RAYMOND, HENRY JARVIS, LL.D., 1820-69; b. N. Y.: son of a farmer in Lima, N.Y. ; passed his younger days on his father's farm. He graduated at the university of Ver mont in 1340, and studied law in New York, in the mean time supporting himself by contributing sketches to the Yew Yorker, a literary weekly, arid teaching. In 1841, on the establishment of the New York Tribune, Mr. Raymond was attached to the editorial staff, bat distinguished himself specially by the ability which he manifested as a reporter. In this profession be became quite unrivaled, his accuracy heimg unquestioned. In 1348 he transferred his services to the Courier and Enquirer, which connection he maintained until 1851; at the same time, and until 10 years later, filling a literary position in the house of Harper & Brothers. publishers, In 1849 be was elected by the whig party to the state legislature, and re-elected hi the following year, when he was chosen speaker; in 1351 lie visited Europe. Sept. 18, 1851, lie published the first number of the New York
Times. In 1854 lie was elected lieutgov. of the state, and took a prominent part in the canvass for Fremont in 1856, and for Lincoln in 1860. He was an ardent supporter of te.le union cause (luring the war. In 1864 he was elected to congress, where he supported president Johnson's reconstruction policy. Mr. Raymond was first among American journalists. lie was in Italy during the Franco-Austrian war in 1839, and gained high repute for his account of the battle o•Solferino, which was remarkable both as a speci men of vivid and as tin extraordinary journalistic victory, the Times, in this instance, beating all its competitors. Mr. Raymond was the author` of A Ilistory of the Administration of President Linealn, 1864; A Life V President Lincoln, 1865; and Life of Daniel Webster, 1853. His death was sudden, and was attributed to overwork.