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to devise some other means looking TO the
relief Of this class Of our insane


/ Number Of patients 303-males. 1873; fe
males. le5 deaths, 81, two of which wer
from drowning. The superintendent depre
Gates the practice OF those who induce thei
friends TO believe that they arc going {
some city. or to visit friends when they ar
being carried to the asylum, thereby using
deception that is injurious to the patient
welfare, and which naturally makes him re
tive under confinement. The loss by the fir
Of the 9Th OF January was about $4,000. :
The water supply is insufficient and vii
have TO be Improved The percentage o
recovered OF Ill discharged was 71.4.
CENTRAL LUNATIc ASYLUM.
Number of patients, 2S4--I06 males ant
les females deaths, II: discharged Gecov
cred), %; cost per patient per week, 1851
Whole cost OF supporting the asylum, ST.
O34,l2. The institution is supported entire
" by the State. Tho Board coincide in the
recommendation Of the superintendent that
the present Board would be the proper per
sons to select the permanent location fol
the asylum. The lease of the present prop
erty has nearly expired. Number OF colorcd
lunatics in the iails of the State awaiting
admission, 49; several counties not reported
DEAF, AND DUMB ASYLUM.
The report Of the president of the board
of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum. which with
his year closes its thirty seventh fiscal year,
gives the following table: Number enrolled
at date OF last report 80 mutes. 81 blind
new pupils admitted during the year, IL
nutcs. blind. Whole number under in
-truction, los mutes, AZ blind; discharged
Turing the year, 16 mutes. lind died, 2
blind Number enrolled for the present
year, SO mutes. 80 blind.
THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA.
The report of the Board of Visitors Of the
University of Virginia is quite lengthy and
interesting.
From this report it will be seen that the
University still continues to maintuin unim-
paired its high reputation rs an educational
institutions The whole number of students
who matriculated during the session of
lS75-'76 was 333-of whom l69 were from
Virginia; of the remainder % were from
Maryland, 43 from Texas, IL from Kentucky.
Il from Tennessee, II from North Carolina,
II from Georgia, IA from Mississippi,s from
Missouri, 8 from Alabama, from the Dis
trict of Columbia, s from Arkansas, from
West Virginia, from Louisiana, from New
York, from South Carolina, 3 from Illinois
from Florida, from California, from III
Llama, from Oregon, from Ohio, | from
Pennsylvania, from London. England.
VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE.
The report of the Board of Visitors of the
Virginia Military Institute shows that insti-
tuition to be in a prosperous condition. The
examinations Of cadets this year were at
tended by the Board, and in this duty they
were assisted by Prof. G.. W. Plympton, of
the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institution. He
peaks in the highest terms Of the Military
Institute and the proficiency OF the students
in their various studies.
Superintendent F. Fl. Smith presents in q
consolidated form all the debts Of the insti-
tuition OF every character, with a statement
Of the assets available and unavailable to
meet them.
PUBLIC PRINTING.
The appropriation was $4,000; expend-
lures s25,5l0,39. Printing of contested cleo
lions records of the two houses alone cost
sl,32s. Under special appropriations the
Colonial papers were printed at cost of 3d.
52l,62; Hotchkiss's Resources of Virginia,
s5.4O0.53; Twenty-sixth volu re of Graf
tan's Reports, 50, 944,45. The State is to be
reimbursed by such OF these books as are
sold.
DEATH OF RICHARD D. RYAN.-On
Tuesday morning last, at 10 O'Clock Mr.. r.
D. Ryan, late Deputy Clerk of the Circuit
Court, of Augusta county, died Of conslmp-
ton, at his residence IN this city, in the 3lst
year of his age.
Mr.. Ryan during the war was gallant
member of McClanahan's battery, and in
1867 came to Staunton and entered the clerks
office Ct the Circuit Court as deputy under
his Brother, Jos. N. Ryan. In 1873 he en-
igrated to Texas. where he married daugh-
ter of Kinney Striblng, Esq, formerly Of
this county. In 1874 he returned to Staun-
ton and again resumed his old position, which
he retained until within few months Of his
death, when disease had rendered work i'm
possible. He was q universal favorite. Gen
erous to fault; always courteous and oblig-.
ing in anything connected with his Office, and
pleasant and agreeable in social intercourse.
As clerk he was recognized as one the best
and most efficient, snd so familiar was he
with tie Office that he could lay his hand on
any paper at a moments notice. He had
never made a profession Of religion, but dur
ing the illness preceding his death had had
frequent visits from the Rev. Mr. Baker,
which seemed to have made 4 deep i,npres.
sion on his mind, and his last words were,
$ Home Home Rest Rest - as he sank
quietly and peacefully into that long,
dreamless sleep.
He leaves 4 wife and two children. to whom
the sympathy Of the entire community is
extended, and may He who chasteneth watch
and guard them.
LADIES FAIR.-The Ladies OF the Baptist
Congregation will hold a Fair in Grange
Hall OIL the 9Th, 9th snd 7th of December,
commencing on Tuesday next. The object
is to assist in paying for the parsonage, and
the earnest hope is expressed that the
friends OF the Church and our citizens gen.
orally will contribute to so praiseworthy an
object. especially as they will receive an
equivalent for their outlay. Let each one
determine that he or she will lop Off some
little extra expense incident to the Christ
mas holidays, and direct it to aid our lady
friends in their labor Of christian obligation.
Nothing so adds to the character Of a COM
munty as heat, commodious churches and
comfortable parsonages, and when the an
nouncement can be made that they are paid
for, it is an additional testimony to the liber-
atty and intelligence of the people among
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