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New-York tribune., 1882-04-23
CRUIKSH4NK'S BANK NOTE.
Fro,, The L0nGon Standard.

The LOuHOn StdRddrd
In the wear 1911, when Glllray began to incapaci-
tate himself Tor work by drinking, it was already
anparent that there young man III the field
ealEaERsank Was Droing iin5ef 10 be caricatur-
lst Of vell0us fertility, energy, keen wit and-a
thing of moro consequence than ala man VINO Pais
evidence of these qualities as developed IL the ear
her part Of his life is TO be found than that afforded
by his famous 4" Bank Note not TO be Initiated" of
which the book before us contains IN admirable fac
slmIle HIS own account of 1t gives key ior eX-
planning some ot the most mysterious episodes III
lie saws: At that time us17 or 1918 resided
in Dorset-st., Salisbury-square, fleet-st ana had
occasion to 90 early one morning 10 Il mousse near
the Bank Oi England and, III returning home be-
tween and O'clock, down ludgate-hlll, anu see
inc number of persons looking up the Old BAILEY,
| looked that way myself, and saw several hnmah
beings hanging on the glGbet opposite Ne"gate
Prison and, To my horror two OF these were women;
and upon inquring what these women had been
hanged tor, was informed mat L. was lot f. Passang
went home and i'll ten minutes designed ahd MADE
= Itch of tins Bank Note not to be Initiated d"
me border OF tue note Is of gives and letters Tie
is maze OF twis cd rope. he design ~ twelve crm-
iuals hanging dead on one galioWs, and the legend
is: " Promise to Perform dd LtO During the Issue
OF Bank Notes Easily Initiated, ana Unll the he
sumption Cash Payments, or the Abolition OF the
Punishment OF Death. For the governor ana I ON
pauv OF the Bank of England.--J. ketch." When
tins was displayed in Homes window, says Cruil-
suank il created great sensatlOn and the people
gaihered round his house Ill such NUMBERS thdt the
Lou Mayor had 10 send the ctY pOice tOI lhat uayl
To dlspcse the crowd lie BANK directors nell
meeting immediately on the subject, and after that
they issued no more Il notes, and so there was 40
nor hanging Tor passing forged Il notes; not only
tnat, but ultimately no hanging even ior forgery
A,ter tins Sir Robert Peci g0t Dll passed III far-
ualneut LOT the resumption of cash payments. AZ
fer thls he revised the Penal Code, and after that
tlege was not any more hanging OF punishment OF
death Tor minor offences" Laler on We find him
saving: 80 the hnal effect OF my note was TO stop
hauul ~ for ali MINOR Offences" here we have the
of ~
claimed 10 have wrtten or suggested the most pop
ular works OF Dickens or AliswOrth that ne nad
Illustrated and VINO seldom, as MI JerIOld OD-
serve, suggested Il peg that he did not iterwaId
claim every thing that was hung upon II. lilo was
so thoroughly heart and soul Ill Whatever he dld,
that he 80 10 speak, fought every battle as II nc
were ne only cOmDatant on his SIDE 1t Is but one
step from that ignoring every one eses share III
tic NlctOrN.
New-York tribune., 1882-04-23
THE DYING BCRR.
From Lippincott's Moqazne.

UUyLZtuc.
In the old " nant manor house, i'll q secluded cor
ner of Staten Island, are still living TWO Ola iadeS
who were intimately acquainted with Colonel BUTT
during the last stage OF his career lhey are dauSh-
ters oi daniel Winant, who iii 1886 was proprietor
the Port Richmond Hotel on Staten Island, where
tho last three months of Colonel Burls life were
nass,d and were members of theiI fathers house.
hold at the time of his death. When Burrs name
was mentioned they manifested considerable re-
serve and it was not until they were assured that
their visitor was connection of the CoonePs, ana
rather proud than otherwise of the relationship
th,t this reserve vanished, and they favored him
with flow OF anecdote and "reminiscences.
The elder lady was the racOnteur. her sister as
sontinp Colonel Burr sne said, was brought To
the hoiel from New-YOrk on June 10 by his rela-
tive Judge Edwards and another gent nileman, whom
she did not know !; he had suffered paIaiylc
stroke. and was nearly helpless, but could walk or
nd. n short distance. lie given upper
chamber. and Edward Binney and the maid; a
strong, good-natured, rosy-cheeked Hlsh glrl De-
came his attendants.
THE nn very gay that summer several
naval officers from vessels III the bay with their
wives being 4uartered there in addition to the
regular guests Burr retained his iOndness for so
clety to the last and as long as he was able insisted
on taking his dinner at the public table, where he
was AN object of much interest To the guests and
led in the conversation. There was nameless
charm about HIM which continued TO the END.
Nothing better pleased the officers wives than TO
sit at his bedside and read or talk 10 hlm Our lar
cousin ABBY B. would leave more youthful gal
lants any time TO read or talk to Colonel Burr,
and my sister and myself gladly devoted our leisure
hours to nln Ills COnNtlodllou WIS anyways WA
cious and instructive the tones OF his voice. low
and melodlous, thrilled one, while his expressive
dark eyes added to the charm of his speech.
Mrs Hamilton and her daughter were stopping
at kcttledash,' on the island, that summer, ana
frequently rode past-by design as often thought.
Colonel Burn noticed them, and inquired who they
were. and, on being told, turned away with an ex-
preston of indifference lie never mentioned the
Hamilton affair unless the subject was broached,
hui am sure he held himself entirely guiltless III
that matter | remember that once % Colonel Story
called 10 see Mr.. Burr. My father cautioned him,
before he went up, to say nothing about Hamilton,
bnt ne disregarded it. Presently he came down.
somewhat flushed and remarked, Well, Winant,
New-York tribune., 1882-04-23
A REBEL AND ABRAHAM LINCOLN

Crstodiqn Po,rer at he Sri,gfed Conmemoratton
About two years ago, just as was dsu lssng q
party OF visitors from the door of the catacomD, 4
very plain, understanding man of mI.dle age, ap;
preached and said he had come to sec ana learn az
he could about the monument and Lincoln l
nrnceeded i'm my usual Way when visitors are inucn
interested. and completed my explanations on the
terrace N front of tho statue OF The Iiesihen';
From the general bearing OF tie visitor, sn0ulu
have taken hm for a son Oh an otIGhai New-
ENGLAND Aholitionist When | left OF speaking he
remained and seemed reluctant 10 take his eyes
from the statue. After several minutes spent ia
silent meditation lie astonishea me by saying SUP
staniially: was soldier iii the Confederate
army, and spent fOnr years dong my utmost 10
defeat all thai Abraham Lincoln was trying to ac-
complish. He succeeded, and have no regrets on
that account
Tho visitor then assumed tragic attitude, and
raising bis richt hand toward the statue sald win
deberaton ana emphasis " lie was IN lnilnlteiy
greater man than George Washington ever was.
With his eyes still fixed on the statue, ana as
thOu0h his whole soul WAS in his words, he con-
tinued Washington had no difficulty IN deter
mining who were his friends and who were NOT.
Ills enemies were principally on the water, on the
other side OF it, officers and soldiers sent here To
enforce the mandates of tyrant. His trends were
his neighhors, who, i'll addition to their struggles
for existence in n country, were oppressed by
taxation without representation. The line was
clearly drawn from the beginning. with Lincoln IL
was different. His enemies were IN every depart,
ment of the Government. They hlied the civil
offices. they commanded his skeleton of an army,
they trOd the decks of his ships, such as they were
Where they could with lmpnnity be open, they
were bold and outspoken. Where It was poHcy
they were willy, cOmplasant and cautious. III re-
0uircd two years, or half his first term 10 learn
who were friends and who were enemies. but he
WAS equal to the emergency. And through IL all,
little child could approach him with perfect conil-
dcucc but the most willy statesman could not
swerve hun hairs breadth from what he pelieVed
to he rightW
was not a thoroughly reconstructed Rebel l never
expect to see oue.
New-York tribune., 1882-04-23
I disregarded your advice, and Won NAV demand
unon n I got hI.ef -" Of~V

l 1 dIsregarded y9ur advice. and. you may depend
=, He never mentioned his daughter Theodosia in
those last hours but once. One day, bolstered up
on his pillows he looked out on the bay and the
ships at anchor. Ah, he said if could only see
my daughter coming to me over the water there as
they said she walked down into il from the ladderv
ana 1.-THE the tears rolled down his cheeks"
been stated, that ia his last hours @ Colonel Burr WAS
az and de naDt o swearing and disappearing furousy,
ana became SO violent from rernose that required
tne .euorts OF several men 10 hold him w
=. NO.. she replied; " he died as calmly az an in
ian. M SILKS 10 sleep, and during his whole illness he
was WAS as patent and gentle as one could expect of
OF his showing any marked irritation Mary onr
strong irlsh girl, often attended him after ne was
fGmhheG con 70 ms he'd and was quite ayorite with
unought, and he desired her sharply TO % 10 hi,
The poor girl withdrew in much distress but In a
iew % moments T Is native wit came to her aid and she
sion, she went IN, and SAID, Colonel I've been there
and seen the old man. and he says he has only room
lnere Ior YOU Colonel Burr laughed heartily at the
glTls wit and restored her to his favor.
The Rev. DR.. Van Pelt, of the Reformed Church
IN the village, visited him frequently during his
and apparent pleasure. On these occasions the fam
lily and guests of the hotel assembled in the room
ana joined IN the responses to the good mans pray
ers. Colonel Burr also repeated them aud was at
tmes vlslbly affected. His death peaceful and
painless"
In describing the camOr that arose against Col
oii'A dS nOOl Is iile grave Clo>cu over tIo
venerable lady became much excited her cheeks
flushed, and her eyes sparkled with the animation
OF youth.
'Thcy were such barofaced falsehoods.D she said.
"such vic, malicious ISLANDERS. that they filled nc
with horror ard disgust il did not seem possible
that men OF high standing cOuld be so wicked And
of the clergy and part of the religious press
were the most bitter and INSCRIPTIONS. ! heard
several sermons III those days that could barely
SIT still under, so full of fasehoods were they One,
delivered by blind preacher remember particu-
larv. Colonel Burr being ITS subject The preacher
described hlm as dying alone on the sand banks of
Staten Island, while uttering awful cath and bam-
phcnlies, forsaken by God and despised of men.
You cannot imagine my feelings under il, and IL was
only wi h the greatest effort that could restrain
myself from rslug and telling the people that what
the preacher had said concerning Colonel Burr's
last hours was false in every particular that he
not deserted by his friends-Judge Edwards
and many Others visiting him daily; that he had
everything that his condition demanded. and that
his conduct on the bed OF death was not that OF q
Icprobate, hut was what might have been expected
from a man Of his talent and posit on
New-York tribune., 1882-04-23

and at which a less amiahle man than. can say
without vanity, am. might have taken offence.
You leave tomorrow. thenr Lewis asked.
/ must
hut there will be elbow Ioom in the castle before
then, can see.'
did not like 'Lewis's style. OF course | made
every allowance for HIM under the circumstances !:
and when | had seen my wife to the station with
tho children, the maids. the jewels and dressing
cases, and my dispatch-box in which my deeds
were safely under lock and key. made a second
attempt TO be kind and sympathetic. | asked
whether there was anything could do for him in
London.
Yes he said. raising his cold blue eyes, and cut
ting his words with his glittering teeth. Yes :;
remain IN IT.
This was too much and left him. Now all my
Impressions as to his character were confirmed and
| could understand thoroughly why | never liked
hum.
At the railway statIon-for / left that very
evening" found more than half the castle SER
wants. The station-mastcr compelled TO put
oil three or four extra uggage-vans; and kept the
train quite five minutes, getting my boys pony
(l.cwis's last present. into "A hOrse-boX.
When reached town heard more than care TO
relate about the immense ruin in which Lewis had
involved himself. He had trusted vast SUMS of
money To friends and relatives, right and left he
had listened to any kind of cot up tale of distress ;
he had been imposed upon IN fifty directions. a
splendid man OF business powerful, clear headed
administrator; he had doubled the value OF the
enormous property which came to him, after so
many years of battling and of poverty, from bis
uncle But, you see lie ruined all by putting falth
IN men who were not Trustworthy; and am told
that when he left the castle there was not Il man
there to carry his carpet-bag TO the railway.
| cannot help feeling kind OF warmth toward
the man when nv wife comes like a queen INTO her
drawing. room. covered with the marriage parure oil
diamOnds but my conscience Is at easc-ls as quiet
as babe aslecp-ior, as am sure must nave re-
marked twenty times even at the height oil MS
prosperity, l never liked Observation-Disclosures
Society.
New-York tribune., 1882-04-23
SARAH BERNHARDTS HUSBAND.
From The Paris ErenemenL.

From, The Paris Ere1cmcnL
NJ Arstides Ambrose Damaas Is the third son OF
NJ. Dainslas, who was formerly, Mayor of syra,
most which he renounced after the Greek Reyolu-
lion IN Is02 aud who afterward with his wife, Q
daughter of II. Lucas Ralli, Mayor Of the Pir%us
and a wealthy merchant, settled at Marsellcs,
where he died. NJ. Damalas had four children,
three boys and girl. One OF his sons IS now cstab
ilshed as a broker at Alexandria another resides
sometimes in Paris and occasionally in London;
and the third is Sarah Bernhardts husband. Tho
daughter is married to a Smyrna medical man Of
Irish extraction and although separated from her
husband, lives in the East. NJ. Darnalas.. senior,
lett some 3OOOOOf. to each child NJ. Aristides
Damalas did not practice any profession. but had
strong inclination for the STAGE and much
fre9uented the company of actors and actresses:
-Four years ago. when war between Greece and
Turkey seemed imminent, he took service IN the
Greek cavalry but soon left il and obtained post
as Chancellor at the Greek Consulate at MOSCOW.
This too he soon gave up and returned TO Paris.
where be spent the last ,oQof of his fortune he
Sorab Eernhordt's company. The rest Is known.
As regards the great fortune he Is reported TO ex
nct The Ereneaent says his mother Is wealthy, but
he "a only fifty -four years of age and is not likely
TO part With any,hiDg in her lifetime.
New-York tribune., 1882-04-23
WAITING.

c.;n haired thy doorsl The far east glows,
o'1hb The morning wind blows fresh and free.
chnnld not the hour that wakes the rose
Awaken also thee :
AN ,ool, for thee. Love, Light and Song,
Light in the sky deep red above.
conS in the lark of pinions strong,
al And in my heart true Love.
.nar, we miss our natures, goal.
ASWhv strive TO cheat our destlmesf
W. ~ yot nv love made for thy soulY
"Thy beauty for mine eyesf
No LONGER sleep,
oh. listen now.
wait and weep.
But where art thouf
New-York tribune., 1882-04-23
Sir Leoline, the Baron round
Had a toothleRs mastif hound.

Fila thought little of James Montgomery, VINO nay hat
oniv written one poem which pleased HIM. ana that
,yas amonp his minor pieces. "Philip van ArIe-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-10-01
THE BIGELOW ROBBERY.
Valuable Books and Joweiry stolcn-Thc
ThIer Sent 70 tho Pcnitentiary.

NEwBURGH N. Y, Sept. 3O.-William Rus
sell. alias Prentiss. who robbed tho summer
residence OF tho Hon. John Bigelow at High
land Falls. and who has been confined In tho
county Jail in this city for the past three
months. was before tho County Court and
Court OF Sessions yesterday for trial. The
complaint against Prentiss was sworn to by
Mrs. Bigelow, who first suspected him and
aftorward found a part OF tho stolen property
In his apartments in the gate lodge on the
premises. Prentiss confessed the thefts. and
said that he had sold some OF the valuable
works stolen from Mr.. Bigeow's library. which
contained over 1000 volumes. to one Rhodcn.
OF 304 Canal street, New York.
Among the books Prentiss sold were "selee-
tons from tho British Poets" in three vol
umes. presented TO Miss Grace Bigelow by
Charles O'Conor; q copy OF Pickering's edition
Of Milton" which was wedding gift to Mrs
Bigelow from her husband q copy OF Praed's
p b,S volume q German songs Gibb 6PI1s
Inedits do pHistoire. do Ia Franco" and La
Fcntaines Fables. illustrated by Dor6. The
thief also took two fine gold headed canes. one
q which was presented to Mr.. Bigelow while
I. D. Morgan. a quantity Of family clothing.
valuable, and several other articles OF less
value. Some OF these articles were found Sc
creted under Premises bod in the gate lodge.
Before the court yesterday he pleaded guilty to
Penitentiary for four, months. He said to his
ncquaintances that no at one time was the
body servant Of Lieut.. Con. Nicholas Of the
British Army
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-10-01
M4IfONE'S CANVASS.
Gov. Cameron and COlored PrOfessor to
Take the stump in Virginia.

RICHMOND, Sept. 3o.-It is asserted on cred
iblc authorty-the Chairman OF Mahone's
Republican State Committee-that Prof. Long
street of Oberlin College. Ohio will como to
this State in 4 few days and canvass for Ma
hone. 1t is expected that Longstreet will rem
der good service to the Virginia Boss. 1t is
also asserted on the authority Of leading
member Of the Coalition party. that
Gov Cameron will. in a week or
ten days. enter the canvass for
the Malone party. He is expected to
commence his stamping term In Faulkners
district, where there is considerable dsaifcc-
ton. After doing II he can to harmonizc his
party followers in the mountain counties. it is
claimed that Mahone's Governor will turn his
attention to the valley, and endeayor TO arouse
tho people in that section. 1t will probably be
The first time in the history of The state tat its
Chief Magistrate has taken the stump in de-
fence Of n political party. and for the advance
mcnt of the interests of partisnns.
Gen. Grant last year wrote q letter to some NJ
his friends in this State, in which he expressed
sympathy with the Coaltioniss. Th, letter
was circulated by Malone among the negroes
all over the State and it Is said. gave the Co
alitionists thousands Of colored voters. 1t is
possible that another letter from Grant is hoped
for by Mahonc's leader this year The cam
paign is now OPENED in good earnest and with
yigor and "Reminiscences on both sides not
often
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-10-01
YALE's THIEvING SENIOR.
Albert +. smith's Peculiar Ways Of Support.
ing Himself In College.

NEw HAVEN, Sept. 30-The case OF Albert
Wednesday for obtaining money on false pre-
fences gave rise to meetings Of the three lower
classes on Thursday. II was found that he
had obtained sos from the juniors $103 from
tho sophomorcs. and from the freshmen $3.50.
But this is by no means all that 1t is supposed
no has collected. There nro some who do not
wish to acknowledge that they have been duped
by him and therefore will not state their
losses. II is known that ono member OF
SO paid him $40 which Is not in
cludcd above. and undoubtedly he has re-
coived other smaller sums. At the meetings
Il. l.. Lindsey. ESD. appeared for Smith, and
offered TO refund the money 1t was accepted
by some. but many refused to settle the cnsc,
and offered to appear at the trial us witnesses.
Undoubtedly. the whole amount which Smith
has received will fall not far short Of $780,
Smiths position as catcher on the consolidated
nine, and substitute catcher on tho university
team. was such that his schemes were aided
claimed to be for tho consolidated nine.
This team is , very nearly self-snpport-
versity bali Club. The irs sa two S' months ont Of
zach year Smith made IT practice to visit the
freshmen and solicit subscriptions. Tho fresh
eral. generally subscribed. For, the first two
years Smiths demands were only 81. but this
Tho examination was set for to-day, but has
been adjourned until next week. At Smiths
entrance he announced that he was to study
for the ministry after graduating. Possibly
this was his idea. but 1t is generally sup
posed that this was only n scheme to gain con-
ndencc. Several small thefts are now generally
charged to him. and somo have been acknowl-
edged. In 1879 when Smith entered college he
was recognized as n good ball player. and was
made member OF his class team.
Ono day after playing, SIN it'll and the Captain
of the nine changed their clothes. in tho Cap
tain's room; The Captain finished dressing
and left Smith in his room. Soon afterward
the Captain missed a silver amounted revolver
and several other articles. The revolver was
found ut a pawn office. and tho pawnbroker
was told to produce the person who sold il or
he would be arrested. Tho next day Smith
went to pawn a gold-mountcd stylograph.
He was told by the pawnbroker what had oc-
cured and no hurried to the Captains room.
He begged piteously not to DO arrested, and the
dent lost valuable gold watch. He charged
ton i the watch was no, produced. The stu
dent left his door open that evening while he
was away Next day Smith appeared and said.
Don't you see that watch under your bu-
reau2' Neither could see the watch without
| getting on his knees. but the student was SO
| glad to recover his watch that he let 1t drop.
On Friday an attempt was made to raise q
| subscription to hire Smith to forfeit his bail
| and disappear. This received very little en-
| couragcment and was finally given up.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-10-01

Hoffman House.
from three cents to live cents, beginning today
Edward Dugan, on behalf of an unknown, has chai..
up the entrance fee of $3.50.
Emitted states Commissioner Deuel. hps hca for en;
Ernss, Mlman, for forging draft bank in Bremen.
Plans were Med YESTERDAY Of new Methodist Ersco.
S sSyn sio cost OF S '''''"'f WI" 10
.aass poncpc; in Ne Supreme Court r., yestsrsaE.
BAILEY from rnayl,; hs,sy, and to oo'nsrine brut'
nj %F Gs 70 %T S " S sa or en- or II
.s .n E9 @5, H. P c l@fi SSs Tor
rhe Netherlands AZ, gran Sga,ms,g Company began
H. " r,c",a Fry ., WY 5c rom ,ht Ert,n sicSM,hip
pn'rck N-Calc'. body WIS found in the EG. River AT
W r and Va sys, on i esS il r AZ to to
lvft Met ate in GuuNrru,ur street.
& at Gc r rS r. ' %@ s S c s1a by o Gs.
The hrtN'r was hrr.ct u iargrtr actress here only
rSa,t me- on pIato'@ '''''' "'' '' 'p'
laymGrtai f.F,hc i"G guqrlsrs 9t Me year snams
mop', q l,r yer va @oi,S insre were ~ lsalIi
SSHr IN, i,ahs Exceeded the GIf,h. '''''
Gag rye Xxx rSiI.h Esy VIZ wGs nrrc.Sh ?:
cs .l,s loloMlns n9rning d.,d from The rnrcts ot
has been %T Sd y 10 r . Gcn IS % "4 aIr'''a
Tile Cardinal has appointed Father McSw rrury of 81.
NThsUs Father bFhrroll Of ~, lhrr,sAs and Father
lItulN Of ST Bcfnards To ill auClrs tho cCClrs
hsUrA body known as JudiCcs thu~aruu which trus
ccclesasiral questions referred to ii 10y the Cardinal
James Clark, bartender Market aud Water streets.
was followed down Water street Aestcria, morning by
chsrs. o iloss. Who imp9r'unsd nm f.r r.S ,
mehdhilon Ia anryhOorng ship carpenter from whom
Hughes was seeking employ CLARK said hO did not
know Hughes aud refused him. telling linn that liz was
drunk Finally he gave him violent pl.h' AMI ii9g,es
staggered and fe under passing ice cnrt. The wheels
passed over his chest aud he died moment Inter Cor
oner Brady roand-d Clark aud parolei rhos Donohuo
the driy or VI tho ice cart