Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-01-31
The North Amcricnn.

The North american ReVies0 for the pre-.
sent quarter presents the following table
of contents. abraham lincoln" "The
Early Church and Slavery" "The Records
Venetian Diplomacy" ''Girard College
and its Founder,P "The Foundation of the
Roman Empire" "The National Resour.
ees," "Palfrey's History of New England, y
Natural Theology as Positive Science, 2
"Heraldry in New England" !" ''Aristocratio
opinionsof Democracy" "Oritical Notes. !"
This is the FIRST APPEARANCE of the North
American since its ownership was trans.
ferred to Messrs. TicknoE.sjk Field, aud
judging from ths'number before us, il will
suffer none from the change, but rather
enter upon a-wider field of usefulness and
prosperity Certainly during the fifty
years Of its existence, uuder the manage.
ment of the lamented Everett, Tudor and
other gifted minds, this sterling Review
has furnished no better number than that
for the present quarter.
To the general reader, perhaps the arti.
Gle on Stephen Girard will be found of the
most interest. This paper is based upon
Henry W. Arey's and Stephen Simpsons
biographical sketch of him, aud evidently
written by one who himself knew the man
and OWNED his inner life and thoughts
The article opens with sketch of the great
bankers childhood recollections, of which
wereall through his eveniful career tstinged
with bitterness" Deprived OF the sight of
one eye at the age of eight years, a circum.
stance that exposed him to the taunts of
his companions; early subjected to the
domineering ways of g harsh stepmother,
and uncared for generally, the future found
er of the weaithiest public Insulation in
the New World, left home s'a willful, arbi.
trary and irascible boy" After following
the sea for some time, he settled 10 Phila.
delphia, which was t'absolutely nothing to
him but a working place" where t'he rose
in the morning with but single object,
and that was to labor SO hard ali day as TO
be able 70 sleep all night" The charac-
teristics developed by his early training
or, rather, lack of training, manifested
themselves, and to all around him he be-
came a repulsive man, considered close
listed, overbearing, aud deficient of the
first instincts of generosity OF humanity.
His temper was violent, his presence for
bidding, his usual manner ungracjous, his
will inflexible, his heart untender, his i'm.
agination dead. he was oGious to many
of his fellow citizens, who considered him
the hardest end meanest of men. He had
lived among them for half century, bat
.b0slsah no more &. philadelpnIaE N i 1880
sEsu'tu Z ft6. deFaitil poksSEith y ESQ.,
accent and accompanied his words with a
French ehrug and French gesticulation.-
Surrounded with Christian churches which
he had helped to build, he remained
sturdy unbelieVer, and possessed the COM,
plete works of only one man, Voltaire. He
made it point of duty to labor on Sunday,
as good example to others. he made no
secret of the fact that he considered the
idleness of Sunday an injury to the people,
moral and economical. He would have
opened his bank on Sundays, if any would
have come to it. For his part he required
no rest, and would have none. he never
Travelled. He never attended public assem-.
blies or amusements. He had no affections
to crafty, no friends to visit no curiosity
to appease, no tastes to indulge. He held
in utter Aversion and contempt the costly
and burdensome ostentation of a great es.
tablishment, fine equipages, and retinue
of servants; that hH reduced himself to
money making machine, run at the mini
mum of expense;-and we. have an expla.
nation of his rapidly acquired wealth. He
used to boast, after he was a millionaire,
of wearing the sane overcoat for fourteen
winters; and one of his clerks, who cav
him every day fol, twenty years, declares
that he never Remembered having seen him
wear new looking garment but once.