Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-11-19
Ietter e;ro,n Loudoun County.

Correspondence of the Alexandria Gszettel
II LEEsBURG, Va, November Is, lS67.-At
our county meeting to appoint delegates to the
Conservative Convention to be held at Rich
$moDd, John Janney, esq, presided, and Geo..
K. Fox, jr, acted as Secretary. Sixty i've
delegates were appointed Our people seem to
be reyiyifed by the recent political change at
the North, and entertain the hope that all will
yet be we'll. a,,-..-s...
r, The heirs Of the late Henry S. Taylor sold,
on Friday, to Samuel IT, Davis, of this county,
farm of about l55 acres, at $53 per acre;
week beforei il had been Withdrawn from public
sale, under bid of s5O75, with several.anx-
ious inquirers, who were afraid to 60 further.
Mr.. Davis is a carpenter by trade, and it is
pleasing to know that any mechanic 10 Lou
doun has money enough to buy farm for up
wards Of $7,5O0; but don'tyou perceive that if
northern man or foreigner had been the
purchaser, there would have been 1880 more
in The county, besides the man and his family,
and bis example to others to come and do like
wise. :''a @@,t
A negro woman and three negro men were
arrested near Guilford on Friday, for having
in their possession Il large number OF boots and
shoes and many other goods, besides 100 pounds
Of new tobacco. They were taken to Fairfax,
whence most; of the goods had been stolen, but
Mr.. VIM. T. Mcfarland, at Guilford, recoy-
cred 60 yards of cotton cloth. = ;..- - a.
-. l.;o1 ~ Co,>top, hor
| Court, and convicted of misdemeanor. No
the certificate of the committing justice. -
His counsel Henry Heaton, sued out writ
of error in the Circuit Court, and Judge
Thomas ordered new trial. At this term an
information was filed Mr.. Heaton demurred
| to it, the demurrer was sustained, and Hays
discharged.
The number of marriage licenses issued from
August lst to November 10th was4l tor whites
and 10 for negroes; of these we're for widows
| and for widowers; no man was over AZ and
| no woman over AZ. This indicates q hopeful
feeling among the young people Of the county;
| and in fact the county is again starting on a
| Journey towards prosperity. | do not say race,
| for race is soon over; a journey is gradual,
and has the hope Of reaching home, and not
mere goal, painting, and exhausted with the
effort,
Our people are very anxious to have connec-
tons with the District cities, and [ presume 1t
| is question merely of time, and that short
time With your aqueduct completed, and
| coal coming down. and ships coming up, you
may defy competition from those high and dry
seaports above you, but there is no denying the
fact their people do consume vast quantities OF
beef and mutton, to say nothing OF butter, and
eggs, and -four, and buckwheat. Remember
we here think that ''comr ettion is the lite Of
trade. and cur experience is that the longest
pole knocks the perslmmons.
Sometimes wheat goes beyond you By steam
boat TO Baltimore. with profit, against charges
of seven cents and sometimes it don't. The
reason why it does and why it don't is evident
to your merchants. They must look sharp.
and not only ADVERTISE but make personal &C.
uuaintance with our farmers.
The LEANING IS TOWARDS HOME MARKETS,
but a FEW cents livery few at thatl will attract
them elsewhere that INTELLIGENT Loudoun gen
teman who was in Westinghouse the contrary
notwithstanding AII0UIs.