Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-10-29

sefveo IN Jackeono cevolfy 0IJey-nawkero
aud cotton burners, and who, also, abscon-
dsd with the money belonging 10 Herr
Lodge I. o. o. f.. Of Memphis, 10 the Rad.
ical candidate for sheriff in the county in
which Bloomington, 1llinois, IL situated.
New, Gustave 10 . "loyalist" Of The pusest
stamp, and the White Boys 10 Blue Vho
fought against him are "traiters' and "rsb.
els"
A PnlLADsLPHrA correspondent Of the
Hartford (Osnnsetieut) 7imes. evidently
we'll posted, writes that the Radicals raised
aad expended over one million Of dollars in
che recent elections. He says:
1.-THE millionaire Stewart subscribed I've
hundred thsusAnd dollars TO the fund
sht 1t time since and wealthy brokers end
boedhsldsrs Of New York subscribed fsou
twenty . ons hundred thousand dollars
each, ill the sum On the list amounted to
over enc millien dollars. At least half that
sum came int Penney lvania-and - much
mere vas raised BY the Legal Lsagusrs Of
| this city and State, whe made enormous
piles cut Of the Gsverament during the var.
whom they cried "loyalsy," and went in
deep for the plumber.
"rhrse hundred thousand dollars we're
sent g. Indians, one week before the cleo
ton there.
Remarkable Development Of
0ems by Volcanic Action.
The s. Louis Times has q marvellous
story, which purports to come in . letter
from TIE Captain Of . vssse, trading be
tween San Francisco and Valparaiso, and
which d scribes whit he witnessed in the
Pacific Ocean, but in what latitude he keeps
a secret - himself Tia Substances Of the
letter is AS follows:
When nearly half way on the voyage,
and at tho time tho earthquake took place,
fsarfu! phenomenon presented itself The
ocean became conyulssd 70 its mightlsst
depths, and . terrible wave wass.spt alon e
so high that, as the Captain humorousl =
saii. he ought it would have landed hi,n
n tbs city Of Quito. The seanen were
, terribly frightened. but the vessel Was ia
iights again in less than ten minutes.
ThaAffair WAS = mere joke among the
nsn Tor they 'ancied il was ono Of the
r high tidal waves which are common on III,
Pacific. They continued their voyage, bu,
, toward midnight we're alarmed by an extra
ordinary light, which appeared in the heav
} enc, and Was first noticed on the larboard
side. and which the ignorant aud supersti-
tious attributed TO supernatural causes.
The Captain. who seems TO be an intsllg gent
ana courages man. stsersd his vessel riKat
ia the direction Ct the light, and just before
sunrise \ sight Of Msgnitieenec-such q ne
human eye has ever rested on--mst his
gaze. 1t vas no less than group Of ielan6s
formed Of huge masses Of solid diamond
Of every color, and, some pieces, Of the
purest brilliancy.
The sailors fell into ecstacies, and one
tasn, . half-bresd from the Sandwich Is.
Anis, lost his senses % far that he would
have thrown himself overheard If he had
NOT been tied down. They sailed anon z
tho group the entire day. and found it TO
consist, on . rough calculation, At from
iwelvs q twenty IN number but the ex
act number, or their relative size, there was
no time to ASCERTAIN They cons at o.
large. white flint rocks Of crystalizsd shape
t,ome places nearly transparency which
rise to the height Of about one hundred and
fifty feet from the water. Thick layers Of
various metals are undecided into them, and
the diamonds form thick layers bs3ids
those latter.
This 10 the general formation; but some
Of the smaller islands are composed nearly
altogether OF diamond, in which the emerald
prevails. There ore agate. opaque topaz,
ruby. and, indeed, diamonds OF every hue |;
but enc island, whic. be describes q being
almost seventy miles long BY fifteen wide
consists Of an entirely pure emerald with
out any admixturs Of forsiga substance. IL
was difficult 70 effect lending on any Of
the group. Al length some Of the men
succeeded but the Captain himself, salts.
fed with what he had seen, did net leave
the vessel.
The men describe the interior Of ths
island On which they landed - consisting
almost entirely Of mud, which 10 gradually
csagulatisg undss the heat Of the sun. 4
curious thing Vas. that the brilliants we're
seen In The muddy quarters Of the island :,
lying about like huge boldsrs-the sms :
sst ones they saw being about geo tons IN
. weight; bat there we're numbers Of others
considerably larger. OF course, there was
no water or Vegetation 70 b. seen. The
most curious eject the sight had on the
men. both those in the vessel % well %
those whs visited the island, vas that the
, sxtrasrdinasy brilliancy siekened their
stomach. asd vomiting. followed By .
: cepsous oischarge from the bowels, was The
consequence.
Il All efforts 70 dstaeh portions Of the iia
mond rock proved Abortive; and il was out
> OF question to attempt removing any Of the
D great brilliant bouldtrs. They made an
9 attempt 10 dstaeh portions tf rock by
> means Fl crowbsr and slsdge, but il wss
SO hard sil efforts were useless, and thou h
they had powder enough on board, they
tnA fsv,s& Ian A. h.-I. Il.
holes for blasting. The Captain would
have proceeded on his voyage to valpa-
raise but the pen mutinisd and ob.ig,d
him TO put back to Panama.
He afterward, with the consent Of tho
crew, ran the vessel on shore on the north
srn coast Of Columbia, and, telsgraphing
to the owners that she Was lost. came on -
far ~ Aspiawall, from which city he wrote
10 his brother IN 81. Louis. He desired his
brother to come along 1t once, end brin 8
with him the tinsst and best tempered i'm
plements for blasting purposes, and, il pos
siole. quantity OF nitro-gl ycerine. The
brother departed for New York immsdiate-
~. but before going be communicated the
secret to confidential csmrade, through
whom the news leaked out only 40 late a.
yesterday evening. om tsld that it has
already reached the ears Of rich jeveler
IN THE city. Whe 10 abcut 10 stsrt an expe
dition. which he purposes to carry on him
sslf. 1t 10 more than probable that the
crew Of the abandoned vessel have antici-
pAted him; and II they we're lucky enough
to keep their secret end nt cut small
craft With whsssvsr they required on board,
are now quarryine in the diamond archi.
peiaeo.
z. ST. forgot to state that ,hs captain
writes that the eatirs bottom Of the sea