Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-12-12
State Of Virginia.

State Of Virginia.
| IN Mc Editor If the .ilcranlrin Guv"tie:
Below is Il copy of letter from gentleman
| in London. to The London Times newspaper,
which has hren hardcd To Us by friend for
publication: -pIeasc lusert It IN your paper, and
ubliyc Yours very truly, GREEN Il WISE.
ALEXANDRIA. Va, Dec. r., ISL
LONDON, Nov. -, 1871.
| IL Mc Eiior NJ the Times:
Sir-My attention has beeu drawn to the par
agraph which appears in your Journal OF this
date from one Of the correspondents uf the y.
| York Times travelling through Virginia. who
has evidently written under the influence Of
strong Northern prrjudices and violent South
| ern antipathcs The New Iork Times cor
| respondent is careful to omit all mention Of the
county and town Of which h" writes. and takes
| especial care that his observations shall appear
to apply to Virginia generally. Virginia. ex
| elusive of Vest Virginia.. covers an area OF 81,
900 square miles ami contaiu> $4,000 iarm> 1t
| is we'll known that no State in the Union suffer
ed more in the late revolutionary war Same
| parts Of this State during the War were cruelty
devastated towns destroyed, villages burnt.
farms swept clean Of all their implements, live
stock. and produce, and even the very lives OF
the occupants sacrificed Such. probably, was
respondent described, as if with view to dis
courage the migration of Northern farmers
| from the New England States to the more fertile
| lands and milder climate Of Virginia, it being
well known in New York that large numbers Of
| Northerners are realizing their property and
settling upon farms in Virginia, which eau be
| purchased and cultivated ut a cost far below
that OF Northern larms.
| The correspondent cootradictS himself in
saying in one part of his communication, that
10 the county town the three solitary stores
winch it contains can supply no greater luxury
than box of Potomac smells; while he adds
that the hotel bill OF fare comprised corn bread
and butter. fried chicken, bacon, ham. chicory
coffee, and milk, articles which many travel
ler> through sparsely settled country would es
TEEN choice Injuries.
| 1t is undoubtedly true that in parts of Eir
GINA many Of the owners OF furnishing estates
and farms before the late war, have been utterly
ruined, and are now quite unable to keep their
farms under cultivation, or to pay for the labor
necessary for the purpose: and are therefore d.
viding and subdividing their lands aud selling
them upon almost any terms Within the past
few weeks | have received several letters trom
gentlemen who left this country last year. and
who have purchased and settled upon farms in
Loudoun Albemarle, and other counties, giving
most pleasing account Of the country about
them, its fertile soil. varied productions, and
the large and quick return which they are real
izing from the outlay of capital. They express
themselves perfectly satisfied with their new
homes. and describe in glowing terms the pic
| tureSque beauty Of the country, the healthincss
of the climate, and the &ndly hospitality of the
inhabitants; and finally, that no State On the
American continent holds out better prospect
for English settlers and capitalists than rapidly
regenerating Virginia. | trust you will give
this letter place in your columns, as the para
graph which has called it forth is calculated to
do gricvous harm to a high spirited and strug
Cling community who have nobly earned, and
we'll deserve. the sympathy of the British pub
lc JNo. BATE
WASHINGTON TEMS.-The C. 4 O. canal is
kept open with difficulty, owing to the continual
cold weather Above Seneca the ice is quite
thick, requiring as many as twenty five mules
at the ice breaker. The opinion is general that
the boating season is about closed.
\ large number of employees in the depart
ment of yards and docks, hayward, have been
placed on half and two.thirds time, and con-
siderable number have been turloughet.
zen of Washington, died Of pneumonia yestcr-
reau of the War Department, in which Office
he had served faithfully for many years
Madame de Padua Eeury, wife of i. \. de
Padua Fleury secretary of the Brazilian lega-
ton died yesterday at the residence Of her hus-
band.
The first election Of delegate from the
Washington district to the lay convention to be
held during the session Of the Baltimore An
nual Conference, to commence on the 18th OF
February next, for the purpose Of electiug lay |
delegates to the General Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, to be held in
May 1872, took place at the fourth quarterly
meeting conference, Mckendree Church, on
Thursday evening last The nomination was
first offered to Mr. J. Z. Hardness, but being |
declined by him, the unanimous choice Of the
meeting fell upon Mr.. J. n. Davis, and Mr..
j. W. Wade was designated as alternate.
MoHAMMEDANs IN BRAZlL.-A curious but |
interesting story, relative to the Alohamme-
dams in Rrazil * now being reDeated from a |