The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-08-26
NEW ORLEANS SUNDAY AUGUST 2e 1877.
cash, in reach of the administrators, was to
the credit of the McDonogh fund.


USED FOR DEFENSE OF THE CITY.
In the great pressure and emergency of the
siege of the city by the Federal forces this
amount was seized upon and applied to the
construction OF the various absurd and utterly
vain and useless earthworks around the city,
according to the most elaborate plans OF GER
tain scientific Vaubans Of West Point manu-
facture. sent to command the Confederate
forces herein.
Several hundred thousand dollars Of old
McDonogh's miserIy accumulations were
thus invested in the parapets, circumvalla-
ton lunes, demi-lunes, sconces, scarps and
fosses, which would have been justifiable
expenditure had there been the slightest
probability Of their contributing to the forti-
fication of the city or being of any avail for
its defense. When Butler finally occupied
the city, and, on prying into Its affairs, dis
covered that such application had been made
s,f d bitist and educational fund, he addressed
peremptory demand to each member OF the
Finance Committee of the Council for his
virile share of this fund, to be handel over in
cash. or, in default thereof, to make their prep
aration to go to Fort Pickens, and remain there
with ball and chain attached to their legs un-
| til the end of the war.
ALDERMEN IN QUoD.
| 1t was disagreeable alternative, but
our aldermen, not having several hun
dred Thousand dollars to comply with
the demand, submitted to the alternative
and passed year or so in that
charming summer residence on Santa Rosa
Island with those agreeable and ornamental
appendages SO generously bestowed on them
by the philanthropic Butler. Even after
these disasters and others incidental to the
administration of the cty's finances during
and after the war; when the city government
was finally restored to it's citizens, there was
still some of the McDonogh fund left, and
when a
| MAYOR WILTz
succeeded to the Office of chief magistrate OF
the city, he managed to obtain some portion
of it, which was applied to the construction of
handsome and commodious school-houses, of
which there are five or six in the city. And
this is all of this grand legacy which has been
Eapplied to one at least of the benevolent OBJ
jects contemp lated by the testator. AS, how
| ever, this use was not in conformity with ms
cranky and impracticable scheme, We doubt II
the soul of John McDonogh would derive any
qualification from 50 sensible and practical
use of his hard-earned SneRelS.
A NoNoGENARIAN MILLIONAIRE
i Old Alex. Milne lived to the age of ninety
one. He was a native OF the burgh OF Focha-
bers, Scotland, of which Charles Gordon, Duke
of Richmond and Lennox, was superior ana
feudal lord, and Alexander, marquis, baron,
baillie and sub magistrate appointed by the
Duke of Richmond.
: life in or on the borders of the immense ant
) still undrained swamp in the rear OF the city
He was great believer in the salubrlty o
the swamps, secuted as ID daitlness
about paludal malaria" bought up tn
| whole ten Thousand acres stretching alons
: the Bayou ST. John and beyond the rldg
from jefferson to st. Bernard, including the
g village of Milneburg -endeared to the mem
ory of all appreciative gourmands Dy the
s Boudro, of Miguel, of Philippe, OF Hauss
= and their long line of illustrious predeces
sors Now this stout old Scotchman hac
d good reason for his belief in the healthful
j ness of a swamp residence, as shown by tn
preamble of his will, wherein he recites tha
having passed his ninetieth year and being II
!. perfect health OF body and mind, it was aboa
6 time to make his will, though his recital i
. couched in words OF some, ambiguity as 7
= the precipitancy or prematurlty OF Such al
y assumption, and the apprehension that i
:, might be regarded as yielding his stiff con
y viction that men living in the swamp ough
y never to think of dying or making their will
u
d But the will was made and 1t contained
- | beuueSt OF 100000 OF money to the puDll
V school of his native town OF fochabers, an
l. his immense swamp property, houses an
/, lots in the city, he gave to four corporation
= to be established, or which were already estat
. fished. an asylum for destitute orphan boys
+ another asylum for the relief of destitute o.
ID Dhan girls to be established at Milneburg; t
,e the Poydras Female Asylum, and to som
other existing orphan asylum.
FoCHABERs GETS HER LEGACY.
:, The town of Fochabers got it's 100000 aftt
Ill a hard tussle between the Duke OF Rlchmon
e and the executors of the estate. But OF
ID charitable institutions. who were to. get tn
real estate, have never yet been put In Opexf
y, ton, and no moneys that we ever heard {
III have been realized for any charitable or edt
cational purpose out of this vast property.
There have been plenty of law suits, but n
u product or profit to any one except to certa
IL invisible and mysterious commissioners az
). pointed by the Governor to administer IL
70 improved properties of the estate, who haN
70 made decennial reports OF their adminlstr;
re ton, which generally present remarkabl
m we'll balanced statement of rents and repair
10 with nothing over.
III EX-MAYOR FLANDERS,
who was the last of these commissioners, b;
prepared statement OF his administratlt
} running back several years, which we are to
j. will exhibit the gratifying and encouragiI
I'd result of balance In favor OF the trustee
70. the four aforesaid imaginary charities
u some eight hundred dollars. He adds to tn
lg cheerful exhibit the very satisfactory excu
Of for not making the report before that he W;
apprehensive that the State administrator
such as we had previous to the present ol
to would pounce on even this small amount al
IL devour it as they had all the other money al
,e property of the State within their reach. Co
~ sidering this flattering testimonial to the go
ne ernnent of Warmoth and Kellogg from ol
se of their own party worthy of record, we ne
es give it.
9 Intended given the melanch ly story of Il
s. loss Of millions Of dollars bequeathed +
charitable and educational had nstitut9nI
ag and Disappeared t S through their own egois
and the ad disability Of Of he
accumulatlons through others, and after the
ty teat'''S1 deaths, Which, # administered duril
their lives and with th h;ch the same 4hsv enc ?.
;, oen,muIatad their estates would have I