The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-09-13
ArRAlRs m VIRGINIA.
Picnic Near Manassas - Improve
meus Of she Country Hesr Msnss-
sss-araves OF Confederate Dead
Political News.

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MANASSAS, september ', ioos',n - -
was held yesterday In grove near TINS pi.oe,
for the purpose of rsisinr means to be applied
- IN. hn,,d,nr AZ 4 .cbool.bouse. To make
'he ouhuinB " . a.. most promi.
this AFFAIR one OF interest," 'n ,,oin,ne corn.
nent gentlemen OF this ana aoJo'"i's .ou"
lies were selected as managers. Ample ar
rangements had been made for dancing by
A. sr..,,or ~ a platform 100 feet long. and
ane w., -, ,.orr.,o~u
Holy hlli oanu 49, eusaseu'
The Orange, ai'Nandria and Manassas
kraiiroad reduced the fare over their road to
lsi for return tlclseis, rood for two days. A
large number from wa.hlng,on. A,eIanaria
80 r.,.sS -, s'on' H,e.an'''a
anu hAnak sVhhed themselves OF THIS re-
duction BY attending.
| The place selected for the picnic was In n
beautiful grove near the village. and abopt
II O'Clock the crowd commenced 10 Assem-
bic. The ladies turned out In full force. and
tho beauty Of Alexandria and Prince William
was we'll represented. Dancing commenced,
and continued until dinner, which was fur,
nished by Harvey varnes, osa., the gentle
manly hnu httentlNe proprietor OF the hotel
at Manassas, and II was O dinner that he
may well DO proud Of. We always knew
that Manassas was famous for It's good eat
ing, but was perfectly surprised at the ele-
giant dinner furnished on the occasion.
Aner dinner, dancing again commenced,
and continued until about 0 O'Clock In the
evening, when the party adjourned 10
Varnes' hotol at Manassas, when dancing
again commenced In the parlor and con-
tinued until the small hours Of the next
morning. Tho picnic was great success.
Everybody seemed highly pleased and de-
lighted, and the managers deserve q great
deal OF credit for tho manner In which all
the arrangements were carried out. Among
the managers who deserve special notice,
and who were very busy and active In their
endcavors to make every one enjoy them
selves, were Mr.. Driver, Of the Co,nmtreial
Adptrfissr, OF Alexandria, Va; Mr.. Kings
ley, OF Alexandria, and DR.. Hornbakcr, OF
this village.
Manassas has improved wonderfully
within the last year. 1t has now about
eighty buildings, two churches, three schools,
Zone colorcd,) two hotels, one steam-mlll,
one sumac mill, i've stores, one newspaper,
one tin-shop, two shoe-shops, two wheel
wright shops, &C.
A plat for new town has been made and
lots staked OF about 800 or 400 yards from
tnc uoPos' Nb oeautIuLy suuhteu on tue
highest point between Alexandria aud Gull
pepper, being 500 feet above tide-water at
Alexandria. Since the FIRST day OF January
not less than $500, 900 worth OF property has
been sold to actual settlers. This new addi-
ton to the village was Laid out by Messrs.
McPherson, stillson & Co., Of Washington,
and quite large number Of lots have been
sold, upon which business houses and resi-.
dences will be erected. Cannon, Mclean q
Co., real estate agents, have sold large
number Of valuable tracts Of land lately.
They are located at the village. W. 3,
Chase, assistant assessor of internal revenue
for Fairfax and Prince William, IL located
here, and the business Of his department /:
increaaing. They have a good weetlv nane,
establIshed here-the Manassas Ga!sttS-
published nv Messrs. Whiting 4 Waters
Mr, Whiting was Tor a nnmbeI ~ wears con.
nected witb the N,Itiorai L,t,iiio,nc,r ana tbs
Wa.binoton Eynrr,. and ia a Centieman al
sne iita,srx attainnsnts The Manssss.
Gn,,,,, ia a aood nansr ~, the Wasbinr zion
r,aroh.n,s - sSyert,sa IN M II circnfa,es
nar, ia saa,x IN ,ha connsi.s .d,airIna
'e m osms,srv vh,ch Il .itHstad ps., IN,
x,Iiaae ia IL q be.ntiS,I snot ana reaact.
100 cr.djt nnon the I.dtes ~ Manassa.