The Northern star, and constitutionalist. [volume] (Warren, R.I.) 1834-1837, 1835-09-05
Warren.
NOBLE EXAMPLE.

IIArPY FRUITS OF SUCCESSFUL sPEcurA
TIoN.-A young man Belonging to Port.
land, whose name we shall make known
and which ought every where TO be pro-
claimed rs an incentive TO good deeds, and
honorable conduct established himself q
few years since in New York, in some
sort of mel ercanlie business, which proved
unfortunate, aud he failed lie returned
to Portland and has supported himself and
his family by clerkship for two or tine
years past. About four months ago, he
caught the speculation fever, which has
so extensively prevailed in Portland and
other places, and by an operation on u
small scale, in the purchase of caslein
lands, cleared S 900. A portion OF the
money he appropriated to buying up hIs
own obligations at ten per cent of their
par vaue, and with the rest made ano;h-
er purchase, by which he cleared SO 900.
Alb mt this time, believing that he should
be prosperous in this new line OF business
he entered into voluntary obligation in
writing, binding himself to his conscience
thu he would devote one tent, part Of
all his gains to benevolent and charitable
purposes. He has Continued his land
specala'ons so successfully, that he has
already realized fortune of S2OO,OOO
. The tenth OF this, (S20,000) he has OF
course disposed OF according to his volun-
trry obligation The first object of his
kindness and reward, was the estimable
widow OF a reverend and honored clergy
man, (Sev. DIR. Paysop) under whose
ministry he had become 4 professor of
Feia'on and at whose church he was
n,rinber He h#s sent this lady, who
had been LETT almost destitute, with
large family of children, check Of Ten
SAND DOLLARS-heh has aiy-
en- S2 900 to the Bangor biological In
sfitn,e-S2O0 TO the Seaman's Bethel in
Poriaod 500 to aid feeble society
in building n church in Illinois. The !
gentleman who called upon him in behalf
at the Illinois church, informs US that on
the day he saw him, he had given $500
for variety of benevolent objects.
But the question will naturally arise,
did this kind hearted and benevolen! man
think Of his old creditors, those who had
suffered severe losses by his failure, and
had received at most only ten or twelve
cents oh dollar Of their dues--many of
them psrhaps,pnor mechanic or laborers,
who depended upon their daily earnings
for their daily bread Or did he like too
many others, who have failed anG became
prosperous, leave his suffering creditors
to Uhistle for their demands, and treat
them with hauteur and contempt, if ap-
preached on the subject 7 II MIR. j. B.
CROSS, (for that is the name of the
gentleman whose example we would hold
up as most honorable and praiseworlby) {
had thus treated his old creditors we
should have deemed his displays of chari- j
ty and benevolence, his p,incely dona- {
tons, Gas sounding brass and tingling !
cymbal," ard altogether unworthy of re-
spectful notice. But his conduct has in
every respect been con ssteni, upright and 6
honorable. He is ready to pay them TO ,
the utmost larthng, principal and inter :
est, whether compromised or not, and
let the demand against him bo of what
nature soever To show that thus is
the case, we refer to his "Notice TO old
CredI,ors," as published in the Portland
papers - Salem Rtgtsier.