Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-10-10

AT the meeting OF the Trustees OF the
Peabody Educational Fund in the Fifth
Avenue Hotel at New York last week,
Chief Justice Waite, Secretary Evarts,
Ex-Secretary A. III. H., Stuart, Hamilton
Fish, Bishop Whlpple, Geo. Peabody Rus
sci, Geo. W. Riggs and Surgeon General
Barnes, were present. We find IN an ex-
change the following statement about ed
ucation in Virginia gathered from the re-
port OF DIR. Sears, the Agent Of the fund:
In Virginia less than half of the children
of the State attend the public schools at
all and less than One-fOurth attend them
regularly. In the schools for white chill
dren there was in 1878 a gain of 541 over
the previous year, but in those for colored
children there was loss of 3.271. Over
$3.50, 900 of the school money was during
1878 diverted to other purposes, but there
was battle over it and the superintendent
reports: "Three- fOurthS of the State mo-
ney is made sure. Thus we may expect
not as much, but nearly as much, public
money as in former years. And then we
have an unendmg resource in the people
| themselves resource which we have
| never properly worked" The State, bow
ever, is in no condition to act on the ques-
| ton of normal schools l,,o5,l e. f
The appropriations for the fund for the
last year have been as follows: Virginia
SO. $50, North Carolina $1,000, South
Carolina $4.250, Georgia $500, Florida
5000, Alabama So, 800. Mississippi $4,000
Louisiana 81 $50, Texas $500. Arkansas
$500, Tennessee $4,000, West Virginia
$4.OOO-grand total $74, $50. Mr.. WetmOre,
the treasurer, said that the balance of cash
available for next year was $4,000. In
opening the meeting of the Board thu
chairman, Hon. Robt. C. Winthrop, Of
Massachusetts, paid a tribute to the mem
DRY of the late 1t. Gen. Richard Taylor
one of it's members. Among other things
he said: fa5 .5s. -.s.,
Elected member of this board in Feb
ruary, 1871, as the successor of the late
Mr.. Bradford, of New Orleans, he entered
heartily into our work. took an active part
in many OF our discussions, and was often
the life of our little social circle. His
! latest service here, just before our adjourn
ment IN October last, was to introduce a
graceful tribute OF gratitude to the North
for the sympathy and succor which had
been extended to the South during The
prevalence of the yellow fever. General
Taylor was man of many accomplish
ments, of elegant address, Of great intel
lectual quickness, a fav0rlte alike in court
ly circles abroad and in popular circles at
home, full of information and anecdote
and ready both with tongue and pen in de
scribing his adventures and EXPERIENCES. II
anything of personal or sectional bitter
ness has been found in the somewhat sen.
sational volume which he published just
before his death, it will be forgiven and
forgotten to-day, in view of the sad and
sudden termination of a life of such varied
fortune, and which promised SO much
usefulness in the future. He died in this
city, after only few weeks of serious ILL
ness, at the home of his devoted friend
Mr.. Barlow-which had become almost a
second home to him-on the 18th of April
last, in the 6fty-third year of his age, and
several of our number had the privilege OF
acting as pall-bearers at his funeral.