The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-11-27
yIRGINIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

A MOTTO Fon TIE SEAL OF THE SOCIETY
DIARY OF REV. WILLIAM DOUGLAS, OF
GOocHLAND ooUNTy-H1s CULTURE
USEFUL MINISTRY AND L!BRARY-A CIR
CULAR FROM THE AMERICAN ANTHRoPc.
LOGICAL Observation-Disclosures DO
NATIONS SELECTION OF MEMBERS-DR.
BAGBY's LECTURE ON THE OLD VIRGINIA
s CENT? EMAN. st
A meeting OF the Executive Committee OF
the Virginia Historical Society was held on
Friday night. Present: Messrs. William
Green (chairnan), w. Writ Henry, w. A.
Maury, Rev. DIR. j. L. Id. Curry, DIR. j. G..
Barney, and r. a. Brock, corresponding
secretary.
1Ir. Barksdale being absent, Mr.. Brock
was requested to act as recording secretary.
The subject Of q motto for the seal OF the
Society was discussed, several notices being
suggested. The matter was again referred
to the subcommittee who have had it under
consideration, and who now promise q
speedy report.
The Corresponding Secretary read letters
recently received by him from j. j. How
ard, LII. d., London, England; Rev. E. N.
Dalrymple, d. d., Baltimore, Md; and
from General James Med Donald, Secretary OK
OF the Commonwealth OF Virginia, who
wrote enclosing and referring to Mr..
Brock highly interesting letter from L. f..
Chittenden, Esq, Of New York city, who
writes: " have valuable almanac for the
year 1852. which I think belonged to the
Rev. William Douglas, an Episcopal clergy
lpl ~
is completely filled with notes and memo
randa of the most interesting character,
covering a period from 17G0 to 1880.
Mr.. Douglas was evidently q gen
tleman OF fortune, and owned 4
plantation called 'Gold-Mine,' and
another called 'Miled,' and large num-
Der OF slaves. Among the interesting
matter is song in manuscript, which he
calls .Junto Song,' to the tune Of And
q begging we will 90, will go'-the subject
of which is the taxation Of the Colonies-
the chorus is "A taxing we will co. &c.
One stanza commences Boston we will in
ashes lay" According to Bishop Per-
ry's admirable compilation, "Papers Re-
lating to the History OF the Church in Yir-
ginia, 165O-1776," itAppears that the Rev.
William Douglas came to the Colony
lloh Nial ianu III ouiy, 1tto, anu tlitt
he was ordained to the ministry in
the incumbent OF st. Johns church,
northern parish, Goochlahd county, in the
lists OF October 30, 1854, and Of June 10,
1855. He is presumed to have been gen.
tleman of much culture and OF extensive
information. He must have possessed u Ii
brary respectable in point OF number as
oil nI,n np ha
bearing his autograph have appeared in auc.
tion sales in this city number OF times, al
intervals, during the past few years. Two
volumes occurred in the sales of the library
of the late Thomas IL. Wynne, one oi
which-"The Journals Of the Protestan,
Episcopal Church in Virginia, 17S9-'9 ,
which bore his autograph aud numerou;
annotations in his handwriting, tremulou:
as if from age-proves that he sur
vived until nearly the close OF the las
century. From the occurrence OF number
OF medical works from his library on one o
the mentioned occasions OF auction sale
may be inferred that, like another distin
guished churchman OF the period, the Rev
Robert Rose, he may have practiced i dua
profession, and was doubtless no less skilfu
in healing the bodies OF bis Pensioners thar
in ministering to their spiritual natures.
The relic would be regarded as mos
valuable acquisition by the Virginia Histor
ical Society, could Mr.. Chittenden be gen
erorsly induced to place it in its charge.
A circular was also read from the Rev
Stephen D. Peet, Astabula, Ohio, the CORE
spending secretary Of the American An
thropological Association-a body whic
was organized by the Convention Of Archa
IL ,I, in, Ial.
the 4th of September last, and whic
promises to have an abundant field of use
fulness before it.
The following donations were reported
Bound volumes from General a. A. Hun
phreys, Washington, D. c.; Frederick (
Mather, Esq, New York city; A. j. Gus
NJ. D., Harrisburg, Pa; Edmund Quincy
Esq, Dedham, Mass; the Mnssachuseti
Historical Society; the Pennsylvania Hi!
torical Society; and Judge Thomas Balct
Philadelphia, Pa. Pamphlets from Colon'
A. II. Hoyt, Boston, Mass; John OFT, Esq
Richmond, Va; the Georgia Histories
Society; Colonel John Lewis Peyton
Guernsey, England; the Southern Hi
torical Society; Ii. FL. Morgan, Esq
St. Louis, Mo-; DR.. Samuel A. Green, Bo
ton, Mass. /; Rev. Caleb Davis Bradlee, Bo:
ton, Mass. the New England Historic-Gt
nealogic Society; E. w. Nash. New for
city; General w. S. Stryker, Trenton, \
j.; the Boston Numismatic Society; tn
Davenport Academy Of Natural Science
Davenport, Ia.; Rev. e. A. Dalrymple, [
D., Baltimore, Md; Joseph Jackson How
ard, LII. D., London, Eng; the America
Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Mass.
Hon. John Eaton, Commissioner OF Educ:
ton, Washington, D. G., u highly yaluabl
report on the public libraries Of the Unite
States, their history, &c. Newspapers fror
A. A. Little, Esq, the Fredericksbur
Ne,TS Joseph r. Walter, Esq, Whining
ton, Del; II. W. Crotzer, Esq, Philade
phia, Penn; and the School Bulletin {
Milwaukee, Wis. Photographs from r. A
Brock and from D. II. Anderson, photo
grapher, Richmond, Va.,-thc last an &C
mirable likeness OF the late Charles CamI
bell, the historian Of Virginia; and mec
alet OF Washington, from the Hon. Robel
w. Hughes, Richmond, Va.
The following gentlemen were electe'
honorary members OF the Society: Hor
John Eaton, Washington, D. c.; Gener:
A. A. Humphreys, Washington, ID. G. Th
following nominations were made by Ml
Brock: For honorary member, Josep
Jackson Howard, LII. D., London, Eng.
for corresponding members, Colonel Joh
Lewis Peyton, Guernsey, Eng; Rev. Et
ward 4. Nell, Minneapolis, Minn.
So soon as the feeling OF anxiety and di:
uuietude growing out OF the present pol
tentious political condition Of the counts
which now oppresses our people may hay
been allayed, as it can but be hoped th
calm reason and patriotism OF the more cor
ciliatory OF the American people will 500
effect. an effort will be made to raise in thi
State by subscription o sum sufficient 70
the erection Of fire-proof building for th
accommodation OF the collections OF til