The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1869-06-30

Generous Contribution.-That liberal hearted
Virginian, now resident of Chicago, Leander G..
Mccormick, has again illustrated his kindness of
feeling for his native Valley in the gift of spen
did four.foot moving machine to the new church
now going up in Mount Crawford. -RochiagAam
Reasste<.-
Mr.. Corcoran, the rich Washington banker, has
just given over two hundred thousand dollars to
establish Home in that city for the widows Of
clerks and others in the employ of the Govern
ment, who may be left in destitute circumstances
Election of Professors at the Medical College
quorum of the Board of Visitors having assem-.
Practice of Medicine was filled by the appointment
of Dr. James B. McCaw, late Professor of Chem
istry DR.. j. S. Dorsey Cullen was elected Pro-
fessor OF Diseases of Women and Children
Board of Trustees Washington College.-We are
pleased to report an unusually full meeting of the
Board of Trustees of Washington College. Mr..
Cyrus H. Mccormick, who was recently elected to
a place in the Board could not be present, but he
sent his check for an additional five thousand dol
lars, as an assurance of his continued interest in
the success of the College Virginia Gazette.
Augusta Female seminary-The article by cor
respondent presents in a just light the merits of
this institution The public exercises closing this
scSSiou "SIc vi Houudy, Iucouay duu w C"hOoo"y
evenings of last week. We take the following ex.
tract from an extended notice in the Stanton
Spectator. ,r
"The final exercises we're held on Wednesday
evening, in the Presbyterian Church. and were
open to the entire public, as the preceding would
have been but for the lack Of hall of adequate
capacity. The church was crowded. at an early
hour, in every part of floor and galleries. Prayer
,yoS offaroJ hv Row Wu, E1inn Of Now 0rlaonS
Music by the choir. The report of the principal
Miss Baldwin, was read by the Pastor, Rev. W.
Il. Baker. 1t showed, among other statistics, the
full number Of pupils the past session to have been
1856, and the number of teachers Is. 1t paid
just and touching tribute to the memory of the
venerable and beloved Mrs. McClung.
After the report followed the distribution of the
Certificates Prizes, and other honoss to those who,
by diligence and faithfuness had fairly won them.
The last and highest academic honor of the nsti-
tuition, the Diploma for full graduation, was con-
ferred upon three young ladies only, viz:
Miss Aurea Brown, of Augusta, Va.
g Esther Baird of Stanton.
Mamie Link. of Stanton.
And then followed what may justly be styled
the feature of the evening-the address by Col.
VIM p. Johnston, late OF Kentuckey, Professor
1t would be impossible, within the narrow space
to which we are limited, to give any just abstract
of this beautiful production. 1t did not have the
advantage in its delivery of oratorical display
even OF a voice quite strong enough for the large
hall and crowded audience who were most atten-
tive listeners, but all who were near enough to
hear it distinctly had the pleasure OF listening to
most chaste and beautifully written essay upon
the literary culture Of woman
The Peace Jubilee.-They, Il. E. the people who
inaugurated and carried on most unnatural and
r,tnl h.
years. have been holding Peace Jubilee" in
Boston. The Hub was greatly excited, and
such time as they had has never been known
there before The telegraph, with its usual accu-
racy in all matters relating to religion announced
that the jubilee was opened with prayer by four
thousand clergynle President Grant, Admiral
Farragut Commodore Rogers. and other eminent
peace men, were present. Many grand things
were said and sung, among them the Star Span
ged Banner, and other airs associated in the pub.
lie mind only with peace, concord and fraternity
The. whole thing seems to have passed off with
great satisfaction to those who participated in it,
and the presumption is that none of them will 90
to war again. as long as they can have things their
own way without it. What humbugs we are, and
what humbugs we pursue!-M C. Presbyterian
The Great Refuent wave.-The managers of the
new steamships between San Francisco and China
aud Japan were shrewd enough to put their YES
sells in excellent trim for what is now happening
They we're constructed with comparatively little
room for first class cabin passengers, and plenty
for their anticipated storage customers, with
ventilation and other comforts to match. This
puts them in favorable contrast with the floating
emigrant pens which play on the Atlantic.
Expectations are now rapidly realized on the
Pacific The Great Republic which arrived in
San Francisco on Saturday last, brought twelve
hundred and fifty Chinese, and this is about an
average load-enough Mongolians by single
steamer to make respectable village. This is
the rate at which We may expect the Chinese
deluge' to pour in on our Western shores, or
rather it is the beginning of human tide whose
growing, volume no man can calculate. No won
der the best thinkers in the country are becoming
absorbed in the vast social and political problems
involved in this unprecedented movement eastUord.
Improved Farming Journal of the Farm,
for June, issued from Philadelphia, contains an
excellent article upon the subject of farming from
the pen Of Robert Bingham Of the celebrated
4" Bingham School, Mebaneville, N. C.
Habitual drunkards in Illinois, by recent act of
the Legislature, are hereafter to be subjected to
very stringent course of treatment. They are
classified with INDECENT idiotic, and insane persons
and are to be placed under the care of guardians
or Of the overseers of the poor. A similar provi-
sion exists in Pennsylvania, but the regulations
are more strict In illinois, since in the latter State
when person has once been declared habitnal
drunkard, guardianship over him must continue
Tor an entire year.
patent was issued on the Sth of June to Rev.
lInoch Thomas of Craigsville, Augusta county,
Va, for hay and cotton press
The Author Discovered.-A. i. O. E.-Thesc
initials of popular writer are said, by Professor
Boyd, to stand for A Lady Of England. The real
name Of the writer is Miss Charlotte Tucker, of
London.
Poppies and Team connection with Southern
the Philadelphia An,erican and
Gazette says:
"a Frenchman at Natchitochcs Ia, intends
to raise peoples this year on several acres Of ground
and to make opium lie says that an acre of
poppies will make fifty pounds of opium, worth
fifteen or twenty dollars pound, and that the cost
Of manufacturing is less than four dollars pound.
Ills crop would amount to six hundred and ninety
dollars an acre by this estimate from which the
cost of cultivation is to be substracted Ten acres
would accordingly crop about seven thousand dol
lars gross. We hope it will not succeed. -ED.
zen. PRES
THE Knoxville East Tennessee) Press is our
authority for saying that farmer there has for
some time grown his own tea, and that he is pre-
pairing and his neighbors are engaged to make
serious matter Of the culture for the current year.
Good tea has been perfected in New York and
Pennsylvania, and for a long tim" in South Caro-
ina. The climate OF our Middle and Southern
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