The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1851-03-26
For the Middlebury Register.
New York Correspondence.
New YoRk, March II, 1851

Since the name of Franklin Haven, ESQ,
of Boston. has been connected with Aliens
outrageous libel on Mr.. Webster, and Otis's
menduclies. il may not he work of SUI
pcrerogaiion to inform some of your cuun-
Try readers who Mr.. II is.
AT Washington, and in all commercial
circles in this country, and 10 some extent
in Europe, he is well known as the promi-
nent fnancicr of New England. Mr.
Haven is emphatically "a self made man."
in the usual acccpta' ion Of that term. He
rose without patronage or influence, from
the smallest possible mercantile beginning
passing rapidly through all the subordinate
grades, 10 The Presidency nflhe Merchan g
Bank in Boston, now the largest nsiitu-
ton of the kind in New England. But
upon his attaining TO this elevated cons
mercial station, the bank was inferior in
capital and importance 10 some other cor-
poralions of the kind. of which it is now.
through his ability, lar in advance, both in
its prosperity and amount Of specie basis
| Its capital is three millions of dollars, and
the number Of lis customers propurlionaie
! Fora nun Der of years it was the Boston
dcpotiiory Of The Government specie. Since
it ceased 10 he 81, Mr.. Haven has ac:ed
ulli ia " 10 Assistant Treasurer OF The Uni
ted States still retaining, al The soiciIa'
lion Of the Directors, the presidency Of tn,
hank, and di,clnraing The nborious duiiei
Of both Offices with Il lhoroughncss iha
would be utterly impossible in Il man o
less rapid thought aud action, prompt con
'uson, systematic detail, and indelaiigab
ird,slry Miss Narlinean called Wcbste
the . IRON Man: she would have sal
perhal OF Franklin Haven that his menta
and phys, al muscles were composed u
steel springs, incapable oI'iaiigue and neve
losing their elas lefty.
Some years ago, while resident in Bos
ton. | was clerk in Ia e institution Of whic
he was in charge, and used TO be aslor
ished 10 observe how comprehensive wa
his knowledge Of The multiarious lransa,
lions oil The bank, even 10 deiailb the mos
minute. There was not one, OF The NJ
Inerous persons employed. but What ie
that MIR. Haven knew Just the condition {
! each clerk or teller's books or cash accoun
and. if need be. could perform at a pine
any subordinate duty himself They kne'
= that from his familiarity with their reEpe'
I, tive du,ies he appreciated their labor
M! this, not less lhhn his invariably III
bane and genilemanly manner Iowar1
l.. them, has rendered him beloved by all
the bank.
Grateful for his own success in liz
J. Franklin Haven is the friend Of new b
!, ginners in commerce, and when none
e was short in The market interpretations +
d discounts numerous even from the be
n houses, have known him (while sleadi
n relusing Accommodations 10 some Of u
e largest lirmsl 10 assist younger merchar
,r of more limited means, when he felt assur,
y that they would pay their notes al maturil
IF And the bank his lost little or nothing
re this liheraliiy.
&c Winter seems to have settled down We
i. deliberately in The lap Of Spring. Il
Id weather Yesterday was cold and storu
and today ditto. II is showing while
write. A very bad day for the first trip
the new crack steamship Brother Jonallii
e. bound for Chagres. The recent frequt
rs captures Of the numerous gamblers in B,
ton, ought TO invite the New y ork aulht
lies 10 flight on V some of .he ma
10 "hells" in this city. There are probal
er nat less than GOO establishments in Il
u.s. city devoledalnost exclusively TO gamblil
-. MANY Of them are 10 the most eegi
buildings in the genleel quarter oil the CT
Ia and are conducted with SO much politen
ny and magniicence, that, once in The lraI
of man finds it rulher difficult 10 resist the
me yila'ions 10 play. Not few strangers Il
m come TO this city 10 spend day or II
III leave thousands Of dollars in these brill
I'd, but detesiabie places and many failu
~. ascribed 10 bad debts " may be altribu
~ TO "dehts Of honour"
"u George Thompson, and some other pre-
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on the negroes Of this vicinity 10 hol
Rn' Grand Convention Of ColoTed Citizen
In the ShlIop Presbyterian Church. 7