New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1873-02-06

The Mes OF old newspapers were diliCrntIv
searched tn find the notice alluded 10 I'M,
without effect. Not Observation-Disclosures ucnt
failures, however, they pressed their in0,,--
res with undiminishcd yigor, and succeeded
IN ei'citing the following facts. We r,fp from
the Syn.
Isaac Phillips was born at Ea~iau, Masse.
chu>ett>, on May -, l7GG. In 1855 he mar
Hed Rachel liaddCn. by whom ha had one
'h!i9, who died in infancy NhGrtiy after
waid, through some domeS;s d-Sa1r5cr,ru!
he separated from his wife ANA won't -T,t,r
where he embarked in the >'ayc-tralc. Th.s
E1iarious traffic he followed for many wears
with unSarl ing success, and succeeded IN
saasslnS a large fortune. Coming To- this
city about hliy years ago, lie deposited. IN
vested, or loaned siU, GOO t. z1...t Nry y nrk
bank. From this time nothing further was
heard OF him. but he was supposed to have
died IN tho State of Virginia about the Neay
1850. At this stage of the investigation, in
formation was received Of an old lady named
Susie Phillips, n relative of I.lac. who had
lived tor several years near North Bridge
water, Plymouth county, Massachusetts.
earning livelihood hy the not very lucrative
occupation Of raising huckleberries. Duriu.
her lifetime she had rclCiouslv preserved an
old family Bible. said To contain tho entire
pedigree OF the Phillips family from the rr-
hottest generation. Thinking il probable
that the ancient volume might shed some
Eight upon the subject, search was made for
II hy the Interested parties, who. however,
were again thwartcd. The old lady hadd.ed
about the year lojG, and at her own request,
The Bible had been placed under her head in
the coffin, and buried with hsr Determined
To leave no stone unturncd, the relatives OBJ
tanned permission to have the remains cx-
humed, which was accordingly done. The
grave, hnweyer, revealed no secrets Seven
years burial had PLAYED sad havoc with tho
contents of the coffin and the Bible was found
Ia be So decayed that MANY of its entries
were entirely illcgblc Some, however.
were still distinct, and n long list of Phil
lirses, extending back for moro than ono
hundred years, was found. Among the still
lcglble entries was one recording the death
of Jacob Phillips, brother of Isaac and father
OF Susie, who broke his neck by falling OF a
load OF hay. Nomention whatever was made
of Isaac Phillips, and for time the investi-
CATION appeared IL be abandoned. Two
years ago new claimant appeared in tho
hcl-, III the person of John Blanchard, of
PawtuCkct, Rhode Island. He was not in n
position to throw any fresh light upon tho
whereabouts of the coveted money, but he
was DESTROYS OF establishing relationship in
order To insure his gcttiuga share of it should
IL ever be fOund. lie, too, had Il tlmily
Bible, which, never having been buried, was
in good preservation. The list of Phllpscs,
interspcrscd with numerous Blanchar,ls and
Ihal ers, was iutcrmnablc. He proved to
be connected with Isaac Phillips by his
mothers side. He also came armed with an
extract from the town records of Easton,
mentioning the birth of the slayc-dcaler.
These powerful instruments he placed in tho
hands of John Z. jayne, of Murray street,
a gentleman who makes hunting up missing
heirs-at-law and recovering (wlsCu he cam
lost fortunes a speciality, instruciiug him to
spare no efforts compatible with reasonable
expense to find the bank in which his uuhusi-
ness-iike ancestor placed the produce of his
successful dealing ia slaves. For two Yeas
Mr.. Jayne has thrown all his energies into
the case and failed, and Mr.. Blanchard, be-
coming hcartsck with deferred hope, vcstcr-
day published the following advertisement:
INFORMATION WANTED. 500 GOO reward
will be paid for legal evidence from any New
York city bank of lSpG-l IiO. that one Isaac
Philips, born lIG6, had deposited or loaned
to said bank $40 900. which sum upw remains
on interest Ia this date. Ions l.. JAYNE,
attorney, Murray street New \ orb
Mr.. JAYNE says that the sum must now
amount, with principal and interest, to about
$3.50 900.