New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-03-09

! ment In ITS purchases for that institution
Dr. sehiemanns turn came next. There was no doubt
at all about him. He hunbug of the first order Mr.
Prime sat down by me- with the poor little Doctors
book and dssected him with the same remorseiess cru
city with which, according TO his own account as quoted
by Mark Twain he watched the basnadoing OF MS poor
| servant IN the Valley Of Lebanon Not only was inc
Doc,or Wild enthusiast-he was something much more
| dangerous In speaking Of the heterogeneousness OF
his finds both at Hissark and at Myeenea point that
has been remarked by than one critic-Dr Prime
thought portion OF the beterCgcneousness or the HIS
sark ind at least could he accounted for by the dlsa
pearance OF n certain box OF Cypriote antiquities WHICH
General di Cesnoa had sent from Cyprus to Athens %
and which had never reached his constance When III
Cesno saw the objects pretended have been found at
Hlssark by sehliemann, he was ast0nshed at the &C.
sembance of many of them TO things lately found by
| himself at Cyprus. Dr. Prime gave n highly dramatic
rehearsal OF the scene between himself and Di Cesnola
when tha interesting discovery came mp. ID Ccsnoia
generously declined commit himself 70 say that he be-
| leved disbeleved.
but, General" says DIR. Prime. "you did send box
from Cyprus to Athens, did you notr Yes" says ID
Cesnoa, did" "Aud never reached your cosgnee
! did itr' "No, II never did" "And you never could
trace H. IN any wayp "Never In any way. IL was
lost; gave II mp" And Dr.. Schemann was m Athens
cerianly he was there" Ana, afterward when you
saw the His,arik things you we're struck Win the re
sembance ID Cesn'la suddenly seeing the driit Oh
the Doctors question:" AL, now DR.. PRIME what arc
!
All chat d. Schliemann's critics and enemies nave san
derogatOIy 10 him, put together could not equal IN Ia
tcnsy OF EVIL speaking what Dr. Prime treated me 10
| that one visit.
Last OF all, comes siguor Castollan must premise
that went 10 Mr.. Prime 10 ask, as citiZcn n some
thing could rot be done h} the trustees 10 secure uis
! collection. knew that not only had Mr. Prime great
interest in the subject but thai he had known Caseiau
personally had seen niue OF hiu WINE ne was mere M
that Casieau reckoned him among ls principal friends
took my breath away-sO great were surprise and my
disappointment. mo. nothing could be- done; Ibis
with f ftrpNuf w .
bad disgrsted everybody Ills asking pnce vas ride
| nous, aud nobody knew What bis taking price would
| be, and so it was impossible to ask people for
! money. You couldn't interest anybody in raising
vague sum u money" At This wont asaed whether
asked less that 100000 for his COlcctionl NO, lie
T Ps or IN ay Of rs he 5K Of the F Wrd
had always, and everywhere, asked the same price
reader thinh was the for this fling simply he
cause, after much importantly aud Urgent requests rom
! Ncw- York Busion aud Philadelphia, MI Casicani had
consented much against his WILL To divide the cOIiec
ton INTO two patstle antIuatcd one the pottery AMI
L. let either part 90 for one-haf the price asked Tor
the whole Aud never, before after. until the very
last moment did he give the least cucOurdgrntht
10 believe that would bulge from That pIice Ills mi
III CcSnoa read the Last meeting oT the
trustees saving. We'll let your people no~ large
SUM they can raise, aud viii see what J. can 40 was
the first iutmatO that the owner could be driven from
| ms position. Aud ]. as an American, ashamed Of the
w"fidwide abstraction. anY@ great cafmng, has been
treated ny bed, Of cizeus set 10 look alter our incr
es-, declare that there were Hebrew dealing any,
where II on the part OF the trustees Lot Oh the part
! q
i|t me ak mere what possible connection III. Prime
maze out between the Ignorant and sometimes Dis
homes, people who poster III, Museum with offers Of rub
bsA ~ high prices, and Mr. Castellaus oherf What
becomes of his talk about people WHO ny Ia play upon
! laul's collection offered To al the price at
which ia Offered to LONDON and Paris, and that only
II our favor has any ricnIinS from that price been
| known We have nov had the Use aud enjoyment OF
| this collection Tor overs year The mean'st among us
uu-clnsh about Il rs could have been wished or cX-
pccied and nov, years. interest on has Investment
Ift' fI,ff - al fIIf
CURED bringing II 10 this country, EXHIBITING IL in
Pnladclph. aud bringing II u Ncw.York in view also
of the Isk attending IT, CLOSING the ocean, The owner
hints that he may aoatc hi, price 4. : made to aIlcar
lie fact that IL II insured dor the return voyage SIMPLY
at little over uuctnri IT, value Ia incauly made ~
conc.als The fact that, am informed bsa trustee
II wac insured while IN the Museum fora much larger
/ sum. business men kno" N.Fy well that TINS insur
aucc Is no criterion - the value o. The goods Insured
People often willing 10 run risks In this Gaze the
articles Hsc packed win the most rcruluIon. care ~
experts come rom EuFuie ioI tc purpose ana 'hcJ "ie
90 he sent back a. Europe y ir,t'sas ocean steamer
20 That toe Insurance on suOoO should De consldcrr
ample .,.,. =, IT..
an cNtort0ncr ard with b,l'itinS his collections
ic mean enough 10 a,-et that he was dishonest
dishonest IN lttie thing, II il true but man who Is
dishonest III niue ,ihs ,A' lou io unStsu III any ht
aniiqu, jewr.ry or course You do. Well. you must
Know that every night Nhen 20 90 bed take book
night TOOK up This httle pamphlet, ana was reading
H. when II suddenly occurred ~ me tlat had read some
my s pcrs, went over 10 my BOOKS and took down
pamphlet in Italian ON the same subject, written by
Castelanis brother; and. 10. behold, the English
pamphlet was Just translation ot the Italian one J!
Acr all these anecdotes, wat becomes o! Dr. Pfime',
srusitiyenrss to imaginary iupugulbg of motives
Even in plain II ~ the one of the pamphlet he
dos NOT stop to consider tnat these Two 0ot,rs have
been together all their lives, and ia the pursuit
carving the business together Tor many years
pursuing the same tgaons, and that the pamphlet
made up OF fact which must DC the common property
o the two men, No, he leaps al once to the worst concn
ami laugh WITH conen at the trick he THINKS he mas
discovered Amazed AT TINS bIiEnlng dish Of scandal,
asked, But way do yu think Nh CASTELAR, will come
collection. H., Is rich. ard can wait" "Oh. no Zee
isn't,' said Mr Prime, lie l. very hard M, nrelS
money hat ana II r h0cs no sen ths t"!rt,ioh ne -
bankrupt" Tins !, exactly the way IN which MIR New
ton according 10 Mr. Prime. played up"n ID trsnola's
hopes ana icaT'. Mr. NeNtons agent iod advanced
Ia tr,n0!a money tu get his treasure 10 England They
thought hm poor man. 1ncy knew nothing Of ms
friends IA America Ihcy play with hIn werk alter
wtck, untll payday should rOne round lie was hard
ton would be bankrupt Well pay -oy aid come. ai.d
Sir. Newton was dumbfpurded when the Americans
British hon. Am to blIn" Tor seeing parallel between
the story Of III Ccsnoa aud the story OF Casieiani
CONSISTENCY, THOC ART 4 JEWEL"
Mr. Prime may well say that in his letter. he speaks
only for himself Certainly 1t Il to he hoped that he
doe, speak for the trustees Look in what position
he places only himself. but them. When he first
the collection IN Philadelphia In the summer Of 1876 he
saw what - fraud 1t aud what cxtortioust was
ifs owner He that, ont or the $40 objects about
forty were valuable but tna the only good
specimens. Of extraordinary value >" and yet lie ~
once went to work and wrote and published more than
twenty articles which hc steadily urged the public
the Importance Of securing this collection for the Mu
lie even worked 50 hard 10 this end with
power his pen and hts ON, that he OBLIGED 10
leave and takr sA months rest, during which
be never once heard the subject mentioned" lie
then came back, and worked Iar with his tongue
to prevent lhc pIbc from coHtUDIn, to-" the SIjOO0O
uouseuse. That is Mr.. Prim" refused 10 he cheated by
The 10 900 nonsr-- himself bat he did all IN bis
mower 10 AID AMI ahct the owner BIS uctdriotl,
scheme / am grateful to Mr. Prime FOR what he did Ia
this matter though never heard III his liftln Hlc
hngcrs0 grateful that do not care to owen upon
Inconsistency.
TIE EFFORTS OF THE TRUSTEES.