Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-06-03

Radical Meoting noar HAM
Social Equality, &C, @c lo,so ri
On Saturday morning last, alter the lapse VI
an interval of more than SIX years WV. ', l
,n,,r;, Ioudoun and Hampshire Railroad was
70 -oncned to hcesburg, and the souho VI INC
l,,o,not;ve's whistle, and the sight OF Il long
n,ssenrer and freight train, gladdcned The res
III. Of that ancient, often pluCdered but
stilI most hospitable of Virginia 'o"''s anu
.,llocI.l at The depot there large crowd Of IT'D
most influential citizens.
Jbe BRIDGES on the road, destroyed DUNG
tie war, have under the supervision OF the
ACCOMPLISHED OLief Engineer, u. W. Blythe,
been regretted in the most skIltul and substan-
tial manner, aud the track relald and ballasted
according to the latest 7ed railroad style
aud with the utmost rapidity, too, that the
means at his disposal would allow and here
after, at the hours mentioned IN an advertise
ment contained in the Gazette, daily passenger
aid freight trains will run between the two
places. It is not the intention OF the active
and energetic President of this road; Mi Lewis
Mckenzie, to allow the work OH this important
line Of internal improvement to stop at It's
present terminus, but to continue the opera
tons already SO apparently remarkably pro
aressed, until, before the close Of the approach
Ing autumn, the road shall have reached Mer-
cier's Station, six miles beyond, and tapped
the rich country Of which that station Is The
i1roduaa depot. The receipts of the road will
now, it is thought by those acquainted with
the resources of the country it traverses. rapid
~ increase, both from passengers tare and
freight charges, as Leesburg is the county seat
aud market town Of the richest county IN the
State and is in communication with Wlnoies-
ter and all the intervening towns and villages
by means Of we'll patronised stage lines. 1t is
also ia contemplation to start Immediately a
daily line Of stages between Leesburg and Mid
dlebfrr which will attract to the railroad all
the travel from the section or State through
which runs the Little River Turnpike. Grain
agencies are also it is stated to lie established
at once in Leesburg, so that hereafter the COM
petition between these agents and the nuiner-
Gus millers i'll that neighborhood, will make 1t
one of the best produce markets in Northern
Virginia.
The country along the line Of this road has
| improved very much within the past two years,
and the better class of settlers arc rapidly &C.
| cupying the vacant lands bordering It, 1t was
| stated by Il gentleman on the tram last Satnr-
a.. a. a., I,,F os
land agent, he had sold eighty-nine tracts OF
| land between Lcesbnrg and Alexandra, not
one Of which was beyond four miles from the
railroad, and that applications were continually
| made to him by Northern men, the larger por-
ton of whom were we'll to do III the world, for
farms in I4ou,loun and Fairfax counties.
Lrcsburg has many attractions aa a place OF
residence, and each summer its population Is
considerably increased by the influx OF residents
! Of Washington and other cities who, by breath
ing its pure and blacing atmosphere, drinking
| its cool limestone water, eating It's mountain
mutton, and minglng in its refined and polite
| society, prepare themselves for the "ardnous Ia
tirucs of tie succeeding winter !" but among
all the various drawing atIr'bhl';S OF tl'H tie
lishtfnl town none are so bcw't@hng'y attract
i've as the numerous pretty ladies' who reside
there, and any dcvolee to hacIcl"rlon'' VINO
visits there, will have arcVolu'loh III MS l'"!:
| conceived and cherished Opinions pfoaNceu
with such alarming rapidly rs to make lis
| head swim. Not only pretty are these Lees
h,,ro loilne hat ntclIirent and industrious are
they, and the man who selects from among Tie
fair daulses who grace the streets Of that town,
in their evening promenades, on play cfoqneL
in The Academy grounds, as his lilies partner,
may well congratulate himself upon possessing
his full portion Of this worlds happlllci&.
D! the passengers who went mp m the t';''"
on Saturday, were several from Alexandra,
bound lof The had'ct' l""''ll'E WHICH "'' ''''
that day two or lhlet. miles above the village
r. ;1.,,;l,ao "a I,nuInnu ,,,uuiv. and among