The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-12-18

aud wrote them TO his paper. These are
about the sam. as detailed abJYe, with
The exception that Mr. Macduldy is q
resiuenG vi Illinois aud not OF Colorado; ;
but The full statements Is given because
| 1t seems To c0rroDorat9 what we Ii .ve
written. "rhere is hatdly,n says the
correspondent, IA steamer from the
east or the west whcn uoes not bring
some remarkable parsonage to our
| shores. tf
"Alnong the passengers who arrived
the otner day from, New York by the
steamer Baltic was Mi. Henry Horner.
OF Lincoln, the proprietor OF the Lotte
and Arctic silver mines in Colorado, one
| of tue Western Territories OF the United
States gf America. Mr., HOrner, who
served his time with 4desSis. RuSton,
| Proctor 81 Co, engineers oil Lincoln, is
i'm engineer and machinlst or great eX-
periemce, but he has lately devoted
his attention and experience to the
development Of the mineral re-
sources OF Colorado. During his ram
bios in that far-of land, among the hills
and valleys of Bowler, his attention
was attracted to the advert ,emen mt
which appeared in The London Times,
seeking or The heir Of Lord Macaulay.
| MI. Hurner having taken up the subject,
| found, as he says, the long sought
heir ia the person of Mr.. Geo. Maoau-
| lay, who Is now residing with his SON
in-laW, Judge Calvert. Of the Supreme
Court OF Denver, Colorado. The old
gentleman, whois iH his eighty-lOurth
| ear, is a classical sch olar, and. has an
excellent memory and much of the wit OF
his native land. Wherever he has been
located he has been looked upon as a
peacemaker, and he is universally ven
Grated by his Masonic brethren through.
out the length and breadth of America.
He Is a widower, and has three sons and
one. daughter, the latter being married
to Judge Calvert, with whom he is now
staying. The old gentleman knew well,
from family documents which he had in
ibhis POSSESS ion, as well as letters from
tthe earl Of Eldon, that he was tue heir a;
Haw; but as he possessed ample means
| he resolved not 70 trouble himself about
earthly ties or greater riches.
Being persuaded by his sons, how
| ever, who are now grown up, TO accept
what Providence has cast in his way,
he entrusted Mr.. HOrner with all the
family documents aud relics which he
lhad by him, and gave him a power OF
attorney to proceed to Europe, and there
Itaket suoh steps as are required by law
Ito put him in possession oil the title and
estate lett by the late Lord Maeaulay
Most OF the late Lord Macaulay's prop
IerJy4 is in.the bands OF the Court of Chan
I Gerry, and that court, with all its faults,
will be only too giad to- hand over to the
lawf full heir Of the great historian the
ln oceedss of the literary fortune whicl
lhe left behind him."
The correspondent makes q mis- take
for which an Eng lishman scarcely ex
cusabIe, in relation to the principles
upon which the English peerage de-
scends. The title having been'conferret
lupon Lord Macdulay, eau only, by Eng
Flistl law; descend to mis- Immediate sue
cess ars, of whom, it is scarcely neces 5.
sary to remark, he had none. Only his
Lords hip's landed property, Which, was
never large, would be held by esEng
lsh Court of Ghancery for the nearest
male heir, as chattel property de
1scends to iemate as well as male
lrelatiens of the deceased, and
tus,. there are several English ladies ol
7 the iamlyot Lady rrevelyan, the late
E61tP PMacaulay's sister, who would lie.
gaIly claim the PERSONAL estate. Still
Lord Macauiay's real estate is wei
worth looking alter, land it is to be hopet
that our American Macaulay may prove
ere long an English landed proprietor.
MIR. Horner has returned to Denyer
Il and will spend the winter here. He has
SLputsthe matter in thezhands OF lawy ers
MIR. Horner is to receive thirty per cent
OF collections. a
i Whether ME Macaulag becomes the
successor of this distinguished kins
man, the fact remains that he. has the
4 great mans blood in his veins, and thai
Is certainly something tor him TO bt
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