The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-01-23
A CONTEMPORARY or NELSON AND NAPOLEON.
TO TIE EDrroR ov rus HsRALD:-

TO TIE EDITOR OF rHn HERkLD:-
Among the regular readers Of the HsaALD In this city
patriarch OF lo2 Of age whose step still nrm
his figure erect. with unmpairsd mind and . CHEEKY
manner. He makes occasional business visits 70 Wall
street, 10 always his ct church on Sundays whas-
ever the weather may be. and stI finds pleasure II
society and social amussments. Az . commissioners
ocsr eighty years ago, and traveller and explorer
In Asia, Africa and Australia he has probably had more
varied and marvellous experiences Of life than any man
now living Although born before Napoleon or his great
adversary Wellington, our old friend stl strong A.
L Lab says o. one q his Character, years win
Captain Frederick Lahrbush born In Soho square.
London, March ., 1906. HIS grandfather native sf
RANK Of major IN the French army, but driven from
his native land, being Hugusaot, By Louis xIv.'s
company with Of his comradss ncd Prussia,
where the Huauenot industry and skin aided In 40
kingdsm The vsnsrsOis capian,s father Who Adopted
ne present mode OF spelling their name, WAS attached
ne !. Il nd .S: :: married
He was educated d military school near London En-.
tered shs army With an easgns ccnmiason In October
And under The Duke Of YORK; 1893; served In pes
marx with the troops cooperAting With the navy uadss
Lord Castsrsagh = member Of his san 70 The famous
vsnna Congress; Witnessed the celebrated interview
between . SspC, :c, and Als..nas. On %: rv:s
the Psnnsular campaign assisted n guarding
Napoleon ~ 81 Hslena, where he held frsqusaS
A American vessel on the coss. q xfls. during
ths second with Great Britain no being the time
In command Of an army transport; sold his commissions
in the Britain army isls after varied experiences
dsucs In New York IN lSls His widowed daughter and
grandson, who accompanied him 70 The United states.
have since died. leaving him childsss and alone in tho
world, bat not without troops Of frsndk~ Lsft fsr
dead on the battlefield Of Busaco there 10 token Of
what he susrsd buss deep soar showing where no
struck BY french sabreNr, and valued medal whica
man upon the ssashors, the Cape Of Good Hope,
after shpwreck, the only permanent consequence Ne
has oxpesnced has been the loss OF bis fortune which,
Prince Of wales visited this country he invited the cap
tain 20 return TO England promising 20 place him the
retired army list on halt pay, but The old hero too
deeply attached 70 hts adopted home 70 leave L. During
tho imminent peril OF hts On the OF The
reception given By Admiral Farragut flagship. the
Franklin, before his departure for Europe In
June last, Captain Lahrbush, then more than
one hundred and one years old, was present,
and after being on his feet for several hours appeared to
be less fasued than others who nearly two
mark In conclusion arc entirely different from noss OF
his fellow men. He rises at three, breakfasts before
daylight, dimes at noon takes bis tea about hvs and be-
fore fashionable Goihsmes s down TO dinner the cap
the writer, with whom he rode homo from the recep-
ton referred 10 above, ~ hafpast seven o'clock. that
he had not sat up so late In twenty years
What wonderful events have occurred during this
veterans careeri Whsn he was born there was not
single settlement In Ohio Indiana, Illinois or Kentucky
IL not TN 1899 that the adventurous Boone ie his
ness The population OF The United States less
than millions aud was perhaps the most loyal part
OF the British empire. There were only four newspa.
pers whose combined circulation did not exceed two
tnousaud and steam engines Under presses, railroads.
steamboats, and telegrapns had not been imagined.
NEW YoRK, jan % 1883.