Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-06-21
COMMON SENSE.

! place OF abuse and stupidity
COMMON SENSE.
COMMUNICATED.
| Iron FURNACES. In the year 1913 tluriny
the war with Euglaud) the writer OF this pass
! cd few weeks among his relations in Chester
county, Pennsylvania,
hlS uncl:s Nsidancc was on the Lancaster
and Philadelphia turnpike, about thir,y FIVE
mics distant from the latter. and this road was
then the great thoroug flare from PHILADELPHIA
westward, but has been superseded b. the
PENNSYLVANIA Central Railroad From my un-
ce's front door, two miles to the west, but il
sight, was litt!o village called Coatesyille, Of
not more than half dozen houses or 80, con-
sisting OF public house, backsmth's shop,
perhaps one or two small stores, and few
other houses. Early impressions are always
very strong, and being boy of some tourtecn
years, this Is imprinted on my memory, though
never was IN the village, unless in passing
through 1t on my way home,
In June, 1872, visited some relatives living
within half mile of Gainesville, through witch
passed the PENNSYLVANIA Railroad, crcs>.i ry
another railroad from Wilmington, D1a.;acs.
to the great coal center vi Reading. What =
change found had taken place 10 the conii-
llOu w NOdlCSHl lDStcdI III Tue III. L3L u
frame houses, found city otupwardS of - 900
Inhabitants. The streets we'll paved with hun
drcds OF handsome brick residences, crrditablc
to any city, with churches and other public
buildings supplied with gas and water by pub.
lie works; five or six iron rolling mills, an
other manufactures, with busy aud thriving
population.
Gainesville has no uavigabe stream, and i
in the heart Of rich agricultural region with
no mineral resources, but being on the great
Pennsylvania Railroad, it has been built lp b.
iron manufactures, the crude materials bclnc
brought to it from the great rcptCrs .! coal and
iron TO be manufactured in this mi error town
How it commenced and prospcrcd. am uaabic
to say, but here at the expratiouot nearly slSrH
years | found this prosperous city lns:cad Of
the poor little village, known to me IN my boy
hood
With our noble Potomac =! our doors, three
or four railroads passing through the iron ore
BEDS within fifty or sixty miles 2f our ancient
city, with unlimited supplies OF Cumberland
coal as fuel for steam aud manufacturing pur-
poses, what may We not anticipate Tor our tn
ture should We establish iron works and iron
manufactures in our midst word to the
wise, or as WAS said in the political campaign
of 1874, "nuf sed. NJ.
CuLpEpER County. "A letter to the Rich
moud Wing from Culpcper Courthouse, dated
the 18th inst, says:
I'VE are having very warm weather just now
and rain is much needed. \ few days since
Mr.. Joseph \. Armstrong, one Of our most
enterprislng citizens, started a morocco and
glove factory. General }. q. Field is aSsoclat'
ed With hun as part owner. They propose 10
connect with the establishment at an early day
a large boot and shoe factory. The sale OF tbe
Virginia Hotel was confirmed last week pr.
Thomas Peter being the purchaser IL broDShl
the SUM Of 5000 1t will be opened LOT
visitors in few days by Captain oamn"i
Asbury, Of Warrenton, an Old and experience
landlord. Wheat is looking as We'll as couln
be expected, but corn seems to DC dong Dad'y'
BANKING ENTERPRISE. At meeting l'
Chicago, on Wednesday, of the creditors oil
the Farmers bank, small private banking
institution which closed its dUOIs few days
ago, the fact was developed that the proprle,,
tors, two brothers named TeDeyck, commenced
business without dollar of capital, not even
enough to pay for fitting up their bank or 10
pay their rent, but nevertheless succeeded 10
securing deposits 5000 or $1,000. winch
they lDaned out, and On the interest OF "h'ch
they lived in good style.
PICKINGs FOR THE LAWYERS. The lawyers
are having jolly time over tie bankruptcy
case Of Bowles Brothers 4 Co. With proceed
ngs going Oh both in England and Awerlca
the assets of the Concern must be enormous II
the creditors get anything at all. dispatch
from Boston iuforms us that ii. ): Stevens
the assignee, left for Europe yesterday 10 the
steamer HecIa, and that the court allowed him
fifty dollars per day for EXPENSES, ID gold.
Rev. DR.. VIM. S. Pumer, the Presbyterian
divine, arrived in Stanton, Va, on TUESDAY
and remained the guest of Gen. Jno. Echols
till Wednesday, wheu he left for l;:wisCury.
From there he goes to Brooklyn, n. ~ where
he will fill the pulpit Of New. MIR. 'aldyke
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