Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1803-12-02
Manager.
Fsr..ae AleaGndria Dahy Advsrtissr.
NIr. SNoMDEN,

10 CharleS-tOWn, from whence other bGSI-
ness took me across to the upper parts OF
Fauquier county, from whence | proceed
ed home, / crossed the mountain at snick-
ers's and Ashby's Gaps The great heat
prevailing respecting the direction Of the
Turnpike Road, induced me to pay parti-
cular attention to those Gaps, andshe reads
leading from them to this place. The Gap
at Snickers's is rough and steep, and the
road from thence to Little River very hilll,,
many of the hills long and steep, the Gap
at Ashby's is not worse to ascend than the
Trough Hill but logger, the road after
crossing the mountain is comparatively
level, no hill in it worse than in going from
the levels in the Leesburgh road TO the Old
Courthouse, road generally known by
the inhabitants of this place. At the foot
Of the mountain at Ashby's Sap the road
forks, one branch of it going by Middle
burg and Little River to Centerville, the
other golngby Haymarket (the Red house)
to the same place, of these two routes fur
Their and particular mention will be made !;
about nire miles below these forks, the road
from Manasseh's Gap enters the Haymar-
ket road, two or three miles stilllower down
the road from Chester's Gap enters it, and,a
short distance fI.rther the road turns of to
Fauquier Courthouse, at which place a
roads enters from Ihom's Gap. From
Ashby'slto Manasseh's Gap is ten miles,
from thence to Chester eight or ten miles,
and from that Gap TO Thon's upwards of
20. Ashby's, Chester's and Manassen's
Gaps, are nearer to Alexandria than Ere
dericksburg by seven or eightmiles. The
North Branch of Rappahannock makes out
pfthe mountainin and about Chester's Gap,
tits the dividing line between the counties
of Fauquier and Culpepper, upon it there
are several merchant mills built, at which
the wheat for the distance OF eight or ten
miles in Culpepperi is ground ;1Ae mills up
ontheIupper part Of the riverfnd their way
10 Haymarket by Chester's Gap road, those
on the lower part come in at Fauquier
Courthouse. From Fauquier Courthouse
tits nearer to, Fredericksburg than Alexan-
dria by four or FIVE miles. From the Bull
Run mountains and the Bull Run, the dis.
lance is from twenty FIVE to thirty miles to
Rappahannock, this line. some of our great
advocates for the interest of Alexandria
think it presumptious IN us to .endeavor tc
.pass.) The olebody OF the people with
IN the district / have. described, are anxiou,
TO form connections with Alexandra, anc
bring theirproducts tcthat market. Ihavt
seen and conversed with several Of them
they are now sensible of the great advan
tare, an exporting and importing port ha
over one that does neither, s wish to enjoy
the beneht~ef X: the way from Fauquie
Courthouse TO this place Is also by Hay
: market, the road from that place to Cen
isrville is equally as bad as any in thl
neighborhood, and inthc Winter is nearl,
impossible. From Haymarket to Deco
guam Mills and Damfeiss, the road in tn,
Winter is comparatively good, from Eau
qaier Courthouse to the same places am
fredericksburg, theroa1s are similar; tn,
Obstacles between Haymarket and this, di
serts all that -atie FROM US, or the create
part oft. Was the Turnpike Road from
i his to Little River conducted by the way
otCenterville, the landholders IN the Dis
rst | have described, would form com
Pany to improve the road from Centervill
nHaymarket, this have ,beentold bysse
seral influential characters in that District
viii now take under view the two route
1.-THE foot of the mountain to Centeryille
IT'S acknowledged that by Middleburg an,
Little River, the distance to Centerville i
aorter from three to FIVE miles as the road
@wrun, than BY Haymarket, this vafianc
accustomed by road through Rector
~wn not SO generally used, which cuts Of
NO miles, but of this it is believed at leas
F0nilss nay be saved by stral:eping tn