New-York daily tribune., 1861-08-23

know will say tEat C''u' -,
Of Baden, whose practice haa ea''Y e"'"'O
g., :, two or three years bal'-mllon; Nv was
A., e,scted Member of The Chamber o' D'p'
49,. N which body bis great powers Tepds'ed
him f,eils priHceps. An these he sur'eu0e''u'--
a. ;,nonss fortune, his noble poiit cal position
Ia nrospeet TO SIDE with struggling Liberty 10
Sar.bo,D Germany. The Reyoutoa failed, aud
Tooter became o bard-workng tnrmer near
1rh;.aco He lived III as much retirement as
eva. possible, ever watching the signs IN his
Fatherlaud to see if any panoped spirit beck
oned him tbitler, WHEN 10 the ci0ugor OF way
called him to serve justice Dearer hoIue' ho
took his son by the hand and gave all he WIS
and all he hoped. for the cause lhe Oeli''
of Chicago instantly raised regiment anu r''A
Heeker from the ranks to preside over H. A''''
assured that be will give startling blows ri' I"
khe interest of Freedom, be oOi"i"eu "
education, aud in some active eanpalsp'' g''u'1
.aome lessons which, in our Peaceiul i'"0' '"'
officers have not learned
Rat tbe most interesting OF these meh-'nouah ds
vet NOT SO high in commaad-is Mfjor. Which, OF
wcCook,s German Regiment in Western Virginia,
.r,,bo bv the WAY. has flrioUgh Of few weeks,
with permission to raise a regiment IN AnalaHa'
That work he has almost done: the regiment VIII
be full in few days. Meanwhile, let NE give you
q word OF two on The strange career Of August WI
Gch.
He bears in his veins the blood oil the roya'
family of Prussia; aud is also relative OF SeiIer-
macler with whom a large portion Of his youth was
passed He was youth Of noble appearance, ard
gave the earliest indications OF equally noble powers
He was educated at the Government Military Schooi
of Berlin, aud was soldier in the Prussian army
uutil 1886 in which he was rising from grade 10
grade. when his native love Of Freedom mastered
him, and lodged him one morning Of the last-named
year in the prison Of Spandau. lie had joined the
German Band who formed the Union for the hOera-
zion Of Germany. At Wesel he was compelled 20
resigD aud he at once set himself to learn the car
penter's trade. On one occasion the very regiment
he had commanded came, during their march, across
their former leader, with his plane and adze At
his trade he labOred-a trade Ut which the worlds
Messiah once tOled--but he never forgot the peo-
ole or their cause. Which was gifted with n
eOpious stream of natural elOquence-i
his eloquence is at times inspired, and the work
Ang men were ONtiJo)tN ~ nv" IA N'A'
leader He had already committed enough Of
lenses to have cot biu bis head dozen times
if he had not been dr'cendeEt Of the royai
family, when the Revolution OF Baden broke
out. Now was be IN bis elements bis hoe mlil
Gary education, his frst-rate commanding quoli'
ties, his ndvln.sble industry snd persistence, his
devOut passion for Liberty, ms inppsloned eiO-
quence--a1 cOnsp.red TO make thus the leader OF
Chat Revolution. Even more than what Hecker
was in Southern Germany Which was in the
North. Terribly be swept on, till the sad day
when the Revolution swOoned Which was only
saved from execution by his noble connection.
He was sent ~ London. Here be was one OF
Che celebrated Committee OF Re'olutlODsts, ol
which Louis Blanc, Kossuth, MazzBi, aud Mn
kel were other membeis From London ne at
length found bis way to Ncw.Hork, where he
pursued bis trade as carpenter. AT length Dis
education was accldeDtally discovered, and he
was given place ia tie Office Of tine Coast
Survey, where bis work was that Of combining
separate surveys into comprehensive maps
such as may be just now giving you,
reader, your only complete knowledge oil Pen
sacoa, and Charleston harbor, and the
Chesapeake. Judge StoIO Of Cincinnati
shere found lin, aud, the RePutlEoar Of this
city being in want OF sn editor, he invited VIII
Itch here. He eame, and made it a very strong
and extremely radical paper. His influence
among tie Germans was very great, especially
among the Tuners, Of whom he vas bere, as IN
New-YOIk, the representative man. He was al
ways true to bis vows 10 Freedom, and utterly
fearless. When OrsiDi was executed, WIlhch,
who had known him intimately, called together
Che friends of Liberty, and their funeral torch
Light sssio0, with Its tfansparencies, was the
most remarkable, il was among tbe largest,
shat ever took place in this city. The same, on
even larger scale, AID aui many threats, took |
place under bis auspices when John Brown was |
executed. Wilcb's Grafton on tDis latter oeca-
sion, in the German tLeuier Of this city, was |
among the most eloquent 1t bas ever been my |
lot to hear; 10 il he prophesied the events thar
are now coming TO pass, declaring among other
things, that "wbere Slavery exists for any length
Of time, every honest man must AT length be.
come a john Brown, aud that the spot made |
sacred by has blood would presently call about it
q nation of warriors to chant the watebwOrds Of
Liberty there" / could DOT fail 10 remember
Ehis when reading that he New. York regiment,
atey enesmped on the field where John Brown
vas hung, frequently gathered on the spot aud
pang the now popular "Johu BrOSn Soog:"
"JOha Browns body lee moi2eIirg liz his gave,
his sOul' EaUhui9 o."
Mai Willich's friends have not been eager TO