The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1872-03-27
DOMESTIC MISCELLANY.

By the Gradual accumulation OF sand, an Island
three miles long has been formed at the mouth of
Mobile hsrbOr, thereby deepening the regular
channel and vastly improving the approach to the
city.
Large Donations to Institutions The report of
the commissioner Of education for the year 1871
presents the following statistics Of large donations
made to the literary and theological Institutions in
the United States:
Gifts in aid of education, SS,435 800 Of these
individual donations, two were OF 81 900 600 and
over twenty three were of 500 900 and over
fifteen Of $50 600 aud over; eleven OF S25 600 and
over; twenty OF 5000 and over; and thirty three
OF s. 600 and over.
La California these gifts amount to 50 600 900;
in Connecticut to $S45.665, OF which Yale College
receives 1919 $685. In Georgia 81 000 10 Indiana,
$537 OPS; in Illinois, 1891 600; IN Iowa. S75 600;
in Kansas, S50000 10 Louisiana, $1,000; 10 Mas.
sachusetts 81 sos 900 of which Harvard College
receives $3.50 600; 10 Minnesota $50. $50; in Mis-
souri,. S205. 600, entirely for Washington Univer-
sity, St Louis; in Michigan, $4,000; in Hew
Hampshire, Sl6S 600 of which Dartmouth Col
lege receives Sl2l 600; in New jersey 1923 500,
of which Princeton College receives $223500; in
New York. S765 600; 10 Oho. S23 $50; 10 Ore
gon, SIS 600 Ia Pennsylvania, $3l2,000; IN Rhode
Island $24 600; in SJuth Carolina, Sl3 600; Id
Tennessee $4 600; 10 Virginia. $45 600; IN Wis
consin $50 600; making total Of s. 435,990.
In the following States individual benefac-
tons amounting to $1,000 were reported: Ala
bama. Arkansas. Delaware, Florida, Kentucky,
Maine, Maryland Nebraska, Nevada North Car
DINA Texas and West Virginia.
These benefactions to educational objects by prl-
vate citzt us are believed tc be without parallel
in any other country OF the world.
Gen. BENZ C. Howard one of the most esteemed
i Il Of hic Sfota Hiad in Ralfi-
more'on Wednesday, March 9Th, at the advanced
aye of 81 years. Gen. Howard leaves an empty
place, which no one else can hill A Baltimorean
from childhood he was connected with the history
of our city from the battle OF North Point, where
he commanded the Mechanical Volunteers, and
served down to the days of martial law, when he
was loud and outspoken in his denunciation of the
usurpatious of authority which threatened the
constitutional liberties of his country HE repre-
sented Baltimore in Congress several sessions
serving as chairman of the Committee on Foreign
Relations: was the author OF the report on the
North western boundary question, and for long
time Reporter of the Supreme Court OF the United
States. 1t was in private lite that he was most
distinguished. Heightened, hospitable, genial and
full of kindly humor, his beautiful residence in
Howard Park, Belvidere, was the centre OF fashion
and gaety. He leaves a large family and hosts
of friends to mourn loss which will call forth
more general expression OF heartfelt sympathy
than would be given even to the most deserving
of those who are left behind.-Ep,scopal Metho-
DIST
Rain Diminishing Professor Henry says that
| the observations of the Smithsonian Institute,
which extended over period OF twenty years,
have as yet failed to confirm the popular belief
that the removal of the forests and cultivation OF
the soil tend to diminish the amount of rain fall.
Around the World Through tickets around the
| thn haap IN
gold, and the running time eighty-one days. The
line of route, going westward, is from New York
to San Francisco, about 1900 miles; San Fran
cisco to Yokohama, 4 700 thence to Hong Kong,
| 600; thence to Calcutta, 500 miles; thence to
Bombay. 400 miles; Bombay to Suez, 5000;
from Suez by the way OF Alexandria and Brindisl
to London, about 2, 300; and from London to New
York, 3 200
Consolation from Politics persons, we pre-
sumo, can draw consolation from our present poll
tics; but the editor of the Wdtchnlaa and Ret1ec-
tor has done it, and here is the way he did it:
We found some solid consolation the other day
in looking over file Of political newspapers fifty
years old, and in this way. The tone OF the art-
Giles was as bitter, the personalities as gross the
charges as malicious, and the whole scope as ma
ligDant as in the partisan papers Of to-day We
had recently begun to despair OF our country, but
when we found that politicians of fifty years ago
lied, and slandered, and resorted to all kinds OF
dirty party tricks, we took courage.
Increase of Population population of the
State of New York has increased by 54S 9SS since
1865; and OF this increase Ais 346 belong to cities
whilst the farming population has made very little
advance.
instruction in Japan.-The japanese charge
afaires at Washington has off cred the position
OF Superintendent Of Public Instruction in japan,
with salary Of $40 600 in gold, to Mr. Birdsy G.
Nerthrop, Secretary OF the Connecticut State
Board of Education.
Life of Lincoln.-A new biography. to be called
THE True Life of Abraham Lincoln is soon
to be published written by Colonel Ward H.
Lamon, who was for many years Mr. Lincoln
law partner, and was intimately associated with
him during the term of his presidency 1t is
announced to contain his most private and conf
Dental correspondence.
Large Manufacturing Centre.-A careful inves-
tigation of the manufacturing interests of Phila.
delphia has developed the fact that for the United
States census year, ending June Both, 1870 there
were about $500 manufacturing establishments,
the value of whose products for that year was
about 1895, 900 600, nearly two and half times
the product Of the previous censusyear.
Snow in the West The amount of snow in the
Upper Mississippi country is greater than for
twenty years, while that portion of country drained
by the Des Moines has also very large amount
above Ottumwa. Farmers, whose corn crops or
wood piles stored on the low lands, are advised
to take the earliest opportunity to their pro-
perty and live stock from the probable food this
coming spring.