The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1867-10-24
LOCAL DEPARTMENT.

THE LoUDouN AND HAMPSHIRE RAILROAD
NESTING At LsEsBuRa. VA, YlsrERDAr-
REPRESENTATIVES, or rHs BoARp or TRADE,
MsRoHAxrs' ExoHAsdE, AMI. CORPORATIONS or
WASHINGTON AND GEonoErows PnxsEsr-Is-
rEnEsriso Observation-Disclosures morning.
per Invitation, O large number Of our merehants
members Of the Board Of Trade, Merchants Ex-
change, and the Councils OF Washington and
Georgetown, embarked In the ferry. boat winni.
simmet for Alexandria, where they took cars for
Leesburg, to attend the meeting there TO BE- hell
having for Its object tho extension Of the Lou.
doun and Hampshire railroad to the District Of
Columbia. Among the party We noticed the fol.
lowing named gentlemen: ....
From washington-samusi Bacon, John R.
Elvans, O. 8. Noyss, Chauncsy H. Snow, Owen
Thorn, o. s. Baker. A. P. CLARK, s. g. Baker, W.
B. Clark, Robert Ball, r. ]. Beali, II. II. Tilley,
John 7. Given, e. Richards, R. 7. Msrriek, Jas.
A, TAFT, John Grinder. William A. Henderson,
Wilson L. Brown, M. W. Gait, Randolph Coyle,
II. A. Chadwick, e. N. P. King, Capt, T. Stack.
pole, A. X. Browne. N. W. Burchell, P. Grow.
ley. II, A. Hall, ]. @. Dulin.
From Georgstowp--Evan Lyons, Benjamin
Darby, Wm Clabaugh, O. NJ Matthews, J. D.
Mc9ill, Riley A. Shinn, Samuel Cropley, Chas.
Reeve, VIM. II. Tenney, @. W. Cropley, John B
Davidson, D. Mccain, DR. Thomas Ritchie. A.
J. Jones, Isaac Barrett, Thos. Knowles, Waller
s. Coz, George Waters, John Marbury, IT,, G.
Q. Barron, ID. II. Robertson, D. Il. Bunker, Low
Davis, r, L Cropley.
The party were Joined at Alexandria by Judge
John O. Underwood, Of Virginia, and other dis
tinguished gentlemen.
Lewis Mckenzie. esq, President Of the Lou.
doun and Hampshire railroad, was In waiting
for the party at the depot, and received them
with the greatest courtesy. This gentleman ac-
companied the exoursionists to Lessburg and
back, and took much pleasure In pointing out
the many localities Of interest on the road
Thu train al rtad ahoal aialaaE and nar
very pleasant rids, arrived at Leesburg, shortly
past IL o'clock.
IHE ROAD AND ROLLING STOCK.
Between Alexandria and Leesburg thers are
nine bridges, as follows AIexsndria bridge. II5
feet long; Washington turnpike and road !45
feet; Four Mile run I4o feat. Didioult oreek
IFS; Broad run. 40: Boayer dam 40. eooss
crack nea,lv aO0, a. ,niin crssL IIo. Tn,c.,or.
I'm All *. h,,a... -i,h ~. .,..,,ian =, ~.
three fr,,. were de,troyed during In var a,
wall "A . urs,tsr nortion ~ ths t,eoL
m, road Il ,h,r,v. .,nh, nil. IN I.,,,s.
Commenced in tha s,rIs NJ RI of 1880 and ani.hsS
in tbs Isttsr mart ~ lssI snd .n.t nm 10 M
pressnt ,ims IN mats,,.I .nS con,trn.tI ~ 40 ;
6o0 ooo Tbs ,niIin. .,oaL nun,h.r FL,
and fonr Iooono,iv.. Iii IN .oad rnnn;n. "a.
m. maximum can;taI s,ock sIlov.d h, a. VII.
ginia I,s,i.laturs h a nm ooo ,.ks, I, enrn..-
zion with Tho authorized sI,.n,ion 10 M riob
coaI s,iJ, NJ U.mn,hi,s oonnt, -hi,h ~
comnlstsd r;,i niana v,,S;n ~. r..nh ~ AZ.
citizens of CIsorestown and ws.h,nston ,bssn
mai for i, .hornd. witb ma, ~ hoth .nthr. Al,
and bituminous co.I
IN. dis,anc. fer, I...h,,u A a.o,,.,ov, 4.
forty miIe, from Lss.burS 10 H.mn.b;re fo,ty
mNss total d,s,.nc. ...,r.i,h, .hao,,, To-,
Ws.,i s'eM a' Ms.N. ngas sn1o' rom rom
hours, .; Ia 10 H. a., 81 1870 IL ~.
world. ' '
,prsn,,, ,,,.-o,,s,,
Le.,burs ~ s.n,,.,,o 80 fa,Son, .o,n-
", and The pr,s.nt ,sr,,nrs ~ ,hs Iis.snJria
Loudoup, and HAnnshi,s ,.iI,osa n oult. an
old burg being over ans $780, "a ~ va,
old, II il aid ont regular Win nayed ana mac.
adamizsd streets and brick sidovslks, Some Of
the buildings arc quite old and unIou. In tb,ir
architecture, while Others are NOR. modern In
their constructIou, showing the march Of pro.
gress aud improvement. It numbers In popala.
tion eighteen hundred inhabitants, contains four
ohurche.-two Methodist, one Presbyterian, and
one Episcopalian--a male academy, and several
minor female schools, Q very 1ne courthouse,
and a substantial, secure, and comfortable jail
for evil.doers; two good hotels-the ''Loudoun''
and tho Mansion" the former presided over
BY Mr.. Reamer and the latter by W. s. Pickett
gentlemen who know how to keep hotels, ),
as the delegates can testify to. The tart pre-
,eryatiye Of ali arts', fouri,hes here. for Lees
burg has two worthy representatives Of the mys.
tic art, the IVa,himgtoaian and the Mirror, the
former conducted bv Mr., w, b. Lynch and the
latter BY BENJAMIN i. Sbeetz. esq, both Journals
ably conducted and representing the views and
interests Of the people Of that section Of country
We wero pleased to meet with brother sheetr,
for Il was like .,holdins the Mirror up to ma.
turen To seq him.
The town of Lessbure and Loudoun county
in fact the whole Of that section Of the Old DO.
mipiou-is noted for the mental culture and re.
anement Of its people and their proverSiaI sold
Virginia hospitality" Of which their visitors
vere biUblv euIopistio veaterdav
rHr sorIpIps IN TSwx.
Among tho "personaIs " in town and Mt the
meeting we noticed the Hon, Jsbn Jauney,
president OF the Virginia Convention of 1851;
Judge Henry W. Thomas, Of the Circuit Court
Of Fairfax county; Col. w II, Dulaney, Fairfax,
Major holland and Col. A. ]. Rogers. Loudoun
COUNTY; Gen. u. Hanton, Pauauier county;
Col. Ball, Loudoun, Andrew Jsmieson, ESQ,
collector Of the port Of Alexandria, and director
of the A., L, and II. r, r and. the !, observed
Of all obseryers,n John Singleton Mosby, late Of
nMosby's Confederaoy.n
rHH nEErIso.
Al soon as thu marty disembarked. all hands
repaired to Clipe's Hall. on Loudoun street,
where the meeting was TO DO held,
The party from Washington, Georgetown and
Alexandria, numbering about 1850, was suolled
n Al. .iti,.n. ~ I..sh,r, and Land ann ,oun