The Sun (New York) Newspaper, August 23, 1871, Page 1

THIRTY-BIGHTH Y A WONDERFUL HISTORY A Shipwreck for a Million«Who Did 10? Who Planned It? —_— THE LOSS OF THE GOLDEN RULE. Atole on board the whip as she was le so lme@vediately became Caot, Dennis's mort inti. ‘ate and heloved eompanion, treasure bein nd told him about on board, ‘and who was looked a by Victor Smith, one of tie ‘of (he troasure— the Golden Role, under an following is 4 copy of the jog of t May %, 1865, antil May 30, M., When she siruck on Ronew Loo oF THe GOLDEN RULE, Conriderabie sea. m8 A.M. to merida With a crew of #ix men, v nee Island, abor LAND DISCOVERED, several miles to. the “| was sent off with a bow ih dee. Bee W wreck, Mr. Rt heave weather, With turned just by clear overhead, fver &@ Million Dollars of United States Treasure Stolen. feason of rejoicing A ¥) Witt Tighe ato [reat Drees f m fhe Verne! Wrecked on Purpore to Co Up the Robbery -Was the Job Put Up ary Department ¢ APT COMPLETED, there was a bright moon work on the raft way not interrupted by the night. By right o'slock the raft was completed and firmly Two roves were attached to a fastone| to the iy meridian to 4 P ‘weather thick with light Dreezes from the © URRDAY, May 80, any thick we lashed to the rocks. the end of one rope the ond of the other to the raft. ana the ‘Wan then drawn back at Traft toe iip all might long, for ing the passeugers from’ the funking wreck to the shetter of the raft. ‘On Wednesday morning, Muy 31, th were filled with women and children ant started the land to the northward, whieh proved to me nail island about five mites’ from the wreck. By it loed of women mm toe translior of Tt took til! Tharsday afternoon to complete the work, A violent rain lad set in, whica added mach to the labor of the transfer. Stono was in tho first boat load of men wale! ar: and landed about sunset on toto Presents Wives Statemen: On Saturday, May 20, 1965, the steamer Gold- wm Rale, owned by the Central American ‘Trans ortetion Company, and commanded oy Capt. B. P. Jot ber wharf in this chy for Greytown ; snd. on Doosday, May 39, at 8:49 in the mornii ttreek, and was totally wreck te the Caribbean Bea, From cireumetances which will ne described in she course of this narrative, It was velievad that too Bolden Rule was purposely run on tho reef to OVER UP THR RO! sfatergo amount of United States in C0 sveret servion 41 the Government were set on Cap', Donnis aud stuer munpected parties to work up tue & ns of the detectives wore ex- fended through a period of nearly two yours, and 4oeir reporte to the Treasury Department wore From these reports, tho orizinals of Which have been in our passession, and from per- sons! investigation by a member of the BUN staf, Wepocars that the facts of this extraordinary cave io atrack on Roi i¢ log Of the Goklen Rule, CAPT. JERAY SMITHS OPINION. On the 2th dav of March, 1963, this log wae Jaid Jeromiah Sinith, of the steaneuip Detectiver. trom ship to rat the purpose of cor ag wn expert on ree o'clock P, ML. tho last ho and cnikiren wan janded, and t ween Serano Bank and Roneador Reel, considering tt save log of the Goldon Rule is'a very imoerfect one. fire to Say an: the eourae mark the men began, what I think of ‘Capt, Kmith then took the log of the Golden Rale, and drew a chart of by riv.d at the island, Thursday, Junot, @ PITIFUL ston, Such aniaht as there met my enzo E shal! never for Agont two ban. course as fatlowe: 1 DRAWN BY OAPY. exaTu. hall never ae a ren dronened with ight hours: mos ‘The United States treasare on board the Golden Rule consisted of one miilion dollars in green dicks, $161.0 in 7.90 Treasury notes, ant $30 in coupon bonds, making # total of §! ‘This trearure was in an together im a\l ki stances caves. This small tyland is entirely sabmerze it. There ts no sien of veeeta: parsley. A few part! here and there aniong large Diris come here to rae which is the Ot One exe At ew all Weed resempil ‘The #\%¢ was encased Io a wooden box made of pine dearde an inch and @ half thick. ‘was fastened down with twolve scrows. ‘The renwon the sale was encased in wool was to ‘Vide ite real charactor ana lesvon the o: ring rodved—a precaution which seems to have groved utterly ineflectnal. ‘The safe was intrusted to the charze of Rafos Leighton and Victor Smith, special agents of the ‘Tretury Department, to be by them delivered to the Assistant Treasurer in Sai wore specially instructed bg the Department in» keer, of whied « copy is now lying before ua, not until they delivered it to the Asistant Treasurer io Sen Francisco; and in case f attack from the Mose Conepicnons bony, wmich mts on and hatenee he lid of the Dox eh erme the fist boat load of ry Many of thelr eggs weve gathe: ouhers were roasted. Dut the: “Taking the course as marked out on this log.” said Capt. Smith, "aed allowance for the current, would have WRECKED THE smP on Roneador reef be: eighteen miles from the wreck, and ‘Capt. Dennis testified that he did allow joat cian. On being questioned Francisco. They | toon miles berth to the Capt. Smiih said: Without making any more allowance for current, this course would pnt lim directly on the reer. TI currents at thie place are very variable. sueh dangerous points the captain should always wind bis own ship.” Capt, Dennis testified that on this part of bis course be gave the Golden Rule into the hands of Mr Peudicton, the Grat mate. and Mr. Reed, the je showed the course ne had marked ‘veasel to Montgomery Giobs. about my course.” says [ showed Gibbs my course, and took some interest in it.” TESTIMONY OF SECOND OFTICER REED. * On the voyage Pendioto tirely, and bunted abo comfortable a8 possi Was what the Dassonge staterooms, Frequeat applications were made to Capt, Dennis by passengers to allow them to go to t their own baggace, 1, Dat he would not a je and Gibbs, w! nated by Gibos, took charze ‘baeea: in whicl the treasare safe was; and not even Vic tor Smith and Ratus Levelt Gov: agenis, were allowed to Ko | ‘Had Capt. Denale,” says Mr, Sto thing like deseretion, bh ace Tostead of that, it the passengers.” On Friday, Jone 2 Mr. Reed, ine second and Mr. Rogers, the purser, were sent with a saall 4 Of 250 esimtonee, 6 being feared that the first mate had mot made land, FURTHER SCANDALOUS CONDUCT OF THB CAPTAIN, Monday, June 6—seven W leave the eafe al the wreck and ® of any neeident whe: det to the Government, to destroy it, ‘There were 6°0 souls on board the Golden Rale she ptoamed from kor wiarf, 13) of whom women and childron. As ene moved into the vireain ele wae run toto by a Wit puddie-box injured #0 badly that she was de (sined tl) Monday, May %. Dario chored in the stream by order of Mr, D NW Carrington, the agent of the Company, and no 10 0 on shore or come on board erceyt mersengers from the engineer, A AUSPICIOUS CHARACTER, Tews the intention of the Goverument to keep the fact Uist the Wreasare was going out oa the GolJen Kiule a seeret from everybody but the special agents of the Treasury Department, the agent of the Cen- a Transp ortation Company, and the cap- Bat it seews that there was one the treasure, Inasmoch as de repeatediy called at Mr, Carrington’s office, with- Jn Vusee days Lefure the sailing of the Golden Kale, 0 ired if Victor Smith was going out in her, oO was the da, the ves- Mr. Smith lisppene! to be in the office, and sone one, in response ‘0 the stranger's inquiry, oy the treasure might be am tug, and ber whien fell beaviny and Dennis lost their il they found it, ek was dark and hazy, Teallea the captain at 3 it kind of weather it was, 06 Was allowe ; then to back, commenced to back, but the boat Ww; easy you would bard! strace toe captain eae out in his AMIR AND DRAWERS, also Gibbs, ‘They both caine an deck fame time. und both went back at the samo in abont fiiteen minutes they both were dressed ie capiain seemed as if ne care a damn for anybody except his special patiy— Mise Baxter, Mrs, Livingstone, Gibbs, and a younz tan that Was some relation of Mor of the Company, who was travelling ior his ‘The comoasses Were a8 correct us any Com pasees tn T have always acoountet for the a my own mind that tae captain did not mak ‘The captain and his special the wreck to try and Ho and his men worked ti) ‘AS s0u0 as sae by Capi, Deni on toe raft on to be allowed to resume th ‘That night a violent wind sea into fury, and when, board. win Who had got peent of an | on deck. port side of the Goiden Rave nad of course, there sayan end of boeir attom| sure or tho bagenge. got boid of some of the trunks oa Mondi they had been rifled of (heir money. Faets heavily on the captain gud on says Mr. Sion Thesilver ware belonging to tie vessel war ound in the truuk of Montgon the President ** Sus oie ‘The lari time he called, whi oF two otuers,”* ance for gurrents, DRINKING WINK PRETTY PRERLY Iwas of the opinion could be bucket right off and proceed to complete her voyage antil T learned that the water was rin lower hold a stream the #ize of « fe was not in bi Tt was in tue hold between deeks. in the begzace Tt awat have been three houre after the ship ‘struck Uefore that was filed, ‘There was plenty of time aiter the abi ure OF to have robbed the safe, have been ropbed two or three days alter she bad meaning ont of all the On Thoreday. June 8, two sm ‘Thestanger tien askea Sith if be was going out jen Rale, at thefmme time saying that Ae 9 going oat in ner on it gave wu evasive reply, that the boat and alter the stranger the brave fel seeanme he was pointed out to him. di not gor i, ‘a8 being abo! wor, the Honteville and tn rived from Aspinwall, wheace they had come at t/ Commodore George H. Pre To Comment of the gunboats, ordered ail the passengers on board his ¥ it \sho bad alreasy embarked ont one except Vietor Bmith boats on Friluy eve wall, Where they arvived oo Sunday morn o days ater the Goiden track to have saved described in a devec- mediam height, ed, emoord-faced, and with Itebt, #traight bair, nbed beck over bis ears, We ehall meet with Wis portrait agein before lone, and leara more of ‘Wis professed acent of the Governmen'. The Golden Rule bad but fairly cot started on in passeuger named Mont bbe was observed wo be With Caps. Demnis, and was constantly talking and ‘AS one ot the officers 0! tie it seemed as though Gibbs couid pleased witn the captain, Bader deon out two day belure ey were vo- gether pearly a) the time Mr, Gibbs pretended tuat he was going to Califor. tis on business for the United is described xs reqooss of Mr. Reed ‘s acts, then it that he was not going to a anymore. The captain wae a mere tool atter we had been about two days out, and I (nought very strange of \t," TRSTIMONT OF M. & resident of La who Was ® passenger on the Gotdon ., Wrote @ fall account of the of July 12, 1865, to the editor o: Herald, which was published 4 Jourval, and subsequently embodied in case to the Secretar ement is vow tying before ui the following had been out dive duys Mr. Stone says: asnengers had got over their sea sickness, and have deen peace ana enjoyment, bat for tae Utter contempt in waieb they hel ing, dune 1, just tye struck on Rone: » MEROIC MAN. wne e cept Victor Smith siarted for y aek wal he stayed on tl lone, loo. His wife and ‘amily of eziall euilaren were with him om th ‘Them be sont on to San Francisco; but he was (oo Jaithful » public ser So he resolved to elay by the wreck ill assistauce He wrote to the Hon, Hogi Meval- loeb, then Secretary of the ‘Treasury, stating what iad accurred, and bis resolve to remain on the reef ana sy (0 recover the treasure, takea to Aspiowall, and there mui He also wrote, ecbooners which came to the 1 dievon, to Grand Cayman, a di Mr. M. 8, Stoo: Ve anid above. "ver got on buurd, tue gunbc ‘The reader will natu became of bim? Tle stayed there @rioking with Bim. Seamer testifies, do anything 0 of the Treasury. trom it we mi racts. After tuey man above the #mooth-laced, cierical a Light straight hair, combed back aps. Dennis testifies that he never saw Montrom- bbs till be came on board the she left her wharf. Clore the trom #afe containing treasure had come ou board but a shouid come. the commandiag Teckles: less seemed to pervade them, the Captain chief amoung We Upplers aud liver Golden Ruio The pine box en “PAST WOMEN, 1} them here, were rather no d occupied inost of the of * Lime had come Lo rt me before, dency of Jamak to send wrees: 1th ® sapply of he Was Inu letter FOLLOWED THB TREASURE © box Was placed in tae hold ing vessels to his hard oread, water, and @ couple of hany co on the reef, Secretary of the ‘Treasury, by way of the Grana Cave A NOBLE LETTER. + T feel safe for aresidence tentifles that Gibbs spoke to im tthe treasure being on board within two days n the vessel, aud told him that Vieta Capt. Dennis ‘i have anything to say to G'Db: betwoon thei & dunce on deck alter ta. ay ee ueoal pay chest, cht ckers, vackua’ hour ol retiring, whet Ituie suspecting the trbuli ‘Tne everine Boi poker, euchre, mini nad charge that Smith would: ana (Lot there seemed to be enmit Vee up "to sioep ited us ou Lhe tog, L shal in duty o.aer in box Cwnich i A ATRANGE INCIDENT, One litte Incicent I will of those who belleve tu d the like. Baturday But.’ saya Capt, Dounis, who ney Mi be came on board the Golden Kale jast vefore iubtated voyage, re reiate for the benefit fovewarainge, sarted on ber very geotiemanly nuueb of Giobs as T could of my own brother, if f would bo willing w lay down my life Rule oF from the ¥ te on the reel fe Very inuch ‘im. 1 was going to reasonably comfortabl ere was another man on bord the Golden sanonably comforta Rae whom Vietor Smit ostimony of Chief Eugi bore a hard name,” ‘STOLE ON THE SHIP left New York.” yage as Walk ad a quarrel about the ole on boara the ship know the safe was ym Mon'iny. "however ulegaln, On below aroused frou es ist bie shock, #he sprevg from her berth and stayed alone on tae belore the wreckers up the safe containing the tre icund a bundle of 7.80 noves, amounting In £100,350. This bandle concaiued twenty. made payable to a8 many different he shed not @ tear, h me would Bay If was that We Might ail drowa logetuer, aad Lob kave one to cry after the otners In order that the rei some notion of the Mis name wat ages’ of notes, ind firms in ban Francisco. From a pack ayable to David Hi 9,000, three notes of 8510 \d the whole bundle This showed that nd been manipulated How dia this pe age numbered 1.09%, iy containing each bad been abstracted, ‘ongly of bilge water. it bad emerged from the Ka before the slip went to pieces. and had Leen long enough ip the bold to become saturated with bilge rs of Tux BUN may get Wie vestifled Un Were Logetier a Lood deal Lhe ollowing letter, which we cop the Solieitor of th 66 important fact in regard to CAREFULLY READ. Montcomery Gibbs and seemed very thick.” from the files eanury, elites to which the robbers Gi the Government treasure Golden Rale exposed the #ix bunured’ ineluding one bondred and , Who were (hus wreck ea tin the midet of tae Ci Jo the office 0 4 OF THE SAFE. ‘The safe was tally founa, broken open and open, or by whom, it HYne Secretary of on to Washing Orion ComPr Kol Hugh McCulloch, Secreary of the 7 Io addition to the facts heretofore 1 pave recently learned | ty Ilute dit pot sail Irom New York sbip, and the rnment agents in eharce of th hip that she had reef, @ scone oF iudeseribanie terror, ‘The crying, sereecn the rush (or life-preservers, the overwhelming terror 0} the women and childrea, the wrath and curses of the rough portion of the the wild, simlers running to and fro of uffriguted men and women, composed a poene which begeare a 4 Keneral terror Capt. Dennin, either from inhere! crushed by remorse was of course iw)possible to say. the Jreasury ordered it to be top, and it was shivoped by Eden & Co., the wreck- the schooner Virginia, bound of D, W. Gray chad Paltimore. nd distress ensued. ing, wind pruy i she aachored ratog of the 22k Ade wid Donte passing 1 \e eaptap of the ship gives the name of the passon Clalwod to be & Government agent ving that he vad re enth welion with OMe EXAMINA, wine. OF as to Wikye food on deck, and 17 disposed oF ese trou on the #th of orly broke down. neck of Chigi Koging Dered aud siavered ke a bi in, Mf, Keot, Md MT. mine we. « 14 officers ond chie! eogincer) were equal to the ind net to work bo overcome the calamity Siete, and wept Fortunately Mr. | Site. aud. tm which we suljoln IMPORTANT LETTER, Unirep States A tate ’ ugh Me Cuttoch, Secretary a He. RN our letter of the ith ay. and would b sThitspidiloor og dno the pasnenger reeord is peat, and Mt, ‘G boone doce TNE SITUATION, } struck bow on, but did not climb the broadside to, and Ivefemred ty tne 5 She swung round, 10, aad 1h water, wiih promised safety to life gl tg | When dayliztt came it wis ‘that the reef consisted of 9 sunken ledge, with there, from one to three and that, although the rt of Ih, yet unlens o boats under hor lee. hat Montgomery Gibbs, the smooth- man, wbove me~ toil cheated, elerie hugs Wevatity wath hgh Who repeatedly iu "s offes 11 Victor Smith w Rule; who tollowed the who pretended to be 4 eadury Depariwent, bl lremory Department then kuew nothing of; Walker, the hard cate wie Hon with oim ia rel woald afford & temporary storm ebduld arise it J ae if Weanare on boar: Pieyment of the a raft ‘could the aati iat Sat Cathe cata ‘and oi) Name set lo work Wo build one, ioe ele i ee 2 ———— = ‘Woe wes very thick Wi NEW YORK, WE ‘was thrown overboard for the parposo, and so was the borrfeane deck, and #0 were all manner of nved- od materisie, Some of the men stood in the water ap to their knees, oters up to their wale to their necks, and all worked with a will. jock Mr. Pendievon, the first oMcer, rted in a small boat fot eighty miles distant, lor and others still ap engineer Joy, was afew hours be- so that forth as a ferry ship's boats en for the Not an with ta conscious mother; her care Work countovance, the longdrawn Fixh, and the ire- ld cheek oid 1 re her . the extent nd toad that rocks, thrown, ‘ods of shapes, forming In some ti 1e Key (0 Roneador reef. and to ten feet above th= nd water were obtained to the Island, and Mr. Fucied @ condenser to turn alt water Canvas was also taken to the tenis, and the women and children were mado as ‘The only bageace saved had with them in their ze room, as @ total loss, wrecking sehoon io Bay, whituer jo the passearers were still on tue isiand nad been discovered shore and found fell on his knees avd wept Ii day two United Blatos vessels of State of Georgia, II lives saved, fucluding those snoouers. Every been gol on bord. rted to desert bis trast. His letter was by Commo- by the wrecking 1 Fix weeks, If it should Ve one of oUF h ‘alae: Jostr: ot ble to induce any one from the Golden HK FChovuere to Te any compensation that T would have iling to recommend (0 the Department tor and have ven pack- for Baits. Co, of that city. ‘The story told achooner Was that the safe thrown overbosrd during a Cherspeuke Bay to lighten the vessel. piece of evidence was eflectui Vie or Smith left Roneador r July, and Went on to Sun Francisco by the steamer the expo- ay OFFIC’, Ste received een answered by reture bovK, ‘office, and these had a yonversa io the loss of ye Waited brates ‘Victor Smith, was decidedly of the ‘Nevenaé bren , Pe sem the wreck of nN pietnns ; The Brotive Mr. Chooseman said that Smith or clear that the Trent grenter part of its 'y box had been opened onteni® appropriated by persona in If the 00x was broken by (ho wavos alter the tranie Uist only eueh por f the contents wax found ndritt a& was of com: atively hittle vi be put upon tl who wero on onrd the Gol le, f the box was broken ine of tho officers of the Tom very respecttul’y yours, fern the crew He re the boat neared tie fi, Mr, Reed informed Mr, Blote that he had found land, Whereavon the eai wavod bis hat and cheered, and si! the men at wor raft also cheered, and the cry tap by the esxataways on tho ship, and wksciving that followed rivalled wo ingensity te scone of terror ana desmir waded the vessel but K oceurrod, It sea DETECTIVES SET In accordance with the suggestion of Mr. Chee uined to put a detective on U ember, 1965) Hvin er county, and per. the Denis, who waa then (Se Neck, in Wertely vaded New York om tuo sly. this oity, was rolected to shadow Der He began his work in « ctover, daily reports to bis chief, Col. Wi Who was then at the head Of th partment of the U and show that Girvan was either tent or olse & thoroughly untrustworthy man, either didnot know how to obtel obtiined It, he sought to It from bis emplovers. It is believed that the lator was the faet, and that, having M CAPT, DENNIS TO RARTH, he concealed bis discoveries from Col, Wood, and used bis information to extort large irom his victim, Ooi. Wood, , discharged Girvan and pat oth tives on boto bim and Dennis. led to the arrest of Girvan, bat he oonzat off the parties woo hunted him down the detectives soid Mr. predecessors, and all of them repeatedly #1 Capt. Dennis and squeozing him as long as he would newspaper office, were very pvor. sums of mone; tin Wado a | was dated Eeptember 1, 1966. NOW THEY MADR » had always been poor, accounted for his sudden necession to wealth by preter in bops. It is bat jast to Capt, Dennis to drank on the voyage, an Were that there wat ening be: Tt is (rde thas other of testify that the captain did driuk from New York to Roneador reet, and tat thero was a merry dance on board the vessel on vening previous to the wrees ; must judge for himself between thom and the ca STRANON PACTS, ‘The detectives made diligent search for Monteom- bat he went early to Paris, wher lives In splendor. and whence it Is alieged he sent costly prevouts home to the wives and daughters of Government oMeriis. Nothing decisive ever came of the investieation becuase, ast t upon the case su te, Lives who were finally Were alsays taken Off Of It as soun na they bezan to get home on the principals wwe put ap ue rob. hose principals, the detectives ® they and found carry ont th how Giobs came to know t atin the Golden Rule, ant Why le had buneclf booked on the passeuger Nat cry might explat m0. investigating this matter, Amnong them were Col were as [ollows: turovgh, Banfield Law DOW on secret , brougis to 'Baroum's Hovel in Baltimore. gin—the only liquor that will and then squeeged Lim. Girvan rament, and wept for Girvan how much they got out of bin, {il he wouldn't drip apy longer, and then tet him iq, A ie tn Murray's report on file with Ban- Amount lost... The amount recovered was m Ww have dee |, next the land, as they Into & sort of eo steamer ntruck. thrown jove: ef two him bunt ington via Baltimore, & Co., oF Unie city’ (Bal the deck load, aud was rm to liguten the schoou- consignes to Da Itwas 9. part overboard in & ‘The schouner waa manaed by NRONOES. ‘The only one of the misting notes ever traced oF 8), numbered 154,197 ‘enneyiva ia to recovered was one for trom some Nt jeemned, and was immediately can ‘26th daye of Jove, 1363, Upon investigation it was ascer Hower, brother of Capt. Lowes of the Meren in ‘Traveportation Linu between Baltimore dit of @ mariner, towa in and Boston, had pore: Tle.rned, om investigation at the ‘Treasury De- that ali the greepbacks sont on board she Golden Kule were numbered in the California series, as thoy were to be Bob-Tressury at San Francisco. the ‘Treasury Devartment, though they don't know pos.ti ose notes and x: backs both were sent to the Treasury Department, and that the then Register SECRETLY CHANGRD THE NUMBEAS ow nutes for them, aud pocketed « decame satisfed that share of the spoils, T worked on this ease ult T Montgomery Gibbs aud an offoer of the Tr 1985 put up she Job, and that Cibbs was protected o reported to Bangeid, and then wor keep copie of an rewurns by that officer, I was taken off the cise, reports oF papers in the case, Weed of Wash- Bratement of Cob 1 know a1 about the Golden Rule matter, veveriihed never 10 speak to anybody on the Feasury | pubject again, Rem under obligations te Mx, Duan, reasury AY, AUGUST 23, jetailed report, but when Mr. sorapiete reno OF ‘on the rabject wutll he ret irom af ex. cursion to Oregon. In the unfortunate Brother Jonathay drowns In that veesel, Jou ected to make it at that detectiv f euepirions. percone Me the me. the Thom: and, in ‘Jacob Devew, who was oxaninod in. the easy on the 18ta of Decoinber, 1868, testified as follow “In the inter pars of me tuat be had Angus, 1966, Girvan told wane a srRIKe; he had bongnta fine farm, and had it tn his son's name; that it cos: 890,000, and that he was here to bay stoca to pat on it, Then ne showed m I should think there ninations of the bilis wod me the ‘saloon in Purk row, next to the New Yor! ‘Girvan and his so T had irequently lent them small from time to inne Wo thousand dollars to hive saved “Girvan sald be was going to rd the piace, but {twas in bis son's wame, #0 thet be did not own any property, and that be was going to bay the best kind of stock and pat on the farm. GINVAN'’S AND DENNi8’s FA ‘The farm whieh Girvan bougit Hiicott Milis, Howard county, Mary! Nght a large estate in the sam tho 27th day of Mareh, 1996, and had rem: large amount of money. dee en $10,000. Tn ¢ Dities and oue bun Ie wan deli ed it was there (Etlicott Mili) that Girvan first mad Orgs & portion andor, in MONEY. and many 8m {realy seneme, ‘Th: re had interview with some of the deiertives who Worked on tne eave Wiliam HL. Wiegel of Baiti- it of Col. Wm. H. Wiegel. The way I came to eld, Solicitor of vu He told me it was » pe dson's, Assistant Seere.ai wanted it hunted me over the papers on 1 case, They consisted of reports of De- toctves Charley Newman, Jack Murray, Thos. Girvan, and Samuel M. Felker, Girvan was the Orat man put on the case, He STRUCK CAPT, DENNIS MBAVILY after he had tracked him down. Deunis bled freely, and ne and Girvan became farms nearesch other at Bilicowt Tuave secu the deeds of their farms fon the records in the Rogister's or Clerk's oilice im Trey are on file there. member what either of them paid tor bis farm. K. pame, im the Secret Service De 1 of whica I read, are written for him ew how to write better than he ‘They are evidentiy WRITTEN BY A Wo) iden secession to wealth ey ‘and bis intimacy with Cupt. Dennis alter he had made such reporis about nis eon dact in the Golden Rale wrecking and tne roobery of the United States treasure on board of her, nati rally excited suspicion, and Detective James Dot Cincinaati, and dopaty U. were pat on Girvan, ut at last, to the lator bim down bun drank on Girven draak— friends, and ie sly Hlawara ‘ney eou! pil ‘They 9q ‘Ibe amount of treasure put on board, as shown receipt, daved Wasnington, overed by Ve wieckerw ‘Treasury the ou jed that Antuon Bat cam Felker of PRICE TWO CENTS. records from the fites of the Department, and asked bim if in whether the statement was trae oF not, Mr, Bonfleld had the matter investigated, and in- formed ve that there were very few papers, and those of but iitt!e importance, in regard to the Golden Rule matter, then on Gile io the Department. What nad become of them he dit not know. After some reflection, Mr. Banfleld suggested to us a clue We followed his rugeestion found a largo portion of the papers, cot them Into ed them in preparing this They are now in safe keeping. TAMMANY’S NEW TROUBLES THE SENATE THUS EARLY CONCEDER TO THE REPUBLICANS, ie handwriting, I'll talk to you as Le is no doubt in my mind but what the Gold- WRECKED ON PURPOSE, Government treasure stulen by Mont Gibbs put ao the Senator Cre Among other wings I” hed s Genet Tossed Overboard— RB Billy Attempt to Head off bolt-Jacobs Looking toward tho Mei Sanatooa, Aug. 22.—The Grand Union Hotel is pecked with politicians, und pipe-lnying bes bees beaun, The Democrats apparently concede Qe Senate to the Repubitcans, deuce to payin threo of the New York distriety Speaker Hitehmen will fight Harty ‘Tammany nominition int will probably get it; bat if ho falls bo will rem independ nt, and will ficht Genet to the deaths the Bull's Head working- men. and will draw out an immense vote in Marien The district chieftains declare that Genet does not Hive ap to his promises, and that refore they havo dotermined to threw him off, But Genet is ® bird tat will rack on the reef nd 1b 8 piaia that she ‘They innde straigh Gibbe went on board ander oa assumed name—T The passenger Nat shows Ang hin ticket he inquired the Gorernment mone; for hanting them a think it was Gib our porseasion, and repeatedly vt the oftce 1 ono on board; nnd aa soon aa he learned it nad. ho It was evident hie did not intend to nies tue money war on board. fo wan plaving the captain and others from the time tho verso wailed will she etrack, ¥ of evidence on thas point on fle, ner of vasserrers und some of the ha eximoney is cieny tis alto clear on another point, and that is that vuck on the reef, G1DD8 VIRTUALLY TOOK COMMAND, Tie ond the captain set _o guard over the boegaes where the treasure safe was, and would not ‘They had two women et Livingswowe 5 There is the took passage. APED CONVICTS, a Togethor in Hackensack Hitchman is pooular wil Chief Clerk of Bing Sing Prito on his way to Albany, to get a requisition from Gov. Hoffinan to transfer Jobo Wheeler from Hackentack Mr, Chikie etntes that he 4 that at that tine passed north to-day after the veesel and Yorkville, Wood, are now 15, 1866, totally incompe: Jail, N. J. to Bing Bing, Jolt Hackensack Wooeler's pals were in Haekeneack, moving and earth to get bi je bard and give the He will Ment like « and bang on like a snapping tartle. 1 Hitetanan there ts a chance for # It is possible that thi publican may be #6 friendly to Tammany as Hitely man would be, body get any thin, helo them. 0 tle intormation, or voceat and OW of a Aabeas corpus writ. A purse of $3,000 hed been made wp dy the thi of Now York to effect action Mr, Childs, before he left Hackensaex, made three distinct charges against Wheeler—oni conspiring to relense prisoners, another for grand larceny, and another for resisting an officer, says if he in discharged on one count, much time to go through with tho legal formalitics t discharge bim on the others that he can return With bis requisition before they con succeed Mr. Chiide says that soure of the moat deaverste jew York city are now at Hacken Wheeler's case, mace married reapectably. "t want to trouble her, now that sne nd trying Wo Dehave herself. Tommy Girvan was ‘Yo renist this ut On Dennis, and the frat Republican to alip in. who had never been rim near Dennte’s Eliicntt Mille, and was importing bulls. 1 sheep as bar as cCoWA and rans as big Jim Downs and Deputy Marshal Graver were then pat on Girvan, sind & Yook biw to Baragw's Hotel AMEN’ SUCCESSOR, Creamer will have a hard fizht In the Seventh Herore he went to Enrope he declared that he did not eve for » renomination. mansy who hold the Democratic majority in the district, took the yousg Senator at his word, anda crop of German candidates aprang up like sprigs of Noachimann is Wm. H. Kireheis stands a far betion show, Joseph A. Lyons is a bard work never yet been beaten in anything te went for he is going for thir; but he won't get it G, Cornell would ike it, but lhe has foolishly loom ened his hold on the Ward Committee and has lort Creamer hus changed his mind, and fe Melting desperately for a renomination. ve to wpend a fortune to get it, and another fore tune to be elected, for the Germans mein businesa, Fx-snewiry o’ DREN ding the Mhtimthe Sixth District aening y Republican support, be will It not, the race will be close, As the thing now stands, it looks as though O'Brien would ran at Another Republican to slip 1 probably eee that it was a Tam: Bone of the politiciai ms of money syocling this to be it will cake 60 detec: ‘Their discoveries more, where ALL GOT DRUNK TooeTHER, and Girvan bouzht them off for $20. the money be bad, and tiey took it, Girvan bas viayed out at ‘arming and gone of = T sould find him, It would don characters in ng wD ack wateling He expects to meet ood for you to £0 there and ‘on the New York 1d pretends to be to complete al te to bring bis man back to New Yor ot to hear you, when you ask thing he don't want you to ki westions til yo Jd have arrested nun, bi the Administration to Wasabarne, Mrs ‘Air. Childs does not believe that Walter Wit! bowl robber, is All a lurve, cannot see how he could get in'ormed Mr. Childs that Thad been told yout ten days befoi & stranger entored the ticket office of the Hadeon River Railroad Comoiny at Sing Sing ind handed the Geket agent. Mr. equeating that gentleman to prison puard who came after the New Mr. Childs repited, “On. T guess 1 know wiere that report originated. ‘About the mame time wante'l soine vouchers which were up in the villace, thom to pass thein to contd send them down {That's audoubtedly 1b been for the desir Drovect Gibbs. Speaker Binine, pursuing Gim fart: ment would have him ant Dennis iadictes, t could convict Tut {f the prosecution were pashed tn good frith. ‘The # complete, as it rtands there on ‘There never was ® completor chain of circam, he my opinion, and the Govern morning that his strength. Tf the Gevorn- 8 large mackage of joney we were in ® mont knows it. But they've determined to screen Gidos. I don't want t gould not beat the Chamberlain, tale any more about ti just recollect names and duces to the evoject. Bat I'll give ‘where that report sprang from, talking with @ contasctor at the vrison this 1 have no donbt Waller This woold allow and the Boss world y Republican. foresee trouble in Non ton's district. They declare that the Americans is Uhree of his wards have formed lodges, and will re pudiate his nomination, and pit against bim a native They say that there are 1,400 colored yotrs in the Eighth Ward, and that che Thonderbolt could haye them all if he would, but that he does not cultivate them enouzh. looks like mere talk, Norton nas tiw suport of DOUGLAS TATLOR, Emanuel B. Hart, and George HH. Parser, and all the leading Democrats in bis dist thrown out by any possibility, as Lam a: he will receive Repubiican support if necessary to secure his election, The trouble with Bradley dd Creamer appears to be that they have miscalenlated the power of Tweed and Sweeny. They tought that » wink loaders would be bonored by the file-closers with outany further draft. This is not so. good many aspiring spiriis among the rank and id they are creating a mutiny. slike Genet, but don't tell him aq ‘They will back Hiteman, Pierce is going back trom Long Island ; Jacoby wants to fight H.C. Murphy, bat won't fight bing outside the Convention.; and Wagner, the palace cas is going on the Republican ticket from tne ‘The Democrats concede Chris, Norton's, Habbard's, Blood's, and Sandfori’s dis Repadlicans, and claim ‘Tammany's policy is to carry tye House through: the aid of pure and wholesome water Republican Kilbom, Gleason, and twenty ‘They are sending thou sands of dollars over the country to buy the Republi- to alady who, if she will, can talk to you a0out It better (nan any body else, Col. Wood gayi ing, the Intter said, us the letter, and the lady's stat be‘ore tre Might, and probably brought TNE PLYMOUTH ROCK'S ESCAPE. 8 of detectives ou fle they contain in the Goidun hale ca: ‘ere given me to read, without uny hint as ‘0 Parovuse. With o reqnest that after reading them 1 sould write my opinion ov the case. a then wrote my ovinion. mn Rule wan wreczed on purpose, to Fup the Fobbery of the United States treasure, « Branch Steamer Bombarded from nd—Nurrow Escape of the Pas- American candidate, scngere—W: mouth Rock was entering the lower bay on her way to Kandy Hook yesterday, a bomb- sbell from Btaten Island came hissiog over her stern, and fell about Gfty yards from the vessel, The sheil exploded in the water, which it threw ir in a colume Afty or sixty feet im height. puch as to startle and alarm ail oo th Rock, which shivered from The dost was about s mile anda half from the shore, As the band wee playing, ber deck wan crowded with passengers, who were al- token, not knowing how soon an- ght come whizzing from the fort, ind burst in teeir midet on we deck, and deal death and destragsion around. ‘The extruordinary veeurrence bas plained. Some supose Ua.ng and jnadvertentiy & tat the stream was clear, the 01 ject was whieh is bei Accord. alo by the county clera of ow lying before us, Girvan boucht joan Glenn ‘or $20,000, and the deed Capt Devote bought It lies two miles trom recorded in Liver W, of Convesances No, $8, pace, 444, deed is recorded ia Liber W, W, W, ‘sud that Montromery Gibbs was tue MASTER SPIRIT to the conclai ey was stolen vefdte the steamer failed from New York, aention— Why do you think that, madam 7 re ———it is Oke matter d yet reason confirms it. de too great arisk to run to trust to cetting # sa‘e Out of @ vessel's hold after that vessel toe Caribbesa Bea Teseat could be treauea itive Gungst of losing It ™ w of losing it. Question—Bus if that bad been 1 ! jaced over the hold w et, and can't be The noise wi board the Plym f reanon, it ie an Wooid 1¢ not rum upon 9 reef picot? But the pertape to al fore she was wreck: the garrison were pra ired the sheil without frat Others suppore range of the new bat- constructed on the side wi enine, while others again are ready to be- (het ic was a wantoo and heartless intended to scare We passengers on the Plymouth Roek. A rigid inquiry je demanded, and it 9 to be bat the parties to whose carelessness or de- cireumstanee ie attributable will be proper- ly dealt with, 1 AP DEATALICE OF gBAraIM been shown, it would have seemed Hike inexcusable meghgence, and mighs bi AROUSED A SUSPICION that there was nothing to guard. nding » few every on And then, as to utes, would It pot wural for the roobers to leave a few of them oF bo throw tuem overdoard where they ‘Up aDpearauoon F money was srolen— ied, wt least before she ‘Were the names or tioned tm the testimony in con! (Bloca’s) district. be ‘found, #0 a8 to cannot rive wi if not before tae vessel ANOTHER MYSTERY, A bIe deten tuey 7 Iedine man Kon with We and Robbed to a Fourth Ward tote the River, On Monday afternoon Michael Knowles, of 655 Weter street, while at work on the pier at Cathw. rine slip, saw the body of a man floating off the pier rope, and hastened w Ie Husted, Den and Fla Xrs. ———Yes, A Mrs, Livingstone is named ; also & Miss Baxter, who afterward married a man ‘think, a bateher in New York, Were in the charter of Now York city isn't to be changed It is a desperate next winter, if and Wil be desy nd is going to Wasbington as lobby- poney ean help at red the body with tie Oak street station and informed Se: ‘Two officers were sent, and with the a ance of Mr, Knowles, the body war taken from the water and sent to the Ou street station and & terrible gush extending from the frontal bone to the bare of the skull, affords the supposition that a bratal murder had been committed, Sergesnt Kelly sun d the body was sent to about forty years old, nd heavy brown w! could not nave dor er seen Gibbet F facea, clerical-loo ava Ruspicion, tofa man woo WAS SOMETHING To CONCEAL, hands corresponds (0 that of his picking at some! re, and (uey twitep ist as winter e. Ts glance be. + furtive, hike uh STATEN ISLAND, entirely nude, ay, a well kno: president of Staples wet ron hus yac Ho creates (he ehing somebody, ov ouy is watebing bin, tion—Waat te the manaer vi Capt Dennis? cluded at Kilicott Mills. He has no intercon: He vill not allow strong grounds for moned Corouer Sch WASHINGION NOTE to dark brown hair slightly tinged with about Ave feet eizlt Inches in beiglt, spart from the wound an who took two ba: while in the anny sonde $5 to tie couse Creswell wil retire from nd that he is to bs sicccedat by ex Gov. Curtin of Posneyivania, Secretary Bostweil ling directs | ‘Treisurer at New Yous (o receive insiead of '0 morrow, Fitzhazh Lee and other dw call for an bis neighbors, sire almost. like the part of Capt. Denn: pass 1 the geniry ‘this conauct on him 80 disogreeably us that he tried to get bis peighburs also from their grouuds; but they Capt. Dennia goes to the Post Office and back home without speaking to any one. without nodding to or recog store, and be makes above described, bore no It bad been in the wafer only a short time and is easily reco auvanced by the police is that wandered into one of the low drinking dens whicli ‘ard, and was first murdered and money and lis clothing, esterday the body w. he man, while drauk Would Bot ao It. Jatest the Fourth then robbed of Ii flung into the river ed by many persons looking for mi A Was not identified. Confederate officers turough the vi miming anybody. ing friends, Dut the memory of Ge icking Bird and otner Ki: store all the wiules they ay more Faida luo Te ‘ol, Grierson is no visite—I mean about that neighborhood. Queer don't re- ‘The New Hamburgh Horror Keeatied. nutete, Aug. 22.—A mud-stained valise to \ hich was attached a railrond bageage check, was found Moativg in the creek at New Hambargh It contained # quantity of eletbing. Carde bearing the RXTORT MONEY peace With the whites. IL remember one bitter cold day in January, 1869, BROOKLYN, A woman came to Kilicutt Mills. and drove up Ww the tavern where I was saying. when | wus there on this business. and sae hed driven ail the way from Balti She pretended to be a Southern But l knew better. 1 tome jewelry, and a satohel, name of Albert Gillet were found in the satehe! This gentleman was one of tue vietims of th h bridge last December. ‘to wis relatives in Buffalo, that the maddy ded of the cree at that bagenge belong An effort is to be maae to-day to to be imbedde that the contents of Mr. pered with after tis re Juable pieces of jewelry are Coroner Whitebill @: over the bodies of field exdioriva to-day. Charles Stark, avo: ne Brooklyn fatally mOrn.ny With i xpects to close the inquest ¢ Brooxlyn victims ot the Weev valiso Wan forward rman butel er, of 491 DeKalt {through the head from Me woman, from Macon, Ga, Inted passengers. Taive two tracks know: ivy. She said Sho tox pains to talk WO understand that it ‘Tie Brooklyn Yuclit Club will sail to-day The fleet courlate of four se They will rondezwou and thence proceed to Noi thport Will arrive at New Loudon, an fo ws all, and to Mrs, Dennis sve waned storm, aud the lanvford sent Dennis's with a note, stating that a \d address, which I cannot now recail— brought back a not. man over to C pt, On Sunday some negroes about Green's Hotel, da min ant | ‘One OC tho cara, Oiheer Me Ne any iitert Toes assnaived bias athe negroes. int at the tavern, written by the showed Co me, ani PERSONAL INTRLLIGENCE, Hew Grew a pistol Green mad OwO OE cher aud Audrew Lee, lave ‘The Kighth, Ninth, Fifteenth, and Siateent! German Norton A: J 10 be regretted Uiat the nicht vetore last, ana will woe retui ox. The Hudson Mi have tendered their services, been locked Up to anew SVARKS FROM 1H PELEGRAPR On hearing th retence Yhat he had come nis, Immediately went back to Baltimore tn tie coach, though it was cold aud stormy. came over to t.6 post offic and was in the villago twice that day, altnougn he @ was in Now York and would , the visitor, notwithatanding hor solely to toe Mrs benent at Nidi Va @ special car AP sas eer fy lives have been lost by the foundering of the which tases down tne ‘Toe Grand Lodz Adauiy and his wite arr New York 910 of Odd Fellows of the State of had sent word that Lot be back for ten days, ness who wrote that note preity much Bhe is we only person, except the captain himsel!, who is allowed to take his letters from the poss office, Hittie hesitation A 3 apvearod in the richest coe Alabama and Mississippi! Mr. M. J. Burler, the pioneer architect of Califors clinselts, died yesterday The gs rules the eatablienm ‘® bative of Mi HOURS OF LEISURB, Nobody knows He Is not dest, ‘The Lowell ond Framingham Railroad was fore ruad ls % in.les long, mally opens y and was ule io Bi nthony Van Dorn of Bi terday morning in an sou's residence in Provideuce, It, 1 St. David's Benevolent Society in Elw Park, Staten Isiand to-day. The Joseph A. Lyon Association picnic in Bul 1 iver kark to-morr summer night's de. iness is pat on. who is in con: festival of the DREADS OMB ABCRET Fi Club i* announce ted by inen who lave worked he Keeps a horse ready saddied in his #1 now whether that Young Girvan, the d d for tormight ip killed, Charles Ryan mortally rie severely cot and bruise anion in Lawrenceville, lily The Lafayette ub, composed of the eet Hoboken, The Flate ie to son, Was courting of hovel keeper at K.licott Milis, ami Would drive by the ryan would say: My futher could send ‘The paisce car Newport of the Erie Railway ped the track Bear Attica on Monday nicht, bros: te coupling, wud fal ug downs fftern foot © Nond “of the passengers were ‘auley pieuic tn Bulzer's East River Park, this afternoon, Ove youn pullers will pull fora prize € apd Pugle wcull race betweet when Dennis and bis fail: in his carriage, your * He needn't puto) Aim to the penttentia 1 Wigs aw done #o often 6 ik Decame a matter of NEW JERSEY, LONG ISLAND, P etended to have made their mon by hop speculations Gibbs has been protected by those in authorit; ow the Socret Serv} t Was been that he Would! ne! 4 that he woul Edward Battle, canditate for the Governorship New Jersey, nae witudrawa, Over 700 Joes bave been drowned iu the Newags dog pound sine it wa ‘Terrill was yesterday held to bail fap it lows, tax heen awarded M laud appropriated by ihe ( and Col. Wood wa es, and colied mt to the I. ts assumed ut they © of those notes let ap ow Gibbs, the whole iniqally unless be we: tain that buat ip the secret of Question-Do you koow how to sine CYIBSS 22 2: tire, —— = WAFWINK $3,000, aud refused to s1y0 tht Wood's remov Driving Park, in Babyl ee could Le Kot Alien, of New: camp at Dover, deginning om horwes, one of $100 for 2:40, aud Tilak ie bas boow seller. aged seven years. while playing edain's Wait 10 -Newarn, fe4 Fiver and wae drowied m hehe to The Hudson County avd New Jersey Socie the Preveoti on of Cruelty > syrort# who vatroniae tue’ dog ad evek deta ab Ul in the service A distant relative of mine, who wi ter | bad seen the p. UL the Dotecuve Bureay, vs, and who Was fer lo Overhaul, catalogue, II the documents, mi irom the bureau, ad pigeon oles ‘and could Gud no trace of royed a: the e4 tie Golien a honed and searched An William Wise, awed 10 years, on of Benjamin roving along Front aureet, The body of Mre, Ireneka Roeben was found in nt. Bhe had ber eure old, and @ Bative Wise of New York, ws Newark zine work ising eines Su of Holland, bably been di he bad confederates i WHAT BECAME OF THE RECORDS, A fow days after our interview with thin Indy w caled on Mr. Bandold, the Bolieitor of the Treasury, beard im regard (o the eb tion of Givbs, He wae (hrowa on lls back aud Yesterday morning Det the Department, ove's honse ch Greene ‘end fell trom a to live Guplor afrested one ieee. and forge ecked UP ip Jal ty Jersey City, be uns Aatory window, and wi ‘made @ Gon'ereion, Mt told Liga what we ba the Theviogtca! Seminary at