Arkansas intelligencer., 1848-04-29
The Nh of lhc lac Nr. LslOr.

The Will Of the la,e Mr.. ASlOr.
The editor Of tho New York Journal Of Com
nerce has examined an abstract Of this document
in which the community feel at least the interest
OF curiosity, on account of the vast amour. of
which il boqueathes. 1t drawn up by ID.
Lord, Jr., Esq. The Journal says:
The principal document. was executed July
4sh, 1885. But as Mr.. Asor acquired new es-
taes, or the circumstances Of his devices chang
ed, or he changed his opinion of what was best,
he made sundry codici,S, a; the following dates,
VIZ: July 10, '3S, Jan. o. 80, Aug. %, 80, Oct.
u, 80, March 3, II, June 3, II, Dec. ~, and
Dec. D, 10. There various rc-at,estions Of
Of the principal will, up 10 January II, lS45.
" The great features Of The viii and lis codicils,
are ample provision FOR all the relations of Mr..
Astor and their chidren-his son VIM. B. As.or,
l being the great resduary Iegatee.
There arc no trusts created for the benefit Of
relatiYes-though in quite number Of cases, only
income, or sum per annum. is to be paid to the
3Foa, Or 6hcFFn efs Who Teyso9 to iRsE CHI.
possession.
" The only important beques for The public be-
neht. is of 100000, by The codici Of Aug. 2G:h
/ 1899, for erecting suitable buildings. and os.ab-
fishing library in New York. for free general
use. For this purpose ho apprOpiaies u plot OF
ground on the souherIy side of the Astor place,
60 feet from! by l25 deep, for the building or, if
the trustees Of this Uequest think it more cxpedi-
ent, plot Of like size on The east sdo of the AS
tor place. The building is not to cost over S7J,-
eco, and the land Is estimated at $50 600. Then
$4,000 are TO be expended in books, maps, sta
tuary, &c. and the remainder 10 be placed at IN
;crest, to defruy the expenses of mana cement,
purchase Of books, the establishment of lec-
lures, as the trustees may think best. The trus-
tees are the Mayor Of the city and the Chancellor
OF the State, cr-oDciO, (and now named as mark
Of rcspeclJ Mossrs. Washington Irving, Wm. B.
Astor. Daniel Lord, ir., James G. King. Joseph
q. CoSsweii, FIIz Greene Haleck, Henry Bre-
WORT, jr., Samuel b. Ruggcs, Samuel Ward, jr.,
and Charles Bristed, who are TO appoint their sue
cessors. The trustee are 10 have no pay, nor is
any one Of them 10 hold an Office of cmolument
under the boa .....
." There is a bequest to the poor of Waldorf, by
esabl sang an institution for the sick or disabled
or for the Improvement Of the young of $50, 900.
p" he other public bequcs!s as follows bat
most If not all of them, we believe, were paid in
advance, during the life of Tho tcslator:
q" The German Society, $4,000; Institution
for tho Blind, $1,000; Half Orphan Asylum,
S5UOOj Is ingin Asylum, 50 600.
" The personal estate Of Mr.. Asior is worth
from seven to nine millions of dollars and his real
estates, perhaps, much more; so that tho ag-
gregoto Is less Khan twonty millions. or half the
sum we put down The other day. Either sum is
quite out Of our small comprehension and We
presume that "l!h most men, the idea Of one mill
ion is just about as large an idea as that of any
number Of millions"
A ROYAL CAKE AT WINDSOR CAsrLE.-The
English papers publish decuption of the Twelfth
Night Cake served at Windsor Castle on the sixth
Of January. This is chef d'Guore in pastry and
The confectOuer who made il must have called to
his and several artists who were not of his pro-
fession. About the base ofthe cake are placed u
large number OF Chinese figures, inierlaced with
aegorical devices; birds and animals; the top
rises circle temple of classic architecture with
columns; the floor Of the temple is of ice and imi
basin Of water; under the cupola are suspen-
ded with light moveable threads large number
Of white and red fishes which are reflected in wa
ter at the bottom of the temple, and which, moved
by some ingenious mechanism, seem to live and
10 swim in this water so perfectly inflated.
The temple is surrounded by limitations of rocks,
in which music toX is concealed on these rocks
are arranged 20 Chinese figures playing different
instruments and very skfuiy made. BY touch
| ing secrc. spring the music commences playing
and the Chinese figures set in motion, beat time
with their heads with perfect precision. The cake
is moro than three feet in diameter and moro
than four feet high. Il was admired by the whole
court.-N. Y Courier des Etats Unis.
i 0-T-The late Alabama Legislature divorced ff-
ty couples. Why didn't thai body pass general
divorce bill at for alIstbe married folks in
the State and let the men and women begin anewl