Herald Of The Times

A Noble Act Rewarded.

We a short time since, published the fact that a man by the name of Wood, had unexpectedly inherited the sum of twenty-seven thousand pounds sterling, bequeathed to him by some friend in England. It appears that the fortunate person is Mr. Joseph Wood, of Trenton, in this State, and that the bequest was made under the following circumstances:—Several years ago, the only child of an English gentleman, fell overboard from a steamboat in the Delaware, at the foot of Chestnut-street wharf, Philadelphia, and would inevitably have perished, but for the promptitude of Mr. Wood, who instantly plunged into the water, and with great difficulty and danger, succeeded in restoring the child to the arms of its agonized parents. Repeated and liberal offers of reward have since been made to Mr. Wood, which have been as constantly refused by him, on the ground that he had done no more than his duty, and the conscious feeling that a worthy action carried with it its own reward. The gentleman, however, who recently died, could not forget the nobly disinterested conduct of the preserver of his child's life ; and on opening his will, it was found to contain the above munificent bequest, of which Mr. Wood has been duly apprised. Truly a magnificent reward for a noble action !—New-Jersey Gaz.