The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-11-24

The clause in Mr.. Appleton's gill which refers to
Ms beOuest il in the following words:-

TSs csuse in Mr. xpnlston. .;i which ;siss: y
this bequest is in the following words:-
And DO also hereby give and bequeath to my execu
tors hereinafter namedor such Of them shall accept
them applied disposed Of and distributed for scientific
literary, religious charitable purposes the following
two Sundred dars and situated as foow
Ist At Manchester, State Of New Hampshire.
fifty shares in the Amoskeag Manufacturing Co.
Forty shares in the Stark Mills.
Ten shares in the Manchester PRINT Works.
n. At Lowell, State of Massachusetts,.
Twenty shares in the Merrimac Manufacturing Co.
Twenty shares in the Appleton Manufacturing Co.
Twenty shares in the Hamilton Nanufacturine Co.
Twenty shares in the Suffolk Manufacturing Co.
Twenty shares in the Massachusetts, Cotton Mills.
Wishes in regard to the particular institutions
are TO Be applied and also the time and mode of the
application thereof intend to make known to my exc
sS and feel sure that they will strictly comply
Ncn me, have confidence in their making such dis
position and distribution Of said property as they will
think would be most likely to meet my appreciation.
Il will be seen thgt the trustees have distributed
TIE funds among societies and institutions whose
claims do not appeal 30 fully to popular regard %
many cshers Thus y is doubtless thought that or
aeveent Society, and others Of the class that appeal
70 tho sympathy Of the community, sure OF con-
t1ued support; while the Mercantile Library Asso.
s ssns !so sale Sssn q
proper encouragement from the public. We believe
societies Of the two classes above named ere gene
rally excluded from receiving any portion Of this
We have heard that the donation to Harvard
CsDege win DO very timely, az the need Of . suit.
able chapel has long been felt. Mr.. Appleton
gave Dartmouth $4,000 during his hset,me, and
lad promised further sum. Amherst College will
b enabled to erect neat fre proof structure
fOr its geological cabinet. The Industrial school
In giIs il Boston institution, and the donation
WI Place = on arm fooang g., TIE gut 70 the Nsw
cation to those who have sustained it through its
infancy and watched its progress with SO much in
terest. The Sailors Snug Harbor is Q new but
Vsy Of xppesSn IN Wisconsin s Was named IN
honor Of Q dlstinguished merchant Of Boston, and
The town itself was called Appleton out Of respect
to the deceased testator.
Tie American Academy Of Arts and Sciences, and
the Massachusetts, Historical Society, will have
permanent fund Of $4,000 each, to enable them to
deffsy the expenses Of publishing their nausac-
lions. It win be observed that the total amount
ct fthe original sum has been added to the prin
eipal Itmay be Of interest to state that the trus
teee selected by the deceased to distribute these
funds were Hon. Nathan Appleton, Hon. William
Appleton, and Nathaniel Ingersoll Bowditch, Esq.
In3unetien Against tho baltimore and Ohio
Railroad.
From the Baltimore American Nov. 22.1
"A despatch from Wheeling states that the Circuit
Uur yesterday granted the injunction prayed by the
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Central Ohio railroad At Bcnwood which is four miles
below Wheeling the Ohio river and directly opposite
The town Of Beaire where the Central road terminates
The connection at Benwood is proposed to be by
II steamboat, which is to carry the the
river similarly to the arrangement on the Phiiadelphia
Being built at Wheeling.
The despatch briefly announces tho result without
giving any particulars to the character of the njunc
ton granted few days before the suit instituted
The following resolutions we're adopted at meeting Of
4. That the City Council be requested to take mme-
date measures to compliance the part Of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad with the terms Of its
tracts with the city Of Wheeling, and to restrain, by
suing out injunction If necessary the projected
skuction Of branch connecting at Benwood with the
a That the Council be requested to appoint COM
nftce, with authority to employ competent engineers,
70 determine the most suitable location for bridge with
N the corporate limits OF the city, adapted to the
nodaton OF any railroad which may seek to cross the
river At Wheeling.
The object Of these resolutions was to ask an inunc-
ncn V prevent the company from building a branch
from the main stcm to the wharf at Benwood, which
branch, we believe, has already been built, but we
presume the injunction win prevent the branch road
i.om being used would to us that the injunc-
toI must prove nngatory, the railroad company
0ouoteoiy have the right to make switches, and to
grant the Of switches to private parties and that
the injunction can thus be easily evaded. But even
Benwood is cut of by tha injunction Il can only prove
annoyance TO the two roads account Of the
sity that win arise to compel change Of at the
At the opening Of the the counsel for the the city
Of Wheeling read the bill fled, and on which this in
junction Ia granted, which claimed -
list. That this act Of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
10 in violation of their charter passed by the Legislature
Of Virginia, in March, 1S47.
ID That is in fraud and violation Of the contract Of
July 9th, 1e47 between the city Of Wheeling and the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
ID. That said work is obstruction to the naviga-
ton OF the Ohio river whereby the business and trade
of the city Of Wheeling are injured.
The counsel for the road claimed that under the law
the railroad had the right to make branches, and to
take freight and passengers at all points and that
they had mot forfeited this right by any subsequent
act.
NAVAL PREPARATIONS Some OF the newspapers
SEN surprised at the activity at present displayed In
ntnng out the national vessels at the various navy
yards We perceive nothing unusual in those prepara
lions large portion Of the squadron lately duty
IN me China seas is already its way home the Me-
dterranean squadron has been absent more than two
years and It Is not improbable that shpg other
tions require to 90 relieved These preparations may be
directed to that object II unfreq ucny happens
that many months are occupied In providing crews and