Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-09-04

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lowing communication from the Mayor. recommend.
in- that Thursday next he observed bv the citizcus of
Richmond, ns n day of Thanksgiving and PRAYER,
we doubt not will meet the appreciation Of our entire
community
CITY OF RICHMOND.
MAYORS OFFICE. August 3ier. i-cl.
WherrUs il ha- pleased Almighty God, IN hi, god pr"yi.
iencc, to grant 10 the inhabitants 81 this Civ "A ,cn.u, al,
uncxnnpied health srnI yrn-ruI prosperity. it lr, been
thought Incoming and proper 10 set apart n dmy tor Tia.
grateful coinmrrnurnlion OF Hi. Distinguishing goodness.
II l., therefore, recommended that THURSDAY u-vt,
the 9TH nay OF SEPTEMBER, ID" observed H. u dag ul
THANKSGIVING and TINT all III" citizens al Richmond br
earnestly requested 10 unite in the religious services OF tie
day. And. in 80 much ~ Uur sister cities Of Norfolk aud
Portsmouth still suffer from the rava."- of III iutGl iis.
ease which has 80 sorriy afflicted them. i, il recommended
tint -J"rinl PRAYER br offered ON their l., hall, that i would
p.rarc God Ia remove The Pr.tilrnrc ;ron them. nHd =rau:
20 them tic blessings WHICH cUus.rain u. 10 max" . public
JOSEPH MAYO, Mayor.
FR"M NoRroLK.-The Rev. r. Wuolly, who ar
rived IL Richmond, yesterday, from Norfolk, lat the
si :"rsiion of Rev. Mr.. O'Kcc!e that he needed no
further assis.ancc,j wll! return Immediately. To Nor.
folk - rcsun!e his mission IN aid of the priests and
The people III the Infected districts.
BARS Burned. Last Sunday morning, n short
time bc:%rc daylight, the barn aud corn Iiou:e ot Mr..
Lewis Johnson, near the Old Church, i'll Hanover,
was sci nn fire and burned Ia the ground. Mr. DOM
son lost three hundred bushels Of wheat by the cot
tla-ratinn. His corn house was stored with corn and
rlIaif nj The time. Loss estimated nj $1,000. THIS Is
the second or third barn, within thirty miles Ut The
city, destroyed by fire within Il week. Farmers
.lIudfl be on the look out H.: the inccllIarlcs, and
when caught, sec that they get the bcncfi, Oi 4 strcn=
rope.
Alp FOR THE ArFLICTED.-Over STOOD were con-
,ribu.cd Tor the Norfolk and Portsmouth sufferers,
by the visitors at White Sulphur Springs on the I'D.
The cit!Gels of Charlottesville have contributed about
800 to rlr same object. The City OF Raleigh has
LII. = IL nal Ia .f,r, az NNil,ni,ytn, ( v 4 1
S23l.
SrAMPEDH.-Several slaves ran nway from then
owners residing near Piedmont, Va, on Saturday
ri.h:, l9lh Au.. They We're six III number, belong.
in, to Col. I.uac Parsons, q. W. Blue, G.. W. Wash
inr,on, VIM. Donaldson and Isaac Baker.
THE "WHrrpIsG Posi-" it appears, has been re-
viycd in Virginia. 4 white man, convicted Il; Far
,rrsburr of stc.,in. sevrrnl nrtirlc. OF clothing, was
-cntcur,r! Il few DAYS nsr by the county court, I" re-,
r.iyc 'iwenty lasllrs on his back, well laid on, ana
lee sentence WAS accordingly executed. we are told,
with y goo! hickory switch The unfortunate man
H. said 10 be- nm "i offender, not long out IF the penn.
.cniiarv.
SHoorryC.-A young man named Gplisbor"nsh,
from MARYLAND. recently fred q pistol al 4 negro ~
~l-ifrrsrn county, without pr"rorafion, bu; nl!ss.i
lis mark. Tie youIg man WAS arrested aud held I"
pnil 10 answer The charge.
MvRprK.-Im Parkcr-burg, August 2Ii. an Irish
ma! by H.: ia!.e -! Henry iari"! struck an"t!!c,
l,;-hman rs The DHuir % WM. .Millrr on the head
with II shovel, producing i round which proved i"''I.
The murlarc. escaped,
S>.Rg SI1RY.-A correspondent OF the Parkers-
Jurg Gazette ..a:cs that his in:rl- Killed % snakes
N rwu tays, During the harvest, in Wood coanty.
DRowxED.-Ths Charl"s,own Spirit learns than an
interesting child OF John Chamberlain. of Lectown,