The New York herald., 1877-09-08
nesr the ,sueusss Of the war; but kept his own couu

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When the Eastern States we're recruiting nesroes to
oil their quotas Colonel Crawford effected an arrange
ncnt witu a substitute broker from Massachusetts,
ard Transferred to him between four and i've
stalwart recruits receiving as slight mari. OF The
brokers' regard about $500 per head old friend OF
aiue captain OF one oi Crawlord's baltefics-Cap-
tain W, was stationed at the State House ana was
kindred spirit OF Crawforis
On tho return OF tho troops eier the capture Of Az:
ianta. wns sttng in my friends tent night and
asked, "Wnere Is Cologel Clay CrGHlorGy"
Then N reply he told me that he hal gone into
Crawlords quarters late one nigh and found him
packing ns trunks said he
Captain. I've got leave Of absence and am going
to Ne~ York Ia tue i:orins just il!t me I'D Of thai
trunk, VIII you, and take gold piece or xecpsakcn
My Trend looked In the trunk ana saw, he ex.
ing OF gold anu srcenbacks. There had ocen a vague
rumor about the regiment that crawurd had made "a
htc dicker Ia negro recruits with Yankee broker"
out, rs you remarked ihi- morning, ihe times were
out OF joint and besides, Crawford had the ear OF
Johnson. ana Johnson was power In these days as
you had cause 10 know.
RESIGNS
Crawford went to New York, and prev ious TO
Governor, "regretilng that tue state OF his health
necessitatcd the tender OF his resignation which
he accordingly .rcoscl
never heard That no was court wartlaled but he
may have been
IL. GOES To ~gsco
Colonel Crawford went TO Mexico aud brief etch
of his given me by Lieutenant winans,
an adventurous spirit who was With niu.
Crawford's object in going 10 Mexico. Lieutenant
Winans sad, was 10 "clean out tho French get the
greasers by tho ears and have himself elected Prss
dentn
lie found the Job too big, suppose Tor, when par.
tisl order restored in Mexico he returned TO this
country WIN every evidence Of large wealth.
heard no more OF Crawford uutll about tho time
mat the Cuban patriot, Colonel Ryan, was shot 1T
havana with Others. Then tue story was told me by
an ola army friend that Crawford hnd cspouscu the
cuban cause and had been MORALLY wounded leading
ahght attack on hacicnda defended by Spanish reg.
ulars, who mutilaied hs remains TO revenge them.
selves upon me brave bnt mated American.
- KILLED AT A CUBAN HACIENDA.
Ihat is The last heard OF the dttetfuate soldier
syDarite tWerdfsur, and restless adventurcr until
your article appeared this morning | don't tuke
much STOCK IN the story ol his being Osman Pacha
Tor Crawford was not the oil which great soldiers
are made; but hc Is alive somebody OF import
ancc, am certain.
However. would rather think OF this genial dash.
iog auVehturer as wearing "a jcweed coli upon his
prov, ana flashing scinitar by his side, noun ted
upon an Arabian charger, than OF his lying dead
upon the trodden sod about a Cuban hacienda
tie was not oorn TO die humbly. unhonored and un.
known, ana am inclined 10 think when he slips down
ana out no VIII do II to perfectly proper slow music
Win flashing blue and red lights and all the
circumstances oil distinguished and well conducted
drnnalic exit.
wouldn't DO surprised II General Carter (or the
federal army, oil East Tennessee General Joseph A.
cooper, OF the same section, General William Lam.
urnni, or Lancaster, Ky. (under whose command
Cra"iora was, think, Tor some months) could tell
you GOOD deal about II. Clay Crawford, ato captain
and colonel OF the tennessee Light artillery late major
general oi the Aoxcan army unGer tho Presidency OF
the late Bcuio Juarcz, and now (supposed to bel
osnan Pacna the successful Turkish com mander re-.
Gently before Povna. r. @ r.
LOUISVILLE, Sept 4, 1877.