New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-01-01
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JAoo' NJ HALDtNAS ~bo.e death We noticed last week
va. TOO prominent man all h qualities to be permitted to
sink into the grave without some more extended notice than
His fortune to- largest accumulated by any th,
business BE born in Donegal Township the county Of
Lancaster III. fsther man Of iron viii and strong mind
the many HuEuenot refugees who came Lancaster County
ing the revocation Of the e8iet Of Nantes He mau Of
great enerprse always most every work WORK calculated
the son acquired all the maxims OF wisdom aud the habit. Of
efconiro which LED to bis wonderful bat fom he him
fortune cor the father died long after
earned
More than sixty years ago. when boy IS or is year. age
having been BY hi, father and c,Fl,in Ph,is
phs whee, Deshborhood OF Pittsburgh ,sd
hndins Difficult; 10 be transported in east, he deter
mined to sk market BY the Mississippi aud after obtaining
Permission from bis employers he commeoced the building Of
fat boats then almost untrue experiment sud took h whes
many thousand bushels TO neutrality-suspicious. no market
there. he put 1t on bosrd ships aud cr1,ed among the West
handsome profit For many be the agent Of bis
father in purchasing the produce Of un!sta aud sasquessnrs
About 1896 In connection with his father he rented forge
the mouth Of e Yellow Brooches Greek and there h
man showed what industry and skill well applied could
90 In NOR m9e se n iDe Ell GRey .aTnIe y as
hands. This during the with Great Britain when the
United States had money and little credit They needed
iron tn mandatory Of arms Harper. Fery. The old
ronmssters would moi sell without money bat Mr. H. agreed
Treasury drafts furnished sufficient to pay hi. He
continued the supply during the whole war and without him.
end Of re P-id Treasury drs At 70 cent.
row scsrcsy TO be- realized when The CoVenn, si.
its debs % above His asscy
shown hs confidence the Of the his
drafts commanded par and gave him capital to buy all the
valuable real estate in his negbborhOod. He liberal
Of industry and mert-a large number Of
their fortunes to bis assneebut he exact and particular
IN all bis transactions and got opportunity 70
deceive i'm twice. Hy received originally but slender edues
tisn, a. yet he seinoTned and bred gentleman
with the general literature Of the day, aud well
informed upon all the which sged and rnded
the country in his time In al his immense business he
clerk and bookkeepe and such the perfect order
and system preserved by him every transaction
trivial recorded for future reference.
He died the advanced &C. and % the last day
and apparently vigorous-dybg without moments sick
ness and without struggle. He bad outyed Ill the associ
early life and known intimately only few
the active of the present day The writer Of this bal
econ with him public enterprise and
has In recalling bis virtues. He in all
thpg liberal and to all who willing to
themselves but inclined help the idle the
progse The lives Of such proper study
example the young Of the country They prove
integrity and selfeance with system and in
dustTy will insure success in every walk Of life.
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