The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1888-03-29

An old Acquaintance has come 81 tls surface On
account Of The troubles ia FeucxaeI1 IsIs g RoAn
Crawford, whom Che c5uradcs raa served ia Esss
Tennessee i8 the lass parsof f-5 ana the Beginning
or 1855 win remember ne Che Colonel os che 5th
East Tenn. Cav. Crawford has had caresrv which
aTer.ops las w-.iez, romance. lie was born near
HEw SiaFrii.s, Tenn, Of poor parents 5-. beng
naturally very bright erd aualsiars. be soon sas-
cscaea In attracting attention CD himself Andy
Johnson, when n Member Of Congress. had him
appointed To- West Poiat. where he beraus very
proficient ia his studies bul being detected iu -o1s
irreEu-a7i-ies. was expelled. RE chen went CO. View
York and it IS said. became gambler aud was inn
plicated iH some very shady transactions. johnson
retained his friendship f1r him. however and gave
him a commission to raise % regiment aasr Burn
side took possession o. East Tennessee For
awhile he did service but lis old psareusftss
got Inc better Of him and be was Ca-aisrsd Hs
went to New Orleans and resumed bis old profess
sion Of gambling. by hook or 5y crook he OBJ
tanned large sum Of money. u5t which BE bought
and armed schooner ran to- Ea.<lsd. e. 1Iezico
captured the place and levied an indemnity o.
s'lJa3l With this he armed and equipped o Iarea
force which he had recruited and marched To- lhs
ait OF AIaElmi.iau. who was zo pleased with him
that be made Ailaa General Of Division lie fought
calamity ior Haziu1-.ilu u9it Che latter downfall
" pen he returned 90 Esw ECT.- touad favtr- with
Jin Fisk ana went into heavy and sl--essr suaau-
lntion. He then set up as q gentleman. married q
woman oi good family I'm F.ue,lrl s. j.. where ls
lived three or four years until lie Fan through ars
fortune Ills next move was To- enter the service %
the khedive of Egypt and then, e. the outbreak Of
She Russo aEl.7a war, taas Of the sultan Of Tur-
key. He IS accused Euariug sold out The Turks "a,
the Russians al PierEa. lie tried to s "a position Tn
the Russian armies, bus the Russians would have
none Of him. he was next heard o. III Chinese
IaE-ary with a ph0uoErph which he made tas
slperstLtious Eomads believe s-as the voice of God
BY this lie acquired great ascaudancv over taean.
and organized large army l1 invade Che uegabor-
ing countries fJr plumber. i, IS claimed thas Ge
only failed because his supply d tilt7I gave out
and he could not make the phouoerapl talk any
more. The Tar.ars went back upaa him. ana bs
was forced to fy for his HE. He went 10 Paris.
where he found Ggzman BaEc0 and became his
right hand man, and since that time lie has been a
general Ectotum and fuspirsr.
William Fiuggo.d Cooper, the expert American
forger whose trial in England has attracted so
much attention, and which has ended iu his being
sentenced to - years penal seryi.ude. has had a
brilliant career Of rOgUery. He was born In Phia-
deiphia, and was photographer In his uuce's gal
!ery at the outbreak Of the war. He enlisted in the
navy and served on board the flagship Black
Hawk Of the Mississippi squadron. Rear-AdnlraI
Davlss attention was attracted to him. and he was
detailed as his clerk in which capacity lie served
until the close OF the war, when he entered the
Navy Department at Washington at a salary OF
100. Watching his opportunity, he forged two
Paymasters' req uisigous, one for SO 90 and the
other for $4,000 He was arrested for this,
while on his wedding trip, he having married
q daughter Of the Government Printer, J. d. De-
frees. He was sentenced to NOyameusing Prison
for i've years, and served his full term On his re-
lease he went south and married q wealthy widow
In Columbus Hiss He squandered her fortune
and committed number Of other crimes, among
them forging the signature Of the cashier Of the
Columbus Bank on two papers, by which he
deeced the Bank OF Mobile out OF $4,000 He after
ward turned up In san Francisco and swiDdled
merchant there out of $4,000. He then went to
England, where he was detected in some Of his
crimes and sentenced to five years iulprisounaent
served out the Is years to which he has now been
/ sentenced, he viii probably be old enough %
I abandon criminal operations
There is a report that Gen. n. P. Banks, now
United States Marshal of Massachusetts, is 10 DO
appointed Governor Of the Soldiers Home az
Togus, Me- to sUpersede Gen. Luther Stephenson.
I Gen Banks, when spoken to on the subject, said
that he would not accept or decline an Office in ad-
vance Of its being rendered 20 him, but shat the
proposed position would be very pleasant one for
I himself and family.
I Gen. Sherman, when asked for his opinion about
/ the Grant-Badeau controversy, said of one
/ thing I am certain, Gen. Badeau did not write
/ the Grant letter to Badeau."
Gen, Sheridan is reportedas saying that he would
/ rather be the father of twins than be President.
/ -ROchestsr Democrat.