The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-03-19

devoaring the wheis OF the leg Of nuttos OF which
very brm found himself Incapable Of .oucnins morss
Another sssmathsonian" Request.
WILL rHn PRESIDENT ACT Az TRUSTEE TO FOUND
AN kMAHcIPArIoN COLLEGE IN PENNSYLVANIA
VICE cHAstEfLoR's COURT, LONDON. JAN e.
Before Vice Charcelior Sir X. T. Kindersley.
the drecsn Of the oour, Is 10 csr.is trus. funds Mr.
George Roberts, resident OF London. made win in
1885 y which he beaueathed 900 q Virginia stock
sisters for e and after their death the President aud
vce President of the United States and 70 the Governor
invest tho rents and interest Of the stock aud lot
cumuiate until amounted TO 500 O00 and that they
should snen found college for the instruction q
Do engaged. "wAo sAan advocate and ineuioan ne
oouny snal they Be restored % an sqxaliy Of ciriI
vgs WstA their oh> beAren throughout the Unon" The
testaaor oil siucc dead One Of the brothers. Isaac
Averi Roberts, by his will devised the residue or his
personal estate to the trustees o. TIE Free Grammar
certificates Of 81 900 Virginia stock belonging
Aver Roberts, have como into possession OF the trustees
der his will presented memorial TO the then President Of
the United States setting forth the wi and submitting
would have been void under tho statute OF moran and
the secretary FOR tbs state OF Virginia TO them,
stating that the matter had been laid before the Attorney
General OF the state who Of opinion that the belues
and the win could not DO onoroed and should not II It
could. for the reason that the purpose OF the de-
the Ambassador OF the United States the
etter 10 the effect that the President and Vice Pro
:asos declined the trust. Under these =
@: present ' was n'd 70 take tho direction q the
Mr. Glasss and Mr. Oser appeared Tor the p,antiYs,
Mr. Osborne and Mr.. Sergeant Tor the representatives Of
Benjamin Roberta, Mr. Walford and Mr. Holland for the
trustees Of tho school, Mr.. Townsend and Mr. Lee for
The Vicc Chancellor expressed doubt whether the
repudat!on q trust BY the trustees did away With
aSds @
void or were eapsbe Of being carried into ect under
che law q the STATE Of and whs.her the
President and Vice President OF the United States and the
Governor OF Pennsylvania had declined were willing
% accept He also directed that b.
taken OF the estate Of Isaac.
Spirits or ths Dsvil-Twscdlsdum and
Twcediedee.
70 TIE EDITOR or THE LONDON THINKS.
Would you kindly allow 70 give through your valu.
able columns copy OF tho agreement drew up and
signed by request Of Mr. Severn the which was to be
PA.Azzo PAU; Jan. 8 1854;
inss
sason ON the subject Of spirisu.!i;~p, uoxp
to Rom. adsn 4 isr Ss.A
and would therefore wish To be ist free 2 CONTINUE my
could not. as your correspondent states have proms.
have no control over the power with which endowed
meet persons with the intention Of having
mot promising to hold no further communi
cations with the spirits at last made leave Rome.
With tho preceding agreement 1t might not DO Gus Of
place give document which In its Is curiosity.
when we take into consideration that we belong to the
nineteenth century.
I, Daniel DungIas Homo, do hereby solemnly declare
and that have not sold my soul TO the Devil nor
have any occasion been oognzant OF holding commu.
ncation with the Evil One.
ROME, March l8, 1885,
had to draw up and subscribe to the above In the
presence the Chief Of the lnquson and tho original
Is In his possession at tho Vatican
Ny reply to LAvocat Pasquaoni. g" Ia not power dc
pendent my Will" ought 10 have been sufficient to
show that could not promise TO abstain from all com
muncatons," whereas the French and Italian papers
every this phrase to prove that abstain
from have manifestations az pleases mo- which 10 MT
the case.
Ihave honor TO b. sir your most obedent servant
NICE, February2. D. D. HOME.