The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1868-12-02
DOMESTIC MISCELLANY.

Suicide Of DR.. A. E. Peticolas.-On Saturday
night the tidings that Dr.. A. +. Peticoas had
committed suicide at Williamsburg. Va, the
evening previous, brought sadness and regret
to his friends and large circle OF admirers in
this city For some time past his family have
been painfully alive to the fact that his mind
was affected. and that his arrangement mani
tested itself in settled determination Of self
destruction. This has kept them constantly
on the alert to prevent his accomplishing his
purpose On Friday evening while DIR. Clop
ten was In the same room with him, he sud
denly rushed to an upstairs window, threw it
up and hurled himself headlong to the pave
ment before his companion could arrest him.
He lived only three hours, and If he was ever
conscious he gave no sign OF it, but remained
speeches. until his DEATH Wing.
The recent report of Gen. Sherman gives a
spirited history of the origin and progress Of
the present Indian war, which it seems pretty
clear was provoked by no wrong committed
by the settlers but is the savage protest
against our traversing the hunting grounds
with military routes and railroads. Gen. Sher
man thinks there is no hope Of permanent
peace, and no chance of saving the Indian
race from destruction, unless we adopt the
Il
place all the tribes on reservations; and to do
this, he says, Indian affairs must be managed
by the army.
Irish 0fice-H olders-The NeD York Herald
of November 10th, says that ''the following
is a list of public Offices in New York at pre-
sent filed by the worthy, spirited and patriotic
sons of Old Erin"
Sheriff,
Register,
Comptroller,
City Chamberlain,
Corporation Counsel,
Police Commissioner.
President OF Croton Board,
Acting Mayor and President Of the Board
of Aldermen.
President of the Board of Councilmen,
Clerk of the Common Council,
Clerk of the Board of Councimen,
President of the Board of Supervisors,
Five Justices of the Courts of Record,
All the Civil Justices,
All but two of the Police Justices,
All the Police Court Clerks,
Three out of four Coroners,
Two Members of Congress,
Three of five State Senators,
Eighteen out of twenty-one Members of As
sembly,
Fourteen-nineteenths of the Common Coun-
ell, and
Eight.tenths of the Supervisors.
1t is fairly to be presumed that all of the
above are Roman Catholics. If this is not
enough to show the necessity of keeping an
eye upon the progress of Romanists among
US, why then let us wait till they get all the
rest of the offices, and rule the city at their
wilL.-Ne,o York Observer
The Worlds Evangelical Alliance will hold
its next meeting in New York city; in the fall
of 1869.
Change in Publishing House.-The house
of T1cknor & Fields, whose name has been sc
long familiar to the American public by the
thousands of beautiful volumes that have
borne their imprint, has just been changed tc
that of Fields, Osgood & Co.
. Lucifer Matches.-These little splinters yield
ed the Government last year. through the
Revenue Department, million and half Of
dollars. The tri6ing tax on each box is, per
haps, one of the best and most successful of al
our imposts. Nobody feels it enough to com
plain, and it is levied equally on all.