Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1860-05-24
MIR. FowLER AND HIS TAMILY.

From hs Ne5 Fork Correspondent Of the PhLdde7DAia
SUNDAY Dispatch.
Ngw YORE, May l9, ls60.-fbe great moral disturb
Of the week. in this quarter has been the delaca
lion aud flight Of Postmaster Fowler. The newspapers
have touged you with much intelligence on tins sub
oct that it would b. "thrce-toi tale for me TO 90
rto the details of the astounding incident; ior Fowler
was perhaps, if not Me at least OF Ms most popular
in this city and hs ruin Did aslOuud the whole Of
u.s. He is hIud-Jme wel.-bu.lt y-l)obing gentle
man, with hg-ucy Of speech and suayty OF manner
quite irresistible. lie dresses with exquisite taste is
kudhcarted 10 remarkable degree; is one Of the mGst
generous beings you ever met and certainly the least
selfish OF all human creatures. He evetybOd > friend
and seemed to be perfectly reckless az regarded his own
Interests provided he could serve those OF other people
-partcuiTly il those other people were politicians.
FOwlers great ambition seemed to be to enjoy the uni.
versGl good opinion TO wied authority and Influence,
live prince, and his associates made happy
through bis instrumentalty. For several years his
at the New York Hotel have been the focus of
political sentiment for they open 20 ALL aud cham
pIgue aud segars were as abundant at banquet
No matter who you were, you dsbbed in politics YOU
had only to choose between the green seal" and the
gold seal for beverage, and the Iayanas were unim
peachable. His weekly bill at the hotel have been
enormous. Then, again. be was grand Sachem at Tam
many; aud he always lavish in bis contributions
he at the head besides being the soul and twohrds
OF the body OF many other political ORGANIZATIONS In
this manner he squanlered money without the first idea
o It's real value; and it does not demand long period
with such wide gaping sources Of exodus for the most
capable of resources 10 exhaust itself
FOwlers father was president thuk, Of the Highland
b INK, some other important officer in that institution
lie was similarly disiiug gay and exuberant gentle
man. de became victim OF deialcatlon TO a heavy
amount, and committed suicide in his modification. His
son. late postmaster inherited bis sires love OF bril-
liant existence and spent parmony of sixty thousand
dollars 10 his first dash al social experience. He next
spent hundred thousand for his mother when she wisely
cut of his supplies His third application was through
the funds OF the post Office and suppose his deficit there
will reach one hundred aud eighty thousand Besides
this, he expended much money that he constantly
making in iu specultons and lost much in host
of unfortunate ones for he dabllng in onter-
prises Of the dazzling and desperate kind lie made tg
thousand dollars in three days in the purchase and sale
OF lots Staten Island but it did not last him over
week and am afraid that, had he been favored with
million a month he could have squludered it all with
the greatest ease eli gance aud Honchaiqnce Imaginable
The spirit Of careless profuson necessarily Fowler
many friends. Everybody liked him, and hence e v
body pies his misfortune doubt that any party would
arrest him. Marshal Rynders may pretend TO
try much he pleases but it is my impre sion that
he could put his hand upon him at any moment if he
thought proper. He don't think proper, and therein
shows his sagacy; for if he did venture 10 do his duty
in this case, the hiss OF the popular sentiment would ring
in his ear like that Of serpent aad be would be Icont-
ncuty perdoei among every class Of hi political con-
fereS. Ryniers has character TO spare political or
otherwise. He will therefore do such thing As for
Fowler having committed suicide, cant believe it. Nor
10 believe that he has left the country lie is empha-
ticaly in the Glands of his friends" who would fud
very little difficulty In paying up his deficit provided
Uncle Samuel would aoH pros. all criminal proceedings
against him. And to "this complexion" it must come
at last if the Government desires recover anything
more than its mere securities Poor Fowler this is n-
deed the characteristic end of gay fellow"