Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-04-30


Ward, battery X, fourth artillery; private Rich
ard Wallace. battery K, fourth artillery; pr-
waite Michael Wallace, battery *, fourth artll-
lery: Lieutenant Thomas Wright, company E,
twelfth infantry; private Greed company
+, twelfth infantry; citizen Lewis Webber,
OF SisklyOu county: private William Boyle,
company f, twelfth Infantry; private Howard,
company H. twelfth Infantry; private News
bury, company Il. twelfth Infantry. In addl-
ton to the foregoing eight men were buried In
the field whose names could not be asceralned.
The list of wouneed comprises twenty prl-
Yates. Lieut.. George NJ Harris, battery X,
fourth artillery, reported wounded, graduated
at West Point in 1869 He Is sou Of George
". Harris, a merchant of Philadelphia.
Letter from Londoun County.
Correspondence Of the Alexandria Gazette. |
LEEsHuRG, Va, April 29.-Mr Jas. Grub,
Assessor in 1870 for the First District, cmbrac-
ing the townships Of Lcesburg, Jefferson and
Loycttsyille, and containing about l45, 900 acres
of laud averaging 10 value SIG, declined to
qualify under the late act of Assembly provld-
ing for correction in 1878 of an assessment
made in 1870. His reasons were that the lands
were not assessed by him too high, and as
many OF them had last year been reduced by
the court much below his estimate of their
value, he would have to put them up and thus
give offence to his urighbors. a further rea
son assigned was that the work could not be
done according to law III the time allowed. Mr.
Gee. i. Moore was put III his place.
4 strenuous effort is about to be made TO
get subscriptions to the bonds Of the w & O..
- -, t.,rt iran far
beyond Hamilton to PurccllviIle three miles,
and Round Hill, six miles. Purccve is the
most accessible point in Loudoun county to
Lincoln. Phlomont, New Lisbon, Union, Snick-
| crsvillc, Hlsborough and Whcatland; say the
market place for 90, 900 acres Of land OF which
| Is, 900 will be in wheat producing for sale, be-
vond the seed and bread, about $50, 5000 bush
els, and at least half as much corn for sale, be.
sides the poultry, beef and pork due to one OF
the finest and most productive regions, | will
90 further, the very finest region IN Virginia.
Should the road, by the middle Of August, be
advanced to Round Hill, it will be within
eleven miles of Berryvillc by excellent roads,
and the trade Of Clarke, once the nurse OF Alex
ardria, will again seek her market, and within
| these limits the connection can be made with
! the Shenandoah Valley Railroad, which would
| bring the anthracite coal direct to Alexandria
from the mines Now $50, 900, or at most $40
900 in bonds, bearing an interest in gold Of 7
per ccut, worth ll74 and selling at IS will do
this thing This interest is payable scmi-an-
nualy and is equal to about ~ per cent. Let
some of your merchants who have means go to
| the railroad Office, or better let Mr. Mckenzie
take his map Of Loudoun to the Commercial
| Exchange rooms and show the merchants the
location of his road. and explain the position
of Purccllvie and Round Hill, creme mberiug
that Lincoln is the Friends Meeting House on
said map and soberIy ask them, if they have
not the means, whether it would not pay to
borrow from the banks and push this road on
10 the men of Loudoun, interested, the matter
will be presented in such a shape as to make
them open their eyes to behold, and their
pockets to shell out the gracnbacks which men
Of that region have.
Some old people say that the moon is the
ruling planet this year, and that the corn crop
will be poor, but the locust bloom in few days
will tell the tale. Should it not be heavy one
it would be well to plant good crop Of pota-
toes. ALIQUIs.