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E W I N MINNESOTA
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Business Directory:
METROPOLITAN HOTEL,
Lave* street, immediately opposite the Steam
boat Lauding, Red Wing, Minnesota,
A A «fc E Tl£i£LE,~Pk6rRiEToRs.
THISnow
now, spacious and commodious house
is open for the reception of guests.—
It has been constructed under the immediate
super»isionof the proprietors, and nothing has
been omitted to insure the comfort and conven
ience of those who may favor thorn with their
patronage. The numerous rooms are all well
lighted, ventilated and furnished in a superior
manner. In connection with the house is a
good and commodious stable.
Red Wins, March 1. 1S5S. 83tf
W, L. WEBSTER Proprietor,
fc KARTHE8TBAMBOATLANDING
It I N N E S O A
B*ggAge conveyd to and from the boats free.
[SO- me,.]
~REI) WING HOUSE,
JACOB BENNETT, Proprietor.
E WING, ut.^r.tioo'*.*.
j^P*Corinc-cted with the House is a ir:e and
conveniens Stable. Stages leave daily for the
interior. Teams and Carriages on hand to
CMivey Pufttongcrs to any part of the country.
April 24.1853. 90- tf
FALL S HOUSE,
BY BEN VAN CAMPEN,
CANNON FALLS, MINNESOTA.
'travelars will tiud every accommodation on
•'easonal-lo terms at the above
Rtablis, Ostlers, &c.
N PLUM STREET, a feu- doors from Main
Street, Red Wing.
This House is entirely new and newly fur
hished, and the Proprietor hopes by strict at
tention to customers to receive a share cf pat
ronage.
Red Whig, Sept. 5,1857. 59y
E N A POIN HOUSE
R. F. A. HARDT, PROPRIETORS.
THIfSLak&
House is pleasantly located on the share
Pepin, within a few. tods of the
Steamboat Landing. Persons wishing to *pend
a few days of recreation and leisure, will find
this the place to do it. A good and well sup
plied barn is attached to the house, and a com
petent ostler always in attendance.
The proprietors hi\ ing leased the above pop
ular house and having thorough^ lupaintcd
and furnished iu a S »ty'« would say to
the pnblic tl»»*
JPium street, between Fourth and Fifth
E WING, MINNESOTA.
The subscribers having the best stosked sta
ble west of the Mississippi River are prepared
to furnish the pleasu seeking, and traveling
public, with as good Tarn Oa'«, as the country
affords come and try as if anybody has /lea
rnt, we can go it. SPICER & GROW.
March 19th 1858. [85-yQ
McINTIR E & S E O N
DEALERS IN
Dry Goods,Groceries,Crockery,Hardware Cut
lery, Nails, Oils, Paints Sash, Window Glass,
Looking Glasses, Farming lmplments.
A.so, Hosiery, Gloves, Cravats, Suspenders,
Shirts,Collars, Brushes, Fancy Goods, &o.
J. MCINTIRE.
Red Win* M. T. T. B. SHELDON.
DUBUQE CITY MARBLE
WORKS.
N•HERRICK,
eign Marble.Sixth street, below Main and
{owa, Dubuque, Io.ua.
Muri MitH, T.i.«l*. Head Stone*, Mun
ties, Table Tops, Ac. 02iu9
L. P. IIENDRICKSON,
Rectitlui and Wholesale dealer in
X»oarja.©«.t m.XL3L
WINES 4* LIQUORS,
Corner Plum and Third 8t»., 87tf
RED WI«G, MINNESOTA.
W. Ilrown,
PIIY$ICIAN
Directory Continued:
BLACKSM1THING
BY
CtEORGI] W PARKER,
At the new Shop on Main stiect, within a
few rod* of the crossing of Jordon.
A E S O A E I S I N
Business Cards of five lis»e, year, $6,00
do ten lines do 10,00
One column per your, 70,00 andpnext door to th Gunsmith, hold himsolt
•to six months 40,00 ready to do all work in his line with prompt
Half column per vear 40,001 ncssani in a workmanlike style.
do sixmonth* 30,00J (fflBW
ExvmMmth neatness and dispatch.] W^^OnSSSSSlS^S^
UI»AJIiia."Warranty, Quit-Claim, Special from the country solicited. Shop near the
Warranty, Moritrngo Deeds, and Township|Chillson House.
Flats for sale at the Sentinel office.
RED WING, MINNESOTA. 97tf
E. C. O W A
BLACKSMITH*
Sho on Mai
street,enear
Fourthcolumn per yoais 23,00 Oxand IlorSC Shoeing. jjflgg
square (10 mo.*, or loss)firstmsortion 40 jj having erected-a hrst rate and new
subsequent insertion• '""."". for shoeing cattle, he don't mean to allot
rcrtiesmentsoti
continuedeuntil orderedprice
out.
BOOH & JOB WORK
all its various Branches.
the
MU be
rHB
House. Good
$21y
HACK HOUSE.
J. HACK, Proprietor.
a
"*CV can do to
m«ke ai. calling, comfortably and pleasantly
•ituated, will be left undone:
May 38,1S53. 95y
I. S. KELLOGG,
Wholesale and retail dealer ill
Srugs a Medicines,
CHEMICALS, PAINTS,
OILS,
Dye Stuns, Window Glass, Medicinal
Wines and Liquors. Tobacco, Snuffs, Cigars,
Camphene, Alcohol, Burning Fluid, «fec. Main
GKO. 8l»!CElt, i^jgg W. 8. OUOW.
LIVERY AND EXCHANGE
STABLE.
Americas
excelled either
iiuOxeor
Horse si
in^Ox or Horse shoeing.
Farmers and all others giv him a trial.
Red Wing. Nov. -27, 1858. 121m3
W O O & W I
Architects and Builders,
I and doors on hand, and made to order. Work
Red Wing. March 27, 185S. S6tf
W. E. HAWKINS. O. D. BARBS. A. HALL.
A I O N S N O W O S
Hawkins & Co.,
WOULr
take this method of informing
thei friends and the public generally,
that they are now prepared to do
—S.& fl 53 7 3 53 S
Of all kinds, such as House, Sign, Carriage,
Curtain and Ornamental Painting, Graining,
Glazing, Marbling und Paper Hanging.
25gT Special attention paid to all orders from
the country
Red Wing, July 17,1S57
52tf
JOHN HISLER,
Manufacturer and dealer in
LADIES' GENTS' AND CHILDREN'S
Boots Sr Shoes,
Plum street one door north of the Kelly House,
E WING, MINNESOTA. 94tf
Repairing done to order and with dispatch.
GOING'S
OB
AXI33OTT3?3 AN
91iiin lvcct. Red Wint f%y
P. BOTT12NVS.
M3iRbK.fi.lTT TAILOR,
(hi Dlnin street, next do to Lawther't*
ik us -fficein Wilkinson's Block,
RED WING, MINNESOTA."
boat of French and other Cloths, kept
constantly on hand, and made up in a su
perior manner by competent workmen. Also.
GENTS' FURNISHING coons.
53f" Cutting dene tn order. £Ft
Red WUng, May 23,1857. 96y
L. AOAIHS,
Manufacturer and dealer in
SADDLES. HARNESSES
SHOP
on Bush St. opposite C. J. F. Smith's
stoTe, Red Wing, Minn. Where ho has
constantly on hand a large assortment of Sad
dles, Harnesses, Bridles, Trunks, Valises,
Whips, Fly nets, and all other articles usually
kept in a harness shop, and cheaper than can be
bought this side of Chicago.
Repairing and Job work done on short notice,
and in the best style. 94tf
REMOVAL.
SPORTSMEN'S DEPOT
E
5
Dealer in American and Kor-
A E 8
Itl. D.,
SURGEON
O E A^D SESIDENCE,
iie house south-east cC»!}eHamlijic Justit-i
Knoxville, Tennessee.
Red Wing, May 23,1357. 4
A E N S W A I N
SURGEON AND MECHANICAL
DENTIST
Drag store,
Rooms ovey the
Red Wing.
Directory Continned:
P. 8ANDro«D. TRANK IVM.
S A N O O IVES,
Attorneys at Law 4* Notary Public.
E WING, jtfllffifESOTA,
Agents for the United States, Franklin, Fire
and Marine,
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
[121tf)
House I CLIWTOK QURNKB.JR. o.a. BBTNOLM.
GURNEEd
frame
allow him-
&
REYNOLDS,t
Counsellors an Attorneys a Law,
Red Wing, Minn.
SarOftice with Smith, Townc & Co. 82-tf
A N A
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR
AT LAW,
NORTH PEPIN, WISCONSIN.
Will give special attention to collecting
74y
COI/VIL A A I O N
AT I'ORNEYS & COUNSELLORS AT LAW
AND
GENERAL LAND AGENTS
RED WINtt, MINNESOTA.
W A E N I S O
Lot* Murdoch eft Jirutol,)
Attorney at I*aw
And Notary Public,
REDWING, MINNESOTA.
5ly
MISS CARRIE MILLER,
At her Fathers residence, comer 4th Dacota efe
Red Wing, May, 1887.
fcC.
Has been removed
to the west side of
Jordan, Maine street
where may be found
a good assortment of
SHARP'S RIFLES,
Target and Muzzle loading Hifles,
double and single barrel Shot Guns,
Coifs, Allen's, and the celebrated
Robbins and Lawrence Pistols,
Selts,
owder, Sh»t,,Lead, ,C »ps. Wads, Flasks, Shot
Game Bags, Fishing Tackle, fcc:,fcc»,
Cheap for Cash.
Repairing done with care and dispatch.
,*. OHAMBERLIN.
Red Wing, June 14,1958. fomi
«,. H. CONNELLY. M. D.,
Tenders his professional services to the citi
sens of Red Wing and vicinity.
OrncK.—Corner of Bush and Plum street,
up stairs.
RtPtktfiCii,
Hon.Z.KiDWELL, M. Fairmont, Va.,
Hon. J. Is. DAWSON,M. 0., Brownsville,PRsi
Prot. T. D. MUTTER, Philadelphia, P«u,
Dr. J. C. COOPER,
Rev. Dr. DRVMHOND, Morgantown, Vn..
Drs. MCLANE & BROCK, Morgantown, Va.,
Dr. A. II. CAMPBELL, Key West, Florida,
Main st*
70mrt
S 8 I
Near the Corner of
Main and Rush Streets, Red Wing.
E A E I N
E A I E
|d9~ALL WORK WARRANTED..^J
Red Wing, Nov. 13,1858. llStf
FURWITURB.
ONHouse.H
BUS STRKKT, near the Red Wing
All kinds constantly on hand.—
Repairing and Turning done to order.
Abo, all kinds of COFFINS furnished to order
REAL ESTATE OFFICEj
E N A frOlftT, MINNESOTA.
npH E subscriber will buy and sell Lands, lo
rn cate Land Warrants, enter Government
I«ands, select Claims for Settlers desiring to lo
cate on the Half Breed Reservation, pay Taxes
and attend to all business appertaining to his
profession—negotiate Loans for Capitalists up
on unexceptionable real estate security from 20
to 60 per cent. PERRY D. MARTIN.
Central Point, Jan. 1,1S58. 77
J. H. ELDER,
DEALER IX
LANDS AND TOWNT T.OTS,
Lumber, Shingles, Produce, Horses, Wagons
and Wood. Will make Collections, Pay
Taxes, Buy and Sell County Orders,
Uncurrent Money &c, &c.
RED WING, MINN. 98tf
S I O W N E ft CO.
DEALERS IN
REAL ESTATE,
RED WING, MINNESOTA.
Will attend to locating land W arrauts, pay
ment of taxes, collection ofnotes, and to the pur
chase and sale of Real Estate throughout the
Territory. Surveying, Mapping, and Platting
of every kind done t« order by a practical sur
veyor. Copies of township maps furnished.-—
Deedsdrawn and acknowledgements taken.
HTA11 business intrusted to them, will re
ceive prompt attention.
O. F. SMITH, T.F.TOWNE, J.C.PIERCE
W I C. W I 1 S O N
ATTORNEY AT LAW, AND
GENERAL INSURANCE AGENT
OIBce ^g *«^»w J|r»^Rookstorei
Agcht fbr the following reliable Insurahcc
Cornpanics t—
J'ABMBBS UNION, Athens, Pa.
WASHINGTON UNION, Cleveland, Ohio.
HOPE,. Painesville,
REFERENCES:
Hon. W. H. Ww.cH, Red Wing, Minnesota
E. T. WlLDEIt,
R. HITCHCOCK, Painesville-, Ohio.
A. G. RIDDLE, Cleveland, Ohio.
H. D. KENDALL,
H. WILDER. Conneant,
August 22,1857, 67v
Commonwealth Insurance Comp'y,
Union Bnildingr, Third street,
HARRISBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA,
Chartered Capital,
SIMON CAXKRON,
GEO. M. LACHAN,
WILLIAM DOCK,
ELI SLIFER,
GEO. BERONER,
BENJAMIN PARKS,
JAMES FOX.
O
WATCHES,
OLCOSS & W S
ANDREW COOK.
Rfd Wir.g. Jan., 1.1459, 12Ty
{ars.
Continnes to give to the Ladies of Red
Wing lessons in
PIANO FORTE PLAYING.
Terms per term of 12 weeks $10 payable in
& &11CC
Red Wing, June 19,1858. 98tf
A E & PRATT
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
and Solicitors in Chancery.
AND AGENTS AND DEALERS IN
Real Estate, and Land Warrants.
MANTORYILR, DODOS Co., M.
a Lawther,
A KT
Rea Estate Agent, a Dealer
IN
A N W A A N S
R«d Wing, Minnesotn.
SFMoney loaned, Land Warrants sold or lo
aned on time. Real Estate, and Exchagn
bought and sold. May 23, '57.
ntfRAcE WILDER E I WILDER.
ft E W I E
E
liana Agents
WING, Minnesota Ter.
Money loaned. Exchange & Land Warrants
bought and sold. Land Warrants, or Money
loaned to pre-emptors, on long or short time,
and on favorable terhts.
fcC" p"J
8
bought and sold oncommission &c.ring
$900,000!andhad
Insure Buildings and other Property,
Against loss or damage by Fire. Also against
Perils of the Sea, Inland Navigation and
portation.
I E O S
WM. H. KKPNER,
A. B. WARFORD.
W.F MURRAY,
F. K. BOAS,
JOHN H. BERRTHILL,
WM. F. PACKER.
O I E S
SIMON CAMERON, President.
BENJ. PARKE. Vice President.
S. 8. CARRIER, Secretary.
S. B. FOOT, Agent, Red Wing, M. T.
January 9,1868. T5tf
3IANOS for sale or to rent
Red Wing, August 22,1867.
IF
D. C. HILL.
you want good LIQUORS call at
L. F. HEKDRICXMW'S.
lostf on Plum street.
BED ENTIN
Minnesota Forever I
VOLUME 3, NUMBER it HED WING, GOODHUE COUNTY, MINN., SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 1850. WHOLE NUMBER 128.
For the Sentinel.
rke RaiaaaYt-Bodel Tragedy.
Perhaps no case has ever occurred
in the North-west that equals the
above in the ingenuity and presence
of mind displayed by the murderer, or
in the horrible depravity and barbar
ism displayed by the self-constituted
executioners.
Bodell was lately from Illinois,
whence he had come to secure a home
for himself and family, and had in his
)ossession about seven hundred dol
He fell in company with Rhine
hardt at an inn a few miles from
Northfield, in Rice county, at which
last place lie has been stopping a few
days before. Rhinhart, it appears,was
acquainted with the circumstances of
Bodell, and after considerable conver
sation induced the latter to accom
him to his claim, for the purpose
of purchasing it, if it suited him, and
in that case they were to continue to
Lexington in LeSeur county (in which
county the claim was situated) in order
to execute the papers. Under that
arrangement, on the 1st of October
last, they started away together, and
neither of them ever returned.
Ac.pany
As the principal interest of the ac
count turns upon Rhinhart, it will be
proper to give the reader some idea of
his previous history and character.
His parents are people of respectabil
ity and wealth residing in the State
of Illinois. He was near thirty years
of age, of prepossing appearance and
physically possessed ot extraordin
ary strength and activity. Intellectu
ally he seems to have been quite a ge
nius, speaking the German and French
languages fluently, skilled in engraving
and drawing, an accomplished mu
siciah—a proiicicut on almost every
musical instrument, by trade a printer
and by profession a gambler. For
years he had led a wild roving life, de
pending as was most convenient, upon
some one of his accomplishments, or
upon his trade for temporary support
latterly he had married, and pre-empt
ed a claim his wife was them stopping
at LaCrescent.
About two weeks after their de
parture for the claim, a letter of inqui
ry, was received at."Nnrtlifield from tho
wife of Bodell, aud the citizens, know
ing that he hud money with him, and
that he intended to return to Illinois
immediately after going to the claim,
at once suspected foul play. On enqui
at the house nearest the claim, it
was ascertained that Bodell and Rhin
hart stopped there on the night of the
1st of October and had left the next
morning for Xorthfield—Bodell ex
pressing a determination hot to pur
chase—and on further inquiry it was
found that that night Rhinhart arrived
alone in Lexington, stayed there one
week, occupying himself as usual, at
tending dances, cardplaving and riding
about and then left fo*r La Crescent.
Ou further inquiry it was found that
a person answering his description
itt»A uorroweu a spuue on the after
noon of the day he had left his claim,
from a German, whose house was sit
uated about live miles from Lexington,
and halfa-mile from the highway.
Rhinhart's claim was about twelve
miles from Lexington, the country be
tween is heavily timbered, very uneven
and in every depression is a lake or
marsh Bodill was unacquainted with
the country Rhinhrtl't might have mis
led him the circumstance of his bor
rowing a spade Was certainly Very sus
picious altogether amounting to con
viction.
A systematic and thorough search
wat at once commenced. The high-,
way, at the point nearest the house
where the spado was obtained, ran
along a narrow neck lying between a
lake and a marsh at this point the
search commenced, and in a few min
utes one of the party iu stepping of a
log felt the" grotind give way beneath
his feet. He had stepped upon the
knapsack of Bodell, buried a few inBut
ches beneath the surface. The con
viction became a certainty. In a fewBut
tttoraehts a shout attracted the atten
tion of the party, one of the number
in passing the edge of the morass sud
denly tripped and to save himself from
falling grasped at a sprout, one ofout
a small clump of willows, which pulling
up appeared to have been freshly cut,
and stuck into the ground. On ex
amination the whole clump, proved to
be of the same construction, and be
neath it the body of BodeU was found.
He been shot through the head,
his throat cut from ear to ear.—
What sagacity on the part of the mur
derer 1 How vain are the profound
est precautions in the hands of an over
ruling providence! No one would
think of closely searching a clump of
willows that presented no appearance
of having been disturbed during the
winter the sprouts would be frozen fast
and would have budded and grown
the next spring. The burying of the
knapsack apart from the body was
however an oversight, which almost
doubled the chances of detection".
Rhinhart was followed to La Cres
cent, was arrested and brought tois
Lexington, into the midst of an excited
and infuriated community, was'exam
ined and committed for trial this was
about
the-first
of November. In adlowered,
also shown that he had the watch of
Bodel in his possession at the time of
Ms arrest. He conducted himself
with the greatest coolness and self pos
session, although he knew there was a
project on foot for lynching him and
though he saw on every side a stern
determination that he should not es
cape punishment.
A Prison of the most substantial
character was hastily constructed, the
whole neighborhood turning out to
work upon itT It was made, sides, floor
and ceiling of 12 inch oak timber,
squared, and morticed together at the
ends a small window, firmly secured
with iron bars and a heavy oak door,
secured with a large staple, hasp
and padlock. It was furnished with
a stove, chair, table and bed. He
was confined at first by slight hand
cuffs, which, as it afterwards proved
he could slip off whenever he chose,
A few evenings afterwards he induced
the turnkey to leave the door open
for a moment, when quick as lightning
he rushed bv him and was lost in the
darkess. But he had mistaken his
opportunity, one that he could have
made at almost any time. The night
was extremely dark—that was favora
ble—but afresh fall ol snow had oblit
erated the road, and made walking
very laborious. He straggled along
until mcrning, and was easily traced
by his foot-prints, and was found a
bout four miles from his prison, lying
face downwards in the brush, appar
ently in a/fc He had wandered alto
gether about ten miles. He
wast
taken back, was bound hand and foot
and chained to the floor. His attempt
was disastrous in another respect A
strong party in the comity, had only
waited for an excuse to lynch him this
presented it they gathered for that
pupose, but were fbr the time dis
suaded by the sheriff—but they threat)
encd to return.
He then makes another attempt de
liberately, carefully has he planned it,
and provided for every emergency.
He has filed his chains but ties them
together so neatly that it will not be
noticed. There is a hole through the
ceiling for the stove-pipe at night, as
soon as the last candle is out, he dark
ens the window: with coals of fire,
from the slove,hc begins to enlarge the
aperture, by charring the green oak
timber. He must burn it down from
the upper side—his work must not be
in sight. What patience! What care!
What vigilance! But he has the
spirit! Night after night he works at
it at first his progress is almost im
perceptible but as the wood seasons
and blackens, it chars faster and day
after day he must divert attention from
it luckily the prisen is dark when
the jailor, or the curious, supicious
neighbors come in, he is full of gibes
andjokes and stories, he has sketches
—ridiculous carricatures of himself and
his prison and of divers persons in the
neighborhood little .tiniR Anoa h*
give them for examination or suspicion.
So it goes, day and night, and now ithe
is nearly finished there remains but
a thin shell of dry wood to burn or
tear away above it the hole has been
sufficiently enlarged. It i» the middle
bf December, the weather is pleasant,
the roads well beaten, everything is
favorable that night it will be done.
How he exalts over the thought he
hates them he has outwitscd them.
Now he turn* to tho future there" is
his wife} (his last Word and last sigh
were for her) he sees far off andengaged
beautiful lands, where he is safe with
her, living soberly and honestly again
he dreams of a Freebooters life, in the
Southwest—of daring deeds and hair
breadth escapes. How his face bright
ens up! to-morrow, to-morrow he will
be free* free. ,.t
No Never! It is decreed—chains,
ahd despauyind death* For one glance
has discovered his secret, in an instant
the work of days is destroyed. What
agony! What bitter inward curses!
he does not yet despair. See, he
turns it off with a jest—he still hopes.
that was his last chance. "They
may hang you now," the sheriff says.
All along, it had been prophesied that
Rhinhart would outwit him he begins
to be afraid of it, and wishes himself
of the scrape Now comes the fa
tal day. The folks have heard the
story, and that the Sheriff will be
reasonable "—mobs are not very
brave—so they gather again obtain
the key (it was not seereted) and after
a desperate fight (for lie has with a
tremendous effort freed himself from
his chains, tearing the flesh from his
bones in the act) he is conquered and
tails in a fit Like the other, it is a
sham fit one of his plans a calcula
tion based upon the laws of human
nature. Btit he reasons on false
premises it is another failure. Would
they hang a man while he is in a fit,
and perfectly insensible they will
try to resuscitate him send for the
doctors time will be gained per
haps intercession made, He still
hopes.
No! he is tumbled into the sleigh,
and now he is at the tree. The rope
fastened about his nook, and inani
mate and motionless, to all appear
ances, he is drawn up. Something is
wrong the rope does not slip he is
and»revives,, quite naturally.
*•«*-. i. .,»• ..-«.. -pining a yarn among silks and satins,
ditto* to the foregoing facts, it was He still thinks they are human beings, a man is sure to be worsted.
at least he hopes that some of them
are, and so begins to protest his inno
cence with tears and prayer by all he
loves, by all that's sacred. He seftns
their faces, it's no use. He tries again
pray for me!"" Thoy can do that
it makes it look more respectable 'tis
a wonder they had not thought of itlong
before. So down their marrow
bones one of their number raises histerior
voice to the throne of mercy and
grace. Have merey is the* pray
er, but they have no mercy. On hisn
knees he makes his last, dying declara
tion of innocence it is no use theble
praying mob sneer and scoff weigh
him up," they answer. He gives it
up one message to his wife, two sec
ondsforthat, and he is gone—with all
his sins on his soul—-where perhaps
they will meet him.
Perhaps this man was innocent.
Perhaps! what a lingering, torturing,
indestructible doubt. Oh! while he
stood under that tree, death staring
him in the face, his wife, his poor fa
ther and mother on his tongue—pro
testing his innocence—why could
they not have consented to wait. The
doubt at all events might have been
solved.
But the watch It was given him
by Bodell" he said, to pay for the
trouble he had been to in showing the
claim and fbr letting him off the trade."
Surely a shrewd man like him would
not have openly carried such an evi
dence of his guilt.
The spade? The German only thinks
was Rhinhart. Is not positive.
Andboon
even if it was, it is not strange that a
resident of the neighborhood, who is
looking about for chance speculations,
should have occasion to borrow a
spade for an innocent purpose. It is
oidy a coincidence at most"
A German tailor was killed while
working in his shop in S Paul, some
two years ago, and a man with a bloody
axe his possession, was arrested on
suspicion. It was reported that Rhin
hart was that man. This was false.
It was reported that Rhinhart had
killed several persons, during his life
time. How suddenly all these idle
stories came out—not idle however, for
they served to inflame the prejudice
against him.
His desperate attempts to escape
Is that strange when he every day
expected to be lynched.
Winnebagoes and Sioux, the most
desperate and bloodthirsty of savages,
were prowling about the country, and
were in that neighborhood every day.
They were present at poor Rhinhart's
execution. Isn't shooting from be
hind and cutting throats their favorite
stile and the cutting and planting of
the willows, is not that a regular Indian
idea.
If Rhinhart had misled B'odei)*
for the purpose of murdering him,
why should he not have done.it in the
swamps and forests through which
frlioj? l»n^ JL3 iU^ i1. V^IA **1*J ll«»V
itation or public highway certainly
could have made opportunities. Is
it reasonable, that he would shoot him
down, and bury him by a frequented
highway and in sjght of a house. Andcimen
why should the knapsack be empty
Did Rhinhart want the clothing? Did
he have any of it Was any of it
found?
And so on:
Perhaps it is better hoi to doubt his
uilt .He is cone- It is too late to
justice. And the persons who were
in his execution—a reasonable
doubt would not decrease their guilt,
certainly—we doubt if the clearest evi
dence would make it Worse. It is
no great use to call them names. Min
nesota has sustained an indelible, ever
lasting disgrace through them. But
we hope that she will, in the oil
ly possible way, redeem her charac
ter, which only be done by athor
oUgh and exemplary vindication of
her insulted laws.
BALTIMORE PICTURED.—The Louis
ville Courier is an artist See how itwhen
has painted the picture of the city of
Baltimore:
Maryland is great on the account of
the greatness of her metropolis, the
monumental city, the stamipng ground
of brilliant assassins, the favorite haunt
of Pug-Uglies—gleaming with the
sheen ot brassduiUckles—musical with
the rattle of new horse-pistols—splen
didly red with the blood of murdered
foreigners—elegantly decorated with
he tombslon es of honest men who
have died iu the attempt to vote the
Democratic ticket O, Baltimore!
namesake of a live lord, city of beau
ty,"city of mausoleums, city of monu
ments, city nigh unto battle-fields, city
where Democrats can't vote and where
every Plug votes forty or fifty times
at each election, city where honest po
licemen, are killed for duty, and where
witnesses against the assassins are also
murdered, Mecca of the worshippers of
Sam, big wigwam with big savages for
rulers, great art thou among cities, and
great is thy chieftan Swattn!
The same ladies who would faint to
see a man's shirt on a clothes-line, will,
in a waltz, lovingly repose the heads
upon the bosom of the same garment
when the man is in it.
Avoid arguments with ladies in
PUBLISHER AND PROPRIETOR
THB GORILLA."—A novelty is a
bout to be introduced at the Syden
ham Crystal Palace, in the shape of
a specimen of the gorrilla, an animal
said mote nearly to approach to the
human species than any yet discov
ered, and the existence of which was
deemed to be fabulous. Some
ten years since a traveller in the in
of Western Africa saw a native
tribe engaged in worshipping what
appeared to be a human skull set ujv
a pole the curiosity of the travel
ler was excited, and with considera
trouble he obtained possession of
the idol, and forwarded it to Profes
sor Owen for bis opinion. Professor
Owen decided that the creature did
not belong to any of the species of
chimpanzees, or indeed to any of the
monkey tribe that it Was altogether
unrepresented by any spesimen of na
tural history known to the scientific
world and the paper, which he read
before the Zoological Society. There
Were noi a few who ridiculed as alto
gether fanciful the drawing of the re
stored animal, which the Professor
had made without any other Informa
tion to guide him than the structure
of the skull At length, after extraor
dinary exertions, srt animal was cap
tured, aud, packed in a cask of spirits
of wine, duly arrived in this country
a few weeks since, and is fpucd to
corespond in the most minute respect
with the description of it by Profes
sor Owen. The Gorilla is a native
of Western Africa, and is said to ex
ist, in very large numbers in the Ga
districts, where they &re among
the most formidable of the wild ani
mals of the forest. The present spe
cimen, which has been most carefully
skinned and preserved by Mr. Bart
lett, the taxidermist to the Crystal
alace, under the direction of Pro
fessor Owen, is rather more than five
feet in height. It is a male, known
to be young by the state of his teeth
and the condition of the sutures of the
skull. The fore legs ct arms are of
great length and prodigious strength,
greatly surpassing that of any human
arm the hind legs are comparatively
short, and are well adapted for tree
climbing. In features the animal is
very much like a negro, and the orbits
over the eyes are considerably project
ed. The teeth are formed almost pre
cisely as in man, and unlike those of
the monkey, chimpanzee, ourang-out
ang, they are ot great strength, and iu
the skull which was first sent over to
this country the canines were nearly
as large and as strong as those of a,
lion. The negroes of Africa live in
constant terror of these animals, which
are gregarious and it is stated by the
natives that they frequently descend
in considerable force, sack the vil
lages* carry away the young children
and devour them aud, further, Tliat
they have a very ugly custom of at
tacking men, and wrenching off the
a
^*',i„v.,„ »..i -^i»tj Tvixacns.
one of the creatures is fired at or at
tacked, the whole tribe come down to
the rescue, and escape from the com
bined assault is impossible. This spe
will remain a short tunc at the
Palace, by the permission of the trus
tees of the British Museum, whose
property it is, and where it is destined
to be placed.—Morning Post.
THE EMPRESS EUGEJTIE DRESSIX.T
SECOND BEST.—A Paris letter to an
exchange states that a well-known la
dy of fashion from the United States
recently appeared at a ball in a dress
precisely indentical with that worn by
her imperial majesty. Great was the
astonishment and dismay of the court
ladies, for it is known that the Em
press Eugenie, whose soul aappcars to
be equally divided between her mau
tua-maker and her confessor, ^insist*
upon the strictest secrecy being Ob
served as to what is destined to adorn
her imperial limbs. The audacious
"citizeness" vied in fashion and novel-
ty with the Empress. Nay, worse still,
Her majesty at last stepped np
to her rival, and good-naturedly asked
"which dress was to be considered
the most original?" the American la
dy Was able to reply that this was her
"second" appearance in that character!
SPIRIT KISS.— The Paictuckei
Gazette relates the following pleasant
incident of spiritual communication:
"An enthusiastic believer was relat
ing to a skeptic the spiritual perform
anc to which he could testify, aud a
mong other things said that on a cer
tain Occasion the spirit of his wife,
who had been dead several years, re
turned to him, aud, seating herself up
on his knee, put her arms around hiin
and kissed him as much to his gratifica
tion as she used to when living. You
do not mean to say, remarked the skep
tic, 'that the spirit of your wife feauy*
embraced you and kissed you '. No,
not exactly that, replied, the believer,
'but her spirit took possession of the
body of a female medium, and through
her embraced and kissed me.' Wo
presume that believers are often as
willingly deceived as this mail was."
TEST OE CHILDREN'S LOVE AND
WOMEN'S HATE.—Punch says: "To
find out whom a child loves, make it it
present and notice to whom it is most
eager to show that present, exuftmg
ly. Tofindout whom a woman hates,
do exactly the same thing."