The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1874-12-16
DOMESTIC MISCELLANY.

Mr.. Darcy Paul, Tor many years past president
Of she Petersburg savings and Insurance Company,
and one OF the most highly esteemed citizens If
Petersburg. died December Is, at the advanced
age Of elghIy-i0ur years.
Iaueari0n in yirginis.-DT RutFner, the State
SupeupteIdeot OF Public Instruction, 10 his annual
report, just published, announces that the enrolled
pupils Tor 1872 number us SO, Of WHOM III 7S9
are white, ana 81 OS6 eol0Fed.
The Presbyterian Cook Book published for the
beneht OF che Ladies' Society OF the First Presby-
terrain Church, 0y John Il. Thomas Il Co., Day
ton, Ohio, has been In every way q great success.
A third edition OF it has just been printed. It has
brought 70 The Ladies Society profit OF ST. 500.
A monument will shortly be erected to the mem,
ogy Vi the late John r. Thompson, the Southern
poet and author. The fund is now complete and
Al Richmond bank awaiting appropriation.
December sth.-The transit Of Venus was sue.
cessiully observed AZ Hobart Town, Adelaide aud
Melbourne, and at points IN India, China, and ia
pan TIE American party, however, only partly
succeeded al Hobart Town.
kilograms from Yicksburg say that reports from
the I1teFiuT OF Mississippi show that the negroes
are returning 20 che 6elds and pursuing their usual
svOoauOns. Ficks6urg Is quiet and orderly.
The remains of the Confederate soldiers who fell
IN tae movement on Washington during che late
var and were IN graves outside OF cemeteries we're
removed % the cemetery OF Grace chnrch, near
Silver Spring December ll1h. DR.. A. Y. p Gar
nett delivered an GRAFTON on the occasion, and
num0er Of members OF Congress and leading men
from the South took part
Charity after 9eath.-04e Of our exchanges in
noticing the KIND words spoken Of the life and ser
vices Of Mayor Havemeyer, Of New York, says {:
'' Far wiser is 1t itr Us to speak TIE kind word
while men i've, % cheer the struggle with adverse
fortune or with the adgerted feeling OF bis fellows
when be most Deeds 60 be oheered. What are
flowers on the c0i6a 70 one az whom We have for
wears shot our sharpest shafts A 1.-THE Of the
sympathy which our public men receive, when the
breath Is cut Of them, would, had it been sooner
bestowed have kept them alive years LONGER
Like Butus we murder our Cesar. and then 20
10 hetcrum and deliver sUOgies over MIN. Kind
Illness, rood Nil, help, are ior the living, not the
dead and II bestowed while men vet breathe,
would make this world better for Us all
Virginia Historical Society This society is in a
very hourishIDg condition now, aud Is gaming new
members every day. Daring the winter, the So
ciety viii probably nave public celebration, on
whieh occasion the Opeulng address will be delv-
cred by a prominent Virginia orator.
To the ante bsillHs days OF the Old Dominion
this society had members Ia all parts OF the State,
ana vas enabled through their contributors, to
publish a number Of works OF great historical value.
AT their meetings, which took place about once
month. papers were reac aud discussed tending to
throw light upoD the history Of Virginia. At the
breakDgoutcf he war the funds Of the society were
invested 10 Confederate States bonds, which, Of
course, afterwards we're worthless and was thus Lett
without funds. Since that time, it has been reOr
gained, and gained mary new members. but there
h vet room for more. The object for which thl
society was iCuuded-the collection of everything
tending 70 throw light upon the history and anti
entities Of the Old DOminion-shOuld commend
itselt 90 every Frginisn, aud those who have 20
ioined should do so az Gree. In many other State
OF The liou similar 0Tganizations are IN dour
ishing condition, and assuredy, this State, wiIl
irs romantic history irs glorious traditions 1t
many yet unoolleeted historical treasures, shoul'
not be slow to gather hem n.-RichH'ORd Wing