Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-02-26
J,oudOun COunty-NO. t..

1OU0Oun SOuuty-NO. -.
of the Alexandria Gu"ette.l
We have left District No. S, and have ira,
versed No. 6 or the German Settlement.
II lies between the Potomac on the North
and Districts No. and No. on the South
and the "Cotocton' mountain on the East ahu
the Short Hill on the West, and contains about
Gfty square miles, with L population, when
for our State seems TO be teemlng:
Iovettsvie, village OF $50 inhabitants. L.
situated near the centre Of 1t, and has two Inc
stores, good female schoo! and male school'
which has lately started under the moss favor
able auspices ur- tp..,,,
on the Maryland side OF the river; me :, n'u
doun and Berlin Turnpike from PurceiiVlIIc 20
RcrIin passes from South to North through
the District and runs by Bolington, where
there is p. o., store, tailor 5 shop an ni II
blacksmith shop with one or two dwellings,. The
stream in the Western part OF tho District Is
called the "Dutchman.' and has on 1t kaIb 5,
| Georpo's and Everhart's saw mill. lIovetlS
vile not being whiting mile OF any OF these
mills had almost forgotten the large smith
shop and shop for repairing reapers, mowers
and all agricultural implements run by George
Wise. The next stream on the East IS Quar-
tor Branch. which like the "Dutchman enters
tho Potomac not far from Berlin, the oac to
the West and the other to the East OF the pier"
OF the bridge, which ''ante bcum used 70
snan the Potomac. The next stream ana a
very considerable one Is Cotocton, many Oi
whose branches have heretofore mentioned.
0no branch of this stream rises on the Short
Hill and running through the whole DISTRICT
on,o,;os into the main stream about one mile
North Of the line of District !. This west
branch has on it Grubb' mill, while the main
stream has Downey's Loudouu Mills and Henry
Williams Toy lertown Mills. The people
here were before the war intensely wing, anu
during the war Union men; now they arc haui
oils nn}ined to meet their Southern brethren II
friendly relations '.
This was the people that 50 n.uch DISCUS,
ted Richard Brent in his contest with JGS'pi
Lewis.
, Prince " llliam had voted almost unanimous
~ for Brent on the lst Monday, then inc vol
ing day for that county, and Mayor l12%l
had been rudcly treated by some o! tn'
ADomocratie voters" Lewis came to Loud
onn sct his runncrs going with the details o
his treatment, somewhat magnlllcu perhaps
and the people came together on the secon'
i, Monday uIoudoun court day. and in the goot
9 old fashioned, honorable, outspoken 'Viv
? voce'" way. proclaimed their preference. 10
: LAWS. Lewis, Lewis, until Mr.. Brent retire.
' utterly discomfttcd from tho town.
4 There were then no precincts, all voted 4
i the court house on court day. Fairfax complet
ed the triumph of Mr.. Lewis, who held tn
seat from the Loudoun District for fourteen
y wears. and was succeeded by Mr.. Mercer 10
!, nearly % years.
y The first election that ever witnessed, wa
when james McEhany aud Asa Roe
. ers wero frat elected and the ringing SCUM
o Of the voices as they maniully Shou'eu ou
g Mack Ilhany and Rogers was truly Inspiring,
=, The main denominations OF christians are III
Lutheran, German Reform, Presbyterian an
n (old) Baltimore Conference Mcthodists, thong
there are q few Episcopallans, and more Soutf
ern Methodists. The churches arc on il
. outskirts Of the town, being mile IN some II
stances from L9vettsVlle.
Il But this is settlement, sure enough; L he
+ ing rarely that traveller is out OF sight o!
house, and sometimes you can see dozen {
n more Labor is honorable here, almost ever
man doing some work on his farm, and tn
boys and hired white men doing the rest ,wnl
n the wives and daughters with white help q
the cooking and other domestic duties.
And oh don't they feed we'll and ar 1T the
= kind and hospitable and monstrous CAD to Sc
e strangers. especially if they are little &C
: ouainted with them. The market is Berlin
c and for the n. f. part Of the District the p
l. of Rocks, where are abutments and piers 0
J. another bridge. The river here as at ber
;, is about 800 lcet wide. This District has tn
. advantage Of the competition Of Georgelow
u and Baltimore.
N The lands here range from $50 to 500, pc
acre: in the Districts 2, ;. and 5 they rang
8 rom $50 to $50.
= think that generally speaking the lands {
J, this District are hot quite SO good, as those
the otht,rs We have tra7crscd as named above
y Wares here arc much higher than in an
: othcr ,,srt of the county. not excepting Lees
S Surs District CsI aod lands Of the quality al
fully slO per sore higher than c'se'Fhcr'
From somo farms 1900 bushels Of wheat hay y:
been delivered in one day to barIlo, Wh.!e tn
bridge was standing, wis from all other par
c oi The county, West of Hamilton, 100 nu+he
q day is good work. So much fer the prox'ml'
OF railroads anu canals. r., -
lily next letter will be from 'ioresvIie ate
having traversed District No. 7. ALloUlS.