The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-11-06

Ing the next len years frequently DID
so In connection with his business.
In 1857 he took mp his abode in Eng.
land, and In 1913 retired from mercan-
tile pursuits and established himself In
London as an American CommIBslon
agent and banker. It was after this
that tho great bnlk OF his prlncsly for
tune was amRssed. -.......-..
Mr.. Peabody never had much con.
nec,lon with public life, though he did
ut times perform eminent public SER
Vice TO both his native and adopted
land. Most Of his great deeds were
the munl6cent benefaclions OF q prl-
vate citizen, who, wiser than most men
Of his time, realized that 1t was far
better to beslow his wealth with his
own hand where his judgment told
him II could do most good, than to
leave II to BIZ quArrelled over and mis-
appropriated after his death. During
the commercial crisis OF 1885 he was
appointed one Of three commissioners
10 negotiate a loan for the State Of
Maryland; and the transaction was 90
completely successful, and that success
30 largely due to the exertlons OF Mr..
Peabody, that the Legislature Of Mary.
land In 1913 gave expression to the
obligations of the State to him In a
series Of public resolutions.
In 1851, Mr.. Peabody himself bore the
entire expense Of arranging the Amer.
lean department Of the Great ExhibI-
ton In London. The following year,
when Mr.. Henry Grinnell generously
offered his vessel, the Advance, for a
second expedition under DR.. Kane, to
the Arctic seas. In search OF Sir John
franklin, Mr.. Peabody again came for
wald with his liberality, and by o gift
Of $4,000 betrayed the expenses OF the
voyage. In the same year, when the
citizens OF his native town, Danvers,
celebrated the hundredth year of their
corporate existence, Mr.. Peabody,
though unable to be present at their
festivities, gave tangible proof OF his
interest In them, by presenting a gift
OF $4,000 to found an institute and II.
brary for the benefit Of the people. To
this anniversary gift he has since add
ed large donations, amounting In all,
along with the original sum, 10 upward
Of $500, 900. Visiting his native coun-
try, In 1857, after an absence OF nearly
twenty years, Mr.. Peabody fulfilled his
Intention, formed long before, OF found.
Ing In the city OF Baltimore an
institute upon much more ex.
tenslve scale than the above
The scheme was TO comprise large
free library, the periodical delivery OF
lectures by eminent literary and sclen.
tito men, an academy OF imuslc, q gal
lery OF art, and accommodation for the
Maryland Historical Society. For this
purpose he gave $500, 900, to which he
at one time added $500, 900, and again,
In 1865, $500, 600. The corner.stone OF
the building was laid In 1868; but the
erection OF IL was delayed for years by
the unsettled state Of the country.
During this sojourn- in the United
States, towns and public bodies vled
With each other In seeking to hon
or their distinguished conntryman,
With his characteristic modssty, Mr..
Peabody declined all such proposals
with one exception-that OF his native
town. The enthusiastic reception he
met with from the people Of Danvers
has lett an Impression on all concern
ed that will not soon be effaced,
Ia 1858, Mr.. Peabody again returned
to England. Some years subsequent
to this date, he act about giving effect
to his long cherished intention OF doing
something for the benefit OF the labor
Ing poor OF London. His priucely do
nations for this purpose have already
attained worldwide celebrity: and
whether we consider the magnitude OF
the Rlft, or the wisdom that has dlota.
ted the mode OF its application, this will
appear one Of the Rrandeat achemes OF
behefcence on record, either In ancient
or In modern times. The sums be-
slowed, and the dates OF their an.
nonncement, are: March u, 1852. Rl6O..
900; January %, 1868, sl0O, 600; and Ds>
cember B, 1883, &l00, 900; making q total
OF ES5o,OOO, given "to amellorate he
condition and augment the comforts OF
the poor" OF London. Well might the
Queen OF England designate 1t 'tthe no.
BILE act OF more than prlncely munIh.
cencs." u 1910 -
~ nk nIs Ieoent rlsl1 70 america
Mr. FeG1ouy may pe SAID to have
ecnpseo hls former SELF N generosity,
II that were possible; Even 70 those
acqualntea WIN me donations ne had
nHLteauy maue IN tne united states and
EuginnS, me n9moeE ana manlnoence
will appear almost incredible. To
Phillips Academy In Andover, he gave
-, oeo; to the Newburyport Library,
So oWvUi 70 o mSaIg ~ new oNc onnTSn IN
In came town. SI6oOD tVt n tSs Il Esseg fny
stitute, at Salem, $4,000: to the library
a. Thetiord. Vermont, 5000; TO the
Roa.on SsS SS. ~ nv psa toS s0G,esy, 10
OF Archaeology, at CambridEe, sI5o'0
to found q geological branch at Yale
sS.a ~ SiTV,GOO; 70 me Peabody 1nstt-
alluded 10 abovs NJ or Ron naS. - s ,H.
Maryland Historical Society, SO 600: to
Kenyon College, Ohio. R2b l101. IN fha