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Orros4l;llCOOSPt'llroWiirtilt4iit e- ; orrireme tritest ;; loth. and ,poe _ r iiii-mtOwirr'.4ll44ll44` ,I motto ' PAPERS s , • - • -^ 2 1 V',..47,0 kiPti.(o**9l,l :kei 7 OA-4 ' yrj pOl V, PAP,BI ,' ifilll lloo .l 3o i A • 411' • 4m4tor.ltsp.kiztl Art . * „ tOLOAS-TMA: STOItE 4skA'r 4 I itt r PSM*PPW;VE:tASI : . 7 i 4 tjq4P-098 , 66 , 0 0 # -A4l- T' ;;;- t. , e)IitI'IPAR , PAAPIP*AN'efE • -2 ,:itt"..,:q . :14,MA1.0W:,,,,P1P54T40N.; ,„ , . `: YT S , , .; ; 12::`':: , ,V; - , - ; , - ; ,v . 2,; , :.•;:'-; .;'-1,.i . .'.,N , : - .1-.7X:% , • : •, , - ,1 :,:ii'.,:-!..:‘!.i.':.,-,1,:z.-•'. 1C~L~'!~~ L^2 "P:Ii•N4! : ,ayitz 04. •,,w, 67110.31 , .*5:8.4f..1 • NO r;;;•, '' -, 212 ; 2 -4 - # ll 44urP: (P 000,.• 431 411iLla -ADVANCE .liPeßf 0011 T,, 11 moot inianno add copmppitimiKtrt Pl,Aot . 4.*1880N84iy.444441400121 e • Grarli AFRENoItAriAAMERIOANAPLOWEItS ) • *16.14) SA9EIE I / 4 ' • • _ Mili t inery Cloode. D ; „, , - ;"variety In' musiet r Avir'oEnvolOtva #01;11D8;aad Titilthl /NOB: ' BROOKE, 4. ' (Forman No, &18onth adoond dd.), nun '3IZittOkOLITAN ;RIBBON -HOIISE. • • 4 14880N8, - • • , _ - • EIBBONO, • " MILLINERY, GO OPS, 6(14;4 percripNon. :'VE4TEB,,, , , BONNET, BILKS, IBENOR //LOWERS a d ~ BBRIua, OWES, &e:,A.ci Bqz411000N1) Street, - ma4-21n 1859:;:;=; ',MILLINERY• -Jou' • 11 cIP-"'" ~„ !watt ninon, Ft Owits; •• „ORAP.IB, BUOIlltt,LllOB3, !7„.514r - ortleioI& that line. .STRAW BONNETS INTO** murlyriutrzsras, Bmi~eeinß; In' isa ofoiortoemi' upo4uoili4 to tide , ifitii4iot. to' !kWh ittoedio* of borne. Ttiotopion44l4itor`-ciati, , Or:oo shOtt wIJI do g well to give ; ~11I,MERNHELV. 00.; • it 'BAcrtit ,tltoit4psoN, Vie: ENKIN~; A.04;-,12,8 „•/K T BZR BE 'Witt x.b. attelethieiel jrnyAri to MO /simian stook Of,teilleoFo4i,*4,,atie,Deet; Xvi9r-Bifi, - 41tbilat iea Rd ii .Oa 1,1404,71111,44gifie. '' 12-izepoiOetrOesod is this bradeli of beets*, .yfce %Olt to.t l oflj4ifia to rminsin 4t, :Hoek hior: : patinll~los•. - • , , Af;rit4l,ocitor;)toxeig; #4 . ,,1+110131 the abed boa, dolleibe telfsf Itififkrfeodesoonniioil of the goelt of McSire: -Thoeipeo• Jesithee, --t ~Ir 7 , fehl6-2el " GOOD A3I3OI4TM.ENT STRAW ' , 6OODS; • ' AAII` mug' v, AND g.TRAW eg s• 4 4 , 14 0 . at ,a smal l la‘!"10304rat71::"" ' iTINVARVA I 14 4 04/::/010' • iflta T - 1.4-4.141 .341 A -dad rot ask, st viity low priefm' for :141.7.0UUL ei '0• • ; ; si south szoomn Street., Market and OhNitnin. ,ARTVICTAL, FLOWERS, RUOliEti, to. „-- 1:100PES & DAVIS. iilANtfliitliAliNNN AND VIAIJIRS fino.'"lti r itnd Benth Waft* &foot, (up iltaire,) Noviou 'nand an satin!' ' ed 4omplete stock et the gime goodei lad ilt,lol , CANN, to wine the attention of buyer, figurine!. ' • '•• itiabito of ;he Arai et Oboe. Nit. loin) 141i,Viri !new town to tb• auto ; winili be platen! tiSiyttil4 f'Oesdi r 4.91. 'iraiurnas won% Hoopes ;1' r`,- , .4141-12 m EAW-AND XILLOTRRIraitabg; iiOtri one 014,444i14, 46 South linxial _' 6HIDEONtIT4ITIMET, ,tiavaava 'Asa mioxix, "Wit alikaaif,tkripankil to pialbit to our at:morons pa. trawI"I COMPLETE STOCK 41 OffILDR 01#8 004 .Ig l a • • 0106li TO - ' 91,001414113" CAPE, /AHOY AND 4MLIPh tointsys, • - =.— _,;, "NAlefonAttowslur. • "-- sunioNs,-Lopts, = • Rum's, - & a , siaiwt•iYat iniquailad la LI& eity, sal ink *nii.illa t 2 t r brit ittostion of_ merchants 0144A11' inkyori lAA it opeOtilly their 14004444 to tines stall., LINCOLN, W00D,4 NICHOLS. '.34IXLI,I2I — ORN..JON.ES, • itanuMaturei piti4Aw - BQNI4/70, , z-LEetitORKIuod:PANABIA BAPS •• , ,ARTIPII3I4. PLOWEIUS, fro Irldek 'Of Oftj snd Country , . • : ';`' - k,i"): - 434 :, iklARKET „ST.; P I le T • * I sT4tA)if",I4,ND JiI..LINEILY GOODS. I.• S., OUSTER, ' 111ANDFAOTIJNID AND WIIOLINIALI DI4LIR IN ST/lA: Yr. lAATS RETZTITNPR4:OOOIIO, IWINOBTE SECOND STREET, TRILOELPRIA, te2t-2m* laftta , WIVL D. GLENN, " • NO. 2ti 50172# FOU}I2II - STBEET, , ,IfripAraiirs yri!C!Lzsat.ii *Retie in FANCYY , ' GOODS. - • - , • - - • ,:,_ ATITIOLIB, '4ioi►h lit o6 ;►Ve r ililii 4 • a;141 complete assortment' ias . JO" INA TRADX, eteidf tritninaleabfe artiste pi the nae g and many ler bajers; Is reepeetfully Solicited: trideisiflow,aitheie of any kw* I* the trade; either iitlthi elty brill* York: - PITOBERS;' • . 1 00811113, • - " -:'!, 1 7 / Y. 1 1814 9. , • - ..i3P06N14, to> !NIT . !it . the, titwthiotorj of - , ' „ -- 34:10.41)0W14:& • 'CO:, WO= vriirnta, 41AMS-1 , - HAMS I , HAMS ! sagsr-tosecliltani, /,O'OBI,4TBI'XI POUND., ~:`I,I I NN-", I,l 4oM B Bjelt ahOildirs ILT 8 MINTS PEA P(1111MD, -QSARIJS BK/Tift 4i 1.101,:`,1111pa,4 gad DU IdAlllOOl , EiTIMET. ~I*T ' ums, , .11 r t.4ll ' 1 . FINE SITGARS,fret-4,000 bblo. ro ttilifilop•ikulhw Saw tor pile kij • JAMUL GRAUAIII &Mit.; , . - 1(0. 20 tad 79 LlflrlliA d treet. =EDS • , _ • „ . , iri -- • ._ ~. ... .. 4 ,.„ . _. ~ ,—,—...._:_..,„...„., .. . .. ~_ • ~ , .; ,:..„ , i t/r/4- . --- - ,4)4... . 1„. , - , , - ~ •,--,,11-•• „' _ , ' lll ._ "- ..-- .: --' ''''sk' \ : ' ,O l l lIA • W' re=. ^ ••-- .... 1 .- S,i . r. ••-•- *it tt. ( • , , r . Z, ( --- ___...:::::: - !:, t i i< `‘,.* ',!, • 0 44 . _ I,!=c, 71, 1 . 4 1 "-'` , , e4',/ .34$ 4, , •.- •-t. , •', 7 - ` , ll' •„' - ' - '--r--,'" N..;„ 4 , y ,; 7 1'144:: . 1- "' '.. , ,_,....,---,, , . ';,...,;„ ,- _ -- -,l,;•atiel. •' ': " f am' ~.s , ~ • • - I -LK „,,,,,, ~........ s„•, ~.,_____ , 4,..—....„„,...„:,.,. ~.;.,......,....,,,,,.,„ , ... i , ~..., ,i "?, ,, : •.? 1 - , r .r. s, ' ':,- ' .• V " ' • - ~ ~. -• Q-A' -. 1 ' -•`-'' '' ' ' ;iii, - • - \ ' -(. •:;,•,, •••.' •• ' ' - *--;.°381111- 4. _•- •'' - - si' a r ta 4°53 F - -•• ••••1,._ - . . • ------ -- , - . i ..,,, , 5 1- .._. ~....... --------•••• .7 ----- - .. . 1 , 4. - x , •••• /- :,".• . • '"...... ~, ..............___-•-,- , ,or . Aobbers. i 859.. • • AD PRIFG TgE. 1859 SHORTRLDGE & BRO., otiabitiainis YO imottit; swept'', It oo.,) IMPORT/MS it JOBBllidl • . • DRY , - GOODS,; • 420 MARKET STREET, Vase to gore comphdelhis of = ' ' FOREIGN , AND DOMESTIC' GOODS, 1301660 d axPreesly eritlf a clew to • the. Interests of OAKS-AND PROMPT SIIORTARIIIDIT DEALERS, ' To watohthey,raepeotrally invite the attention of the Trade. , N. full stock eedetvatly otehand, end orders will be exeented promptly at the LOWEST 'ILAICIET . RATES. VPRING IMPORTATIONS. •- .. c „ , , . -, • N. I Corner FOURTH .and MARKET Rte.; : '4rek4irpispaicito okpra SPLENDIS - ..A.ND ao,MPLETR • - 'ASSORTMENT. , •• • , SILKS,.BLBSONS, TRunisas; NPABROIDERIES, PANOY GOODS, duo. yAR.D, GX.LLMORE & CO.. Nat.. 40-an41 . 49 NORTH' TRIED BTI4ET, IMPORTIRS AND - - SILRS,'RIBBONR, DRESS GOODS, ' WHITE GOODS ) , LAMS, iiiNENS, EMBROIDERIESS N 'e. 110SIEkt, GLOVES;MVrRS 86,SRAWLS. 1024 m • DEOOIS:IO.EY, LAPOITROADE, & - . linpoiteis and Jobbers of 0105101.01 RES, VESTING% AiDOOl)Da 011/11114LLTAtAriND TO : MEN AND BOYS' WEAR, 035,1tp11M STREET, ' • • now Noshing their - 001.1104 101'0 oy:h. TION To Wkdolt tlmattantion Oak outman, ' and purobaseta of mak gooda.'" ; tel-2m SITER, PRICE, & 00..: • impoRTERs AND JOBBERS FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC DRY (loom' 816 MARKET STREET. ' • %Lila; ' . SFIARLEIGIL RUE & 00.. 1101011 BU 0/ LINENS, ' • WHITE (WOOS, - , LAVED and _ . - - EMBROIDERIES ' ' 1129,MARILET STREET. cr,Chg'infoent dock, neleated in 114 belt iniopean inuleste bpouraeiyes, -to mot , complete Wa hay. S DIN OF 1858. - - r .1 • ‘. • - • 11.-1413,0WN &CO . - - 1;0.'416 lIIARRIIT 4 4 1011 T,, :• Are nowreoelylng as extealm andmarerayseleoted - .FORRIOR" ; AND A IBRIUAN , DRY ,090D8 . , TowkOh'aiii invite the Rttentiou'ofi•urre, 1 ", - - pm=teii - r . Luniata, LAOIL 11111111.0IDENTSO, tir.evi weirovse 'To their New Store; No. 525 MARKET Street, below Sixth. teht.3m . JOSHUA L. DAILY, - /EPORTRN AND jOBRIR 07 _ . .FORRLONAND D,OMESTIO s 15RY GOODS, - No. : 218 MARKET STREET t , NRfl 00OD8 foteiving every der for CITY - AND NEAR TRAPS. • MoOLINTOCK, GRANT, & 00., Importer* sed"Wkoleitals Dealer. CLOTHO, CABSIDISIBEB, VEBTINGB, and TAILORS' TRIMMINGS. 333 .MARKET STREET, (o . BTA►rte,) ' fetd-em - ' Pitildde JOHN -H. BROWN & 00., IMPOBTEREI - AND JOBBERS ro4EIG.N . AND DOMESTIO DRY GOODS, No. 307 MARKET STREET Ncrth side, Om Third Moot, tablflat . PHILIDIOLPIIIA. 1859 11111.1114 i IIAVORTATION3 1859 7.,A.X.130„ 1%0813, VDMARNIT Street, and 5113 COMOROS Street, /WORMS AND JOBBERS or aridc..A.ssiD 001)S, gave now open a templete stoat, to which they the attention abeyant. febi-the JAMES, KENT, SANTEE, Bcoo., IMPORTERS AMR JOBBERS • OF BRITISH, FRENCH, GERMAN, AND AMERICAN ' DRY GOODS, 289 AND 241 NORTH THIRD STREET, Above Bowe Street. trr Bole Agents to MERRIMACK EiROONDS 'feble.23n • Pwr $llOll,, 'slo. Wnsea. Jarloa Mania, , WM. B. BAIRD, D. B. Emu WEGEL, - BAIRD, & .00., LA 1l 511011,14m1, a. Op t I.II4PORTHRS , AND. JQBBEUS IN .1) R-Y GOODS, NC , . 47 NORTH THIRD STREET, PHILADELPHIA. 01711. SPRING - STOCK TA now canape% In ill Its departments, and ready for Hama. .Prompt-ikitag Merehante, from all MU of Unlen, are respeetfully sollelted to cell and axe, tale. for thawed.. feblfl•Am tionoesis. J . p 7 )11.104E#B11 & co., iNILOLIi6ALI4 DEALERS PROVISIONS,' - And CURERS of ' MEATS, No, II N . wATEitt and 964 sod 956 N. FRONT St. - PHILADELPIIIA. • , • Itims BEES, PORK, LARD, and an sasortment ot PROVISIONS ginerally, tnotudlng HABIB, TONGUES, and BEEP of our own oaring, both 0157 and Wootorn, d"StlittrY pn: band;' Insley swine/4, BUYERS alb puti oV , lkrly invited to roll and Onotol of, onfolook., - • febmilm* INDIA ;A DUBLIN 'PORTER, and. SODA ASH, arrived per flips Tamerlane and Hon eigomsot, for eel* by ALIiXANDUR api•et* 184 South Wbarvep. PHIGADELPIIIA;,: - i t yyBp:NESDAy;, '6, 1859. igoobo (Tommidziont,go,l6:o4 NO6LLUI4 & (X).; - , OARPiT MANUF.AMTIin , Pit*; GLIIN*OIIO, MU A ( AERM 2 4 c l O 'O:', - -:. „ et*, • IMPORTERS AND DEALERS *N CARPETING,. OIL CLOTHS, RUGS, 40. WAREHOUSE, 609 CHESTNUT STREET, 0 - PINOOITE Till STATE WWI We intWo now on band an ostensive, stock ofAhiipet-, log, of our own and other makes , to Which 'diejtvilte the 'attention of Wee tern and Boutborn butete.%'fo2l4ta STAIR ROD MANUFACTORY. " 5, WIDER' MOgS; 225 BOUT F I \ l o Tit B T R F ,6 l‘): BELOW WALNUT. ! ap44kci CARPETINGS. BOLN AONNOY IN THIN orir or ins' AUBURN . THRERPLYS, , :. , , EitYPERPANP, :4‘. , , - 4 1 114 D Irktilrfriti, mittv,rAavtimian"AlY ' t;:; , :- yr ~ d 0 13-I A II `B A,ll, W.E R'i.,:.,,,'; yf Rh gradea of WOOL, WQOI. AND GOTT:olf,ild AIX-COTTON INGRAINS. ~" : ATWOOD," RALSTON, & co. :; AIANUSAGTURRRS , SOB RARER'S STRRIV, STAIR ROD, MANUFACTORY. I ; }' ; A' P "" WILER 81_ MOSS,. 226 SOUTILFIFTII ST.RF ET, , -BELOW WALNIIT.I: , I " .4;031 BLABON ; . , .saiiirisbitrumus olf, ' NORTIC TIIIICD STREIIi; Offer t, the trade a large stook of OIL CLOVIS' 6: every description"; the largest saaortnient of - WINDOW MUDD 4 , and • - :, ; ,• 111:/fif Roptdinps, In tide rairko,..sr( - A. y,.0 - 11.4 B - L z WIZEN GLAMID OIL OLOTII, - a •beauttfol fOr Window : , -' nuDGWAy, IIEUSSNYiII, & 00. i: : -ILL' Imparter' of WOOLLICSO, . ' -''`:''' 'AI* reselving full suppiies of SUP.EatitOit OL 0 T : IFIS:i i ' -," DOESKINS, . • - -.? ~ : , TRIODTB; - _. , FANCY OAESIMEDIIO, itgiii From the following celebrated manufacturers-- FREDERIC ERCERND ({Little Ticket.) . '- - , W. .4, FOLIANNY- ARDOR. ' , Glivmas & 1100,,WIDT (S:00 4. moths.) ~;-_, 2 AMBliibl. 4 BROTIEERS. .'i . !.,. B: FORERUN & 00:i and other,. ' febi.Sw ZOO CIIESTMIT Streel, WEST, FOBES 8c LLOYD; 219 CHESTNUT STEEET,', Oar for la% ON TIIII AINST FAVORABLE' TRANS, „ . , 6OTTOIIAMI3, ' BLURTING STIIREIE% - ; TIONINO3, OSSAINIBG STRIPE/I, l ] ONNONS, -1114NIMB, Twleabs. 043'002, OARMSRIVIS, Ie• " jal9m a U To MI wortmonta..- , CARPETINGS; atz ODUTDO, AND MATTINOO, - •lic• WOLFS;: WILSON, e oommiagiON XENON AbiTif, Jvo., 102 .ompriix; ImtErr - , ..AMMO T4,pylgiyglY4Weifff*O7:7. id ' - •-4;•-i n .11•-4./ i0 ir t iNW ZIAN J **-i[f.'i••.'4';-,4.iP1•r•.'44:11.14'7•,,,,; • ' • nifiroa, OOrTON, LIST, and NMi Q ' CARPETS,'' - :". Whicii we are 'recuirleg daily from the Idannfachaterti and are prepared to offer the trade pn liberal terma ilaring the Agency tor gone of the beat and moat de , eirabie geode, we can offer Indaeenrenla not heretofore to be hid to Philadelphia. AD goods sold at Alan*. facturerla prices. -'Order, esteklly attended to. D.- Also, Agent* for Dleek and White Wadding, * large supply of whisk we have contlasliybri band. febi-4m FARRELL & MORRIS. aohiatimot : i 1511111011A14113, 1MP0R..1 . 3171 2 8.15 ' OP oLoTils, Dosskins., ITO. 282 aIIEBTNUT KREET, febd•Bm Plalsdalphla TOreez' exhuming! STORE AND FACTORY, ELEVENTH AND CHESTNUT STREETS ELEGANT SPRING TRIMMINGS OPENED DAILY STEEL SPRIN'G'SKIR TS) OF TUE BEST STYLES Z V. l' Xi - 5r 13. S , A FULL VRESII STOCK HAIR NETS, PLAIN AND BEADED J. G. MAXWELL & SON, LADIES' TRIIIMINCIa STORE AND FACTORY, S. L' ELEVENTR. AND CIIESTNET STREETS inarBl-thetn&w.6E WRITE ZEPHYR only $2.25 per lb.' COLORED do only $3.00 per lb. 2or a abort time we shall continue to sell 2,4; and 8 fold 282LUM8, at Cm above low grime by the pound. Ladles who desire t provide thomeelven with a tall supply for the MING- and BUMMER, for Town or Country Knitting, may do so at lower prices than can again be aorta the vary many months, J. G. MAXWELL & SON, LADIES' DRESS TRIMMINGS STORE AND FACTORY, ELEVENTHAND CHESTNUT. mar3l.ot Eabico' Elreoe QTripintings J 8c A. KEMPETt, sc SOUTH FOURTH EITILEBT, Importers and Wholesale Dealers in LADIES' DRESS TRIMMINGS, Osll the partieniar attention of the Trade to their splendid, assortment of Ba NOu POMPONNETTB, and AMERICAN BUBO:11A BALL TIIIMUNG2, RING PENDANT.' BUTTON'S, tie. We are prepared to execute large Were for Filk and Marseilles fringes, Tassels, Oords,Buttons, do., at oar own Pieter feb2 Din Confectlotterp. FOWLER 8q TOWNSED'S WHOLDBALII AND RETAIL CONFECTIONERY, AND • • P.E1T3721" STORE, No. 910 MARKET STREET, Below Tinth, 401,11• Bide Manntiketurors of tho ibi*.inut boot Oonfeotioticry; end &slave in frog" imp 4 _Ornate sup Nuts. Orden' from the country or elib*Nero - promptly attoodo4 to. ' tnar22-to th a-3ot 3 ~~~" y :° :E Viress. IMPORTANT DECISION BY THE SUPREME' COURT.. - MATTING, IVILIT CONSTITUTES AN ORPHAN Trin CITY OF PRIGADRILMISIA, et at.; vg. 3 - maEs 800nex, by,bis mother and next. friend.' MARY Sooners. Bnpremo Cont,r Jon., 1859. No. —. William Penn contemplated, bofore leaving Eng land for Ameriati,layiegeut a certain quantity of land or ground plat, for a large town or city, in the most convenient place upon the river for health and navigation. In' his ealebrated letter, to the committee of the Proo Society of Traders' of the Province,'reotding in London, written in 1683, he describes his oily In' the following language : "Philadelphia, the expectation of those that are concerned in ThisTrovirioe, is at last laid out, to the groat bentent Of these here; that aro any ways interehtotl thhittiM 'The , situation 'is a neck of. laud, and teeth 'Women two navigable rivers. De-' layere andEchulkill, whereby, it bath two fronts on the water, each a milo, and two from river to river.' Delaware is, a glorious.river but Saul killo:4dng a - Atomized , miles boatable' above the. , faillsVandibt'Conrso' northeast; towards the form- taltrottitirtinehntina, that loath to the heart of tho Provinoe;, and hOth pules our own, it, to like to bo a great pert 'Of_the settleitiont of this I say little of the town-, itcelf,becattio a platform Will be shown you, by my agent, in which- those who are purchasers of me, will find their names and . Interests." ' • In a short idtiortisemont upon the situation and extent of tho-otty of Philadelphia, and the. plat form thereof, by the Surveyor General, Thomas, Ilolme, be'says: "The city of Philadelphia now oXternia. from river -to river,: miles,' and in breadth near simile; and the Governor, as a fur; User manifestation of his kindness unto tee purcha sers, both freely 'given thorn their respeativelots in .tholdty,-without defalcation of any of theirquan titles of ,purchased. lands; undue it is now pined and modelled - bet Ween two rivers, upon a nook 'of _land, and that shire pay ride in good -anchorage, or eight fathoms water in both, close to the oity, and the land of the city, level, dry, and-whole sow:l-rattail a situation is soarer , to he Paralleled.," Througigout the Whole'of tbts' doourgentOt is spoken of no , the city , and in mentioning the public squares UAW this language, "there are also In each quarter of the ally, a square of eight sores,. to be for the like uses as the Moorlields are in London." • . . . - ' " The Or," says the proprietary, " is sweet and clear—the lmayenaserene—like the . Routh parts of France, rarely overcast, and the wdods come by, numbers of people to, be' more cleared, ,that Itself - In the same Year, 16h3, that the city was laid out by the proprietary, it is called in the heading to the laws made at an assembly, held at Phila delphia, on the 27th - day of the eighth month, " The city of Philadelphia ," . and in various acts, nolo the year 1701, bnotay°, " The town of Phi-. ladelphis.". (1 hall & Sellars, p. 19.) • • • On the 25 th' Oc tob er, 1701, the proprietary grant ed a charter to the oily of Philadelphia,. m which hp said, "that at the htprible request of the Inha bitants and settlers of this - towel ofPhiladelphia; 'being coma of the first adventure:re and parolee era within this Pro Vince, for their eneaiuragement, and for the mote immediate and entire govern ment of the said town, and 'better regulation of trade therein, haye, brvirtua of the Ring's let ter ,palent, under the great. seal of. England, erected the said town into a borough, and by Uwe presents do erect the said town and: borough of Philadelphia into a city, whilst' , said city shall ex tend the limits and bounds, as It is laid out be. twean Pelawaret and a3huylkill i" and Its eta , porate title war the " Mayor and Commonalty of the City of Philadelphia " .11y the Revolution, according to the expressive langetse of the Legislature of 1777, all powers and paisdlotions not founded on the nuthsrity of the people only, became null and void, and the corporation 'of the city "was 'therefore dissolved and all Re powers and ,inriellietions entirely °eased. , The affairs of tho city were managed by various ; local bodice, until the passage of the not to Moor.' pirate the oily of Philadelphia, on the llth of ,March, 1780, by which 'the inhabitants of the Idly of l'hiledelphia as Ma same extends and es 14,1 alst between the rivers Delaware and &Amyl `kill, he and they and their sueeessors forever, aro ItOreby cOnstanted a ourporation and, body 'politic laflirit and in law, by the name and atyle of " The Afar, Aldernierr, and Oitisens of • j:'hiladelphia, , ' Isa *Non.. m ed.-until.thelr eonsolidation; with t=or ti ttni - tottnty — of Philadelphia, into one real pity, under the sot of the 2 12ehruarY;1851, r'• tikthe 18th orApril, 1794, tho district- of South ' it walkincOrlmratod by the nano° of "-The Coin, ~-411,11010t5..nd the abisloar thia the of Southwark ;" - ott the 20th Mari*, 1803, the distriot of the Northern Liberties wee incorporated ; on. the 12th March, 1812, the township of MoyamenelOg on the 22 , 1 March, 1813, the district of filming harden ;' and on the 6th of bluish, 1820, the Ken sington District wan incorporated. The city of Philadelphia, in 1744, cop taine d , 1,5(10 houses, and 13,000 people I fano, 28,552; in lB oo, 41,220 ; in 1810, 53 722; in 1890, 63,802 inhabi tante, whilst the rest of the county of Philadelphia, from 1800 to 1820, numbered about na many as the Oily proper In 1830 the population of the city was 80,458; of the surrounding incorporated dje trials above enumerated 80 952; and of the rural districts of, the 'minty 27,451. The otty of London, like the city of Philadel phia, is surrounded by , other municipal communi ties entirely distil* flora it, as to revenue, ex penditures, and boat administration, and whilst the whole metropolis in 1841 covered a surface of 10,000 acres, with a population of nearly two mil lions, its territory is limited to about one square mile, or 600 noses, and its population to 129.251 souls. The corporate and parochial boom° of the city of London for publio objects, and derived from trust estates for the relief of the poor, care of the sink, ododation, religion, and general porporoa, local rates, coal two rootage duties, streot and market tolls, freedom and livery fines, and other charges for corporate and trading privileges, the port of London, and the conservancy of the river is estimatod to amount to the annual sum of £900,- 000 sterling, or four millions five hundred thousand dollars. Stephen G Irma VDU born in Bordeaux, in Wane°, OD the 21st day of May, 1756. His father was a sea captain, and at the age of fourteen, young Girard became a sailor, and made several voyages to the West Indies. On the 4th of Ootober, 1773, after undergoing the• necessary examination, a lioenso was duly granted. giving to Stephen Gi rard, of Bordeaux, full authority to not AS eaptain, master, and patron of a merchant vessel. Having purchased goods to the value of nearly 16,000 Byres, or about $3 000 in Node; at money, Mr. Girard started on his first moroantlio adven ture, and railed again from his home, (which ho never afterwards rovisited,) arriving at St Afore's, in the island of St. Domingo, in the month of Feb ruary, 1774. After disposing of his venture, and converting the proceeds into produce, he loft the West Indies and arrived for the lint time in the North American colonies, at the port of New York, in the month of July of the samo year. For seve ral years, first as mate, and subsequently as was ter and part owner of a small vessel and cargo, he traded between New York. New Orleans, and Port au Prince, and in May, 1777, In the latter capa city, Mr. Girard entered the waters of the Dela ware;- and arrived for the first time at Phitadel phia,,whore he commenced business and rented a store in Water street, within a short 4intatm of the spot where ho located himself permanently. On the approach of the British troops, he left for Mount Holly, in New Jersey, whore he purchased a small property, and after the evacuation of Phil. adelphia by the enemy, on the 17th of June, 1778, ho again returned and resumed his business in Water street In this neighborhood, with the exception of a voyage to Charleston and the Mediterranean, in a brig owned and commanded by himself, and which terminated in July, 1738, Stephen ttirard lived and died a &Linen of the city of Philadelphia. In the great yellow fever of 1793, which broke out in Water street, within a squaro cf hie resi dence, Mr. Girard distinguished himself by visit ing and attending upon the sick, and by his inval uable services as an active manager of the hospital at Bush Hill. Seventeen thousand persons loft the city, and, or the remainder upwards of four thousand, oi nearly a fifth, died. Atj a meeting of the citizens or Philadelphia, the Northern Liberties, and Die. triot of Southwark, assembled on Saturday, the 22d day of March, 1728, and resided over by Thomas McKean, a signer of t the Declaration of Independence, and then Chief ustioe, and after wards Governor of the State, their most cordial, grateful, and fraternal titanks were, presented to those fellow-citizens named. in the _proceedings „ for their benevolent and patriotic exertions in relieving the miseries of suffering humanity on the late occasion." One of these sitizens thus gratefully remembered was Stephan:Jima, un der whose "meritorious exertions and peculiar ears " at the Bush-hill llostoital, in conjunction with Peter Ireton, "every possible comfort was provided for the sick, and decent burial for those whom their efforts tumid not preserve from the ravages of the prevailing distemper." e. In 1797 and 1798 the fever again prevailed is Philadelphia with fearful violence, and again Mr. Girard exhibited the same enlarged philanthropy, and the same disregard of danger, by liberal con tributions and personal services to the sick and dying in 802 Mr. Girard was elected a member or the City Councils, and so continued for several years. Upon the expiration of the charter of the first Dank of the United States ho established his own private bank, in the building occupied by the late national institution, and his first oashier was Mr. George Simpson. the cashier of the late hank. During the war he rendered essential services by his loans and subscriptions, and after its close became a largo stockholder in the second Dank of the United States. For a period of upwards of forty yen re, although engaged in a most - extensive commons, and the owner of numerous vessels employed in a very large foreign trade, and in the hittorpart of it the head of the greatest private bank in the Union, his life was scent in his counting house In Water street or,in his b ' anking•room.in Third street, va ried by almost daily visits to his modest farm in Passyunk. Will a reputation extending over the United States and Europe, as a wealthy and sue• aessfal merchant and banker, his habits wore so retired, plain, and frugal, that his person was un known to many of his fellow•oltizens. Ills fame and his name are indissolubly connected with the great 'charity whieh creates the subject of this dispute—lda orphan college. Stephen Girard died on the 20111 December, 1831, and his will was dated the 16th February, 1830, and was republished by two accompanying codi oils, dated the 25th December, 1830, and 20th June, 1881.. WEDNESDAY, , APRIL, 6, 1869, OPINION 33Y susmen READ. APPEAL PROD[ Nog PHIL'S ilia will commences, ,‘ t, Stephen Girard, of the city of Philadelphia, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, mariner and merchant, being of sound mind; memory, and understanding, do make and,pnblish this, my last will and testament in manner following, that' la to• say," and after va rious devises and bequests, he preceedo in:the twentieth clause of hie will as &Items ".And *boreal." hire for a long lime been inn- Pressed with the importance of edneating the poor, and by planing them by early cultivation of'thele minds,..and the development of their moral prinot; pies, above the . many temptations to' Which, through poverty and ignorance, they are exposed ; and I am particularly desirous to , proVide for each a number of poor white male orphan ehildreci,as can be trained In one institution, a better educa tion, as well as a more comfortable maintenance, than they usually receive' from the application of the public funds; and whereas, together With the objects just adverted' to, I 'have iineerety at heart the welfare of the city of Philadelphsee-- , and no a - partof it am desirous to improve the neighborhood of the River Delaware, eo that' the health'of the citizens may be promoted and pre served; and' that the eastern part of the e 4 may, he made to correspond better with the interior.' Now, I do' give, devise, and bequeath all the ie. sidue OM remainder of imy real and personal estate,-of every sortand kind, whereseeler situate (the real Wade 'ln itentisylVania oharged as aforesaid) unto the' mayor, , eldermisri, - and citi zens of Philadelphia', in trust; led amongst others, to keep that earl of the _real estate actuate -in the pity and liberties of Philadelphia, in! trust,", .and amongst others, to keep that part of .the real estate'situate irt''the City and liberties of ,phie constantly in 'good repair. The 2tst clause provides, '!And so far as regards. the lesidtte of my personel estate in trust as to two millions 'of dollars, 'part thereof, to apply and expend so much of that sum as may, be neces sary in, erecting,- as soon as practicably may he, in the centre of my square of lertiund, between lihrit and Chestnut streets and Eleventh and Twelfth streets, in the city of Philent4lphia (which square of ground I hereby - devote for, the purposes hem, twitter stated, and for up - other, for over) a per manent college, with suitable outbuildings; suffi (death, spacious for the residence and acomarriede, tion of at least three hundred qeholate, and tho requisite tettehere and other persons necessary in soh an . institation. as I dime,. to be established, and in supplying the said ceillege and out build ings with decent and satiable furniture, as well as books,' and all things needful to (Ivry into effect my design." . • - • ' • . - Then. followed, minute and incettrate directions for' the erection of ‘.‘ And when the college and appurtenances shall have been con, strutted, and supplied with plain 'and suitable ftfrniture .and hooks, philonophioal. and experi mental instruments and apparetus, - and ',all other matters needful to earry.'! as hp says, ", my design Into execution, the inseam, hues, and profits of no mush of the said two Millions of dollars as ;Mall remaienneapended shall be applied toirtaintain the college according to my directions." Then follow tert, paragraphs, in which he 'directs how bin dollilge shall be organized and managed,' and what i orphruie shall be admitted into it., They must be poor 0104 male orphans, between the egad , six and ten peers, and mast be bound' to the corporation of, the pity—priority of application, to entitle to preference, all other things concurring. If more applicants than 'ammeter ' preference shall be 'given—"First, to orphans born in the city of Philadelphia; Secondly, to those born in any ether part, of -Pennsylvania ; Thirdly, to those, horn op the city of New York, (that 'being the first port on the coritinent of North Ameiloa at which' I arrived ;)- and Lastly, to tho,se horn -in the pity of New - Orleans,'being. the first port on the said-centime , * at -which I first traded, In the first instance an first officer, and sabsequelstly an master and ptirt owner of a vessel aniteargo4" If the income arising from the raglan° of the two millions;.remaintrig.after the constmetiiin and furnishing of the college and out-buildings; shall be inadequate to the contraction of new r buildings,, or the maintenanedand vidinia,tion of as many 9: plums as may apply for admission, then;auelt sum as may be' necessary for 'these parpoies !thrill be taken from the final residuary fund--1 , my design and desire being," sap; the •teetator, that the benefi a te of said institution shall, be extended to as great number' Of.orphatui as the limits of the said square and buildings thereon can accoranso-' date." B 9 the 22.1 clause, there is a trust merited in the city as to 'a further sum of five hundred thousand dollars, the income of which , is,to,be exolusively „ • 'L To lay nut, regulate, curb, light, and pave, a passage or street on the east port of the oily of rhila4elphis, fronting the river Delaware, and to be called Delaware avenue, extending from Vine to Cedar streets,, and amongst other things, to completely clean and keep, clean, all the dohs within the Melte of the City, fronting, on the Dela ware. ' 2: To remove and prohlbit'all wooden buildings within the limits of the city: - 3. To widen Water street, east and west; from Vine street all the way to Beath street, and to distribute the Bahuyikilt water therein. " By the twenty-fourth elanse,of , blit the re. resindef of the residue of his personal estate is to be invested by his said trnstee, the corporation of the-olty, and, with-its aeoutmilations, to form a permanent fund, Am income of which ;is,,te he op i4d• • \ lit. I TSAlM"ftti t ther"insfire'fotteent` inVittatatV, nonce of the college. • , 2.1,- To establish a competent police for the, se curity of the person and , property of the inhabi tants of the city. , 3d. To improve the city property, ant? the gene ral appiarance of the' elty itself. and to the re.. dnotion of. taxes. To'all which objects," says the testator, " the prosperity of the oity, and the health and comfort of its inhabitants, I deyoto the said land afore said, and direct the income thereof to he appiie. yearly, and every year forever, after providing for the college, as hareinbefore directed, as my primary object." By his last codicil; Mr. Girard changed the lo cation of his college from the lot on Chestnut street, to the farm culled Peel Hall, on the Ridge road, in Penn township. By the acts of the 24,h Marsh, and 4th April, 1832, the mayor, aldermen, and citizens of Philadelphia were enabled to carry Into effect the improvements, and to execute certain trusts contained in the will. The corner stone of 'the oolleke' was laid on the 4th of July, 1833, and the building - was finished, and the institution organised - and opened on the let January, 184 fourteen years and a half after. wards ; and nearly. two millions of dollars were e*pended in its erection. By actual c.xpenditure, and by depreciation of the stocks in which the groat Charity Fond of two millions was, invested, every dollar of this moat mrtnifieent appropriation for the benefit of the poor white male orphans, the objects of Stephen irard'e bounty, has entirely disappeared, and the college is now supported by the inpome of the residuary real and personal estate, which wns originally devoted to other eb 'eats. If the simple plan of Stephen Girard had been striotly. followed, and if, as „advised at the time, the whole of the personal property had been gra dually laid out in safe mortgages, in the city and county of Philadelphia, a very large portion of the two millions would have been still remaining to mniutain and increase .the Girard College for Or phans, and, at the same time, have improved the whole district, by affording urt additional earn to be laid out iri the improvement of Tina estate - . Tte college was erected under the charge of a building committee of the lieleotiand ' Common Connoils. whilst a board of, trustees regulated the other affairs of the institution, until it was abo lished, by ordinance. on the 23d December, 1841, together with the offices of secretary to the said Mara, and of president of the.Girard.Oolloge for Orphans. fly the _tenth section of the ordinance of the 218 t lifircho.B33, it was made the duty of the said trustees to prepare; as soon as practicable, and submit to Councili for their approbation, the plan of a system of government and instruo tion for the said college, "having reference to the will of Stephen Girard, so far as they aro express in this subject." Dr. Francis Lieber having been charged by the trustees to draw up this plat), on the sth of Do comber;lB33, submitted it to theta with an intro , duotory report. which were both printed by order of tlio boird. 'ln this report; the question of what was the meaning of the word orphan in Sir. Gi rard's will, was fully and learnedly discussed, and it ism - settled •by - Dr. Lieber, after a most exten sive and elaborate examination, to mean a father less child. "When Mr. Gfirard," says he, "uses the word orphan, we are sure be did not look for the ety mology of the word, but used it in that souse which presented itself as the readiest in his mind. Which sense was this? Mr Girard, a native Frenchman, spoke much French mad bettor than English, throughout his whole life. It is possible, therefore, that though his will is drawn up in English, the word orphan presented itself to his mind with that meaning which orphelin has in French, because if two languages aro equally ready to a mind, as means of thought and utter ance, which is much more than the capacity of speaking two languages, phenomena take place in the human mind, which can be known by personal experience only. Sometimes we think in one language, sometimes in another; sometimes we use one language, and yet transplant to certain words the moaning why* belongs to their follow words in the other language. We must then take the word orphan, in its English or French sense, if we wish to ascertain its precise meaning as to the will in question, and in Loth lan guages the word orphan, in common language, means.a fatherless child, as the following note. and the sueoeeding linos, will show; it never means anything different, if used to designate asylums, or any institutions for them. Whatever may he the pout's use of the word orphan, as soon as it assumes in any degree a legal or official sense, it signifies, and very naturally so, fatherless children only. After discussing briefly the question whether the word orphan in the will of Mr. Girard in cludes children who have lost their mothers only, he says : "A learned judge of our city has shown, as you are well aware, that in those few oases in which the English courts have been sailed upon to construe the word orphan, it has been taken in the sense of a fatherless child:" In our country, as I have been informed by some of tin- first ju rists, (Chanoollor Kent and Judge Story,) "It is believed that no such elilsial decisions exist, but that the meaning attached to the word orphan by the people at large, is unquestionably that of a fatherless child—a meaning which entirely agreed with our 'whole social system. I ate fully aware' of the paramount importance of the mother in• the education of a child. This impor tance even increases the farther we deseend in tho male of soolal relations. I have en- • • • larged upon this point in another work. But our whole mini system 'would be overturned were we no longer to consider the father 'the chief of the horise, the lord' of the family. In all civilized countries, the law justly takes cognisance of the death of a father; it appoints guardians, it administers the property hf the minors, and watches over their Interests; but in no country does the law take cognisance of the death of the mother only, except in some special oases, where her property has .beon kept separately. The re spective relations of :the father sand the mother to the child are founded in the necessity of things. and therefore established by Ma who assigned different apheps of activity to everybody iu the TWQ ,cpl`r;S:: universe ; relations and' coaditione against which we can barefoot with impuni t The third article-of the .conslitetlon framed by Dr:" Lieber Rays, Orphan te -a fatherless. child." • ": - This question bad been diroassed in .thenprlng of _1833, in a friendly correspondeniie between , President John'QainoY Adams arid Judge Hopkin son, the first Maintaining thatthe word orphan_ in-. eludes all those ohildren who_ hid loot. both ' - or either parent; the litter that it was to be (moaned to these who:had lost their father onlyL-In other words, the fatherless - children. • (14 Hazard's R. gister of Pennsylvania, p. 188.) - , - :1 Until 1847, annual, appropriattethi were made 'out of the residuarytadate for the' support of the police, the iinprovement of the - city property, and the general appearance: of the city; and in effect to diminish the burden of taxation, but they ceased, of source, with the connotation of the college—the erection of which had ' entirelY, eshatishid the special fond of two 'millionS. • • • - As the tithe approached for - the - organization. and evening of the college, the _Legislature Onthe. .27th Pebrnary,lB47, passed an act relative - to this 'Girard CrillegefofOrphans,byWhith the guardians of the poor were authorized; 'witlithe consent of the survieturr soother,' guardian, or next friend,: of any poor-white male - orphan; childorithia this Commonwealth, betweentthe ag.*of six.,nnd.ten for d i p ; whose admission to Girard,Oellege for Orphans application shall liars lieeb - made; to' • bind'snolt 'orphan child 'by Indentiiie •to - „'the Mayor, Aldermen; and - citisens of Philadelphia, as ttludeeo, under the will of Stephen de tased,:ria an orphan to,ba admitted into thettaid ; college; tole thebe maintained and'edriested, - ark: cording to the nroidelims, arid in thitnianner and tinder all- therignlations'athireitrainte'direeded or nontained-in -the sad and the sald eorpo- ) ration of the Mayor, Aldermenvend-oltisenti of Philadelphia wag constituted guardian of such orphan ehild. - ' wtho 27th May, 1847, Councils named an ordi-" nonce to provide for the organizatinn and manage:, wont of the Girard College fortlrphans, which pro vided -for the, election by-, 00y11101i8, of a_ board of sixteen directors, who were to -elect a president' andseatedaryitind to submit a plan ter the govern went and ihstrtiotion' of- the- college; to' give no tice of-its opening, and to - present tultillisles -all mildly in - the month of Accemberfor the ensuing yetr. - p rov i de , poised 18th September, 184?, to fef the opening tif.the Girard C 01.,. lege for -Orphans, the' bhilding committee were authorized to deliver possession of ,the college, - it: soon aecorapleted, with, the Imola, fanatics, and apparatus; to the directors, who were to ;tarnish the building, from the college fond; to Ore thir ty days' notice of the intended OPening;,and whci were to prepare and_Puhlistr;with the notice of the intended opening,. a -fort?* of applica r tsop brae . adrnissiwa of orphans, in which Abe regulations of the will of " tephen ' Girard; in 'regard to the birth-place, residenoe,cand age of pact applicant, his name, health; and - oonditionom to relatives, and,other particulars, useful to be known of each orphan, shall, bo carefully observed. The ordi nal:Me then designated the °Moors of the institu tion, who were-to bold their °Mei during the pleasure of the directors. • - • - To the form .of, application for 'admission into he college, framed and nublidoxl by the direotors, are attached d'eorid. among wklot are ;the following : ' - ' 2.-Whon leas he" , born? 3."- "Where , he born? What was his father's name; and when and.where did he die? 5. 'ls hie mother living? and lf she is, what is her name, and :where' does ebe reside? 11).'Are there any peohnitery peens, at the disposal of hie weather or other persone,lor 'hie maintenanao-and edueation ? ' The building committee:was dissolved, and the_ merebere of the Select and.Common-Oonnell&were eceietituted d standing cointaittionf visitation Of the generaV.Collegefor orphatieil'and 'a recording teserotary was elected by the 'board of direetor?, who is romovrable at' their plesesitre;and -whole du ties are defined by the ordinate:et of the city. ' - '1 The first president of the college, after, its organ izition, waif the'lloneribleJoeljones; 'the second and present one', Professor William 11. Allen , both men of high.lnoral rat& intellectual' worth; and- ', admirably fitted byeomper and disposition for the administration of this noble charity. „ • In every annual - retort of the direetoplof the college, previonnto the, present dieptite, the Origi nal censtruotion • given to , the recognising every fatherless child es-an orphan; has been ap proved, and the -whelo -institution has ,beerreonl ducted uncut - this, prinelple.. .00 - January Ist, 1851, Benjamin Gerlderd,'"Estriffe; in ,addressing " the board of dlreetore and officers and wapils of the college, with the Crraneils of- thecity, , and other city, county, - and' State officers,and - numerone parents- and friends of the ' children, and. other chime; assembled 'in the chapel, of the, institu tion,"' said : "Who are oepheins? ThIC inquiry. was answered by , theeenneel contarited by the corporation, that tmoh are °red:lanai ae. have lost their tethers, and the opinion we:Pat once evil- I eked On 'theist January, 1850, the Hon. deeeph - Chandterooresident . of,the ,betenl;',in-addreitsing., an audience Meditirly composed, -says,- "Another objection was; that boyclong separatedfrom ma ternal association and cart:mould lose rclart .of that' home love; that filial attention, which lierso close to the foundation of all' good` feeling, all pure benevolences We hare been enabled to keep theeferittel of-tiweondzi4trBfetheetenleildreneto,dl-e red it and them in, all ways ; and eyet, to keep um their aesoblition, with mother, slater,-;brother e friend, tesiteat at no time his theebalis of affection been weakened , by neglect, or been'allowed Vernet for want of. wee • lieme-love has been cultivitted, and filial piety Improved.", Oa the same occasion President Allen eald," t Tie institution is no longer without :Precedents for elide, for it has cidablisher them far itself. " After drawing a beautiful picture of one 'of its young- inmates, . expiring in .the arms - of his mother, he says, te I am here under that BEING who is the God and Bather of us all, to be a father to the' fatherless." , ' We thus See by a simple narrative of the origin and progress of this ,great' oharitY, that in:rhe commencement the only difference of opinion was, whether the term orphan did not include a moth erlers as well as a fatherless child., Upon full dis cussion and a deliberate examination, and after an unreserved communication with the flat jurists, In the United, States, the settled construction' adopted, and continued for a quarter of a century, was that it included fatherless bet not motherless children. This was published fo the ,world and sanctioned by the Legislature, audit hie entered into the whole administration of the college, from its organization, and opening on the Ist of Janu ary, 1848, until the month of ; Jun0,.1858, a period of more than the tenth of a century, and under the immediate eye of She-Grand CoMmittee of Visitation, the Select and Comma' °molls of the oily. . the tenth annual report 40,--the , Seleot and' Common Coundis of the city of, Philadelphia the directors say : " The condition of all orphans, now within the institution,' shows that at the time of their admidion fifty-four of them had neither father, nor mother, and that .the remaining two hundred and eighty-one had mothers. During the ten years elapsed since the opening of the institution, one hundred and sixteen of the orphans received into it had neither father nor mother, and five hundred and e forty-two had mothers. Of the -applicants for admission during tho same period, two huhdred and seventy-three were without father or mother, and eleven hundred and ninety six had mothers only. This snored trust was confided by Stephen 'Gi rard to the mayor, aldermen, and citizens of Phila delphia, who, by legislative enactment, have been succeeded by the city of Philadelphia, under and sullen to the general provisions in " the consolida tion act," that all the estates and incomes now held in trust by the county (present city) and each of the townships, districts, and other munieiped corpora lions united by the act; shall be - held by the city of Philadelphia neon and for the same uses, trusts, limitations, charities; and- conditions as the - same aro now held by tbesaidearporations respectively. The directors the Girard College are the creatures of an ordinance, and are merely the agents of the real trustee,'ethee city, and yet in June 1858, without (as far as it, appears) taking the written opinion of any eminent professional man, or feonsulting the legislative_ metherities of the corporation, they make an entire change in , the administration of this charity, and narrow, Its 1 range of objeets, by excluding all ohildrenisrbe are fatherless bat not motherless, as recipients of Stephen Girard's bounty, by a new and restrictive moaning given to the word orphan. The effect of this new regulation is simply this—that the two hundred and eighty-ono who were orphans on the let January, 1858, are not orphans in June ,1858, and, of course, should be expelled from the col lege; and tha t the five hundred and forty-two children admitted as orphans since the °pellet= of the institution were never entitled to its benefits, and have been maintained and educated by the funds of this charity, in direet..violation of the will, and of the clear intention of the testator. It was a decision that all former trustees and direc tors, all former Councils, all the eminent jurists in this city and in the Union, including Chancellor Kent and Judge Story, had entirely mistaken the will of Mr. Girard ; and that it was proper, lame ..diately epee this discovery being made, to change at once the whole Course of administration, and to exclude forever a very large aloes of orphans froth all participation in the benevolence of the great benefactor of his adopted oity. In this state of affairs, it is perhaps proper to examine tide question, to see if it is possible that so gross a mistake could have been committed by the very able, enlightened, and oonealentions citizens who preceded the present direction of the, college. William Penn was born in the pariah called St, Catherine's, near the tower of London, and just outside of the walls of the city of London, on the 14th day of October, (then the eighth month,) A. D 1644. By the customs of the city; if a freeman of Lon don diedinteatate, possessed of personal property more than sulnoient to pay his debts and funeral expenses, his residuary estate was distributable in the-following manner: After deducting for the widow hor apparel, and the furniture of hor bed chamber, (Which in London is called the -widow's chamber,) the property was divided into three parts, one of which belonged to the widow, another to the ohildren, anddlie ' third to the' intestate's administrafor: This custom was the remains of the old common law, and this portion whisk fell to the administrator, or, as it is termed, the-dead scan's part or death's Fart, ho formerly appro priated to his own Use, till the Stat. I Jae. 11, cap. 17, declared that the sumo slieuld bo subject to the statute of distributions. The share of a child is Celled the orphanage part or share,-and the Lord Mayor's:Court, or Court of Aldermen of the Outer Chamber, which is a court of record co. law and equity, has jurisdic tion of the diatributiOn of intestates' estates, and the custody and Odueation of citizens' orphans. This branch of the equitable jurisdiction is exer cised by the Mayor's Court in the character of a Cmrt of Orphans, which exercises a similar tontrol over °Miens' orphans to that which the Court of Chancery does over Infants in genera • By, a law made at an assembly; held at Phila delphia the 16th day of 'the first month (Mar ebb 1093, it was enacted that the justices of each ro speedo. county court shall sit twioci every year, to inspect and take oare of the estates, usage, and. employment of orphans, Which shall be called the* Orphans' Court, and sit. the 'fired third day of the Week, in the Aret and eighth *NM pa l ly, tiot Correspindeuiti . for " TO( Dear in mtid foil9iirie' Wal' Zloty communication Must be accompanied by the _acme of.thewriteel Wiens Coirrectoe, is the t yPedeePhy, bet cos aide id 'the Okeet shoat be written upon: • - -• .7 'p . 444,0611* to gentlemeni in Penneyi verde; and others mates,_ for "ecatiibtktioike r glein tiot anrcent . gynntsii the,daylp their 'plittLi t rb'4_ beauties, the teeptireee of the ootrenuscoie pOitntyjitte Mares, oripopulation, orany - information that 'nut be interest> ion lo the general readef:',l ' - tare may be taken for thde that aref.net able to take savior- thenuelves,-whiob court, bathe laws about - _teetates'..and„intestates" estates, passed in 1693; igealled tipiNdurtof Orphans,. Thee-prepriotam in his letter of the-16th of the 6th raonth,.;called,',Anguet, 1083,, thus describes this oouri, "ant t s pring and fan ,there.ie an Or- Certiff 'fit etch oitintY, to' bulimia and re gulate the 'affaint of eriati_us and 'widows." We .peroolvey therefore,-.that William Penn brought Stith from the ea - 3i, of ,Londoo--eabose - 'customs and usages ireriifollowed' in many partio rulers by his Ltvoritif oily of Philadelphia—a-con struotion. of the, word orphan, Willett- blended a fatlibriegg 4--Thht 'was - the. fdaillar under standing of the word in his days, dist:Toyed by Ringjelpes'e translation of the Bible; and by the wiltings of Bhaltepdre,- VILA heniediately pre. ceded his birth: and Which - together firm an am ple- and endriting.. record: of pare'sind indented , In the 'With edition of .Taiobfi,,Law Dictionary, pablished is 1750 - , “ - Orphaii'(ornhanag)" is a lath orlon child ;'l. and the came delinitiOn id given in Teralbale Lew , Dictionary, fourth London edition, by Granger; tiublished in 1835 ; in Wbarton's Law 'Lexicon,' pablished's London - October, 1847, ;and -republished at- Harrisburg in OM, in the new' Library of law and. Rquity,_, edited by Mr.= TrOubat, Ghia - Julien Lewis, - a nd Jndgb MoOandltse; - ig !"defined rr. - 16 Orphan—a fatherless, child minor, or one deprived of both father and, mother." - •In the c ase of "Powell 14:The 'Attend" General rt and Robe; Pendleton; 3MeriVale; tr. 4 decided ' July 24th, 1611,- 84 - litrilihtm Grant, ;Master of the Rolls, there _wag bequest ..of. the residue of 'ids `estate by jdeph - Pen_dleten "te and chiLdr en , ef:aedzieswatiesegigissids - fareterra 6f Lire/TOM': Upso- a Saferencer-to 'the master he itooried among !Other charities, one under the will of I, 2lhatbeth , 'Ogin, 4 date& the' fahnf June, 17,78, whereby Ceher direeteditheresidneiff her es tate, to : be_eentinued at ititerest, Pieced out on getterinitent adiaritid,'at the"diseritiontif her ex -waters, Andpiftert:their vdeatir; of the Rectors of Liverpool, for thtitime,,haleg r the interest to be paid and diatilln i ted into and. among shah poor sailOrs' tandoios " dipLins, inhabitants of Liverpool, as should,' in their judgment,-be deserv ing objeots of charity..., - - - The Master of the Rolls held, that it was a valid_ _bequestr,iiind :that- the - Words Were inilieleittly de scriptive of the last of the oliarilidnteutloned the master's. report, and a decree was bade ac cordingly, The .salijeet of! the; orphanage share, and'its retribution, under the eudonmor. London, - arri : fallii; digerissed by Vice eberle,Pc.ir §l 3 a a welt iwßruin vs..K.non, 12 Sunnis , -• The, counsel for :the appellee; hat collected nu merous instances in which the - weid orphan is the - equivalent Of 'fatharlds ohild,' rut in "the Rook of Lementationivehi's,Teciati ,,- 31 - :"We`-are tophans and fatherless, antr;•qun nuttier! nritaawidows." In the tratudation - ef the ! f l iPiusaliat-Yarfiank by Charles Thoinsen, published in 'Philadelphia in 11308,:the verse is ,tendered,--t' Wta-arebeeome or- • phans : our father, is-,no more;, our, mothers are widows"'like In of theth eC h P u s n al %of i E nh aßdo,o- k P f nCt-o LtnXin V o l til2P,r vesr reads "Heis a Father of _the Fatherless, and de fendetts the cause of the: widows": even God in bia holy bahltation:"- =ln-the rietriesereritni of the Psalms in the samisloook, the verselerstedeted 1. 5: IlinatOit Meiling - reef the elste 7 - TO thli lair *OM dompiadoikrawsf ' The orphan?: plaanfopa:tranYlo r ;, • And judge al . ...Wind widow hr. estate ?, See, also, inAlte - Pealter , ' , PittbriElXXXll, v. 3, and in the .metrioalverelon.ltsindl, Pssim CZX, v. 8' and it, and in the metrical versionlyArady and Tate ; v. 9,'lo;:and - • : - In the English Bible, Psalei X.:VAS:Main tho Metrisal ; version of the Eutaw ,by Varies Rome, used in the SoOttieh Presbyterian Church, father less sindhttilotif stre need 'as - synonymous; ns also ist,psalnr,OXLtrry.'Bl:_-“The.Lord 'mammoth the Strangers, ..he relleveth., the. fatherless...and the widow;' but the Ward' the wicked be turneth side down;" whioh is , rendered in the' me trloat version : . _ ", The strum/Ws shield, the widow's stays .The orphan , / help Is ha; - - Batlat bridal the wicked'/ wayo ; _ _Turned upsidedown sheik , ' In-the Litany, in the Book of Common Prayer That it may please Thee to defend arid'provide for the fattierletenhildren and widows, and all that. are desolate _and oppressedei, which is ren dered in' a'Latin version,' published in 'Leaden, 1744, - " - 11t 'iiiihtistis Omnibus at tiecticis'dEsolatis at oppressis, , prespieere digeoffs:M -- The word is originally Greek, audio Liddell and Scott's Greek Lexicon it is translated " Orphan nithontparets;fattierless ;." and-In - the sane work It is 'said' at Athens, - the Orplianh - phulakes Werh - guardians oferpheinte, who had lolt thidr fa there in.war: :In Ainsworth's' Quarto Latin Dic tionary, to.lilislied Ass Londemin 1761, an orphan 'is' translated' "parentibits"vel alter° - Parents= orbatus.": In the .fimfettneriesan, front the eleventh `London, edition of Dr. Johnson's,Quarte_Djetion- Wry, :published In - Philadelphia, in, 1812 i it is de 'lined;' after - giving' the Greek '• and French words. je,ohild whev_hactost fathezer,iinther or-both," is:amplified by_quotations,' from, Bpenser, , Shake pears, Bandyt Waller,leryden; and Nilson . In Allteon ' s=Dictionary ,- pnbNstled ' in `lBl3, at Burlington, .for Theteeseandn'thers,..thelame 'definition, is 'giVen,..- and ifebster's .43qAtition is substantially' the In the'Anierican'adi don o€ isle'. Oran p0014. - nithlkshetl jBi.P. :Bradford, = Ideilieij.Pairinner,AZOtel-,l4lUsn fa-'2 therloss, or that has neither father not mlther , -One'or tee oases hisvo been cited to support the proposition that_ an' orphan-is-ono bereft "of pa rents:,. By the_ tbird sestion.,oT the,-stot of 31 directing the mode of selling un seated „lands fOrrtaxes,-`niinare are allowed five years, after the disability is :remeied,.te.bring their notion - for the reaoveryof the lands. By the. 4th' see tionof theraot of 13th March, 1815', to amend the same. the words orphan. erphins are need instead of minor. By the 20th section of the act of 12th April, 11142, and-the - 31 sesetionnf, the Ise t of 25th April; .3150, (Dunlop,' pp 866 and 1098.) the words, orphan or ember/son the act of 1818, shall be oonstrued to mean minor or minors, In the ease of Sidle es. Walters, &Watts. 389, the word orphan in. the net of 1815 is considers:l by Judgellogenfas the "equivalent ofmioor. In Rook way vi. Oooper, 8' Watts, 162, Judge Huston held that land held by a father in trust for an infant child was not within the eioeption;_ and in Downing vs: -- Shoenberger, Watts, :298, published in 'lB4l, Judge Hasten gave the definition,:ei An orphan is one bereft of parents—a minor is one - under twen ty-one years, of age;" which was entirely extra. jadiolat and 'inapplicable to the ease before - him, as the father and. mother of the infant wore both livlog, The current, therefore, of English, American. and French authority, being clearly in favor of the construction of the word orphan in the Will o: Stephen, Girard. originally adopted and con sistently 'plumed, we are: nteeeSaril? brought to the conclusion that a fatherless child is an orphan, and, if born within the limits of the city of Phila delphia, as laid outby William Penn and existing at the death of the testator,7comes within the first preference which he has chosen to declare in rela tion to the objeote of his bounty, (Beenon's estate, 1 Brightly's Reports, 338; Plymouth township vs. Jackson township. 3.llarris. 44; Fokinconwealth vs. The Erie and Northeast Railroad Company, 3 Casey, 339.) We have discussed thin - question at great length, _ but we have deemed it essential to the future management or this moat munificent charity, founded by a philanthropic citizen, that it should be settled now and for all time to corms.' The decree is affirmed, with costs.. - ]Pennsylvania Items• Mon m GREIiNSBURG. On Wednesday evening, Greensburg, usually- a very - quiet bo• rough . , was the scene of NicalllNS' and excitement. Two colored men, named Eon Ware and Gilbert Sterling, were accused of being too intimate with a white woman, and a portion of the population determined on lynoh taw. -A crowd - collected and proceeded, to their houses, which were pulled down ; also, a house belonging to Dr. .Aber crombie (colored) was pulled down. About thirty or forty persons are said to have been engaged in Able oruet and wicked outrage.—PittOurg Tour. nal VIOTIMMD.—Last Monday, upon the ar rival of the noon train of cars at Harrisburg, Pa., from Philadelphia, a stranger. wishing to purohaso a ticket,'Etepped into the ado°, and took Out his pocket-book for the purpose of getting , the neces sary funds, and 'then replaced the book 'in his pocket. His movements were no doubt watched by some adroit thief, who kindly relieved him of the wallet, which contained about twenty-five dol lars in money and papers to the value of four hun dred dollars POCKET PICKED.—The Lancaster Inquirer Says that, in the crowd which gathered in that city on the let of April, one of our country friends had his packet picked of. a wallet containing 81,000, at Cooper's Hotel, West Ring street.: We have no doubt but that the "light fingered gen try" did a thiYting business on that day. blowrou BLACK, a boy fourteen yearn of age, had hia hand caught in a picker in the ootton mil[ of Mr. Irwin, at Milltown, Oheoter county, fn Tuesday week, and se badly laceratod:aa to requite amputation below the elbow. WILLIAM. jouiwros,'"of East Liberty,,Alle gheny county, has presented a gold medal worth $2OO to the volunteers of Allegheny tweak, to be fired for annually. THE Harrisburg Patriot says that on Satur day night last thirty or forty beautiful young shade trees recently planted along several streets in that town were entirely destroyed. 'Os Wednesday last, Samuel .IKni)p, a black smith, residing opposite Dorigkisville, Berko coun ty, committed suielde by blowing out his brains. - - - Mts. Jertli S:lttexunr Was burned to death nt Reading, last Wednesday, by the explosion of a fluid lamp. - DT.SEETIRS PROM GOVERNOR'S ISLAND.—At - a late hour on Sunday evening last, the pilot of one of the Fulton Ferry boats at New York dis covered a raft floating in the stream, and two men upon it. The men were picked up, when they told a long and doleful story about being ship wrecked. This statement was 83 ridiculous that it was deemed advisable to band them over to the police. They proved to be two deserters from Governor's' Island, ' named Henry , Canon and Charles McDonald, and were , at once Sent back to the Island. FATAL OARELEARNES9.—Mrs. Jones, a high ly respeotable mother of a family its Ottokeo, 0., went with another lady and a child to it, daguer rean'gallery to obtain a daguerreotype, when the little one (Jailed for some water, and the lady who accompanied Mrs. Jones took up a bowl at fluid, which, greatly to her subsequent surprise, proved to be preside acid,- and gave- it to the child to drink. The consequences were spasms and the death of the infant. itisOilw 'minutes. • KILLED BT lad iiiitiiii:ATaccolik Lock, of Lincoln county 11Widteing'it thunder - Merin, on Thursday eveninglasktook refuge in a new house at Iluntaville and as he stoodin the doorway was etrloken by lightning, and instantly killed. The fluid" made a hole in Ids head; scorched his hair, eyebrows and lashes, beard, breast, and passing down his lift side, made &hole like a bullet hole in the top of lag left foot, and burned the soles ofc bOth oboes. . ,
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