Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-12-09
THE GRATEFuL MENpIcANr.

has fortunes, his eye-sight gone, and his wife
ueau, he resolved TO quit his native country
and seek for new friends in the city of Lon
don. Ihe sister of his deceased wife request
ed she might take his only child. an infant.
and adopt il as her own; he consented, and
she called the child Julia. Ogiivie soon pre-
pared 10 bid adleu TO Scotland; and that he
might have a companion in his misfortunes,
ne bought a dog, named him Pompey. and
put a brass collar on his neck, with these
! words, IN large letters ergraven upon it.
"fomPey asking aims for his blind master"
thus equipped, Ogilvie and Pompey set
out on their journey, and arrived at the Red
Lion mn, on the twentieth of June. The
next day Ogilyie was conducted TO the mar
ish of st. Giles, where he took lodgings at
two shilIings and sixpence per week Being
now settled, his host accompanied him and
Pompey to the piazza of Convent garden
theatre, where, by the side of the pillars, he
took has stand. This situation he occupied
on all business days for upwards of eighteen
years. Ogleyie's custom was never to speak,
but always to hold his hat in his hand, with
pompey by his side. When any person drop
ped money into the hat ne made a bow. but
never uttered a word, unless he was .irst spo-
ken 10, and then bis answer was generally
"yes'' or "non
Mr. Lovel, a merchant in the West India
trade whose counting rooms were at old CITY
chambers and his dwelling in Soho Square,
was In the daily habit Of passing under the
piazza. One afternoon observing the blind
man and his dog, he stopped, and taking hold
OF the collar, read aloud the inscription. He
then addressed the blind man thus: .Pray
tell me, sir, by what means you lost youS
sight,
"3y that scourge of mankind, the small
pox,g ne answered. Lowell putting a one
pound note into his hand, bid hi4a a good al.
%ternoon, and walked off. On his way home.
his thoughts dwell upon what he had just
seen and heard, which filed his bosom with
deep sorrow, and what aided to create arca-
ter sympathy for the blind man in the mind
oiLovei, was the circumstance of his having.
only six months previously, lost his own wife,
by the same disorder. leaving him and his lit
tic son John, then six years of age, TO be-
moan her nntimely death. That very night
Lovel resolved that he would ever after, eth
err IN going int the city or on returning TO
his house, throw into the blind mans hat a
shilling or more, and for eighteen Years he
kepthis determination. During this tine
MIR. Loyel was prosperous in business, lie
gave his son a collegiate education, bred him
at the temple, and he became a distinguished
barrister. s /.
The earl Of Derby having employed the
young b~arrister in a suit of consequence, In
which the interest of the crown was concern
ed, on the trial Of the cause the principle con
tended for by the young b~arrister Has az gued
with so much ability and eloquence, that the
result proved favorable to his client. The
information Of the facts coming TO the ears of
the king, his majesty was pleased to confer
on him the honor Of knighthood.
Mr.. Lowell had occasion to apply to the un
derwritcrs at Lloyd's to effect an inurance on
a large Snip lis cargo Of great value, bound
TO London from the Island Of Jamaica But
a letter Of advice had been received that
morning at Lloyd's stating the total loss of
his vessel and all on board IN a hurricane,
the day after she sailed from port. This in
formation was overwhelming, and drove Mr..
Lovel almost TO despair. HecaAcd his csed-
Ators together, and gave them a just and true
account OF his affairs; he told them tina, he
could pay them ten sbillings in The pound,
by delivering up all his property, whssch he
was ready to do. The creditors ehcerfully
accepted his offer, and executed 10 him a ge-
neral release.
Five years previous to the failure of Mfr.
Loyel, a most singular and extraordinary
occurrence happened to the advancement of
Mr.. Ogilvie's fortune. A celebrated dnchess
OF Piccadilly, with a few friends, one evening
attended the Convent garden theatre, 10 hear
Kutzebse's play Of Pizarro, which had been
adapted 10 the English stage by MIR Sheri-
dan. When the amusemcnts were ended,
her grace Oh leaving the house, and just as
she was stepping into her carriage, discover
ed that she had dropped from her fngera di
amond ring of the value of twelve hundred
guineas-She instantly proclaimed her loss,
with an offer Of fifty guincas 10 the person
who might find it.
Ogilyie, who stood near, and heard all
that had been said, requested TO her grace TO
extend her hand and let Penney see her fin
ger on which she wore the ring, to which she
instantly complied, and then drove off for |
her palace. In less than two hours after all
was quiet in and about the theatre, and the
fam 5eaud in the vicinity were ~extinguished,
pompey found the ring, and delivered ii TO
his master, who early next morning went to
the palace Of her grace, who received him
with ioy aud gladness. On Ogilyie's presen-
ting her the ring, she offered him the fifty
guineas, as promised, but he wholly refused
recei, ing The money. She then gave bimSa
half ticket in the lottery then drawing. o.
glevie accepted the ticket, thanked her, bad
her good morning, and returned to bis stand
in the piazza. Eight days after this inter
view The ticket drew the prize Of twenty thou
sand pounds. The money he deposited d ia the
hands Of Mr.. Ncwland, Pres ident of the Bank