Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1869-11-13

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tirely to the South. His own words
to q member of the Board of Trus-
tees of the Southern Educational
Fund, on the occasion of his last
great donation, were: do this for
the South, for the benefit of the
whole ceuntry.n MA--
Mr.. Peabody is known to have been
Charitable. on principle, to have re-
cognized his obligations to God as
having prospered him aboveothers
and 10 have considered himself
merely Q steward Of His -bounty.
His words were: II give according
to my means. do no more,i there
fore, than. many others and / could
do no less. Great however as was
his liberality, he never entertained
applications for aid from strangers
and habitually declined to reader
answer letters which contained them.
On one occasion be Committed to tho
flames as many MS 1000 such letters.
One OF his most striking scharac-l
teristics more or less illustrated in.
every gift he made, was O freedom
from sectional or sectarian prejudice
or bigotry, q, oatbolicityr of spirit and
q large-hearted, benevolence.l He de-
clared that he never bestowed bene-
fits-upon any religious denomination
rs. such, and he distinctly expressed
the wish that this policy should be
preserved. in the apportionment Of
the fund for education In the South.
The total amount he gave away ir
! the last seventeen years was but lit
tie short of SIC, 900, 900, ~ b4oe...f
His splendid gifts to the poor of
London about S2,000,00D in the ag-
gregato--are still fresh In the minds
of all, aud the letter and miniature
of herself sent him by the Queen are
everywhere Remembered. A well :
1 of the manner In which this money
was bestowed Is found insAppleton's
Journal for Jnly,3l, 1859. d The CITY
OF BALTIMORE, for twenty years his
home, has received for educational
purposes not less than 81 900, 000, and
the cause of Southern 5 education
double as much. Most Of his other
donations in the United States were
Ina the North, chiefly in New Eng
land, and are too numerous to men,
ton here. He distributed among his
relatives In America more than So, :
DOC, 900, and has builtin Georgetown,
Mass, Us monument to his mother,
a new church at q cost of 100000
more. h4tL yf lUalig IllFljhAI
The first donation in behalf of
Southern educatiOn, made In 1885,
wns 81 900, 900 i'm cash, and S1,100,0 900
in. Mississippi State bonds. The Sc
cond donation, made July last, was
81 100000 in cash and S486, 900 In
Florida State bonds. The nominal
amount, therefore. is more than ST.
SOC, 900, though only 81, 900, 900 are at
present available. This Is judioiously
invested, and yields annually about
$3.50, 900. In special recognition Of
the formerEof these donations, the
Congress of the United States, on
March 16, 1867, voted to Mr.. Peabody
O magnificent gold medal, since
made and presented to him. This
LtestimoniaL though called medal,
Is more properly u piece of symbol
zeal statuary aboutIone foot in height
IAN exquisite work iof art 1t was
manufactured in New York, and cost
5000. JgpmuI 4dj ~ li4psa al
| Mr.. Peabody passed several
months, during the last summer, nj
liiC VnItcbctupiluI ioIbihSsy III VII
ginia. He shared cottage with ex-
Gov. Wise, and was met with open
heart by Gen. Lee and all Others at
that celebrated place of summer re-
sort. His warm reception there was
very gratifying to him, and he APP
preciated it more highly than the IT,
4 Ties and decorations which had been
rendered him by England's purest
and noblest sovereign. leaQle kho,fa
lby Mr.. Peabody's manners We're sim
gularly cordial, afiable and pleasing,
and his iconntenance was strikingly
and handsomely marked by that be-
nevolence, which has so greatly dis
tinguished his life. He was not q
member of any church, though edu-
Gated Presbyterian; but, in the lat
ter years of his life, his thoughts
We're drawn to his religious duties
and he had determined to commune
at the church erected by him in mem,
Dry of his mother. e,raiar DE taap9