Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-06-28
Under THE WATER.-The Charleston News

over the bar, sixteen miles from tue clty. oue
rests on hard shell bottom, and lies northwest
and southeast, upright on her heel: The wa;
ter out here is beautifully blue and clear, ana
the divers prosecute their work with much
less difficulty than at tue Weehawken. Her
decks, masts and rigging have all been eaten
awav by the worms, and little else is now lett
of her but the huge black hull, Her propeller,
shaft, chains and anchors and large portion
of her machinery have been hoisted from her
by the machine, and also two OF the smaller
guns composing her armament The rest OF
them were taken up by the Government sew
eral years ago. The Government has buoy
nlanted about 800 yards east-southeast OF this
wreck, which enables the wreckers to guess
pretty closely as to her whereabouts. TO rem
der the matter certainty, however, Captain
Soames, when he leaves her to come up to the
city, marks her position with buoy fastened
to the centre of ..ler hull. About twenty feet
south of the wreck Of the doomed ship hes the
hull of her destroyer the Confederate torpedo
boat.
She has been visited by the captain, who re,
ports her to be lying bottom upwards, and
seemingly in good preservation. There are no
holes in her hull, and the wings of her diml-
nutive propeller, now uppermost, seem to be
in good running order She did her work
effectuaIy. In the hull on the port quarter
of the huge ship is a Jagged hole large enough
to drive a carriage and pair through. The
heavy oaken ribs and thick panks are blown
in with tremendous power, and the Housa-
tonic must have gone down with but little prep
aratiop. Her diminutive but dangerous toe
met with similar fate, and the two now rest
in silence, side by side, at the bottom OF the
sea- = 49, .. o.. ..
Under the waters the divers see curious
things and make curious acquaintance, Near
the surface of the water, on his way down, the
diver sees sharks of enormous dimensions,
which seem afraid Of the curlons monster thus
intruding on their domain. The sharks are
never seen at the bottom-they keep their dis
tance-but the small fry at the bottom are
much more sociabe. These swim around the
diver in the most indifferent manner, and with
a curiosity truly feminine insert their noses IN
every orlGce in his submarine armor: Their
particular amusement Is to pry into the glass
ewes, and at times they are as troublesome as
the mosquitoes are to us landubbers. All yaIe7
ties and immense quantities ofthese small nsh
feed around on the; shells and their curiosity
renders them easy victims to the insnuatlons OF
hook and bait. At night the phosphorescent
sparks In the clear blue water out at the Housa-
tonic light up the depths in a wonderful man
ner, and the diver enjoys the illumination,
though he has not much time for admirlng the
beauties of Nature. He stays down six hours,
or less, as his work renders it necessary: In
rummagine about the ship the captain dlscov-
cred several bottles of Rhine wine and ale:
He also brought up globnlar brass lamp aud
several mountings from officers swords. The
captain has also in his possession massive
iaw-bone. 1t is evidently the lower maxlaary
of a man, but its size and the strength OF the
teeth are wonderful. H B. '-ti
CoroRED MINISTERS. -"Ethiopia stretched
ont her hands on Sunday morning in the per-
son of the Rev. Mr. Love, at Christ Church,
New York, who plead the cause OF Florida
Mr.. Love IS colored man Of the pure type:
and appears to be very wide awake and en-
tcrprising person. He is now endeayorlng to
raise funds for his mission at JacksonVllle,
where he is labering under the direction OF
Bishop Young. "
Times are changing, and the Church is
changing too The Fifteenth Amendment Is
fast being applied to the Church. MIR. Love
has already preached twice at the little
Church around the corner" and is announced
for Old Trinity on Sunday next. .He has also
of6ciated at St: AIMS, Brooklyn, and at other
fashionable churches. The world neores, as
Galileo said. Let US hope in the right dlrec-
tion.-Episcopal Register.
Among the graduates Of Lincoln University
this year>were Robert Brooks and ~ ". Cain,
ofVirgihia: 4 The former is a resident Of Ri CHI
mond the latter is from Petersburg, and it is
their intention to enter the Dignity School at
Philadelphia to prepare for the Episcopal min
istry. - ----..'. *
THE PopE's ENcYcLIcA AL.-Another encyci
cal letter has been issued by the Pope, dated al
Rome. juno 4th, upon the occasion OF the 2atl
anniversary Of his accession to the char. II
this letter he aludes to some OF the more nota
Bile SPIRITUAL and temporal events OF hlsponttl
fcate. He is thankful that ne has .6een able
~ nrocls min the course Of this pontiheate, ae
cord;ng to our desire and that of the Cathoh
world the dogma of the Immaculate Concep
t;on Of the Virgin Mother Of tod, and to rem
der bonors to several heroes OF our relglon
We doubt not that their assistance, chiefly tina
of thc Holv Mother, will not fail the Catholp
Church in these ltempestuous times. In
Tcmmenical Council is dismissed IN a hne
mention. and then, after lalnentlng the evil
which have overtaken the temporal power, IN
Pope alludes, briefly to the Doll!nger and ftya
Hyaciuthe,, affairs; Finally he conters al' a,
thority upon the bishops etc, 10 ;,an glsS Ia
Panal blessing, with absolutlon, tnthe ordlnar
form Of the Catholic Church, and with on
anoStolic authority on the 10th and 2ist
tb;S month, or any other day at your cheice
SIMMER EVENING MUslc.-.The New ior
rou;na POST saws :-'srhe increasing ate!
t;on mo;d tn music in this country, especially
.lo' ,!pna of Summer concerts, which Is IN gre
meosnrc ,me duo to the large German eemens 4
orr nonulation, is very gratifying rlc'' ~ n
climate of the United States from 4 .HaS " ;;
tober invites MS to;the open ar 1Sr s,e +wopt rnt
ment of the pleasan1stes6 1s nouns on5 a .narks. hal
Sus soms " very ssI prepsry by al
mune'Pal nts to e;i,ss But the park without mus 1
!unets a to el,,5S m;ta,1t perfume life without 10y
Is 5 the 50Se dsst;suts w; of eolor, Hamlet with
proes Toet' of dssi psaaarK omitted Given p;
there must be music And What a;. So eonaI,' SsaItS
to innocent enjoyhsHt to the 1 Idose toste 9sa'H