Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-04-05

A Thrilling SCENE.
FOuv Chsldsen Dsilting TO Sea ON q CAKE :
81 Ice l..Thels Rescue By tho Fashet u
oae Of the Little fellows1

A THRILLING SCENE
q Ice l..Theis Resc1e By tho Father Of
ose Of the Little Fellows!
Iron the Bostea TsAvslsr.l
Last Saturday four small boys from
FIVE to ten years Of age, visited tho sea
shore on the northcrly side OF Sav'na
Hill, Dor chester, and heedlessIy step
ped upon piece OF floating ice: Inc
tide was just then on the ebb, and
floated the boys off some seventy OF
eighty rods from the shore into deep
water before their perilous condition
was discovered. The alarm being CIV
en-, several OF the neighbors ran to the
beach, but on their arrival they found
the boys too far of to be rescued w'th~
out a boat, and there was no boat near
enough to be made available IN season
to save them. The little piece Of ice on
which they stood-being not more than
five or six feet square-was rocking BY
the force of the water and the uneven
balancing Of the boys weight upon it.
In this emergency Mr.. Joseph S.
Hilliard-father Of one Of the youngest
boys-arrived upon the beach just in
time to see two Of tho smallest clip from
their position on the ice into the water
With admirable presence Of mind, and
eqnal fortitude, he threw off his coat.
and, with a stable door taken from its
hinges for the purpose, he pushed it be.
fore him and swan to their relief
While on bis way he directed the two
boys who we're still standing upon the
ice to extend a stick which they bad
it being only small rattan-to the two
boys who were in the water. to catch
hold upon. In this way one little fel-
low, probably FIVE and half or six years
Of age, grasped at it, and was thereby
aided to regain his position on the ice.
The stick was then extended to the
other, and be caught hold of it and
was drawn partly out Of the water, when,
losing bis hold, he fell back again. This
was Mr.. billiards son. Let the reader
| imagine this thrilling tcene-this terri.
BILE trial to that fathers affectionate
heart, in witnessing his little son only
six years of age, sinking the second time
into the water under such painful! cir.
cumstances.
But Mr.. II. was equal to the crisis !;
still he cautioned and counselled the
boys while swimming to their rescue
telling them to keep perfectly quiet, and
again reach out their stick to his little
boy, which they did; and again the poor,
chilled and almost exhausted child
grasped it. and was thus sustained with
only head and neck above water, until
reached by his father. Mr.. b. then, by
means Of the door and the piece Of ice,
kept these boys out of the water some
half an hour or more, when boat was
obtained and took them all safe to land.
1t seems almost miraculous that any
of these boys were saved, when the
depth of water and distance from shore,
and the small piece Of ice on which they
we're. are taken into consideration.
ARREST OF A REPUBLICAN, EDITOR ON
A CHARGE OF TREAsoN.-Our citizens
were startled yesterday afternoon BY the
/, announcement that one of the editors
~ ,bs Detroit Advertiser had been ar.
rested BY Deputy United States Mar
shal Of this G.. v.on charge Of treason
OF course it was ha:- IDLY credited at the
first thought, but an exaL.' natlon ProVeo
that the announcement was to-. "ue. =
seems that some person addressed n. @
ter to the United States authorities in
this city, setting forth that an individu-
al who was connected with one of our
city papers had confessed to him that he
was engaged in aiding the secessionists,
and had dispatches from Mr.. SlidelI, in
cipher, which he should forward to the
South at once. 1t also gave the name
and description Of the individual. A
detective was Immediately put upon the
scent, and = Mr.. Doyle. who has for
some months been a regular correspon.
dent Of the Advertiser, and has recently
been connected with the editorial depart
mcnt of that paper, was arrested, bis
person and papers examined, and him
self held over for further examination
until this morning.--Detrot Free Press,
of Tuesday.
A CAPTAIN OF THE W1DE.AwAKEs.--
Most of our readers we'll remember the
fine appearance of the Plain6eld Wide
Awakes previous to tho last Presidential
election, and especially the noble mein
of their gallant captain. Well, when
the war broke out this patriotic Wide.
Awake got a captains commission and
raised company. But, if reports are
true, his courage evaported when drawn
up in line of battle at For: Donelson.
As soon as the firing commenced, he
could stand it no longer, and cried ont
to bis men to look out for themselves
a d made hasty retreat. The com.
pany we're thrown into some disorder
by the cowardly retreat Of their captain,
but under Lieutenant Ballard soon re-
turned to their position and fought gal.
Ia ntly till tho victory was ours. The
last that was seen Of the Wide-Awake
captain, he was going at the rate Of 2:4O
and the sk;lts Of his coat at an angle Of
As degrees.
20, ain's GU glad you Joined the wide-A~akes."
II Jolie: Signal.
SECRETARY STANroN.-Thc London
Spectator, in an article on American az.
fairs, says:
"The Americans, 10 their hour Of ex-
tremity, seem at last to have found a
man. Thrown to the top almost by &C.