Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1833-12-17
. MATHEW CAREY.

The December number Of Buck
insham's New England Magazi e
contains a continuance Of the auto
biography Of Mathew CAREY. Esq.
from which we extract the follow
ing anetdotc:
Behold me now landed in Philadel-
phia, with about Il dozen guineas in my
pocket, without relation or friend, and
even without an acquaintance. except
my con,pagnons de uoyage, of whom
very few were eligible associates.
While ] was contemplating a re-
moval into the country, where | could
have boarded at about a dollar and a
quarter j week, intending to await
the arrival of my funds, "A most extra
ordinary and unlocked for c,rcnm-
stance occurred, which changed my
purpose, gave new direction to
my views, and in some degree, color
cd the course Of my future life. il
reflects great credit Oh the Marquis de
Lafayette, who was then at Mount
Vernon, to take leave Of General
Washington. A young gentleman of
the name Of Wallace, IA fellOw-pas-
senper al mine, had brought letters of
Recommendation to the Generals; and
having gone to his seat to deliver them.
fell into the Marques company, and
in the course OF conversation. tire at
fairs Of Ireland came on me taps.
The Marquis, who had, IN the ShIIa'
delphia papers, seen an account OF my
adventures with the Parliament, AID
the persecution ] had undergone, in
auircd Of Wallace, What had become
OF the poor prosecuted Dublin printer?
He replied, ale came passenger with
me, and is now in Philadelphia stat
ing the boarding house where ] had
pitched my tent. On the arrival Of
'thc Marquis III this city, he sent me a
billet. requesting to sec me- at his lodg-
ings-whither / went. He received
me with great kindness; coudoied with
me on tn" perse cutlOn ] had under
gone inquired into my prospects: and
having told him that ] proposed, on
the receipt ofmy funds, to set up a
newspaper, he approved the idea, and
promised TO recommend me 10 his
friends, Robert Morris, Thomas Fitz-
simons, &c. &C. lftcr halt an hour $
conversation. we parted. Next morn.
ing. while / Was at breakfast, IA letter
from him u rs handed me, which, 10
my very great surprise, contained tour
one hundred dollar Notes of the Bank
Of North America. This was the
more extraordinary and liberal, as not
word had passed between us on the
subject Of giving or receiving, borrow
ing or lending money; and Il remarka-
bic feature in the affair was, that the
letter did not contain a word OF refer.
cnCc 20 the enclosure.
IT. the course Of the day l went to
his lodgings. and found that he had, an
hour or two previously departed fol-
Princeton. where Congress then sat
having been in some measure driver
from Philadelphia by mutiny among
the soldiers, who were Clamorous foI
their pay. and had kept them in state
Of siege for three hours in the State
House. Iwrote to him to New York
whittier l understood, he had gone
from Princeton. expressive of my gra
titude in the strongest terms. and re-
ceived n very kind and friendly ans
wcr.
cannot pass over this noble trait
N Tie character Of the illu>trious Mar
ana, without urging il strongly OH the
overprown wealthy of our country, a:
an example worthy OF imitation
Here was foreign noblemaU. who
had devoted wears OF the prime OF hi:
life, and greatly impaired his fortune
i'm the service of a country. separated
by thousands of miles distance from
h.. native land. After these mighty
sacrifices, he meets. BY an extraordina
~ accident. with Il poor and persecu.
ted Young man, destitute Of friends and
protectors-hish heart expands towards
him-he freely gives him means Of ma.
king a living without the most remote
expectation ofreturn. or Of ever again
seeing the object OF his bounty. lie
wihdraws from the city to avoid the
expression Of the gratitude Of the ben.
eticiarv. have more than once as
suned. and nov repeat. that doubt
whether in the whole life Of this had
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