Daily national Democrat., 1860-06-07
pealh Of Hon. Henry 2. Haun.

Death of Hon. Henry p. Haun.
We have The painful duty to perform, Of
recording the sudden demise of one Of the
most prominent citizens of Yuba county
Hon. Henry p. Haun, late United States
Senator, expired at the residence of his
brother, 4. j. Haun, near this city, yesterday
morning, after brief attack The attack,
however, was only one of the phases of
diseaee which had probably fingered in his
system for some months. He had been, be-
fore his departure for Washington, slightly
troubled with ehills and fever, and had suf-
iered, from the same complaint, at intervals
during his absence We believe he also con-
tracted a fever at Panama on his return
home, which still affected his health. to a
certain degree, on his arrival in California.
But, no one expected the sudden change
which occurred We saw him, on Monday
last, upon our streets, in moderately good
health and in excellent spirits, congratulated
him on his return to the bosom of his CON
stituents. and promised TO call upon him at
an early day. Alas, when we called upon
him, it was not such call as we expected to
make lie had no welcoming smile to give
US, no friendly hand to extend no cordial
tone of greeting. His genial eye was closed
his fluent lips were mute, and his hand SC
wont to grasp our own was still. lie was
dead Seldom have we been so shocked, al
the unheralded summons of Death.
Judge Haun was born on the 18th of Jan
uary, 1915, in the State of Kentucky. II,
studied law at Lexington, in the same class
with Hon. VIM. 7. Barbour, and married in
that State. lie emigrated to Iowa, in 1915,
and settled upon Elk River, at its Junction
with the Mississippi There he engaged in
merchandise with his brothers, under the
firm name of w. c. IIaun & Co. and was
elected delegate in 1876 to the Constitu-
! tional Convention Of Iowa. In 1912, he
crossed the Plains for California, and here
settled down, attended by those various sue
cesses and misfortunes which were character
istic of the period. In 1851, he was elected
County Judge of Yuba county, and served
in that capacity for four years. As a candi-
date for Governor from the Northern section
of the State, he afterwards occupied very
conspicuous position before the Democratic
State Conventions, and always Welded a
very considerable influence in the ranks Of
the Democratic party.
In December, 1859, he was appointed, by
Gov. Weller, U. S. Senator, to fill the vaean-
cy occasioned by the death of Hon David c.
Broderick, and announced the death of that
stalwart Senator in eloquent and beftting
terms 1t was an effort worthy of gener-
Gus heart and a cultivated mind During
his short sojourn at the Capitol, he acquitted
himself with honor to his State, and received
the plaudits of his constituents. He had
shown himself fully capable of sustaining
with dignity the position to which he had
been elevated, and he was welcomed on his
return with the very warmest regards Of his
fellow citizens.
At the moment he was stricken down, he
occupied, by virtue Of his geographical posi-
ton and his Senatorial record, the fairest po-
sition Of any man in the State for the guber-
Material seat, and there can be but little
doubt that he would have received the next
nomination of the Democratic Party for that
Office. He died in the full tide of his ad-
vancing prosperity, and with the future
beaming bright upon his path.
For the wife who loved him with devo-
tion beyond all language to measure, and for
the Drotners VINO nave seen nm Struggle
by their side in the storms and tempests of
life, and for the friends who knew him best
and loved him for what he was, we can offer
no adequate words of coincidence. Ian
guage is vain in the presence of Death, and
the balm for wounded hearts is not in the
rhetoric of speech.