New-York tribune., 1869-06-19
HENRY j. RAYMOND.


in Wall-st in committee rooms, in all places where
men of culture and of affairs meet together, little
whisper of news came yesterday which awed the
bravest and saddened the lightest heart 1t only
the news that is told every day of some man we'll
known to his fellows; only the news that kindly
face would be no more among them, heartsome
voice be no more heard, a firm step longer
ring down familiar ways. And yet few
faces could be more missed than this
one lying upturned in such dreamless sleep; few
voices die out of more listening ears few steps fail
whose coming had brought assurance of afriendsap-
proach to a greater host of friends. Gov. Raymond
| is dead. said the brief report But no man who
heard it repeated it in that form. "a great journal
list is dead,7 said one voice. An able politician is
gone" said another And so multtudes remembered
him, each giving him honor for some distinctive
power but all adding in softer voice, and he had no
| enemies" 1t is q good record to have left.
| A young man still, over-wOrked. over
anxious Over-eager man, ambitious, liking position,
liking money liking all the prizes and all the warm,
sweet gifts of life, in close relations with hundreds
of men of most different capacities and purposes he
yet leaves no personal enemy, not who shall say:
he was a false friend" In his life there was much
bitter speech about the politician the officer, the
! legislator, the editor-none concerning the
| man. NOW tnaJ ne cannot eAplaln ways NH"O
seemed unwise OF tortuous, his bitterest
detractors, touched by the sweet charity
and wisdom which are the gift of Death when he
takes away one we have known, will be first to ex-
| plain the unwisdom or the crookedness. They will
sec that what they called dsingenuousness and TIM
| idity might have been fear of bigotry and one
sidedness an eagerness to behold the truth from all
Sides an incapacity to regard any STEP or declara
tion or triumph, as conclusive. poor boy from the
country brown-handed, rustic, he achieved a college
training and came alone to great city to con-
quer his place among men. He worked as no
digger on the railroads could work. His place was
low his wage was small but he bent his genius to
the occasion as if he had been premier and the ap
plause of the world his guerdon. BY and by the
| obscure name was III mems mouths. By and by,
again. he was himself a recognized power and gradu
| ated from journey work into the masteTshp of his
own newspaper. He had conquered his place.
! Money and influence, and applause were his. And
in these prosperous days one was so ready to help
him who was down, TO friend at some cost to
himself to make the places of his associates pleasant
and honorable TO do distasteful tasks which other
| men hesitated at.
While his hands full of business and his life
full of activities the strange swift order came to
him to leave all this for larger occupation There
was no time to say his farewells to old associates
]
There is no journalist TO take his place. the epome
| Of his power is written thus. There is friend
! to take his place the eptOme of his kind
ness and loyalty is written thus Pure sunshine
! floods the earth this morning, and filters down in
! mist Of gold on the cool sweet sward of Greenwood
| where his eyes last looked il. The golden mist
will hoat above a grave, where he shall lie be-
side the lad he loved much. and, shimmering in
| the sun, will seem 10 make a ladder through the
shining air whereon the angels Of the Lord shall
ascend and descend.
His hands are folded on his breast;
There is no other thought expressed
Than long disquiet merged Ia rect.
Henry Jarvis Raymond born in Lima, Livingston
County, New York. the oath Of January ls2o Ills
father that village and there he received
his earliest education performing the usual Abors OF
farmers son and attending the Lima Seminary insti
tuition OF some note When fifteen years old he took
charge Of district school Not content with the limited
means OF education afforded by his native village hc
vailed upon his father-not without much diculty-to
allow him enter the University OF Vermont at Bur
llngton He took high stand in college, where he was
aided with that tenacity and determination which In
sured his In after fe and he was graduated with
honor In 1910.
After leavlngicoege he came to this city and began
the study OF law in the Office Of Edward W. Marsh. Here
he maintained himself by teaching the classics In
ladies' seminary and by contributing TO The Ne Yorker
had been contributor to this journal the signature
OF "Fantome" before leaving college, thus acquiring
taste for journalism, which did not accord with the
tedious study Of the law. Mr. Greeley paid him eight
dollars week on The Neg Yorker and when, in Is4 he
started THE TRIBUNE chose him his first assistant OF
tie value Of his services Mr.. Greeley has written:
nIh,l no, much for him 10 started
M ugh found another person. barely Of aud
G. h 4iss evinced signal aud sueh versatile ability Jour
p.i be dd Aber and stronger may have met e'srer
.,d,, more generally efficient journalist never lie remained
M me ns, eight wears n my memory and the only
,pt with whom ever felt rqsred to ImonIrlte for doing
o than aby human and frame ed be expected to endure His
,,sry was Of course gradually increased 9n time to time bat h
services valuable proportion h'f eo Than those Of
one else no aided m The TRIBUNE"
MIR. Raymond made a specially OF reporting, an art
then in its infancy. Shorthand writing was new and
rare accomplishment, and he formed shortlonghand
Of his own invention by which he enabled TO accom-
psh what men then looked upon as wonders" Mr. |
Augustus Maverick for O long time member Of The
Times staff narrates an incident OF his early rep0rtora
career Soon after THE TRIBUNE was started Dr. Do
pysus IaSdner, then in the hight Of his celebrity as
contAc lecturer comenced course Of LECTURES In the
old Rroadway Church. known as the TabernacldP M /
Ravmond reported these lectures for THE TRIBUNE and
IN 40 acG2rate that the Doctor subsequently
adopted them; and with slight revision they we're pub
lshed In two large octave volumes by Greeley Nc
EIrath under the title OF Lectures Science and Art"
MI RaymOnds activity here manifested Itself In his zeal
for exclusive news and in after life he often expressed
regret Tint railroads and teegaphs had reduced the
opportunities OF gaining these victories He often related
nbeat" he gained for THE TRIBUNE in his early days
He with various reporters OF rival Journals was sent to
Boston TO report speech OF Daniel Webster The other
Journals each sent two shorthand reporters TO work
against Raymond He took his notes In the method