Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-08-17
Letter from the Springs.

! Correspondence or the AleXandrla Gazette.
COLD WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, Aug IT.
Having gotten to this place, two miles from
Goshen depot, on the Chesapeake T. Ohio Rail
road, thirty-four miles west FROM Staunton, |
find that it is most delightful watering place,
with every comfort that a man of moderate
desires needs. There are about sixty visitors
here and they seem to en- joy themselves great
ly. The charges are moderate, 81 per day and
$50 per mouth, which is great recommends
ton. The water is highly spoken of and is said
| TO cure every desease that atfcts humanity, at
least, so the certificates OF the doctors say, and
I have no reason to doubt it. The mountain
view is most charming. We sleep under bIauk
ets while the dcDizens of Washington and
Alexandria are sWcltcriug without hardly de-
sire for a sheet over them, and annoyed with
that pest, the mosquito. To all who desire to
spend pleasant week or two with a most
obliging host and have the Pewter iuktum'
to spare, | say come. "PEQUoD."
TIE LATE DROUGHT "A most distressing,
and to some extent singular, drought is prevail.
ing in many parts Of the Stale. Strips of coun-
try few miles wide, but of great length, are in
some Instances, burning up while the balance of
Il section or county is very seasonable-in some
alone are seasonable, AMI the balance Of the Sec
ton excessively dry. In Botctourt county
there is Il dry belt across the county not more
than five miles wide and on each side most
huuntItul crops. La Buckingham there are
few strips on which copious rains have fallen,
while the balance is nearly ruined. In some
places there has been no RAIN to do any good since
| April Water is giving out in some places-the
lower part of the Valley suffers most in this
respect; the eastern slope OF the Blue Ridge can
rarely if ever suffer thus. The innumcrable
springs in all our mountains and the bold
streams breaking from every valley make it i'm
possible that we should be seriously disturbed
as are our Valley trends-by want Of water
for cattle.
There are abundant crops in all the upper
portion OF this county; and while the dry season
has affected the James River valley, yet in this
county and Nelson the crops on the James
River lowgrounas are good aud in many Instances
large ones
We had many very 6nc oat-crops but the
uat-crop in this section of the State, as whole,
is very short; aud the price will be necessarily
high.
We advise our readers who have good crops
of oats-but especially our mountain friends
to take caro- OF them and to bale them; aud
they will make more money by them than they
have ever done before The scarcity Of hay in
several of the best cattle counties will make all
forage high, and grain can not but bring good
price.
The upper portion of Amherst aud Nelson
have been blessed with most abundant crops Of
all kinds this year-bcttcr in many places than
for ten years. If properly taken care Of these
crops will bring great amount OF money aud
thus will enable our mountain farmers to in.
crease their stock Of wiutcr cattle. --1nlhnYt
To. Enterprise.
C. 90. CASAL.-Thc board Of directors of
the canal company met in Annapolis on We'd
ncsdav, and the President reported that owing
. to the very low state OF water in the Potomac
river, proper supply has been only secured
for the navigation of the canal by the extraor-
binary labor and care Of the employees on
Georgetown and Monocacy division. The gross
earnings of the company for the past month
are largely in excess of any corresponding pc
Rod since the completion Of the canal, while at
the same time the expenses have been reduc-
| ed. The gross earnings were sos, CSC u; to-
tai expenses, pay of officers. ordiuary aud ex-
traordnary expenses sl4. 67S. 81; net revenue for
the month $43,957.SO; number of tons coal
shipped, l0l $50 Is. The President also re.
ports that by the direction Of the board the
services of one of the harbor masters at George.
town had been dispensed with, as well as one
of the bosses and repair hands under him,
which will result in reduction of the ordinary
expenses of from twelve to fifteen hundred dol,
lars per annum.
The report of w. R. Hutton chief engineer
Of Western Maryland railroad who was Se.ec
ted to accompany the late president Hon. j.
G. Clarkcs and NJ. German, over the line of
the canal, was read, recommending enlarge
ment of capacity Of the canal at the cost Of
SIS 600 to be expended in sums Of ten to
to twelve thousand dollars per annum. S3j,OO0
is estimated for necessary repairs during the
fall and winter
ALMOST RIOT IN FREDERICKsBCRG On
Tuesday evening officer Taylor was sent for by
Mrs. Humphreys (who lives next door to the
Shakespeare House, kept by VIM. II. Scott,
colored) who complained that colored people
we're occupying the steps of her house and
otherwise annoying her. Taylor, who is con-
stable, and not Police Officer, attempted the
removal of the parties on the stepa, and is said
to have used his stick. 1t is also reported that
in the melee Taylor struck SCOTS wife. BE
this as it may, SCOTS son started off to point
where the Band (of which Scott is a membcr)
was playing, and told Of an attack by Taylor on
his mother. We hear that directly thereafter
some forty coored men assembled at tn Shakes
peare, vowiug vengeance, and threatening to
kill Taylor, and that they went so far as to
search lots and peer into places OF resort. The
Mayor soon thereafter ordered out special
force of twenty, who patroed the streets du.
ring the night. Yesterday, the Mayor issued a
warrant on the complaint of Scott for the arrest
Of Taylor. The Mayor having required bond
with 5000 security for Taylor's keeping the
peace for six months Mr. T. declined giving