| Show THE CITY OF RICHMOND AND ITS EN 1 richmond by last census had a population of f thirty eight thousand 9 souls ou as but the great influx of civil and military to officials and refugees from other parts of the state has probably raised it to a much h higher figure it la is situated at the head of t dewater at the lower falls oe of james river about one hundred and fifty miles from its mouth the city occupies a most picturesque situations situation being built on richmond and shockoe hills which are sepe sape rated by creek and surrounded by beautiful scenery it Is regularly laid out and well built the streets which are lighted with cas ea crossing each other at right angles cn cu shockoe hill are the state capitol and other ether p buildings the capitol is an im imposing posing olifice eli eJi fice and contains in its central hall ball hou llou dons celebrated statue of washington on the east of the square is the Gover governors mansion jeff davis davia residence is a private mansion which was purchased for him by the rebel government the city has many miny fine public buildings six banks thirteen newspaper and twenty three churches in one of the three presbyterian churches jerf jeff davis worships vor ships the falls of james river amford afford immense water power and there are very extensive factories including four cotton and about fifty tobacco factories flour milisa mills rolling mills forges furnaces machine shops ieta etc the latter of which and particularly the Tra degar iron works have been of immense service to the rebels in turning 1 out ordnance and material ol 01 war the annual exports of R richmond before the rebellion reached nearly seven million dollars and its imports three quarters of a million but since it had the honor of being the rebel capital its foreign commerce has been extinguished vessels or gunboats gun boats draw ig ten feet can ascend to within a mile of the city at a place called rockets vessels of fifteen feet draft ascend to warwick three miles below A canal has been built around the falls and above them there is navigation for over two hundred miles the jamec river and kanawha canal intended to expend extend ednd to C avington Caving ving ton eon is completed for tor two hundred miles richmond has very extensive railroad communication muni cation catlon being the terminus of five roads running to fredericksburg and the potomac to west point and the york yolk river to petersburg and Nor norfolk fok to danville va to jacksons river by the central railroad Rai load and from these the connections lead all through the southern states opposite the city are the two towns of spring hill and manchester richmond was founded in 1742 1 became the capital of the state of virginia in 1779 and in june 1861 it was made the seat of government for the confederate states of america caa Con congress gress grees assembled there on july 20 0 its history since then is only too familiar to the country around he the city are various hi la Is extending a great distance on the most important of which fortifications were erected in the days of the oa to richmond richmonds cry senatorial classification A correspondent at washington thus writes to a western paper after three months daily attendance in the senatorial jury box better known as the reporters gallery I 1 have brought in 1 the following 0 verdict I dont know ow how bow far the general public will agree with me but those who disagree are privileged to appeal to a LI hiher higher a her court the beat best lawyer dir air coll am er of vermont the best scholar mr sumner of massachusetts chu the best beat genera general debater and practical legislator gi slator mr fessenden Fesa enden of maine the keenest debater mr trumbull of illinois the most pleasant speaker to listen to mr doolittle of wisconsin the best beat financier mr air sherman of ohio the richest man nan mr sprague of rhode Isla isia island rid iid A very sensible old man nan mr air wade of oho ohio the greatest bore that ever lived mr nir davie davis of kentucky the knight of the sorrowful 1 L mr bir t lanc lane ot of kansas I the mr st violent copperhead mr P powell owell of 0 kentucky itie llis arst eloquent coppe Ceppe copperhead mr car iise ilse e of Virg virginia the mot most bibulous man in congress Con cod greis grets mr bir richardson of illinois tle the best looking man when sober bober mr saulsbury Sauli Sauls burys bury of deleware the man who has the least to say mr hendricks endricks II of 0 indiana the man who made a faux pas in issuing a i strictly private circular which soon became public property mr pomeroy of kansas the man who comes cornea the nearest to being nobody Mr riddle ot of deleware AIR AND OCEAN the air airis is mede made up of a mixture of two gasses oxygen and nitrogen and it always contains considerable watery vapor and carbonic acid in bib bis new work on chemistry professor youmans states that it if the air was reduced to its average density I 1 at the earths surface it would extend about five miles nilles high and that if the above constituents were arranged in layers one over the other we should have first at the bottom a bed of water all over the earths surface 5 inches deep next a layer of carbonic acid 13 feet deep next above a layer of oxygen gas about 1 mile deep and above this a layer of nitro nitrogen geD gas about 4 miles deep this will help the memory sea water contains about 4 ounces of salt in every gallon estimating the ocean to avera average ge 2 miles in depth the salt if it separated sepe rated in a solid bed would line the bottom of the entire ocean to a depth of feet the librae library of f congress contains volumes ibs its a and ana na I 1 during uran wrin tue the labit lasit sixty years 3 13 have been expended in the purchase ot books by law a copy of every book published in this country must be deposited in the library |
