Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-01-28
( 0F THE LU-TINE.
THAN sf ,ooo, ,ooo WENT TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA.

- yeee1, Reeoyered-Ex Op- finder Way to Secure the Rest. .o ia an oaken chair in the office of :, in London, the great maritime Z. .,hieb has a strange and romantic Ii was made from the rudder So kings ship Lntine, which, in % ,rae wrecked ill the North sea, H ho largest amount of gold on board q 9or went to tie bottom. The sec & If Lloyds' recently gave to the q an interesting account of this j ami of tie numerous attempts to last treasure. The Lutine was a q fnoate, captured from the French %a.
 # the autumn of 1799 it was neees- \ send a large amount of specie % tbe North sea, and, as usual, ap- ;on was made to tie admiralty for a M shjp. This method of conveyance A,onoht the best guarantee for hon.  .5 Ina best assurance against capture 4Eaiou foes. Although some money sSnosed to have been transmitted by Iatiue to pay British troops then |I5o in Holland, the bulk of the |sFTe was forwarded for purely com HIal reasons.
 f fandon merchants trading with A Germany in those days were i'll bahit of sending their goods and |,slrawing bills for their value upon Iatnrg and other houses at so many E;bs ahead. By the time the bills fell ,ba goods had been sold for cash. =a was paid into the banks to meet ! Elements. But q protraeted frost in srly part of 1799 had so long seal E E Elbe that the merchandise had &Aletained ice bound and could not Ebded or disposed of ill time.
 fhe London traders, to save their x and escape the expense of protest, 3pg new bills and other probable nereial disasters, resolved to send aeross 10 cover their drafts as they to maturity. So grave was the 50 great the aum to be embarked, kings ship was asked, and near Esry banking firm in Lombard street #rhed member in charge of its Eash contribution.
 Moreover, as many legal questions E arise, an experienced notary-his U is preserved, Mir. Schabrach-was Nd to accompany the party and ad- D any difficulty. The precious car insured principally at Lloyds' #aions ideas, and nothing quite #fitatiye, prevail as to the exact #nt on board the Lutine. Some say #eeie, which was in coins of all E gold and silver, guineas. golden E, double louis dor, Sieilian ses, silver piasters and dollars,
 gold and silver bars, reached 8 Eaae of upward of a million.
 October of that year the Lutine fiered round to Yarmouth to take le CD beard and proceed to the
 Her captain was one Lancelot a, R. N., an officer of distinction, Odoubt his mission was much to ae The short voyage was likely ng him considerable profit, for it Ae lule to pay naval captains a lslon Of per cent on the total elbarked.
 the evening of the 9th of October utne lay in Yarmouth roads with party on board. The captain, P6t h excellent spirits, had given
 ballto the leading people in and
 Yarmouth. The last of the guests
 aEdly gone ashore when peremp-
 fdes came from the admiralty he Lutine should forthwith go to nae sailed ill the early morning of
 aud from that time very little
 card Of her
 ! however, known that she steer
 Ralsht course for Cuxhaven, at
 Eeulh of the Elbe, wind strong
 north northwest, and greatly in
 After landing passengers and
 Ae Lutine was to convoy a fleet
 sAaltmen to the Baltic.
 @alter midnight. going free and aa lal press of sail, she struck on the
 aas of the island of Vlieland
 lah the next to the Texel and
 'ae flng of islands that hem the
 VI the Zuyder Zee. She must a< su slightly out of the course, and
 ' 'aat there was a strong lee tide
 parlng the night she went
 A Ill on board. Another king s
 arrow, Captain Portlock, was
 nh put she could give no help.
 N0ots or fishing boats of the
 %When day broke there was no A Ohiy two survivors were picked Oa'ch iugger at daylight cling
 ~reckage, one of whom died 1ledlately, and the other, MT.
 'he notary, very soon after
 VI put not until he had told the
 .a'sa efforts have been made to sas as money. h the year imme- s,@ps'O@ing, when the whole thing aaua ,saa before the sand had silted ssO'ef the wreck, the Dutehmen ~ s@lae e55, 900. Then more sys-
 , au some really costly efforts v 'nd by lSo7-9 another e5O, :
 xlsoverei.
 r'Seht operations were begun
 an English engineer, Mir.
 Huu had hann a,,,,,r.1l ,,,, +Lo