Charles H. Kerk 284 246 279 169 3370 281 249 278 169 3371 90 147 279 244 278 167 3344! 92 147 282 246 283 169 3356 90 142 278 243 279 162 3321 92 152 282 242 89 147 280 244 280 165 3369 282 155 3351 5265 403 258 290 301 231 131 177 197 151 Paul S. Brown 405 259 291 300 229 129 177 196 151 A. E. Dougherty 402 257 290 301 229 132 172 194 150 Thomas S. Smith 406 261 289 306 235 133 179 195 152 Theodore Evans 405 261 289 306 227 133 177 195 151 Abraham Miller 359 367 378 480 458 345 284 262 330 289 398 383 321 230 381 William H.Keating 357 366 374 476 455 344 283 259 326 289 400 380 315 230 378 5234 William T. Smith 357 366 374 475 457 345 278 260 326 288 399 381 314 228 378 5226 George W. Toland 358 367 374 476 453 344 286 261 329 289 400 382 318 229 380 5249 Joseph G.Clarkson 357 365 374 473 452 343 283 257 318 287 393 377 314 227 377 5197 Benjamin Say 359 366 375 476 458 342 281 259 328 287 397 383 315 228 381 5235 Thomas F.Leaming 355 361 373 474 452 345 280 261 324 286 597 379 314 227 378 5206 SELECT COUNCIL. Thomas M. Pettit 416 260 304 308 238 135 192 208 165 William J. Duane 418 261 311 310 238 136 198 208 160 Roberts Vaux 413 261 301 310 241 137 190 209 158 Robert Taylor 417 262 298 309 238 135 192 209 161 I. Wainwright(2 y.)417 263 304 314 241 139 193 211 165 94 156 294 248 297 182 3497 93 151 296 250 297 182 3509 93 156 300 251 296 180 3496 95 152 295 249 297 182 3491 97 151 294 253 300 182 3524 John P. Wetherill 354 365 362 483 457 335 278 261 319 285 589 372 309 213 370 5132 Manuel Eyre 353 361 357 484 435 338 277 256 316 284 385 369 311 214 370 5110 Joseph R. Ingersoll 352 363 356 483 438 341 277 257 320 284 395 371 307 212 371 5127 Lawrence Lewis 348 359 354 382 434 336 272 256 318 286 387 369 310 212 366 5089 D. M'Creedy,(2y.) 346 358 348 473 425 326 269 250 314 283 380 366 303 207 361 5009 James Page 404 261 303 313 406 262 304 311 John Patterson Lewis Ryan John Moss Peter Fritz James Fearon Joseph Murray COMMON COUNCIL. 239 138 180 209 161 242 136 183 211 162 407 263 301 313 240 136 182 211 161 407 263 301 311 241 137 184 212 166 405 263 301 308 240 135 183 210 168 408 264 301 312 240 135 177 206 154 404 263 301 311 240 136 177 209 161 407 264 301 314 238 139 177 210 162 Daniel Oldenburg 410 264 299 314 239 138 178 210 161 John Horn 407 264 300 311 238 134 182 209 162 407 264 301 313 241 135 185 210 162 403 259 301 311 237 135 178 206 153 408 263 301 311 240 135 185 207 158 408 263 301 317 244 139 156' 209 162 405 264 302 312 239 140 179 207 158 406 261 301 314 238 133 184 206 158 John Crean, Jr. 406 261 298 312 235 137 181 205 156 T. C Maberry 404 261 299 313 237 139 181 204 159 George W. Tryon 407 263 304 312 239 139 186 206 159 T. W. L. Freeman 407 262 297 310 236 133 180 205 159 Wm. E. Lehman Henry Troth 98 160 296 258 293 183 3496 94 163 300 257 291 183 3505 94 160 298 258 291 188 S503 96 163 301 261 295 189 3527 94 167 305 260 294 188 3521 94 155 292 254 292 182 3465 94 160 294 254 292 183 3479, 97 158 294 257 291 187 3496 97 159 297 260 291 184 3501 95 160 291 257 290 184 3484 97 164 296 261 291 188 3515 95 158 289 250 287 177 3439 96 160 295 258 292 182 3491 96 158 299 260 293 191 3526 94 157 294 255 290 184 3480 91 159 297 260 293 184 3485 94 156 297 260 292 187 3477 93 155 293 254 290 181 3463 95 157 295 261 292 188 3503 94 156 291 250 288 184 3452 350 369 359 472 439 337 285 261 325 284 393 369 313 220 372 5148 Robert M'Mullen 346 364 359 469 439 337 281 257 320 284 391 364 207 221 570 5109 Samuel V. Merrick 349 360 359 474 400 339 283 256 316 286 387 366 310 218 368 5111 John J. Borie 345 363 359 473 439 338 280 255 319 281 390 364 306 220 366 5098 (Continued.) Total Ephraim Haines John Maitland Henry Sailor S. P. Wetherill Joseph R. Chandler 349 Isaac Elliott James Gowen Thos. W. Morris 347 Dr. R. M. Huston 346 361 358 John Byerly 348 362 359 471 Joseph Aken David Lapsley, Jr. Joseph B. Smith 350 367 361 474 440 340 280 256 323 285 390 365 310 218 368 5127 345 362 345 466 438 337 275 254 321 283 386 359 301 213 357 5042 353 363 359 471 436 338 279 256 322 284 389 363 309 218 370 5110 351 364 360 469 441 338 282 259 319 286 393 370 311 220 370 5133 365 360 471 439 338 286 254 324 285 391 371 311 219 369 5132 347 364 361 473 439 339 281 254 322 282 393 369 311 219 375 5129 344 352 345 450 424 318 263 251 317 270 384 357 304 208 353 4940 362 360 472 440 338 281 255 323 285 388 366 310 219 369 5115 472 440 337 279 255 320 283 389 364 309 217 367 5097 433 338 280 254 323 282 387 367 310 219 369 5102 345 362 356 469 436 329 277 254 320 278 371 360 309 217 360 5043 347 363 360 471 440 338 281 256 323 286 389 368 309 220 369 5120 346 362 360 469 435 339 280 252 321 283 387 366 308 218 364 5090 350 365 360 472 438 S40 282 259 324 287 394 369 311 219 373 5143 344 363 355 472 440 338 279 255 323 285 389 367 310 220 368 5108 473 436 338 279 PHILADELPHIA 255 319 279 381 361 307 219 363 5081 COUNTY−1832. CANDIDATES. 223 1032 436 133 86 138 233 1033 435 133 86 138 140 691 615 124 212 911 433 133 86 123 107 205 Morton McMichael 1139 140 671 613 120 195 913 431 129 86 121 106 204 Robert F. Groves 1547 141 741 648 144 231 954 435 131 86 139 155 206 1110 141 680 617 126 226 909 393 122 86 123 107 205 152 204 74 349 6050 155 206 77 335 6034 72 341 5306 73 833 5274 77 345 5980 72 345 5262 80 79 210 96 240 121 367 6111 80 79 210 96 240 120 363 6128 80 79 210 96 240 119 359 6151 79 79 210 95 240 119 358 6027 80 79 212 96 240 119 358 6180 81 79 210. 96 239 119 383 6115) 8) 79 210 96 240 119 362 6142 80 79 210 96 239 120 362 6068 18 122 00 00 00 15 On the 18th inst. at his residence near Mercersburg, of the prevailing epidemic, the Hon. ARCHIBALD BARD, one of the associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Franklin county, in the 68th year of his age. On Friday last, in Hellam township. York county, Pa. Mr. JACOB WELSHOFFER, aged 70 years. On the same day, at Harrisburg, Mr. GEORGE WELSHOFEER, brother of the above deceased. A messenger was despatched to Harrisburg to invite the brother of Welshoffer to the funeral A messenger was also despatched from Harrisburg, for the purpose of inviting Jacob to come to the fuel of his brother George. The messengers met at Middletown, and upon making known to each other their errand, it appeared that these two brothers had departed for another and better world, within ten minutes of each other. 18 122 00 18 120 00 838 00 00 15 48 345 14 45 888 DR. FRANKLIN'S WILL. Extract from a Codicil to the Will of Doctor Benjamin "I was born in Boston, New England, and owe my first instructions in literature to the free grammar schools established there. I have, therefore, already considered those schools in my will. But I am also under obligations to the state of the Massachusetts, for having, unasked, appointed me formerly their agent in England, with a handsome salary, which continued some years; and although I accidentally lost in their service, by transmitting governor Hutchinson's letters, much more than the amount of what they gave me, I do not think that ought in the least to diminish my gratitude. "I have considered that among artisans, good ap. prentices are most likely to make good citizens, and having myself been bred to a manual art, printing, in my native town, and afterwards assisted to set up my business in Philadelphia, by kind loans of money from two friends there, which was the foundation of my fortune, and of all the utility in life that may be ascribed to me, I wish to be useful even after my death, if possible, in forming and advancing other young men that may be serviceable to their country in both those towns. To this end I devote two thousand pounds sterling, which I give, one thousand thereof to the inhabitants of the town of Boston in Massachusetts, and the other thousand to the inhabitants of the city of Philadelphia, in trust to and for the uses, intents, and purposes hereinafter mentioned and declared. The said sum of one thousand pounds sterling, if accepted by the inhabitants of the town of Boston, shall be managed under the direction of the Select Men, united with the ministers of the oldest Episcopalian, Congregational, and Presbyterian churches in that town, who are to let out the same upon interest at five per cent. per annum, to such young married artificers under the age of twentyfive years as have served an apprenticeship in the said town, and faithfully fulfilled the duties required in their indentures, so as to obtain a good moral character from at least two respectable citizens, who are willing to become their sureties in a bond with the applicants for the repayment of the moneys so lent, with interest according to the terms hereinafter prescribed. All which bonds are to be taken for Spanish milled dollars, or the value thereof in current gold coin. And the managers shall keep a bound book or books, wherein shall be entered the names of those who shall apply for and receive the benefit of this institution, and of their sureties, together with the sums lent, the dates, and other necessary and proper records respecting the business and concerns of this institution. And as these loans are intended to assist young married artificers in setting up their business, they are to be proportioned by the discretion of the managers, so as not to exceed sixty pounds sterling to one person, nor to be less than fifteen pounds. And if the number of appliers so entitled should be so large as that the sum will not suffice to afford to each as much as might otherwise not be improper, the proportion to each shall be diminished, so as to afford to every one some assistance. These aids may, therefore, be small at first, but as the capital increases by the accumulated interest, they will be more ample. And in order to serve as many as possible in their turn, as well as to make the repayment of the principal borrowed more easy, each borrower shall be obliged to pay, with the yearly interest, one-tenth part of the principal, which sums of principal and interest so paid in, shall be again let out to fresh borrowers. And as it is presumed that there will always be found in Boston virtuous and benevolent citizens, willing to bestow a part of their time in doing good to the rising generation, by superintending and managing this institution gratis, it is hoped that no part of the money will at any time lie dead, or be diverted to other purposes, but be continually augmenting by the interest, in which case there may in time be more than the occasions in Boston shall require, and then some may be spared to the neighboring or other towns in the said state of Massachusetts, who may desire to have it, such towns engaging to pay punctually the interest and the portions of the principal annually to the inhabitants of the town of Boston. If this plan is executed, and succeeds as projected, without interruption, for one hundred years, the sum wiil then be one hundred and thirty-one thousand pounds, of which I would have the managers of the donation to the town of Boston then lay out at their discretion one hundred thousand pounds. in public works, which may be judged of most general utility to the inhabitants. such as fortifications, bridges, aqueducts, public buildings, baths, pavements, or whatever may make living in the town more convenient to its people, and render it more agreeable to strangers resorting thither for health, or a temporary residence. The remaining thirty-one thousand pounds, I would have continued to be let out on interest in the manner above directed for another hundred years, as I hope it will have been found that the institution has had a good effect on the conduct of youth, and been of service to many worthy characters and useful citizens. At the end of this second term, if no unfortunate accident has prevented the operation, the sum will be four millions and sixty-one thousand pounds sterling, of which I leave one million sixty-one thousand pounds to the disposition of the inhabitants of the town of Boston, and three millions to the disposition of the government of the state, not presuming to carry my views farther. All the directions herein given respecting the disposition and management of the donation to the inhabitants of Boston, I would have observed respecting that to the inhabitants of Philadelphia; only, as Philadelphia is incorporated, I request the corporation of that city to undertake the management agreeable to the said directions, and I do hereby vest them with full and ample powers for that purpose, and having considered that the covering its ground plat with buildings and pave. ments which carry off most of the rain, and prevent its soaking into the earth, and renewing and purifying the springs, whence the water of the wells must gradually grow worse, and in time be unfit for use, as I find has happened in all old cities, I recommend that at the end of the first hundred years, if not done before, the corporation of the city employ a part of the hundred thousand pounds in bringing by pipes the water of Wissahickon creek into the town, so as to supply the inhabitants, which I apprehend may be done without great difficulty, the level of that creek being much above that of the city, and may be made higher by a dam. I also recommend making the Schuylkill completely navigable. At the end of the second hundred years, I would have the disposition of the four million and sixty-one thousand pounds divided between the inhabitants of the city of Philadelphia, and the government of Pennsylvania, in the same manner as herein directed with respect to that of the inhabitants of Boston and the government of Massachusetts. "It is my desire that this institution should take place and begin to operate within one year after my decease, for which purpose due notice shall be publicly given previous to the expiration of that year, that those for whose benefit this establishment is intended may make their respective applications. And I hereby direct my executors, the survivors or survivor of them, within six months after my decease, to pay over the said sum of two thousand pounds sterling, to such persons as shall be duly appointed by the Select Men of Boston and the Corporation of Philadelphia, to receive and take charge of their respective sums of one thousand pounds each, for the purposes aforesaid. "Considering the accidents to which all human affairs and projects are subject in such a length of time, I have perhaps too much flattered myself with a vain fancy, that these dispositions, if carried into execution, will be continued without interruption, and have the effects proposed. I hope, however, that if the inhabitants of the two cities should not think fit to undertake the ex. ecution, they will at least accept the offer of these donations as a mark of my good will, a token of my gratitude, and a testimony of my earnest desire to be useful to them even after my departure. I wish indeed that they may both undertake to endeavor the execution of the project, because I think that though unforeseen difficulties may arise, expedients will be found to remove them, and the scheme will be found practicable. If one of them accepts the money with the conditions, and the other refuses, my will then is that both sums be given to the inhabitants of the city accepting the whole, to be applied to the same purposes and under the same regulations directed for the separate parts, and if both refuse, the money of course remains in the mass of my estate, and is to be disposed of therewith according to my will made the seventeenth day of July, 1788." By a resolution of Councils, passed December 4, 1797, the city treasurer was directed "to take under his care and management the legacy of Dr. Franklin, and to loan such sums of money as he may receive on account of the same, on such security as may be approved of by the Mayor or Recorder; to keep an account of the same, which shall be open to the inspection of any committee or member of Council-and report a statement of the fund to Councils at least once in each year." By resolutions passed June 11, 1829, it was direct ed 1. That one of the sureties in each bond for the said loads shall be the owner of real estate situate in the city and county of Philadelphia, sufficient to secure the payment of the principal and interest of such loan. 2. That a warrant of attorney shall accompany each bond, containing an authority to enter judgment immediately, and to take out execution for each instalment as it becomes due, and the treasurer is directed to enter up judgment immediately, and to keep the same revived from time to time according to law. 3. That no female shall be taken as surety in any such bond. ELIAS BOUDINOT'S WILL. Extract from the Will of Elias Boudinot, Esq. dated 3d July, 1821.-Proved and recorded at Mount Holly, N. J.-3d November, 1821. "As to all the rest and residue of my estate, real, personal, and mixed, wherever it may be, I give, devise, and bequeath the same, and every part thereof, to my beloved daughter Susan V. Bradford, my nephew Dr. Richard Stockton, of Princeton, Lucius H. Stockton, of Trenton, Elias E. Boudinot, son of my late beloved brother, Elisha Boudinot, Samuel Bayard, Esquires, and the survivors and survivor of them, his heirs and assigns in fee simple as joint-tenants and not as tenants in common, in trust nevertheless, and to and for the sole uses and purposes hereinafter mentioned, and to no other, to wit "And on this further trust that my said trustees shall hold all that certain tract of woodland, situate, lying, and being on the river Susquehannah, in the state of Pennsylvania, a little above the Sinnemahoning creek, on the opposite side of the Susquehannah, containing a little more than thirteen thousand acres, and which I hold under Cadwalader Evans, Esq. by deeds dated the sixth day of April, 1797, and 2d April, 1802, recorded at Williamsport in Lib. A. 471, and in Centre country in Lib. A. 190, and is contained in about thirty-two tracts or lots into which the same is now divided, as will appear by the patents for the same in my possession, having sold three of them, the original lots containing fourteen thousand seven hundred acres, to and for the use and behoof of the Mayor and Corporation of the city of Philadelphia,by whatever name they ought to be called by their charter, and their successors and assigns for ever. This tract, on its first appearance, is mountainous and rough, yet laying on a navigable river, and as I am told by hunters who have gone over it, that it is well covered with large timber of every kind, and that in the midst of the tract there are many hundred acres of extraordinary rich level soil, covered with the finest chesnut timber in the county, and from which the largest rafts can be navigated down the west branch of that fine river-and it is in contemplation to unite this river by a canal with the Delaware. I have thought it no bad foundation for the following purposes-and therefore I do direct that the same shall be conveyed by my said trustees in fee simple to the said Mayor and Corporation accordingly. The rents, issues, and profits of which to be applied by the said Mayor and Corporation to and for the beginning of a fund, or in aid of any one already begun for the supplying the poor inhabitants of the city and Liberties of Philadelphia, with the house holders (not able to provide it for themselves) at a price during the winter season not in any case exceeding the moderate average price of wood during the preceding summer (and that in small quantities,) with fuel of such kind and sorts as to the said mayor and corporation may seem more likely to answer the purposes aforesaid, and all moneys received for such wood or other fuel, shall from time to time be added to this fund, so as to increase the same for a more generous and ample supply as aforesaid, and I hope and trust that in the execution and superintendence of this trust, persons of generous and tender feelings for the distresses of their fellow creatures, may be found, who will gratuitously and generously undertake this heavenly employment under the corporation in favor of the poorer class of society, free from pecuniary compensation. And I hereby request that in such case a silver medal of the value of ten dollars may be given to each and every person who may faithfully serve in this humane undertaking, out of the nett proceeds of this devise." JAMES WILL'S WILL, Extract from the Will of James Wills, dated the 8th day of 5th month 1823.-Proved January 26, 1825. Recorded at Philadelphia. Item. "All the rest residue and remainder of my estate, real, personal, and mixed, both that which I now hold, and all that I may hereafter acquire, I give and bequeath to the Mayor and Corporation of the City of Philadelphia for the time being, and to their successors in office forever, in trust for the purchase of a suf. ficient plot of ground in the City of Philadelphia or in the neighborhood thereof, and thereon to erect or cause to be erected suitable buildings and accommodations for an hospital or asylum, to be denominated "The Wills hospital for the relief of the indigent blind and lame." The funds thus appropriated are to be put out on good mortgage security, or City stock, and after expending the necessary sum for the lot and improvements heretofore mentioned, the income of the remainder is to be exclusively applied to the comfort and accommodation of as many of the indigent blind and lame as the income will admit of after defraying the necessary expenses incident to such an establishment. And to the aforsaid Mayor and Corporation of the said City and their successors in office is intrusted the duty of appointing Trustees or Managers, and all other matters and things in any wise appertaining to the due fulfilment of the aforesaid bequest, the right regulating the establishment, and ensuring the right application of the funds to the purposes heretofore stated, and for the sole use and benefit of the indigent blind and lame, giving a preference to those persons resident in Philadelphia and its neighborhood." The validity of this bequest was disputed by the Heirs at law of James Wills, and on the 21st day of March 1831 judgment was rendered by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in favour of the Corporation. On the 10th of March, 1831, an Ordinance was passed, directing the Mayor and Treasurer of the City of Philadelphia, to receive from the executors of James Wills, late of the said City, deceased, the funds in their hands, constituting a legacy of the said James Wills, to the Mayor, Aldermen, and Citizens of Philadelphia, in trust. On the 24th of May, 1831, the residue of this estate was paid, (in accordance with the foregoing ordinance) to the mayor and city treasurer. On that day it con sisted of This fund is subject to the payment of two hundred dollars per annum to Rachael Wise during her natural life time, (one hundred dollars per annum having been charged thereon by James Wills, Sen. father of the testator, and one hundred dollars by the will of the testator.) On the 14th of April, 1831, an Ordinance was passed authorizing the city treasurer to pay the said annuity as it should thereafter become due. A plan for the hospital, drawn by Thomas U. Walter, was adopted by Councils on the 10th of January, 1832, and the corner stone laid on the 2d, of April, 1832. Twelve of the above boats were built for James Wood, of Pittsburg, who commenced Steamboat building in the year 1821.- Beaver Argus. THE REGISTER. We ask the particular attention of our readers to the article commencing on our first page and occupying a considerable portion of the present number. We trust that the circumstance of its embracing a general view of our own among other state provisions for education and affording the means of direct comparison between them all will be regarded as a sufficient reason for transferring it entire to the Register of Pennsylvania. No state has at this moment a more immediate con cern in this important subject. The mass of facts here embodied will also enable those who feel an interest in the progress of our sister states and in their various modes of sustaining public intelligence, to judge between the different methods of arriving at the same result which hereafter may be proposed for adoption in this commonwealth. We hope ere long to lay before our readers a complete synopsis of all our constitutional and legislative action in regard to education since the foundation of Pennsylvania. |