The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-04-13
BALTIMORE.
TUESDAY, APRIL Is, 1883.

naked eve at a very remote distance, and that so
far as can be Judged by those who have the adj
vantage of achromatic telescopes of high power,
it appears to be nclining itself slowly in this di-
rection As some of our younger and more vigo-
rous readers may, perchance live to witness its
arrival here, and as we take to our bosoms the
hattering assurance, that the columns OF the DAILY
Erchanoe, even at that distant day, will be fondy
and profitably searched by posterity, for lessons
of wisdom, we avail ourselves of the occasion, to
record q few suggestions as to the proper applica-
ton of the treasure in question, when it shall at
last have reached its haven. Our views, perhaps,
may not be found exactly to accord with the plans
and wishes of the eccentric testator, but we think
that they fairly come, nevertheless, within the
scope of the principles which the Courts usually
apply in such cases, and which, as far as we I'M
derstand them, appear to determine that you may
make an entirely new will for a man, if you
please, provided you only do so by construction:
and are careful not to forge his handwriting.
Half million of dollars will, we think, be a
sum sufficiently large to excite the lively interest
of many enterprising citizens in the subject and
so soon therefore, as that amount shall have been
received from the Citys agents, we think that the
McDonogh buildings should be erected without
delay. By that tme the Chase Reservoir on Charles
street, will probably be in the market and, as we
like water prospect, we unhesitatingly, endorse
the preference for that attractive location, which
was so ably advocated, we understand, before the
Directors of the Peabody Institute by distn-
guished municipal officer The situation is a COM
manding one,-high, if not dry, with view Of
the Bolton depot and its smoking locomotives on
the one side, suggesting the feverish pursuits Of
busy life; while there are willowy glimpses of
Greenmount on the other, to tell us what loco
motives sometimes, and life always will bring us
to. We cannot doubt that the moral effect of this
palpable and perpetual text the charity boys
will be admirable in the extreme. Indeed, we
think, that from the very nature of the site, its
selection is made classical necessity by the apt
illustration which it will point of time-honored
maxim in education. " Petere foaates guam sectari
riUulos'-go to the fountains, do not seek the
streams is as wise as it is old. The McDonogh
building, erected where we suggest would per-
petually cry aloud to the youthful votaries of
knowledge" Come to the Reservoir, do not play
in the cutters |"
Should not these reasons be deemed conclusive
in connection with the high authority by which
they are sustained. We recommend that the
choice of site be entrusted to committee of citi-
zens owning, and therefore knowing the value of,
unimproved real estate. In case of their disagree
ment, the matter should be put to the vote of the
citizens of Baltimore county, so that they may
ercise, in our behalf, the wisdom and dsinter-
estedness which prompted the selection of Towson-
town as the county capital.
The construction of the edifce ought to be under
the exclusive control of the Mayor and City Council
with instructions however to proceed as nearly as
possible, in the manner recently adopted with re-
spect to the New Jail We have no idea that
posterity can improve upon that method-unless
perhaps they add provision to secure the fund
against any contingencies which may arise, during
the 'absence in August of future Mayors We
abstain from any suggestions to the choice of an
architect, because whether the Dixon the Bryant
of those days be selected nominalIy, we are quite
sure that plan will be practically adopted and
faithfully executed which involves the most liberal
administration of the Testator's bounty The
street and paving contracts, if any, may be safely
trusted, we think, with the certainty of similar
result to the usual municipal functionaries in
that department
We have room for but few suggestions as to the
details of the building and the branches of educa
ton to which we should desire to see it especially
dedicated. We should insist however, upon the
erection of suitable shooting-galleries, where the
youthful inmates may be instructed, from their
tender years, in the skillful use of revolvers and
other legalZed weapons. Under the fostering in
fuence of present municipal and judicial insti-
tutions, such accomplishments will doubtless con-
stitue by that time, the principal source of public
amusement and the most advantageous introduction
to popular and official responsibility and promotion
Of course the edifce will likewise furnish accom-
mediation for the drilling of rudmental ''hook and
ladder" and fire companies, among which the
pupils should be distributed early. A portion of
the reservor-conveniences may be preserved for so
all-important purpose and a suffciency of bricks
and stones may be retained, from the old walls to
furnish facilities for practice in the exciting collateral
exercises of that invaluable department
We see no reason why there should not be pro-
vided, also, a capacious hall, hitherto so much
needed, for the reception and entertainment of f-
ture ''Western Guests and other desirable visitors
An apartment of the sort, with suitable oratorical
nitaries to initiate though they might not hope to
equal the eloquent displays with which our own
times have been so often, so voluminously, and so
signally favored.
A department of criminal, or rather innocent
law, would be sine qua non, judiciously organ
lied, of course, under the direction of the Mayor
and the States Attorney for the time being. The
lea talionis-the prerogative of taking the law in
your own hands-should be carefully expounded
in all its details, by the time when the instiu-
ton shall be fully organized it will probably be
the only branch of criminal jurisprudence, of much
practical utility to any but the law officers. A
petty larceny class might be very benefcially
taught, for the formation of skillful detectives"
Excellent results might follow, too, from course
of lectures on homicide and assault and battery,
wherein the distinction might be thoroughly taught
between that killing which is murder, and that
which is simply sportiye and furnishes leading
qualification for the place of peace officer The
doctrine of settling" assaults with intent to muir
der, when the "costs' are paid, might be proftaby
examined in the same connection The law of CON-
tracts, especially in reference to those contracts
popularity known as 'jobs," might be satisfactorily
taught under the auspices ofsuch experienced NUM-
cipal unctionaries as the City Councils might select
from their own body or outside of it. course of
instruction on the theory and practice of popular
suffrage, with illustrations, from recent expert
ments, as to the precise amount of bloodshed and
fraud which is required to constitute perfectly
fair and quiet election" might be made part of the
duty of the Judges of Elections, subject to the d.
rection, ez-o6fcio, of the Mayor.
small number of the pupils, selected with
view to their peculiar qualifications, might be set
apart for instruction in the mystery of city-drector
ships in the railroad companies, with a view to
their becoming, in time, Presidents-but on this
do ,at i,acicf rlaaru u ILL.,