Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-06-19
Letter from LOulOun County.


| CORRESPONDENTS of the Alexandria Gazette
,IIEEsBURG, June lG, lS7l.-Our harvest
commenced on Monday the 18th Of June. An
old cooper who is observant OF these things,
(for by harvcsts he lives told me few days
since that he had known one field Of Medtcr-
rancan wheat cut on the 18th, and IN old far
mcr told me that the 18th was the earliest har-
vest he had ever known in this county. The
wheat is unusually good The acres are estml-
ted for 20 and % bushels. Early IN the season
when the wheat was Is inches high, it began
to sire" at the roots and farmers began to de-
snond. saying their wheat would dry up. The
same cooper told some OF them that it was the
very sign that their fathers had complained OF
in 1889, which was the great wheat and corn
YEAR of my lifc and he confidently and pcrsis
tcntly predicted Il fine crop, and the entire alb
scncc Of rust as there would not be Il super
abundance Of sap.
The corn crop is looking beautiful; though it
is not large, it is clean and well ploughcd.
The ont and hay will be short crops. The fruit
crop is promising, and there are preparations
making for the packing OF apples for the Wash
inrton market from dealers who last year
bought ut the north An attempt WAS made
TO nick cherries, but the boys getting their
bellies full first did not pick many afterwards.
If they would submit to be muzzlcl until they
had picked Il bushel each, they might then be
relied on to nick cherries The little r;lscalS,
having free access to the trees in i lawful man.
ner. did not fail to improve their opportunities.
Does any one who remembers he was boy
d,r, to throw a stone st IL "m2 ?. IL" i,.ck IS
unnlcs Fam sure they may be rcllcd on lor liic
size of the fruit tells and the capacity or even
4 Lecsburg boys stomach is limited Tor apples
however it may seem for small fruits,
The indications arc IN favor OF land against
high rates of interest. 1t seems to HE that
the tide is turning, and that land IN lIoudoun
at least, will soon be in demand. | believe S1O
Loudoun land with Il good tenant at 20 Is
preferable even to nine per ct. interest, us
think it will produce an income OF - per Ct,
while the body of the investment Is there, and
not invcstiblc in a bankrupt's assets. The man
who OWNS Sl0:OOO LOud0un farm OF 20o acres
is pcrfcctlv sure Of a handsome living Tor HIM
self and family, and IN addition OF at least t
pcr ct. to his principal. Can amy man who
lends $40, 900, 1T any interest allowed ly law,
say rs much?
By-thc-way, it may be Of interest to know
that I'LL the capital Of the Louloun National
bank, except $1,000, was taken by residents OF
Luudoun county, or that $4,000 OF it has thus
been furnished. y poor farmer ora business,
nan lacking ability arc OH i par. and both WILL
suffer from the attriton OF their more INDUS
,rous and asutr ncighbors without their neigh
borS expressing or grinding them, | am con
Gdcnt that this crop OF wheat will make loans
to GOOD men come down to eight per Ct First
class men have never paid higher than
six. unless il has been Il mere Temporary loan
from bank for thirty or sixty days and believe
4 Il, b,t m nm al
tide waiter and | think s,.c >igns Of the flow,
not the HmM, in the direction have Indicated.
Yours, in This hope, AlIQrIS.
FAIRFAX Co.. From the FairaxNew$ l.
AT the late term Of the Circuit Court, }. B.
Ross, charged with the larceny Of horse from
\. &. T0lSon, in August last, was brought INTO
court. Judge Thomas. counsel for the prisoner,
filed 4 plea 70 the jurisdiction Of the court. set
TING forth. that the act defining grand larceny,
passed after the act Of 1866. Furnishing horse
stealing rs L specific offence, operated as 4 re-
peal of the act of lStt. and consequently the
Circuit Court had no jurisdiction: Which plea
was sustained and the prisoner reminded t" the
County Court The effect ni the decision IN
this circuit, is that horse stealing is nn longer
punishable with death; can only be treated IL;
grand or petit larceny. which l.; punished hy
confinement in the penitcntlaly.
Ross, charged with horse stea ling, and who
has; been confined in jail several months, may
he released on Monday next in consequence Of
three terms Of the County Court having past
since the Indictment WAS found against him,
Which some contend will be bar to his trial:
for the offence charged. 1t is stated that Il
charge of horse stealing is pending against him
in Warren county, and that fifty dollars has
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the cause Of his rc-arrcst. in case hc is dis
charged here.
Eilty-scvcn persons. residing in this county
have Swolmtllat they were loyalto the s. Gov
crnmcnt during the war, and have presented
claims before the ''Suuthrrn Claims Commits
sion at Washington.
During the session Of the Circuit Court last
wcck,whcn land boundary case between Thos
Hall and John W. Barker was being tried:
Mr. Hall frequently pulled from his pock ct i
roll of paper said to be the original survey OF
his farm by George Washington, and shaking
it at the Jury, he would say, you cant go he
hind that.
Many of the farmers in this county COM
menccd cutting their wheat the early part OF
this week. Harvest is ut least ten days earlier
this year than We have ever known it. Wheat,
we think, will yield better than was supposed
a few weeks ago. Corn is looking tolcrabTy
well. Oats and grass. owing to the long drouth,
are short.
Mr.. Job IIawxhurst has commenced the cree
ton Of residence in this place for his own oc-
culancy.
FAUQUIER CoUNTY.-A letter from Upper.
VILE in the Wawenton Index says 1.-THE
country looks beautiful just now, and from all
could sec and gather the crops are quite
promising. The wheat is ready for the reaper
Its quality is excellent While the acreage in
wheat is below the average, the yield is much
above it. The corn is clean, thrifty; the grass
superb and all kinds Of stock in an admirable
condition.. it is hoped the farmer will realize
handsomely on his grain and from its sale bring
into the country L sufficicncy of money to make
his condition easier.
The Warrcntnn Index asks are land owners
on the line Of the o., \. Il NJ Il. r. going to