passage afforded for the ice and water over the turnpike road on the west side of the bridge, the rise of the river would have been much greater; under these considerations, I am of opinion that the area for the passage of the water recommended as a standard throughout the whole section of the river cannot be too great. The effect produced by the freshets of 1784 and 1822 leave but little doubt that much greater disasters may take place again, unless immediate and effectual means be adopted to prevent innovations on this stream, some of which it is to be regretted have already been made by extending wharves into the river from 10 to 20 feet beyond low water mark. In order to illustrate more clearly the necessity of establishing permanent wharf-lines, I beg leave to state that on a measurement of the water space between the wharf at the foot of Cedar street on Schuylkill, and the wharf lately erected on the property of the new Alms House opposite, the distance was found to be only 405 feet, and the space, between the wharf of Messrs. Wetherill's below Chesnut street, and the wharf opposite, measures but 366 feet, leaving only an area of water passage 5856 feet, whilst the area between the abutments of High street bridge is 11,800 feet. If the soundings of the river, and a survey of wharflines be established as recommended, it will enable the Wardens of the Port to determine the locations for wharves without difficulty, and will preserve a perfect navigation, and prevent destruction by inundations, which otherwise must occur by every trifling freshet when a number of wharves shall be built according to the present regulations. Very respectfully, your humble serv't. December 19, 1831. FRED. GRAFF. GENERAL EDUCATION. At a very large and highly respectable meeting of citizens of the city and county of Philadelphia, friendly to the promotion of General Education, held on Tuesday evening, Nov. 29, at the District Court Room, B. W. RICHARDS, Esq. Mayor of the city was called upon to preside, assisted by SAMUEL GRICE, Esq. of Kensington, and JoHN L. WOOLF, Esq. of Penn township, as Vice Presidents; JAMES PAGE, of the city, and B. MATTHIAS, of the Northern Liberties, were appointed Secretaries. The object of the meeting being stated by the Chairman, JOSEPH R. CHANDLER, Esq. offered the following preamble and resolutions, which were unani,mously approved of: PREAMBLE. One of the most distinctive features of the present age, and that by which it will hereafter be most favourably known, is the active spirit of improvement that seeks to meliorate the condition of every rank in life, insuring comforts to the humble, and security to the elevated. In no way has this spirit been more beneficially active than in the advancement of Education, and the diffusion of that species of learning that has now become necessary to the ordinary business of tradesmen, and the understanding and enjoyment of the rights of citizenship. Aware of the requirements of the times, the citizens and legislators of other states are seen making provisions for public schools when none have been in use before, and when systems of free schools have long been established, they are improving those systems to meet the advancement of science, and give to them practically all the beneficial features which their theory would seem to comprehend. Some bcnefits have resulted to particular sections, from legislative provisions of local operation, and from the benevolent exertions of philanthropic individuals, but no general system has been adopted. With a view of promoting the establishment of public schools this meeting has been called, and in a hope of pointing out the proper means of arriving at so desirable an end, it is Resolved, That, in the opinion of this meeting, the means of education in Pennsylvania are wholly inadequate to the wants of the people, and immeasurably behind the advantages which are enjoyed by the citizens of other states, while there is nothing in the peculiarity of our situation to warrant or excuse the disparity. Resolved, That, recognizing the truth of the axiom that "knowledge is power," we are bound as republicans, to seek to procure for every class of the community, the necessary advantages of education, that "power may not with knowledge" steal from the many to the few. Resolved, That the Legislative delegation of the city and county of Philadelphia, be requested to use all constitutional means to procure the enactment of a law, authorising the establishment of schools by which every child in the state may obtain, at public expense, the solid branches of an English or German education. Resolved, That this meeting recognize with satisfaction, the exertions of the friends of public schools in the last Legislature; and augur from their zeal and the evident improvement in public opinion, a successful issue to similar efforts. Resolved, That a committee be appointed to corres pond with any member or members of the state Legislature, or with others who may be desirous to obtain or impart information on the subject of public schools. In pursuance of the last resolution, the following gentlemen were appointed a committee of correspond Your committee, "appointed to devise and recomAttempts have been made from time to time to intro-mend the most suitable mode of calling the attention of duce into Pennsylvania some of those advantages that the people of the state of Pennsylvania, to the imporhave distinguished and blessed her more favoured tance of a system of Common Schools," beg leave to neighbours; hitherto this object has been unattained. report, That they have taken the subject embraced in the above resolution, into the serious consideration which its importance demands. Your coinmittee will, in the first place, invite your attention to some of the more prominent fucts as they now exist, in relation to this momentous subject of education. In this way the people may be reached, they might be stimulated to exertion, and exhorted to follow the example of their brethren in other sections of the State, in calling public meetings, in which the subject might be discussed, and instructions sent to their delegates in the Legislature. Both these means would be greatly facilitated by the presence and co-operation of an experienced and judicious agent or agents, who, by delivering public lectures, and well-timed addresses to the people, might diffuse light and information, and certainly enlist the feelings and approbation of the more influential and better in The first well-authenticated fact, well calculated to startle every reflecting man in the commonwealth is, that Pennsylvania has hundreds of thousands of her sons and daughters, who are entirely destitute of the means of intellectual culture! and thus, this great and flourishing state has a dark and portentous cloud of ig-formed portions of the community. norance and imbecility hanging over and obscuring her future prospects. Second, That repeated memorials and petitions have been sent from different sections of the state, to the legislature, praying for a system of general education, adapted to her wants and necessities, but hitherto without any adequate result. Third, That liberal provision has been granted to colleges, academies, and the higher departments of learning, whilst that for common schools, adapted to the ex igencies of the great mass of the people, has been withheld, or at best imparted with a penurious and grudging policy. Fourth, That an extraordinary degree of supineness and indifference has hitherto prevailed among the people of this state upon this subject, and hence it has been regarded by the representatives as an unpopular mea sure. Fifth, That the circumstances of the state of Pennsylvania are, in relation to this subject, peculiar; and this peculiarity arises out of the nature and character of her population: having a numerous and respectable class of Germans, speaking their own language, and from their industry and wealth, exercising no inconsiderable influence in the councils and measures of government. Wisely and judiciously to meet this state of things, and to devise a plan which shall have a tendency to obviate the difficulty, appears to be the important duty assigned your committee. It is obvious that every measure of importance must emanate from the people; and that the legislature will not act, either on this or on any other subject, contrary to the the wishes of their constituents. The editors of newspapers generally, throughout the state, are actuated by a similar spirit; (to this there are, no doubt, many honorable exceptions,) the course, then, to be pursued, is plain and manifest:-make the measure popular, and yet secure the talents and co-operation of both legislators and editors of public journals. The course, then, to be pursued is, to make a direct appeal to the people. How is this to be done? is the question next to be considered. The three following modes present themselves to your Committe, as the most likely to be attended with success. First, through the medium of the press, wherever accessible; second by calling public meetings in different sections of the State; and, third, by an agent suitably qualified to address public assemblies, and make earnest appeals to the people, face to face. First, through the medium of the Press. In order that this mode may be rendered effectual, well written communications addressed to the people, would be required, bearing particularly upon the following points: The vast importance of education to man, in relation to his future state of existence; in relation to his individual, moral, and intellectual energies; and, in relation to his character and duty, as a citizen of a free and independent state. In addition to his addressing the public, it would be an important part of the duty of these agents to be possessed of a knowledge of all the recent and valuable improvements in elementary or primary instruction. They should have the requisite information, and be furnished with the means necessary for forming those infantile establishments on the most improved plan, in all the towns and populous villages, and, as a matter of economy, should consider it as a part of their duty to qualify females to take charge of them. What numbers of females are there in the country, who for a small salary, would willingly underaake the management of such a school! And how many are there in easy circumstances, whose kind and benovolent feelings would prompt them to devote a part of their leisure in the fulfilment of such an exalted and delightful duty! That this is not so fanciful as some, at first view, may be led to suppose, take the following fact: one of your committee, during the last summer, in travelling to Pittsburg, passed the Fourth of July in one of the intermediate towns: In walking through town accompanied by a young lady, daughter of a friend, our attention was attracted to a man lying on a bench in the sun, in a pitiable state of intoxication, on enquiry it proved to be the Schoolmaster of the Village! the only man in the town to whom was entrusted the morals and intellects of the rising generation!! This naturally led to a conversation on the subject of Infant Schools; one of your committee strongly recommended to the young lady, who he knew had sufficient leisure, to commence one in the town without delay; and at her request left the outline of a plan for the mode of conducting it. She said she would consult her female acquaintance, and seemed pleased with the benevolent idea of collecting the little children together, who were running wild, about the houses, and of introducing something like order and improvement among them. Had it been consistent with other duties to remain a few days among them, to call the people together and address them in the spirit of affection and reason, can any one doubt the result? A school of the little neglected children would have been formed in a week! From this and other facts of a similar nature, your committee are confirmed in the opinion, that our object would be greatly facilitated by the three modes above suggested, were they put into simultaneous practice. Your committee beg leave to conclude their report with the following reflection: The power of unlimited progressive improvement is a faculty peculiar to man, and one of those striking characteristics by which he is distinguished from the inferior orders of existence. The subordinate races of beings commence life with all the science and all the instincts necessary for their preservation, and for the purposes which they are designed to fulfil: but man comes into the world helpless, ignorant, and wholly unable to provide for himself. He is at first impotent, but furnished with a latent, controlling power, which gives him dominion over every living thing, and forces even the elements to contribute to his will. These communications should be written both in the English and German language, and for this purpose your committee would recommend that some philanthropic and enlightened German be sought out and added to our body, that we might thus avail ourselves of his la- He is at first ignorant, because capable of all knowbors and influence among those who speak his lan-ledge; uninstructed by instinct, because his mind is guage. PHILADELPHIA LYING-IN CHARITY, --- We cannot omit mentioning what is of very serious importance, and which shows in a strong light the nocessity of establishing some generalrrangement by which ind gent females can obtain with certainty, the professional aid of competent and instructed physicians. We allude to the large number of still-born children which appears in almost every weekly bill of mortality. It is to be feared that many of these cases have been the result of ignorance or temerity on the part of incompetent attendants, where delicacy, under straitened circumstances, may have prevented the employment of well instructed practioners. inc dent by nature to the feebler portion of the human family, and to furnish some of the cheering comforts required, and which the individuals cannot possibly procure. We need not name the particular causes that may render the application of this charity necessary, such as long continued sickness in a family-a want of employment in the inclement season of our climate-the worthlessness of some husbands- unavoidable ill success in bus ness, &c. such cases are known to exist and very extensively. True charity administers to the wants of indigence in whatever form they may appear, and wherever found; nor shrinks from affording relief, let the cause have been what it may. With regard to the application of the charity of this association, great care will be taken to discriminate between the deserving and the undeserving. Its benefits will be confined exclusively to those who are indigent, Among the numerous objects that have excited the necessitous, and unable to command professional attendactive charity of the benevolent and humane in this ance. Our object is not to encourage inactivity, and city, it is rather matter of surprise that the urgent, anx-improvidence, but to mitigate the unavoidable suffering ious necessities of the indigent parturient female, have received so small a share of public attention. With a view to invite a portion of the munificence of the philanthropist to the cheerless residence of the lying-in female to awaken in her behalf the tender sympathies of her own sex, and to secure professional attendance to such as are unable to compensate medical practitioners for their services at this trying period-THE PHILADE PHIA LYING-IN CHARITY, for attend ng indigent females at their own houses, has been established. Institutions for the gratuitous accommodation of lying-n women, are common in the large cities of Europe, and they have been justly esteemed among the primary objects for the exercise of benevolence. Nor have the inhabitants of Ph ladelphia been altogether In this character it is expected the Philadelphia Lyunmindful of the interests and comforts of that necessi-ing-in Charity will appear; willing to extend its pecul.ar tous class of the female commun ty, whose interesting situation claims the fostering care of the humane: the Pennsylvania Hospital has, for a series of years, afforded a comfortable sojourn for a limited number of the necess tous married lying-in females, and many have availed themselves of its bounty; the Lying-in Ward of the Philadelpha Alms House Infirmary, an institution supported at the public expense, has also been the friendly asylum of thousands who, but for its existence, must have undergone much severe suffering, arising from indigence, and risk of life from incompetent attendants; the several Dispensaries, too, of the city and its Liberties, are institutions wh ch, for many years, have extended their charitable medical care and attendance to indigent lying-in females. The accommodations at the Pennsylvania Hospital, limited as they are to a very small number, are closed against such females as cannot first provide for the care and support of the ch ldren they may have already dependent on their attention. The children cannot be admitted with the mother, and to provide for their welfare during her absence, if at all practicable, may require an expense beyond her means. At the Alms House Infirmary, a difficulty not easily removed, also occurs: the children must first be provided for by the parent; or, if admitted with the mother, they are separated from her, turned into the common herd, where her control cannot reach, and where they are deprived of parent's watchful eye, at that tender age when most required. There is also another circumstance which must limit in some degree the benefits of these public institutions to females. However extensive and complete may be the advantages afforded to a large number who can conveniently enter them, yet there will always exist no small number whose reluctance to lying-in in a public institution is so great, that rather than consent, they will undergo the greatest suffering and inconvenience at home. This may arise from various causes-such as a separation from their friends-the dread of supposed experiments, and the fear of a public exposure of their dependence upon charitable institutions, ad to every case of helpless ind gence, and our sincere wish is, that it may prove extensively useful, in addition to the means already employed for diffusing among the indigent an increased degree of comfort and happiness. At a meeting of the association held November 16, the following gentlemen were elected officers for the ensu ing year: President-W. P. Dewees, M. D. Vice Presidents-Roberts Vaux, Alex. Henry. Christopher Marshall, ATTENDING FS Beattie, M. D Eli Welding, MILFORD, Dec. 16. The Delaware river at this place has been closed for three weeks past; and we understand that a number of teams have crossed on the ice. SKATING.-Mr. Gerber. from Northumberland county, on a late visit to Philadelphia, returned to this borough, by way of the Schuylkill Canal, with Skates on the ice. He left the City after breakfast, and arrived at Reading on the evening of the same day, without let or hindrance of tolls or gates.-Berks Journal. 1832.] THE WILL OF THE LATE STEPHEN GIRARD, ESQ. GIRARD'S WILL. I, STEPHEN GIRARD, of the City of Philadelphia, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Mariner and Merchant, being of sound mind, memory and under standing, do make and publish this my last Will and Testament, in manner following: that is to say— To PUBLIC INTSITUTIONS. I. I give and bequeath unto "The Contributors to the Pennsylvania Hospital," of which Corporation I am a member, the sum of Thirty Thousand Dollars, upon the following conditions, namely, that the said sum shall be added to their Capital, and shall remain a part thereof for ever, to be placed at interest, and the interest thereof to be applied, in the first place, to pay to my black woman Hannah (to whom I hereby give her freedom,) the sum of two hundred dollars per year, in quarterly payments of fifty dollars each in advance, during all the term of her life; and, in the second place, the said interest to be applied to the use and accommodation of the sick in the said Hospital, and for providing, and at all times having competent matrons, and a sufficient number of nurses and assistant nurses, in order not only to promote the purposes of the said Hospital, but to increase this last class of useful persons much wanted in our city. II. I give and bequeath to "The Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb," the sum of Twenty Thousand Dollars, for the use of that Institution. III. I give and bequeath to "The Orphan Asylum of Philadelphia," the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars, for the use of that Institution. IV. I give and bequeath to "The Comptrollers of the Public Schools for the City and County of Philadelphia," the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars, for the use of the Schools upon the Lancaster system, in the first section of the first school district of Pennsylvania. V. I give and bequeath to "The Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of Philadelphia," the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars, in trust, safely to invest the same in some productive fund, and with the interest and dividends arising there from to purchase fuel between the months of March and August in every year for ever, and in the month of January in every year for ever, distribute the same among poor white house-keepers and room-keepers, of good character, residing in the city of Philadelphia. دو VI. I give and bequeath to the Society for the Relief of poor and distressed Masters of Ships, their Widows and Children, (of which Society I am a member) the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars, to be added to their Capital stock, for the uses and purposes of said Society, VII. I give and bequeath to the gentlemen who shall be Trustees of the Masonic Loan, at the time of my decease, the sum of Twenty Thousand Dollars, including therein ten thousand and nine hundred dollars due to me, part of the Masonic Loan, and any interest that may be due thereon at the time of my decease, in trust for the use and benefit of "The Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, and Masonic Jurisdiction thereto belonging,' and to be paid over by the said Trustees to the said Grand Lodge, for the purpose of being invested in some safe stock or funds, or other good security, and the dividends and interest arising therefrom to be again so invested and added to the Capital, without applying any part thereof to any other purpose, until the whole capital shall amount to thirty thousand dollars, when the same shall for ever after remain a permanent fund or Capital, of the said amount of thirty thousand dollars, the interest whereof shall be applied from time to time to the relief of poor and respectable brethren; and in order that the real and benevolent purposes of masonic institutions may be attained, I recommend to the several lodges not to admit to membership, or to receive VOL. IX. 2 9 members from other lodges unless the applicants shall absolutely be men of sound and good morals. SCHOOL-HOUSE IN PASSYUNK. VIII. I give and bequeath unto Philip Peltz, John Lentz, Francis Hesley, Jacob Baker and Adam Young, of Passyunk township, in the County of Philadelphia, the sum of Six Thousand Dollars, in trust, that they or the survivors or survivor of them shall purchase a suitable piece of ground, as near as may be in the centre of said township, and thereon erect a substantial brick building, sufficiently large for a school-house, and the residence of a school-master, one part thereof for poor male white children, and the other part for poor female white children of said township; and as soon as the said school-house shall have been built, that they the said trustees or the survivors or survivor of them, shall convey the said piece of ground and house thereon erected, and shall pay over such balance of said sum as may remain unexpended, to any board of directors and their successors in trust, which may at the time exist or be by law constituted, consisting of at least twelve discreet inhabitants of the said township, and to be annually chosen by the inhabitants thereof; the said piece of ground and house to be carefully maintained by said directors and their successors solely for the purposes of a school as aforesaid for ever, and the said balance a permanent fund, the to be securely invested as interest thereof to be applied from time to time towards the education in the said school of any number of such poor white children of said township; and I do hereby recommend to the citizens of said township to make additions to the fund whereof I have laid the foundation. BEQUESTS TO INDIVIDUALS. IX. I give and devise my house and lot of ground thereto belonging, situated in rue Ramouet aux Chartrons, near the city of Bordeaux, in France, and the rents, issues, and profits thereof, to my brother, Etienne Girard, and my niece Victoire Fenellon, (daughter of my late sister Sophia Girard Capayron,) (both residing in France,) in equal moieties for the life of my said brother, and, on his decease, one moiety of the said house and lot to my said niece Victoire, and her heirs for ever, and the other moiety to the six children of my said brother, namely, John Fabricius, Marguerite, Ann Henriette, Jean August, Marie, and Madelaine Henriette, share and share alike, (the issue of any deceased child, if more than one, to take amongst them the parent's share) and their heirs for ever. X. I give and bequeath to my said brother, Etienne Girard, the sum of Five Thousand Dollars, and the like sum of Five Thousand Dollars to each of his six children above named: if any of the said children shall die prior to the receipt of his or her legacy of five thousand dollers, the said sum shall be paid, and I give and bequeath the same to any issue of such deceased child, if more than one, share and share alike. XI. I give and bequeath to my said niece, Victoire Fenellon, the sum of Five Thousand Dollars. XII. I give and bequeath absolutely to my niece, Antoinetta, now married to Mr. Hemphill, the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars, and I also give and bequeath to her the sum of Fifty Thousand Dollars, to be paid over to a trustee or trustees to be appointed by my executors, which trustee or trustees shall place and continue the said sum of fifty thousand dollars upon good security, and pay the interest and dividends thereof as they shall from time to time accrue, to my said niece for her separate use, during the term of her life, and from and immediately after her decease, to pay and distribute the capital to and among such of her children and the issue of decased children, and in such parts and shares as she the said Antoinetta, by any instrument under her hand and seal, executed in the presence of at least two credible witnesses, shall direct and appoint, and for default of such appointment, then to and among the said children and issue of deceased children in equal shares, such issue of deceased children, if more than one, to take only the share which their deceased parent would have taken if living. ANNUITIES. XVIII. I charge my real estate in the State of Pennsylvania with the payment of the several annuities or sums following, (the said annuities to be paid by the Treasurer or other proper officer of the City of Philadelphia, appointed by the corporation thereof for the purpose, out of the rents and profits of said real estate hereinafter directed to be kept constantly rented,) namely:— 1st. I give and bequeath to Mrs. Elizabeth Ingersoll, Widow of Jared Ingersoll, Esq., late of the City of Philadelphia, Counsellor at Law, an annuity, or yearly sum of Une Thousand Dollars, to be paid in half-yearly payments, in advance, of five hundred dollars each, during her life. XIII. I give and bequeath unto my niece, Carolina, now married to Mr. Haslam, the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars, to be paid over to a trustee or trustees to be appointed by my executors, which trustee or trustees shall place and continue the said money upon good security, and pay the interest and dividends thereof from time to time as they shall accrue, to my said niece, for her separate use, during the term of her life; and from and immediately after her decease, to pay and distribute the capital to and among such of her children and issue of deceased children, and in such parts and 2d. I give and bequeath to Mrs. Catharine Girard, shares, as she the said Carolina, by any instrument under now widow of Mr. J. B. Hoskins, who died in the Isle her hand and seal, executed in the presence of at least of France, an annuity, or yearly sum of Four Hundred two credible witnesses, shall direct and appoint, and Dollars, to be paid in half-yearly payments, in advance, for default of such appointment, then to and among the of two hundred dollars each, during her life. said children, and issue of deceased children, in equal Sd. I give and bequeath to Mrs. Jane Taylor, my shares, such issue of deceased children, if more than present housekeeper, (the widow of the late Captain one, to take only the share which the deceased parent Alexander Taylor, who was master of my ship Helvewould have taken if living; but if my said niece, Caro- tius, and died in my employment,) an annuity, or yearlina, shall leave no issue, then the said trustee or trus-ly sum of Five Hundred Dollars, to be paid in half-yeartees on her decease, shall pay the said capital and any ly payments, in advance, of two hundred and fifty dolinterest accrued thereon, to and among Caroline Lalle- lars each, during her life. mand, (niece of the said Carolina,) and the children of the aforesaid Antoinetta Hemphill, share and share alike. 4th. I give and bequeath to Mrs. S. Hesley, my house. keeper at my place in Passyunk Township, an annuity, or yearly sum of Five Hundred Dollars, to be paid in half-yearly payments, in advance, of two hundred and fifty dollars each, during her life. XIV. I give and bequeath to my niece Henrietta, now married to Dr. Clark, the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars; and I give and bequeath to her daughter Caroline, 5th. I give and bequeath to Marianne Hesley, daughter (in the last clause above named, the sum of Twenty of Mrs. S Hesley, an annuity, or yearly sum of Three HunThousand Dollars-the interest of the said sum of twen-dred Dollars, to be paid to her mother, for her use, in ty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be ne-half-yearly payments, in advance, of one hundred and cessary, to be applied to the maintenance and educa- fifty dollars each, until the said Marianne shall have attion of the said Caroline during her minority, and the tained the age of twenty-one years, when the said annuprincipal with any accumulated interest, to be paid to ity shall cease, and the said Marianne will receive the the said Caroline, on her arrival at the age of twenty-five hundred dollars given to her and other indented persons, according to clause XVI. of this will. one years. XV. Unto each of the Captains who shall be in my employment at the time of my decease, either in port, or at sea, having charge of one of my ships or vessels, and having performed at least two voyages in my service, I give and bequeath the sum of Fifteen Hundred Dollars provided he shall have brought safely into the port of Philadelphia, or if at sea at the time of my decease, shall bring safely into that port, my ship or vessel last entrusted to him, and also that his conduct during the last voyage shall have been in every respect conformable to my instructions to him. XVI. All persons, who, at the time of my decease, shall be bound to me by indenture, as apprentices or servants, and who shall then be under age, I direct my executors to assign to suitable masters immediately after my decease, for the remainder of their respective terms, on conditions as favourable as they can in regard to education, clothing and freedom dues; to each of the said persons in my service and under age at the time of my decease, I give and bequeath the sum of Five Hundred Dollars, which sums respectively I direct my executors safely to invest in public stock, to apply the interest and dividends thereof, towards the education of the several apprentices, or servants, for whom the capital is given respectively, and at the termination of the apprenticeship or service of each, to pay to him or her the said sum of five hundred dollars and any interest accrued thereon, if any such interest shall remain unexpended; in assigning any indenture, preference shall be given to the mother, father, or next relation, as assignee, should such mother, father, or relative desire it, and be at the same time respectable and competent. XVII. I giye and bequeath to Francis Hesley (son of Mrs. S. Hesley, who is mother of Marianre Hesley,) the sum of One Thousand Dollars, over and above such sum as may be due to him at my decease. 6th. I give and bequeath to my late housekeeper, Mary Kenton, an annuity, or yearly sum of Three Hundred Dollars, to be paid in half-yearly payments, in advance, of one hundred and fifty dollars each, during her life. 7th. I give and bequeath to Mrs. Deborah Scott, sister of Mary Kenton, and wife of Mr. Edwin T. Scott, an annuity, or yearly sum of Three Hundred Dollars, to be paid in half-yearly payments, in advance, of one hundred and fifty dollars each, during her life. 8th. I give and bequeath to Mrs Catharine M’Laren, sister of Mary Kenton, and wife of Mr. M. M'Laren, an annuity, or yearly sum of Three Hundred Dollars, to be paid in half-yearly payments, in advance, of one hundred and fifty dollars each, during her life. 9th. I give and bequeath to Mrs. Amelia G. Taylor, wife of Mr. Richard M. Taylor, an annuity,or yearly sum of Three Hundred Dollars, to be paid in half-yearly pay ments, in advance, of one hundred and fifty dollars each, during her life. ESTATE IN LOUISIANA. XIX. All that part of my real and personal estate, near Washita, in the State of Louisana, the said real estate consisting of upwards of two hundred and eight thousand arpens, or acres of land, and including therein the settlement herein after mentioned, I give, devise, and bequeath, as follows, namely: 1. I give, devise and bequeath to the Corporation of the City of New Orleans, their successors and assigns, all that part of my real estate, constituting the settlement formed on my behalf by my particular friend, Judge Henry Bree, of Washita, consisting of upwards of one thousand arpens, or acres of land, with the appurtenances and improvements thereon, and also all the personal estate thereto belonging, and thereon remaining, including upwards of thirty |