Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-03-14
,pys GAZETTE & VIRGINIA ADVERTISER.


II Is we'll known 10 our cltlZe0S tHat oouue
yrpkius, esq, had long ago determined to de-
rats a the bulk of the great fortune which he
tss accumulated as former merchant IN our
n;ist to three grand and muni6cent enterprises
n the interests Of humanity aud education,
which are to be great and benfcent landmarks
II Baltimore in all the brilliant future which
re anticipate for this city. These enterprises
embrace. first. hospital On the largest and
Le old Maryland Hospital in East Baltimore
sn su' asyIum for colored orphan children on sep
srste ground and finally, University on his
au a!,ate o of Clifton, within one mile of the city
With the view Of carrying out as specify, as
name of these bene6cent inspirations, MIR.
Hookips has lust addressed letter to the
hoard of trustees of the Johns Hopkins Hos
,;,al which was received and read at a meet
,op Of the board on Tuesday evening last. In
tbis letter MIR. Hopkins sets forth in very per-
s,icuous and practical terms the manner IN
,rbich he wishes his noble provision for the re-
Eaf of the sick and of the orphan carried out
His nlaps practically look to the beginning OF
the work while he lives so that he can, 1t Is
honed, see with his own eyes that the tounda-
,ion il laid as he designs, and that 1t IS carried
forward iu the right direction. !,
Mr. Hopkins has set aside property to the
vaIue ot at least two millions Of dollars to be
dedicated to the support of this great hospital,
in addition to the grounds for it IN the heart
Of the eastern part of the city, and amounting
10 some thirteen acres, bounded by Wolfe,
Monument, Broadway and Jefferson streets,
which were purchased by him at cost of
sos, ,O0U for the purposes of his charity. But
meantime, during his life, and until the hospi-
tai buildings are completed, he places $780, 900
per annum at the disposal Of the trustees, 10 Or
der to carry out his wishes, and from the re-
sources of the property which they are hereaf
ter to receive they are privileged to appropriate
$40 900 per anuum to the maintenance OF the
Colored Orphans Home, which is to accommo
date three to four hundred of that class, while
the hospital is designed also ultimately to pro-
vide Tor tour hundred patients
Mr.. Hopkins urgently desires the hospital
buildings 10 their construction and arrange
mcnt, 10 compare fayorably with any like insti-
tuition in this country or Europe. There can
be no doubt that this purpose will be faithfully
carried out, aud the hospital be made as ele-
gaut in scope aud design as any in existence
either in the old or new world The plans and
experiences of the Woolwich (EDgland) Hospi-
tai, the great Hospital of st. Thomas in Lon
don, as well as Of all on the continent will be
considered with regard to every possible adVan-
tage. As it is designed to prepare the grounds
and make choice of the plan for the hospital
cdlhce during the present year. the building
committee will proceed at an early day to the
North with view OF examining the hospitals
ofthe principal cities in that quarter. Doubt
less, therefore magnificent, building, among
the nohlest monuments OF the Monumental
City, will in due time be erected, and, what IS
equally important to the sick as any hospital
accommodations, ample grounds, appropriate,
y oruamented with trees and flowers, healt htul
10 air, with pleasant prospects OF harbor, city,
aud river, will be afforded, while for the conva-
escent q resort is to be provided, eventually, at
distance from the city.
The establishment of a training school in the
hospital for nurses is the first provision of the
kind which has been made in any institution 10
this country, and the value of it cannot be
over-estinated The good that has resulted
from the labors of Florence Nightingale 10 this
regard in London have been highly benihclal'
aud the influence of her devoted and amellora-
ting examples now to briog forth fruit in Baltl-
more The details prescribed 10 regard to
separate divisions and wards for different class
es and different diseases are as practical as
they are humane. In all the arrangements
Mr. Hopkins wishes it borne constantly 10
mind that the hospital should form, ultimately,
apart Of the medical school of the university.
Finally, we may mention with honest .prlde the
tact that it has ben reserved TOR MIR. Johns
hopkins, Southern man, the lifelong resi-
dent Ola Southern State, to make provision
Tor the erection of an asylum for the education
and maintenance Of orphan colored children
a 10 Ill IN
OF the country. No such institution tor colored
orphans as is here provided for can be found
anywhere else in America as this, the munlh-
cent creation Of a Southern man, and every
que OF the trustees of which, like himself, was
DoTn Il south of Mason and Dixons line.
With regard to the university which MIR, Hop
hlns designs to establish, it may be stated that
unaer the provisions of general law Of the
te Stae this institution, bearing his own name has
peen already organized by the appointment. OF
trustees, and MIR. Hopkins has provided for free
Nnoarshps, by which poor and deserving stu
uents from Maryland and Virginia shall be
renaItalnd. In addition to the accommodations
LOT the university proper, the estate at "Clif-
.oo Will afford ample space for the establish
neot OF a botanical and agricultural school upon
az extended scale 1t is believed that Mr. Hop
ANS mas set apart by his will his whole interest
10 the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company,
" winch is only less in amount than that owned by
Inc State of Maryland and the city Of Baltimore,
" " THIS university, the actual market value OF
us STOCK, some $4,000 shares, amounting to
a,ay to about two million FIVE hundred thonsand
ueSlIars, all Of which is in addition to his gift
o' Inc Clifton estate of near four hundred acres
:: 1t may be added in this connection, as show
'iS the Appropriateness of the basis for this
educational institution, that when prior to 1857
lne Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company was
embarrassed by monetary difficulties and inter
1al dlssensions, he came forward, and by en-
aa!orslng its notes to very large amount pledged
Ills private fortune to Its support, and thus in
sared the completion and perfect prosperity of
ane road. He never doubted for moment the
success OF the road nor of Baltimore,G and the
great charities now about to 60 into effect are
,oaccoT,dance with what he thoroughly believes
10 De De the great destiny Of Baltimore.
!; these several benefcent projects Of Mr.. Hop.
Ans, taken as a whole, by the magnitude OF