New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-09-07

and the account Wa Ta.hef that of picker up ~ un
eons dered trife- than that Of millionaire. One day.
deficit II over thousand dosrs discovered i,
Customers account and search r1s made through al
the book high and low, TO find tat first witnon;
success But a. length the identic.l sum- with few
dollars added was found 20 have been checked ut by
Mr.. Wood who never before had drawn 40 large
sum Inquiry was made: at first be equivocsted on
the subject but his pas hook contained no such
day entry" but merely had it added in balance
carried from the Journal the future associate OF
Mike Murray & Co. wss rat5et cornered and on
prosecution berg waived, gave up the plrnder. FOR
some DAYS the thing became matter of financial Cos
sip in all street and the victim tiled to treat II a.
ioke. but even the lame ducks of that nnmacuaIe
street COT essed tha. the joke very melancholy
one.
California was next looming up in the golden distance.
Mr. Wood had married sgain-and very eShmable
| lady from Auburn, Y.-and among his rural &C.
0uaintaDces was gentleman named Edward r.. Mar
Woe, of that lovely village Of the Csyuga plain. Mr..
M. had some floating capital, and, OF course, 1t was
vely natural to rk of putting II aoat IN ship a1d
cargo for California when his friend Wood, with ell
that supeuy ofrhetorc for 1ch be is famous pro-
clama,iors painted the profits Of the new I'll Dora1o
The commercial world had all heard Of Thomas D.
Lerkn, Crted ates Consul at San Frenclaco ana
when Wood showed Msrvine letter from this LHkln,
recommending certain ventures, Marvine was con-
WINGED. Now this letter has snce been proven to be
forgery and false token but it was "a good enough
Morgan" for the occasion Accordingly, Marvine prom
se to 60 halves. and Wood was TO buy ship stock
il and send to the Pacific. The story pretty iamli'
lar now -adays and the readers of the TREUSE nave
perpsed il time and again. AT all events, in the Octo'
Der term of the Superior Court Mr.. Curtis Noyes will
be called upon, for the benefit of the political world in
General, and of Mr.. Marvine in particular, to again
state The whole story from the sworn evidence taken
Up on appeal 1t is to be hoped that Mr.. Noyes will
dress up the story as handsomely a. he did that OF
Huniile ton later fcon aud fresher forger in the
public eye. Maivite was rot only ouped in the end,
but swiDded The false token which begat the conf
dence was followed up by The fe)se prccnses which on
final settlement Obaiued double allowance of money
from Maryine. In November, 1851, Marvine procured
an indictment. The charges were plain and posi-
tive and the proof was handy; but the culprit
dtred rot face the facts. He moved to quash
the Indictment because on it's face it appeared
that three years had elapsed since the commission
Of the alleged offepse. Mcssrs. Whiting and Ogden
Hoffman appeared for him, and, after learned refine
ments, the presiding Judge declared that time was
up by one d0gi" Thus Wood saved his Sing-Sng
bacon Monarque won the "GOodwood, by length,
| and Msrvne and jastice in the condition OF
| Pryor and Progressively badly jockeyed. But Mar
vine did not sleep here but commenced civil suit to
recover many thousand dollars, setting up all the
.rauds What is better, he proved them; and John
Cochrane, as one of the referees obliged to give
judgment affirming these frauds against his political
crony This is the suit now on appeal before the Sd
and thoea nf matter
omitted from the biography, like the missing chapters
of Livy. Nor the words cGtrra desHnf interpo-
lated to explain. Nor are any of the "stars " Mr..
Wood must have during their transaction inserted
Not even passing mention is made with the COM
nentsry of " perSeoutiOi."
But slso during these fourteen years of biographical
silence Mr. Woods political ambition had not SUM
bered. He was determined to be Mayor of Now-iork
City. In the Autumn of $780, greatly to the chagrn of
bis own party and to the establishment of a. classes,
he was nominated for Mayor against A. c. Kingsland.
He had quietly packed his delegations and came up az
a little Joker. Instantly the record Of his peculiar
transactions regarding his bank and partnership &C.
counts were made public, aud he suffered an nglOous
defeat. But our hero has virue-tenacty of pur-
pose The burglar who fifty times tries the safe OF
banker is not more constant 70 his plans than Is
Mr.. Wood to bis own desires. He set himself
down TO be Mayor. One term passed by and
another came. Tue Know. Nothing organization had
sprung into existence and to the Nineteenth Ward lodge
he night seeking admittance, and, after duly
swearing hostility to The Roman Catholics and eternal
allegiance to all the Grand Mogus Of the Native party,
took his seat among the faithful. One night he was
at the Council damning the Pope and the next he was
In the Coal Hole of Tammany Hall toasting him with
the Mickey Frees of the Fourth and Sixth Wards. His
old experience with the sock and buskin here came
into excellent play, and actor ever played the hypo
cre to greater per cton For time, he was success
iul. Indeed he he'd been in the County Nominating
Convention OF the knowNothrgs, balloted for Mayor
| and when beaten by James W. Barker gracefully
arose and, acknowledging the "corn of his Defeat
gave in bis adhesion TO the American faith and was
baptized anew. Tsmmany was governed then by the
Sameee Twins of IIards and Softs. The Hards pre-
sented Wilson g. Hurt for Mayor fasey stated in the
biography to have been nominated only by the Reform
ers but the Sos had been nodded by Fernan 80 Wood,
Brother Ben and the exchange Offices. There was an
election with four candidates, and Darker"
beaten by tie "biter." "BC0ten on the TGturRS,"
ssd Chsupcey Shafer in speech after the canvass;
and of this there was doubt TIE first hagrart
of altering returns 10y diminishing of the candi
dates to the extent of few votes to the profit of
another here made public for the poll had been
too well watched by the "Hunt t" party to allow Of
the L" balot-box stufhpg' aud rotating voters"
which en- subsequent elections introduced under
the auspices OF the Mayors party.
The volume before US takes up the thread of bio.
graphical narrative from the induction into the Mayor
atty. end from this point goes the latter half of the
volume, full of pfocsmo.ons and inuerdoes of eulosy
10 which tie illusions Of his Congressional
saeratus to prussc acid. Toe break is amply sup.
piled by the periods pompous and enthusiastic which
flow from the pen o. the author Of" Boods,one" and
z. L. L IL L.