New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-21

miliions-the despair, in fact. Of arithmetic. A.
| great many have logged for even small
part OF it, aud have thus far longed m vain.
some have planned like Miss Flite 10 confer plenty
upon others some have picked out the very real or
personal property which they moan to buy upon the
receipt Of their inheritance One Of those who thus
yearned for decree An old man, Daniel Sicsles
Hyde, Of williamsburg who through nearly eighty
years has been waiting for his share, IS his father
waited before him. He thought himself entitled 70
ten millions Of dollars If no chad received this
mythical money. he would be as poor as ever now.
for he buried day before yesterday. The heart
sickness Of hope deferred is over. Hyde or no HYDE
no poor enough now or richer than he ever hoped
to be-who knows which,
The situation of u man who thinks that he Is
legally entitled to ten millions of dollars, out OF
every penny Of which somebody is triumphantly
keeping him. Is indeed deporable. 1t is wonder
that Daniel Sickes Hyde did not die long ago. De
lived 30 long that. after all, We are
half inclined to believe that he must have
been something of philosopher; that
his appetite was proof against doubt and.
anxiety; and that he slept well and dreamed COM
fOrtably of the dubious ducats If he dreamed OF
them ut all. Otherwise, who would envy him that
long life Of moral hunger and thirst, OF hoping
against hope, of wrath and indignation. OF hatred
toward the Lord Chancellor and the Bank OF
Engandf Who would be willing to say, morning
and evening and every hour Of the day: why do
not those British swindlers pay upf What right
have they thus to keep me out Of my share OF the
property of my very great grandfather HydeT Mr..
Hyde attended meetings; he signed papers; no EN-"
plOyed agents; he devised plans for extracting the
cash from the hard grip of the trustees; and, after
all he died not one penny the richer for this anxiety
trouble and expenditure.
One day there came melancholy news to Daniel
Sickles Observation-Disclosures in the nature Of final
catastrophe. 1t told Of the passage of an Act Of
Parliament which provided that all unclaimed
trust estates held by the Bank OF England
for q certain time should pass into the
Royal Exchequer upon the last day of 1880. We
suppose that they have passed. And so has Daniel
Sickles Hyde. That act, with his eghty-three
years. was too much for him. His philosophy and
endurance and pluck deserted him. and he died
while the New Year was in tho gloss Of its first
freshness. Let as trust that his case may prove an
exceptional one. The Bnmber of persons named
HyGe, or Of those whose ancestors were Hydes, has
extremely multiplied in this country during the
past few years. and if they should all take this Act
of Par Lament as hardly the late Daniel. the NOR
tally would be dreadful Fortunately some of them
are yet children who may get over the disappoint-
ment more easily. At any rate, let US hope So
II we understand the matter, the seventy millions
of dollars have been emphed into the Royal Ex-
chequer But there may be wisdom in " nil des-
perandum" Tho Royal Exchequer is quite
as good an institution to fight as the
Bank Of England. There is nothing
to prevent the Hyde family from going for that Ex-
oheQuer. il may say Aud if you come to that.
what is there to prevent the same claimants from
gong " for Parliament, aud from demanding the
RENAL of which Druvpd fatal 10 the
tleman lately deceased. The Royal Exchequer may
be commanded to pay back the seventy millions to
the Bank Of England The old and fascinating stu
alton will be thus restored Innumerabls genera
tons of Hydes may thus enjoy the exquisite salts
faction of claiming no end Of money. As the years
roll on they may grow richer and richer-in expec-
tations The Rydes Of the year 1000 will thus be
theoretically by far the richest family in the world
and that is something If it isn't much.