The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1877-03-07
DOMESTIC MISCELLANY.


Lsgis' AZURE Of Virginia The Railroad Bill from
Ichanau to Clifton has been defeated in the
House, aud the Bill leasing the Canal substituted
therefor, and ordered to its enerossnent-62 to Al.
The Whisky Tan Bill was defeated in the House,
the cause of which was that leaving the principle
of texation at the point of coDsum pton. other SUBJ
ioots of taxation were mingled with it. 1t is be-
lieved that modified bill will soon pass Ia both
houses.
Inauguration of President Hayes The oath of Of
fee was administered last Saturday night the in
augural address was delivered on Monday, the 5th
inst. It's promises are fair; aud the country will
Judge according to the performances. The names
of cabinet officers are at the hour of this writing
only matter of speculation; but will probably be
sent IN Immediately.
Congrsss.--The Army Appropriation bill has
failed the Democrats insisting upon reducing the
army to II 900 men. aud upon the condition that
no part of it should be used to interfere in the af
fairs of South Carolina or Louisiana To this the
| Republicans would not agree special meeting
of Congress will probably be called.
Accidental Shooting The Bristol Courier says :
Willie Park, SOD o. Rev James Park of Knox.
vile, Tenn, aged IA years, accidentally shot and
killed Harvey Baker, step.son Of NJ j)r X ]. Will
s)n, Thurfday evening last. Baker parents we're
away from home, and be bad invited Park to stay
all night with him, where it seems, they got SOME
pistols out Of drawer and were swapping at each
other, thinking the pitols were unloaded. but the
one Park bad happened to have two loads in it,
and one of them was discharged, shooting Baker
through the head. Blker was a nephew of Rev.
G A. Caldwell of this place. sad fatality has
| ATTENDED the family of the deceased. HIS father,
Dr.. HsrveJ Baker was killed by tie deral trooIs
on the occasion of Saunders raid. 10 1863 and his
halt brother. Abner Baker (wbo killed young Hall
In Sc i.de eDce) was taken from jail by mob and
put 10 death for it In 1865
Fires-In Charlottesville disastrous fire 90.
Gu rcd last week, and among the irj lred regret
to notice the name of A. R Bskey Esq editor
of the Charlottesville Chronicle. Ia Richmond
house of Mrs. ID. T. Williams, occupied by the
r y. John William ones, ID d., was burnt. The
u jlry to the building was covered by insurance,
but the household effects of DR.. Jones, worth ST.
| 500, and not insured. we're entirely destroyed.
Medical Department Of Central University, Ky
| The Com me ucewenl Exercises were held February
22d 10 Library Hall, Louisville, KY. Dr.. Frark
U Wilson. formerly Of Virginia. and grand son
OF Rev DR.. Samuel B. Wilson, delivered very
| able address on the part OF the Faculty Rev Dr..
Brock, Chancellor of the University. conferred the
| diplomas upon forty-one members of the gradua-
ting class. This department of the University is
in very prosperous condition. Ii has had eighty
nine students during the year just closed.
Ex-Governor Joseph Johnson died at Bridgeport,
| Fl ,rrlson county, W Va, February 9th. in the
ninety second year of his age He was a native of
New York. but had lived in Virginia for many
years. and had filed many public Offices Of trust
with great fidelity.
| Daniel on Negotiable Instruments --Senator John
W. Daniel of L., nchburg, Va. has bad published
in the last year. by Baker, Voorhis & Co., New
| York, work on Negotiable Instruments -
af L a;fa Ind
Judge Dillon, Chancellor Cooper, Judge Staples,
Charles 0 Conner, and other eminent jursts have
commended it in the highest terms; the courts
have referred to it in many late cases. and recently
it was adopted as text book in the Law School at
Nashville, Tenn Ii is meeting with large sale
all over the country; has met with most favorable
critici 10 from both American and English writer's,
aud Judge Dillon predicts that it will bring the
author both fame and fortune. - Wing.
The Central Luuaic Asylum Comm ssion Report in
Favor of Petersburg Va-The special commission,
appointed under pint resolution approved Feb
ruary g. to select suitable site for locating an
asylum for the colored insane Of the State, made
their report to the General Assembly. The com.
mission unanimously agreed to select a site near
Petersburg as the most suitable for the permanent
location of the asylum. The city of Petersburg
contributes SIS 900 towards the purchase OF the
SITE The asylum at HoWards Grove near this
city will, accordingly, be broken up as soon as the
necessary buildings at the new location are COM
pleted- Enquirer
Fifty thousand dollars have been appropriated
for the Polar Colonization Scheme. The colony
will consist OF an astronomer, two nstnralists, and
about forty hardy resoute men. They will be
visited annually BY U4ited States vessels with sup.
plies, &c. IL is supposed there is an Arctic cur
rent which flows from the Pole to the Tropics, as
an Offset to the Gulf Stream, which reaches the
Pole With heat enough to melt its ice-tbe divine
law of equilibrium being thus carried out, or as
one has beautifully expressed it. - Here is gigan-
tic balance hung by the Creator himself, scale
at the Pole the other at the Tropics The one is
as yet invisible the other we can read" Ameri-
can genius may yet fathom the profound depths of
that open which lies beneath the never setting,
neverrsing north star, and other nations may reap
the scientific results.-reStyteridn
DR. Broadus, of the Baptist Church, gave some
good advice lately to some theological students who
asked him whether be thought it proper for min
lister to announce to his people the hours that he
had set apart for study, and impress them with the
importance of leaving those hours undisturbed2
swell, shouldn't put it just in that way, said
the Doctor; Il should tell my people when they
could see me-not when they couldn't" Wisely
said. Such words leave no sting behind them, as
careless words sometimes used in the pulpit do.
Oystsrs.-The Fish Commissioners of Virginia
have sent 10 a valuable paper to the General As
sembly. L. is statement concerning the culture
of oysters, which the commissioners obtained from
a lecture delivered by Professor j. R. Page OF the
University Recently in Flaoce the cultivation of
the oyster has met with wonderful success, and the
think that it may be practiced in
Virginia to great advantage.
The Ohio Legislature has passed the bill for COM
pulsory education. All the children of the State
between the ages of eight and fourteen years are
qured by it to attend school at least twelve weeks
ia each year, during half Of which time they must
be present regularly and continuously. The law is
to 20 into effect next September.
Rev. DR.. Farrsr is engaged upon another work
FOR Messrs. Casse, Peter and Galpin. The book.
" 1lch will be Issued in parts corresponding to tie
= l. fe OF Christ" will deal with the early history
Of the Church as it is described in the Acts Of the
Apostles.