Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-08-18

THB ALEXANDRIA MAILs.-To Col Alex
ander, our City Postmaster vs are under
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Siuay III reference W INC M s'efious iAneie
OF the Alexandra papers OF MONDAY morning
to reach Washington until next day. The fol-
LOWING repIv If Col AIex,nder While AZ fullv
a~o,.e.,o - 20 w..s.... 80
.A0neio'ee INC Po@' NM
Ale1andria from any Diane IN me mAuer, YET
shows q rather extraordinary state Of affairs
by which we are depriyed of anv malta from q
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ny oniy iA "o' o"' o"' n's"'
uhui MONDAY night
POST OFFICE, washington City, ID. c.,
August IA, 1S6S.-Gentlemen: L find in your
paper OF last evening". an inquiry why the
Alexandra newspapers OF Monday morning
are not received till the next day. The cause
Of complaint 10 not attributable to this ofice or
the office ST Alexandra, Is the Potomac mail
boat Intermits Nhe Sunday night trip from
Aqua Greek TO Washin gton and as no other
arrangement exists for transporting the Alex
andria mail on Monday morning the mail is
unavoidably detained, and sent by the Orange
and Alexandria railroad train wing here at
6o'clock p. N. remain, respectfully,
G. NJ. ALExANDER, Postmaster
Editors of the Evening Star Wasbington n q
LoUDoH COUNTY, tIIGINIA.-In view Of the
negotiations in progress for connecting the
IOudon ana u.,nn.sir. -.,,,o.s - 49, M
e., - - , ~ ."o us
Hie' cities' oy nranch railroad, the Following
information in relation 10 the fertile county
through W hich that road passes, and which we
compile from a circular issued by Messrs. Fos-
Yer Henderson, land agents at Leesburg, may
b. OF interest to our readers:
Loudon county. Virginia. was laid of from
FAIRFAX county in 1157, and it is bounded on
the north and northeast. for about forty miles,
by the Potomac riyer; on the east by Fairfax
county; on the south by Prince William and
fauquler, and on the west by Clarke county,
virginia, and Jefferson county, West Virginia,
Mnlch IL meets on the top of the Blue Ridge
N w
two miles from Washington, and its western
line about fifty five miles. 1t is traversed by
numerous mill streams, having on them fine
mil SITES. ana many fine mills. There is q
turnpike from Washington and another from
AiSAahuria, meeting at Dranesville, fourteen
nlIes from Leesonrg.) and thence extending
I'll p, L9ssourg tne county seat to the top OF
.ns bIue Ridge near snlckersviiie. There is
aIoneI turnpike from Alexandra TO Aide
S,weIve miles south OF Leesburg); at Aide it
i DIanenes, one iorK leading on to Middleburg,
II, IN Louoon, ana thence TO Rector Cross Reads,
oPpelNlie. ana rams, IN the edge OF Fauquier
county, ana thence through wildwood to VIM
eIeseIi Wnlie tne other FORK passes through
blountsy Vile, Philomont, and Snickersville to
Berry Vile, IN Clarke, and thence to Winches-
HI;
Inc alexandra, Loudon and Hampshire
II, ,alLoaa Is located TO Hlllseorough, and graded
10 Hamilton. but the cars, at present, run only
70 Leesourg, from alexandria, distance of
thlrty-seven miles Hamilton is six and Hills
borough twelve miles from Leesburg There
hluie, ana also from Leesburg TO the Point of
ROCKS IL is possible that within year both
VIII De under way The Manassas Gap road
Is ulsLanl WE'VE miles from Aide, nine miles
IRON mlddleourg, and about seven miles from
farls, AZ stations respectively thirty six, forty
elgnt, ana nfty-hye miles from Alexandra.
Between the Is &c U. and NJ. g. railroads IS the
A L. q H. railroad, IL miles from the former
ana % rom the latter, and no farm in the county
Is more than twelve miles from a railroad sta
ton, provided the A. L. & H. railroad shall be
finished To Hamilton this summer, as is very
probable.
Districts NO. 10 and No. 1, through which the
"A. l.. Il II. railroad runs, extend from the Pc.
tomac 70 the Prince William line, and lie be-
tween Fairfax county and Goose Greek until
the boundary TO the Prince William line. They
are watered by Broad Run, Horsepen, Sugar
land, Beaverdam, and their tributaries and by
Bull Run, which is the boundary of Loudon
and Prince William. All these streams have
mill seats on them, and on Goose Creek some
of them are very fine The routes to the mar.
ket are the canal, two turnpikes, and the rail-
road, whose stations are Herndon, in Fairfax,
Guiliord, Farmwell, and Belmont in Loudop
distant from Alexandria respectively ~, DC al
and 90 miles, and the furthest one ONLY IL miles
from Leesburg, the county seat The lands are
red shale, generally the rock lies deep; there
are extensive beds near the railroad, at Bel.
mont, Of gniess, from which Geese Creek and
range from $40 to $40 Per acre, according to
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