Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-08-14
Letter from Loldoiln County.

ICorrespondence of the Alexandria Gazette.
LEEsBURG, VA, Aug. II, lS73.-Our Au-
gust Court brought as many people to town as
,,sual, but thanks to the order of the Board Of
Supervisors forbiddiDg tables in the Court
House yard, the crowd was net 50 much bunch
ed As usual.
All dealers in watcrmclons sold out clean,
and everybody was satisfied, except some young
men, who, not being temperate in all things,
got into a fight and replenished, to some extent,
the town treasury. Early in the afternoon one
colored man knocked another down, and late at
night there was fight, but no serious damage
was done.
We had here rain early this morning, while
from Waterford to Taylortown, in the north
western portion Of the county it was heavier.
The rain at Hoysville, a little farther north,
was accompanied by hail, which did more or
less damage to the corn, and extended to the
Potomac at Rawlings ferry, and probably over
into MARYLAND, near Monocacy. The weather
has been threatening all day and about night
the shower began to fall and We have prospects
of settled RAIN
A singular result Of the late harvest is that
the lands in south Loudoun cast Of Goose
Creek valued at SIS to $50, have produced
more wheat to the acre than the fine lands
west of the Cotuctin mountain, which are valu
ed at $40 TO so per acre. The greater facil
| tv for reaching market accruiug to the south
| Loudoun lands will eventually bring them into
notice. They have produced in many insan-
ces IS, lG, II, and Is bushels of wheat per
acre, while the higher priced lands have, in
SOME instances, gone below ten bushels.
The Conservative nominations give Immense
satisfaction aud should not be surprised II
the vote and majority were greater than those
for Walker.
By the way, singular feature of our Au-
gust Court was parade Of the colored men S
| Temperance Society, which marched through
the streets of the town about the middle of the
| afternoon, (prcceeded by some members OF the
| Leesburg baud with their instruments ln full
| blast) attracting large crowd. There must
| have been more than one hundred in regalla
The main body Of our coored population Is
sober, industrious and thriving. They have a
Methodist and u Baptist Church, with preach
ers of their own race, who are certainly very
commercially pious and earnest.
The time for camp meetings and associations
is at hand. The Old School Baptists lead off
this week at New Valley. near Point Of Rocks
aud the Goose Creek Quaker Quarterly Meet
ing comes believe on Saturday, at Liucoln,
and the Loudoun Circuit camp meeting next
week.
Our town and county are specially healthy
this summer, and we have good many vl>i-
tors at our small hotels, and am assured that
many more persons would spend the summer
here if there was large hotel with ample
accommodations for families. Notlcsably there
have been some Alexandria girls, whose beau.
ty calls back the memories of forty years ago,
when had several sweethearts. each lovchcr
than the other, except one, who was lovelcr
than them all, and who realizes to ME the
saying that "a thing of beauty is Joy forever. y
can remember her now, as she first appeared
to me, while passing cur school house. with the
wild flowers twiDed into her black hair, and
her eyes beamiDg with the enjoyment derived
from her May days frolic. No ono eau say
that the days of boyhood have passed who can
in memory, bring them back, and, at will,
revel 10 their delights. ALlQuls.