Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-08-05
INTERESTING RELIC.
"THe VIRGINIA ALMANAcK FOR THE
YEAR or OUR LORD 1870"
"By BENZ. Workman, NJ. 81 Tl'n''" W
Aug. Dsvis"-Fsct and Fsncy-Ssms'
Not Born to Die.

EAST RADFORD, August 3.-tspe-
cial.)-Mr. ]. A. Moon has CURIOSITY y"
| .'Tne Virginia Almanack for the year VI
Our Lord 1890; by Benjamin workman
NJ A.: printed by August Davis. AZ '"e
post.office." Following the calendar ae
two pieces of poetry, one an ode. entitied
Hope" the other "a Lawyers f'a'",
An article on Liberty and Slavery io'-
lows. and then a description of America
the United St. ''' e'''N"
! States
y r.i,ia as as bounded
on the north w. ...arylani. Pennsylvania
and Ohio. on tie west by the Mississippi
and ohio and on the south by North car
ollns; 7JS miles long. 224 in BREADTH anu
! containing $1,000 inhabitants.
Congress is called the General Les'sia-
ture. and George Washington. ESQUIRE i
president. The senator's from virginia
we're William Grayson and KIchat"
Henry Lee. who had drawn the wv"
and four year terms reSpeV'iFe's'
samuel A. OTIS was Secretary OF inc
Senate. ,rhe,-
virginia had ten congressman; 1heo'
dorick Bland John Brown. Isaac eoIes,
Samuel Griffin, Richard Bland Lee 'a''e'
| Madison. Jr.. Andrew Moore, John rag,
To.iah Parker. and Alex. White. Arthur
| .. C,a,r vas Governor OF the Western
Territory. Then follows the import 'A"
of the United States.
THE ASSEMBLY.
| After this follows n list Of all the reNS,
nue officers OF the United states ana an
10
! lature. Beverley Randolph Is Governor
/ Thomas Mathews. Speaker OF the House
/ Jaauelln Amber, Treasurer; James JOnes'
! Attorney General: John Pendletoh' Au-
! ditor. Leighton Wood. Solicitor General.
.Iohn Hopkins, Receiver OF Contiheh1ai
l Taxes: Hon. James Wood. Lieutenant
/ Governor. and James McClury, joseph
! Jones. Carter Braxton, and Robert "oode'
members OF the Privy Counci.
The members OF the senate are uN'uVu
| into four classes of six districts eaCh'
,'roserted nv one senator each. The
! senator from Augusta, Rockbridge' ROCK
! irgham. Shenandoah, and Pendieton was
! Alexander St Clair; from Botetouft'
| washington. Mont gomery, Jefferson, fa-
yatte and Lincoln, William Russell
/ Uenrico. Goochland. and Louisa, lur"er
! Southan. The House of DELEGATES VAS
/ conposed OF iS2 members, and Henrico
was represented by Nathan WllKinSoh
and Miles Selden: Montgomery. by iran
cis preston and Waite Crockett Rock
! br,dpe nv william Mckee and John Bow
Yer. WILLIAMSBURG. by Edmund Randolph.
/ Norfolk borough by John Mathews ana
/ the civ OF Richmond by John Marshall.
THE JUDICIARY.
| The Supreme Court was composed OF
I've Judges. and met In Richmond ON
the Goth Of June and goth OF November
| The Judges were Hon. Edmund Pendl'-
ton. John Blair Paul Darlington. Peter
LYONS. and William Fleming. Esquires.
The General Court had ten Judges. any
three constituting the court except in
cases of impeachment. The judges were
James Mercer. Henry Tazewell. Joseph
| prentiss. ST. George Tucker. Richard Par
ker. Edmund Winston. Richard Cary,
James Henry. John Tyler. and Cuthbf"
! Bullitt.
Then comes n list Of the county courts.
| extracts from the American Jest-Bo0k'
! nominations OF the Judges Of the supreme
Court of the United States and the dis
trict courts by the President, receipts
for a "cold in the head" the dropsy.'
"the govt" and the measles a table ~
currency; a scale OF depreciation for the
settlement Of debts; Sir Walter Raleigh