Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1860-06-05
For The Spectator.
Census from the lst day of June. 1859. tn
the LIST day of June, 1860.

| Each individual in the county will leave with
his family, or place of abode or occupation.
written statement in answer to the headings be-
low set forth, that the Marshall may not be de-
tanned, as but little time is given in which to OBJ
tain the enumeration, to wit: k@
THE name of every person whose usual place
of abode on the 1st day Of June, 1860, was in
this (Augusta) county," then "age, sex and COL
orr" then profession, occupation, or trade of
each male person over Is years of age :" then
"vslue of real estate;" then ''value of personal
estate" then ''place OF birth, naming the State,
territory or country" then leach married with
in the year; then persons over 90 years of age
who cannot read and write;" then "deaf and
dumb, blind insane, idiotic, pauper, or convict !"
then "name of every person who died during the
year ending 1st June, 1860, whose usual place
of abode at the time of his or her death, was in
his family;" then "age, sex and color, whether
white, black or mulatto,) free or slave married
or widOwed;' then ''place of birth, naming the
State, territory, or country" then ''the month
in which each death occurred, aud name and
age of deceased then profession, occupation or
trade;" then disease, or cause of death :" then
number of days )" then ''names of corpora
zion, company or individual producing articles
to the annual value of $500; then snames of
business, manufacture or product" then "capi-
tai invested in real and personal estate in the
business; - then raw materials used, including
fuel, quantities, kinds and values :" then "kind
of motive power, machinery, structure or re-
source" then average number Of hands, male
and female, employed !" then "wages during the
year, average monthly cost of male labor. and
average monthly cost OF female labor;" then
"annual product, quantities, kinds and Values"
then valuation OF estate, real and personal ina
ming quantity of cleared land and value, and
quantity of timbered lands and its value, how
valued-from commissioners books or true val
uatiOn-give both; then "number of bushels of
wheat, corn, rye, oats, barley, milet, clover
seed, timothy seed, hemp seed number of tons
and value, of hemp, flax, hay or provender, of
every kind. and pounds of cheese and butter. and
gallons of molasses, and whether made of the
chinese sugar cane, or the sugar MAPLE" then
''annual taxes, names or kinds of each, amoont
of each, and how paid embracing State tax,
county tax, school tax, poor tax, road tax, city
or corporation tax, embracing "State city.
school, gas, engine, poor and water tax :" then
colleges, academies, schools and school houses,
character rank or kind, number of teachers, num-
Der of pupils, amount annually received from en-
dowments, raised by taxation, received from
public funds, and received from other sources.
including tuition charges" then ''public libra
ries; and Methodist Sunday school, college, CON-
tDou schooi, atueueutl, tueoiogcai scnOOl, MS
torical school, historical society and private
school, giving the number of volumes in each,
and value" then newspapers and periodicals,
including political (whig and democratic,) relig-
ious, and name OF sect, scientific, agricultural
and circulation of each; :" then number of
churches, and the number each will accommo-
date, and the sect, or sects worshiping in each,
and value of church property"
1t is hoped that each citizen will feel as deep
interest in giving as full enumeration of the
wealth and condition of the county, and in hav-
ing each reduced to writing SO as not to detan
the census-taker, either by absence from home
or otherwise. The work of enumerating will be
commenced on the 1st day of June