Minnesota weekly times., 1854-11-14
1f(innesota Ulmts.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1854.
INTERNAL MACHINES.

the mo = MALIGNANT caste, and SO arranged as to
scatter death in every direction, cutting down
alike friend and foe without moments warning.
The first occurrence of this kind within our re-
collection. was the machine sent to Mr.. Warner,
n lawyer in New York city, who had incurres the
i'll will of one Of the most notorious scamps that
ever disgraced the name of manhood. The box
was brought to the door, by boy, when Mr..
Warner was absent from home. On his arrival,
he took the box, drew the lid gently, when friction
matches came in contact with sand paper AMI the
explosion followed. Fortunately he was not in
iured. We we'll remember the great excitement
which was created by this diabolical deed. The
press every where loud in condemnation OF
the author. or authors. and if We remember cor
rectlv. two persons We're arrested charged with
the ceimc and underwent a lengthy trial.
Shortly after this occurrence, the New York
Herald contained long account of box which
had been received at that Office, purpOrting to
emanatc from, Cuha- with very important dispatch
es to the editor Of the Herald. twas at the time
when the fllibustering movement ran the highest,
and the Herald tcemed with important news from
the Lopez expedition. This box was locked up in
the editors room, who, on his appearances, sus-
pectcd foul play. and ordered it opened in such Il
manner that TO explosion could follow. On TAX
ing of the lid (not drawing ) it was discovered
that this too, Internal machine, so ar
ranged that with slight movement of the lid,
the missves of death would fly in every direction,
destroying human lfe in frightful manner.
Scarcely had the excitement attending this dis
closure subsidized, when of the most awful
tragedies in the history Of these machines, took
place at Cincinnati. y young doctor, to crafty
his hellish revenge, either from some supposed or
real injury, sent q box to the worthy Supcrin-
tcndent of the Hospital. Unsuspectingly the Su-
perintcndent opened this box in presence of his
wife, when, in an instant, both lay wetering in
their gore. The wounds were fatal-they died !!
While vet the bloody villain who committed
this deed is at large, prowling about with the
marks of a cowardy murderer on his brow, news
reaches that still another explosion has taken
place, and that still others have fallen victims to
the spite of some demon, whose soul is covered
all over with the exhalations of the Prince Of De-
mons himself. And thus crime increasesthus
mon tax their ingenuity to destroy their fellow
men-tO steal upon them as steals the savage from
his ambush, and when dreaming least OF danger,
to send them unprcpared into the presence of
their maker. Where and what are coming to-:
Is the world rctrograding? las the lapse Of
eighteen hundred years done nothing towards elc-
waiting man in the scale of civilization?
From published accounts in the New York Her.
aid concerning the recent explosion ut Earlcs IIo
tel, it appears that in small leather travelling
valisc had been placed small kcs Of powder,
holding twelve pounds. In one end Of the kcg
was ins nred the muzzlc of Il small ublc-bar-
relied pistol, and against the trigger of the pistol
was placed iron spring, made to strike the
triggers and create an explosion at Il certain time
regulated by the running down of weights at
tached to this spring. The valisc was one of or
dinary appearance, and could be placed, as it was,
in the Office among the baggage, without exciting
any suspicion, and at the hour fixed upon, the
machinery would revolvc within the yalsc as
to perform the fatal work ntendcl.''
When the explosion occurred but few persons
were in the room The valise behind the
counter, and was thrown outside of it, scattering
its contents in every direction. The wash room,
which is situated some distance of, and near the
dining room, was the worst in iured, the plaster
ing being torn from it and hung only by the lath
work. The Herald says:
One of the walters Of thu hotel, named Peter
Mourn, was badly burned about the face and
hands. and taken to the city hospital, where he
now lays in much pan but it is thought his life is
not in danger. His clothes Immediately took fire
and he ran into the street covered with fameS.-
In an instant the clothes were torn from his body,
and, but for this speedy relief of his clothing, he
might have burned to death.
One of the guests of the hotel, Mr.. r. Dowd,
was also badly burned about the face, but not
dangerously.
The excitement at the hotel Immediately after
the explosion and during the reminder of the
day was very great. The report of another infer
na machine, rapidly circulated through the city,
and hundreds betook themselves to Earle's Hotel
to learn the extent of the disaster.
We can conceive of no motive which should in
ducc any to thus attempt to destroy whole
building and peril the lives of hundreds of indi,
viduals. Mr.. Earle, the proprietor, is one Of the
most gentlcmanly landlords in New York city,
and his hotel has been the resort of that class of
persons who are proverba for their quietness and
centcmanly bearing. The location is a desirable
one. and the house is always full, it never has
been sufficiently large to accommodate even its
regular customers, and We have known many to
leave it, unable to procure ccommo'lations. This
may have induced some jealous ncighbor to devise
this way TO lnJure the house ana mus break ltup
entirely, which will probably be the result, for
certainly nobody would wish to stop at a hotel
where such an accident had happened. BE this
il may, no provacaton, no injury will justify the
act 1t was one which calls for the unqualified
condemnation of every person who has any regard
for the laws which govern civilized life, and
should the perpctrator ever be caught, imprson-
ment for life should be his doom. Death would
not be too severe.
These Internal machines are multiplying. No
body is safe. A petty spite may be the means of
causing the death of many innocent beings. Ev-
ery where the Press should condemn them-cvery
where the people should condemn them--every
where efforts should be made to ferret out and
bring to Justice those who are, have been in any
way connected with them, either in their concep-
tion, building completion.
ANOTHER RAILROAD AccIpENT.-Ir our columns
Of to-day will be found an account of another
dreadful accident on the Chicago ana Rock Island
Route. Scarcely is the ink dry which records one
accident when another and another follows. keep
ing the public mind in feverish state of excite