Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-10-10
New York Mnllsnnlre..

tCorresponde ce OF the st. LOUIS 81 ibe
Beyond our miLlions-of dollars-apiecs res
idents, William u. Astor, Alexander I. stewart,
and Cornelius Vanderbilt, hardly anybody knows
or cares who is rich here. Daniel Drew lo0uis
up frequently IN Wall street speculAtons, and
Is occasionally mentioned in Metho st circles
and weekhes u largo contributor to churches
and colleges of that sect He is shrewd lid
fox and always gets Fhead Of the boys, as he ca ls
the members OF the Stock Exchange, when he
has fancy for big operation. He has made
a vast deal of money in the last two years, and
is now reputed to be worth S4O,0OOOOO.
One OF the most successful speculAtors in the
street OF late is Henry N Smith, reported to
have cleared $5,OOO,0OO in the last twelve
months.
jay Gould Is said to have added some 2,OOe,-
900 TO his capital since the coup etat in Ellie,
and ten or twelve other bold operators might DO
named who have bulled aud Oeared, aud gotten
up corners. until they have aus mented their for
tunes in single year by IL 900 900 to 81 sou, QUO
| apiece.
WEALTHY NoTABLEs
have mentioned that many Of our rich citi-
zen are seldom spoken of as rich, because there
are others 30 much richer.
| Take Alexander and Robert L. Stuart, the su-
gar rehners, for Instance, who began lfe ae rag
Sed uronlns, peddllng molasses candy at a psn-
| ny stick. their estates are estimated al "a
900, 900 to e5 5O0O, 100 each
Ancient George Law, whom the Herald once
| BhlNAullou INTO temporary nOtOTloty Dy OntlS'
Lenlng him "Liye-UAk George, and nominating
hlm for the Presidency. is probably worth s6
UU0 O00 Yet he is 30 rarely mentioned that he
| is generally supposed to be dead He is very
| niucn alive, however, and may be almost daliy
seen driving about in a rlckety old wag Jn looking
| after his terry and other interests Nith as much
Zeal and perinaclty az il he had to earn the
pnee Of his dinner pefore eating 1t.
AUGUST BELMONT
counts his dollars by the millions. and is pre-
sumed 10 make on an average over " OOO W
| year by hia adroit operations IN American se'
curities. He is German by birth; came he {
as the agent Of the Rothschilds married II ecG
OF Commodore Perry has been prominent IL
politics as the president OF the National Demo
cratic Committee, and has long been an author
lty on matters relating TO finance and the turf
The famous bankers,
BROWN BROTHERS,
do very tranquil but enormous business, apC
have fortunes hanging from sl2 900 00O TO s15
OOO,COO each. They are natives Of Ireland
ferred from their shrewdness, energy, and ac
quisitiveness-
The exemplary and highly esteemed
PETER COOPER
is one Of ous rich citizens, and one Of the few
old men who we're born on this island. Hi
father was poor halter, and Peter worked hare
in the paternal shop for the mereet pittance
| hiWhlh uehiTbuh 10 DO e0uCAbe0s ne never WAS eL
abled to attent school beyond a single year, ant
then only half the time, the other half being de
voted to earning his daily bread. This d-priva
tion Of his youth he felt 80 keeny that he de
termined, should he ever acquire = fortune. 4
do somathiug for the cause OF free education
He adhered TO this determination, and the Coop
or Institute is the glorious result. Uooper's 90
! tate is worth "a 100000
HORACE B. cIAFI1N.
OF the firm Of H. b. Claflin 4 Co., the secont
largest dry goods establishment in town has Al
individual property valued at $l5 900 900 to $40,
0OO, ,0O0 he Is q native OF New England, ant
has the appearance and bearing OF a genuine
Yankee" He is much more popular than hi
rival A. I. Stewart, and seems to be a man oi
broader sympathies aud more generous instinct
ABEL A. Low,
long the president OF the Chamber Of Com
merce, and the great tea importer, has yerl
long purse very full Of sequins. He may be sci
down in figures at &C. 900 QUO or "a, 900. 900, anC
this is rather an under than over estimate.
Z. 8. JAFFREY,
the Broadway importer is of Scotch extraction
and rich as a Fugger. No one knows the exact
extent OF his worldly goods. though it is pre-
ouned they would represent in cash "a 600 00(
or So 900, 900 to G, ,0O0,0 900.