The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-01-04

nlAA u AT II CNecrlul O:Stt nee !: low man
sparkling with the cews OF pre-
mise, have withered, ungathered in tho gar
dcns OF renown!
The genius Of Virginia too appears with
her own peculiar gricfs--Ine watchfui
wardcris silent on the tower of her strength,
leaving its battlements exposed to the threa-
tened n,isru,c ofthc rising tempest.
The Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen and
Common Council of The Borough of Norfolk,
fully feel the inadcquacy of any effort ON
their part, to hca: the bruised hearts of
their Richmond Fellow Citizens, when even
the comforts o. our Holy Religion can only
ahevi0te their anguish. Yet may rot their
Fellow Citizens iinbibe some share of con-
solaticn from the reflection, that those friends
and relatives whom the loved SO dear,
have escaped, by removal to 81 better world,
these dreadful WOES which thcy survive to
su.ier.
Under The impulse OF their feelings, the
Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen and Common
Council of the Borough OF Norfolk, have
hereby unanimously resol ed:
LIST. Received, That Sunday the fifth day
OF January i.exe, be appointed particularly,
as da. of humiliation and prayer, in con-
sequence of the late solemn event at Rcn-
mond, and that the Rev. MIR. Symcs be re-
quested to deliver an appropriate discourse
en- TIE occasion.
Cd. Rescued. That 1Y,es King, Jun.
mayor, John .Nevison, Esq grccortcr, John
f.. Hoit, I'm. 3. Laa,6, and Richard ~
Zee, gentlemen ,9ern,en, on the part Q.
the court, and RoJers Broagh H,m. r. s :
pison, Wrighs SSuthgate, George Ncsvfon.
and Samuel B. .frcher, gentlemen, on the
part of the hall, be appointed committee
to make such arrangements with regard to
the procession from Market Square on
Sunday, as to them shall seem proper.
Sd. Resolved. That the Mayor, Recorder,
Aldermen and Common Councilnen, wear
Grape on the left arm during the term OF
one month and that it be recommended to
persons of botf, sexes likewise to put on
some badge of morning in testimony oftheir
sense of the calamity.
9TH. Resotped, That Committee be ap-
POINTED, to receive contributions towards
erecting Monument in Richmond, as de
noted by the Ordinance of the Common
Hall of that City, passed on the 9th
inst.
5th. RESOLVED, That it be recommended
to our Citizens. generally, to abstain from
all Exhibitionsand Dancing Assemblies du-
ring the four mkt succeeding months.
9th. Resotuti, That the above proceed
ings be published in the Newspapers in the
Borough. DEC. 81, 1911
PETERSBURG, January2.
The commencement Of the new year has
been shroudd in woe. Never did we wit
ness the return of this day win feelings so
painful-so scute-so overwhelming. The
salutations of che season have been
forgotten, buried, as it we're, amidst the sa-
cred relics Of our departed felio citizen
The Scene of calamity that enshrouds
our sister town in the habill aments of woe,
has been felt in Petersburg, and if our condo
lcnce in her heavy aiiif1kion c an alleviate
the pangs of her weeping citizens, it will af-
ord us melancholy qualification.
But we feel too much to dwell upon the
subject, much less attempt to delincate those
feelings, which cannot Ire pourtrayed. More
than savage must be the unfeeling wretch,
whose heart is not agonised, whose blood is
not chilled, on contemplating that misery
and distress which has befailen, n& Rich
muod alone, but the wnoic community.
Agreeably to the resolutions Of the conn
mon hall, yesterday was Observed by the
people OF Petersburg as a day of humilia-
ton and PRAYER. Divine service was per-
formed at the various places of public wor-
ship-thcre was very general suspension
OF business-the vessels i'll the harbour dis
played their colors in sign of woe-and our
whole town exhibited in silence and deiec-
ton, a melancholy participation il, the sor-
row and affliction which have been produced
by the late awful calamity that has visited
chmond.-Rehublican.
1T MEETING Of the Crizens of Falmouth,
on Monday the son Of December, 1911,
The Joilosving preamble and resolutions
Eeye adohted.
The inhabitants of ths town have viewed
with the deepest Concern and regret,
the recent and ever memorable visi-
tation which has overwhelmed the Metrop-
oils of their State. In that visitation they
behold circumstances, in oriein and coDse-
quences more frightful and dcplorable, than
have ever yet demanded the sympathising
remembrance of their country age, youth,
beauty, excellence and elegance have, with
scarce moments warning, been hurried
into one proIniscuous and blazing ruin, For
their untimcly and trasical fate, this meet
ing feel emotions of the kcenest sorrow, and
embalm their memories in their warmest
affections. They offer the mournfal solace
or their sincere coincidence to their surviving
relatives and unite with them i'm bomoan-
ing the tremendous catastrophe, which at one
ruthless blow, has outscript century in the
work OF Desolation and Sorrow, and en-
guphed all that was precious to them on
this side the Grave.
ReSofUed, Isl. That the citizens of this
place wear Grape for 50 days as a marx of
their Sorrow for, and Respect for the Mem
tory Of, those who persisted nthe conlagra-
ton OF the Richmond Theatre.
2d. That the REID. Mr.. Wilson be re-
1uested to deliver, Oil Sunday next, at tn.
Church i'm this Mace discourse annropr;