Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-01-23
Letter from (ulpeper.

est town Of Virginia the county at Of Il coun-
ty Of the same uama AID is situated on the
! Orange and Alexandria railroad, slXty-two miles
from Alexandria, and contains between two
and three thousand population, and is village
of considerable trade and business activity. 1t
is rather solid built, being mostly Of brick
There are several mills and manufactures here,
. among them plaster mills and factories for fer
tilizcrs, &C. This is a favorable Indication, rs
the proper use of plaster is Very useful ar
ticle in fertile grass and clover lands. There
is but one hotel here, the Waverly, kept by
Colonel Tayloe. w .....
One of the national military cemeteries, is
located here, handsomely situated Oh small
hill and we'll kept; and in my opinion it would
be we'll and charitable if the dead WHO fell in
battle. of both armies were buried in the nat on
al grounds, and the same kindly care shown
them by government as the soldiers in both
armies were brethren before the war, and the
differences sh,uld be healed and fraternity rc-
uewed as soon rs possible, and uatioual unity
secured as speedily Us possible, that we may be
i true Union.
Culprp,r was early called Fairfax, but as
there was village Of that namc IN Fairfax
county, this was changed TO c;rrespoad t. TIT,
name OF the county, which was originally named
and spelled after old Governor Culptppcr with
a double p This county comprises portion
of the celebrated Piedmont region, distinguish
ed for its healthy climate and agricultural eX-
cellence, while the clay of the country is as
handsome as any part of the Ssate. Culpeprr
county embraces about 43l 900 acres or land,
with considerable mineral wealth. and the pop
ulaton is between twelve aud fifteen thousand.
they have a prosperous agricultural society
with very handsome fair grounds, neatly and
permanently fitted up, with fine buildings,
stalls and Enclosures. on an elevation which
overlooks the country and mountains.
| am fortunate in enjoying the pleasant hos.
pitaIity of the intelligent and accomplished
family Of Colonel S. S. Bradford, and
the Advantage Of his guidance through the
county.
He owns and cultivatcs one of the most beau,
titul farms in this whole country and Is ono or
the most thorough and prosperous farmers III
the State His farm. some eight hundred
acres. is aud,omcly rolling, aud his residence.
on an eminence, commands a view of Il wide
sweep of country und nearly a hundred miles
of the Blue Ridge mountains, tie goes large
" nto grass and meadows, which are .uXllrlant;
his fields are we'll -drained and clean. Sumps.
roots, stones and brars are all cleared away;
the little brooks are all Strengthened and cleared
out, so that the good grass grows down to the
water edge, so that the farm and all its sur
roundings look neat and thrifty, and profitable.
Colonel Bradford has fine flock Of near five
hundred Merno sheep, which he finds
very profitable, though he has suffered some
. from the ravages Of dogs. His sheep are
healthy and vigorous and receive good care anu
shelter, and show good tieeces.
In all this region, and wherever [ travel and
| q, ,r,ti &c and nrnValhnu
IN favor of an efficient dog law which shall
afford safety in sheep raising. ,.',.r
Mr.. Bradford also has some very, fine short
horn CATTLE among them superior thorough
bred Durham bull, ''Old Bob Ridley" which
is for sale at low price, as he has others of his
stock One thing, which it was pleasant for ME
to see he has several Jokes Of noble, large
oxen, and is raising more. Farmers in this
country, can't do better thing than to use
more large stout oxen in the farm work. He
also has some handsome bloodcd colts and tiuc
Chester pigs. In short he is a frst-class
thorough farmer, with splendid farm and su
t perior Stock of every kind upon it; and dwell
upon these facts, more to give aa example thar,
for his benefit; and it were well for the 'Gll
: Dominion if there were vastly more ,aca
. farmers in it than there are.
From this point the view of the mountains
with their snow covering mixed WITH the Tor
ests is grand and beautiful 1t is now believed
that the next harvest Of wipter wheat will be
good, the SHOWS of this winter being favorable;
yet, let plenty Of spring crops be planted. {.
SUSPICION OF FRAUD For the las six days
gagged in the trial Of the case Of MIR. ID. ".
Moore vs.. the Fircmcn's Insurance COMPANY,
of San Francisco, and Virginia Fire and Murine
Insurance Company, of Richmond, for $1O,0U0
that being the amount of two policies Of.
50 500 each in The former company, and one Of
5000 in the latter, upon the Sho;kG Plaster
mill building and contents, formerly located on
The southside Of the dock, near the foot Of
} Seves,ceuth street, aud destroyed by fire on
the oath Of December, 1871.
The companies resisted the claim of Mr..
Moore on the ground 81 fraud, alleged to have
been practiccd by the plaintiff, and that he
made fraudulent representations OF his loss
upon stock, &c A suit was instituted against
the companies, but it may be remarked that
soon after the fire his books were handed in at
the office of the Virginia Fire and Marin. Com
pany for the purpose of being examined f)r set
Element One Of the policies was not upon the
stock, but upon the buildings and the other two
were upon the stock, machinery, fixtures, Sc In
the course Of the trial it became necessary that
the books Of Mr.. Moore should be brought into
Court. Upon examination il was found that two
items in the bag account-onc for about 81 300
and the other for about $S30-had been SO alter
ed as to create suspicion Of foul play. ...
When the case was concluded the Court in
structcd the Jury that it'the insurance was not
exclusively upon the stock, but upon stock, ma
chiney, and buildings; and that if they believed
there was fraud u he specific item Of 1900
for bays, which the plaintiff said he bad lost
then all claim under the policies were forfeited,
whether upon loss on stock or any other article
embraced in the policy. In accordance with
the instructions Of the Court, and the tcsti-
mony already heard, the jury rendered yer
dict In favor Of the INSURANCE companies in
two cases, but 10 the case of the policy on the
building they found $1,000 10 favor of the
plaintiff. ......., .....
After the verdict Of the jury had been rem