Very respectfully, your friend,

 JOHN GIBSON.

Waslslnofof1 Citu. Dec. 2
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Washington City, Dec. 3I.

 It is understood, that of the higher appointments made by the President of the United States during the recess of Congress, those of MT. Secretary Wooa- bury and Attorney General Taasey, have been confirmed by the Senate; and that the residue have not yet been acted upon.--.Nat. Intel.

 Jan. 2.-ltis computed that upwards of twenty thousand persons attended the funeral of ssephess Gsssra,-aa, Gsssra,-aa at pphhila- delphia, ,on Friday last. The following paragraphs disclose some interesting particulars of the distribution which this lamented citizen made of the vast property which he died possessed off, B.

 Philadelphia, Dec. 30.

 Much speculation has been indulged relative to the will of the late Mir CT. RARD. Yesterday it was understood that the disposition of q portion of the great estate was known--the report corresponds nearly with the following from the Chroncle:--

 s'it is generally received, as certain fact, that he has left two millions, with directions to apply more, should this sum prove insufficient, for the establish ment ofa great Public School, for this city and county, to be built on his land, at the first turnpike gate on the Ridge Road. iorty-hye acres in extent.

 This institution is said 10 be endow- ed with all his real estate to this dis trict. The sum of three hundred thou sand dollars is bequeathed to the State oi Pennsylvania, to be subscribed to the Danville and Pottsville Rail Road l; whether or not with condition for the release of the collateralinheritance tax, We have not heard. These provisions are spoke of as certainly existing in the Will; and 1t IS also ascertained that the affairs of the Bank are to be wound un at once.

 ltis said that there is hequeath of half ofa million for improving the docks and the eastern front of the city; that there are no legacies to individuals ex. caeding ten thousand dollars each, ex- eept one oftwenty and one of fifty thou sand dollars. The testator's Louisiana estate is reported to have been so left that one half is to be disposed ofatN New Orleans, and the other half here; and it IS affirmed that not more than two or three hundred thousand dollars is to go out of this country. We hear the whole amount of the estate is estimated to-day at six millions, bat there can be no certainty on this point.

 The Executors are Messrs. Timothy Paxton, Thomas ?. Cope. John Bare