Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-08-21
w,r,,,,on and tt. improvements.

WdrIcbt0n
Since the l,t of January, 1856, thirty or
more dwellings and stores have been erected
ia our town, and still the good work COT
tiuues to 90 on. In few weeks two hand
some dwelling houses will have been finished
ON Main street. and the foundations OF
snaeious and beautiful brick MANSION have
been already dug out, on the same street, to
be completed probably By the first OF next
wear, for our friend, +. NJ. Spiiman, ESQ. Ia
few short months the Warrcoton Female
Institute, under the superlntendence OF the
well-koown and efficient architect, John IL
S,ilman, will lie occupied by those for whom
il is intended, and which, when hnished,
will add much to the beauty and rapidly I'M
proying appearance of the town. The PR
yate residences of Warrenton are as neat
and as tasteful as any that can be found m
this State; and 10 order that our readers OF
distance may have an idea Of Warrenton
taste and improvement, We will state, from
information obtained from a Wel-.ntormed
friend that within the last ten years moro
than Sl50,0 900 have been expended, IN sums
Deer one thousand dollars, in ornamenting
and improving tho town. When we take
into consideration the macy small improve
meots, costing less tDan one thousand dll-
lars, we can form good idea Of the very
considerable amount expended by cur citi-
Gems in ornamentiog and improving arTen-
ton This state OF things has, as would be
supposed, had the effect Of causing wonder
ful increase in the value OF town property:
| For no longer than last week, we published
! 4 lad
which cost, 10 1853, only i've hundred anu
twenty-five, thereby more than doubling Its
.aluc in FIVE years. This is about as tar An
increase as one would expec: Ia Virginia.
! la addition to the new buildings mentioned
| by us as being completed, or nearly so, R!ce
w. Payoe and Il. L. Scott, esqs., propose
erecting dwelling houses for themselves, as
! SION as possible The former will buiid OF
/ Culpeper street. and the latter on the lot al
! Joining that Of James '. Brooke, esq, o.
/ Commerce street. In addition to these, we
are permitted to state that through the exer-
tons of Catholic lady Of Warrenton, near.
! " thousand dollars have been subscribed
and building lot offered as a location, for
! the erection Of Catholic chapel in this
| place the chapel will very soon be con-
menced, we hear. To the untiring exertlons
of this good lady, will the members of that
church be indebted for the erection of their
chapel. The rise in the value OF town pre-
verify while it has been the means OF in
/ creasipg the trade of tie town to a very
considerable extent has likewise had tho
effect Of greatly enhancing the value OF pro-
pefty lying contiguous to the village. For
! example: The foe farm OF Nat. Tyler, esq
containing a bout 200 acres, situated jist oe'
! yund the limits OF the corporation, and upon
| which stands his beautiful aid elegant mar
sion, was lately sold by Rec w. Payne, his
attorney, for The cum OF SO, 500 or about
| $50 per GcTe--tO gentleman from Louis
lana, who will 5000 occupy 1t permanently.
! Again Last week we noticed the Gale of the
plantation of Mrs. Comts, by the same at
| tYrney. for ten thousand dollars; the number
of acres being $50, o? $40 per acre. This
tract cost Mrs. q. something like 81 per
acre, and she has DOW been able t. sell II Tor
! lorty dollars, notwithstanding all will admit
that the coud.tOn OF the money market Is
anything but promising. Ine gentleman
vino made the purchase, proposes at once 10
erect suitable buildings on the premises, anu
~ soon thereafter as circumstances will pei
nit, to establish u Military School. We at
tribute the sale Of this property to the town
of Warrenton, which is in ten minutes ride
on the Orange and Alexandria Railroad -
To gentlemen of means, leisure, or of bust
ness, we know of DO place more suitable
than Warrouton. For while We are almost
ut the door of AlezaudliA, Washington, aud
even Baltimore, still We are away IRON the
crowded city, its noise, its hustle, and Its
confusion. The value Of town property Is
being enhanced every dag, and now is the
time to purchase, either tor purposes OF plea
sure OF of business. When the present i'm
pro=emeuts shall have been completed and
our beautiful! Seminary rear It's tnished
walls, aud get thoroughly under way, Wa!-
renton will lar surpass any of her sister
towns in beauty and prosperity. We have
penoed these remarks, not for the purpose OF
eIevatIng " arrenton above her merits, but
only as an act of sheer justice to our heauti-
fui aud rapidly improving town. Warren
ton Wing.