Smyrna times., 1858-07-15
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Letter from Dover,
SMYRNA. DEL.
DONrR In

DOVER, Ju.y, ISIS.
Mr.. Editor: The suggestion of a corner
stone in the wall Of the County building. hai
met With general appreciation, and for the Dur
pose of making the contents as intercstlnG Il
pos:erty as pOsslbIe,-lt was suggested that The
census of the town be taken, 81 that future orn
erat;ons might know what Dover was in I-jS
10 carry that project into effect Mr. John II
BLteman, citizen Of our town, was caIlpd
upon to do that duty. On the seventh he vcnl
to work, and give you the result of his 1nd.r
taking, viz 2l0 taml.le>: total number Of Win.
males, 43G; females, 10I total number of NO.
gro males, III; tcm"Irs. I1G; mnkluga u sum
total nl the nlIaOitants OF the town, up To JuIv
fth, lllO. There were qu IL a number of onr
cltlZens disappointed, thinking there were from
IL 10 lJUU; but It persons Will lOuk at the dis.
trIbutOn OF the dwellings and at the density Of
the population, they will readily see that this
Is fair representation. For instance take tho
"green," which is looked upon as the mos,
densely populated portion of the town. and Won
have from Fountains Hotel, eastward. onlv
two families; from that corner, nerthward. and
you have one family; from that ives ward. and
you have seven; from that southwark, and Won
have SIX families; and from thence eastward In
Fountains Hotel, and yUu have only five ma.
king a total of families on he square (Which
= inn
the most thlckly settlrd,) only twentv.ono .
Again; take into Consideration the nonuIot;oo
Of Dover some three years ago. when Iobp II
Smith, Esq, took the census, the total Dopul,.
tlon then was little rising eight hundred--
about eight hundred and forty. so you see in
that time. the population has increased abonf
three hundred; which | look upon AZ heinz no
mean advancement, for Il town Of the rrsourros
OF Dover.
The above result lead US to the reflection as
to when the increase has been greatest and
IN running over Mr.. BItcmau's list. wa frJ
....- Bradford City" there are Sjrty J,ro
heads OF families, numbering in a urn hn1drcd
GEd ninety-eight souls. When | say {" BraI.
ford City" include the building lots lid oiF Inv
Thomas Ii Bradford, Esq, aud also the lois
Iald on subsequently by Hon. = Concgys.
When that " old field" was laId f'into strcc,s
some four or live years ago, Mr. Bradford was
looked upon al one bercit of his reason. and was
branded by large number as being a =. block.
head" and such like eplthets were piled rner-
cllessly upon him.
After laying out streets, sixty feet wide md
fencing with substa ntial fencing all the lo,s m
lie went TO work and built sone nine or fan
houses, which, IN very short time. were MI
let and great demand for more. This onln
served to excite the Jealousy Of the cro,kn,:
and instead Of lending helpIng hand to carr
on the well-btgun work, they still croakcd on
fool and his money soon parted" &c. DC.
ga man convicted against his will.
Is of the aame opinion STILL"
and SO were they =" knowing it would never
succeed" &c. Now look at the figures; "they
don't iie." Nearly the whole amount of in. |
crease Is confined to this " ar-b built city" as
some called It,, well it is " airy," tbai's n f.c;
delightful place indeed, no musouitnes
hardly,--best water in towu-fences whte'
washed, buildings all new. tidy and neat, paint.
ed, and casts the " old town. with its rnildewed
walls aud moss-grown roofs, entirely in en-.
shade. '"e
| cannot cay when the cornerstone will be
laid, or whether it will be attended with anv
ceremony the box il designed TO contain the
'te ce"eus, the complete history OF the b,ld.
lhg' VIZ the appropriation Of line Levy Cour,