Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1860-09-27
Carl SchUrZ.


birth, as his name imports at the request
of his political friends is travelling
through the country advocating the prin-
cipals of the Republican party Many
of the papers of all parties that come to
our Office speak of him as one of the
greatest orators in the nation, whose
power over the masses and whose elo'
quence is Of the most astonishing char
acter. The following interesting ac-
count of this gentleman we find in one Of
our exchanges.
A writer in The Eoson penn. Times
of the Sth inst, gives an interesting
sketch of the life of Carl Schurz He
was born 32 years ago. in Bonn, on thr
Rhine, in the Prussian dominions. In
l849, he Joined the Constitutional army,
and, sharing in its reverses, was senten-
ced to death for high treason. For three
days and nights, after the Prussians had
entere l'Rastadt, he lay concealed in
shed, on beam or rafter, just wide G.
nough to conceal his person FROM the
eyes of those who stood below. A
guard of some kind was stationed in the
very house to which this shed belonged,
and every night the soldiers assembled on
the floor beneath his hiding-place, and
danced to the music of the trumpet. On
the fourth nigh heavy shower OF ram
gave him the first opportunity of at
tempting an escape, and hejumped from
the roof upon chlcken-coop, which
broke down under him with a loud crash,
though without attracting the notice of
the sentry who was, or ought to have
been but few yards off. BY the as
sistance Of his friends he reached a sew
er: and thus attained the outside OF the
Notifications.
Even here there Vas sentry, but, by
following closely behind him as he walk
ed by, he managed to gain cover b.
fore the sentery turned on his beat. lie
made his way to Paris. AMI remained
there considerable tine, in the VAIN
hope of favorable turn in the affairs OF
his native country In little book
published by the chief spy of Bonapart's
police, he received honorable mention
as "the most audacious and most adrolt
of the exiles, who, while constantly ac-
tive, could never be ensnared into any
act furnishing pretext even to the lib
eral conscience of Bonapart for his
extradition. At this time the p"blic o.
pinion of Germany was much aroused by
the cowardly vengeance wreaked by the
Prussian Government on God reg Kin
kel. a townsman of .Schurz's a.professor,
who had joined the constitutional move
ment at the same time with himself.
This man poet. of delicate frame, high
ly educated, and accustomed 20 all the
refnements of life, was imprisoned ut
Spandau, twenty miles from Berlin.
dressed as a convict, his hair cropped
short and forced to labor at " ool-carding,
and to room and mess with felons -
Schurz having determined to rescne, him
repaired to London, collected the means,
aud made the arrangements. With for
ged passport he travelled direct to Berlin,
left his papers with the police over night,
obtained a rise tor some other town The
next morning, and instead of proceeding
took lodgings in boarding house --
There he remained for six weeks, going
to Spundau every day, and returning late
at night, when the police was 80 ohlislng
as to unlock the door of his boarding
house for him. All the arrangement )
having been completed, he carried off
kinkel ia coach one rainey night, to-
gether with his keeper, Relays of hor-
ses were in readiness from station TO sta
ton until they reached the sea shore,
where plot-boat received them. They
landed at Hull or Yarmouth long botore
the Government had the most remote l.
dca ofthe prisoners Whereabouts Com.
ing to this country in 1851 he registered
himself rs II law student at Philadelphia,
and sojourned there tor number o. years
occupying his time, almost exclusively
with the study of this country, its mate
rial and social condition. its history, Its
institutions, and its future In 1894 hr
removed to Watertown. WISCONSIN, and
entered on the practise of the law in Mil
waukce.