Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-01-31

sefNeu lOEy years III tHc management
os the Hudson river road, and is also
q director in the HasSe StfsrcT Nd, /, be<
sides welding heavy interest i'll the
Western Union Telegraph stock. Mr..
CLARK came to this city poor, and so
did his brother Frederick. The lat
ter was n preacher, and remained
poor; but Horace married Miss Van
derbilt and became lieutenant of the
Commodore. lie has made million
of dollars. and with his property may
be considered wcll-to-do in the
worla. With such q body of faith
full and accomplished assistants, one
c:innot be surprised even at the enor-'
nous success of the great. railroad
king, and il is evident that any mo1-
archv which could be welded with
such power and efficiency would at
tain rapid and astonishing magri-
tude.'
SELF-CONFI3kNCE.
The great heap of the Nandrrbilts
empire has long. contemplated its
erection, and has Laid all his schemes
with great breadth accuracy. Start
ing in life without a doHar, he con-
!ceivcd the plan Of shbjugating the
financial world. The first rcgui-
site was capital, and this was earned
by hard service IN the fseighting
business between rhis city and
Philadelphia. When enough had
been made for start Vanderbilt left
hi, employers, and surprised them by
refusing very tempting offers. He
did not want copartnership, for
such. man as. he needed no as
s!Stance, except such as could be
hired. As an. employer be obtained
use of the best available talent, but
asked OF no man anything but service.
In his. dealings with shch men as
George Law: Richard F. C;irman, the
millionaire. of Washington Heights,
Erastus. Corning, and other great
men,. lie exhibited. his supremacy i'll a
way that could not be. mistaken. An
old clerk. of the forrh"i told the wri.
ter of the fire effort produced by the
Commodore, which one day he sud
denly appeared in the office and
closed a negotiation with the sharp
ringing words. Law. Eli give you
ten minutes to decide" The iattcr
came TO terms, for he knew he had a
master. When Carman by an act OF
'carlcssncss, intcrfcrcd with the Com
modorc' 'Sinterest, the latter sent him a
note su@gcstin" Il method 'ofrctalia
ton, which threw him into snth dis
tres. that with other worriments il
brought on AIT which. proved fatal
in 'euty-four hours. When Corn
ing favored Albany .ili: railroad mat
ters, and opposed the. rapid transit
through that place, the. Commodore
removed him from the presidency OF
the Central and a>,uncd.it himself
In dealing with the princes of finance
'hc has. made them feel their iittIeness
until they have confessed it and
Yielded him pre-. e.c!mincncc.
PLANS FOR THE FUTURE.
Those who discuss these matters
with such conf i::ncc as to imply i'll
FORMATION, say that the Commodore
has SO planned matters that his death
will make no revolution in the course
of the empire. The great bulk OF
tho kingdom will be given to vii.
liam. who is already more than a
millionaires The royal line will, II
is expected, be pcrpctuatcd III the
! branch. William Will, if IL" survive
his father, be ma!!e president of tic
Central aud Hudson River railroad
and will no doubt come into posses
! sion of $40, 900 in stock. He ha'
Il promising son Cornelius, who now
serves as treasurer of the Harlem
road, and this youn" man will thci
take his fathers place as crcwl
! W ihte. liz SoiIliilp1t'It 10 i'p' VIII
a.working man but has bred his chill
drcn, as far rs possible. in the sam'
m.nucr. for he knows that without
business talent and application, then
wealth will soon pass away. Hence
he was much delighted with hi
grandson's attention to his duty ia
the Harlem Office, and one New Iear't
day lie said to him: ''Cornelius, yol
have been a good boy, and hcre's:'
little present for you AS he sale
this he handed him check for $50.
600. He has another grandson. .brothc
of the last: named William. a stran
ger entering the presidents Office O
the Hudson River road would hardl,
imagine that the plain-looking ant
hardworking clerk who writes dill
gently at the table. and scarcely ha
time to look up, is one of the heirs q
the financial empire. This youn!
man. however, is William Wander
bilt, Jr., who thus is learning the ele
ments of that regin,e which he is ex
pected in due time to administer
Like the members of the Prussia
monarchy, who are bred to fighting
the Commodore's family are laugh
the practicaf*3 branches OF their en-
pire. AS for the the sons-in-law. the
will probably receive handsome me
mortal, say, from 81 10000 to s., 900
600 apiece. but William will be tn
main representative of the grea
house.-ROchestOr Chronicle.
4 witness i'll court being aske
how he knew that two certain PEI
, sons were man and wife, replied
) "Why, dog ont, I've heard thel
scold each other over fifty times"
i A Dut Gilman who was elected
t his State Legislature, thus gives hi
2 opinion of it: "Ven l vent to Il
Lechislature I fought / would fin
dem old Solomons dere, but fouu
:. dere vas some as big fools dcre rs
: vas"