The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1870-02-16
DOMESTIC MISCELLANY.

DOMESTIC MISCELLANY.
Anniversary Celebration at Hampden Sidney College
on the I'D instant. The following are the appoint
meuts for the occasion:
Senior Orators -Philauthropic Society, VIII
liam w. DOwney, West Virginia; Union Society,
q. r. Bishop Virginia.
JUNIOR Orators Samuel A. Anderson, George
H. BUrwell Meade Haskins, Virginia Carson w.
Hollis, West Virginia; William Leith, Virginia;
w. ~ Lemen, West Virginia; John B. Morton,
ID. Q. Pharr, Virginia; James r. YOung North
Carolina.
Committee Of hvjtation james s. Iipscomb,
Tennessee; Luther s. Camp, Virginia Phig
johnson, Kentucky Robert w. Clayton, Alabama,
Thornton X. Sampson, Virginia; Philip Fl. Hens
ley, Texas; George A. Nelson, Louisiana.
University Of virginia-Of the whole number of
students in the University, 452-mOre than one
fourth, l27, are members of Christian churches.
There are 81 belonging to Baptist churches, 81 to
the Presbyterian, and so each to the Episcopal
and the Methodist. Of these, II are studying for
the ministry.
Aid for Washington College.-The St. Louis Re
publican states that number of gentlemen in
Missouri have subscribed over ten thousand dollars
to raise fund for the endowment of a chair In
Washington College to be called The Missouri Pro
fessOrship Of Applied Chemistry.
General Lilley, of Virginia, the agent of the
college, has been at work in that State very sue
ceSSfully Major General Harvey native of Vir
GINA, has subscribed $1,000 for the endowment of
the Presidents Chair, now filed by General Lee,
The Legislature of Virginia met on Tuesday
February Sth The Governor message was read
on Wednesday Thursday, VIM. f. Taylor, Of this
city, was elected Auditor Of Public Accounts
Mr.. James Mcdonald was elected Secretary Of the
Commonwealth. George Rye, the present incum-
bent, was elected Treasurer.
A German Daily Paper-The Richmond Aazie-
GER heretofore weekly paper, was this week Is
sued for the first time as a daily, under the name
of the Taegdcher ABzieger, and with Mr. b. HaSSel
as editor 1t is a neat and well-edited sheet, pub
lshed in the German language, and well worthy
Of the patronage Of our German citizens
During the last few years the following physicians
of Richmond have died, viz :-DrS. Hancock Con
way, ROddy Gibson, PetticOlas, Bolton, Waring,
Dove aud Deane, nearly all of whom were prOmi
nent in the profession, and not one Old enough to
feel the impairing influence Of years
The Southern Guardian, Columbia, S. C.-The
publication Of this Journal has been resumed by
MesSrs. w. II. McCaw Il Co. Mr. Charles p
Pelham is its editor. 1t viii be published daily
and tri-weekly.
The last number of the Guardian, prior to this
resumption, was issued on the 18th of February
lS65-the day that Sherman burned Columbia
The Guardian office and the dwelling house OF its
proprietor, Mr.. Pelham, shared the fate Of the
rest of the city on the day rendered memorable by
that ruthless deed Of barbariSm. We are glad to
see this evidence of returning prosperity and wish
the S0utbeIR Guardian a successful career.
SOutheW Presbyterian.
George PeabOdy.-The funeral Obsequies over the
remains of George Peabody were attended on the
inst OF nod by no p1uht nd
ten thousand persons, including Prince Arthur
and the British Minister The Hon. Q. Winthrop,
LII D., delivered an eloquent euOgy on the de
ceased. The remains were then deposited in the
tomb in Harmony Grove.
The Hon. Horace Binney died on the Sd instant in
Philadelphia, in the glSt year Of his age. His
most celebrated effort as a lawyer was'made in de-
tense OF the city in Its possession Of the Girard be-
quest against the heirs Of the donor. He was
ranked as the head of the legal profession in Phil
adelphia.
Chinese Mails.-Postal matter in China is carried
on by private enterprise. The mails from Shang-
hal to Hanehow are carried up the river in row
boats, rOwed by coolies who handle the oars with
their feet instead of their hands, if indeed they
can be said to handle that which their hands don
touch.
Scholars as well as poets await the publication
of Mr. Bryant new translation (metricaD of HO-
mer As he will be compared with such as Glad
stone and Derby and being the later, perhaps last
Of his works no little risk has been Incurred
But those who know him, consider his attainments
pledge that the task will not only be we'll exc
euted, but take rank among the first of this class
of works.
The Relapsing Fever.-The health authorities of
New York have discovered that an uncommon fe-
yer, called the "relapSing fever, has appeared in
tho eftv IL ha md tvr,ho
forms, but differs from them In the certainty of
relapse coming on. Dr. Harris describes Its pecU
liarlty as "a severe and rapid course Of fever con-
tinuing five, six or seven days, followed by re
markable cessation of fever aud the apparent be
ginning of convalesceuce these two successive
stages comprising fourteen days, or very nearly
fourteen days, and them suddenly, the apparently
recovered or cOnvalescent patient Is seized with
violent relapse of fever from which recovery Is so
slow that the sufferer remains an invalid for many
weeks" About so cases of it have been reported.
Happily, it is not necessarily fatal, and cleanliness
and fresh air are almost sure preventiyes Of 1t.
The Confederate Doad.-The following appears in
Thursday proceedings of the Maryland House Of
Delegates
Mr. McCreery presented the memorial Of Anne
r. and Susan FOut and three hundred other ladies'
Of Frederick city, which state that, encouraged
Dy kuC FcIy uul4duc dL4 AlitF uotlCG Ol OuE OtlGi
Executive, IN his late annual message, OF the Con
federate dead whose remains now lie north of the
Potomac, and cooperating with their Memorial
Association, would respectfully call the attention
of the General Assembly that within their ceme-
terry there are over 400 of these noble dead. Soon
after their interment, headbOardS, bearing the
names and regiments of those whose names could
be obtained, we're placed at the heads of their
graves To aid in this labor OF love- they ask the
General Assembly to grant the petition OF their
Memorial Association. Whether the cause In
which they fell is just one or not, Is now an open
question. Ii is enough for Us to know that they
conscientousIy believed that they were struggling
for the highest earthly good of their families and
their country, and for it they periled their all,
their patrimODy, their hopes of future aggrandize
ment and their lives. Though no ties OF conSan.
guinity bind US TO those occupying these graves,
vet sacrifices such as they made, demand the fall
ing tear of sympathy. They demand Of US to save
their graves from Dissertation and rescue their
names as far as we can, from oblivion The fact
that their efforts were unayailiug does not lessen
the means of hOnOring the dead. What a consO-
latiOn 70 know that those more fortunate than
themselves are performing these sacred duties as
an expression of grateful Acknowledgement of
what they not only sacrificed but suffered IN their
behalf, &c. The petition Of the Memorial AsSO-
citation asks that portion of the $4,000 apprO-
priated BY the State for the burial Of the COnted
crate dead at Antietam Cemetery (which object
cannot be accomplished In consequence of the non
concurrence of the trustees Of the Northern States,
who have Joint control of sand cemetery may be
set apart for the preservation of the graves OF the
Confederate dead at Frederick. The memorial
was referred TO the special committee on the An
tietam Cemetery.