Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1854-06-06
Rcol E,tnt,. Personality. Timetables
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In 1851 the number of titleablcs in the city was
l7S7.
This Indicates nm increase Of population in the last
three years of II little more than 81 per cent.
The population Of Alexandria by tho census o
1851, was S,734. If we ndd 37i per cent. to the above
which allows nothing for the increase OF lS'o, We
shall have, for the present population, i-'olo'
EXTRA SESSION. meeting Of the citizens o
Rockingham il to he held at the Court House, on ''h'
third Monday (Court-dnyJ in June, To express tho
wishes of the county III tho subject OF The proposed
extra session Of Legislature.
NOT A BAD DEHICE.-Wc, and many other'
no doubt, (says the Winchester NirGinian) have Ire
q,ently wondered of late how Alexandria and George
town were going to prcpare themselves for the run
to be expected ON their Corporation cxchequers after
the first of June. A short and quiet lille item 'l three
lines in III Alexandria paper gives the solution a' II
that town. Ii il as follows:
.'The new iive dollar due bills of the Corporation
of Alexandria, arc now in circulation. Inc no'cS"'
very handsomely engraved"
The connoisscurs Of tho Valley will speedily have
mnl,ic opportunity Of fcnsting Their eyes on llicse
handsomc specimens of bank note-no, we Deg p"i'
don. ",iuc bilr'-cngraving. -,
Whit dodge has Mayor Dodge oi oeorgc'""" IL"
on!
TIE SMALL NOTE LAW.-Thc Alexandra
Gazette states that tho alnull note law Is generally
observed in that city.
a GOOD SIGN.-Tlo following notice appears III
the last Wheeling papers, a part Of the stnte where
small notes have been more popular, we believe lhaN
i'll almost any other section:
The Merchants Of Wheeling arc requested 10 ineel
mt the Court House on Thursday evening III eigll'
n'clorl- tu tukp lutO rnnsiirratinu thp most p[Hclltu'
bic manner, Ia cal. i'll and send homo Inc "ihhiI 'lo'c'
III circulation and prevent their passing hcre"'tci'
Scnscncy Il McMurray, Samuel Ncei'
Marsh II Taylor, Oliver Pryor,
j. L. Scott, james Bnkrr,
John Howell, Crunglc l. Co.,
l.. l.. Wilde Il Bro, i. II. Patterson " o.,
McClallcns L. Knox, X. Bunllaln,
Todd & Devol, c. 5. Lamdin,
Wheat & Chapline, John r. Boyd,
j.. X. Dunbam l. Co., McNuir & ~llcrrcy,
Greer, Oh & Co., G.. b.. a.. j. Cecil
L. II. Logan II Co, j. w. Paxton N eo'
Jingle Il Mursh.
Al n meeting of the merchants of Whcciiis' i"e
week, it was resolved, TINT from md after tiis u"''
they will not pay out bank notes of Il less ieho''''h"'
ton than five dollars, aud not receive them hiltr ,h'
10th int. 1t il understood that the Banks "i lhc Guy
will receive small notes until that date Tor Tue purpose
of sending them home.
AGRICULTURAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS llyae
Benton is the principal Of oil agricultural lhSn'u''
and Chemical Academy" near Aldie, Loudoun coun
~, Va. In this institution instruction Is gwen IN al
tho branches of mathematics and science useful to tile
farmer uud the mun Of business, not by theory alone
but by practical application on the farm anu IN tns
workshops attached to the school. Sons OF Pfc"eAei'
und editors are charged only $50 per session.
GUANO.-This article has been largely purchased
says the Charlottesville Jcffcrsoniau, by the farmers
of Albcnarle. a week or two since there were IL
the rnIl road depot two thousand bnSs-hVe huhureo
and eleven bags $50 tons) being for one nan' ano'
tier furmcr will receive in d few days forty tons iol
his own use. We notice thar this guano came oyer
the Alexandria and Orange Rail Road TO Gordonsvillt
and thence 10 this place on the Central koad'