The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1880-05-26
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Six of Brigham Young's daughters were
recently communicated from the Nor
mon Church for charging the Church with
6efrauding Young's heirs Of million dol
lars, and for causing the imprisonment of
his executors. The daughters say they
are Disguised with Mormonism.
Mr.. Hammond appears to be having
much success in his revival efforts in
Canada. Up to the 23d of April 1,42O
persons had signed his covenant book.
Of these 400 are classified as Methodists,
339 as Presbyterians, 229 Episcopalians,
l67 Bsaptists, l45 Congregationalsts, and
43 other denominations or not given.
The average age of the l APO is IA.
Monsignor Capel has denied the ru-
NOR that he is about to leave England to
escape his debts, and that certain noble
men have offered to discharge his liabili-
ties. He says he has freehold land in
process of sale which will pay his debts
and leave large margin.
In the new English Parliament there
will be found eight or nine members of
the Society of Friends, and in that num-
Der are included for the first time two
ministers of the denomination. There
has been a great change in the relations
of the Quakers and the. House Of Com
mons in two centuries.
The Liberation Society is iubilant over
the result of the British elections, and
has issued a card giving its reasons for
satisfaction. These reasons are: % that
sixteen members of the Society commit
tee have been returned to Parliament,
OF whom four are also member of the
Scottish Executive; (2) that a large ma
]ority of the Scottish members are either
in favor of the Decentralization of the
Scottish Church or are willing to accept
the verdict OF the country regarding it,
and that no Liberal members has declared
against it; and (3) that there will be a
much larger number of members in favor
of Dis-establishment, both in England and
Scotland, than have sat in any previous
Parliament" 1t is estimated that there
are $50 members in the House of Com
mons who are in favor of Dis-establish-
ment-an increase of about so.
AMERICAN CATTLE IN ENGLAND-
The Marx Lane E!cpresS says: "Ameri-
cans have done more for the rank and
file of their common native breeds in the
last five years, than English farmers
have done for their rank and file during
the last twenty years. If any one doubts
this, let him go and look at lot of i'm
ported American beasts, and then 90 to
the fairs and markets of any part OF
the country-with the exception OF
certain breeding districts-and draw his
own conclusions. Of course, the United
States cattle we now receive are the best
they have to send: quite the pick of their
markets; but FIVE years ago they had
few, if, any, as good to send. AS things
are going on now, the cattle of Colorado
and Texas will be long way ahead of
our ordinary cattle in ten years time.
The horned stock to be found in summer
In the New Forest in Hampshire, would
be disgrace to Montana itself"
A curious habit of English ladies at
the theatre is noted by a French con
temporary. The fair English women, so
says the Gallo writer, generally wear a
large cross at the throat, and this cross
is hollow and is filled with some "pre-
cious cordial" sherry, Madeira, or
brandy. Thus fitted, this religious
] SJ HlDOl dSoulueS du unexpected QJlllta-
rian aspect and plays serious role in
the existence of the ladies of England.
1t helps then to satisfy their ingenious
instincts Of comfort, and allows them to
take without scandal before everybody
at a ball or the theatre one of those tonics
which it is said the people of the North
need to excite, awaken, and stimulate
their nerves. This custom can be OBJ
served nightly at the opera, where a
charming young English lady is in the
habit Of pressing to her lips at the most
pathetic passages an enormous gold cross.
CLEAR AS MUD.-We clip the follow
ing from the New York E0angelist:
The prolonged investigation Of the
Whitaker case at West Point, has brought
out the fact that colored people are not
treated as social equals, save in exception
al cases, everywhere in the country. Per-
haps it is too much to expect so great a
conquest over inherited and educated pre-
JUDGES in less than a score of years after
the emancipation Of the colored race. In
fact, the laws and customs and etiquette
OF society are strange medley, and are
often unjust, and sometimes almost cruel.
Plainly, poverty and ignorance are not
the equals of wealth and education, nor