Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-04-04
LET NJ FRoM B. LouDoUN COUNTY.


[Gorrespo dence ofsthe Alexandria Gazette
LEEsBURa, Va, March 1,ssls66 I'm the
absence Of anything else to write about l will
Just say little about the weather, and, to
make my remarks beaFable, I Will tell you=a an
anecdote, which has never been in print. The
late James Mercer e believe was his: nane)
the brother of Charles Fenton Mercer, was q
very witty man, aud his wit was cutting He
was riding ID Company once with gentlemen
from Dumfries to Leesburg, and this gentle
man, having wholesome dread of MIR. Mer-
GERS Wit, rode silently alotg for four miles; at
last he ventured the remark, lit is very fine
day, Mr. Mercer" whose immediate, reply, "a
very original remark, sir, ended the converse
ton, and they pursued theirj journey Of 4S miles
more, in dead silence. Well, will venture on
this ground, although it may prove treacher
Gus, with the remark, (similarto one | heard
once made by 9 lady that !" A 8 wife was a
blended likeness Of B'swite, y that.the wealth
er, during this last week in March, bore a
blended resemblance to March weather gen.
orally, To explain; on Sunday it showed and
the wind blew violently on Tuesday it modcr-
ated and rained, and on Wednesday it blew and
got cold on Thursday it moderated and rained
and blew and got cold; and rained agai on
Friday, sort of cleared up, blew again, rained,
continued cloudy, pretty much hid the moon,
which was to have been ecipsed, but was only
obscured, and this afternoon and night ended
with thunder shower, and bright moonlight.
If you had any greater variety in Alexandria
lon't envy you your climate, r. :,
As to local news, the stock law is less discuss
ed and the excitement now is sbout.mad dogs,
The Mayor shot one mad dog and made one
man mad; then had his own dog shot, and teen
there commenced a general banging all over
town, greatly to my delight Ifeel much bet
ter ever since, the first gun was fed. IT rath
er stirred my blood
The Presidents veto pleases almost every
body, because President johnson seems to be
doing his best for almost everybody hereabouts,
as almost everybody is tarred with the same
stick, the marks only differing alittle. Some are
marked, full, &c, S. A., = some "R. ca some
"tB. r., - and others ~. for J: d. The
former are the full blooded rebels, the second,
men who sold their cattle, &C., Tor rebel gold !;
the third are blockade runners, =. and the last
only voted for JEFF Davis 50 we nearly all
want general amnesty, and a universal one,
would not be amiss, for the Union Pharlsee IS
the worst of all-he only made long prayers
Solomon Gibson, aged l02 years and emon' his,
died on the l4th of February, 1866, near Bloom
field, in this county, having been born-ia MAY,
1853, under the reign of George Ill, from
whom some people say that other people were
fools for seeding. Not having yet 'dispaired
of the Republic, - do not think go; but, L
must confess, don't expect much from the
republicans so-called that is "Lucus non
lucendo,' as we used to say of our old colored
bread cutter at Benjamin Hallowell's school,
In the second revenue district Of this county,
there were, last year, 65 births and Il deaths.
This does not look we'll for the future increase
of that district, but suppose 'our poor TEL
lows are counted amongthe deaths. May the
blessed Comforter heal all such wounds.
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