The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1875-09-15
DOMESTIC MISCELLANY

Foey's Statue Of stonewall Jackson The steam
ship Nova Scotian. which has reached Baltimore
from Liverpool, brought Foleys bronze statue Of
General Thomas j. Jackson, the celebrated Con-
federate leader, presented to the State of Virginia
by Hon. Beresford Hope, member of Parliament.
and other English gentleman A description Of
the statue is as follows: The figure is OF heroic
size. erect and noble head uncovered right hand
| graspng gauntlet, rests naturally upon the bip;
on the left arm hangs military cloak, while the
| left hand holds the hit Of a sword whose point
touches pile OF hewn stones. its empty scabbard
hanging from belt around the waist. The form,
the attitude, the face and the expression of the
countenauce combine to make one OF the most i'm
pressive of statues. IA ailoi Ill fsi4d9 sev
This work OF art which cost $4,000. was, pur.
chased by Mr. Hope and other EogIish symps.
thizers with the Southern cause. 1t will be taken
| to Richmond free of charge by the Powhatan
Steamboat Company, and be erected the Capitol
Square, short distance from the equestrian statue
of Washington. g. "a ..-..4 .s.
Civil Rights in the New York Public Schools =
NEW York, September Is j udge Gilbert, OF the
Supreme Court of Brooklyn, day rendered de-
cision in cyil-rights case wherein Willisn f.
johnson, coored man, song to compelthe prr-
cipal OF public school to admi. his son thereto In
stead of sending him to the school provided for
colored children The court held that the common
schools are public charity. and that tie bent6s
conferred by them are free gift from the State,
and, like every other donor, the State may pre-.
scribe in what manner and upon what terms and
conditions the gilt may be enjoyed.
In conclusion, Judge Gilbert says that the
statute. by guarantee ing equal privileges does not
confer the right to e. joy them in common with any
class of persons or In any particular school, and
that nothing has been shown from which can be in
ferred that the reator has been deprived OF the
equality Of privilege to which he is entitled. The
motion for a n,andamus was denied. di io.91om
Another Public School Trouble New Orleans,
September l3,-The whites of the senior class of
boys in the Central High School decline to attend
because coored man has been appointed Profess
sor of Mathematics for that school by the School
Board.
Centre Of Population Professor Walker; in his
statistical atlas'ot the United States, gives sngu-
lar computation of the movement of the centre
of population. This centre is the pivot on which
it is supposed the country would balance, suppos.
ing he surface to be of uniform weight throughout,
and also the inhabitants. According to these cal
culations, the centre has moved westward since
$780, not varying much to the north or south of
the thirty ninth degree of latitude. In 1890, the
centre was twenty.three miles east of BALTIMORE,
and in 1870 it reached point forty eight miles
northeast of Cincinnati, three hundred and ninety.
nine miles west of its first position, the average
rate of progress being slightly less than five miles
year. 1t reached its most southery point in $780,
made the least progress (thlrty-six miles, between
1910 and 1920 and its greatest, (eightyone miles)
between 1850 and 1861 the latter rate being caused
by the emigration to the Pacific coast. 100 b
Miss Grace Stuart, grand daughter of Professor
Moses Stuart of Andover, made her debut as al
actress at the Union Square Theatre in New York
recently. She took the part of Emily Hawkins"
in Col. Sellers" The comments of the press are
not aattering.
When they bu' Id Railroad the first hing they %
is to break ground. This is often done with great
Then they break the stockhod rs--
This is done without cereu ony,