The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1868-04-15
DOMESTIC MISCELLANY.

Medical College in Virginia +.
Cunning ham aud L. s Gaillard have been
elected as delegates from this Institution to the
American Medical Association, which meets
ia Washington, ID. g., on the 5th OF May
uext.
Richmond Medical College.--The Board of Wis
| itors met at the Medical College on the Sth
and appointed Dr. John Spots wood Wexford
Professor of Materia Medlea aud Therapeu
| ties, to Gil the vacancy caused by the resig-
nation of Dr. Bev Il Wexford, father of the
appolutee. The honorary degree of Emeritus
| Professor was conferred upon DIR. Wexford,
/ Sr.
Hon. Robert Ridgeway, well-known to the peo
| ole of Virginia "a former editor of the Rich
mond Wig has become one Of the editors of
newspaper, to be called the Globe, which Is
shortly To- be established in The city of New
/ York. The enterprise is supported by a cash
capital of $3.50 600 and is in the hands of a
company of prominent monied men.
beautiful new organ lately purchased for
I the TaOO Street Presbyterian Church, in Pc
terSburg, has arrived In that city.
Mr.. William H Appleton. of New York. has
generously donated to the Episcopal Mission
school in Petersburg, complete assortment of
books consisting of everything essential to a
first class parish. institution.
Tho Political Canvass in North Carolina Is ex
citing. Holden aud A>he, the rival candidates
for governor. and many of the other candi-
dates, are stumping the State. It's estimated
that two hundred speeches are delivered daily
in the State, and the people were never SO
thoroughly aroused.
Educational Reform. W. lie Roy
Broun, of the University of Georgia, has read
paper before the Teachers Association of
Georgia, upon the Improvements required
in Southern Colleges He criticises with
wel-deServed severity the old prescribed Col
lege curriculum embracing four years study
nominally. but in truth meaning but too often,
only four years residence within College walls,
and points TO the opposite system as exhibited
\ by his Alma Mater, the University of Virginia.
7 He urges the establishment of a complete sys-
tenn of Educational InStitutiOnS-comme
with the Common Sehool-thence through the
gradations of the Grammar School, the Col.
. lege. eliminating in the Unvers'y-whch, as
\ he eloquently says will not deserve its title or
rank unless it fifty aud faithfully follows this
I elective system aud groups firmly and harmO-
piously the Permanent Studies that link US
10 the past, and the Progressive Studies that
connect Us with the present and future. -
/ Charlottesville Chronicle.
new arrangement has gone into effect be-
tween the Post-otiice Department Of the United
States aud the Dominion of Canada. The sin
+ gle rate OF postage on intermediate letters has
/ been reduced from ten TO SIX cents if prepaid
at the office of mailing in either country; but
ii posted unpaid, or insuthciently prepaid they
will be suI ject 10 u postage charge of ten cents
. t,..r ~inola -.,ra in tbp cuunftv ~
The authorized weight Of single letter will
/ be fifteen grammes by the metrical scales, and
/ half an ounce in the Dominion of Canada.
The Gaines Subtitle Supreme Court Of the
United States has delivered Its opinion reverS
Ing the decision Of the Circuit Court Of Lou
isiana, re-afirmiug the Legitimacy of Mrs.