The New York herald., 1877-09-08

slept the present hero OF Pcyua rcot into room
and regular. When tho pale ar OF morning bea med
over the adJoin'ns hills monsieur the cattle king en-
cased himself 10 his garments and looked about
him. lie FOUND, alas mat The hand OF the mid
night marauaer had s,rayed under hts pillow
and extracted all OF the sweets hereunder 40
cured Sraworu oe SAID, nad brought 10 the hotel
pretty woman- said woman was not ms wife. Her
needs made II incumbent upon him raise money.
ons ,hc ola man. 20 20 INTO details pointing
that Crawford adorned thereafter cell In the Rich
mono Prison II Promised to be sad ending OF 4
promising career A lelons cell Is by no means tho
most desirable place the world IN winch
to study eiucs, and SO the youth iuund is.
lie languished ana wasted himself 10 shadow.
Those were dark days when lowered over
tho close o. '59 Blotches hung upon the polii-
zeal horizon that were rapidly mounting up, euiargng
and more. Men wise IA prcsaging coming eycnts
pronounced them war CLOUDS. How soon would they
tursiy
Tue fear OF tier threatening made eyery one care.
less Noone WAS ver-cautious save far as he him.
sell wns concerned The same lack oi solicuude ex-
tended 70 Jaors us TO all others. Que day Craw ford
held valuable paper in his hand. He prolered II 10
his Keeper. Did that mup kuow that Crawford was
oil The most expert manipulators oil pen on earth,
and that the alleged pardon was ing more than
forgery, maue by the prisoner who rendered II:
threw open his doors and the ex-cadel inhaled long
treath Vi pure, Iree air and made Tor Maryland. lie
prsierred 10 run no risk OF detection. A short dts
tance IRON Baltimore ne set himself up as u peda.
goEue under tho name oi Robert Clay, and opened
school he dealt out the same kind OF earning that
can be found at thousands oi such schools Ia Yankee
dom, not very bad, dccdcuy very good. Among
the pupils under MS charge Il Young mau, nearly
his age, named Robert Russell IL rs uectiess To
ioilow Russell through tho tortuuus OF Intricate
figures which beso is ootseps, tell how he pro-
gressed He awoke one morning from his suaibcrs TO
hear HIS sister and father bcwaing the loss OF two
gold watches owned by tuem respectiyey and 10 and
tnut tho dash'ng, handsome schoolmas,rr was gone.
No trace oi the tlree missing articles could ever he
found the tocsin OF war was sounded aud Ru ssell
entered tho ranks Of tho Union 10 lay HE tor
his country. Fate guided HIM into the command
OF Lieuen Reyno ds. There the thief ana the routed
met Under The peculiar circumstances II Was .ee,ned
best not To arrest Crawford though the matter was
presented 10 Reynod, because Crawford promised to
make restiiutmu but Russell is valuable iron. tho aus
tat he supplies INK IN tue lon. chain o. incidents
making up ,ho life oil Crawford
The unusual facility with the pen characteristic OF
Crawford was being naliy put use. General
Reynolds says he never saw d man 50 hauuy wan the
pen. he could initiate any spn iture and ountercit
any WHITING 80 II came about tnat rina hrs prac
ice ~ private am seeing an opportunity TO better
himself, after he hau appointed sergeant OF
cominssary, he IN lSO2 iurged his discharge " winch
Was appended the signature OF tno secretary oi War.
and Dccamo promoled 10 the position Of Lieutenant
the Iwenty-s!xlh Missouri. He renamed IN
tins command time. The next heard
OF him was on lhc Atlantic coast recruiting
negroes. HIS plan was ths:-He would 60 10 East
crn towns ana find how much would be pad ior
substitutes and Iakea regular iist until he had quite
large humper Then he would enst hts negroes aud
send tho recruiting list to Washington, assigning tho
negroes TO the dilcront towns, pay IRON The
government ANA the MUNICIPAL auth horities as we'll
BY tnis operation he malo dreds OF lhous OF
dollars on bounty receipts Tho next thing known OF
him when he turned up Us colonel OF artillery
(roloreil at large near the close ot the lie got
into some trouble what is unknown to General Rey.
nods ana was mustered out OF lhe disgrace.
he then went 10 Mexico. Hero his peculiar dasu anu
dptoMb received MIN ilnediaie recognition aud he
into service under Jaarez He remained here enjoying
great ectdt until the collapse OF the Empire Ia 1861
He then came Eas ahd, rch beyond computation, en-
gagged In specnations on Wall street
Gencral Reynolds lost sight OF hm again and did rot
hear from him Tor some years In 1873 Reynolds
travelling IA Europe, In Switzerland III iact aud
day received letor which had been forwarded " him
from Berlin He opened II. 1t was postmarked Caro-
Egypt, and was from Robert Crawford Tho letter
stated that Crawford WAS Ia the army OF the khedve,
enjoying rauk that correspondent to our Urirxdirr
general, and said that he Was called Osman ey. Ho
expressed himself as beng entirely Satisfied with
uIiairs there, and PRONOUNCED himself great man.
that Osman Bey Osman Pacna and Eobcr, y. Crawford
arc identcaL 1t Is characteristic Of the ana Is
more than probable.
Crawford was very due looking man. He was Ave
feet eleven inches IN height dark mpexoned, biack
eyes and hair. tho latter worn flowing, high cheek
bones, sharp features, square built and mandng,
with an excellent military bearing. He fond OF
adventure and excitement. Ne was very quiet his
bearing, with nothing Of the braggadoca ABOUT him
IN TACT, ist such man as one could look or the
hero oi rlevna, Osman Pacha
REMINIscENCEs or COLONEL Il. CLAY CRAw-
FORD NOT A rIATTERING PICTURE.
TO TUE EDITOR OF THE LOUISVILLE COURIER. JOUR
Nall
Your communication from Mount Washington, this
morning. stating that the successful Turkish General
Osman Pacha (who has been supposed by mauy to be
Marshal Bazaine), is a Tenncsseean namod X. Clay
Crawford, and your review OF tho of that re-
markablc adventurer, forcbly recall to my mind my
personal acquaintance with HIN In ls02-3-4 Your
sketch IS IN the main correct but not complete Per-
init me to supplement- 1t With my own rscoIectious.
became acquainted with him in the winter OF lSe2 and
saw good deal Of him from that time until the sum
NOR Of ls6S and acrwsrd In the spring OF 1864. Craw
ford lrst became known to while was In The led.
eral army, ut Lexington, Ky. He had recruited bat
terry of artillery from among the East Tennessee fug
tves, who came over the bride paths 1867
he Was Temporarily brigaded with me aud was most
gcnal philosophical devil may care sort OF fellow. HIs
men were OF tho hardy uneducaed mounlaineer class,
and knew nothing ana cared le about military forns
discipline aud courtesy. They we're called Crawforls
irrcgulars.
While IN camp in Lexington / loungsd into Craw.
iords tent every day, and joined him in smoking his
Havanas His daily consumption ut them would have
made sad hole the pay OF u sous-lcuIenaut at that
time luxurant cuss was Crawford aud full of uu.
defined @ siu aud Sild ambition Our war was TOO tame
Tor him. He was no boastcr, however, but
his recital OF his own adventures I'M
mensely fascinating At this time l got u
Point nc said, because ho COULDN'T aiIorl the time,
ana, me didn't graduate" /" some years before The
war he made be tour Of Europe, evidently with full
purse, ana ON his return he published book entitled,
II l am not mistaken, "wild Oats Sown Abroad,
copy of which he gave me- remarkably well written
and spicy 10. OF sketches was 'Wild Oats II recitcd
his adventures among the sst people ofthe capitals
Earopc" III the most unexcepli nabic man uer, and
yet II wasn't the sort OF book you would loaned
TO lady friend, and was Calculated to bring the blush
to the cheek OF AIR. Podsnap's young person"
Crawiord's recruits had sublime Indifference to
rank. They lounged, unblddeE, in and out Of his
quarters with the most utter Indifference They
.hcwcd dog leg and smoked COB pipes, aud generally
irritaed their citice under his iaslidiUus nose, bus
never dld an impatient expression escape han.
THE syBARI1E on TIE MARCH
When retreuiing from somerset IN july 1868 our
march was accelerated by the Information that the
late JohE Morsaa ana our fellow citizen Basil Duke
were do ng some fast riding in our aud on our
nink With the arniabe ntcation OF gobbling the com
nand and taking ~ as Crawford styled IT, ''rhe litto
appuit tcnunces attached thereto. ~
TN that march, and terribly hot day It Was, TOO,
Crawford reclued In his ambulance, smoxiuz ape
cigas {, boz OF the best taGked by dozen bottles OF
wnc, being his sole companions and expressing the
disasrceaole anticipation. vi those damned fellows
come up they'll take my marc in sure
The mare referred TO was thoroughbred animal,
"pickcd up by bIght' by one OF Crawford s men, who
had learned with great readiness some OF so.dors
practces.
NErAMoRPHosED ORDERLY SERGEANT
While in camp IN I.eXingt0n lively Incident oc.