The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-04-03

THE LATE ISAAC HILL, or New H,MpsInRE.-
The Concord n. H., Patriot, (Which Mr.. Hill edit
cd for twenty years, up to 1922 Of the 9th inst,
furnishes few particulars respecting his life, in ad
dition to sketch of his life and times, which is
full than that Of any other paper.
Mr.. Hill was born in that part Of the town Of
Cambridge, Massachusetts,, now included in Somer-
vile, on the 9th Of April, 1888; consequently his
age was nearly sxty-three years st the time of his
death. Ills father removed to Ashburnham when
Hill was ten years Of age, and he worked farm
four years, and served seven years apprenticeship
with Joseph Gushing, Esq, {now Of Baltimorc,) in
the printing Office of the amherst Cabind. In April,
1873, when he was twenty-one years Of age, Hill
purchased the -4runioan Patriot, which had been
publishedat at Concord, by William Holt, six months
Hill had the advice, in the purchase, of some of his
republican friends, and changed the to that Of
the Mr. Hampshire Patru.
While editing and publishing the Patriot, Mr..
Hill was chosen Clerk of the State Senate, once
representative from the town of Concord, and was
four times elected to the State Senate the first time
in 1870 lie was unsucces essful candidate for u.
:. Senator, in 1928 the Adams party having a
majority in the Legislature, elected Ex-Governor
Samuel Bell. MIR. IIin was, however, chosen to
1851, previous to which he had been appointed by
General Jackson Second Comptroller of the Trca-
sury, in March, 1879, and held the Office until
April, lS.0, when he was rejected by the Senate.
la ls29, Mr.. Hill disposed Of his interest in the
Pari,t to MIR. Barton and his brother, Mr.. IIoratio
Hill, afterwards Of the Irm Of Cooley, Reese I'LL,
book auctioncers Of this city, and resident in
California. In 1870, Isaac lIl established mrs
Nor RoD7~hfrf Pofi,f, at Concord, and published
il. in connection with his two oldest sons until 1917
when il was united with the cid Pdfrfd Mr. Hill
also published the Fmmo's Ln,tiiy Yisao, an
agricultural PAPER, for some ten years.
The funeral Of Mr.. Hill took place at Concord
on the 27th ult., his remains having been removed
from Washington to his home in New Hampshire.
We may add to the political life Of Alr. I'LL, that
he sctthe brl ia motion which destroyed the United
states Bank, the war Of the Jackson administration
NC that institution having been first instgatedby
hun.
The President Of the United states Branch Bank,
at Portsmouth, N. H., the Hon. jeremiah Ma
son, an old fcderalis, and man OF the most fear
lees independence. Mason regarded Hill aud his
coadiutors little better than herd of hungry
Wild beasts, and tTsa,sdt diem all occasions with
the must contcmptppus Indifference. In revenge,
Hin requested from Mr. Bdllc the removal Of Ma
son from. tho Portsmouth Branch. This Mr. Bidde
refused. The result II well known. The war upon
the bnnk commcnced-4t;en. Jackson engaged In "
with all the violence and aninosity which chnrae-
terzed bis conflicts with biz personal enemies the
frontiers Of ciyilizstion-hs party initiated his
ample, and we're met by the wings Greek meets
Greek. bill re-ohartering the bank passed both
houses OF Congress in the summer Of 1892 and
was vetoed by General Jackson. The excitement
was now intense. Many leading supporters of Jack
now abandoned him, among them James Wat
sou Webb, of the New York CouiT 0n Enquirer,
and bcenme, thenceforward, hs bttcrcst opponents;
but Jackson was SUIT aimed by the people, and the
bank destroyed.