Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.) 1855-1862, 1861-01-17
Thrilling Episode in the Life OF Carl

Awrlter IN the Easton (pa) Times gives an
interesting sketch of the life Of Carl Schurz. He
was born thirty.two years ago in Bonn, on the
Rhine, near the Prussian domnions. In lsd9 he
Joined tho Constitutional army, and sharing in
It's revcrscs, was sentenced to death for high
treason. For three days and nights, after the
Prussians had entered Rastadt, he lay concealed
In n shed, on beam or raftcr just wide enough
TO conceal his person from the eyes Of those who
stood below. 4 guard of some kind was sta
tioncd. in the very house to which this shed be.
longed, and every night the soldiers assembled
on the floor beneath his hiding place, and danced
to the music from the trumpet On the fourth
night heavy shower of rain gave him the first
opportunity of attempting to escape, and he
jumped from the roofupon chicken coop, which
broke down under him with loud crash, though
without attracting the notice Of the sentry, who
was, or ought TO have been, but few yards Off
BY the assistance of his friends he reached
sewer, and thus attained the outside of the forti
fcaton. Even here there was n sentry; but, by
Gllowng closely behind him, as he walked by,
he managed to gain cover before the sentry
turned on his beat. He made his way to Paris
and remained there some time in the vain hope
Of favorable turn in the affairs of his native
country. In little book published by the chief
spy Of Bonaparte's police, he received honorable
mention as "thc most audacous and the most
adroit' of the exiles, who, while constantly ac-
tive, could never be ensared into any act furnish
ing pretcxt even to the liberal conscience of n
Bonapartc for his extraditon.
At this time the public opinion Of Germany
was much aroused by the cowardly vengeance
wrcaked by the Prussan Government on Godfrev
Kinkel, n townsman of Schurz's, a professor, who
had joined the Constitutional movement at the
same time with himself This man, poet of
delicate frame, highly educated and accustomed
to all the refnements Of life, was imprisoned at
Spandau, twenty miles from Berlin, dressed as
convict his hair cropped short, and forced to la
Dor at wool -carding, aud to room and mess with
felons. Schurz, having determined TO rescue
him, repaired to London. collected the means,
and made the arrangements. With forged
passport he Travelled direct to Berlin, left his pa.
pcrs with the police over night, obtained rise
for some other town the next morning, and in
stead Of proceeding, took lodging in n boarding
house. There be remained for six weeks, going
to Spandau every day. an. returning late at
night, when the policeman was so obiging as to
unlock the door of his boarding house for him.
All the arrangements having been completed, he
carried of kinkel in a coach one rainy night. to-
gether with his keeper. Relays of horses were
/ In readiness from ftation to station until they
reached the shore whore pilot boat rccev ed
them. They landed at Hull or Yarmouth long
before the Government had tho most remote idea
Of the prisoners whereabouts.
Coming to this country in 1851, he registered
himself as law student ut Philadelphia, and so.
journed there for number Of years occupying
his time, almost exclusively, with the study Of
this country. its material and social condition
IL. history, its Institutions, and its future. In
/ 1851 he removed TO Watertown, Wisconsin, and
entered on the practice Of the law IN Milwaukee
A MEDICAL PREscRPrioS.--Dr. Abernethy did
almost as much good to his patients by his SHARP
wit as by his medicine, and innumerable storie:
are told OF his dry humor; here Is good one No
do not remember to have seen before. His pre-