Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-06-23
d, exEf ss.r from Loud OUR County.

have been in parturition over the municipal
Offices of Leesburg, and the full time having
come the appointee for Mayor, on Saturday,
sent written notice to Jno: M: Orr the sel, Cd
Mayor, and to the Recorder, Coupcilmen and
Town Sergeant, that he assumed the duties un-
der appointment from Gen Jno. NJ. Schqfield,
&C., &c, dated May 90, l968.aaooJaJ Cd
This scheme has been incubating for more
than two months, and the egg was = plpped2.
for about three weeks. Whythe delay, know
lot. unless the. difficulty of swallowing the
iron.cl oath, experienced by a person, who
had subscribed $25 to the untoTmlng OF the
Loudoun Guards q company belonging to the
nth Virginia Infantry, be the reason, $40 e.
The pay of the Mayor is 800 per annum,
that Of the Recorder $50 per. annum, that OF
the Council, honor and glory per annum, and
the highest price only can commandthe oihces.
Does it rot strike you that this indicates very
small potatoes, T." and especially, few in hill.
The Council, while perfectly willing 10 yield
to torcible election, and to the new Council,
when appointed and qualified are indsposed
to cooperate with any new members 1t must
be a clear sweep or none. 70, X
ri Coll Lee has been here two or three times,
but has been unatlc to find men with steel clad
appointees named by him who are understood
to have been willing to serve, had been guilty
of the small peccadilloes Of running the block
adc in the interest Of themselves and the Con-
| federates, being mail carriers under the Con-
federates, fiers in the 18th Virginia, aforesaid,
| or utterers of ferVent and well accomplished
nravers in the interest of the Confederates be
| fore the battle of Manassas, in which the Lord
! was besought. s'if this Lincoln horde shall IN
wade the soil of Virginia, may they be driven
back, baptized in their oWg blood There
| are living witnesses to the utterance OF this
PRAYER, and many dead evidences of its fulfill
ment. oil gs .s.@ ~ go =. ~
Well, let the hammer fly more and more
rapidly, the anvil will sustain the blows, and
finally the instrument will fly to pieces
There is good time IN prospect, and as
time passes on, may the view be more clear,
until the happy day shall come when civil lib
crty shall be re. established in our goodly land.
Il have made inquiries, and think may
say definitely, that so far the wheat crop Is
promising the worst injured Held will make
''eood paying wheat" The white wheat IS
the erop about which most apprehension is felt.
| The corn stands we'll, and is clean, and mainly
thinned and well worked. Towards the latter
part of The week it will be laid aside, clean and
| thrifty, and we shall next week hear the joy
| Gus rattle of the reaper, or the cheering whit
| whit" of the GRADER, as the golden grain is
severed tor the binder. 2f'H. O." ,...z ..,er
| Syddnah Williams farm near the Point Of
Rocks, but west OF The sCatocton' mountains,
| was sold, under order of Court, in three par
GELS; one parcel brought $50. Is, another $50,
and the third "a wood lott $24 per acre. The
whole sale amounted to upwards OF $40, 200.
There arc no buildings on any part OF 1t cX-
cept corn house. ' ~@sr 'l- .'-..s--C -.,~
1t rents this year for $1,7O0, money rent
! the tenant pays in proportion to the time, to
the purchaser, and the former owners. -ts1 .
There was meeting held at Red hill, near
Noland's Ferry, on Saturday evening, which
was addressed by r. II. Lee (son of Edmund
| j. Lee, Powell Harrison, late of Augusta, now
of Loudoun, and son of Burr W. Harrison, and
by j. William Foster, late of Fauquier. was
| not present but have heard them highly spo-
ken Of When the election IS ordered, then
you may look out for stirring times in old
Loudoun. ID ALIQUH.
WASHINGTON IrEMs-Both wings of both
boards of the City Council met last night, and
then adjourned The "embroglio'' continues
yet awhile. ......-- f.. a:sEga=fs
VIM. w. Moore has been nominated as Post
Master vice Bowen 80. =. =
The annual exhibition of the first class of the
preparatory department. of Columbian College
took place last evening at the First Baptist
Church. s2aa a9-.,5 ri sofia. 1yHl ":'t LEj-~@1
Cards are out for fashionable wedding next
week. The parties are Senator Henderson, of
Missouri, and Miss Mary Foote, daughter OF
Judge Foote, formerly of New York, and niece
of the late ex-senator Foote, Of Vermont.
Quite number of Senator'S on Saturday, at
the invitation Ex-senator Cameron, tooka trip
on the Northern Central railroad.
DIscHARGED.-A young man holding an
office under the State Government in this city
received his walking paper" under peculiar
circumstances last week. He was engaged to
lovely girl, belonging to one OF our best taml-
lies, and the wedding day was appointed, when
the lady heard that her lover was going to vote
the Radical ticket. She wrote him note in
curing about the matter He answered that
he had to do it to keep his place. She rejoined
in one brief sentence Never let me see your
face again" He hasn't yet, but still holds his
commission 10 the Public Guard. -Rtctn1ond
Dispatch r.It.L II = 1|L3 HOO
We have heretofore noticed Mr.. Pomeroy'sI
bill introduced into the Senate ''for continu-
Gus and direct line of railroad from Washing
ton city to Mobile. The bill provides that "the
Georgia and South Carolina airline railroad,
and the Alexandria and Fredericksburg rail
way, when completed, together with the Rich
mond, Fredericksburg and Potomac railroad,
the Richmond and Danville railroad, the Pied
mont railroad, the North Carolina railroad,
the Atlanta and West Point railroad, the West
Point and Montgomery Railroad the Mont
gomery and Mobile railroad, and the. Washing
ton, Alexandria and Georgetown railroad shall
be the general post route and military road
from Washington city to Mobile. - ---------
COMMUNICATED. 1
STATE SToCK.-Will some one, better inform
ed, tell US the meaning of these letters and tele