Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-08-17
ITEMS OF NEWS.

ITEMS OF NEWS.
| PEARL DIVING IN THE OHIo-Quite an interest
! ing scene occurred al the dock of the Michigan
| Southern railroad on Wednesday evening.
| gentleman who had paid his fare for Toledo on
/ board the steamer Northern Indiana, was leaving
! the boat for the shore, with his port monnaie IN
his hand while on the bank; by some means he
dropped it into the lake. Thinking, no doubt. he
should mol see il, again, he offered TO any one who
| would recover il one half its contents. On hear
| ing this. four persons belonging TO the boat at
tempted its recovery. After diving four OF i've
| times three OF them gave it up as bad Job but
| the fourth-the barber-not willing to give IL up
| So dove seven times without success. Thinking
| there was no luck in odd numbers, and anxious
for the prize, he determined TO try once more
made the eighth dive and, after remaining under
so long, that the bystanders feared that he had
lost himself his hand appeared above the water
with the prize, which was hailed with loud and
| long cheers from the crowd. The gentleman true
| 10 his word counted out 10 the lucky barber one
| halfthe money, which amounted TO between four
| and five hundred dollars.
| ATTEMPTED OUTRAGE ON a FEMALE BIZ MEANS
OF CHLoRoFoRM.--On Monday afternoon Ger
| man girl about Is years Of age, named Caiharine
| Hamp, appeared before Justice Clerk and made a
| complaint against Dr. Joseph Keller, druggist in
Seventh avenue, between Thirty-frst and Thirty
second streets in whose employ she was domes-
tic charging him by having, on Tuesday last, ad-
| ministered, by rubbing on her head and face,
chloroform, and by causing her to nhale, il which
4 -. bar nd xuh in
! that condition attempting 10 violate her person,
| which he was prevented doing by her screams,
which brought 10 the room female named
Marie Mer,z. The evidence of the last named
female was also taken and corroborated the state
ment ofthe complainant as regard the commission
| of The assault warrant for the arrest Of the
accused was issued by the magistrate and placed
in the hands of policeman TO serve.
Nety York Tribune.
The CALIFORNIA INDIAN reservation has become
a scene Of singular prosperity. The Indians APP
| near 10 work with the utmost cheerfulness and
alacri,y in their various occupations Of driving
teams. feeding thrashing machines, attending the
crops. &c. Their wheat crop is enormous, averag-
inp tbirty-hve bushels to the acre, and estimated
10 be worth, according 10 the prices at Los An
eele., from 100000 10 100000. Indians arrive
daily in small parties from various parts Of the
State, and. though each tribe speaks different
dialect they thrive tremendously together, such
hing as a quarrel or fight never happening among
them. Captain p Z. Conner, in recent letter
from the reservation says that happier set of be-
ing. than these Indians il has been his lot TO
sec.--LoUispiHe Journal
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IporArRY in China has been put under ban by
the Insurgent General at Shanghai, who has issued
several proclamations, showing. by very ingenious
reasoning, based upon the teachings Of the Bible,
the impie,y Of the custom. The Shangh@ Herald
Of May goth, in referring 10 these documents, re-
marks:
addicted 10 he worship OF idols the rest Of their
countrymen, but numbers of the Canton and 70.
ken men amongst them seem now IN WORD ana
J, deed 10 allure the whole system. On one occa
sion this week, several were observed carrying
the idols in buckets without the least ceremony
Q whatever, while others around spoke OF them
D with the utmost Indifference and contempt they
| ave not inteffered with those in the publictempes
but, in the meantime, leave II with the people &c
t declare whether they shall allow them TO remain
. there not. -
s CoNeREss has passed act approprating ter
G thousand dollars TO Thomas II. Sumner, in con
e sderation of the transfer to the United States
the copyright Of work wherein he fully describes
!, his new method Of asccrtaining ships position
n, sea when a meridian observation Of the SUI
= cannot be obtained. Ancr the said transfer shall
! be made. and the said sum paid, the said copy
0 rich, shall be deemed extinct and said book MAJ
8 hereafter be published as ifno such right had ex
r isted f
RoBpRrs CAreHr IN THE AcT.- Two men
= named William Criuenden and Michael Council
- were detected in New York, in the act OF robbn
% lanes Sarreti residing at the corner Of Chamber
A. and West streets, who, at the time, was lynn
asleep upon a stoop in West street.
THE LATE MURDER At THE ST.. NICHOLAS Ho
TIL N. Y--Robert NJ Graham, indicted for tn
murder OF Colonel Charles Loring, Of New %
le,n.. at the ST, Nicholas HOTEL on the Sd instant
VI w,, Yesterday srraigned at the court Of gener'
ID sessions, and pleaded not guilty. His trial wi
probably take place at the next term OF The cou'
he ofov.r and ,erminsr AAer pleading, the rrisone
of u,. committed 10 bic cell in the city prison