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The Buffalo Commercial Herald the death,
Monday night Tuesday morning last Of the Hon. CHARLES
TOWNSEND, of the Oldest and esmabe residents of
the city of Buffalo, On Monday he about town,
usual, attending to business with fair prospect, appa
reny, of enjoying for many years old age
in the full possession of his intellectual and physical powers
any in that city. He spent the evening in pleasant
with his family, and retired at the usual hour On
Tuesday morning early servant going into the sitting
light fire. found him seated in chair his head lean
ing on his hand a table, dead.


No resident of Buffalo was more thoroughly identified with
its growth and history than CHARLES He came
here says the Commercial Adverise) a very early date
year before the last with Great Britain when
fair city but small village and all beyond but


little else than wilderness But with the great sagacity
and calm esoute enterprise that such striking
his character he appreciated the great natural advantages
this point ioesaw the greatness Of the sumbeng country
that needed but intelligent enterprise to be quckened into o
and activity, and with well directed efforts engaged in those
pursuits which have aided make western wds the
of empire To living does the commerce OF our lakes
more, and especially do the citizens of Buffalo, who now
rejoice in its present and prospective greatness debt
lasting gratitude to the memory of CH.RLBs TOWNSEND
who in conjunction with few others yet spared among u.s.
noby rsked his enterprise calculated to pro-
the prosperity Of ALL and which the Government refused
to undertake until private well directed effort had led the way
and shown il practicable.


careful methodical business man. uniformly courteous
and polished in his manners gentleman Of the old school,
model of high mercantile honor of highly cultivated mind
and christian he has ceased from his abor and will de-
scend to the grave followed by the regrets and all
VINO knew him. His age about sixty-one