National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1877-06-02

William II. y,pderh u1ht deciis ~ sivr
his brother, he vc.A iu3x N Mag N
| trustee. Parties who knsu all ahas kss =
CURED sar thcre have $40 nrv~rI rsrSh~ir&
| lions befuren the Commodore and hid ypunrL
est npn, butthat thcrc had each time followed
some fragrant transgrc-sicn on the part Of the
4 son thai only the more fnocased the fsther
until fiasily The. CSmpsvasrs refused TO see
him OF take any iutcrc-t in his srelAre. For
years this son ruamed abont the county al his
leisure, frequently in the company Of men Of
wealth and position. and II scsnetimes oorurvy,i
that drafts thss he gave on his relations wOuid
be returned. and were finally immersed i'm the
reocs-cs of various wallets. Being the go Of
his father, he found many oh,ieinx friends
who enabled him TO xratify hc,dienE mani,
that was especially obnoxious 10 /, man q sac'a
industry and strict business habits a. the lat,
Commodore. The dcsth Of the Commcisrc's
\ first wife gave this son one more chance. bu;
II was not long before taere was enc, her
breach.
The venerable clerk. Mr.. waifeli. who
served the Commodore in . osakdeu,i,l ca
paci,y for upwards Of forty years sid to the
writer several years AFRO. when apcs,iosed re-
garding the estrangcment hc,wcen the Csn-
modore and his youngest son: That cSper Of
Cornelius touched the Commodore in tender
spot. You see. young Cornell is named Cs-ne-
Illus Jeremiah, and the Commoioreis pet grand
son Is named after the Commodore. and Is. al
course, the only Cornelius Vanderbilt. jr. Well.
you see, one Of those 'tarnel' slips Of pspcr was
presented to me for small amo,nt-s hun
dred or so-in which Cornelius had fsrsc;ten
10 write his middle letter. and hsd given .
little too much flourish after the surname.
Perhaps IL was but the slip Of the pen. hat thea
Il looked ikejr The Commodore. when he
\ saw the paper, said. Fay that. hut when ron
sec him tell him 10 is the last and that I never
want 10 sec him AGAIN." II WIS then that the
late Horace Greeley became his protector. a. he
| had promised his mother he would look sfter
him. Living alone by himself and vi;hou,
| any tastes to crafty. he managed b bscorne
his benefsctor's debtor to ocnsi'iershie
amount Whether he Is the persun TO make
good use OF million Of dollars Is not q s1hjcct
for comment in an artice Of this dcscriptian.
In addition to the snit Of tl.s Contestants Il
would seem rs IL William II. Vanderbilt Is
going 20 have side issue 10 deal with Tia.
bids fair to give Kiss 10 considerable scandal II
il should get into the courts. References was
made in a former article 10 . claim against the
Vanderbilt estate BY the wcodhull- t7afiin sis-
tors. Information olisifcd frsan . uelishlc
| source proves beyond . aouhf that the LAT,
lConnpdarp had very intimate rrisfionx mid,
lthc-se women and tiut he u,ss very martial "a
\ their company, and interested hiras<lf absu,
their welfare Their ap.srzrarce On Rrua.i
street in the year lsssa when they c<szh,i.seSi
Themselves as bankers and brokers. and salsss-
lucntiy published adecids-ily lively shse, was
the sensation Of tire time. Thr;r Checks for
large amounts were freely eirculated. aud il
was rcp,rtei in the papers At the time that
they were hacked by the CamTnoiorr.
The wo~lhuii has said riaat they have a jus;