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Show that the men were frightened away by a band of red skius. At any rate the mutineer failed to hud the treasure when they returned. Others who became acquainted with the fact that a great fortuuo had been buried ou or near Copier's farm, made unsuccessful efforts to find it, but always al-ways with serious consequence to ono or more of the searching parties. At a spiritualistic meeting in this city, 6ome five or six years ago, a spiritualist claimed to have a revelation as to the identical spot where the Spaniards had covered tip their ill-gotten, wealth. Several spiritualists, reposing confidence confi-dence in the revelation, visited Cob-ler's Cob-ler's farm, and after searching several sev-eral days, discovered a large deposit of small rocks at a depth of a foot, and supposed the money to be buried beneath it. While they were at work removing the rocks ono of the men dropped dead. This created such consternation among the rest that the parly abandoned their labors. No further efforts to secure the hidden treasure wero put forth uutil last week, when another party went ou this wild goose, chase. Among them was 'William Matthews, who succeeded in locating the rock deposit. de-posit. Ayhile delving underneath it he struck a mass of human bones. During thu few momenls consumed in examining examin-ing them Ma'iews was transformed into a raving maniac. After that his associates also abandoned the work. Matthews was brought to this city on the steamer Alarm, and is now under the care of friends, who will cause his removal to the insane asylum should lie not soon recover his reason. HEATH OK INSANITY. ae of Seacheis Alter s Mystertoua Ituried Treasure. !;n.ASD, Ore., April 12. The in-' in-' f a man who was searching for ! hidden treasures near Colum-'.v. Colum-'.v. adds another chapter to a tra-B( tra-B( bich has been current in this :riu the earliest pioneer days. It 1 1 "at in 1841 a Spanish bark drop-Mior drop-Mior opposite the present , town ' wihmibia City, and near the ncv owned by Hez Copier. as a large amount of treasure ,' " vessel and tho crew con-obtain con-obtain posshssion of it. They assassinated the captain ahd ''"wgold and silver somewhere ' l0l'ler farm . Some' say that the 'as buried before the captain and that the man who " m.vsteriousiy disappeared im-;'"''' im-;'"''' afterward. Others claim n'is buried after the mutiny, and |