Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-09-05

"Np What II It 7
"Why, only thiah I Nr. sfaaIf, 4 has
mnrried that silly proud little Mss W rtl,y.
"Ihe wretch Hen lind out whetlipf
send him any more Jelly OF stockings f.
But the Ptrson did not caro-, for le hal
some one ut hons who could make both
for him.
WILLIAM BRawS.-Ihe gentleman
whose name heads this article, a. will be
scon by what follows, has been moro
closely connected with, and Interested In,
the progress Of American commerce than
ntnny other men living. Ec hna been re-.
Gently returned to the British Parliament
by tIro itee trade party from South Lanca.
shire. JerroId's news paper gives Of him
the following memoir. His litp Is M ev.
'drncc OF tbs reality Of wealth and tho 70.
nance Of lnattimony.
tiliatn Brown was born IN tho town
Of B%allymena, In the north Of Ireland, In
the year 1884.
HE father was engaged ia Ire linen
trnde nj that time, and ~ a atthsrarent
period in Yorkshire, where Lis children
received their education. IN 1900 he re-.
tnOAed from Yorkshire with bis family fo
America, md entered into business IN
Baltimore under the firm Of Alexander &
Sons. This firm sllIl cxista, and has nev.
or undergone II change IN Designation.
though It has undergone n great cinnre
IN tho extent md untlre II H. btsinesa-
originating with idsh linens aud British
products Of limited amount, rnlenbIe in
England, II soon, hs II necessary RI mnnt
If commerce, adiod to theao bills Of CT
change passing between the two countries.
J'1ere was 10 the father and sora a natti.
raj talent for business, which,, If wanting.
could not have been supplied ly my com.
binhtion u merely fortunate cirrinustan.
Cre; there wna alao the moral inlegriiy.
which, If wanting, could never haye been
compensated for BY any amount Of talent.
IN 1903 It was deemed necessary tll,
ono d. them should return 10 England anGt
open u business in Liverpool il connen.
ton with that at Baltimore
This dcyo'ycd on the eldest son VII
liam. Ito had not been IN Lfyerp6ol long
when he paid Il visit to BnIlytncna, his
native town in Ireland, 10 ascertain irthe
- Hstha
rclutions Of the family we5c still there. Io
had Iet that place ii child; and did not
know it, nor whore the expected friends
IiTcd whom be was in search oc See.
ing Il door opened as he approached the
town. he turned aside 10 it to make in
piiry, nnd was answered by u young vo.
man. She was engaged in tho donca.
tic dntlea 81 her ftther's house, and SEEM
cd 1T once to The stranger to be- no well
employed, and to become her employment
80 well, that he fingered in her pressnee.
anl ultimately remained long enough 10
ask her, md to have her for his wife. Mrg.
! Brown il the mother ofn son ard danob.
ter, both now married, It Is not the leasf
pleasing trait ii the character Of this am
liable lady, that, surrounded az she now l..
and has long been, with all the cloeaBcics
ofjje, which u refined taste ran desire and
wealth procure, she II moi ashamed 10 re.
fer to the period Of her life when, havipg
just finished the milking Of her fathers
cows, she sass her husband for the frat
time.
The Liverpool firm which was oriqina'.
" that Of William Brown, became WI.
liam n James Brown A. Co., and more
recently, Brown, Sliplcy Il 90. II ex.
tended It's branches, hr5t to Philadeipbia.
next to New York, and Iaedy 10 New
Orleans. Tie original firm If Alexander
Brown ~ Sons, in Baltimore, carries ON
extensive business with this house. but
is not in itg partnership. 10 write the
history ri the rise and progress Of this
liverpool establishment from 1903 TO
the present time, would involve the con.
mcrcial history Of the Atlantic Ocean far
that period, and Of much ofthe world wing
beyond the Atlantic. The commerce be-,
tween liverpool and America, THROUGH
the agency ofthia house, became 20 great.
or rather, it should be- said, that The com,
merce ofEnqland with the fur d~uaffera
ofthc void, became 50 great, and such a
large current oft Was attracted through
the firm Of which William Brown IL fRc
principal in Liverpool, that in the voor
1896, Iistsanaactions ~amountedto ten mil.
lions sterling.