New-York tribune., 1884-12-07

l.,o,. "a IN things he mad done: as for instance,
holding that he had led n charge of the Guards at
Waterloo-whch he really believed. Inc ha'''
statoments hero however were afterward indcpen-
IDENTIFY confirmed. The King declared that ho n'u
given Sheridan f2O 300 from first TO iast' an" '
though Sheridan had played most disn""o''''o
trick upon him to get money, no s'onoi VI ~
OF his distress than he sent 600 10 MN, no
n startling picture of the destitutioh III ""i'"
dan was found at this time: ,old
McNahon went down TO Mr.. vaughan ;,,n ;D"
him what had said and that he had my ulreetIG.s
IN nlacc $500 in his hands. MI a.E, ., No. "nch
some expression OF surpIls J was n"t without
sun was wanted at present. anu IL Wo .l ,ho. - no
&c ,,ressin,, that he took t2Oo anu saiu 'nat ~
found il insufficient he would return loi MOI ~ ~
did come back but NOT PLY ,1r onIy ESQ or Gi TO-
i h ,ova the most appalling account OF the
,iserv which he had relieved with II. ,.,,
lie said that he found him ana Mrs chcr'h n ,,h
=, ,heir hnJs both apparently dying and p0th
starving IL is stated III Mr' 'iooioN ia, pooh ~;
Mrs sheridan attended her husband IN ms ias' & mi
go r. is NOT true; she was too Ill 10 iraVc her
own he'd and was in fact. already sune,lng l%IoIn %
fine disease cancer of the WOMB pl WIFI s,o o,e %
in couple Of years alter maid she was about to
snI away Int they could not collect guinea OF
two to pay the woman her wages ,,, III .,o -.
When he entered the house he 1ouhu an lnt . Ie
o,,t;nn rnoms hare and the whole house IN Il siate
of Glth and stencn that was quite lhtoeIaplr'
sheridan himself he found IN tTuchle poi ~ l S w.
lcI, wi.n ,, 9s horse'loths. over Kim; out of this
bed he had not moved for week. hpt even inl tno
occasions of nature; ana IN ls HItoU '"u uor cnnl1
man had bern allowed 10 waIl1W; nor oou,u Jun
Vonclon discover that any one hai taken any
notice of him. except one Ola le1le liiehu ~,
name | hardly know whether avn . e5n Snrnc
rrnrat-Iady Bcssborough. who sent tZo; HpiIi
;cnr and cufrant water were sent from liolIhnu
Unuso-an odd contribution; Tor II u M WIS hnppTTt
th,t hc wanted these little matters "hi'h "i'snt s
har, Leen had nt the cOuirCtioucrS IL mleht hhN'
hrrn snsprctcd that he was IN want oi more Is
ye 'n,otwiLstlnlng all this misery, sheridan on
,i,', Wr Vnuohlu appeared t. revive; he Saii ne
was nutc we'll. talked of paying oil an ms unp,s'
and though he had not eaten ,hprsc, n1, With
and had not had a mor'cl 10 cal nv sloAc VIII"
certain degree OF alaority ana h9pt ,,i .,.o Li,I
Mr. Vaughan. however saw th2t LIS W. u h,,J n,J
I i,,,,,.lintclv prucurrd him a Ilttc spirru WIN
aud toast which was thr iils thing leXc'p' pfahy
that he had tasted Tor SOME DAYS. ,...t.t t.I
Mr. Vaughan lost no time IN nrkt nunlnf i,,s ",.'
,,j L.l rlntbrs half DOZEN shitis. some bn*ihS
,,c'Is etc etc Ne had sheridan taken mp, nni
,,,,s ,i,".l ,nI mmirlird Ne ~ charged hr
h.,r son,e iunriintrlt rfrssine drin1nd7 nnn 1T
sLnrt pr1vdri as well ~ cirunSanr'' Wnhln nu
mt ini tir rtsr ami cunloit hnt olN VT '" '''"'
hn, ui Ms sheridan 0lsn.
V.lhp.trps spinian ~ lhr trrhluhr tha'lr' 90
, e.,p., vas yrrv h,h. tfukrr nirr n'frH h'n
Vi,D,h., Lr ilunehi ihr Airhlnhp vac ipalit %
.t.ai Nnlrri lr irrlirl
4 -..d pnlraft ehtI hp iHrWs "r'r HhHr' "
Than. a. ID 90 ttti itN. ilfif
tHbr, What. ihsn l'uHnAi"''ia' M'r"". go t'''
N,al ,hsu Raanaiafle ur anf al us. Nna'p "entYfi
al as toIiht iu stau thu dtthrls az hi' al' u
ann to i,dae fium his boots ani his ~ 'no al sam
n,iu. iu hs ud 90 hls hu"i li',' 'NA l'll NV
= very pncUar dercl. Ito 10 "lY'''"',u -" ~ @ ''
,h hours, dni WudttFtT can hn drun ~ ~" '"p
will ht done perfectly; bat atlo mat hr "' 'nl" I"
Mind ol epilcruc stupar. does not bn9" "lHl nr 10
about has no 0plnlon ol ms oWI' anu h"'7 """'''''
the man at his elbow tells lIIh
vhp 1uLr slil this about Napoleon:
If am 10 believe S6gurs and, indeed all the
other accounts of the lu -sian ciWmign bu"hapAric
committed the most csicgou' iauIis 90 g'her'shIp
and conduct. Time was every ihlhg' anu can SNOW
on paper OHt of h,S own reports ana returns i'I
ne iOi seven weeks IN pon of time IN the advance
to Moscow iIe made also false movement IN
chonciug IA line upon Mlnsk which had. inter dlid
the Disadvantage Ol bringing HIM NEARER 10 the
south Russian army. when lac might nave attained
his object III another way (which the Duke eA-
plaiucd, but which | cannot pretend 10 1olloWI,
without those disadvantages lie lost good deaI
also by what looks like Incidence; he was often
absent when he Ought and might nave hcen lrrsept
for instance, at Nalontlna. think 1t was when ho
; heard the firing. and sent orders and might nave
come up; if he had. he would have put an emf to a
dsnute between his generals, and probably
Ina We had decided success. Ills personal proceei-
mos nrcvious To and during the battle of BOrOdn0
ar, Inrxplicablc Some of his apoOgIsts attribute
il to sudden illness. but that does not account l"r
tue details unless the Illness could ho supposed 50
srrious "A, To dcrangc his undcrst andlng liis con-
duct IN all these cases Is not easily accounted l"r
hclIeyc he was in more awe OF his naTShalS IMAM
Vus
sure of their obedience; for instance. ne WouId
order one of them 10 take another under ms COM
mand but he never Venturcd to tel the other TO
obey him lof course the two fellows GOT ih'o y
uugrreI directlN; OF was hc afraid that any OF
Them if too successful. might eclipse hun Iut
there were none of them that ] know anything
about except Masscna, who had any pretenSiohS 10
Bmonan.rlc's mind WAS, in its details, low and
unocntleman,c. ! SUPPOSE th" uaII""hc-s o. MS
| early prospects, and habits stuck to him; what me
| Understand bv GlBh,mdUHtC feelings he knew noth-
| ing AT all about; III give YOU curious inst nee
| have a I,autifu little watch made by lrcguct.
| at Paris. with map of Spain most admiIahlN
| cnancllrd on the case. Sir EdwaId Pagct bonglit
| il at Paris and gave IT to me. What d" sou think
the history oi this watch was-ai least the history
| that Brcguct told Paect, ana laert me :
| Huonaparto had ordered It rs q present to hs
| brother. the King of spain. lnt when hc heard oi
| the battle of NtlOfla-he was then ai Dresden ~
the midst of all the preparations and nrtotla IONS
| OF the nrml,tice. aud one would thnh a''hcirnllN
| busy with other mnttris.-Whrn lac l'AiI "l lIr
| bat lie oi Nittoria SAY, he remembered the watch
| he had ordered for one whom hc saw wouli never
| De KING of pain. and with whom hr Was anerN Tor
the loss of the battle and he wrote from Dresden tp
cpuuicrmnnd the watch, Hud II IT should be- ready
10 forbid u, being sent. Ihr best apology one can
make for thi. STRANGE llilrnct4 l-. that hc wa
offended with Joseph: but even ~ tlnt cas- dut-
tcn4n would not have taken the moment when che
poor devil had lost his dofd ~ LspoG'c 10 take
away hla watch al,o. oil, "
unenthcd million. to the right and lrit, and nmO lg
other. left u legacy 10 the fellow who WAS accused
of attempting 10 hSst.Niilr me- J. Hlul'i PROOF n
| ltilcucss Of mind the property he really had he
| had already made his disposition Of For the pay
monl of ali those other hghsoundng lcgac es. there
was not the shadow of fund He might ~ well
| have drawn bills for ten millions on that pump AT
| hldgatr We had on on way driven past H. !
| While he was writing all these MAGNIFICENT dona-
| tion- he knrw that they were all in the air all II
fal,rilond. For nv part, can see ne mHRuauimity
| IN lie: and confess that think one who could
| play such tricks but a shabby fellow.
When The Reform bill passed Croker was 81 con
WINGED tha, the country was going straight to de-
| stinction that he Withdrew from actye politics.
He could not bring himself o sii m reformed Par