New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-13
SUPPLEMENT.
PAGES 9 TO 16.
GEO MORLAND CRAWFORD.

THE CAREER OF A CORRESPONDENT.
-, THE REGULAR CoRREsPGSDENT OF TIE TRIBUNE
IrRo' PARIS, Nov. 23h
Some time ago. whom Mr.. Smaiey called atte
.;oo to the silence with which many men OF Dlgh
merit we're passed over in an encyclopedia or con-
,onnorarles he mentioned MIR. George Morland
crawford for thirty-five years the Parls coiro-
suopdent of The London Daily Ae,cs Mr. Smallcys
GOOD Judgment was not at fault in this case Mi.
Crawford was q man of steady usefulness anu
of singular worth and modesty. He was good with
ont effort and great with simplicity ms am
bossador of the London press TO France was brcd
90 che har and on every side man OF ancient
fonilv His paternal ancestors were from flie'
and for three generations made their way
in India His grandfather was the Iast
"IndianD of the line He left Scotland
at the age of thirteen spent eight months IN gong
10 Calcutta and was received by TWO uhclcS' on0
of whom was General Andrews, SO well hno"u !"
Madras annals. This youth was later one OF Inc
few survivors of the Black Hole OF Calcutta anu
ne saved bv his invention and energy those VINO
came ont alive with him. He was associated WIN
Give and Hastings, and the H. b. {. named MIN
Governor of Gangam. where he was III proAhnltN W
Hvdcr Ali. He retired with pension OF @lf'ooo
q year and went to residcl in naboD iaSHion IL
Guunersbury House, near London, and 81
EQWuS nan, ESSeAs 1hO A'ANNNA
lonred. since it was his TO George LIS I'M
married daughter and now belongs TO the
Lionel branch of the Rothschilds NabOb Crawford
married a lady who was first cousin of Dean
Milmau. the poet and an aunt of 1.-THE brave, the
good Riono whose death before Copenhagen Is
celebrated IN Campbelrs Battle of the Baltic
That naval hero and the late Mr.. G. NJ. Crawford
were dc, ccnded in an equal degree from Edward
ILL.,
The D1Hy Nc,cs correspondent, who died last
night was born IN the charming Kent manor OF
Chesfeld Court. of which he was to be the lord
He was an eldest son and heir to an entalled eS-
tate of which an cxtravagant father had lie ID
tereSt. But to prevent the paternal interest being
sold by creditors and his sisters gong out as gov
crnesses he became responsible for the load of debt.
He at first asked that f200 II year might be left
hun to be able 20 wait at the bar. to which
he had been called for clients. But his mother
wcpt and asked what was to become of the help
less mart of the family. He consulted religious
old barrister of whom he had been the pupil, and
va, told not to grieve his parents and trust TO
God to make good the sacrifice" This counsel ne
adopted Part of his subsequent life was brought
by his friend rhackeray into The Adventures OF
Philip" and Pendennis." At Lincoln's lun MT.
Crawford belonged to the brilliant set which used
10 dine on Saturdays at Judge Iliiourd's, ana lie
knew most of the barriSters who rose TO emlnence
in his tlme and the foremost authors and orators.
He was beginning to win high reputation as a
Chancery barrister when London fog gave him
sore throat.
Sir John Dorney Harding, the Solicitor-Genera'.
and an intimate friend, proposed 10 obtain for HIM
tbe place Of counsel to the British Embassy III
Parls-a place which abolished few days al
ter Mr. Crawford applied for 1t. lie went, however
TO France. to get INTO a brighter atmosphere, auC
became watchfuI observer of the game Louis Va
poeon was playing against the Legislative Assem-
bly, NJ. SavIle Morton. the correspondent sent
by Dickens and loIeter to Paris, being killed by
Mr. Elyot Bower in a fit of jealousy, lhackeray pnt
IT into Nh Crawford head to become own Core
spondent" to The Daily Ncrs. The list Of applicants
was long. Bat the testimonials furnished by the
nat9bs grandson were high that he was chosen.
He was an eyewitness Of the coup d etat. and
the street massacre Of December i. ana saw Louis
Napoleon ride along the Quays with the expression
on bis face of cOwed and conscious guilt" Yet he
had only to face silent and unnamed citizens. His
uucle Jerome was beside him. Mr.. CraW ford often
described the Boulevard massacre which plays the
chief mart III IL Historic d IN Crime The crowd
tbe Iapccrs charged and shot at with pistols ran like
flock Of sheep the instant they found the soldlcry
intended " to make an example For perhaps six
weeks previous, the troops were marched and
countermarched through the streets of popuious
quarters. Shots were fired on them from windows
This rendered them irritable and impatient
IN give the canaille lesson. But
Mr.. Crawford would never risk asserting who
fired the pistols. He hated risky assertions and
had legal method In trying 10 get at facts winch
renders his correspondence valuable as a historical
record. AS he came to Paris with the best intro
ductIons and was GENIAL and Of highly cultivated
int ma Hfpo If he a. J.
tal-a feat rarely achieved by foreigners. When
he used to 90 to witness trials he was before the
Fnpire arose, accommodated with seat on the
bench He was admitted to all the c0HCtiidJa}cs OF
Orleanists at which MoDtalembert, GuIz0t De
Falloux, Duvcrgier, De lausanne Tniers. and the
late Due dc Broglic used to put their heads to-
gother From the Montalembcrt trial ne
carried away mental report of the
proceedings, which was adopted by the
counsel whom NOntalembert subsequently charged
with his appeal. No writing materials-not even
pencils and small memorandum bOOhs-weIe III
those DAYS tolerated in a court of justice, where a
political offence was being tried. Gendarmes a
once bounced upon the spectator who wanted 10
make a note and if he sinned a second time hauled
him off 10 Jail Mr.. Crawford did like service to
NJ. Emile Olivier when he pleaded at the Vacherat
trial. On that occasion Olivier was suspended for
two months.
Mr.. Crawford never believed IN the durability of
the Empire, and there a time when he was
nearly alone in thinking so. He watched its course
as patiently as sleuth-hound tracks its quarry
and hit it IN every raw that he could find. Yet
caioleres and brides of the most brilliant
sort were pressed Oh him. lie might have been
railway inspector at a salary OF 5000 year with
deputy inspector to DO his work he might have,
under Imperial auspices become ike Mr.. Brown,
OF The Morning PosLa prosperous hn9ncIal promoter
He was offered wide space i'll the BOS dc Bou-
loqne for racing ground. But his recollecions Of
the Fourth OF December were too strong for him 10
Danish them from his head He used to speak Of
what he saw as more rcye!ting than Victor tugos
antlthetlcal pictures. IL would he impossible 10
admit the moral government of the world by su-
perior being If tho deed of the Fourth of December
We're 10 lead to permanent success Simple honesty
and q fine quality Of conscience and Judgment
made Mr.. Crawford more penetrating than sharp
eyed and dOube-dealing politicians. He was thrice