A Criminal's Remorse

From the New York Kepublic. Thursday morning Major Traphagen nd Judge Bedle, of Jersey City, received letters from Alexander D. Hamilton, the Ireasurer of Jersey City, who absconded last February with $80,000 in cash and city bonds, volunteering to snrrender himself to the city authorities, and save to the treasury the amount of the reward which was offered for his apprehension. Hamilton, who arrived in Jersey City early yesterday morning from San Francisco, drove to the residenoe of Inspector Murphy and delivered himself up. An indictment charging him with embezzling $80,000 of the city funds was read to him by the Dist. Attorney, to which, through his counsel, Mr. Winfield, he pleaded not guilty. His bail was fixed at $25,000, which being unable to furnish he was oommitted to jail. Hamilton on his flight went West, passing through Texas into Mexico, where he placed himself under the protection of the bandit Cortinas. He was followed to this place by Inspector Murphy, but the oflicer was prevented from arresting the fugitive, Cortinas refusing to reoognize the extradition papers with which he went armed. Hamilton, leaving Mexico, sailed for Europa, where he traveled for a time, afterward returning to this country, landing in San Francisco. Bocoming tired of the life of a fugitive, he resolved to surrender himself and abide thè consequences. Hamilton verifies the statement made by Inspector Murphy, that he was robbed of $20,000, which he was compelled to pay his guides to save his life while on the route from Corpus Christi to Brownsville. He also sayg that while undor the protection of Cortinas a guard of eight or ten men always accompanied him, with orders to shoot down any man who interfered, and that Inspector Murphy was within a few feet of him, and would have been killed had he discovered him.