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Show stwart notes, The bed on which Mr. A. T. Slew-art Slew-art died is of the most elegant description, descrip-tion, built of solid roaewuul anil inlaid with gold. During thedisaslrous panic of 1S."5 Mr. Stewart retailed evory day over $5,000 worth of goods. Mr. Stewart w.w a large Jailer with the HXtth previous lo the late wir, but when U broke out ho torts iw On-demand On-demand which would arioe for ali materials of war, and lie proceeded to engage from nearly all of tho manufacturers manu-facturers their entire produolions for several .months in advance. When, therefore, tho Uniu-d Shilet, government govern-ment came, into the market tie was almost the only nun with whom they couiu contract tor uiiilorms, hlhnkels and other materials. Although from the.so contracts he ia sa;d to have umdeniany million doIUro. Mr. Stewart's re:i I t-tate in X-w York city in ased in the tax uflh-e and estimated at (i,0il0,00 i, but the total value is probably not far from $8,hOO,000. He invariably p.ud thn wiiolo of Ihe purchase money for his real estate in cash, never giving a mortgage, but insisting on clearing oil every incomhrance. He wasoppjsed to Belling any of his real estato, and "bought lo keep." Air. Stewart read a chapter of iix,'ck daily, and prided himself upon his knowledge of Latin and Greek roo-w. Dr. While once suggested lo him that ho ought to write out his view ami thoughts on subjects of mich deep study. Mr. Stewart said tho great object of his life was to de.:inm,slnite lo the business world that the oau-,t success waa to bo obtain ud by utricl .idhcrenro to honesty and lnilhhj-lu-ss. He displayed no desire fur distinction dis-tinction ouhiide of his chewen hue ol business. Mr- Stewart's family Hfo his been much misrt prebonted, and ihe report aUnit his estrangemont from bin lain-ily lain-ily aro entirely groundless. The relations rela-tions belwoen him and his wile wero always most aflectionalo. Lilian Allen says that Mr. Stewart gave away in charities every ye.ir several hundreds of lliouuandH ol dollars, dol-lars, and had regular stipendiaries who received thousands and tens ul thousands til' dollars yearly. When President Urant first oMVed Air. Stewart tho secretaryship of the troas ury, Mr Stewart dcehncd, but wan pressed to accept. Not wishing that his merchantile profits thou Id stand in the way of gratifying the preai-dent's preai-dent's wiih, ho ollen d to bestow in charity tho income of his mercantile business for tho four yours that he IlllL'tit bold liHien. Ah Liu from this source was about a million and a half of dollare, the tolal en in would have been ii'i.UOO.OOO. lie was very fond of science and Ihe lino arts. Ilo wan very fociablo in Im habits, and gave dinners at his residence resi-dence every Sunday evening, usually to parliis of fifteen or twenty ladies and gentlemen. Jfinncr was served a'.six, and at nino tho company withdrew with-drew to tho gallery and library. |