The New York herald., 1872-11-30

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director and representative OF the Crystal Palace
Association, on a claim for $4,000 for the broken
statue. AS bail could not he readily obtained in
strange city upon short notice Mr. Greeley had no
alternative but to go to JAIL and to jail he went
He was soon visited by Mr.. Mason the American
Ambassador, and other friends, and a lawyer was
secured for him. Il was shown that the eGects Of
the association were In the hands OF receiver and
that Mr.. Greeley was not personally liable under
the laws or this State proofs OF which secured his
release and he left the prison with the quaint COM
ment that his last opportunity for learning French
had passed away.
Mr.. GREELEY IN CALIFORNIA.
In 1850 Mr.. Greeley made his famous visit to
California, travelling thither by way OF Kansas,
Pixies Peak and Utah. He was everywhere well
received and In the larger places in California was
welcomed by the municipal authorities and citi-
zens, whom he publicly addressed on politics. the
Pacific Railroad, &c. Among the stories told Of
that visit Ia that will be recalled with peculiar
pleasure The citizens Of Pacerville had prepared
to ete the great journalist and an extra COACH with
extra relays OF horses, was chartered OF the Cali
fornia Stage Company to carry MIN from Folsom to
observation-disclosures forty miles, The extra was
In some way delayed and did not leave
Folsom until late in the afternoon. Mr..
Greeley was to be feted at seven O'Clock that
evening by the citizens OF Pacerville, AMI 1t
We altogether necessary that he should be there
by that hour so the stage company said to Henry
Monk. the driver OF the extra, "Henry, this man
must be there by seven O'Clock tonight" And
Henry answered, 'The great man shall be there"
Such ride journalist never got before. Mr.. Gree
ley was terribly jolted, being tossed about the
stage without mercy. and to oil his expostulatons
to lessen his speed Monk would only answer, "I've
got my 0rdersl ! work for the Calif0rny Stage
Company, ! do. That's what work for They
said, Cit this man through by sewing An this
mans going through. You bet Ger-lOngl Who0-
cpl" And he did get through by sewing" Mr..
Monk was on time. There Is a tradition that Mr..
Greeley was indignant for while; then he laughed
and finally presented Mr.. Monk with brand new
suit OF clothes.
MR.. GREELEY's LATE CAREER
Mr. Greeley's career since the beginning Of the
civil war Is too well known to need anything
more than few words OF reference. He heartily
supported Mr.. Lincoln when candidate for Pres.
dent In 1860 and again In 1884 He favored the
war but In way SO erratic that 1t has become
historic After the struggle was over he bailed the
rebel chief and went heartily In favor Of amnesty.
This made him exceedingly popular with the
South and the result was his nomination for the
Presidency at Cincinnati and Baltimore. The
story of that canvass need not be recounted, but
with 1t is bound up the last links OF Mr. Greeley's
history, and his life went out with the expiration
OF his political hopes. 1t was life to which may
be well applied the word Of his own adoption,
"busy." Labor was with him the only pathway to
happiness and content. He began to work In his
infancy, and never ceased to think and write
while life and strength lasted. Few men have
been more outspoken and few have done SO many
things which at the time were less in harmony
with public opinion. His warfare upon slavery
was begun at q time when the overwhelming SEN
timent was against any interference with the
peculiar institution Of tpe South. His efforts at
Reconciliation and peace during the rebellion were
made when the country was trrevocably deter
mined upon the successful prosecution OF the war.
His journey to Richmond to place his name upon
the bailbond Of Jefferson Davis raised q storm OF
condemnation which few men could have allayed.
But Mr.. Greeley not only outived all these things,
but he even succeeded In becoming the candidate
for the Presidency upon his own ground Of the
party whose lifelong enemy he had been. The
work OF the campaign and the sorrow incident to
the death Of his wife. which occurred only few
days before the election undermined his strength,
and the reaction proved too much for his c0nsJitu.
tion.
Mr.. GREELEY's Personal HABITS
Much has been said OF Mr.. Greeley's eccentrci-
ties, especially by the so-caed correspondents OF
the country press. One OF these, tacetiousy cor
recting the other, said OF him.
Perhaps ought to say here that the common
impression about Greeey's mode of life is not cor
rect. While In the city, away from his home up
the IudsOn he does not, as Is generally supposed,
board at the pie and peanut stands on the Park,
nor does he sleep on hard sofa in one Of the back
rooms of the Tribune office. He eats at the Mason
DOr6, and has nice room in Twenty fourth street,
handsomely furnished with election returns and
tarir statistics. The rumOr that when he comes
to town on Monday morning he brings f1ve days
ratiOns OF boiled turnpS from his farm to last him
till Friday night, when he returns to his rural
home, is also without foundation. He has recently
made 500 600 out OF his Conflict" and feels quite
rich, or course. In fact, 1t Is said he the
other day hanging, as 1t were, on the verge OF
taOrs shop, In the BOwery and people need not
be surprised to hear OF his having a new coat be-
fore many days.
And another writer says
Several hundred volumes have been written upon
Mr. Greeey's peculiar and sl0venly dress, which,
like everything else connected with him, has been
grossly caricatured. He IL neither Brummel nor
q D'Orsay sartorially. He wears Odfashioned
clothes and puts them on carelessly. His panta-
looms sometimes slip up to his boot tops and his
cravat to side but he s too busy to notice such
tribes He Is always scrupulousy neat. His linen,
though often limp and crumpled is Immediately
clean, and his garments are rarely ragged or
threadbare.