Decatur Eagle, Volume 12, Number 2, Decatur, Adams County, 17 April 1868 — Page 1

THE DECATUR EAGLE, PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY. " A, J. flLLip, EDITOR, PUBLISHER AND PROPRIETOR. OFFICE— On the west side of Second Street, over Dorwin & Brother’s Drug fetpre. 4 Terms of Subscription. Pne copy, one yepr, in advance,, $1 50 If paid within the year, 2 00 If paid after the year has expired 2 50 Papers delivered by carrier twecntyfive cents additional will be changed. No paper will be discontinued until nil arrerages are paid, except at the option of the publisher. < . Rates of Advertising. One column, one year, S6O 00 .One-half column, one year, 35 00 -One-fourth column, one year, 20 00 Less than one-fourth column,; proportional rates will be charged. Legal pne square [the space of tpa lines brevier] one insertion, [ §2 00 Each subsequent inserting—so ’No advertisement will be considered less thftn owe square; over end square will be counted and’ charged as twos over two as three, &c. Local notices fifteen cents a line for •. pach insertion. Religious and Educational notices or advertisements may be contracted for at jower rates, bj' application at the office. Deaths and Marriages published as pews—free. ' "official, directory. District Officers. Hon. Rob't Lowry, . .... Circuit Judge. T. W. Wilson, Circuit Prosecuting Att y. Hon. R S. Taylor, . . Com. Pleas Judge. J. S. Daily, Com. Pleas Prosecut g Att y. County Officers. Seymour Worden Auditor. A. J. Hill,Clerk. Jesse Niblick M. V. B. Simcoke . . Recorder* James Stoops. Jr., Sheriff.Henry C. Peterson,Surveyor. Sam. C, Bollman, .... School Examiner. I'onrad Reinking, ] Jacob Sarff, >. .. Commissidnera. Josiah Crawford, J Town Officers. Henry B. Knoff, . Clerk. D. J. Spencer Treasurer. William Baker,Marshall. John King, Jr., ] David King, L ... Trustees. David Showers, J Time of Holding Courts. Circuit Court.—On the-third Monday in April] and the first Monday in November, of each year. Common Pleas Court.—On the second Monday in January, the second Monday iu May and the second Monday jn S -plumber, of each year. Commissioners Court. —On the first Monday in March, the first Monday in June, the first Monday in September, and the first Monday in December, of each year. CHURCH pIRECTOWY. :St. Mary's (Catholic). —Services every Sabbath at 8 and 10 o’clock. A. M.; Sabbath School or instruction in Catechisin, at 1J o’clock, prSTq^’espel's :t< 2 o’clock. P. Si. Rev. J. Wemhoff. Pastor. Metiioi>lst.—Services every. Sabbath at 10} o'clock, A. M., anil 7 o'clock; I*. M. Sabbath School at 9 o'clock, A. M. Rev. ... -IL N. Shacklfcfo.r.iL Pastor, Presbyterian.—Services nt 101 o’clock. A. M„ and 7 o'clock, P. M. Sabbath Schoo’ at 9] o’cl tek, A. M. Rev. A. B. Lowes, Pist< r DRUCS. DORW3Y & BRO., -DEALTP.S INDrugs, Medicines, Chemicals, Tbitet aud Spongin, R rushes, Perftunrru. ('oai Oil. Lamps, /patent .Uedlctntf, Sfc, ■pECAfL’II,INDIANA -Physician's Prescriptions carefully .compounded, and orders answered with care and dispatch. Funnels and Physicians from the country will find our stock of Medicines complete, warranted genuine, and of the best quality. v9u35 ts. HARNESS, &c. ' SADDLE & HARNESSSHOK R. BVRXS, -MANUFACTURER AND DEALER IJ>Saddles, Harness, Bridles, H'ollai'j/, Halters, ft IVhips. Bridle-Bits. Blames, if. Decatur, - - - Indiana. r I keep cons'antly on hand and manufacture to order. Saddles. Harness, Bridles Collars, Halters, whips, FlyNets, At, which I will Sell Cheaper than any other establishment in the county. AH Work Warranted to be of good material and put up in a subttantial manner Repairing Done to Order on short notice. Call and examine my work and prices. A good stock always on hand. SHOP—On Second street, in Msibers' building. vlln<7 R BERN'S

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ATTORNEYS. Do D. HELLER, .Attorney, at Law, DECATUR, INDIA SA. Will practice his profession anywhere in Indiana or Ohio, OFFICE.—In the Recorder’s Office. vlon">2tf, JAJIES R.EOBO, Attorney at Law, DECA TUUR, INDIANA. Draws Deeds, Mortgages and Contracts. Redeems Liind and pays Taxes. OFFlCE—Opposite the Auditor's Office. vlOnOtf. JAS.C. RRANYAN. HOMER J. RANSOM. BRANYAN & RANSOM, Attorneys at Law, Claim & Insurance Agents. Also, Notaries Public, QECATUR, INDIANA, References.—Hon. John U. Petitt, Wabash, Ind., Wm, H-. Trammel, Esq., Hon. J. R. Cofl’roth, First National Bank, Capt, U. D. Cole, Huntington, Ind., Hon. H. B. Saylcr, Connersville, Ind. BtiTJ.C.BiiAXYAN is Deputy Prosecutipe Attorney. _ - ' vllnl'.'tf. D. STUDABASiER, Attorney a t Law, AKTO Claim & Real Estate Agent, DECA T UR, IND IA NA. Will practice law in Adams and adjoining counties; secure Pensions and other claims against the Government; buy and sell Real Estate; examine titb-s - and pay taxes, and other business pertaining to Real Estate Agency. He is also n Notary Public, and is prepared to draw Deeds, Mortgages and other instruments of writing. vlOnlltf. REAL .JAMES R. 8080, LICENSED REAL ESTATE AGENT. DECA TUR. INDIANA. 3/AAUI ACRES of good farming ~land, several Town Lots, [and a large quantity of wild land for I sale. If you want to Kfty a good farm 'or wild land he will sell it to you. Ts you want vour land sold he wiil sell it 'for you. No sale, no charge. ' vlOnGtf PHYSICIANS. F. A. JELEEFF, Physician and Surgeon, DEI.BTBB. I.VDr,l,Vd' . i OFFICE—On Second Street, over A. i Crabbs & Co's Hardware Store. vßnlstf. C. E. CURTISS, Physician & Surgeon. DECA TUR, :::::::: INDIANA. Having permanently located in this --rnaw: .t£t, j the neoplfijgCDecntur and vicinity. Office in Houston's Block. Residence I at the Burt House. v11n36 ANDREW SOKG, Physician and Surgeon. o e r. m e. g. rn r.g.r. t. OFFICE—On Second Street overSpeti- . eer & Meibers' Hardware Store. vßn42tf. BENESTRY. ii. JI. JI ccOXS EL E , Surgeon Dentist, : DECATUR, : : : : f : INDIANA. '.oJS AIH work neatly executed 1 "‘iirranted to give snti jsfuction. Call and examine ■ specimens. OFFICE—With Dr. Jellgff, over A I Crabbs & t'o’s Hardware store. v11n49 H OTELS. i MIESSE HOUSE, [ Third St., Opposite the Court Ilowee, nSC.ITfR. I.VD., I. J, MIESSE, Proprietor, j In connection with this House there l lis a Stage run to nnd_f ro,n Decatur and ■ Monroeville, daily, which connects with . I trains running both ways. vlln9tf. MOXROE HOUSE. MONROEVILLE, INDIANA. L. WALE ER.: ::::::: Proprietor, This Htuse is prepared to accommodate the travelling public in the best style, and at reasonable rates. MAIN STREET EXCHANGE. A.FREEMAV, Proprietor. West .Vain Street, near the Public Square. PORT ir.ll'.VE, I.VIf. vllnllyl. On Barr, between Columbia and Main Ste. FORT WAYNE, IND. ELI KEARXSProprlrtor. Office of Auburn and Decatur Stage lines. Also good stabling in connection with the House. vllnllyl. MAYER HOUSE? .I. LES.VAN, Proprietor. Corner Calhoun and Wtyae Sts., FORT W.4YSE, vllnllyl. Indiana. .MONROEVILLE EXCHANGE. MONR OF. VILLE. IND. E. G. COVEH DALEPraprlrtar. :6: Mr. Coverdale is also a Notary Public, Real Estate aa l Insurance Agent. I .llnllyl

DECATUR, I X 1 >■■ FRIDAY, A IMH I. 17, 1868.

Jhlwfd gurtxtj. OLD mjl'SIC. ’ Back from the mystery realm of Time, ( Br.ck from the years agone, Faintly we catch the ringing rhyme, And hear the melody and chime s Os olden songs, of Strains sublime, ( Like carol of birds at dawn. J And ever we hear them soft and low, Harping their mu!>ic sweet; Songs that we loved in the Long ago, Rippling their liquid ebb and flow, 1 Drifting their cadence to and fro, Like the of fairy feet. , Some faces oup lieart will ever hold, Some smiles we remember yet, There were flowing locks like thd suq- , \ set's gold, ' |- There were parted lips of Cupid's mold, And the songs they sung can ne’er grow old, For our hearts ciin ne'er forget. The tunes that the voice of girlhood sung The chorus that we loved full well When hopes were buoyant, hearts were young, When fairy bells in the flower -cups ’ rung, And ever fell from a maiden’ toungue, The words of a witching spell. Ah! well-a-day! tis a story past, “Whichl may not tell again, ; .Twas a happiness too sweet fo]qsl; i The heavy clods on her grave are cast. And bar voice is stilled, and above her, ■ fast Falls the November ram. A Female Gambling Hell in New York. In Twenty-third street, rear ’ Madison avenue, is a gambling . house, patronized exclusively by . ifetnalus. With the kind permission of your readers we will visit it. , It is n modest, unpretentious j looking house the entrance scru-j pulously clean, and presenting no f different appearance, externally. I i than those adjoining, save the j blinds are all tightly closed. Ringj ing the bell, we are admitted by a gorgeouslv appareled woman, who acts as janitress. On one side of the hall is a superb painting of LeI da and the Swan, on the opposite , j side is another painting, equally as j good, of Venus rising from the i : Sea. Ascending the stairs, we are I ; i tishevd inU 1 . the }iauU>?s<>n - the‘xirst-i i floor. They are elegantly, even ; luxuriously furn i s 11ed., • The per-1 son who fitted up these rooms must have had exquisite taste. The 5 pidnttngs hanging on the walls are rare and valuable, but the most j conspiciotis. and the one that first J strikes the eye and rivets the at-1 tention, is the painting by Ara Schaffer.- of the gambling scene from Bulwer's play of “Money,”] , and for which, it is stated. August I Belmont has offered 820,000, and | been refused. I Seated around the room and at the gaming tables are a number of I ladies, all of whom are dressed in i the height of fashion. The players I are flushed with excitement, but the dealer, in her Pompadour waist I half revealing, half concealing an ] ample bust, sits calm and collected 1 and rakes in the “chips” with the utmost sanfj-fi'oid. Ever and anon i some player, when a heavy bet is lost, calls for wine, which is spee<iiiy supplied by an attentive | and demure looking Hebe. Demure! Yes, but it is the demure- [ ness of a cat. Offend her. and she i will quickly show you that she l has claws. 1 That lady, at the centre of the table, sitting between Anonyina i and Aspasia. is the wife of one of I our most wealthy merchants. I could tell you her name, but tales must never be told out of school. Observe that young, lady with a bonnet no larger than a cockleshell. and Bismark brown ribbons; the one who is now taking off her ' diamond to stake, and which she j will lose as sure as eggs are eggs, I ,is the daughter of an ex judge— i lAh ! Our wealthy merchant's wife jis a loser; see, she rises from the table, biting her lips till the blood comes to conceal her emotions.— Come, let us away. Such scenes ! do not make our opinion of poor weak Luman nature the more ex- [ sited. Is it any wonder that we so fre- i quently see rewards offered for lost diamond rings, necklaces and . bracelets' If we had the power of Asmodeus, we would see these “losty articles in the safe of sonic gentleman who has for his sign fthe old Lonjbardy emblem of three balls. The thirst for gambling will be satisfied, and money must be obtained. Yes, yes, Hamlet was right “There are more things ' in heaven and earth thfn are' drenmed of in our philosophy.

The Arkansas Constitution. The Detroit Free Press says, in this instance, again, the time allotted for voting has been extend- J ed. Providence, we are told, has j been against the negroes. Severe 1 storms and heavy freshets prevail- { ed, and made a combination against the loyal race. .not to be j ] overcome. It js certainly strange j 1 that Providence will thwart the 11 loyal people of the South, as ha§ j ! been the case in every territory j where an election has been held— t can’t call them The New 1 York Times says, fortunately the time for voting is not limited: it j can be extended indefinitely'; But for this, maliciously adds thej' Times, “the cause of human freed ! om and self government would be i well nigh hopeless," and would 1 doubtless indefinitely postponed, j “But the success or failure of i the Arkansas election is a matter [ far too grave for jesting. The infamous outrages which Its mongrel Constitution is intended to sane- j tion, can hardly be conceived by . those who have not paid sufficient; attention to Southern affairs. An able and distinguished jurist, writ- , ing from Little Rock, points out I I some of the more infamous fen-' tures of the Constitution frame 1 by., what professed’to be a popular' Convention, which will show its j I true character. It not only goes - ' beyond the disfranchisement prei scribed in' thc~ “Reconstruction ‘ acts” of tire rump, in which the ! people of the State acquiesced, but it establishes universal negro s-uf-i frage. l Nay, more than that. UI niversal negro suffrage might, perhaps, be endured for a time, though j it could only result in failure; but t i by a clause, irrepealable in the bill I iof rights, the civil and political e- ' quality of the negro with the white 'race is ordained so-ever! More-; over it will be impossible for the vast majoritx of the respectable ' whites in A<k ansas to take the oath required to constitute an electo’-, j for no whitC'inan can vote with out first swearing that lie in the civil and political eqiwlily ; of the blacks for all time to come. The eonsequenceis ihat the eontrM of the State government w;:l be I entirely iu the ham's of igeA-ant negroes and a lew white radicals, j mostly ]H>litical adventurer's, who ‘ Jiavc.no interest in the " '‘li'are o£ the community, and only want [ I office. The milita is to be com-1 ; posed nf thestT eteTiTeiits, so that [ ]the military rule established by' th’e.Rump will only cease to be I 1 succeeded by. a military despotism ■ after the Brownlow model. A still , . greater outrage, if possible, and | | one that alarms .the unfortunate I people more than any other, is- a.i clause in the Constitution which | [excludes those who are ar? not j qualified electors from serving on ; any jury. This is virtually closing | the fountains of justice to every | white man who has wrongs to re | dress in the courts. As the Convention has provided that the Leg-1 islature to bo thus elected shail assemble at Little Rock on Thurs-' day next (April 2). a handful of negroes and white vagabonds will be able to inaugurate a ; uew State 1 government to suit themselves. ' and this whether the proposed Constitution has been adopted or < i rejected. “To make contusion ' worse confounded,” says the writ-! ter,” “this convention has also provided that, in the event of rejection, it should noverethcless as- , semble at Little Rock, on the call iof the presiding officer.” Now, if I anything is self evident it is that • when the convention has framed a constitution, and provided for submitting it to the registered voters, I that body becomes/ un-'fits officio under the reconstruction acts, and consequently no lawful government can be organized by it. But the mongrels who run the machine know well that their friends at [ I Washington wiil endorse any u surpation of powers which theydeem necessary for the success of| the radical schemes. In fact, they have been expressly authorized to do so in the famous letter of Sena- ‘ tor Sherman, whom the mongrel eonventionists were told to draw Lon the rump at sight for any addi- j . tional legislation they wante»L Bridal Presents.—At a fashionalde wedding in Brattleboro, . VL, recently, a cynical old gentle- i man presentel the bride with a. pair of flat irons, a wash-board, mop. broom, and gridiron. These cheap but useful articles indicate the peculiar duties of n good housewife. and were probably designed to bring reproach upon the extravagant presentations of the mass of ' useless trash and tinsel which com- | poses the bridal gifts of the pre-j sent day.

Tbe Ruling Passion. Coloned Isaac Barnes, of Boston, who died a few days ago, was t an officer under the United States 1 Government. He was a man of < great wit and humor; full of rare t and racy stories, which lie always 1 told with the- most imperturbable 1 gravity, while liis listeners- Were I convulsed with laughter. Hissto 1 rics always received a flavor from t his peculiar voice, which was quite t thin and pitched upon a high key, < and in his latter years, '‘turned to-: 1 ward childish treble." ! i In his last sickness .he very for- i ciblv illustrated Pope’s well known < lines of the. ’ “Ruling 1 passion strong in death.” J His physician came in an even4ns or two before he died, and ask-'' ed how he was feeling. ‘■Shan’t live till morning,’’ said the Colonel, feebly. “Oh, yes, I think you will; you { don't seem to be very near your -' end.” “Yes, I am,” piped out the colonel. The doctor then felt of his feet, and finding them quite warm, he said to him : “Your feet fee! quite; warm : I think there is no imme- ;• 'diate danger.” “Can’t help it; shffiYt * live till ' morning, l ’ persisted the sick man “But,” said the doctor, “your; extremities are warm. Colonel.? Did you ever know any one to be near dying whose feet were as, warm as your’s are ?" “That's nothing to do with it. | I shan't live til! morning,” I wheezed out the Colonel, ’ as if he were determined to lie. j< “You are quite unreasonable. Colonel,” gently interposed the doctor. .. “Dnever knew a )nan to ; be near his end whose feet were as j • warm as yours.” 1 “Well,'l have” [ “Who, pray?” Turning toward, the doctor with a droll twinkle in.his eyes, he laboringly gasped out: “John Hodi/ei’K.'" teeing the Chips Fly. Some vears ago a young New: 1 Englander found himself ashore in ■ tbe back part of Pennsylvania, mi-1 ’’’nils the means of living. In this) strait he applied *0 a wealthy Qua ker in tile neighborhood for help. ! ••I will Yirnish titee with work, j and will pay thee for it. friend.' said the Quaker: “but it is not my: i custom to give alius to one that is> aide to labor, like thee.” ” j tlntrsoH- I ward?’- -srrivU i the Yankee. "Os course, I am wiilir.tr to work.”—— —■— “What can thee do friend’?” ’’ “I will do anything to get a little money to help me nut of my difficulties?’ t “Well, there is a log yonder.! ami there is an axe. Thee may ; pound on the log with the head of the aye. and if thee is diligent and; faithful. I wili pay thee a dollar a: ! day " “Agreed ! Td as soon do t' at as ; any thing wise." And the youth went to work, j 1 and pounded lustily with the head ;of the axe upon the log. After a j time he’ paused to take breath; (.then he began again. But after half an hour he stopped. threw down theaxe impatiently. and walked away, saying: ; “I’ll be hange lif I’ll cut wood without seeing the chips flv !” - t A Beautiful Thought.—The sea is the largest of all cemeteries, and its s'.mnberers sleep without monuments. All other grave- ' yards, in ail. other lands, show - some distinction between the great and small, the rich and poor: but in the ocean cemetery. the king • and the clown, the prince nnd the, ! peasant, are alike distinguished. The same waves rod over all—the same requiem by the minstrels of the ocean is sung to their honor. | Over their remains the same storm beats and the same sun shines, and there unmarked, the weak and i powerful, the honored and the nn-' honored, will steep on until awak ened by the same trumpet. An intended bride, for some time n school-teacher in Hudson City, N. J.. met with a serious disappointment on Tuesday evening Everything was ready for the mar riage and the bride had appeared clothed in her wedding garments, when a note arrived from her be-1 frothed, stating that as he had a wife and four childred in Connecticut. he was afraid* to venture on this new contract. General Grant is very angry with his papa for taking his life in the fe bjer. Ulysses is getting aristocratic. and early reminiscences are unpleasant. The Scientific American thinks the vapor of carbonic acid a sure preventative of the cholera

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Caught. Lord Kellie was, like his prototype, Falstaff,, “not only witty himself but the cause of wit in ' other men.” Mr, A. 8.. the Scot- ' tish advocate, a man of considerablehumor, aceoinpanied'by great; formality of manners, happened to I be eye of a convivial party when i his lordship was at the head of the table. After dinner he was asked to sing, but-absolutely refused to comply with, the pressing, solicita-' tion of the company. At length | Lord Kellie told him that he should ■ not escape—he must either sing a! song, tell a story, or drink a* pint! bumper. “One day, ’’said he, in i' .his pompous manner, “a thief, in ; the course of his rounds, saw the i dooj of a church invitingly open. ‘ He walked in, thinking that even ; there he might lay hold of some-: thing useful. Having secured the pulpit-cloth, he was retreating, when, io ! he found the door shut. After some consideration, he adopted the only means of escape left, namely, to let himself down by i the bell-rope. The bell of course immediately rang, the people were j alarmed, and the thief was taken i just as he reached the ground.— ; When they were dragging him awav, he looked up, and emphatically addressed the bell, as I now address your lordship : ‘Had it not; been,’ said he, ‘for your long ton- ; gue. and your empty head, I i should have made my escape.” —■*>—& 1— An Indian Justice. “Pale face, what be you ?” “Jus-' tice of the peace, John.” “You .Dale-face justice—the Injun just- ! ice. Me go home t’other day, j and the tribe make me big man. too.” “Air,” answered Colonel i K.——q Who enjoyed a joke as | well as most men. "ah, John, I am I glad to hear it. Have you had any cases vet ’?’’ Yes, me had one bad- ' case, berry bad.” "Tell me about ■ it, John. ’’'What kind of a case was jit?” “jp? 1 find Injun*withabig jug iof fire-water.” ’“That was bad iri- : deed.. What did you do?” “Me j take him jug away and drink him j mvself.” And he strutted out I self-satisfied ; while those’in the ■ office agreed, as well as they could j for laughter, that his idea of justice was fully as legal as many of I the decisions of some who had i whiter skins. ■ _ Earth's. Cariosities. I At the city of Medirta, in Italy, ; and about four miles around it. ■ ■ wire in?ver• Hie-ettrtdi-• s - -lug-.-—wbc-n the workmen arrive at a distance I of sixty-three feet, they_eom.e to. a bed of chalk, which they bore with an augur five feet deep. They then withdraw from th" pit before the I augur is removed, and upon its ! extraction the water bursts up ■ through the aperture with great violence, and quickly fills the newi made well, which continues full. : and is-affected neither by rains nor ; drought. But what is tfle most remarkable, in this operation is the !hi ver of earth as we decsend. At j the deptlyjif fourteen feet are found the ruins of an ancient city —paved streets, houses, floors, and different pieces of mason work. Children In Demand. The New York pa;>ers say it is 1 a curious fact that, in that city, the ; demand for children for adoption !is in advance of the supply. The I number of foundlings receive I by the police was one hundred and seventv-six in 1557. and this is an increase on the previous year: yet the authorities of various New York benevolent associations assert that they are unable to meet the demand for healtb.y infants for adoption. The number of persons - in New York without children of their own. who wish to have a child to bring up. is large and increasing. Girls are preAwre-l to I boys, and even crippled children are not refused. Laughter.—Fun ought to be I cherished and encouraged by all lawful means. People never plot mischief when they are merry.— Laughter is an enemy to malice, a foe to scan lai, nnd a friend to every virtue. It promotes good tcnijH'r. enlivens the heart, and brightens the intellect. Connecticut is. in proportion tc ’ its population, tin* richest state in [the Unionthe average ]»ropertyof every inhabitant is over 8900. which is about one hundred dollars higher than the average in the state next—Kho*le Island. The North Carolina Convention “ordered by Congress to forut a State Constitution?' is_ doing a heavy business in the divorvq line. The Desert *Ve«r# discusses •dairy produce” elalmrately.— The Mormons certainly understand the subject

Pgarl Divers. The following is from nn artiiilein the March number of Putnam’s Magazine: c ,“The boats generally assemble at a late hour of the night, and when all are together a signal gun is fired, whereupon they set sail for the banks, which are not far from the west side of the Persian Gulf. The purpose is to reach there before daybreak, so that the divers may be able to begin the a moment the sun rises above the - ♦ dark waters, In each boat there are, besides the pilot, ten rowers and ten divers. The latter perfectly naked, but their skin well rubbed wit’ ’fragrant, oil, work five at once, leaving the other five to recover and to recruit iir tae mean white* Before they lj-:r.ip in, shey cpmpress the ndltrils tightly with a small piece or horn, which keeps the water out, stuff their ears with beeswax for the same purpose, fasten'a network bag, which is to .hold the oyster, by a string tied to their waist, and their own descent by a large stone of granite, which they catch hold of with their fbot Then they go quickly down to the the bottom. Here they dart about as quickly as they can, picking up with their fingers and toes, which they use with wonderful agility, flil their bag. and shake the rope that is held above in the boat, in order to be di awn hp’aCohcet ~ j In favorable weather the diver : may go down from twelve to sis I teen times a day; if the weather is less propitious they dive at most five times. They remain on an average not over a minute- under the water: to stay there a minute and a half or two minutes is only possible for a few expert divers, I and can, only be reached by extraj ordinary efforts. few who have j endured four or five minutes are ! spoken of as we speak of the men . of genius that adorn a nation’s annals ; and the greatest of divers is a hajf fabulous Indian, who remained full six minutes under water. The. exertion is extremely violent, and gene ally when the poor men return to the surface, blood flows from nose, cars and eves. HeQce, divers are generally unhealthy and, without exception, short lived. They suffer of heart diseases and sores, and are easily recognized amo.ng the mixed population of those regions, l>v their blood shot eyes, staggering limbs, and bent backs. These are part of their wages. Sometimes they die sud- : deiily. on reaching the surface, as if struck by a shot, and a r c seen no i more. The stories of some of their number being regularly slain, in ' order to 1 throw their limbs to the shares for the sake of saving the lives of the others, or of eyeballs startingout oftheir sockets, and the tvmpanmn of the ear breaking under the pressure of the water, are. “TffcnuTse;"ffTrhnn?T"-b<rt-' , thc’“' painsr~~perils and penalties df the poor pearl divers are.-in all conscience sad enough to surround the fruit of their labor, the beauteous pearl, with a melancholy interest unknown to other jewels. * From t\ Arkn.vH Vb. ll:itt>r.l 4. Kidical Intrigue with a Male Cliambertnaid. Thc-fojlowing interesting item was fake from the Southern Journal, a radical organ published in , Camden. “General Hinds, while in Camden, was guilty of a gross piece of immoral conduct, and ot such a • flagrant character that we think he has disgraeed himself beyond the nower of redemption. Being the Republican nominee for Congress for this district, much odium wiil attach itself’ to the party if they permit lain to longer retain that position. We. therefore, insist upon Ills immediate withdrawal from the canvass, ami, in case of his refusal to do so. urge upon the Republican Central Committee, at Little Rock, to select some other person ffloro wortliv and better !. suited to fill such a high .ytd dis tinguished a place.’' • The conduct which caused the above remarks was of such a base nature that respect for our readers prevents ui. from particularizing the affair, hut we will give an outline that will be - easily understood. General Hinds became enamored of a negro girl on a boat and through the agency of a smart negro boy. made arrangements for a clandestine meeting with her in his state-room. As true love never runs smooth, 'it was quite natural. in this case, to have a little i rough weather. The boy told the Captain, and that indignant gentleman devised means to preserve the reputation of his emit The boy was dressed up like a gift, and 4 then he stole to the ap]Kimted rendezvous. Arter considerable kissing and hugging were enacted “ the Captain made his appearance, ; and, in the coolest rammer, proceeded to kick the General off the boat, while the male chambermaid ‘ commenced a break-down in honII or of the event — Some dyspeptic individual has i' discovered that the Southern love for the old flag is all a sham, and worse than all. that Sergeant - - ' is a Democrat