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HISTORY OF MILLIoNARtE.-Oue great lion cf
tho fashionable world to gaze at has beon the
hou aud csta bishmen of The late Jonathan Hunt,
the nilIiIonare, which comes 10 the hammer to-
morrow. As The origin of such as he gives Zest
10 subsequent history. II may be well to say that
Mr. Hunt was born at Troy, in this State. and
commenced his career rs n merchant bv selino
peanuts cakes and apples from n basket. He
soon extended his means. moved TO Mobile and i'm
course of time. was known us a man of wealth
and retired 10 New ork, where he ft.ed TO an
elegant mansion. After all was done his mind
was shattered, and he engaged in spccuatons of
the greatest hazard. yet all prospered One Of
them was IN cotton, which he bought TO the extent
Ot ms credit. and made fortune 10 the chagrin of
tnose who doubted his sense, and refused him ia
ciliNes. lie filled his house with the works of
the painter and scu ptor, and surrounded himself
WIN All The iuxurics Of fe--not forgetting a IL
brary, contalng books the choicest scholars would
covet. While his mind was wavernp it was a
iavorie recreation with him talk with old APPLE
women. and tell them his present wealth and its
origin, holding ont TO them The golden future that
attracted HIM. In his s1ne moments like most
others who havo risen from honest poverty no
scorned Tho poor commencement and hated ma
iIgnantly those who brought it to his mind After
years OF impaired reason, he went to Cha rleston
and drowned himself by walking off the dock at
night by mistake. lie was "a bachelor. and his re-
mote Kindred, after contostins his will, have at
last been obliged to receive the proportion of his
wealth he named. a thousan gibes have been
uttered IN the house of the cidevant apple mer-
chant, and he passed off without causing shade
grlei.--New York Letter.


