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M. QUAD’S STORY. A LOST TREASURE SHIP. iuopyngnt, IH'S. by Charles B. Lewis.] On th® night of tho 19th of J aly, 1863, tho English steamer Badger, which had run the blockade at Charles ton no less tfian five times, crept in through the outside line aud was pro ceeding up the harbor when discovered by the Federal blockader Catskill. A hot fire was immediately opened on her, and in her efforts to get away she ran on a shoal and was set on fire and aban doned. The second shot from the block ader passed through the steamer’s up per works, and some of the splinters knocked overboard a sailor named Henry Lee. Half an hour later we on the Cat skill picked this man up as he was floating about the bay. That he should i have survived even 10 minutes after go- I I v ! Orfe— HE FLOATED AWAY. ing overboard was a wonderful thing, for his left arm was broken, and he re ceived internal injuries which caused his death four days later. He was only a common steamboat hand, having no education, but a very intelligent man in conversation. At his request I wrote some letters for him, and when he knew that he must die he told me the story of his life, only a part of which has to do with this story. In the year 1858 the India clipper ship Rising Sun left Melbourne for Lon don, having under her hatches one of the most valuable cargoes ever carried by a sailing vessel. It consisted of wool, I tallow, skins and wines? In the treas j ure room were deposited four consign ments of crude gold amounting in value to $850,000. In addition, there were over 30 gold miners among the passen gers who bad made their fortunes and were going home to England to enjoy themselves. These .men deposited with "" the pursers an average of SIO,OOO ench, making considerably over $1,000,000 in all. You may wonder that such a large treasure was sent aboard of a sailing ship, and that all should be intrusted to one ship. At that date a clipper ship was preferred to a steamer, and the ■ bankers and brokers at Melbourne were anxious to get rid of the treasure on hand as quickly as possible. To mist the opportunity of sending by tho Ris ing Sun might mean a delay of three or four weeks. On the day the ship was to sail an old hag of a woman known to most resi dents of the city as a fortune teller met the captain in the town and asked him for alms. He brusquely refused her, and she cursed him, his ship, passen gers and treasure. She followed him for two blocks, predicting storm, mutiny, murder and disaster, and was finally ar rested by the police. Her curses and predictions had nothing to do with what befell the ship aud her people of course, but to this day the people of Melbourne remember them in conjunc tion. Had the captain given her SIOO it would have made no difference with fate. The ship sailed at the hour ad vertised, ran to the south until clearjaf. the peninsula, and then-set"Kr course to the west to cross the vast expanse of the Indian ocean. She had a crew of 35 men and a passenger list of over 60, and for many long days everything went well with her. One-third of her run to the cape had been made when she one day encountered a French brig which had been dismasted and abandoned and was driving about with the wind and wave. The mate was sent to overhaul her, but found no living thing aboard. The crew of the brig must have been stricken with a plague, and after a few deaths the survivors abandoned her. The mate reported a peculiar odor from cabin and fo’castle, but no weight was given it until be was taken ill the s eisely the same if four day- both had been attackei® •' Lee did not go the plague, which® L t lie told er that a have existed. rnand, but was and tho bounds oJssjO broken over by t gers ;g.p sled thi®' ; •, . -_v _ and every day t new victims. the island of St. When 31 of the crew had died, the ny and deposed the iiMBMBB®|M®| era! possession. No the ship, and she of her canvas and hopes of being which would coi tho doctor was of tho plague, it ran on only about a dozen peo]®i*a£?£g*’w|'! and nine or ten of them ore. Toward tho last th<.<SsMgmw|{ g thrown overboard as down, and by and by !i<®BM|B were reported. There enough to have worked the &® ' - cape, or to have brought her of Madagascar, but the idea possess themselves of tho the 80 gold hunters only two werl®||| of the other passengers only two or men. They agreed with the eniloiaH a pro rata division of the wealth, the plan was to head to tho north |®B reach the coast of India. They had th® chart of the Indian ocean spread out be fore them, and it seemed as if they had but to steer in a certain direction to reach a certain point. They figured that they were to the north of St. Paul, but as a matter of fact they were hundreds of miles to the south of it, and it was their drifting down toward the ice belt which probably abated and exterminat ed the plague. Lee related that the survivors got along pretty well for a week after set tling on a plan. Then came a terrible storm which wrecked the ship aloft, and at the end of three days drove her ashore on a wild and desolate island. It was night when she struck. She bumped heavily on a reef, was carried over it by a monster wave which swept her decks, and was finally beached on the island. Lee with others was swept overboard by the big wave, but he alone was carried to the beach alive, and he was so bruised and battered and ex hausted that it was hours before he could move about. When morning came, he knew that he had been cast on an island. The dead bodies of three of his comrades were lying on the beach, but the others he never saw. In break ing off the reef the ship had swung around and driven ashore stern first. An unusually high tide, together with wind and wave, had floated her over a ledge of rock into a small cove, and she had been left there as in a dock basin, badly battered in every portion of her hull, but still holding together. At low tide the water in the cove was only two feet deep. Lee had no idea of the name or location of the island, which had plenty of fresh water, but no foliage be yond a few bushes, and no soil except here and there in small spots. He lived there for six months, and then being al most insane over the solitary life he constructed a raft and floated away to the north. His chances of being picked up were not one in ten thousand, but on the fourth day he was sighted and res cued by the English whaling ship John Bull, which landed him at the cape four months later, whence he got a ship to England. When Lee was picked up, he told a cock and bull story of being washed overboard from an American merchantman, and of reaching the is land on a piece of wreckage. The cap tain told him the island was one of the Christmas group, which numbers 14 large and small islands. The main is land is named Kerguelen, and at pres ent has a population of about 4,000. When Lee told the captain of the whaler a false story, he was thinking of the treasure left behind him on the island. The whaler carried a large crew, and he did not propose to divide wth so many. The man simply kept his mouth shut about the whole affair, and when he finally reached England no one knew that be had ever seen the lost clipper. He thought it would be an easy matter to get a craft to go for the treas ure, but was sorely disappointed. In deed he had no sooner landed in Eng land than he realized that he must keep quiet or he would be overhauled. The insurance companies, the owners of the ship and the relatives of the lost had given up all hopes, from Lee would arouse them, and he would lose the treasure and perhaps get into seri ous trouble. He made two or three voy ages to distant ports, and on the break ing out of the war in the United States became a blockade runner. This was his story as he told it to me, and he added that he had never told a human being of the location of the wreck and the treasure, and he believed that the hulk still rested in the cove nndisturb- FIRE. * 7* a laiidiug on there was hardly 11:1,1 broken alul handled its that the purs- Ilot °P ell - held much cash. Lee told me the ro <;nti n 0 "V?, l hhe trouble ■Bers of tho truth was to as [f.lie Rising Huu " ’ ‘ ®lie named. In ■ 7 •_ ‘ ®tisfie<l on this ■ to have foilu ‘ JSee had stated Bio be correct, e a 1 1 oho a■ -d -j?. ■ re was an Bll!L 1 W; Smcfid, ' Hi ,urn win, m-my Bwritrei. ■neb Ke t!' ■■< i B' r - ■fcisure of THE ROME TRUtUNE, SUNDAY MORNING. JANUARY 7. 18b4 to oemy ua. 'me company was com posed of six men, all of whom had serv ed in the Federal navy, and our capital was the prize money and pay due us at the close of the war. We bought from the government the bark Racer, which was captured off Wilmington whiletry ing to run the blockade in the last days, and she was fitted out for the voyage at Charleston. We engaged 19 negro sail ors for the voyage, making with cook and steward a crew of 20 men. We took on board shovels, picks, axes, jack screws, powder and fuse and whatever we might need in cleaning out the bulk, together with lumber to build us a house ashore, and we cleared for Syd ney at the custom house. The six of us had put in every dollar we could raise, and there was just $lB3 in the common purse when we set sail from Charleston bar. All of us believed In the treasure, however, and were happy and enthusiastic at getting away. The details of that long voyage would not interest you. Our first and only stop was at Cape Town, and we remained there only three days. One day, months after leaving Charleston, the island of Kerguelen rose out of the water before us. We passed between it and Solitary island, coasted around Cape Challenger into Royal sound, and finally brought up in a sheltered bay on the nerth side of the sound. From thence, starting out in the morning soon after sunrise, we ran around to the east coast of Christ mas island in the yawl, and a few min utes before dinner we landed on the spot described by Lee, and our eyes rested on the big hulk of the wrecked clipper. We raised a cheer, but there was no heartiness in it.’ We had found the wreck and believed it untouched, but the sight of that battered hull, gray and weather beaten and rotting away, was like coming upon the skeleton of a human being on the great plains. We stood contemplating it for several min utes, and then clambered aboard. The birds had visited the wreck, but not an other living thing had touched her decks since Lee left the island. A storm had cut out the beach half a mile above and filled in just there, and the wreck now lay 50 feet above high tide, and the ba sin in which she rested was quite dry. This being the windward side of the is land, with no harbor for the bark, we spent two days looking for a sheltered spot. We found it in the sound, two miles away overland and about 10 by water. Wo spent a day constructing a fairly good road, to go and come by, and on the next, having a slight breeze and no sea, we ran the bark around and got our lumber and other stuff ashore. When the bark returned to her haven, we made her secure and left only the cook,steward and one white man aboard. We built n shanty behind the rocks with our lumber, and four or five days after our arrival were 'ready to begin work on the cargo. The treasure room was first looted. Lee had broken open only one of the iron bound boxes and had taken none of the contents of that away. We got the purser’s safe on deck and over the side and blew it open. There was about $300,000 in gold and Bank of England notes, with a consid erable quantity of ladies’ jewelry. In a tin box in a locker in the captain’s stateroom we found £6OO in notes and £350 in gold. This probably belonged to him personally. The money and jew elry in the safe, with the exception of £4OO which belonged to the ship, were ticketed with the names of the owners, and the packages were carefully han dled and laid aside by us with a view of forwarding them to the heirs of the dead if found practicable. The ship had been nearly full of wa ter when she drove ashore, but only the cargo in the lower hold had suffered, and not all of that. We got out thou sands of pounds of wool in good condi tion, together with sufficient tallow, hides and wine to give our craft a good, 'after we began work the bad season set in, and we worked much of the time in storm and wet. During the three months of oqr stay we got the bark around to the wreck only four times, and then only for a few hours each time. We got the treasure, the wine and the tallow off to her by means of the boat, but the wool and hides were carried overland. When we had all we dared take, there stuff left to make profitable. We had no ing again, however, and on the last day of our stay set the hulk afire and burn ed everything which the flames could consume. One day we set sail for the Cape of Good Hope, and after ono of the finest voyages a sailor could desire dropped anchor at Cape Town to re plenish our supplies. Here three of us took SI,OOO each from the treasure and went ashore to take a steamer for Eng land and from thence home, while the others were to sail the bark straight for New York. We stood on the pier and saw her sail away with a fair wind. She was spoken next day, but that was the end. From that day to this she has never been heard of. The blacks knew of the treasure and may have mutinied and taken possession. The bark may have foundered or burned or been driv en ashore on the African coast. It is 25 years since she sailed away from the cape, and no man can more than guess at her fate. Was it fated that the sea should have all those lives and that treasure, or was the gold accursed, as many believe? It was lost and found and lost, but will it ever be found again? 2, 5«8,67?. These figures represent the number of bottles of Dr. King’s New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds, which were sold in the United States from March, r 9?. Two Million, two hundred and twen y-eight thousand six hundred and seventy two bottle sold in one year, and each and every bottle was sold on a positive guaran tee that money would be refunded if satis factory results did not follow its use. The secret of it® success is plain. It never dis appoints and can always be depended on as the very best remedy for coughs, colds, etc. Price 50c and 81 per bottle. At D. W. Curry’s drug store. H. D. HILJL, Real Estate Agent, 230 BROAD STREET; ROME. QA. Renting a Specialty, and Prompt Settlement the Rule. mohß-dtf JOHN H. REYNOLDS, President. B. I. HUGHES, Cashier. P. H. HARDIN, Vice President. First National Bank OF ROME, G--A-. OAPITAB AND SURPE.ITS: All tiie Accommodations Consistent with Sate Banking fix tended to our customers. COTHRAN & CO, Fire Life and Accident Insurance. Cin Houses Insured. Office Corner Armstrong Hotel, L? DOUGLAS 'lg’-'xW $3 SHOE GENTLEMEN. *Bi rm ® B ’ ® 4 and ® 3 - 50 Dress Shoe. «O®® ' J 53.50 Police Shoe, 3 Soles. ’ 52.50, W-"W. ladiesMEMMM IS THE W..L. DOUGLAS Sho?s arc stylish, 1 >!;**'- satisfaction at the prices advertised than any other make vinced. The stamping of W. J.. Douglas’ name n guarantees their value, saves thousand- of dolla-s Dealers who push the sale of \V. 1.. Douglas increase the sales on their full line of gooiL. and we believe you can. eave money by biiving A' rr \ ,l .’Sr Used below. Catalogue ires upon For Sale in Rome by Application For Letters (BMi mission, GEORGIA, Fnovd County. -SaaHfeffi Whereas W H Edmundson, A<l mi the es'ate of Elizi 11. Reeves, repnsvfflHMM| court in his peti ion duly filed that he hasftnH adminlsteied Eliza H. Reeves’ estate. This is to cite all persons concorned. kindred and cr fi lters, to show cause. ifanyrhev can. whe said ad uinlstraror should not be discharged from his administration and receive 1 tiers of dis mission on the first. Monday in Febrn.rv 1894. This November 6,1893. JOHN P. D AVIS, Ordinary. Esoeastn sr the g • TROt/ haler will cure you. A wonderful Loon to rat from Colds, Sore Throat, >7 * Influenza, Bronchitis, /U or HAY FEVER. JjFnrds immediate relief. An efficient 7 ’ remedy, convenient to carry in pocket, ready to omo on first indication of cold. Continued Use Effects Permanent Cure. Satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded. Price, SO eta. Trial free at Druggists. Registered mail, 60 cents. H. D. CUSHMAN, Mfr., Three Rivers, Mich., U. S. A- CUSTTMAN’ 8 MPHTMAI The surest and safest remedy for mE.ll |FI ML. a n B kin diseases, Eczema. Itch. Sult RheumjOld Sores. Burns, Cuts, wonderful rem edy for FIE.EB. Price, 24»ct®. at Drug- r* A 1 BM gists or by mail prepaid. Address as above. DMUIy Administrator’s Sale, GEORGIA. Floyd County; Agreeably to an order of the court of ordinary | of raid «>unty, gran led at the Decem ber term. 1893, of Said court, will he sold ar the ! court house door of said county, on the first Tuesday in January, 1894, between the legal hours of sale, the fo'lowing describe I property to-wlt; Being one parcel of land in tne 72nd district and 3rd section of Polk couniy, Ga., and being a part of lot of land No. ’ l B. de scribed aa follows: Being one-founh of an acre ! bounded by John W. Pullam’s land on | of, aides, and being a square, and better known l as the Horger place and where Tom Bridges I now resides; also lot No. 3, fronting on right of! way of the E T. V. & Ga. railroau company’s right of-why 40 ieet and running back same width to the Rome and Rockmart road, a dis tance of 170 feet on the east side and 147 feet on the west aide; oornded on the north bv the right of-way of the E. T. V <fc + Ry Co , on the east by the barbershop lot, on the south by the Rome aud Rockmart oirt road, and on the west Alferd Sol, betug part of land lot number 163. in the 22d district and 3rd section of Floyd county, G». Sold as the property of George W Harris, deceased, for the purpose of paying debtr and distribution among the heirs This Stth day of December, 1893. Geo. J. BRIANT. 1 Administrator estate of Geo. W. Harris, dec’sd. dec-5-lawlw Letters of Administration, GEORGIA, Floyd County: To all whom it may concern—Charles Craton having in proper toy u applied to me for perma nent letters of administration on the estate of Thos. J. Craton, late of said county. This is to cite all and singular the creditors and nex' o' kin of Thos. J Craton, to be and appear at mv ofiice within the time allowed by law and ebow ciuse, it any they can. wny permanent adminis tration should not be granted t.» Charles Cra ton on Thos. .7. Craton’s estate. M itness my hand and official signature this 'stday of Janu. ary, 1894. JOHN P. DAVIS, Ordinary. 1 5-w4w > I j >■: ~! .% si'iK^ ’■/."tI"!j , sif* . i iii it VB '.■,->{ - 1 ... '•■ ' ; j-ii^fc~i' : .''-f' l -.~ ?■".■•> -t-ij ‘ j" page .'.'i >•> mi’ tl«.ie deed“S tlie I>'ia,n l -■ j- h ■'■"-'f', '*’> *. the ~ i HII, * td lima ' and 25 linki to the to the beginning corner more or 1-ies, tor ths purpose ot' se r pavment of her promissory note lor sum of $93.00 due on her note of *95.00 b' the said M s. J. N. Batson, on the 2nd day of Ma'Ch, 1893, and payable to the said M. W. Brett, due October Ist, after date, with in terest at the rate ot 8 per cent per annum from 2nd of M rrh, 1893 and ten per cent attorney’s fees. which said note the said Mrs. J. N Batson refuses to pay. It is therefore ordered that the raid Mrs. J. N. Bateon pay into this court, on or before the next tei tn thereof, the principal and ini erest due on aud note, and cost of the suit, or iu default theivot the court will proceed as to justice shall appertain And it is further ordered that this rule be published in the Tkibcnb, a newspaper pub- * Ushed in the county ot Floyd once a mouth for four months, or served on the said Mrs. J. N. Batson or her special agent or attorney, three i months previous to the next term of this court. W. M HE'BY, Judge S. C. K. C. , George and Walter Hartls, petitioners attor- < ne ys It appearing by return of Sheriff that defend | ant does not t eside in the county or state, or dereu that service b.- made upon said defendat I by publication of foreg dng rule and this order I in the Rome Tribune tor f rar months prior to September term, 1891, of this court. This January 3, 1893. Wm. Husky, J. 8. C. R. C. Georgia Floyd county: A t rue copy from minutes of Floyd Superior ' court, No. 2?. page 583. I This January 3d, 1894. j 18 liulm Wm. E. Bbysiso bl, C 3. C. NOTICE. GEORGIA—FIoyd Countv. Agreeably to an ord-r of the court of ordina ry of Kloyd County, u ill be sold at auction at t”e court bouse door of said county on the ft ret Tuesday in February, next, within the legal hours of s ile the following described land to wit: One undivided one-tifth interest in part of lot of laud No 124, in 23d district and 3ru sec tion of said county, lying on the west side or the Summetvilie wagon road containing 91 I acre*, more or less. Hold as the property of < Wsllace F. Duncan, minor. Terms Cash. This January 5, 1394. I- Joseph B. Duxcan, Guardian. Application For Letters of Dis mission. GEORGIA, Floyd County. Whereas Chas M. Harper, Administrator of i Ji hn T. Dowell, represents tc the court In his petition, duly filed, that he has administered ■ Jno. T. Dowell’s estate. 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