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

The Railroad l!onarch's Million
the Heirs Apparent to a
Golden Throne-A. Del
lars GroWtl..'
The last time saw. Commodore
' amdcrbAl his. form. though erect,
was feeble, his coumtenancc looked
old and his once flashing cyc> had
exchanged their fire for Il kindly and
much more winning expression. IT
may readily. be niiilcr,tood that the
old Iilan is now leaving the greater
part OF his: business in the. hands OF,
his chiIii:cn. who are III every. sense.
competent to its care: and. this leads
us To look a1 a rich mans family. :.
The Commodor. had three SONS, one
of whom died Il few Years ago. He
was engaged to young. lady TO
whom his iatlt:r presented Il very tiHc
horsc.at Washington Heights. ,Ano'h-
cr son. Cornelius, Jr.,.is a talented
man, but in early life he fell a.v.ctiln
TO bad habits. Had it not been for
intemprrance. he would have made. Il
superior business man. He has pur-
sued reckless course and incurred
heavy obligations. under which he
became bankrupt. Men have treated
him in lavish. manner, expecting
that his rich father would enable him.
TO pay his debts: but the Commt. .tiurc
was determined to lct.him shift for
himself, and the consequence was
that Cornelius went through bank
ruptcy. Among other items of debt
was one Of$l1 900 to
HORACE GREELEY, WHO GETS STUCK
by almost every poor devil who
chooses to victimizc him. Since his
failure, Cornelius has determined. it
is said. to turn over new leaf; but
such determinations generally end as
they begin, in mere breath. 1t is
probable thai on this account the
Commodore will place whatever lie
NAV leave this misguided son in the
hands of suitable trustees, and thus
it will be preserved from dissipation
and extravaganza.
William Henry is the oldest and
the farc.ritc of the Commodore 5
sons. lie is a stout and wcll-rropor-
toned man OF fifty, though he looks
much younger. with Il full coUnten-
ancc and one abundant. with'good hu-
NOR. He is thorough business man,
and Vet appears to enjoy life. lie
has. however. been afflicted with Il
peculiar. disease, which brought linn
last wear under HE surgeons hands.
and. Il cure was at last pronounced
after a painful operation. Willi;@n
is the chief manager of his fathers
railway interests, and, N addition,
has the
IMMENSE LANDED ESTATES on STA
TEN ISLAND,
which the Commodore conveyed to
him few years ago. One of these
is Clifton Park, which is let out as IL
hotel, with F;ca>urc-groundS cover
ing fifty acres. Near by, William.ha
a country residence with beautiful
, front on the SEA, but he spends only Il
! part OF his time here. Staten Island
is too quiet for such a man, even fer Il
rural life, and hence the watering.
places are preferred. Besides this
| I'll" island labors under Il peculia,
I misfortune which cannot be meas.
ured except by experience. This is
its clouds of mosquitoes. which arc
bred in the sale meadows near by.
have known an entire dinner party
broken up by a sudden invasion o.
these tormcntors, which really mad,
a dinner party of the guests them
selves. Hence the Nanderbilts sci
dom come to Staten Island: but ont
of these days each of them will make
a final Journey to- the spot designate,
for their final rest. ::
THE ToMEOF A RAILWAY KING.
Four miles from the lower ferry
landing is the old Moravian church
which one reaches by romantic ant
beauliful'rond. The cemetery occu
pies the plat of an acre. and is on the
slope of a beautiful hill. On the hi I'll
est point stands the Commodore
10 I,t. ..l, t,t n
about thirty feet square, laid in ce
mcnt. This is entered through ;
small granite temple of Doric style
above which stands 4 shaft thirt,
feet in hight. The statue of 'Grief,
which adorns the temple is Yer,
beautiful, as well as appropriate al
dition to this costly place of sepul
turc. Here the railroad king expect
10 he laid. far from the roar of the 10
comotive or the whirl and excitemen
of Wall street and the Stock Ex
change. Here. too, his children will
be buried. Two of these. indeed
have gone before him, and with thei
mother (hls Erst Wi1e) await the tlHl
when the father and husband wi
share with them the sleep of dcatl
Perhaps the sons-in-law IA well n
the daughters will be at last gathere
into this family circle whose slumbe
, will only be broken by the last trum
of the resurrection day. think ther
= is much more taste exhibited in thi
q spot than in the bronze relief whic
crowns the depot at st. Johns Parl
although the latter cost $S0O, 900.
is rather monument to Capt.SD
Groot's fancy than anything else.
SONS-IN-LAw.
/, The Commodore had large famil,
in which the female sex has predon