, 1877-01-08

sA+o~N fNSi+loH Ill tHc iIOAtE III HfltEAG @
Co., Of New Fork. whence he departed In 1851
Tor Dubuque, Ia, vhrre ha was Cashier fo
Ge]pcke, Jf About the beginning Of The Wa
the house 5Atlc.l, anil the principal with Wins
low
nan TO nine TO RscArE 4nE xxaAoEp pr
rosITDAs.
lie next came TO the surface rs Quartcrmnstcl cl
Gu The stuff Of ten. Curtis and as Post Guar.
tc.msster nt Nashville. I1c here engaged In
cotton spc.ulatsons, ~hfcl, arc said Il
have brought him some money, but
certainly got him discharged from. The
ssr,he. s,.n. II. f.ouia next had lin 70.
tanker ~ Marion, Ia, and remained about two
ycnrs, wien he
CAME TO cutcAao
anu started 4 clearinghouse at Nc. 40 I.aaa1lc
street, uhtleF the mime of Wfnsfnw j. Christen.
sen. Two years later tilc cut.crFn was mnyeti
to No. Clark STREET. wllrre It rv,,aincl until
t4c gsras fire. Aftgr that hc Aturtel again o,,
hi, 6rncr ~ A!lEwanket are,Iue and EsIe street,
at'riE1 Of l572 he etnric:1
TIE srAHDtNAvtA* NATIONAL DAsK,
ntl'l became Prcs[ten. thereof, which Institution
r. :''sked dry III few months. He sold about
put lily receipts Into the bank but, instead. nut
them III railroad iron. whlsl. fell III value q. kls
l'ahus: Later lie gasc out that h. Eas g,,sng
abroad to noat the noi,ds of tic Mississippi WI.
iey 4 Western Kailrpad. H. certainly went
aGtoa'l. and the. next thing to note was The
failure in December. ls'2. of the bank Of whI,h
~ VA rfetldens. but thIs did not bring lin
hack. There was
.i1TrLK OH MO SUSPICION
~ the t!fHc Ut the failure Of the bank that
Niustow himself hid inale anything to save
.iouht that lie squandcst,l his property III the
!ii.sds'ttd real estate and railroad iron srccula.
tions, ard that most Ut It wcnt Into
IbE nQHIf Nf mr.
on CLARK street, opposite Wrtght's Grove, "s, vas
sol'i and tue family sunk out II! sight. Various
99p!I!i1ns 9i; were r!fe ~ tn the. whereabouts Of
tsye ety or that he WAS III Hospital somewhere
IN feansylyanta for the cure Of
THE oP1CM rtAnlT,
with Which be had been afflicted from the time
to 4t tc eei pai" from ~ taks srosen sf 'Iss leH
1u clearing out the rubbs., IN the bans aftcr t
went Into RECEIVERS hands, butte wa
iauni i labeled "Cnre for the opium habit, pre-
gafc rise to thu general belief that he was aI.
dleted to the drug.
rnor. sw1ya,
but little more was heard of him here until
1s4, rhcn, on the lst Of Starch OF that year,
Prot. Swing, in u sermon vi tie "i.ost Edcn.H
read tho following letter, which, though to
nasnc WAS nlentpned at tile ttulc, vas known in
ilavc been written BY Mr.. WluEow:
Win what hear. burning and contttton jonk
back upon the ruined shipwlcck uf life can uc
known only 70 thr great Searchrr Of IIeatt. i nj.
why's ENew what wa right, but religion war with
ne only IN intellectual coIIvc,tnn. int ii, nctise
iss within Influencing and controlling ny actons:
riches. yielded readily. md have lost M yuol
n.ne. have made my family miserable. ed
ds"treAs uron vide circle. battered u,yttf that
there wout. be tisnc and sonlc way 10 ayc,t mr.
ca!nm!ly; lut the day os accounting came, and I
invoke to IND thc hhtn run lntn. and the waters
poured IN unt'i W.. sotn. 10 The luttom. :.
", 10 there not sums truth TO be 10 known and
20 seen ~ to bt fully Appreciated aud thu. ruurcI
IT, ~ thtfeug. nf piy spiritual IT, any up esc!y por
feelings beneath lts folds' stand far on rnd have
hardly courage 10 LIT my eyes To Tod. Let me not
tt Forgotten In your prayers. In loncings for
Christ an, your brother,
Apparently ho was not ablo to adhere to these
sentiments.
now lie GOT HIS PLACE.
lie was assisted tu Lis placc III the Treasurr
Department by chnrlcs D. Farwcl. There i
no doubt that Mr. Farwcl1 believed that Wtus.
low had reformed md passc,i through all tie
stages Of pcntenco and coutrittun.