Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-01-14
THE CI Y.

THE CITY,.
HIRAM PKlcs, ESQ.,, will please &C
sspt our thanks for suodry favors.
$4,000 Gold for sale by Welton i
Warmer. 4s Brady street.
CoLp.-The thermometer at I o'clocl
AN yesterday. stood 200 below zero; th
coldest yet.
WE call attention to two importan
orders from the Adju,snt General. published
this A. n.
LADIES, have you examined those lat
patterns Of dress goods 1t. wh,siersi The.
are The best 10 town.
AT CuAMpIoN's is the place to bul
anything in the Hat, Cap and For line. The.
are good thlngs 10 have In cold day.
We received last evening a copy O
the Governors biennial me..sge, but a. j, vii
not be delivered until to-day. we concluded no
to publish it until to morrow.
Tue CONTINENTAL MONTuLY.-Wt
are in receipt Of the February number OF TIL
organ Of the Aboliiiobists Of the United State'
and 10 reading IL, pages We sometimes forge
that we sre reading the most incendisry OF al
American pubIica,ions The literature OF tn
magazine 10 excellent, but il. s"lit'cai paper
Address ). X. Gilmore. Boston, M.ss
Old SETTLERs' FEsrIvAL.-This eve.
Mug the Old Settlers Of Scott county ceebra,.
their Fifth Annual Festival at The H.
aire House Mine hosts Of the Ie
a'rs have made ample preparations for a..
e'"modati' & a big crowd. and thev vii, no,
% disappointed 10 the numbers expected. The
f'hh Annual Festival promise. to be "a bio
thing for every body"
noRGHuM SYRur.-Mr. James Means.
Of this city. showed Us yesterday . bottle OF
fehned Sorghum Syrup. manufactured 1t the
chicago ST. am Sugar Refinery out of the Door.
est article Of Sorghum molasses that could be
found. The refining process had divested i,
oi all Soighum tasts and it vas as clsar and
nice ss "Belcher's Best" From every acre o,
ara h's land in Iowa just such syrup can be
produced.
inE shipments for the week ending
Jan. s, are - follows 1850 bbls flour, 1880
bu wheat, 10000 bu barley. 40 tons brs. ssn
dressed hogs. 300 lbs hides. 60 live cattle and
6. $40 lbs lard.
The shipm snts for the week ending Jan. II,
are ss follows: $3.50 bbls -four. 1880 bu
wheat. 900 bu barley, 40 tons bran. 225 bills
pork. 7s,302 It's lard. 424 sacks malt slS
dressed hoge.
MoRs OF TnE Hill KIDNAPPING
CAsx.-F.om one Of our citixens. who has been
travelling in Iilinois, We gather a few itsms
concerning the movements Of the scoundrsl
Hoxis and his kidnapped prisoner. Capt Hill
1t appears that floxie vas afraid OF an attempt
at rescue il he did not put long distance be-
tween himself and the place of his theft. and
therefore hired . conveyance and pushed on to
Viola, in Mercer Co. Here our informant cav
them. Saturday morning Hill was in chains.
and was compelled to lie down ON the floor
With . guard over him. Our informant in.
qutred into the nature OF the offence, and was
told that Hill wss q runaway military pti
soner, who had been captured in . house Of
ill.fsms 10 Davenport. Subsequently, how.
ever. NJ Hill. gave our informant the particu
lars Of the arrest. and Hoxie's villainy. Dnr-
ing the recital, Hoxie threatened his prieoner
with severe punishment if he did not 'hut his
mouth. Mr.. Hill said that oil he asked for
was his rights guaranteed TO him under the
Constitution Of the United Ststes-s fair and
Impartial trial. but that now he vas beyond
the reach Of his friends. he had no hopee Of
bsiux heard until the Government reached his
case. which may be in . month and perhars
not in year. uoxie told our informant that
he must keep close mouth iu Davenport re-
R.rding what he had sesn and heard. but the
scamp mistook his man when he undertook 10
frghten our informant into silence.
What surprises Us i.. that Mr.. Hill should so
tamely submit to the outrage Of being carried
of after h-ving be en- released by course Of Law
from the custody Of the Marshal. Hoxie. in
Hilps presence. sckno . l~dged that he sole his
prisoner from the Davenport Jail. ct least so
our inf rmsot say-. Hill would have been
justified 10 letting lsylight into Hoxie, and
then returning TO stand HE trial. and he should
have done just that very thing. From vhat
We can learn. the proper tools for his release
were offered him by more than one individual
during the morning tho party tsrried in Viola.
Let us ask what security there 10 for the
liberty Of any man. living Under the laws Of
the U ni.ed States, il, after he has been cleared
Of crime BY jury Of bis eour'rymen. he can
again be arrested for the came offence. by 40
incompetent official. and whea an appeal is
made 70, relief under the Hsbsss Corpus act.
this incompetent official, with impunity
usurpes still further powers. and under the
shadow Of night steals the accused from the
prison in which be had been placed ior securi.
~. hurrying him out Of the State without civ.
ing him On opportunity for defence, thus VIC.
lsting the erea'eet law Of the land? It ap
pears 20 us there 10 20 security. Every man
IL liable to have enemies, and in these times OF
tresson end crime be esn. by > little art. work
the ruin OF bis foe. The Government lends q
ready ear to pratsrs Of treason. and Q bare .us
pcion IL suffi icient to procure the Incarceration
q an individual inside the gloomy wallis o.
Lafayette or Warren. We tsust the friends o
hr. Hill vill pos allow this Palpable viol ITO,
Of lav to 20 unpublished Hoxis deserves
good hetshslisg to ssss bin Of superhuou
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