Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-01-28
letter from G.oussoun Cossaty.

CORRESPONDENCE of8the Alexandra Ua"eIte.I
LEEsBURa, Va, Jan 25.-l have to note
that Leesburg has at last walked up Lass
night We had meeting of those who favored
Building Association and about l4O shares
at s2OO.each, were taken. | think there was
more interest manifested than at any meeting
held here since the close OF The war.
note the, following and sales A farm by
David Carrie gentleman from Pennsylvania
for SIC. per acre IL think there are about $50
acres It lies south Of Leesburg at the foot OF
Hogtack Mountain, IS the katoctlh range,
south OF Leeshurg, is called.
:, Lewis Tay,or purchased ct commissioner
sale ia acres, about miles west OF Leesourg,
Ior sS1 go per acre, and Geo. H. Rector, a lot
q; % acres, on tho side Of the Short Hill, for
APO rer acre. They had belonged to Joshua
Reed very old man, who died q year since,
md were under very Indifferent lenclng, and
had buildings Of but little value.
G. ?. Janney purchased at public sale .2l5
acres (about three miles south OF the railroad
at FarmweIl station) for So per acre Probably
half of it is in timber, and it Is considered a
good bargain. 1t belonged to the estate OF
Mich el Vets, long since deceased.
I correct mis-. statement about hlcharu
James's sale and purchase made last week
Mr.. James sold l0S acres for So, 400, about
$7o GO per acre, and bought l29 acres TOR
So, 600, including a wood lot OF "a acres on the
Short Hill, for $780, Thus be gave So, $40 Tor
los acres, being $79.72 per acre. The build
ipcs are valued at about 81 per acre.
These last farms lie near LoVettsvlle. :,
In the same neigh borhood recently, John M.
Shafer bought l22 acres for $55.OS per acre.
with ordinary buildings; he has recently pur-
chased the other part OF the farm, III acres
without buildings, but better land, Tor the
same price per acre. =
: By The way, am told by persons living a
little south of Loyetts7ille, that the line to Al
exandria is beginning to draw off the trade
from Berlin already. Push forward the Lou
doun and Hampshire road as fast and as far as
YOU can. Heavy freights await you. The
gentleman who purchased Mr. Carr's farm is
the same that contracted for Mr.. Lersner' 3
Goshen farm, but they split upon the question
as to who should pay the tenant, who demand
ed 81 900 for his lease His second purchase
shows his persistent intention to settle 10 Vlr-
GINA, and is the sign of the "fruc:iiylng IN
Vasion'' Of Gen. Sherman.
Let them come, we want capital; VIC have
energy.
I was talking with a gentleman to-day about
the condition of our county now and during
the war. He said be had lost al heart and
hope and really thought that the spirit OF the
people had been utterly broken, but, to his
great surprise, when peace came every thing
seemed to start forward with new lite, and al
most miraculous vigor. His opinion is that
the value of Loudoun lands is incalculable, and
that, peaca continued, they must vastly IN
crease in price.
He lives on the side Of the Short Hill, and
can, with one sweep OF the eye, take IN the
whole Valley Eetween the Short Hill and the
Ketoctin.
There YVES a second hung jury in the case OF
Oden VS.. Oien, an issue out OF cbancerg, TO
say whether there was fraud.
The issue to test the validity Of the will Of
Lucinda Rawlings will be tried on Monday.
49,. & ~ - ALIoUls.
tTHsSoUTHERN RAILRoADs.-.Mr j. ". Nc
Curg, of Missouri, chairman of the Committee
on Southern Railroads, will report shortly from
the majority of the committee. The testimony
elected in The investigation ordered by the
Thirty -ninth Congress, on resolution OF Thad
Stevens, fills two bulky volumes, and the re-
port WILDE proportionatey long. The commit
tee found that the Southern railroads are still
Indebted to the General Government to the
extent Of s5,OO0,0O0 The original amount
was S., 800, 900. for which the railroads gave
bonds to secure the payment by monthly in
stalments. This debt was the result Of a pur-
chase by the roads on very liberal terms OF all
the rolling stock bought at the North and
H., Ia ant 1nr t,a
the roads and rolling stock captured were
turned over freely to the different Southern
companies, making in the aggregate about
SIG, 1000, 900 worth of property. The Govern
ment, both in this instance and in the terms
stipulated for the liquidation OF the debt con
tracted by the roads IN receiving the Govern
ment rolling stock, acted in liberal and mag
unanimous spirit, but it was found on investiga-
tioa that the terms OF the bargain we're not be
in ia r.y acted upon by some contracting parties
for whose beneEt the transac, IONS we're made
However, this imputation will not apply 10 all
sherailroads of the SouIh. Most of them fulfilled
the requirements of the bargain as far es it was
possible in their stsaitene1 circumstances, but
those which were most prosperously situated
were the very ones, strange to say, that offered
every excuse to postpone and put off the pay
ment of their obligations, and to this day have
done little or nothing to that end They even
presumed to cherish the expectation of being
compensated for the use the General Govern
ment made of their roads during the re-
belion. The roads referred 10 are situated
in Tennessee, and the secret Of the matter is,
the Legislature of that State endorsed their
bonds, and is very willing to let the General
Government remain as long as possible their
creditor. Mr.. Cbanler, of New York, will
present the minority report, and urge the con-
tinuance Of the same liberal measures toward
the companies which have hitherto been gran
ted but in most other points he will agrte' it
Washington Cor. Of ~ 2 Herald
DR. BoYNToN.-Those who know anything Of
the chaplain of the House Of Reps. will ad
nit that, after the most straightest Sect he
is Radical, and yet we learn that little
Freedmen's Bureau clique, who has fastened