The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1852-04-22
4 WONDERFUL PRE- REsERyATloN.


taken from Devonshire (Engand) paper
i "Dudleigh Sallerton has been the scene
Of mos. thrilling incident. Six lille
lchildren, Oh Wednesday morning, got into
+, boat on the beach, aud mischievous boy
showed it Of. The boat dfifted awav 10
sea before the children were missed. Ter
rible was the agonv Of the mothers when
in all directions; every boat was on the
look out until far into the night. Da. light
returned, and still nothing was heard about
them; they were lost either in the expsnse
Of the wide ocean, or buried within its in
sa,iable depths. A Plymouth fisherman
fishing early in the morning, saw some
thing floating in The distance; he bore
down TO it, and discovered il 10 be boat,
and in the bottom the six children, all cud
died in like nest ofbirds, fast asleep, God
having mercifully granted them that soace
iafer day Of terror and despair. He took
them aboard, feastcd them with bread and
cheese, and gladdened their deapairing
hearts with a promise to take them home
Between three and four in the afternoon
the fisherman was seen in the offing with
the boat astern. All eyes were turned to-
wards him, the best spy glass in the town
was rubbed again and again, and at last
they fairly made out that j. was the denti-
cal boat. The news flew through the town.
the mothers came frantic to the beach, for
there were no children to be seen in the
boat, none discovered in the sloop. 10
tense was the agony of suspense, md all
alike shared il with the parents. Al last
The boat came in, and the words wen,
round, "They are safe!" and many stout
hearted men burst into tears, women
shrieked with Joy, and become almost fran
tic with their iusnpportable happiness. II
was indeed memorable day; and prayer,
eloquent for its rough sincerity, was Of.
fered up to Almighty God, who, in his in.
finite mercy, had spared these innocent
children from the perls and dangers Of the
sea during the fearful night. Five of
these children were under FIVE years of
age; the sixth is but nine years DID,"
A POWERFUL DELINEATIoS.-The fol-
lowing is an extract from the address of
Judge Johnson, Of Georgia, in sentencing
6. d. Comet TO death for the murder Of w.
w. Hailes, without provocstion, delivered
on the 10Th Of December 1851:
"Ncr sh1ll the place be forgotten 10
which occurred this shedding Of blood
It was 10 one Of the thousand ante-cham
bers Of hell which mar like plague spots
the fair face Of our State. You need not
be told that mean tippGng shop-,he
meeting place o! Satan's minions, and the
foul cesspool which, by spontaneous gen
Grafton, breeds and nuriures all that is
disgusting and loathsome in profanity, and
babbling, and vulgarity, and Sabbath
breaking. would not be the owner of
groggery for the price ofthis globe convert
ed into precious ore. For the pi,ifnl sum
of . dime he furnished The pdison which
made the deceased fool, and converted
his trembling culprit into demon. How
pal,ry this price oftwo human lives! This
traffic is tolerated by law, and therefore
the vender has committed an offence moi
|cognizable by earthly tribunals. But ID
the sight Of Him who is unerring wisdom,
he who deliberately furnishes the intoxica-
ting drnugh!s which infame men to anger,
and violence, aud bloodshed, i, particeps
crimiais in the moral .urpitude ofthe deed.
Is it not high time that these sinks of vice
and crime should be held rigidly account
able TO the laws Of the land, and placed un-
der the ban Of nm enlightened and virtuous
public opinion?h
SURPRISE PARTIES have been much in
vogue here the past winter, and ''coming
offs almost every week. We have heard
Of but one, however, really deserving Of
the name. Itappesrs that one Of our fash
ionablc, fun-.oving ladies', Mrs. --,sr,i.