Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-12-10
T,atsnr from E.0Hlsit;iH county.

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.,,l $1,000
huui0ei "i 'c"ni' III Gown ~ "'' "'0'' y" "
ilrlIra!c that the horse uHea"t WIS 'e"il''hS
srnsibly. 1t has never been very severe. but
Ia, ,.,,.,..1 r~,,,rs II t,kr mare ezra or their
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Stoch' anu VIII pioo 'o'S ''''''''"' - : 0''''
ing to the beasts
During the week there have been many sales
or orL-.,bou, 81 has been the rnliuy price
-, -. - .,5
pu! sonic lar potA i's S''<' O -" -
and ii little Inferior al -.
Corn by the small (say lots OF two to i've
hartes) has sold ut 50, but the price can hard
ly be said 70 be much above -. -, perhaps az
high as s.. Is, equal to -. - Or IS. 10 III II"
Spring. as the Shrnkage will make that differ.
cnrc.
think taxes have been pretty we'll paid VI.
During the week preceding December I,t,
there was Il goodly attendance Ct our pccr.e.
On the 18th 81 800 were received; on the 2I.n
S3l ana on the ;jUth one u!;,li VITO paid !;,St
wear about $500, toi,! lrc he could not gel Il;
the Treasurer r his deputy ior three hours on
account Of the press tax payers. Ms i'm
,rnS.inu is tina; i,crcat;cr in l.nlitiuun at least
Inc parmcn, Of taxes will be nlucii easier. The
SL,r 4. in old times being the collector O! iayrs
and i,anI,iny GOOD deal If r,oi..r IN EXERT
,;nr. had tI, mems Of l,yl!ll. ~ the
,nx,, from lime - time. and the result was
that there were up to last year accommodations
Of taxes ,,t former gears 10 be paid. which rem
tircl the burden very heavy, bat when one
wear i taken hv itself. and the taxes cleaned
mn, The burden j. much more clsiIy borne. II
strike, me that the OHIO rule would he mucl
| hotter in VIRGINIA liam our own. II i S,liI
| 49, II;
| Trna.urt.r's nav would BE about 50 tEE), and i:c
would he required 10 be at the county seat lhc
rntir,. timr from AnriI 20 November |, 20
r',r;v,. ,,xas the Assessor. being coupcl!cd
! - ,,,.;;vrr fhrr hook, Ev April Isl under rem
a',y n tort;turc # commissions The tax pay
- come, to The Treasurer. ascertain. his taxes
and Icycs. "a be, say 10 orSlu1: he Pays one
! half Of them Max lst ami the other hall II
any time nrior to November Isl. On Nuvcn.-
her l-t th, unp;il bills are handed to the
| TnyrSnip Collector with ten per cent added,
h">'p ,L, "' c'Inc,ors c,m,,,;.s,n and he
| shnnId Ir rrnnirri r. r,o,c IN in \ mo iii.
TL;s .v,,rm won;a d. .nanI on the action Of the
General Assembly in liking thu assessment :,:.d
tax bills. which must be had by the 18th Of
| February at the latest. The Advantages would
Be- as follows: First, Daring the summer sea
| son work is more readily obt2ine'i ard wagcs
| are higher and pGrsoGs depending upon ticl
| labor could more readily ply taxc: Second
The tax payers to avoid this large pcr"':r
would exert themselves to oay up 't&,,ri,
! 1an,i IN, aware thar any man in these ~
| who talks aUuut constitutional restraints ar
! uurcments il regarded either Is U1 y. az
old lnryl the Board Of Supervisors could s,i-
IT, with the Treasurer AMI fig ali the COUNTY
lcvies at the time contemplated! BY the cnmsu
| ia i..t4,
OF each year.
From taxes to smapox does nnt seem to D.:
q small step, but considerable JUMP and YET
they are both grIcvous infections. | learn tina:
Il Mr. AxIlne formerly OF the German settle
ment. but now OF Ohlo) Is lying dangcrt1n.iy
f.! kah How he got tie disease | have not
heard. We had it last winter near Lincoln,
but it did not spread beyond The house it first
attacked. Both ncighbor!oo,!s are vc:y thick
X settled.
Some Of our sidewalks have been Improved,
bu, young gentleman of our town, who visit
| ed Alcxauira last week, and enjoyed some Of
your Corporation moonlight over some of
Your side walks, docs not think that people
{; who live in yl.ss houses, Us your loea reporter
does so far as his side walks are concerned,
should throw sto1cs ard |, myself. can
testify that there was last september Il very
ugly hole caused by the partial decay OF for
nlcr lamp or awning post on Hing street, be
tween Pitt and Fairfax, nr think between pltt
and Royal, on north side, which is more dan
| rerous than any piece Of side walk in Lees
burg.
BY the way Lcesburs was at first George
town, and Nicholas Minor laid of sixty acres
into lots with streets and alleys and it was in
corporated in lbs under its present. name.
He conveyed lott PMS ton which the
Court House and prison then stood) to Francis
Lir!.tf3ot Lee, the first Justice named III thc
commission of the peace for Louioun county, in
the YEAR ISL. The court now occupies these
ints ALIQrIS.
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Dickens VISIT TO AMEEcA.-ln the first
chapter of the second volume Of Forster
sLite Of Charles Dickens there is printed Tor
the first time the suppressed introductory chap