Show monte ariato outdone Out done monte cristo may bide its diminished head what was the find of edmond dantes compared with that of the discovery made by the contractors who engaged to demolish the castlo of san antonio at rio janeiro for the brazilian government in the cellars of that edifice they successively dug up twelve iron damped chests and sixteen sacks containing old spanish dollars in gold plus a leaden bos filled with papers one of these documents was a receipt given by a father anton decarte De sarte superior of the jesuits college at rio for gold dollars to be paid by him as a tribute to king john V of portugal when he visited brazil it is supposed that when the jesuits al rio learned how in the eighteenth century the marquis de bombal pombal was expelling their order from portugal they hid the treasures which have been discovered A list of the wealth so concealed has been found in the leaden bos it mentions the just brought to light 2800 pounds of gold dust and pounds weight of gold cingota to whom it is asked abc rio does the treasure belong Is it to the republic the king of portugal the jesuits or the people who contracted to cart away all the materials of the castle they were employed to demolish paria cor london dispatch |