The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-03-29


following
Monday afternoon, about two
o'eloek, as exciting sccne Was wit.
uessed by thousands abo were gath.
cred upoa he leyee The landing
MS loea will thrones of people, con-
ereaated d expectation q tho imme-
aia,e breaking up of tie ice IN the
hsrbor Presently was heard the
scream ot steam whistle from fer.
~ boat moored az the upper end Of
lhe lvvee. Ii was lone and loud
scream. and before iis unearihly cch-
oes bad dried away the sound was ta-
ken up by boat FAR up on the other
side. Thea all along the landing
steampipcs joined 10 the harsh aud an.
melodious chorus. The multitude
passed closer. " The ice is NOV
lng Look Look !" many voices
scarcely nore than whispered, And
20 i sras moving, very slowly. and
with doll, grating noise.
Oat Ou the river, midway between
either shore, was, al tlis pcrilous
iuncture, described tile form Of u wo-
man, the only being there was to be
sern on the ice, She had stopped
picking her adventurous way, and
stood motionless, except as the cold
floor bore her gently on. All eyes
were bent earnestly and anxiously
upon her. and the crowd watched with
almost breathless interest. "Go
back 20 back Z was shouted from
hundreds Of tllroas seemingly uu-
heeded, from the fact that at that dis
tance tile advice could not be heard.
The woman was beekened TO with
hands and hankerclieis, but without
response Of any kind Once she was
seen TO raise her hands as If in des-
pair, and moment after she sunk to
her waist. The plying silence on
shore that followed the scene was
quickly succeeded by loud shouts and
elapping Of hunds as the trembling fe-
male scra bled again to her feet, only
to look wistfuly around, but not to
take another step. BY this time the
ice had ceased TO move, and the spec
tators began to experience a sense of
relief Still the woman stood as
though transilxed, her clothing hang
ing loosly around her, and she prob
ably shiveriug from the cold her inn
mersion must have produced.
just as the woman bad gone down,
three men were observed TO start from
the other side. One Of them, after
going a short distance, turned back
The others made straight for the long
object, and on a run. Ii was a yen-
luresome undertaking. They got half
way when the woman fell again, and
this time il was longer before she pre-
sented herself TO full view, her body
having almost entirely disappeared
Yet once more she stood erect, not
daring TO take a step IN any direction.
AT last the two men got near her.
They hesitated, and were seen TO mo-
ton her TO them, but she seemed COM
pletely paralyzed from fear, and dar-
ed do nothing. A moment after one
Of the men sprung to her side, and
then women and men both went
down. When the eyes that involun-
tarily turned away to avoid witness
ing painful sight looked again, the
woman was on the solid ice, and the
two men were on either side Of her,
supporting the drenched form, and
hurrying her to the Illinois shore
was not till the trio reached the dry
land that the multitude gave veot TO
their joy in loud huzzas.
In JEFF Davis proclamation for a
Confederate fast-day on the Sth Of
April proximo, occurs the following
passage:
Recent eyeEts awaken fresh graf
itude TO the Supreme Ruler Of ma
tons. Our enemies have suffered
repeated defeats, and nefarious
scheme TO burn and plunder our capi-
tai, and to destroy our civil govern
ment By putting to death the chosen
servants Of the people, has been bafIled
and set al naughi. Our armies have
eenstrenglhenedi uriinances prom
ise rapid progress 10 satisfactory
condition and our whole country Is
animated with hopeful spirit, ard a
fixed determination 10 achieve inde-
pebdaoee. In these circumstances ii
becomes W. with thankful hearts. to
bow ourselves before the throne OF the
Most High, and, while gratefully ac-
knowiedgipg 50 many mereies, confess
that our sins as people have justly
exposed a. 70 chasiisement."
Tie y. Y. Herald has changed It's
programme, and now goes for Grant
90 Moadays instead Of Tuesdays--re-
serving the latter for its Mcclellan
day. Thursdayis still It's Fremont day.
In August, 1862, Gen, Beauregard
declared in a letter to Gen. Martin,
of South Carolina, ihat---'.We will
yet have to come 70 proclaiming this
war "a y ar TO the knife, when no quar-
Ter win be asked Or granted. be-
lieye il Is the only thing which can
prevent recruiting al tie North"
Some, one the other day, asked
Gen. Butler why he employed cer-
tain person said to be disloyal, and Of