The Sauk Centre Herald (Sauk Centre, Minnesota), 1867-11-21

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VOLUME L
SAUK CENTRE, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1867,
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Sauk Centre, - - Minnesota.
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Office In Alden's-brick building, up stairs
Oct, 1,1867. octl0-em
IfYE. B. R. PALMES,
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON.
iSS"* Residence near the Mill, Sauk Centre. "ffiR
C AUK CENTRE
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Having our- Stable completed  and well
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ATTORNEY AT LAW,.
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SAUK CENTRE,  MINN.
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OHN CHRISTGAU,
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THE BRIDGE.
LONGFELLOW*.
I stood on the bridge at midnight,
And the-clocks were striking the hour,
And the moon rose over the city,
Behind the dark church tower.
I saw her bright reflection
In the waters under me.
Like a golden goblet falling
And sinking in the sea.
And far in the hazy distance
Of that lovely night In June,
The blaze of the flaming furnace
Gleamed redder than the moon.
Among the long black rafters
The wavering shadows lay,
And the current that came from the ocean
Seemed to lift and be'ir them away.
As sweeping and eddying through them,
Rose the belated tide,
And, streaming Into the moonlight,
The seaweed floated wide.
And like those waters rushing
Among the wooden piers,
A flood of thoughts came o'er me
That filled my eyes with tears.
How often, O, how often
In the days that had gone by,
I had stood on that bridge at midnight
' And gazed on that wave and sky.
How often, O, how often
I had wished that the ebbing tide
Would bear me away on its bosom
O'er the ocean wild and wide!
For my heart was hot and restless,
And my life was full of care,
And the burden laid upon' me
Seemed greater than I could bear-.
But now it has fallen from me,"
It Is buried in the sea,
And only the sorrow of others
Throws Its shadow over me.
Yet whenever I cross the river
On its bridge with wooden piers,
Like the odor of brine from the ocean
Comes the thonght of other years.
And I think how many thousands
Of care encumbered men, .- *ii
Each bearing his burden of sorrow,
Have crossed the bridge since then.
I seethe long procession
Still passing to and fro.
The young heart hot and restless,
. And the old subdued and slow!
And forever and forever,    v
As long as the river flows,
As long as'-the heart has passions,: '-
As long as the life has woes:   -
The moon and its broken reflection
And its shadows shall appear,
-As the symbol of love in heaven,  <
And its wavering image here.
pteattamj.
STRANGE   CASE   OF  CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE,
A Man " Known to Have ''Been M**-
dered" in 1856 Reappears after an
Absence of Eleven Years---Reminiscences of tne Trial of the Supposed
murderer.
From a Comunication In the Albany. iSven-
ing Journal.
Six miles southwardly from the vil-.
lage of Plattsburg, N. Y., there now live
and long have dwelt several families of
the name of Weatherwax. They constitute a neighborhood or clan, all related to each other, such as is not unfre-
quently found in country districts.
Their general position, character and
condition now, is substantially' as it was
eleven years ago, at which time the
facts of this case take their rise. In
1856 the Weatherwaxes were a numerous, widely-known connection of
hearty, vigorious people, rough, daring
and energetic, for tho most part, in the
■ordinary pursuits of labol4.
Some of them turned their attention
to boating upon Lake Champlain, as
the pursuit which most readily met
and gratified in agood degree their natural tastes and preferences. Of this
number was Captajn John Gr. Weather-
wax, described to me as a type of his
class, a hale, hearty, fearless fellow of
fine physical proportion. He was the
captain and probably the owner of a
lake boat, which he .plied between this
and other ports on the New York and
Vermont shores, and down the' lake
across the line, to the ports of Canada.
There was another of the boatmen,
Andrew Weatherwax, a cousin of the
captain. At the date of which I am
writing, Andrew became the employe
of Captain John Gr. Weatherwax, and
aided him in the navigation of his vessel.
It was in the latter part of June of the
year 1856, as I have gathered the facts,
that Captain W., attended by his cousin, sailed from Plattsburg for a Canadian
port. In the course of the cruise, having, it would seem, discharged his cargo, he came with his boat to Pike river,
a stream or estuary that empties into
or connects with Lake) Champlain, just
beyond the Canada line, and upon the
east side of the Lake. At Pike river
there was a settlement of considerable
extent, and a wharf at which the boat
was oonveniently moored. Here Captain Weatherwax was to obtain a lading
of wood, with which to freight his boat
and return to Plattsburg. And here
occured the tragedy which constitutes
the body of the crime in this remarkable case.
The boat was lying at the wharf, and
the loading of the wood had already
commenced. At this point another
person comes into notice. In addition
to the captain and his cousin. Andrew,
there was a third man upon the boat,
who was an employe, and made up
the neoessary complement required to
constitute and complete the crew of
the craft. This third man became the
important witness in the case.   During
the day, while they were loading the
boat, this witness, as he afterward testified, observed the captain and his
cousin in violent quarrel. There were
high and passionate words, and threats
employed without stint or -measure.-
The quarrel and wrangling continued
at intervals, and the angry feelings of
the parties .did not appear to subside
at all as the day wore on, but seemed
rather to increase than diminish, and
the quarrel was at its high near night-
full. At evening, while the captain
and his cousin were near the bow of
of the boat, the witness stood alone at
the stern. Darkness had settled
around him, and the stillness of the
summer night was disturbed only by
the altercation, which, if it had lulled
at .all, had again broken out • between
the captain and his employe, the cousin. As time passed on, although nothing could be seen by this man at tbe;
stern of the vessel, the noise of the
wordy conflict and threats of violence
continued to be heard by him. Finally,
however, the quarrel seemed to have
been brought to a sudden termination
and in a very singular manner. There
came through the darkness to the ear
of the listener the sound of a dull,
heavy thud, as of a powerful blow with
gome heavy weapon crushing through
a skull, and then all was still.
Soon after this the captain came aft,
but without his cousin. What would
the Witness, who had listened to the
transaction, do or say 1 He had seen
nothing; he could prove nothing. The
captain was his employer, and they
two were now alone. The employe
took no steps in the matter whatever at
that time* The night passed away.
Next morning there was the hat of
Andrew Weatherwax, and near it
blood, upon the forward deck, of the
vessel. The captain was moody and
taciturn, and did not speak of his cousin.
Such was the statement of- this witness. Was he the only listener to the
sounds that came from the fearful tragedy that was enacted in that night-
watch, when human life was taKen in
anger by a kinsman's hand ? It afterward appeared that such was not the
case. • The captain of another boat subsequently testified that he, too, heard
the altercation and the fatal blow.
Just at that time, however, nothing,
was said or done, and the next day, and
the next, and still the next passed
away, and no accusation was made
against Capt. Weatherwax. It was
said and known that a man—-the man
—was missing from the boat • nothing
more.
Perhaps the two listeners, having the
terrible suspicion, which, in their own
minds, amounted to a certainty of
guilt, each supposing that he was alone
in such knowledge, did not care to
take the responsibility of making an j
accusation,which would be likely to ruin
the accuser if it failed to convict the
accused. . At all events, the captain returned unmolested with bis vessel to
Plattsburg. When inquired of here in
regard to his eousin he gave what were
deemed evasive answers. The cousin
he said, had gone here or there, or to
some indefinite place of which the captain seemed unable or unwilling to
give any account.. Thus some six or
eight days passed, reckoning from the
date when the crime was committed.
And now the second part of this remarkable transaction took plaeev An
event occurred which attracted much
attention at Pike rivar. On the very
spot where the boat of Captain W. had
been moored the body of a man,. .f"e-
cently killed, was taken from the water. The man had evidently come to
his death by violence, for his,skull was
qrushed as if by a fearful blow from a
murderous weapon in the hand of a
vigorous assailant. The body was identified. The man recognized, it appears
beyond a question or a doubt, was the
man who had been missing from the
boat, as Andre'w,.the cousin of Captain
Weatherwax.
Such a state of things aroused suspicion, the facts began to come out, and
ih the same month of July, some ten
days after the murder, John Gr. Weatherwax was arrested on the charge of
having murdered Andrew. The preliminary examination of witneseesto ascertain whether or not Captain W.
ought to be held for trial "occupiednine
days, and the facts were pretty fully
brought out, as was then understood.
Had the evidence produced upon this
examination been given to the jury
upon the trial, it would have been impossible but that the prisoner must
have been* pronounced guilty of murder in the first degree, and sentenced
to be hjung by the neck till he was
dead.
We come now to the third especially
important event in this bistory. After
the facts were all out as stated above
and there was no doubt oftheoaptain's
guilt and no chance of his salvation
from the doom that hung over him, his
ingenious oounsel bethought themselves of the reconrces of international
law and treaties. They succeeded in
establishing themselves in the position,
that inasmuoh as this affair had taken
place in Canada, neither the authorities
of Plattsburg nor of Clinton county,
nor yet of the State of New York, had
anything whatever to do with the matter. They ousted Justice Beokwith
from bis. assumed jurisdiction. The
criminiaal (as he was now esteemed)
was released frova custody.
As an incident showing the deep conviction of his guilt which rested upon
the minds of all parti.es having any
knowledge of the case, I note the faet
that his counsel, Mr. McMaster, has upon the brief record which he lias preserved of the points that he deemed
of special interest in   the transaction,
Selfishness is poverty. It is the
most utter destitution of a human being. It can bring nothing to his relief; adds soreness to his sorrow; it
sharpens his pains; it aggravates all the
losses he is liable to endure; and when
goaded to extremes, it often turns destroyer and strikes its last blows on himself It gives us nothing to rest on or
to fly to in trouble ; it turns our affections on ourselves, self on self, as the
sap of a tree descendining out of season from its heavenward branches, making not only its life useless, but its
growth downward.
When is a lawyer like a donkey ?
When he is drawing a conveyance.
an epitome of the. professional advise
he gave Captain W. when he was- - re*-
leased from arrest. As the entry is
stated to me, he recommends his client to flee from his native country, to
change his name and appearance, to go
to the end of some unfrequented road,
and there, out of the world,his identity
concealed, to lead a new and different
life.
• But the fearless and determined captain by no means accepted this advice.
In the face of his accusers and all the
world, he steadily and persistently declared his entire innocence, and refused to budge a single inch from his
accustomed round of business.
But no community eould rest under
the reproach of pertaining such a criminal to walk at large among them. Thej
friends of justice did not sleep, though
for a time they seemed powerless. The
matter gained a wider and still wider
notoriety. It came, or was carried, to
the ears of the authorities of the British government. A formal requisition
was made under and in aoOordance
with the solemn treaty existing, upon
the authorities of the United States, to
deliver up one John German Weather-
wax, accused of capital crime committed within the borders of Canada, to be
dealt with as directed by the laws he had
violated. Wm. L. Marcy was then United States Secretary of State, and upon his warrant,da'ted December 9,1856,
Captain Weatherwax was again arrested. He was taken at once to Montreal
and there closely confined in jail.
From this point onward for some
months, I have not been able to trace
his history with as much certainty and
clearness as might be desired.
The accused remained in confinement
in Montreal for the space of one year.
I will not attempt to describe any of
the manipulations to which it is understood he was indebted: for his life. It
is sufficient to state that the accused is
said to have been once tried by a jury
who failed to agree, and I find it on the
reeord that he was tried by a jury and
acquitted, on the charge of the Judge,
that the evidence was not sufficient to
convict.
So ten years ago the captain was
again released and returned to his
home in Plattsburg. Thus legal proceeding ended. But the life saved to
the accused seemed hardly worth the
having. No one believed him innocent. The mark of Cain was placed
upen him, and he was shunned and
dreaded even by his own relatives. .A
thousand times he has been accused, by
them of the murder of their kinsman.
It would seem that the dread of disgrace, rather than doubts of guilt, had
caused the efforts to save him from
punishment. The eleven years that
have passed- since the accusation was
made, have been sad and weary indeed
to this man. He has stood alone in
the belief and knowledge of his innocence."
And here we reach the last, and
above all others, strange event of this
history. Early in the present month
of October, Andrew Weatherwax appeared among his friends and relatives
in the southern part of the town of
Plattsburg. ' When the intelligence of
his return was brought to those who
participatedin the soenesof 1856, whioh
I have narrated, they refused to credit
it.
The account which Andrew gives of
himself is, that on that June night, in
'56, he left the boat lying at the wharf
at Pike river, and wandered off to a
rum-shop somewhere in the neighboring settlements. Already partially intoxicated and irritated by- the events
of the day, it did not take long for him
to become embroiled with Certain tipsy
fellows he found there-. He says he
was arrested, brought before a magistrate, and fined. Not having the money to pay the fine, he was about to be
•placed in close confinement, when a
man stepped forward and' offered to
take him as a seaman, giving an advance of wages to pay the fine. Andrew accepted, and was speedily shipped on an English vessel. He went as
a common sailor to China, to Australia,
and to various parts of the world in various vessels. He returns now and
learns for the first time of his supposed
death by violence.
Since the return of his cousin, Captain John Gr. Weatherwax is another
man. The confidence, vigor and lightheadedness of his younger days have
returned tcri.liim. Friends cannot do
enough to recompense him for the unjust suffering he has endured through
their unjust condemnation.
There is still a mystery connected
with this case. No rational account
can be given of the body that was
found and identified as that of Andrew
Weatherwax. No other man was missing, no other stranger or settler, far or
near, was known, here or at Pike river,
to have suddenly disappeared. Too
great an interval of time has now
elapsed to solve this mystery, and the
truth in regard to it must be left to
conjecture. •
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HIo-vv to Discover  tlie   Newly Married.
The fall season has fairly set in, and
we find the matrimonial market buoyant in our city, hundreds of miss-guided young men rushing- -hil'o the holy -
estate. A more than '-usual number of
wedding tourists are noticed by travel- -
ers and conductors on the different
railroads.
Of course, r6 Is not on account af being ashamed of each ; other that they
try to disguise their situation, but simply to avoid being criticised and remarked upon by profane strangers.
Thus they lay unction to their souls
that they are traveling incog. But,
good gracious, how badly fooled they
are. It is one of the easiest things in
the world to the careful eye to tell
precisely how many days, or even hours-,
they have been "spliced." They can 1
sometimes be detected by ..the. great
pains they take to appear either like
old. married people or cousins as they
promenade the deck of a steamer, or
sit so demurely in the cars. In many
cases their dress, in part, expose them.
It is so apropos to the occasion, being
neat, symetrical, and bran new. In
cases where the parties have good
taste, there is no gaudiness.or"" flub-
dubbing" about their attire. All glitter and display are thrown aside, and
the city belle appears more like a
Quakeress ih her simple traveling
dress of drab or mouse color.
Sometimes the youthful culprits engage in playing at lovers or affect a
flirtation, but it is always a stupendous
failure. Their eyes betray ' too much
happiness for wit and repartee; there -
is such a peculiar softness and tenderness in their confidential whispers,
and such a pride in the possession of
each other that none around them are
deceived-. It is generally the case that
the bridegroom makes the discovery
first, and throws his - arm carelessly
around the shoulders of his wife, as
much as to say, defiantly, to the envious, " Who's afraid ? Who knows
but that we have been married many
years."    Not know ?
The guilty slyness in the way that
arm steals round, first on the seat-back
and then gradually closer, while the
bride "evinces, a silent pleasure as she
acquiesces in a very undeceiving way-.
Indeed, it is she who * lets the cat out
of the bag" most quickly-. The narrow guage seats are most preferable to
the broad guage, and if you sit on the
seat back of them you will observe at
first that the lady's shoulders are not
even—they incline just -a - little to her
partner. After traveling in this position a lew hours, her neck gets as limber as a washed paper collar, and her
head gravitates to the broad shoulders
ef her husband, and there it nestles,
innocently and confidingly in the repose of honest, pure and truthful love-.
At times, in spite of all precautions-, a
tress or two of her golden locks will
get loose, and drop on her shoulder-.
But it almost seems that there is order
and neatness in their very disorder
and abandon. '
So they go, fancying themselves lost
in the crowd-^-unnoticed, unknown,
with their secret locked up in their
own -palpitating bosoms. Poor young
people !—Louisville Courier.
THINK AGAINt
It is related that during the first day**
of the reign of Queen Victoria, then a
girl- between . nineteen and twenty
years of age, some sentences of a court-
martial were presented for her signa-,
tare. She read it, paused, looked up
at the officer who laid it before her,
and said:
" You have nothing to say in behalf
of this man?"
"Nothing! he has deserted .three
times."
" Think again, my lord," was her
reply.
"And," said the veteran, as he related the circumstances to his "friends,
(for. it was none other than the Duke
of Wellington,) "seeing her majesty
so earnest about it, I said: "He is
certainly a very bad soldier, but there
was somebody who spoke as to his good
character, and he may be a good man
for aught I know."
" I thank you a thousand times," exclaimed the youthful Queen, and hastily writing " Pardoned," in large letters
on the fatal page, she sent it across the
table with a hand trembling with ea*
gerness and emotion-.
What a world of instruction, goodli1
ness, and true philosophy is contained
in these two words, " Think again 1"
Could we adopt their' spirit as the rule
of our liv.es, one and all, what a happy
change would come over society! In
all our business concerns, in:our soeial
and moral relations, our political and
religious duties, what important results
might follow, if, on -many, very many
occasions, we would think again before
deciding on acting.        	
Hearing a Will Read.—A gentleman
once said to Rowland Hill:
" It is sixty-five years sinoe I first
heard you preach, and the sermon was
well worth remembering. You remarked that some persons are very
squeamish about the manner of a clergyman in' preashi-ng, but you then added : 'Suppose one was. hearing a will
read, expecting to repeive a legacy,
would you employ the time in criticizing
the lawyer's manner while reading it ?
No ; you would give all your interest to
asscertain if anything was left to yourself, and how much. Let that, then,
be the way in which you listen to the
Gospel.'"" 	
Bread riots are again popular lil
England.
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