Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-04-29
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nc if It we're going to be working session.
Tha fo,lou;oo county commissioners, amely
Maesrs Geo R. Head, Arthur L.. Rogers,
San',,ai Simnson and James Grub attended
IN Monday, and, to day, completed their labors
Nv dividing the county into six townships.
" Districts No. 10 and on the Fairfax line
oononoso tho township OF Broad Run, that
strnam rising 10 No. | and emptYing into the
potomac about the middle of the river front OF
No. 10 -,
A better description would be, that it extends
from the Potomac on the north to the Prince
William line on the South, and from the Far
fax line on the east to Goose Greek and the
Negro mountain on the west. 1t is about nine
miles from east to west and fifteen miles from
North to South. Its voting places are Guiltord,
e. ", Hummer, registrar and Gum Spring,
r. ". Wrenn, registrar, and it's voting popuo-
lation GOO. The township of Lcesburg extends
from Balls and Carriers mill on the south to
Nolaud's Ferry and Point Of Rocks on the
north and from Goose Greek on the east to the
ton of Cotocton mountain, as Tar rs clarke IS
Gan, and thence with the top OF the Hog6ack,
the eastern range OF the Cotocton to Goose
Creek. It's about IS miles from north TO
south and about five miles wide, and IS oounu.
ed by the Potomac river on the north ana easI
for about 90 miles 1t contains Ieesourg, inc
county seat, Jesse J. Stansberry registrar ana
Goresvie, - registrar, and votes aDouI
$50 men. 1t is as nearly paradise, including
the "bouries, as any place on tho lace OF the
earth only they arc christians.
From lofty mount 10 fl owing river,
Brightest of lands, a JOY forever;
Thy matrons grave, thy msidens fair,
A lovely set, indeed they are.
Really I don't like to leave home, but the
tovnsh;n of Mercer embraces the whole OF the
M;ddleburg and almost all OF the district OF
Union: famous now is the township Tor the
marble ouarries lately discovered, and upon
which they are now working, and 1t extends
from the Fauauier line to Hibb's mill on BeaV
erdam. and with Beaverdam to its intersection
| bv the line of its north fork With the Smokers
Gan turnpike near DR.. F. T. Grady's larm
| and thence with the Union district to the top
of the Blue Ridge. 1t is II miles from east to
west, and about from north to south. LIS
voting population is about $50 and Its Young
places are Middleburg, Union and BIeakIIy' $
store. The land is superexcellent, and 1t mas
the advantages of the Ashby's Gap and the
Suckers Gap turnpike. both conVergglng at
Aide. 1t lies between the Manassas Gap and
the ". &. 0. R. R., and its central line is
about miles from each Of them. think from
the fact of its having been the home OF an ex'
President (Monroe) and OF four CongressncD,
Leyen Powell, Jos. Lewis, Z. F. Mercer and
| Cutbbert Powell, it may be called the his
torc," perhaps the classic township OF the
| county. ,
The township of Gilead is to the north Of
| Mercer. and is about the same size, extending
from tue top of the Hogback over the Cotoc
ton to the top of the Blue Ridge. 1t is skirt,
ed on the south by the Smokers Gap turnpike
| and on the north by the Leesburg and SnlcS-
| crs' Gan turnpike, and also by the w. & y;
| r. r. It's voting population is about 800 and
| its voting places are Mt. Gllead, Sllcott S
| Springs and Snickersvile. 1t embraces the
| Nit. GiIead, slice of the Union, and about
the L. & s.. turnpike at, Mahlon Thomas's. and
proceeding thence by the road through Scot.
land to the top of the Blue Ridge.
| The township Of Jefferson embraces the re-
mainder of the Snickersville district, part of
the Hillsborough district, extending to Key 5
Gap, thence by surveyed road to the corner
of the Lovettsville district at the Short HILL.
thence to the corner of Lovettsville, HILLSIDE
rough and Waterford districts on the Berlin
turnpike and thence to the northwest corner OF
the Leesburg district, (No. s. throwing part
| OF the Waterford district into it and part
| into the Lovcttsvillc township. This is about
the size of the TWO townships last named, its
voting population about 500. and its voting
places Hisboroueh, Waterford and Purcell.
vile. This is dcbatcable ground, the tour
named prior to it being conservative. The town.
ship of Lovcttsville extends from the Blue
Ridge or the west to the Cotocton on the east,
and is intersected by the Short Hill. Its vot-
ing population is about 500, and its voting
places Neersville and Lovettsville. 1t bounds
on the Potomac from Harper Ferry to Point
OF Rocks a distance of thirteen miles, and its
avenues to market are the B. & D. r. r. and
G. & 0. Canal.
1t is very Republican, and has fewer
blacks in it than any other township IN the
county. think it can hardly be called radi.
cal for its people are pleasant, genial and hos
pitabc people.
"Their country was nourished by the king 8
country" and they could not have been other
were very few slave holders. ALEoU1s.
FAUoUIER COUNTY. The following are the
townships and voting places in the county:
Centre Township .-Warrenton and New
Baltimore.
Cedar Run Township. w arrenton Junction
and Bristersburg.
Rappahannock Township -Beaton and
horrisville.
Scot Township. Plains, Rectortown and
Paris.
Marshall Township. Salem, Orleau aud
Markham.
Judge Smith, recently elected Judge of Fau-
quier county, held his first Court on Monday,
and inaugurated the new regime with dignity
and courteousness which made most favorable
impression. He appointed VIM. NJ. Hume,
Sheriff, who bonded in the penalty Of sixty
thousand dollars. T. N. Fletcher was appoint
ell Clerk of the County Court, with VIM.
NJ. Spiman as deputy Clerk. H. Sheppard,
H. r. Garden and Jas. V. Chiffon, were ap-
pointed Commissioners in Chsncery. Jas. Y.
Chiffon was appointed Commonwealth At
torney.
The Murray will case, which has been the
subject of such extensive litigation and involv
ing the title of the legatees to valuable estate,
was concluded in the Circuit Court on Friday.
There was no agreement by the Jury. they
standing for to against the will Waren-
ton Sentinel.
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