Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-07-08
by Yestsrday's Evening" Mail,
Letter from Gordon.viII.,

Letter from GordonsviIIe
Correspondence Of the Alsxandrn Go,a.
GoRDoSsvILLn. July 6.-Yssterdsy, J,.,
S, was day long to be remem bered BY =,
citizens Of Gordons1ills snd vicinity r.
morning was clear and much cooler than .,
several days past. At about 10 O'Clock
u, our village showed conclusiyely 49,,
SOM e.hing Of interest was coming Of W..
the train from Richmond arrived, Dr. Hosr.
Of the Presbyterian Church, made hi, =,
pearance, and was at once conveyed in
carriage to the Fsmsls Seminary, where II.
grounds had been handsomely decors,e3 ~
the occasion. By the way, speaking Of thu,
grounds, they seem to have been in,epd,,
BY nature for just such an Institution, bAIr,
naturally one Of the handsouess place,
the Old Dominion. After the audience b..
assembled, DR.. II. assembled the stand All
delivered one Of those addresses, full Of -
ent and eloqueDce, 30 peculiar to himself
Next came the refreshments, and By pawn,
the moderate sum of so cts, you were s6vs
ed to psrtake of dinner, which would b,,.
done credit to King or Prince. Having e..
ished tbe repast, We were then called upo,
to show our libera!ity in purchasing "a.
many little articles usually prepared by Il.
ladies on suoh occasione-and as for clo.j,,
your purse strings against such orbs as se,,
riveted ct you, it was impossible; and Nh.,
the sinners appeared, you were moro ,ou
repaid by the lovely smile Of the vender-
The fair was KEEP. up until late in the ever.
ing, and VIC believe that handsome sec
has been realized, which is to be sppropf
ated to paying for the new Presbyter.u
Church in the village.
Though quite pleasant to-day, we ts:
had some extremely hot weather, aud 10
fortunately some Of our farmers Lost soy:
of their hands by over heating. The vde.,
crop is generally cut, and We are glad
learn that it is at least 40 average one
The ost crop, however, will be cut short By
the rust.
You will be sorry. as We are, TO Learn,
that Captain j. c. Taylor, conductor on ;t,
Orange and Alexandra Railroad, was taken
suddenly and very seriously i'll on bis ar.
val hero this morning, and now, at 6 o'clock,
T. NJ, is suffering considerably, though
we hope be will soon be better. W.
Letter from MiddIeburg.
Correspondence Of the Alexandria Gasett
MIDDLrBuRG, LouDoUN Co., Va, July -
On Monday last. goodly number Of our VII
layers, accompanied by some from the SUI.
rounding nsishborhood, enjoyed themselves
very pleasantly at . picnic, on the banks Q!
the Greek, about 2i miles from here, in The
vicinity of Fry's dam, a very picturesque AMI
romantic spot, sbounding With food for th,
poets pen or painters pencil. Our isi'
daughters seemed to enjoy themselves very
much upon the occasion. Pretty faces, with
happy smiles, met US on every side.
% yesterday evening, the Leesburg bar!
passed through here on their return from the
celebration of the Union Sunday Schools, At
Wsrrsnton, on the previous day. They dinei
at the Beverage House, with our friend b.
ker. After dinner, they enliyened our villag.
with some very beautiful airs. They eI.
pressed themselves much pleased With tbsl
trip to Warrenton.
Oar farmers are generally engaged in cot.
ting down their wheat. The crop is Tey
poor compared with the expectations month
since. The continuous rains destroyed th.
wheat bloom in many places, and whsta
capped, became dried up under the influence
Of the hot sun. Rust, (blsck and red, ,csb.
joint worm, and fly, all seemed to do their
part in the devastation. A gentleman who
traversed large portion of our county our
ing the past week, says that be does not
think the amount Of wheat raised will be Owe;
= quarter average crop, though we have here
and there an occasional fair yield. Geo. |.
Bitter, esq, in this nsighhorhoOd, has -
acres, which he expects to yield 30 bushe, to
the acre. saw some Of tho grain 1t is Of
good color. and we'll formed. Our corn
crop 10 good, but it wants rain. IL.
Letter from Clarke County.