Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 25, Number 24, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 January 1876 — Page 1

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VOL. XXV-XO. 24. INDIANAPOLIS, MONDAY JANTTAIiY 24. 187G WHOLE NtTMBKE 1,836

ALONE IN lONDON.

BY B. U. BAILDON. From Cjrnhlil Magazine. i:y her fault, or by ill fat Jeft in great I ondou desolate Of helpers and of comforters; Without cne heart to teat with hers; "Without one hand In ttndtrneis Aud sympathv her ha d to press; A lc ne soul left, disy assionaie, "Without one link of love or hate. From her lodztns, poor and bare. And high tp in the smoKe-dim air. With cherle hartt with aimless feet, Hhe descended tothn stieet, W here the people, coming, golEg, C'easelet-8 a a riverV Cowing, fcieemed as Imperturbable,A s though no heart-wurm tear could well Toto tho e lr eye; no sob Kver couitl thote se' .lptrib Of their sterur e s. With blind stare, They pass a woman in despair. With hopeless h"art, with weary feet. She wander, th on from street to street, llestless as a withered leaf FaKen fio:n its p rent tree. Ooaded by a slee..le-s grief, Dogzed hydull verelexity; Passing along in anmb despair, Inserted street, and silent tqaare. Into the shadowy black and df-ep Of a doorway she doth shrink, Crouching there she can not weep. Waiting there the cn not thinz. As a tide by rlver-wail Lappelh ever wf ariiy. Round her soul despair doth call Constantly and drearily. As ronad ancient gablr-peaks The ghosUy nlnt-wind wails and shrieks, So aünln and t aulu Klse the b.tttr gusts o pain. H ers are hesrd upon th stone; One comet h dow n ; he street alone, And npon the lootsteps follow. 'Mid the dark i!sech es hoilow. On he comes, ail unaware Of the oeep misery 1 irki g there. He paues not. but passes on; Hb hpeikelh not, and lie Is enne. She thinks, '-He would but reckon me The vile thins that 1 would not be. " Silence again. A wild Intent That pang woke in her as it went. She goes nought with her down the street JUat hauntU' e echo. a of her feet. She Staads whera far below is hi ard The river's one nnchai gin, w "rd. She s'ands and list, ns, anc ilh know Beneath the waters seawaid go. L.ke an Incantation dretr Biie hears them wsb by wharf and pier, Will nonr come to save her yet? Iter foot is on the parapet; Upward to a ftfarle s h aven Oae last, hopel-R8 look is given. On each side stretches dark and far The line or roofs irregular, And beneath a vast night-wall Baed in gloom funereal. The blackness llaweth up to meet The wanderer's world-weary feet. And afar below it all HUH the river seem to call, 'Mortal, ince thou canst uotllve, Come, for 1 nave rest 10 give; Over thee snd thy Fad woes Secretly my wave shall close. Spreading chaDteles over all, Ute a mighty funerai pall." A moment, azoniz d and mute, Itiijid, yet irieo ute. She stands. Theo, with a b'tter cry, Hnt irtn h- r soul's last r uy. Sheer down the bLiCk abss she falls. The river washes by It walls. ABOUT WOMEN. Mrs. Corvart, of iMwson county, Ga. with thirteen children growing up, recently presemed her buibind with triplets. You need waste no more pity on Jesie Mansfield. She U selling necklaces for $13,000, diamond ring for $5.000, and owns three race torses. The granddaughters of Mr. Seth P. Staples, the founder of the Yale Law School, have presented that institution with a por trait of their grandfather. Chicago ladies are said to te the best poker-player. They are thus compli mented by the man of the Inter-Ocear, and he certainly has an empty pocket to show lor it. The lady who shot a woman for being familiar with her husband, ia Philadelphia the other day, waa born in Boston and brought up in Chicago. It is the bringing tip that tells. Miss Julia Pease is going to Constantinople as a missionary. Green Pease! Half of the women who go on euch missions are put under the ground before they have a chance to do much in the converting way. Mrs. Williams, of Datroit, after nine years as an invalid, prayed suddenly for health and was immediately cured. Was it a case of prayer, faith, or absence of doctor? We should like to have this matter argued. A lively girl bad a bashful lover, whose name was Lock. She got out of patience with him at last, and in her anger declared that Shakespeare bad not said half as many mean things as he ought to abect Shy Lock. Mrs. Susan Mahutt, of Tuscarora town hip, Perry county, Pennsylvania, claims to be 105 years of age, and sbe cn " read dime novels without spectacles" though we never saw a dime novel wear spectacles. Chicago Times. It was not onTy delicately witty of old . Mme. Rothschild to reply to ber physician, when te told ber that all his skill could not make her young again "No, doctor, I don't ask to be made young again; I only ask to continue to grow old" it was wise. The stately old Hebrew dame touched jast npon the point on which modern lile, partly be cause ot the great advance in medical eel ence within the last half or three-quarters of a century, differs from life In past ages. N. x. Times. A woman not very young but very pretty says the St. Louis Republican, a New York belle, who, through a series of ill fortunes, became dependent upon her rela fives and friends, was two years since in Spain with some ladies who bad invited her to go to Europe with them; and there sbe became acquainted with an attache of the Xnglish consulate, in the town where they were spending bo me weeks, me lames left ner in a foreign country, without means to return to ber ' native land, Hhe told her story to the young diplomat. lie loved her, proposed to her, and they became cd paged; tut he sent , her home, as be could not then marry her. She had faith In him, and months rolled by, the poor girl having retired to live upon the charity of some relatives In Central New York. At last the diplomat came, bringing magnificent gifts from his relatives, among the high est of the English nobility, to his bride, lie had been in South America, and from there heme during this cruel waiting to get leave at atsence. They were here but a few days, tJhe sending no cards to her ci divant frieads; they hurried away to spend the honeymoon in Paris. A friend ju3t from Paris tells how the heroine of this little story is to remain there, her husband having become connected with the English embassy in that city, and that Mrs. O. is the American belle and the pet of Lord Lyons's elegant establishment. Lord Lyons Is a bachelor, and Mrs. Q plays tfce part of hostess to his guests.

DELVING IN THE DEEP.

SUBAQUEOUS SEAROHINGS. The Experience of a Diver Who Searched for Sunken Treasures in the Pacific Ocean. RECOVERY OF A STEAMSHIP'S WEALTH. LCSS OF THE GOLDEN GATE IN lobZ SINKING OF ?1,500,000 IN COIN AND BULLION THE MEASURES TO RECOVER THEM A PERSONAL NARRATIVE THRILLING EXPERIENCES. The following is obtained from the columns of the San Francl.-co Chronicle: Many resiJents of the Pacific coast will, upon reading the following narrative, vividly re member the thrill of horror through the community occasioned by the burning of the steamship UolJen Gate, in July, 1SC2. The steamer tock fire off the west Cv an oi Mexico and her commander, Captain Hudson, run her ashore on the Letch about eighteen miis north of tte port wf Mar zniüo. TDe d Aden Gate was a tctal loss, and 223 human being perished, either cy the fliruaä or by drowning, a:ew, Captain Hudson among to number, succeeding in gaining the shore and were t aved. The retra'nder died agonizing deatbs. Although too Gulden Uat4? was burned to the watei'std'e, no Vf slice remaiLing to mark her grave savins fiich of t!-e Iron work a' tai resisted tho ilimCH, the eld hulk, by virtue oi toncrnUanfc, was worth a iarje fortune. For with the G ldeu (i..te 51,500,000 in grid coin and bullion I a., got e down. Th.'s treasure was incafd in boxes cf various sizes, the valunot tbeir contents ranging from f4,ooo to ?;J7,ooo. For sometime alter the disaster It waa supposed that this treasure bad beau disbursed by the suri over a territory of a mile in length, but the subsequent investigation fal.ifid those persona imert-sttd that thebDxea were in a gronp, exactly where the Golden Gate had gone down. Of course this treasure was net suffered to remain quiescent uritfer the waves. Measures were at once irs'.ituted for the recovtry. In 1SG3 Wil!i:iJi Irelarsd, of San Fancifco, organized au expedition which proceeded to the wreck in order TO RECOVER THE TREASCRS on a salvage of one-third. The eervices cf Sidney Cook, the well kco n Eaateri diver, were procured, and neither pains nor exper.s was ppared to recover the vast wealth "CeLeath the waves. But the task proved a difficult oe. The coast ia dangerous, and even in calm weather a tremendous surf rages along the brach. In rough weather no boat can live among the bre akers, the roaring cf which may be hoard tor miles. This continual fierce ac?'"on of the wavea speedily drifted ridges ot sand ever the treasure to a depth of from eight to twelve feet. For 50 days the expedition remained at the spot, the diver groping in the eand every day for eoven hours. The result of his labor wes the recovery of 775,000, one-third of which was claimed and obtained as oalvaqe by Ireland. In 18G1, Cook accompanied another expedition under tte management of T. J. L. Smiley. The undtrwriters object? d to tLia proceeding, ard instituted suit against Smiley. The litigation was finally ee.Ufcd by a compromise, Smiley pajirj? the underwriters $40,000, and receivinj a bill of sale for the wrecfc in toto. Smiley made a fine haul, recovering 5300,000. The diver returning to his home in the Btateol Maine after this expedition terminated proceedings, arid about 500,000 in gold coin and bullion etil 1 remained buried in the sand at the bottom of tne sea. From time to time Cook received pressing invitations to return and search for the treasure, great inducements being held out to him; but his profession is alike perilous and prostrating, and, having made a large percentage on bis recoveries, the diver declined the offers. However, hopes are entertained of the eventual recovery of the remainder of the treasure. Following is Cook's sworn narrative, written over a decade ago : Ilaving lately eeen an item going the rounds of the papers, that a company was being organized in Wall street to seek lor sunken millions in the harbor of Vigo, Spain, it called to mind my own FXPERIEXCB IS TREASURE HCXTIXa. The sea has for ages been swallowing the treasures of all the countries that sail ships. There are etories of labulous amounts of gold and silver lying at the bottom of the sea amongst islands, along coral ree's and in mid ocean. 1 will, however, in thU article speak more particularly of the recovery of the treasure cf the steamship Golden Gate, wrecked on the west coast of Mexico on the 2Sth of July, 1SC2, when on the way from San Francisco to Panama. As soon as her loss became known in San Francisco measures were taken to recover the treasure which had been on board of her, that treasure amounting to $1,500,000 in gold. I did cot succeed in making an engagement with any company until 1S63, three years after the steamer was run ashore by Capt. Hudson. She was in flames, with sleain on, when she was beached about eighteen allies north cf the port of Manzanillo. Ths beach is Eome ten miles Ions; , and half a mile or more wide, extending back to a lagoon. There bad been two or three expeditions sent down from San Francisco to recover the treasure. They all came back without finding a single box. All made the same report that the treasure could never be found; that it was scattered and buried in the sand. The steamer Active, under command of Captain Waterman, constituted the last expedition prior to the one I accompanied, and cost the icsafance companies some Soo.OOO. Mr. Tillingbast, of San Fran cisco, offered to send me down by steamer to loin Captain Waterman. I, however, on some inquiries, declined to go, not having any faith in the men nor their outfit. The treasure room of the "Golden Gate" was built of planks and lined with boiler plates, tcrewed to the planking. When the steamer went to pieces the stern broke off bodily and drifted to the northward, the tide setting that way about three miles an hour. The stern ol the steamer ' ROLLED OVER ÜT THIS SURF until it went to pieces. The few passengers who reached the shore alive, including Cap tain Hudson, were satisfied that the treasure was In the stern piece that broke off and that the boxes had been scattered along In the surf for a distance of five miles and all had sunk in the eand beyond recovery. The fact, however, as afterward proved, was that when the stern broke otr the break was in and throcgh tKe treas ire-room; consequently the treasure dropped where her bones lay. an in a small space, about one hundred and fifty feet from the shore in or dinary weather and 300 feet in rough weather. The heavy seas rolling high on the beach, in their return would carry the fand oft shore and deposit it over the money In calmer weather the waves would carry the sand back to the beach again, and thus through alternate changes ihe treasure had

worked itself deep into the sand in the years it bad lain there. The sand in the water is extremely bard and solid, consequently, with the treasure lying from four to twelve feet deep in the sand, many obstacles were to be overcome in order fo secure the rriz3. Then, again, the divers had to work right In the surf, which was always quite heavy from the southwest swell, and at time3 would completely envelope tho engine-frame and paddle wheels, which stood erect in the sand about 40 feet high. Tfcere are only throe months in the year when a vessel can lie at anchor off the const with any safety January, February and March. Tbe first expedition I accompanied was undf-r the commaud of William Ireland, of San Francisco, a veteran in the wrecking business, who bad previously been down in the steamer Active with Capt. Waterman kaving ctargs ol the diver. We left San Francis in a s- hooner of 150 tons, with all the appliances tha: could be thought cf to experiment in DIGGING SAND UNDER WATER. We had carpenters, blacksmiths, calkers, a stock of iron, ea Jlcsh chains with buckets attached, to be upedes elevaton lrom the top of the engice frame to convey the sand ashore to ba worked over for loose money. We also had a cargo of lumber to build lighters, in which we were to work when diving. We had a working crew ol 12 inon, with two ci vers one, Duncan Johxsr.n, a muscular man washing 200 rounds, ad myself, weighins 150 pounds. We roached tha barber of ManznllIo in dae Um", prjcuicd a permit from tbo ccmuianCantoi the port to wreck cn tho coast, and rext day sailed lor the scene of ruin or fortnnf, as many had their all invested in the expedition. Arriving ell tte wreck we dropped anchor in 20 fathoms of water, a mile cfT hhore, and commenced to build a lighter, which was finished and lauched from the vessel in a few days. About this time a sloop came down the csast lrom Mazatian with 17 native pearl divers, all stalwart fellow?, who afterward trave us much trouble. Johnson raada the first dive. He was down about half an hour.

He went down outside of the surf and crawled into shore on bis hands and knee?, carrying only the ordinary weight that divers use. Ho, however, did not accomplish anything, and was drawn up somewhat scared, having been roughly handle. by the turf. I tbea dressed myself and went down, carrying more lead, and, by not displacing go much water as Johnson, I fared better under the waves. By moving around flat on my abdomen to avoid being knocked around by the rollers, I only had the undertow to contend with. I examined everything with which my hand3 came in contact. Shortly af:er reaching the locality of ihe broken end of the keel, which was cotfined in the sand under the engine bedplate, I was violently forced along the bottom by the undertow. Aft6r being dasfce J in Bhore by A HUGE BREAKER, I came in contact with two square ends of wood sticking out ot the rand about six inebe?, but before I could make an exami nation of them I was dashel away. When I agfiiu lound them I clasped both arms arour.d thtm, while the surf and undertow would swing rue around in-a circle. I did not know what I hail hold cf. wh('thir tho ends cf limber cr boxes of gold, until the undertow, running under mv arms, cut the saud away arsur.d the boxes to they tilted over. I then realized what I held clasped ia my arms. I shouted and cheered to myself. as i knew an would do when tbe boxes would reach the lighter. Now, I did not know what to do with them; I could not handle them both, and was afraid to leave one lest the Mexican divers might find it, or it might become buried before I could return lor it. I finally took one in my arms aid gave a quick, strong pull on my life lice, which is the signal of distress, and is never given except when the diver wants to be drawn up in haste. I lay about three hundred feet from the lighter. The bottom was wlnrowed in email waves of sand, running parallel with the shore. Over these drifts I was dragged as fast as four men could haul me with an inch rope around my waist. On being hauled up under the end of the lighter, my back came out of the water first, my feet being loaded with leaded boots and the box cf gold in my arms. I could faintly hear excited words that I was dead. In the excitement the men ceased pumping air to me. The skiff came around where 1 was suspended, and I could distinctly bear the men say I was dead. One of them reached under my head to nnscrew my lace-glass, and discovered the box in my arms. Then all was changed from sadness to extreme 1 joy. and three cheers went np for tbe diver. After being relieved of my burden, I waved my hand to be lowered to the bottom again, and soon found . THE OTHER BOX. I gave the same signal on the life-line, but received kind treatment compared with my first trip to the lighter. I neyer want another such a ride as I had over those sandridges with a box j of gold weighing 175 pounds in my armslying on my side and dragged at the end oi a rope. . I thought every bone In my body would be broken. We recovered one or two boxes next day, tbe total value amounting to (100,000, No more treasure would ever have been recovered,, as there were soma broken planks undtr these boxes, which prevented them from sinking in the sand with the rest, had it not been for an Invention of onr carpenter. We had nothing to penetrate the sand with. Feeling confident that the rest of the treasure was there in tbe sand, near the same place, all bands eet their wits at work to devise some means to recover it. After lying idle a week or more, I was talking one evening with the carpenter, when be a9ked me howa stream of water would affect the Band. I saw at once, that it was fust what was needed, .and tolibimso. Then he made a wooden lorce-pump, and a hose ot canvas with a nozzle was made by rolling up a piece of sheathing metal. We also built another lighter to work the forcepump on. We had a small donkey engine which was prepared and put on the lighter and towed to shore to be tried. As a lorceFump It was a failure. However, I thought would try It in tbe sand before condemning lt. I dressed and went to the bottom under the boat, with the understanding that if it would drill a bole in the sand to take it into tbe surf and try It. If I did not like it they were to haul the hose np and condemn it. Thus on my decision hung the fate of $1,500,000 gold, worth 13,000,000 at the time In greenbacks. I found on forcing the nozzle into the sand that it con fi Led tbi water in the hose, and gave it force to cut into the Eand, and with that rude pump we recovered over (600,000. MAKING 775,C0O. At this time a gale came on in the nibt which piled our lighter:! in ruins high on the beach and sunk the engine in the sea, which so crippled us that we had to leave for San Francisco. As the working season was far spent, we could not return until an other winter. In the meantime I made as perfect preparations as was possible, and, when the aeason arrived, 1 was early n the ground run two vessels, one a email

scboonet having a twenty-horse power boiler in fcer hold, and a steam pump throwing 700 gallons of water per minute. As I had control cf the expedition, with everything needlul, I procured 600 feet of six-inch rubber hose, aud about the eem9 of 2)i-inch Loge. I had a variety ot nozzles made, some for boring in the S3nd and some for workicg ahead whn down in tbe sand. I also fitted up a twelve-sf ction Grove's battery for

blasting purposes. I will btre state that I went with new parties the second time, not lining the management of the first partita in Fettling tbe salvage; cmeequentiy there were two ex peditlon3 the second trip. The old par ties arrived at the wreck soon after I did with a large and well-fitted expedition, with iour oi j aud experienced elvers ra common kind ot diving. They, however, met with trouble tboy little expected. It wa such perilous work that I bad to take crry life in my hand and risk it with a perfect recklessness; and I f-uppose the opposition tbai existed between these two expeditions waa as bitter as could be. The old parties were sorely vexod bf cause I had lelt them, so we expected no iulp from tbem in case of accident or trouble oi any kind. Bath parties were armed with cannon, riflsa and revol vers, livery man went to his work each morning rm1. When we arrived on the ground, I loud about fifteen feet of sand cn the moneyi Most of our party advised waiting uiitili caltn-r f.a would carry the &acd on shore thereby shoaling it over the in ney. THE CTHHIt LXPEDITION did lie i lie 0019 two wreks. thinking I 1 would wsar .ytelf out in fruitless attfiuntsto get 4own tD the trf a?ure. I. how ever, porsua'cjl the crew to move the Ii;iht and small Fchr,onor into position. They lay a long dis'anco! eff shore, the s?a running high at the timr, which m.tde it very difficult lor me to if;ch the breakers where the money lay. I Lia Je one dive with the hose of lb9 new force pump, to see how it would work, and soeü found myself stranded high on the beath, like eome unlucky fish. A heavy soa cxte rolling in, catching in the turn cf tho inch .hose as it turned into tte water, where I t as holding tbe muzzle. It flung me high atid dry out of the water. I gathered myfelt kp, took a look at the boats and the walla ol, water that were following one another in. ind concluded to unfasten myself from the prater hose and signal for assistance on rey lifo line in meeting the rollers, which I cad, and then cast myss't into tbe sea. I', then changed my dress throughout, making one of canvas (the rubber being so tight the air made it too buoyant) which, by closing the scape-valve for air, I could tojce tha air out through tte canvas, thereby preventing tbe water from coming up above the armpits inside of the drts3. I alo dircarded my boots and arracgeJ the enormous weight I carried as follows: I mads a doublecanvas belt as wide as from the hip tj the armpit, and sewed across it in suca a manner as to make five pockets, eich holding 25 pounds of shot, and also mads a similar belt to be strapped Hround each leg below the knee, to take the I lace of weighted boots. Thesa ateo. contained the same quantity of shot. My mmntr of dressing wts as follow?: First to gf.tirto tbo canva drei3 asd put on the shoulder-picco, to which tha dress is fastened, and then S6ct mytself, when thelsrge bblt was strapped around me, eusp-nded by straps over the saoulders; then the belts were secured around the legs, suspended by straps sewed to th legi of the dress to which the belts werj buckled. Then TWO LABGB JLATE3 OK LEAD, weighing 30 pounds each, were lashed to me, one in front aLd oje on the ba:k of my shoulders, in all making 235 pounds of lead, besides the weight of the helmet. The men assisted in holding up the weights until I was rolled over the side of the lighter Into the water. Thus, with over two hundred and forty pounda suspended from my shoulders, I made two dives per day for 60 days, averaging from one to four hours each. Upon discovering a box of gold, I never left it until it was secured. I also fastened a small keJge anchor to tke water bose, about forty feet from the nozzle, thus leaving only 40 feet lor me to btndle. I usually made the first dive in the morning, Johnson attending to tbe life line for signals, which consisted of a certain number of short pulls for different purposes, as may be agreed upon. After being rolled overboard and slowly lowered to tha bottom, I would ascertain my locality by looking up to see how the bottom of the boat lay (a person under water can only see what is in tbe water, and nothing out of It), and tten stagger toward the shore over the ridges of land. When hearing the breakers a roller would start me on the tun for a few steps, and then I would be stopped short, and would perhaps fall down, which was a warning to creep the rest or the distance. On finding the nozzle of the water hose I would tie it to me so it could not be jerked out of arm's reach, otherwise I might be left buried in the sand; and as it was 1 became fastened in tbe eand about seven feet deep, and gave myself up as los:. It happened in this way: On reaching tbe locality ot the treasure I would sit down, holding the nozzle, pointing down, between my legs, and signal for the steam pump to Btart tbe water. As soon as a bole was cut nnder me I would enter it, faet foremost. The water would drill a hole about tbe size of a barrel. At this time I descended to a plate of boiler iron, and in turning the stream of water in front of me to work my way off of the boiler plate, I became FASTENED BT THE SAND closing around me from behind, which ,it did almost Instantly. My arms were bnried as far as tbe wrists, my bands being the only part of me not bnried, as .solid as if in a mold and metal run around me. Tbe nozzle had jumped out of my hands and was swinging at the end of the rope which was tied to me. The undertow carried it back over my head, the stream of water passing over my head and pointing in shore. I was In an easv position, bat being backed so solid I could not make an enort to dear my Rfilf. or make a sicnal or receive one.exDCct lng every moment that the escape oi air would be stopped, thus bursting the air hose, which would be the end ot all. I re mained in that position over two bonrs (it seemed ages,) as I learned on coming up, for when at work nnder water a person has no idea of time whatever, and perhaps ! would be there now had not a huge roller come crashing in. straightening tho water hose, kedge anchor and all in Bhore beyond me, and pointing the stream ot water direcUy sgainst me, thus washing me out. Oa coming np, I learned they had been sig naling to me for sometime, as the boats have to be hauled off for saiety from rough weather. After that 1 took tbe two ana half inch water hosaand tied it to my back, the nrzzle di9cbargicg rear the call of the leg. I hlways called that my pet and never a;aln went without it. It ke.pt tbe water coming np behind me in such a manner that tbe sand could not settle, thus giving me the large stream to work with. The neces slty of carrying so much weight can now be seen. When in the sand there were from six to eight hundred gallons of water per minute coming np out of the hole around me, being forced la by the steam pump, thus.

making me very buoyant, and, doing all the feeling and searching with my toes, I required to be held firmly down on tbe bottom. Then, again, tbe surf would pull on the water hose so a?f sometimes, to pull me completely out of the hole. Oa DESCENDING INTO THE SAND to the depth of ten or twelve feet, I racbed the contents of the steamer's coal bunkers, bar and pantry broken glass and dishes, I

iron roda, boiler plates and a thousand and one things buried together. As every thing had to be examined with the feet, the fcsle not bf-ing large enough to stoop down ir, besides, tbe top cf my drets and harnist being lull of air, therefore buoyant, there was not sufficient strength in my back to lores the bed down in such aa upward cur rent of water. On reaching thr bed of cal and brokeu glass, the water sent everything whizzing and whirling in all directions with such velocity as to cut the bands and leet. Sometimes loose gold pieces wocJd fly into my hands, and often 1 wouid bring up bottles of wine ard liquor tied to my dress. Sunetimes a piece of coal as large as my body would be loosened,.which I would take to tue surface to get rid ot. In making examinations with tbe feet, if anything was found containing squaro corners, a long steal hcok, which I carried tied to my dress, was forced down betide ir. If it should prove to be a box of gold, I would come So tbe surlaceof the sand and signal for a set of long steel-spring hooks, which I had invented for the purpose, to- be sent to me. Thea the surf-boat would fc9tent in aa near me aa possible, and the hooks would be thrown towards me until I felt tbem strike my he.'met. Thea I would descend asin, ; witn the hoois in one bana. aud the other rrauipulaiiug the hse to cut my way down to tbe box. After finding it. and springing lue hookä down on it, I would e;irual to tha sur.'-boat to pull on tbe hook line. Then by drawing the nczz'.e up graduuilT, letting the saad eeula under the box as last as tbe beat lifted, it ai brought to within two or three fret of the surlaceof the sand without great trouble. But lust there would some the tun of war. The boat could not lift it out ot the hole because it lay too lar off. I would b about KNEE DEEP IN THE 8AM Just where the breakers would b;eak over me. One would hurl me down head in shore and perhaps Jerk the water hose out cf my bands. Then tbe sand would close around my legs instantly more firmly than a visa. Then, alter reaching the nczzle and righting myself, to have the same thing repeated until becoming exhausted with these efforts under such a load, I would lay on my back until rested, with both Jegi fastened in tbe sand to tbe knee?. I would tl en shove the nozzle down between my leg and wash my self out, and try again and perhaps raise the box a few inches. At last, after from one or two hours' work of that kind, tho box would be landed and a signal sent to stop the steam pump. After txaking an eiamipation to see that all was riht, I would signal lor tbe surf boat to haul up, and the box would disappear in the diiect Ion ot the boat, with a Godspeed and hearty good-bye from me. I ones found a box oi loose gold bars, or bullion, and succaeded in saving a part of it by cutting holes in the legs of my dress and dropping the bars in. Oncoming out of the bei J I signaled for a small canvas bag, wtich reached ma in due season on tha lite liue, but had quite a f erious time in putting the bars into the bag. Tbe Mexican divers would comedown and bold on to my dress, two or three at a time, and try to take the bars away from me. I would simply bold on unt il tbey would have to leave to get air. Bat When one let go another waa there to take his place. I finally became enraged and punched one ot them with tbe nczzle, making a round, circular wound on his rib?. He gave me a violent kick as he lelt me and I was soon hauled up. Atter this all work had to stop, as the Mexicans threatened to stab any diver that went under the water belonging to our expedition. We remained idle a few days, but getting unhappy over such a state 01 aflaiis I proposod working by night. Johnson would not consent. I, however, persuaded a portion of the crew- to volunteer a trial of one night; so we went to work thus in tbe dark, confident of success and recovered two boxes. THE FIRST DIVE I came up somewhat exhausted, and went on beard tbe small vessel, took a lunch and rested a couple of hours. Then I made an other dive, and recovered one more ' box, which proved night work a great success, and ever alterward anything was possible to the crew that I would undertake. W worked eight or ten eights, or until tbe Mexicans lelt, and tbea resumed work by day. One night when I came ud the men told me a huge devil fish had came along and was setting down upon me, when an oar was thrown, striking him on tbe back, causing him to leave. I felt thankful to that oar, for nothing could bave saved me from being sliced up had he once got bis arms around me. I recovered Capt. . Hudson's dumb-bells and afterward presented tbem to him, and also some mutilated Oregon state bonds, some photographs and an elegant ivory card case, which I have now hi mv possession. 1 oiten came out or tne saaa with the feet ol tbe dres3 all worn out by pawing and digging in the coals and sand with my toes. My feet became so sore and badly cut as to almost cnppie me. Pay nans became worn so thin by tbe sand as to bleed from being touched, and my bands and feet were constantly swollen to twice their natu ral size. The sand penetrated through my clothes from the holes in tbe feet. Both knees were chafed raw. My shoulders, from which so much weight was suspended, were always as raw as a piece of beet, and bled freely when I emerged from the water. I used, to rub them with balsam. 1 occasionally met other divers In the sand, and once washed one of tbem out. The poor fellow waa al most gone when they hauled him up. Such accidents frighten men and unat them tor such work. I saw those divera, day after day,, after getting down into the sand lr enough to be out o'tbe surf and undertow, simply sit in their aoles two or three hours, then come np ana tell bow tired they were. None of them canted more than halt weight enough to work with, providing they were willing to work. Tbey simply wnnea away tbeir time for tbe pay. Do a bt less there are many places where money can be recovered by the use of water 11 it was more generally understood. The annual report of the medical department ol the British army for 1873 shows that the troops were healthiest in seaport towns, camps and at small stations. In tbe large manufacturing towns and Dublin the death rate was high Thus, while in camps tbe number of constantly, sick was 36 in every 1,000, it was 49 in Landon and 43 in Dublin. This ia a trifle ahead of anything previ ously reported: A negro woman agedl2S years is reported living on the Niangua river, in Southwest Missouri. Take good care ot your health, auntie. You'll only have to live 72 years In order to witness our Bicentennial,

INDIAN MAGNIFICENCE. THE VISIT CY THE PKTNCE OF WALES TO THE? ORIENT HI8 JOURNEY FROM BENARES TO LVCKNOW. A dispatch from Benares to the London Times Bays? The Prince of Wales, attended by Sir J. Stractey and suite, after a levee

and reception of the Delhi Princes, and Tarious addresses at the headquarters camp, drove into Benares ancT laid the foundationstone of a new hospital, halting for a brief pace to hearth? native pupils, under tbe care of the cburch mission, sing. Ihe chil. dren presented eoroe laco as a present for tbe Princess of Wales, which was gracicBUly accepted. The prince thr n visitrd the Rjb, cf Vizianagram, and inspected the Town Hall, which haa been built by the ItsjaU in commemoration of tbe Duke' of E iinbargh'a vi-it, Thsnce tha prince proceeded Üo the Hindoo temples, which had ieen previously cleared cf all persots but tbo guardians to the Durga monkey. Every precaution had beeD tak en tbat pruonce tit -tnanded. The people w re tilent, bt very respectful, Befre sunset the printe embarked ia a handsome jtalley, whfcb wes towd by a steamer to rUransgar, fourmils up tbe river Ganges, There the MatTf-jdli ol Benares iTcf ived tte torlcce on a canopied and garlanied landing s:age. Tbe river bacj; was Mazing with the discbarges of artiiisry, wlch thun iiid from the psrapia, while the battlerren ts were illurrlnated. Tbeprir.ce and Sh 3 Mal arsjah v ; ere borce in told and silver chairs, on men's shouluer?, up tte ascent from the river to tue emie-ga ca beuvoaa lines of .'JAtCHLOCKMEN iXI CAT A LR V. Eleptaci.imarcb.ei on tb-lefi and Sower camels on tbe right, pre ede l by rtacebearers, spearsmea and lannsrs, acccmpanied by very wild mxiils. Silver fla-ne--beaux and torches were Leid by the people stationed on the parapet3.a The walls and river baDks were all lighted upoain bread davlight. B3f ore the pate -vs y the Maharajah's iat3ntry were drav n u p, flanked by men in armor. Tnere was air o a trand Una of elephants in the court vard beaiing gold and silver howdalls. In another court yard were assembled crowds of retainers and officials. Tbe Mabara,'ah hd the prince up Etalrs to the durban, where, after a brief conversation, the servitors laid many examples of gold brocaded Dacca - ra uslin shawls at the prince's feet. The Maharajah then conducted the prince to a room wnere other beautiful presents were laid out lor his ac ceptance. In a third room a banquet waa laid out, which, however.- was left un touched. Tbe party then mounted to the caatle parapet, where a most marvelous scene presented Uselt. Tbe Ganges, covered with multitudinous tiny lamps, flowed at the foot cf tbe catle, as though a starry sky were passing between bants of gold. Tbe prince enioyed tbe spectacle very much, and then farewell fl gbts of roskets and other Sreworka wore discharged. The firing of artillery was continuous, and there were innumerable fire-ball joes. Hut greater still if such were possible, waa tbe beauty of the illuminated city of Banare- two mil 3 of terraces, rising lrom tte water level to the temple and serine, ev? ry loot of whi:J waa lit up with cil lamp?. The river was flecked, a it were, with bre, and every minaret a'id mosque and line of mwonry in tbe temn'e waa marked out in lizbt. Myriads ot 1 eopl?, whose Ceures werset in b'aeknes azain-r the vivid saeeta oi flame, presented almost A DEMONIACAL ASPECT. The magTiiSeeat display evoked repeated exclamations of delight from the princawho wai met by Sir Jo4in anl.Ladr Strachey and family at Ramnagar. Thenc they drove to the camp to dinner, a distance of nearly s:x mile?, but all the road was brilliantly illuminated. 1ucknow. January 7 130 p. at. The Ptince of Wal?s arrived here last evening and proceeded direct to Government Hon so. The inhabitant received hi- royal highness with every mark ot cordiality and respect. The route was beautifully decoratad and a large concourse ot native bad assembled. The prince, attended by bia suits held a levee of tbe European residence this after noon, and afterwards proceeded to tbo old Residency, entering through th Baillie guard and traversing tbo whole building. He then laid the foundation stone of the Northbrook monument, erected in the grounds to tbe native soldiers- wbo fsll in the defense of the Res'dency. address was read, and the prince replied most feel ingly, highly eulogizing the bravwy of the slain and dwelling upon tha value of such a monument as an incentive to üdehty. A large number cf veterans who fought against tbe rebels were then presented to his royal highness, who was doaply interestedln tbe scene. The sight was most touching as the old warriors filed paot barely able to walk, yet stili wearing tbalr battsred nniiorms and dscoia'.iong. Toe eclat waa given to the ceremony, the whole gariison being present. A s ate dinner is being given to-night, and ailerward there will be a fete organized by tbe Oude Talootdars. To-morrow the prince will go on a pigsticking expedition. The town la brilliantly illuminated. ANDRE'S FATE FORETOLDAN HISTORICAL FHENOMUNCH A FROZHETIO DREAM. Hezekiah Butterworth contributes to tbe February . Galaxy an article upon Ansa Seward and Major Andre from wMch the following Incident Is takes: Juat before. Major Andrew-embarkation for America, he . , made a journey into Deriusjiire, to pay ansa. , Seward a visit and it waa arranged tbat. they should take a pleasure ride to the park. Miss Seward told Andre, tha t besideenjoying the beauties of tha- natural, scenery, be would there meet socae . -ol ber most valuable friends, among; tbem Mir. Newton, whom she playfully called her"minstreL,"and Mr. Cunningham the curate, whom she. regardsd a3 a very . elegant poet. 'I bad a very strange dreaux last night," said Mrh Cunningham to Mr. Newtftn. while they were awaiting together the arrival of tbe party, "and it has haunted. me alL day,, seeming, unlike ordinary dreams, to be Impressed very vividly upon my mind. 1 fancied, mysoif to be in a great lorest. Tbe place was strange to rue, ana while looking about with some surprise saw a horseman approaching at great speed. Just as be reached the spot where 1 stood, three men rushed ou t ol a thicket sad, seizing bis bridle, burne! mm away, after closely . searching his puvson. The countenance of the stranger w.aj . a very interesting aad impressive one. I eeein to see it now. My sympathy for him was so great that E awoke, liui I presently fell asleep again and dreamed that I was standing near a strange city, among thousands of people, and that I saw the sauie person I had seen in the wood brought out and suspended to tbe gallo W4. The victim was young, and had a caur';ly bearing. The influenca and the effects of this dream are somewhat different from any tbat 1 ever hal." Presently r Miss Seward arrived with tbe handsome stranger. Mr. Cunningham turned ple with a nameless horror as be was presented to Andre, and, at his first Opportunity , said to Mr. Newton: 'That, sir, was the lace X eaw in my dream,"