The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1869-12-01
DOMESTIC MISCELLANY.

The New Dispensation-Rev DR.. Fuller of Balti
more, who has lately been in South Carolina, says
in letter to the Religious Herald of this city:
Next to making free men slaves the hardest
thing is to make slaves free In South Carolina
the negroes have most beggarly and wretched APP
pearance aud my heart sinks when think that
two-thirds OF the Legislature are negroes, only
few Of whom can read. With no sectional pre-
JUDGES, looking only to truth, and equity, and the
stability and prosperity Of our common country,
this Is not, and 1t cannot come to good Even
Mr. PllSbury, one of the most violent aboGtionists,
and now Mayor of Charleston, pronounces the
present system most depraved and depraving-
Here is an extract from his second letter to the
New York RerolutiOa:
" A majority of the Legislature of South Caro-
lima are colored men, and many of them can Meth
er write nor read. But several of their very best
friends assured me they should never support such
again for the sake OF the colored race itself-not
even to save the State from the Democratic party.
Such burleSque on the very name of government,
they declared, was never before seen. have wit
messed enough myself to easily understand that it
must DE so. AT the opening of the session, colored
voters were easily bought at FIVE dollars, though
later, they rose on their price. One shrewd Yankee
from Massachusetts, not a member, but who had
some schemes to lobby through the Legislature,
carried to the capital some cases of new hats, and
with them as legal tender drove quite spirited
and successful business"
In other days, such able juriSts as Mr.. Petigru
filled the arduous office of the codi6er Of the laws
That work has now been assigned to cOored man
who can scarcely spell three words properly He
is also a Senator, and his legislative and official
income is about six thousand year. But can
not dwell on such reflections
General Lee on the Death of George Peabody
The following is noble tribute to Geo. Peabody
which General Lee, on hearing of his death, wrote
to Mr.. Peabody Russell, the nearest living relative
Of the deceased:
LEXINGTON VA, Nov 10, 1869.
My Dear Mr. Russell-The announcement of the
death of your uncle, Mr.. George Peabody has
been received with the deepest regret wherever his
name and benevolence are known; and nowhere
have his generous deedS-restricted to no country,
section or sect-elicited more heartfelt admiration
than at the South. He stands alone in history for
the benevolent and judicOus distribution of his
great wealth, and his memory has become entwined
in the affections of millions Of his feow-citzens in
both hemiSpheres.
| beg, in my own behalf and in behalf of the
Trustees and Faculty of Washington College, Va,
which was not forgotten by him in his acts of gen
crosby, to tender the tribute of our untelgned sor
row at his death.
With great respect,
Your obedient servant, r. Z. LEE.
Washington COllege.-Mr R. G. Morrison, AS
sistant Professor OF Modern Languages in Wash
ington COLLEGE, has resigned to accept position
in an institution of learning in Texas. The Lex
ngton Gazette says
at is a remarkable and most encouraging fact
that the demand for teachers educated at Wash
ngton College is in advance of the ability of the
faculty to supply them. All of the graduates, and
other distinguished students since the war, who
have desired to teach, have received desirable APP
pOintmentS, and we understand that several recent
applications have been received offering important
positions. The graduates in engineering also have
all obtained good positions in their profession. This
is most gratifying proof Of the growing influence
and reputation OF the college
The North Carolina State University. The Trus-
tees of the State University met in Raleigh on the
18th. The deliberations of the body have not been
made public, except so far as they relate to the
plan for the University This plan appears in the
Standard of Saturday and is indeed most mag
n6cent affair-on paper. 1t embraces the fol-
lowing colleges each of which is divided into sew
eral Schools or Departments of Study, under the
government of Professor, with as many assistants
as may be necessary and in each of these Schools
there is one or more classes
l. College of Literature and the Arts,
mine Schools.
III. College of Philosophy niRe Schools.
| ILL., College of Science and the Arts,-with ten
Schools
". College of Agriculture and the Mechanic
Arts,-with eleven Schools
V. Business and Commercial College, with
seren Schools.
VI Normal College, nine Schools or De-
partments.
VII. College of Law, with three Schools or
| Departments.
VIII College of Mediterranean be organized
Immediately.
| TX Colored Department.
Such grand programme as is laid down here by
the Trustees cannot be carried out in day. Sew
eral months must elapse before oar University will
rival in public favor the University of Virginia, -
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