfactory that it was
determined to operate the mines
When Gov. Hogg went East last summer
he consulted with IA number of capitalists
and impressed them with the enormous
value of the property, to which he and
Captain Mitchell held the deeds. A syndi-
cate was formed, and the Eastern moneyed
men sent u representative to investigate the
merits OF the claims. His researches salts
fled him that untold millions were con-
cealed in the mountains to which they held