The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-09-12

a as it may, lie acquired money and los
f repute, so that, in 1865, he found it SAT
( to resign and g to NJ ;xico, where h,
: took service with Juarez, eontrixihg tc
: recommend himself for gallantry ant
capacity, and rising rapidly from Col
onelo of Artillery to3be a-G oneraI of Di
: vision. ~ 49, F-a 49, So
ADVENTURES IN MEXICO.
Our correspondent refers to the Bag
dad affair 1t was the sensation of the
day. The papers was full of it. AL
though freebocting exploit, there was
Robin Hood dash about it that pleased
the public taste, and, when Crawford
was forced out of the Mexican service,
it made him quite lion on the frontier
IL is said that he was officer of the the
Gay on the occasion when Macmillan
was shot. Ii is certain that he was poss-
essed of many trophies of the dead
Emperor when he came East, which he
did in 1867, just after the collapse of the
empire. He had not wasted his sub
stance. On the contrary, he had added
to 1t. The sack of Bagdad, it was believ-
ed at the time, had yielded handsomely,
and it was not the only expedition which
he had made. When he made his ap-
pearance in Washington he was full
handed.
BECOMES A KING IN WALL STREET.
His old friend Andrew Johnson was
President, and would doubtless have
helped him if he had required it. But
be did not. He had tried his hand as
robber, raider and soldier, and had
mind for speculation on a large scale.
He would become King of Finance
He would emulate the rising glory of
Fisk. He would enter Wall street. One
lucky operation after another multiplied
his wealth, until he found himself mas
ter Of lordly million. He fell in love
again, married beautiful lady living
on the Hudson, bought great estate
near Philadelphia, and began career of |
luxury and pleasure. Our correspOn-
dent is quite right in his reference.
Crawford did certainly live like an ORR
entail. But he was not satisfied. Ali
of sudden, about three years later, he
grew moody, restless, and on one fine
morning he turned up missing; gone
no one knew how; no one knew where.
But, assuredly, he went, and from that
day to this has not been heard of by any
of his old companions in any of his old
haunts.
THE MYSTERY CLEARED.
Our correspondent clears up the mys-
terry. He says positively that he knOaos
that Clay Crawford went to Egypt, that
he enlisted in the service of the Khe-
dive, that he succeeded so we'll that he
was promoted and transferred to the
service of the Sublime Porte, and that
he is no other that the hero of Plevna
It is very like. Nothing could be more
Crawford never lacked ,
.udacity or courage, wild Imagination,
N adventurous spirit and a child-like
aith in his destiny. A tall, rather
handsome man, with light brown hair,
nd eyes of a peculiar gray, he would !
rrest attention anywhere. Clad in the
rilliant uniform of Field Marshal of
he Turkish army, with a jeweled Golf
pom his brow and a flashing scimitar !,
y his side, mounted upon an Arabian :,
larger, he would be very distinguish
d in appearance. And thus it is that
'sman Pasha is not the disgraced
'azaine, but a reckless and remarkable
dventurer, r. Clay Crawford by name, !
rom Hawkins county, Tennessee. :
|
lis is strange enough. :
From the Knoxville Tribune !
We met Crawford in Knoxville, in | :
1864. He was then commits +
oned as Colonel of artillery and had =
pened recruiting office at the corner =
f Gay and Main streets. Knowing some !
hing Of his previous history, he impress
I'd us as being the most insinuating and
ccomplished rascal we had ever encoun-
cred, and when, short time afterward, !;
re heard that he had broken into the >
ranch Bank of Tennessee, at Rogers
lille, and taken charge of a vast amoInt .
f blank notes which he filled up with I
orged signatures and put in circulation,
We were not disposed to question the ac-
uracy of the remark of well known :
'ederal General then in our city, that
e"'would steal the Southern Confeder- :
y, if he could carry it away" We
ould supplement the C6ur5er-Journaps
arrative with numerous exploits report
d of Crawford, all showing the same !
enius for lawless and startling adven-
IRE, but it is not necessary.
That R. Clay Crawford possesses the =
bility to play the role of Osman Pasha,
O one who knows him will question for
moment. His acquaintance generally
ad very little confidence in his physical
ourage, but his superiority of intellect 7
as universally recognized His person
address was fine, and his imrudence -
Unlimited. His self-confidence was
bundant. He felt himself equal to any
ssponsibility, and we doubt not to-day
C would assume command of the entire
urkish army with as little diffldence as
: felt when he accepted a Colonel's
,mmission from Andrew Johnson !; and
? would not hesitate to betray the c
hole force to the Gar, if thereby he
1uld install himself as chief ruler of the
urks. He is undoubtedly genius-a
cry bad one-fit for g treason, strata n
ms and spoils." Known facts an favor n
e story that Osman Pa sha, the hero n,
Plevna, is none other than r. Clay n
-awford, of East t ennessee. &c
From the Memphis Avalanche. fs b
Columns had been written to prove v
at Osman Pasha, the hero of Plevna, o.
BaZaine5 ex- Marshal of France y The n