The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1869-03-10

Omy attest their latest activity in authorship
Washington College has seventy new students
since LIST February.
Ashland, Ky, formerly the home of Henry Clay;
Is now the size of University which Is ATTENDED
by over 600 students from all parts of the Union
Orphans Home, Tuskegse, Ala.-The Superlnten
dent A. R. HOlderby, formerly OF Petersburg
! Va says
There are to day nearly forty orphan children
at the Home These must be clothed aud fed
Thank God, they are not suffering for any thing,
neither shall they suffer so long our people con
/ tinue to pray and work too. | hope contributions
/ of clothing, shoes. bedSteads and bedding and
provisions will be sent in as soon as possible
The American and Ecclesiastical and Educational
Almanac for 1869, edited by A, j. Schem, and
published by +. Gerhard, contains the statistics
of the various religious denominations OF America
and Europe, with large amount Of valuable In
formation in regard to their operations.
Books to the value of million and half Of
dollars we're imported into the United States from
England last year.
The Inauguration of General Grant took place on
| Thursday the 4th. At ii o'clock, the signal gun
was fred, and the procession moved toward the
Capitol, where at II clock, President Grant took
the oath of Office and made his inaugural address
The measures on which the President insists
are the payment of the national debt, principal
and interest in specie. unless otherwise stipulated
economy in the expenses Of the government; the
civilization and Christianization of the Indians,
and universal suffrage.
The New Cabinet,
Ehhu B. WaShburne, of Illinois, Secretary OF
State
AdOphe E. BOrie, of Pennsylvania, Secretary
/ of the Navy
A T. Stewart of New York, Secretary of the
Treasury.
j. d. Cox, of Ohio, Secretary of the Interior
| j. A. j. Creswen, of Maryland, Postmaster
| General
E. B. Hoar, of Massachusetts,, Attorney Gene
raj
General SchO6eld will be retained in the War
Department, dd interim.
Change of Military Commanders Military orders
were issued on the 9th inst, assigning General
Terry to the command of the Department of the
South; Meade to the command of the Military Dl-
vision Of the Atlantic headquarters at Phiadel-
phia y Sheridan to the command of the Depart.
ment of Louisiana; Hancock to the Department
/ OF Daeotah Candy to the command of the First
| Military District headquarters at Richmond;)
Gillem to turn over the Fourth Military District
to the next senior officer; Reynolds to command
the Fifth Military District; and Emory to the
command of the Department of Washington.
Chaplain to COngrsss.-Rev Mr. Newman was
elected to this Office on the Sth. During the con-
test Mr. Yates, of Illinois, said he conceded the
merits of Rev. Mr.. Newman as political preacher
were unsurpassed, but he thought it was time to
have little less politics and little more religion
IN the prayers, They had politics enough III the
Senate without putting them into the prayers.
James Grant, of this city, charged with the muir
der OF H. Rives Pollard, has been acquitted and
is at liberty.
Medical College of Virginia.-The commence
ment exercises at the College Hall, in this city,
were numerOusly attended last Thursday evening.
The diploma IN. D. was awarded by DIR. Joynes,
of the Faculty, to the following young gentlemen,
viz:
Arundel c. Osborne, Bucks county, Pa; Peter
w. Allen VIM H. Byery, Alexander I. Clark,
Jas. NJ Davis, Winfield s. Gilmer, VIM. W. Cor
don, Edwin G. Halter, Gallon B. Jones, P. Pen
dletOn May, of Va; Thos. j. Riddell, Jacob K.
Simmons VIM. NJ. Stricken, Jasper n. Tabler,
of Va, and George L. Nye, of West Va.
DR.. D. F. Manson delivered an able and highly
appropriate address to the graduating class. The
Summer School opens on the first Monday of April
with an excellent corps of Professors.
Messrs ClaxtOn, Rsmsen & HaFslhnger, of Phila-
delphia, will shortly publish The Christian Sab
bath indicated, and the Sabbath in its Political
Aspects, by Iguetus
Msssrs sCribuer announce "Optics, and "Thun-
der and Lightning OF the Library of Wonders,
for March, and " Heat for March l3 The uni
form price for the series will be Sl,50, which is
really very low.
Prof. Comfort, of Allegheny College, is preparing
an exhaustive German Grammar, to be followed
by others on the different languages, to be pub
lished by the Harpers.
Central Park, NY.-Itis proposed to form Zoologi-
cal Society, in whose hands the Park Commission.
ers shall place the nineteen acres of ground marked
| for a geological garden. The Society," composed
of scientific men and leading citizens, could, it Is
/ thought. obtain money enough from voluntary
subscribers to stock and complete the exhibition
for permanent use.
Albert A. Lipscomb.-There are few men in this
city whose loss would create more general or more
genuine regret than that of Albert A. Lipscomb
He was born about thirty three years ago in the
old State of Virginia but has lived In New Or
leans the greater portion of his lfe except during
the late war, when he was one of the first to &c
into the field. Captain Lipscomb served gallantly
in the Tennessee army from the beginning of the
war TO the end as captain OF com pany In MAJOR
Ned Austin's sharpshooters. He was also tol
several years foreman OF ellCau 1OOA auu 1Iduuel
Company No. 4, and at the time of his death wa
an exempt fireman He had also served in the
State Legislature at time when It was deemed
honorable to belong to that body. Aft. Lipscomb'
death was untimely, and will long and sincerely b
regretted by large circle of relatives and friends
Nelo Orleans Crescent, FEB. %.
DR.. BOwditoh, of Boston, is presenting in success
sive numbers of the Atlantic, the results of hi
matured investigations in reference to the causes
of consumption. These papers are worthy o
careful attention, and will undoubtedly be pub
lished hereafter in permanent form. Among TIT
chief causes already illustrated are, the low anC
moist sites of many dwellings, the failure to per
NIT the sunlight thoroughly to penetrate ever.
portion of the apartments, lack of proper ventila
ton, especially in sleeping rooms, the unwholesom
aud indigestible character Of much of the fooC
that is eaten, and long continued exposure to thu
exhaltations of those who are sick with the dis
ease The wholesome sanitary reflections constantly
suggested in these able pages, if carefully followed
will save many delicate child from premature
grave.
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