The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-07-06

ating charity, might be sustained were il not that
the too obvious purpose Of the esator was the per-
petual accumulation of the fund that there seemed
TO be no time, however remote, fixed when the adding
OF interest to principal shall cease that the asylum
contemplated is properly a charity, but the time
when It is TO come into being depends upon con-
ungencies so numerous, remote, and obscure, bu-
ned, by the very words Of the testaor, in the nde6
mite lapse OF time,n that il cannot be said with
any degree OF certainty that he intended the charity
should ever take effect.
There is lesson to be learned a moral to be de-
duced from this decision. Here we see the proper
ty OF man who had lived the life of miser-who
had never been accused of perpetrating a single
liberal or kindly act-who had toled long wears to
accumulate heaps Of gold and acres of land-who
hoped to control the disposition of lands and tene-
ments after he was dead-who sought to hold on
to earth though he no longer lived-and who ex-
claimed, with the dying lord, as he viewed his
broad pieces and boundless acres, TIE teners
moriens f'-passing into the hands of one whom he
wished to disappoint to be scattered, in few short
years, perhaps, broadcast over the land Hon.
John Sergeantand Alexander Brown, ESQ.,, appeared
in support of the will, and the Hon. ]. M. Porter
and M II. Jones, esq, for the heir-at-law. I'M
derstand the latter gentlemen will receive oneird
Of the amount recovered as fee
The election Of officers Of the first division of
Pennsylvania militia for major general, held yester-
day, resulted in the election Of General Patterson,
by majority Of seventeen votes. General Cad
wallader was not a candidate, as stated in one of
my letters.
The court have set apart Thursday next for the
trial of Smithers, the young man charged with the
murder of James Toner in the recent riot between
the Moyamensing hose and Paramount engine COM
panies. II is alleged that he struck man, while in
the custody of an officer, with brick which re-
suited in his death few hours afterwards.
Hon. J. M. Power, at present one of land the
only Whig) the board Of canal commissioners, de-
clines being candidate for reelection He has
made excellent and efficient officer II is thought
that Hiram Fuller, an active and eloquent member
of the last Legislature, will be nominated by the
Wing convention, which assemblies in August next
The latest " wrinkle" is an advertising Ea,,--in-
vented, but not patented, by some ingenious fellow
which are distributed gratis, and which, while il
serves to create breeze, informs you who max es
the neatest boots where the best ice cream is to be
procured, who takes the most superb Daguerreotype.
&c. II is worthy of the age in which we live.
The annual commencement Of the literary depart
ment of the University of Pennsylvania took place
this morning. The degree of Bachelor of Arts
was conferred on twenty young gentlemen-mem
bers of the senior Glass; and the degree of Master
of Arts on NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Of three years.
standing
The cholera is still on the increase We have
reported to-day &c cases and 81 deaths There is
also an increase of mortality from other diseases
During the week ending June 3Oth, there were
343 deaths.