802 WALKER, SIR BALDWIN W. 



WEST VIRGINIA. 



gestions was one that the offices of Adjutant- 

 General, Superintendent of Public Printing, 

 Register of the Land-Office, and Second Au- 

 ditor, could be advantageously abolished. 



Early in the session a series of resolutions 

 was adopted expressing sympathy for the peo- 

 ple of South Carolina, and admiration for u the 

 firm, manly, and patriotic assertion of their 

 rights by the people of South Carolina, by 

 their chosen representatives, and by their 

 wise, prudent, and courageous Governor, Wade 

 Hampton, who have with moderation and for- 

 bearance borne outrages committed upon them 

 and the constitution and laws of their State, 

 and appealed with calm confidence to the legal 

 tribunals of the State and to the enlightened 

 judgment of the American people." 



The Legislature of 1875-76 had refused to 

 make an appropriation for a display of the re- 

 sources of the State at the Centennial Exhibi- 

 tion, on account of the poverty of the people 

 and the embarrassment of the State Treasury. 

 From the same considerations the Governor, in 

 October, declined to take part in the celebra- 

 tion of a special Virginia day at Philadelphia. 



The University of Virginia during the year 



received a gift of $55,000 from W. W. Corco- 

 ran, of Washington, and $2,000 from a citizen 

 of the State of New York, whose name was 

 withheld from the public. 



The committee, headed by A. J. B. Beres- 

 ford Hope, in England, which raised the funds 

 for the memorial statue of " Stonewall " Jack- 

 son, set up in Richmond in 1875, having a bal- 

 ance of over 245 unexpended, transmitted it 

 to the Governor to be used for the foundation 

 of a Jackson prize at the Lexington Military 

 Academy. It has been decided to invest it as 

 a permanent fund, from the income of which 

 gold medals, to be known as u The Jackson 

 Hope Medals," shall be provided, to be award- 

 ed to the most distinguished members of the 

 successive graduating classes of the Virginia 

 Military Institute. 



The Lee Monument Association has been 

 formed, and is engaged in raising funds to pro- 

 cure an equestrian statue of the late General 

 Robert E. Lee, to be given to the State and 

 placed on the Capitol grounds at Richmond. 



(For the action of the Board of Arbitration 

 to fix the boundary between this State and 

 Maryland, see MARYLAND, in this volume.) 



WALKER, Sir BALDWIN WAKE, a British 

 naval officer, born in 1803; died February 14, 

 1876. In October, 1828, he rendered valuable 

 aid in the reduction of the castle of Morea, the 

 last hold of the Turks in the Peloponnesus, and 

 for this service was rewarded with the order of 

 the Redeemer of Greece, and the Cross of the 

 Legion of Honor. In 1834 he became com- 

 mander, and in 1838 captain. For a time he 

 was a rear and a vice admiral in the Turkish 

 Navy, and in 1840 commanded the Turkish fleet 

 which operated on the coast of Syria, partici- 

 pating in the attack on Beyrout and the bom- 

 bardmsnt of Acre. In 1847 he was appointed 

 Surveyor of the Navy, attained Flag rank in 

 1853, was appointed to the command of the 

 South African station in 1860, and afterward 

 to that of the East Indian station. He was 

 created a baronet in 1856, a K. C. B. in 1841, 

 and was a knight of different foreign orders. 



WARREN, JOSEPH, an enterprising citizen 

 of Buffalo, N. Y., where he died, September 

 30, 1876. He was born in Waterbury, Vt., 

 July 24, 1829. He graduated at the University 

 of Vermont, and went to Albany, N. Y., where 

 he became assistant editor of the Country 

 Gentleman, and also Professor of Latin and 

 Greek at the Albany Academy. He became 

 associate editor of the Buffalo Courier in 1854, 

 and subsequently editor-in-chief. He took a 

 prominent part in politics, was a member at 

 large of the Democratic State Central Commit- 

 tee, and for ten years had been a recognized 

 leader of the Democratic party in Western New 

 York. He labored zealously to promote the in- 



terests of Buffalo. In 1857 he was elected Su- 

 perintendent of Public Schools. He advocated 

 the project of the public-park system, and served 

 on the Park Commission from its formation in 

 1871 till his death. He was one of the organ- 

 izers of the plan to erect the city and county 

 buildings. It was largely through his exer- 

 tions that the Buffalo Asylum for the Insane 

 was located in that city, and he served as one 

 of its managers, and chairman of the Executive 

 Committee, until within about a month of his 

 death. He was also instrumental in the estab- 

 lishment of the State Normal School in Buffalo, 

 and was a member of its Board of Trustees. 

 He took an active part in the organization of 

 the Fine-Arts Academy, and was interested in 

 the project of the Buffalo, New York & Phila- 

 delphia Railroad. He was formerly President 

 of the Young Men's Christian Association in 

 Buffalo; was a member of the Council of the 

 Medical Department of the University of Buf- 

 falo, and for several years prior to his death 

 was President of the State Associated Press. 



WEST VIRGINIA. The Senate of West 

 Virginia was in session as a Court of Impeach- 

 ment for several weeks in January and Febru- 

 ary for the trial of E. A. Bennett, Auditor, and 

 John S. Burdett, Treasurer, on the impeach- 

 ment begun in 1875 (see ANNUAL CYCLOPEDIA 

 for that year). The result was the conviction 

 and removal from office of Burdett, and the 

 acquittal of Bennett. 



The State is in a sound financial condition. 

 It has not yet assumed the payment of that 

 portion of the old debt of Virginia set apart as 



