The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1869-07-07
DOMESTIC MISCELLANY.

An Appalling Calamity.-On the occasion of the.
barbecue for the colored men who had attached
themselves to the WALKER Liberal party, to take
place at Vauxhall's Island, July ID, lamenta-
BILE and fatal calamity occurred by the falling of
the foot bridge connecting Vauxhall's with the
island Immediately above it, as some twenty or
thirty persons were upon it. Through the injuries
inflicted by the falling tmbers, the recoil Of the
heavy chains, and the effects of water, two were
killed outright,-Colonel James r. Branch. of
the well-known firm of Thomas Branch & Son,
bankers, and policeman Krkman-two others
were probably MORALLY wounded, while several
were more or less injured.
The event has occasioned feeling of the deep
est distress in this city, so that it may be said that
pail is spread over it. The great majority of the
citizens felt though each had sustained special
affiicton.
William and Mary college-Election of Professors.
We learn that the visitors of the College of Will
liam and Mary at their recent session in this city,
appointed the following gentlemen to the faculty:
Benz. s. Ewell, President and Professor of Nat.
Philosophy and Mixed Mathematics; Rev. George
I. Wilmer, Professor of Moral and Intellectual
Science; Prot. Thomas P. McCandsh, Professor
Of Latin, French and Roman History; Prof Frank
Preston, Professor of Greek, German and Grecian
History; Prot I. I. L. Snead, Professor of Math-
ematics; Dr. Richard A. Wise, Professor of Chem
lstry and Mineralogy.
The master of the Grammar School is yet to be
appointed.
Another 100000 Donation to the South from
George Peabody.-George Peabody has given an.
other million dollars in bonds for southern educa-
ton. Among the bonds are $4,000 Louisiana
6's; $4,000 New Orleans City SIS; $35, 900, Mo-
500, 900 Louisiana Consolidated Bank. SIS. All
the securities are first Glass; and the dividends GER
: In addition to this he gives Florida per cent.
bonds, which, with the overdue coupons, amount
to S3S4000. These last, like the Mississippi
bonds, will require many years for payment
Richmond Baptist college.-This institution has
greatly prospcred during the last year. The ener-
getic general AGENT Rev. A. NJ Poindexter, has
secured within few thousand dollars OF the fund
desired as an endowment, and the schools of the
college have been more literally patronzed The
prospects of the college are encouraging
The trustees have put forth efforts to fashion the
plan of instruction after that of the University of
Virginia, and it is expected in due time to convert
the college into great university.
Distinguished Physicians Dead.-Dr. Meigs who
has long occupied very prominent place in the
medical profession, died last week near Philadel.
phia Another great light of this profession, was
extinguished when Dr. Alden March died last
week. at Albany New York. His reputation as
surgeon was very high, and his fame extended
to all parts of the land.
Cuba.-Advices received in Washington from
Cuba, state that the Spanish troops in the interior
have their communications with the coast cut off
and are suffering terribly from cholera, fever and
privation The mortality is said to be very great
and medicines and food are scarce More than
half of the main Spanish force has been lost since
the commencement Of the war by desertion or dis
ease. Two recent victories and the arrival of the
flbusters have greatly encouraged the Cuban
leaders, and they are determined to force the
fighting
The National htelligeacer, of Washington City,
which once, in its dignifed and gentlemanly bear
ing, was at the head of American political journals
but which has gone through several phases of ex-
istence within the last few years. has been merged
in another paper, and no longer published dis.
tinctvely. Gales & Seaton, the former conductors
Of the paper, are both dead