North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1852, 1851-04-02
THE LATE MAI. NOAH.

From such materials as it could obtain on the +;
slant, the N. Y. Tribune has prepared the foowiO,
brief outline of the active and eventful life of b
deceased Nestor of the press
IS Mordecai Manasseh Noah was born in Philadelnh;
the 18th of July, 1884, and consequently near,
ly sixtyseven years old at the time OF his DEATH At
early age he was apprenticed to carver and eid
er. Even boy he manifested decided Iiter,v
talent, and his first effort fourth of July oratO4
delivered in his thirteenth year. He soon gaVe%
his trade entirely.
Soon after the commencement of the present Gen.
tury he went to Charleston, s. c., where he took
active part in public affairs. In 1911 he Ieceivedhe
appointment of U. S. Consul to Riga, on the Baldr
which he declined, and in 1913 was appointed Con-
sui to Tunis, with Mission to Algiers his vessel
was captured by British frigate, and taken to Pv
mouth as prize. After detention of several weeks
he was allowed to leave. Having accomplished the
object of his mission, he passed through France on
his homeward route. During his stay in Paris he met
accidentally and recognized, his father, whom he had
not since his fifth year.
After his return, he became connected with the
National Advocate. in N. Y. city. A series of es.
says on Domestic Economy, which he wrote for that
paper under the signature of Howard after.
ward published in volume. He also published
volume of s. Shakespeare Tales He afterward be.
came connected, we believe, with the old Enquirer
and was at one time in partnership with Col. Webb
and Bennett, of the Herald.
About this time he was elected Sheriff of the CITY
and county. We have heard it stated, as an instance
of his impusive and generous NATURE that he appr-
prated the profits of his first year in office the re.
lief of the widow of his predecessor, who had been
left destitute by her husbands DEATH About theyear
1925 he conceived the idea of collecting the scattered
tribes of the Jews and rebuilding Jerusalem. Grand
Island, in the Canada river, was designated as the
rendezvous, and his proclamation which was sent
all parts of the world created quite sensation the
time. During Gen. Jackson's presidency he was ap-
pointed to government9ofce in this city about the
time he dissolved his connection with the Con-
rer and established evening paper, called the Star.
This was very prosperous for a time, but after
the death of his partner il discontinued. When
the law passed,i 1910, changing the organiza.
ton of the Court of General Sessions, he was elec-
ted Judge, which Office he held till the repeal of the
law.
Maj. Noah's next undertaking was the Sunday
Times, which he continued to edit the time of his
last illness. After his return from I'uns he wrote
number of dramatic pieces, most of which met with
great success. As an editor, Maj. Noah one of
the most brilliant spirited and graceful paragraphists
in the country. He always sustained the most cor
dial relations not only with his brethren of the PRESS
but with the public at large.
Maj Noah married, about the year 1847, daugh-
ter of the late Daniel jordan, He leaves five sons
and one daughter. One of his sons is in the navy,
and stationed on the Chinese coast another ism
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