Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-11-09
THE WILL OF MR.. McpoNoueH.


Donough, who like Gitard, appests 10 have
left nearly the bulk Of his properly to sup
porting school and an Asylum for the
poor. 10 be located in Baltimore, and a Tree
school in New Orleans. The court room was
crowded 10 listen 10 the reading. The will
was writienlin the tesa,or's own hand, and
filed twenty four pages Of fOOlscap; SIX
thousand dollars and some landed property
are left 10 his sister and her children; the rest
ofahe estate, OF which no aggregate amount
~ gissn, beqseailicd 10 the Mayor, Alder
man, and citizens of. New oheaps and Balli. :,
more, half to each, city, for the purpose above
meniioned. To the Protestant Nal Male Orphan
Asylum, of New Orleans, he gives 100000
in yearly instalments. The. other two in
.stitutions' bequests are also in yearly install
,menis. IL a4r.. .-..s s..., l4. .sa l..
A school farm is TO be established in BaIti-
more, and an asylum for the poor. The school
farm for the education of the poor children,
from four 10 fourteen years OF age, OF Balil-
more first, and the other large maritime cities
of The Union, They are TO be taught the pur-
suits of agriculture and the principles OF re-
liqion. A common English education TO be
piyen. in all the schools, here and at Balil-
more, and the bible to be their principal class
book. The inmates of the two poor asylllms
10 defrav, as far as possible, the expense ot
those institutions so far as their own labor
can 90. The cultivation of the mulberry tree'
and making OF silk in these asylums are re-
commended. To the school farm AT Balti-
more, the sum of s3,oOo;ooo is bequealhsd
in yearly instalmen,s. -...-. .......
The estate, after the annuties above men
toned are paid, and a number OF negroes,
named, are freed and sent to Africa, TO be
managed by certain number of commission
ers appointed by this city and of Baltimore
no commissioner TO be member OF any coun-
Gil, to serve more than twelve months or
twice in succession. The two cities to act
as a check on each other. None OF the pro-
erty ever 10 be sold, but 10 remain forever as
a fund for the above charitable purposes,
A laige sum Is bequeathed 10 the Ameri-
can Colonization Society at Washington At
ter all these bequests are settled, which the
donor expects will be in forty yeas from
now, the entire estate 10 be divided between
The States of Louisiana and Maryland, and
the Legislatures 10 carry out the OBJECTS pro-
posed If the commissioners do not follow
his instructions, the estate 10 fall Immediately
10 the two States. Every precaulion is taken
10 prevent these noble bequests from being
divided from their original purpose The IN
s,ruc,ions to carry them out are full and mln-
ute. -s. O. ... .r. ... ....|
Many high.minted and benevolent sentI-
men,s concerning education, morality, The
duties OF the poor and the rich, and the pre-
servation of the Union are 10 be found IN the
will The tesiamenlary executors are Messrs.
Christian Roselius, A. D. Crossman, Judah
,,Touro, Louis Philip, Pela, Jonathan Mont
gomery, JosephA. Maybin, VIM. E. Lcverich,
Francois Bizoton D'Aquin, and in case ol his
death his brother Francois Adolphe DAqnin'
of this city; Messrs. Benjamin {, Howard,
John P. Kennedy, John Spear Smith, Bran'z
Mayer, Henry Didier merchant, John Gibson'
son Of the late VIM. Gibson, Clerk Of court, OF
Baltimore; Henry Clay, of Kentucky, Presi-
dent, and R. R. Gurley, Secretary of the
American Colonization Society at Washington
and Walter Lowrie, Secretary of the Presby-
terian Board of Foreign Missions at New
York The will is dated at the residence oi
eihe deceased, 9th December, 1888. .