New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-04-09
sUppEN DEATH OF WALTER JONES.


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Th;. vell.known eli, zen died suddenly on saturday
.o,n,n0 ATT O'Clock At hi, residence Ia Mursy'st,
.r.deS U.ws At the Off e Of the Atlantic M1'ual
Ie,urarce Company, in Wsll-st, on ousiaes' until
~ o'c,ock the evening previous In. the morning,
,bou. O'Clock. While giving some directions to his
.,s,l and while converting with him regarding the
,,en,ra,ion Of come papers which the later had
heer e,c.red. be wa suddenly seized with an apo
plectjo at. and soon after expired HE death pro-
suc,d q deep sensation in the City, and especially
.mope business men in tho shipping trade ~ith who
80 bsd long had official intercourse as an under
~ri,er. spd BY whom he was universally respected
and believed AZ soon as he death became kno IN
,he BOARD Of Underwater he'd public meeting, a.
rhich Nelson the Wee Pfesiden;. h'Vins an
rouDceo be des,h Of the President o. ths botro me
following preamble and resolutions were uasni nouy
adopted: ,
,n,nl, o oBr midst Win who the Interests Of tai.
go p.v. been closely connected fo msny years 10
ss.ih Of w.l,er Zones late PresdeSt ADD tbs Pres.
S,1t Of Atlantic Mutual Insurance Co the ties OF
social sod business Intercourse have been severed in oIdns
y S s sss i. ss s e and n
ttSf our lo. Pose'sins 'isoroos mad sfs@s tr@oe-s
,ss e,p.nes Of the p..t to the eIs-aes. q the present.
Sne Walter Jones peu.ry 6aed for The station that
have reared benefit OF his labor. To vh whom be
sAs more istBsiey a.ocsted in the ss. Of business, bis
souDo judsuen; and NE untrog have given
stsr 9Th cpupcl. and h pstienee ssd
Rs.oir1G Tbst this Board learned deep the
death Of President Weller Jones estse I'd
Re,oited That the members Of hi. Board the fausrA
OF late PtosB st Trinity Church on M2csAy o'rnI1s
closed from 10Y Till O'Clock thst Fay.
Secretary Board Of Und.rsIiterA
MEETING OF MERCHANTS AT THE EXCHANGE.
On bearing Of the death Of Walter X Jones, E.q
ING etDg Of merchants was called and held on Ssur
6ay ct 81 o'clock z NJ, a. the Merchants Exchange.
The II te,iDg was called - order by Thomas Tiles.
ten, Efq, who moved that George Girls void, E.q
take the chair PresideD; OF the meeiiOg which
seconded and adopted; and Mr. Benjamin A. Field
was, on motion, appointed Secretary.
Mr.. TILrsTos, then took the platform, and, 10 an
eloquent and feeDg address proc eded to state the
melancholy cause OF their comiog together, and dev
ertd an excellent enlogy on The character OF the de-
ceased. lie projected briefly to detail the circun
stances Attending his Sudden death. lie had besn at
his office until 10 o'clock the previous evening, and
had suodeIly expired at al early hour oext mOroog,
while giving some directions 10 one of his clerks. lie
lad known the 6ecea cd FOR thirty years and he could
bear testimony to his talents industry aud energy OF
character lie was emiDenty man OF business, aud
devoted 10 the interest of those who enjoyed the ben
eft Of HE services. He had die played great Do Ysrs
OF endurance, and, during the long period hs h.d
known him in public life, Mr.. Jones had besn ia the
habit OF lsbOring sixteen hours ally lie axays
at bis poet and instant, Ia an out Of
Ais kbors in the cause of humanity had been as no
BILE ne bis services bad been useful in the
Of the affairs Of tie greatest Ms'ine iosuranss Com
paDy in America aud whch his Industry had caused 10
reach position which gave it a nsme and standing
all over tie world O0e Of his MODEST deeds
was the establishment Of the Life saving In
stitution Of New-Yok. For many lODg years
our coat hsd been the diead of the mariner.
Year after year macy vessels wrecked on its ex-
posed beach, and great many people When near the
lsDd had lOst their lives. To found an institution
which should prove instrumental in rescuiog human
beings from ~aery graves, enlisted Mr.. JOness
Esimest sympslhes. He visited Washington, aud
enlisted the cooperation of Congress. AMI obtained
the passage OF an act for promoting aud extsnoing tho
usefulbefs of the Institution Lfs-siving boats and
other apparatus had bsen disibuted on our coast at
exposed p0ints, with men stationed near them 10 en-
rlOy then in all emergencies, and hs was happy to
remark that toe means thus provided by this noble ia
ftuton had already saved more th7n hurdred lives
who would otherwise have persisted. After having
hoDOred the memory of the deceased by illusions to
other humane traits in bis character as man aud "a
ID upright and eminently useful citizen he said that
be had not r,sen to mike speech. great m4u had
fallen among us. He ha1 oisplsyed trus greatness
under all the circumstances of his life. lis was great
intellectually, and all of tnem knew him and honorei
him as good men. He had left no wife or children
10 NOUN bic succen loss, but the whole CON nuRity
depCred his death.
Mr.. TILrsToN's brief and well.deliverad speech
was listened 10 DY all present Win rOiOund anu sleh
attention. Al It's conclusion,
DE PuYsTFR OGDEN E'q came forward, and of.
ftrtd the following resolutions, which hs pre'ace1
with few Appropriate remarks. On being read, it
ives moved that they be adop.ed, which Was pu: BY
lie Precedent, and unaom ,usly carried:
Rsore Gha, this metes having learned wi sincere grief
n III. oesth Weller JONES' late President Of the
Atlantic Company desire utterns TO their
regret for the Toes Of long sod extensively tnown
among useful and practical mned eo of Cyi
the msnaged the Marine Insurance. OF
New York bis prompness aud ability universally ad
tted In his ebdeavos all occasions
public Object which interest of the City required his lss
ouy felt his praise thy efforts will be gen
orally acknowledged
ResOpd That will stteni his funeral at Tnity Church
on Monday. the 9Th At IL o'clock.
Reored That 10 the desh Of such 30 lons ndeued
by social relations each pakes Of the which thu
meeting n called on ~ testify aud record.
Mr.. TILEsroS announced TO the meeting that the
Chamber OF Commerce, of which Mr. Jones WAS a
prominent member, wonld meet, in referssce TO his
cesth, at 10 O'Clock A. NJ. on Monday, the 9ta inst
and that his funeral would take place on the sane
day, at IL o'clock A. NJ at Trinity Church.
After the adoption Of tue resolutions, on motion,
the meeting aoj burned. ...
HKxI H FIELD