Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1872-02-03

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| thus employed, 50 impressed Jordan &
Marsh, that they took him in rs a part
ner, and tho firm became Jordan, Marsl
& Co.
When tho war came on, Jordan
Marsh & 90. got heavy Government
contracts for soldiers clothing and
blankets, and it is admitted that to q
large degree it was Fisk's energy and
tact which enabled them to put the
contracts through and distance all
competitors. The junior partners
courage was equal to every emergency
He made contracts for the manufac-
ture Of clothing for thefrm all through
Now England, aud then drove the con
tracts through with unAagging enorgy
and iue1haustible good nature. He
thus got over eight hundred thousand
suits Of clothes, and blankets without
number, made forthe firm, all Of which
were sold at handsome profit.
NOT A PENa1LssS ADvEETURER.
It isimportant TO keep these facts in
mind, because it has been widely as
serted that when Mr.. Fisk came to New
York he was a penuiles5 adyenturer,
whereas he in fact was then rich. He
had $780, in cash, and owned an
eighth in tho Golding patent, which he
could ut any time have sold for
1925, 600.
New York offered theatre Of action
wide enough for the transcendont pow
ory Of this representative Yankee to
unfold themselves. He went South i'll
the winter Of 1901 5 to buy cotton, and
rs the Couieleraoy began to weaken
under the pressure Of Grant and Shor-
man, ho saw the surrender Of Lee
looming IN the distance, and then,
taking the whole situation into tho no
count, he conceived one Of tho
GREATEST FINANCIAL SCHEMES
that ever came from tho brain Of man,
Tho Confederate bonds vero then sell
ing at $50 on tho 300 in London.
Fisk saw that tho moment the news OF
the collapse Of the Confedersoy should
reach that city the bonds would tumble
indefinitely; and what prodigjous op-
portunities that might afford
I'll Icould only get aman into Lon
don few days ahead Of all competi-
tors,n he said to himself, latter /
knew the Confedoracy had gono up,
what a haul ho couldmakoseIing those
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