Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-08-04
letter from Loudloun County.

the interest OF " N. and margaret oOuuSou III
a small brick house and some lots on the tutn-
pike below the Bank, to John [. Grimes, tor
s74O. The actual interest was the whole pro-
perry.
On the next day. Mr.. Harrison and others,
Commissioners, sold all the property of the
late VIM. D. Drish under order of the Circuit
Court.
The large brick house on King street, occu.
nied for nearly 80 years by Mr. Drish as a
dwelling and grocery, was purchased by DR..
MagilI, Of Frederick City, Tor S4,45O The
northern part of the large property on King
street, between Marke and Loudoun street,
was sold to Jno r. BeacEler for $3.50, and
James F. Rinher purchased the store occupied
by him, and the dwelling aud stable attached,
for $500. About two years ago Mr. Rlnker COM
menced the grocery business, in small way, on
cash capital of 500, and by his tact and in
dustry has obtained very respectable business.
He was a Union man, and this is regarded
as an intensely rebel town, and yet l. have never
heard any one object to him on the score OF his
politics. The house on the corner OF King
and Loudoun streets, occupied tor many years
by that Thomas Saunders, who bore the SOU
brquet OF ''Long Tommy was sold to Z. f.
Fadeley for $975, and small tumble down
frame on King street, and next to the house OF
Godfrey Shelhome, was sold to him at $500.
The one acre lot adjoining James Il. Cham
bins residence on the West, and situated on
Cornwall street, was sold to George SurVlck
for $3.50
Jno. NJ. Orr bought % acres between Royal
street and the Town Branch, and an eligible
business location near the railroad, for SLIGO,
and little strip between the railroad and the
last named lot for 1865. This gives him in
all lot fronting on Royal street 2l0teet, and rum
ming to the railroad a distance Of about 500 feet,
with front for 2l0 feet on Church street, and
an outlet on King street to the Aide Turnpike,
should it ever be built, and with the Town
Branch running through it, which by means of
a water ram, will give him power enough to
operate wood saving machine Tor his wood
yard
This whole sale amounted to $11 200 and
with the S740 sold the day before shows that
nearly $4,000 worth Of real estate changed
hands in Leesburg in the two days, and with
the exception of $4450 it was sold to residents
of the town. ''There is life in the old land yet.
1t is understood that MIR. Orr, at any rate,
will improve his purchase he it is that in con-
junction with Jacob Fl. Manning, his partner,
has built the Leesburg lime kiln, and reduced
the price of building lime nearly one half. He
has also repaired one house and built another,
on his land near the Depot, and just outside OF
flourish In addition to its being in as fine
county as the sun shines on, it is only thirty
seven miles from the capital, and is supplied
with excellent water by means OF pipes has
schools and churches to suit all tastes and cir
cumstauces in life, and its town taxes have
never exceeded 81 cents in the 500 on real
and personal property, including water rates
and all. The main cry has been the want OF
houses, and with the help Of our Building AS
ISOLATION that demand can be supplied IN part.
Death has been busy lately in our neighbour
hood, but with the extremely young or the
aged.
- On Saturday night, Edward Hammat, for
many years before the war, Justice OF the
Peace for the Lecsburg district, died at his re-
sidencc in this place. His father, many years
before | knew anything, was jailor Of this coun-
ty, and Mr. Hammat was born in the Old log
iail that stood in the corner Of the Court house
yard.
y. His elder brother Samuel succeeded the ia
Their as iailor, and Edward followed him. The
Hammat family was rare instance OF sterling
integrity in all its numerous branches, and Ed
ward was in no whit behind any of them.
purer, better, Drawer man, never lived
The remains of the late Lewis Beard we're
brought to this place on Saturday, and buried
yesterday in the Union Cemetery. ;" tie died
last week in Westminster, Maryland, in the
9th year Of his age, OF paralysis.
Mr.. Beard, for many years, represented Lou.
doun in the Virginia House of Delegates, and
was regarded as one of the very best delegates
ever sent from Loudoun. Not gifted as an ora
tor he was nevertheless, intelligent, affable and
sensible, and by his genial qualities and good
sense, possessed much influence in the Leglsla-
ture.
Upon the accession of Mr.. Tyler to the Pre-
sidcncy, Mr. Beard sought and obtained
clerkshp in the War Department, in the bu
reau presided over for q long time by Mr.
Eakin, and he held this position for more than
twenty years.
At one time Mr. Beard narrowly escaped de-
feat in the canvass for the Legislature. The
winter before he and Geo. Cuthbert Powell and
Timothy Taylor, q believe these were the dele
gates,) voted against a resolution declaring
that Congress had not the pO1rcr to abolish
slavery in the District Of Columbia; thus
holding with Mr.. Clay that it had the right,
but that its exercise would be breach Of faith
to Maryland and Virginia as long as they held
slaves. The excitement was very great, and, If |
Alright, the other two gentlemen did
not canvass the county, but Mr.. Board stood
his ground and got 40 votes, probably the
smallest that ever elected any one from Lou
doun
The Mount Vernon excursionists returned,
in good time, on Saturday, all safe with the
exception Of hat or TWO. The delay in Alex
andria was rather trying TO some Of them but
agreeable to others, and so, on the whole, it
may be said to have been a success. Doubtless
the railroad company thinks so.
The whole receipts were about $3.50, and as
$3.50 went to Mt Vernon, the earnings of the
excursion train must have been about $3.50.
II the road had been finished to Hamilton,
the number Of the cxcursionists would probably
have been doubled.
James Z. Rinker has been appointed Post
master in place of James McDonough, whose
term had eyDirad