, 1877-09-05
Ha Il m East-Tennessee Adventurer
By the Nnme Of Clay
Crawford.
Tho Ups and Downs Of an Extraordi-
nary Career.
From West Point to q Stata Prison-A
Colonel Of Arti1lery-A Mexican
f4enoral-A millionaire.
Hs Goes 10 Egypt, strtes the KhtdfFs With
Dislipstlsa, and II Promoted 10
Command under The Snl'an.

MEMrH1s, Tcnn., Sept 4.-ihe Atutdnfhe ot
to-n,urrow will contain sketch VI Col. Il. Ciay
Crawford, WHO s said 10 exist In the person Of
Osman pusln. Crawfor'i's father was eet.ool.
tcaclIcr in Rocrrsvillc. Tenn, where Ruhcrt*
boytood WAS passed. Andrew johnson. about
1sau gave Foung Crawford sn appointment 10
Vest Polnt. Thcrr lie resisted an arrcst for
derelictfon Of duty, n,ltl WAS expelled. a,
few ycnra later lie was sentenced by the FGderal
Court II Virginia for r0bbfrG tho mail. and In a
few weeks escaped iron confinement. In 1881
he burst In on KnressyIltc rs dashknE Colanel
and Chief oi Artillery on some Federal tacneral's
etaf, au,l carried things With high hand anunE
tic old rii[zcns Of Nawktns County. After tt'c
Nnr lc figured In wild raid Of p!undcttng over
the RioGrande. Here all trace Of the build rider
Is lost.
toutsr5Ns rauy,rr.fnnr1at B.pf. T..
We hayr received t1,c following brief but cx-
cccdInEly explicit and pointed communication
from source which ne hare every reason to
credit:
s;e, NJ %t',sqEsx; y r; Ks ssn eli.
s.,nc M !ae aa1.Ia # The frstea atmy. iii. la
ra.4 . ~ sf Wit Wit @ G"e for
sral years, and I,avc rcce1scd letters from him
,ass ,k s. sn, ssss aa # IT
aans s''f !. * H. sSa cia5 c!s%f"'a: it, it, w.s ~
tAr service q The Liberal t;o. .ernnent q Ae1icn
e" %. ae sr sfe' e eautft asd.d Mes
Gu, 1a"aius l,tr forces over thc III. t,rande from
tic rs.ss .,uFs lie anaIly 9aarrsled WITH j1a.
United States With large i"stnne. ile resided
fpr sesera years Mt t!canttfu country seat on The
tsirn caused him 10 eerk excitement, and he en-
tered thc service Of .l'c kho,!ive Of ExyEt: was
sud @ conm.nIsd o'af the Tassish al M urmy u. rlesna
Our correspondent writes Will, the discctncss
and relevancy III personal knowledge, anu Jet
he seems Ignorant Ut sutne 0t the antcGcdents
of tile lrrp vi his sketch. Crawford Ii, Or was,
rcaI1, extraordinary pertoD. All that his
brief bingraphcr Eays III the above cotn'ntlniva*
t,utl IL true. tsawfuni was Cotonc1 ot ar
he ruse quickly 10 tic rAnk of aclcral ol III.
vision; liz quarreI.d with fuarez on account Ut
tLc bacdad ALTAR. Which MAS ruasly notllfng
more .mr t:ss tI.nn u lsrebootiHE fkncttitIun;
un the pruccrIs Ut this and other plum!erinE
operations, tic appeared in WHtl street. wllerc
he Rtruek Il htrcak vi luck, making IItilllon Ut
lullufs In VIZ or eight 'n"',tlls; he bought Thy
tpugu!.ent l,t1t!'e cstatc Just out Ut i'niladel-
ph,a, lived IN great sl'tesldor and ''stentatlon a
lew ycars, liavIug nlarrird New futk ta.lY.
and abuut 1870 disappeared: !lu has not been
thu letter of our correspondent will u'.nc aa tic
trrt news OF tong-1uht husband In seven scaee.
All this Is corrubosattvc Testimony al to ti,r
truth of the statement that Os'nall rasfIa and
Clay Crawford arc Une and tho same peratn. II
tat he the y7asc, the L!stury uf 10 interesting n
character cnnnot tall tu b. Ut snluc To the pub.
liz. III any event, tho revival NJ the natnc ut
tie reckless aud ccccttrtc Eust Tannesseran
n,Akes some reference ~ Ills slngulArly Alyeu-
ilis F1itsr AprsAnAncE
One of the last acts nf Andrew Johnson aa a
u,e1nler Of Congress fron. The First district Ut
Ettfit a4cI nnptiuf X tiny {sftwiJIrl4. tlf
Hawkins County, a.adat to Wrst Iulnt, That
wus IN the early nrt Of tS'3. The lal was
turnr, Of L, of fespertable pattntayc. liu Ind
bud considerable education Iur the region ind
the pcrlo1, aud was Abe TO tAke gU'd pusitlhl
md to Is,akc rapid uroGtess It tic military
acurMy. Hut what lls GMincd In hxrlna
hu iast |" ..n'luet lis WA t.st!sss t!.
himself aud u: Aers tn Trouble, atld newer u.n
tent with established iaw. IIle result WAS In.
cvitao1e, though iuugcr DELAYED saap .uud
Wrat Point with tlaravtcr lor Intelligence md
inhibition, but also tur tr.kltSsas.s. which IT.
Tented Eisn IN nttcr l'ie. Instead If gnlnn
uulet " to lis lInne Ia 1lawklns County, Eaa
anil II taste tur adventure llta AIruly sptrl
w,,tltt nut lnuok lle u,u,,otu,y uE tie Hills MI
luIl"~*, u,'d n"ul"cI t'rhae frl"!!eu " III
tlons',t vi rrnp1,raritsg h'n"ng hts old rcatisr
st"plrd III Ne~ Yu1s, sni trlc'i llle Ii. tlv u,s
fr-,l1 IiIn ftLru iii Ii ftItl IN AtMH Al
'' Az ,.gs"rcrxt, ~t,,,Ar
Cruvturl's a ,,u,ry at,ui, rayr uut. and he wa
thfuw,, u,mn i,h nits iHrse. nuwnyrr. wrr,
fu,,I, .r,t ,,,ntlirut md nrutr. III, lI,l t,tanv
w1,s,lr Viii Isrt,,mr. f,,.t. ,nt1nes mi i,,.r
tur,tln,,i 4. be WA. lie aisxys iii u,n,t, hi
teCi. lfc would mrilaps tsaEt cn'nned tu It'll
"tfnf,. in ,n,rsr IL wns ~, ajrsr ~ lin i,r,rt
In such ytr,,,,,stancrs us ho i.,iud llim,rli
/, IL rvry III. ,"Sr tnrt n sv",,cr .",,,,,
uuM, tie scene. TJuus Il was thst ha W.
iIr,t.a III nrr,.s.fy fn hmk humrw,n1. a,
,sn,,,nir,l ny hn naranm,t,r. H.. i'll m, -
fmr rs WythcylI]c. in Vir,!,,,a' In t.s w,v't
~ rr,,nrssrc I,.,. ls;I ,nlsat, i,,isli lin
tIIry Ind mt m, fpr i'm ,mvht nj lin Inn :,
tIr i,wM. T'I,rI. ta,,,wnri n ia. h.,rt,l III ti.5
Il, ,Ir sauc tIn,c yiyII yId cattle ,lralcr. ,,s
Trt.,,,rti from AiabAl,n. liz xas tt,nl,i INV
with money. lie temptation MA t,o vtrat Il,
poyr Cruwiufd, Eir nul.sI a,l ttr iult,ta vi Ii,
IKE wultrI for l,Is Intended yhltm 10 rcttt.
Ill ,,hrn Vii wus st,li auut dirk stmir s,' III
lie rom, vi tbs rutile-ti eaIer 'r,,s uI,i ~
WI. s,,Ia n.lrrn. anu ll,r younr III nsra,+r ~
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