Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1843-06-23
LUCK BY TIE WAY.

A young lawyer ol This city. possess
ing taleB',n his profession. but Intle pc
eunlary ability 10 start him sWlHmlngiy
INTO life, BY one Of those singular chan
ces which are as rare as they are foru
nate has suddenly, as we learn become
the possessOr OF a large estate. the at
ranment OF which is indeed remarkable
The gentleman is well known IN the
community. and especially in the meri
dian OF Court street. Two years since.
this same individual was indebted TO the
liberal generosity OF one whose munif-
cpnce is we'll known to The public, for
the means Of entering upon his proles
sIonal career, without which he proba-
big would never have rea lied The fol
lowing lucky turn Of fortune:
Our young barrsler was established
in comfortable Office, by the aid Of his
wealthy benefactor, and. gradually at.
aining a degree Of noIorlely, he soon
began 10 number his clients with no lii
I lie satisfaction. One day. which seems
to have been marked il his calender as
especially propluous and smiling, la
boring Irishman entered his Office 10
consG,t with him upon particular bust.
ness, for which he had been refused the
advice Of other professional gentlemen.
PerGslng the necessary details, he drew
from his pockets sUHdry documents uD-
connected with the original matter in
reference. which exciting the attention
Of The lawyer proved to be certificate 5
Of deposite Tor largo sum o money 10
The Bank OF Dublin, the value Of which
was previously unknown to The owner.
This appearance of things naturally y
enough attracting professional observa
rIon. an examination was subsequently
Instituted. which resulted in The fact
that property 10 the amount OF EtO 900
had been deposited TO the credit Of he
hitherto poor Iaborer in the bank. and Of
establishing his title also to a large
landed estate IN Ohio. which was valued
at 81 100000, and bequeathed 10 the
Irshman by the will of q wealthy but
uoknown relative. The gratitude and
generosity OF the Hibarnlan nation i:
well known; but, with llbaraliy which
is not generally manifested, except in
cases of sudden and unexpected acces-
sion to fortune. the nov wealthy client
insisted upon reliDqulshing all claim tc
the landed property Of which he had be
come possessed in favor OF his lawyer
reserving TO himself only the persona
estate IN itself fortune. The money
has in part been Withdrawn from the
Bank Of Dublin, and we understand that
fl5 600 came ou, 10 this country in
one of the late steamers, the removal
Of The deposites" probably being in Ia
vor o some one OF our American banks
Ii is stated that this matter. which ha'
resulted so fortunately, has been in pro
cess of settlement for several months
the lawyer himself having journeyed Il
the El Dorado Of lhe West in prosecu'
lion OF The special business OF his gen
erous cIieEt, and having returned with
a portion Of the incomes derived from
the large property there held in posses
sion.
We give the above as il has been re-
lated 10 Us from what We deem credible
authority; snd. for the sake of all the
parties concerned. as we'll as for the
increase Of the city taxes, we hope i
may prove true to the letter - Boston
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