The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-17

"Ao % oesfees . minutes s. seconds
north latitude.
Clears Up Affair.
That's about ali of the Iistoirsi
youll need In clearing I'D the Went
worth AFFAIR, said Captain Hap
ne reduction Of Girondin's heur
from Ferro to Greenwich time is COM
Taratively simple when il - remena-
hered that the difference between
erro ana Paris Is 20 degrees 1 minute
s. seconds we might state II thus:
f1fty-nine degrees 10 minutes 80 Sec
onds west If Ferro equals 20 degrees Is
minutes Is seconds west Of the meridian
OF Paris, and as Paris nes degrees
y minutes Il seconds east OF Green
1ich, the location Of the treasure west
q Greenwich must be 6 degrees =
minutes 1 second.
Now when it is borne in mind thar
lhe location of the Capitol mas been
carefully determined 10 be = degrees
% minutes 10.4 seconds north latitude
and q degrees 90 minutes ST. seconds
west longitude tGTeenWich tfmel The
place where the buCcs neers buried
JEeir loot must Of necessity be con-
liked to comparatively circum-
Scribrd area in the immediate ViCin-
lty OF the Capitol itself. The KEY to
the exact spot is furnished when we
remember that skeleton supposed
tl pc nat CT an lndian-Tas unearth-
Cd IN lNlZ hy WOrkmen eXcavuting for
the foundation Of the GreenOugh
statue OF Washington.
Thus Palissot's ancient narrative
clears up several mysteries that have
hitherto bafhed the sagacity OF our
WiSest historians From q poetic point
Of view it leaves Us rich IN the thought
lhat the Father Of his Country stin
serves the nation By guarding. with
all the weight Of tWenty-one tons OF
Italian marble, q vast treasure that
rightly belongs TO the people Having
fulfilled It's destiny let the statue now
be moved Superintendent Woods. OF
the capitol suggests the National
Museu-a as its fnal resting place. The
olsnOss -on Of the treasure itself viii
of COZ be matter FOR Congress
SIGNAL -egishfion-
In conclusion" continued CAPTAIN
Han. ~ desire TO call attention 10 the
TACT that history informs US that Kidd
was arrested in Boston on June ]
whereas PalissOt states that the eR-
petition did not leave the eastern
branch Of the Potomac until MAY 81
Ia reconciling these two dates II is
only necessary TO remember that while
the Gregorian calendar had been IN
use in France for long time prior 20
1899 It was not adopted BY Engiish
speaking people until 1852. Allowances
should therefore, be made for a dis
crepancy OF eleven days IN the dates
as here given Surprise may also he
expressed at the accuracy of Giron-
din's calculations for longitude fa4-
WAYS more difficult TO compute than
lautude). considering the crudeness OF
the instruments he possessed. IN re-
ply. ! can only say that in the early
DAYS Of navigation the marvellous re-
suits often obtained by dead reckoning
alone viii always remain n matter az
wonder to the mariner Of the present
age
When asked what DISPOSITION he
would make OF the original PaIIssot
manuscript. Captain Hail stated that
he inteu0S 70 present Il TO the Library
OF Congress. It is safe to saw that rich
as that institution is IN Americana IL
VIII possess among its rare original
manuscripts none more unique than
this curious and highly important
.Hist0ire" of Louis Andre Greviile.
Duke OF Paliss0G As for the treasure
this million and q quarter in gold
and jewels-the only prophesy that can
safely be made regarding Il is that
some lively debates viii be in order
when the question Of It's disposition is
preached uppn the floor OF Congress.