Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-08-26

sco ~ rho Winchester Virgnian and Spirit OF Jeieson
Ito lend This plan their influence, their eosnenanto anu
sunnorn Let the past be forgotten let seshfss DC cas'
ii. lot no ali mite upon common platform, That sue
cess NAV be our ultimate desire, and certain success
rh Winchester yirginan which supports Mr. Byrd says,
". have been Informed that C. j. Faulkner Esq, Hhis'
declared himself candidate at Charcsto"h last Monday
This Is new and the strongest possible incentive for move
en- masse Every county should fee II. HE oSLf orE OF
THE pARry IS ~ NEW CoSvESTlos.
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Tho e,o;np an Illustration of the Blessing, Of freedom
10 the negro in the fertile State OF Ohio:
,i,ar in The Baltimore Patriot who is travelling in that
State aves this account OF the Randolph negroes who it
will be remembered driven from the homes which mad
he,n procured Tor them by the whites:
wrrov about twenty miles from Dayton is small and
rather dilapiatcd town. between this place and Peqna-
Along the canal majority OF the tandoPh negroes are
located 1t was in the adjoining county OF mercer mat Inc
which they were focibly elected by the white Inhabitants
The condition OF these poor creatures SAD commentary on
The miserable policy OF eInancpanns ana allowing
them to remain in this country The majority oil these once
nvninbe servants are worthless pests upon the COM
muniIy among whom they located and often want for
tho common necessities Of life. heard several express an
wish TO return the shores OF Roanoke again. where
thew once had plenty and did not know what was to suffer
for want"
what il is elsewhere
rITCITIyE SLAVES IN CANADA AND ENGLAND.
VIM Wells Brown formerly slave in the United States,
addressed very sensible letter London Times the
condition Of the fugitive slaves IN Eng'anu lie says very
from prosecutions resulting from thaaiugltlVe law arc With
out employment He estimates the number OF fugitlves in
Canada al thirty thousands and as these people, ne says are
mostly whou, education and have but little knowledge OF
the mechanical branches they find many dfhcntes In the
way of getting employment, and thereby earning or them
selves honest living
MANY of those people have within the last six or eight
months gone England seek employment and encounter
the same difficulties there as in Canada and consequently
kurd IN
unions" He, therefore, recommends tu' PROVISION e
made sending such OF them as are wns 10 60 10 Tue
abolished and where deficiency Of labor now experienced
What Mr. Brown asserts in regard to the necessities and
disesses of his brethren in exile, 10 undoubtedly true
Their case must be The that OF their masters would
be were they by harsh and unexpected law compelled 10
luke refuge foreign shores and unaccustomed Chimes
But whether the plan Of sending them to the West Indies
promises any thing eectua for their relief we doubt The
owners Of estates in tho British Islands will probably
learn not vet convinced OF IT, that il is not mere hands
they need SO much improved system of management
agriculture. The relative density OF population in oil
the West islands is far greater than in any slave State
and of the numerous attempts 10 COLOMBO them with
laborers have resulted bcnchcaly.
Wages in all the British West indies are now at the
starving point would be madness for coloed people
10 90 there in quest of labor IT. however, they huye
can procure little capital say from one TO ve hundred
dollars which they afford TO invest IN Inc SOIL then we
should unhestatngy advise them to seek home In one Of
those islands, where the best Of land can be bought at from
live to ten dollars acre. where five acres viii support
small family comfortably and where the highest social and
political privileges arc within Inc reach OF all VINO merit
them"
The Post as or readers are aware the leading Freeso
paper Of New York It would appear therefore, from the
highest Abolition authority, that the emancipation Of the
negro and his settlement in the free States in Canada or
England is equivalent his starvation and DEATH Where
then shall he go! We easily understand how the Pos!
would solve tho negro question But those who do not
wish to convert the Southern States into jamaica will be
satisfied that freedom is boon to the and that Af
can colonization points almost the only hope of those
who are free.
The French Government Almanac, the Annulire, for
1851 edited by the eminent Astronomer ARAoo settles the
disputed question: whether The nineteenth century cummcnc
ed on the Isl, January 1900 the LIST January 1901 in the fol-
lowing disquson
Different modes in uhc Chronogists and astronomers hare
computed lie years previous 10 The Christian Erds.
ChronoiOgsts and do not compute The years
previous that Of the birth of Christ in uniform
The call it, the year before Christ the year which imne-
diacy preceded the frs! Of our ea astronomers qualify
as yeay Who is and who Is right IN this
computation? do deem difficult 10 show that the cal
cuaons of the astronomers is alone accodant gooa sense
TO logic and arithmetic.
might if it were necessary, here show that quantity
susceptible positive and negative values, cannot regularly
enter into calculation, than on condition OF becoming zero
passing from one these conditions the other An
ample will however illustrate this fact in the best manner:
How long was it from the 10Th of March which follow
ed the 10Th of March which preceded The birth christ
One year-neher nor less. According 10 chronol-
ogsts dates will be goth Of March, one before Chrs
and 10Th OF March, alter Christ And on adding the c
piers they produce interval OF teo years. when IN truth
there is really only Blu; according to the astronomers
the dates Goth of March, year after Christ ZVth OF
March before Christ These dates produce one year, be-
The date assigned for the death of Christ is March, the
33d year of the date of the death OF Crsar acco
ding 10 the computation of chronoogsts IA years before
our cra-d4 and 80 are II years But in truth the interval is
only rs years. as show by referring the whole to the
date of the founding Of Rome. Astronomers are not de-
ceiyed The year of the death of Caesar is March, 43 years
befor Christ and AZ and 30 make 76
IFhen did the Eighteenth Century end and the Nineteenth
commence !
on the 18th of March, 1900 were in the 18th or 18th cen
ury? If thoroughly examined, the matter resolves itself
thus Is the year above the current year. or the year COM
peted! When we talk Of the 2Sth Of March, 1907 do we
mean tina, 1900 complete years have passed. along with the
months of January February and March, (up TO the 18th
Further TO resolve question: is necessary refer TO
the origin Of present era that is the supposed year OF
wear from it's commencement, when the 2Sth OF
March, year written, by this understood the 18th
OF March Of the year that had just commenced, and not
passed year with the months of January February and
March, up to date Of year,
Certainly most dccsivey follows from this that the ls
of December 1900 belongs TO the 18th century, and that the
10Th century with lst of January lSOl This
last may be further cllcaed On the ls dag OF Jan
uay 1901 eighteen hundred and years have been
completed and one day in 1902
VISIT OF THE INDEPENDENT FIRE COMPANY
OF BALTIMORE.
Tho Independent Fire Company OF Baltimore, reacnea
Rockets Wednesday evening last from Norfolk on board
the steamer Curtis Peck and received the wharf by
the Richmond Fremen, who, notwithstanding the inclc-
mency Of the weather, turned on! in full force.
The reception ceremonies being over the Baltimore Com
pany were escorted up Main street TO "Bosher's Hall"
where their beautiful Engine housed they then
conducted Lafayette Hail. where they parook of boun-
ul collation. provided by the Richmond Fire Association
In the absence OF President Bosher who we regret to learn
is in feeble healthy Vice President Jas. G. Crane welcomed
the guests The city in neat and happily conceived ad
Dress which responded to in appropriate by
Mr. Dukefurt on behalf Of the "Independent Fire Com
pany."
After discussing the "good cheer so beautifully provided
and inerchangng friendly sentiments the guests OF the
Association escorted the City Hotel where quarters
had been provided for them.
Thursday morning o'clock, the respective Companies
paraded a, Boshes Hail. in full uniform. The line FORM
cd-the post honor Being assigned the independent Com
pany from Baltimore and the procession moved through the
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