The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-08-23
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From II, onsinnaN Gazette.

From tbs Cincinnati Gazette.
A New York dispatch says there is
reason 10 believe that the facts connect.
ed with the mysterious disappearance
of Chancellor Lansing, about forty
years ago, will soon be made public.
To old residents Of New York this an
nouncement gives promise OF story
OF long concealed crime that will equal
In Interest the most exciting Inventions
OF novellsts. The facts In the case-we
report them from somewhat imperfect
ecollection-were about as follows:
Mr.. Lansing, as his title OF Chancellor
indicates, had occupied high officIal pc.
sltlon In New York, and was somewhat
advanced In age, when he came down
one day by boat from Albany 10 New
York city, reaching the house Of some
friends, in the then fashionable neigh
borhood Of st, Johns Square, about
sunset. 1t was not dark when lie left
the house, with the expressed intention
OF passing the night with acquaintance
further up town. He was never seen
after his departure. His age, habits
and character seem To forbid the sup
position that he could have been EN-.
tlced into any OF the low dens, where
strangers are sometimes robbed and
murdered; but what had become OF him
was never ascertained. About lS52.63
local item appeared In the city papers
10 the effect that In tearing down a
house In one OF the streets between the
points OF the Chancellor's departure
and destination, skeleton had been
found, and with the bones some brass
buttons, similar 10 those on the coat
which he wore at the time Of his dis
appearance. It was eonjectured by
many that the remains were those OF
Chancellor Lansing, but their identity
was, with apparent authority, denied.
We trust that the public will not be
disappointed In regard to the forthcom-
Ing explanation, and that the painful
mystery, In which the subject has been
involved, will be completely dispelled.
From hO N. ]. Times. 0II +.
The story Of Chancellor Lansing, q
man once we'll known In this State, and
still remembered by a few survivors, iB
80 far different to this, that no explana.
tlon Of 1t has ever yet been published,
The magazine writer truly says that he
left New York hotel, Que afternoon
forty years ago, TO take a boat for Al.
bany, where he resided. The porter
who handed him his bag was the last
person known 10 have seen him alive,
He never reached the Albany boat, and
he was never heard Of again. Natur.
ally his disappearance created a pro-
found sensation, for he held o high po>
sltlon, and was ~ man full OF years
and honor" The writer to whom we
have referred says: "His place on
earth had been made vacant; but there
Ia not. and can never be, any record OF
how, or when, or where. He may have
died that day. be may have lived for
years aiterward."
In the hypothesis thus put forward
the writer, In common with the general
body OF the public, Is mistaken. We
speak under authority when we say
that every Incident connected with the
disappearance OF Chancellor Lansing Ia
well known 70 a gentleman now living,
The secret was Confded 10 him BY a
distinguished citizen Of this State, now
deceased, whose name always com.
manded and does still command re-.
speet. The survivor was epjolned to
publish all the circumstances when GER
tain persons specified were dead. This
condition has been fulfilled, and II is
probable that narrative calculatedlto
startle the public will yet be given 10
the world. There will Then no longer
be room left for single doubt In refer.
ence to Chancellor LansIng's fate. We
do not feel ourselves at liberty to hint
at the nature OF the revelation to be
made, but this We may cay, that It will
be we'll authenticated, and that 1t will
form one Of the most remarkable pages
in the history OF the public men OF this
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