Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-03-16
ALElA. GAZETTE & VIRGINIA ADVERT;
Letter from LOudOun County.


Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette.
LEEsBuRG, VA, March l4-Petitions sign
ed by more than 100 voters would soon have
been forwarded to the Legislature 10 opposl
tion to the bill confirming the action of the
Board of Supervisors in granting to the town
of Lessburg the privilege Of occupying with
market house aud towu hall portion OF the
court greco. However, on last night, the
Council determined not to press the matter aud
this scheme falls to the ground.
We have had some very high winds, and
Yesterday the thermometer reached down t.
2l', but this uorning there are only TWO inches
of ice on sheltered places, the wlad having az
itatcd the waters too much to allow of its frctz-
ing.
The long hoped for and almost despaired Of
1uetaling on the L.esbury and Atdle turnpike
has been commenced, and if any meu want en-
ploymeut ut ialr wages IN healthy country
they cau get it here ill Nov. |, 1874,
The people Of upper Loudoun are in high
spirlts at the Gear approach Of the railroad TO
Purceve station, aud efforts will b. made in
earnest to carry it to Snickcr>viiic, SON" six
miles further 90, and 81 or So miles from Alex
audrla.
This last station will stand in the same rela-
ton to the Uniou, Bloomfield and Uppcrvlie
region that Pledmont, on the NJ. u. K. r.,
does now, but will bc some miles nearer to Al.
eyandria, and merchants IN your city would do
we'll to attend any celebration ofthe opculug OF
the stations at purccllville, Round Hill ard
Snckersve.
The region is very fiue one; the people are
wealthy, thrifty or thriving, and there is pro-
j., J. in rams
them.
| understand the grangers from Clarke sent
seven four horse Wagons to Hamilton iu u train
and under the teuder of 1t Two young meu tor
supples The ira is said to have reminded
the peope who saw it Of a small army tralo.
This is species OF cooperation that bears
hard upon that large class of people, who own
teams which are employed in hauling, but who
produce but little. Whether it will in the
opy run be better than the Old system, time
only can determine.
Ii may briug the farmers into more direct
communication with the city consumers, but 1t
will be likely to drive southwark or westward
the small consumers III the immediate neigh
borhood. But should it be followed up by
subdivision of the large farms, 1t may result
in great good Thorough tilage cannot be ac-
cumpliShed without an abundant population,
remuuerative. ALIQUls
WILLIAM AND MARY CoLLEGE.-Wian
and Mary College, the Oldest college but one in
the United States, appeals to Congress for a
small grant of lands or money, to repay her Tor
the useless destruction of her library and build
iugs by the ravages of war We trust that the
Virginia Legislature will adopt resolution
asking Congress to act tavorably upon this APP
peal There is no college which surpasses her
in long list of iustrious alumul. Besides
three Presidents of the United States. lnclud-
ing Thomas Jefferson the Richmond Enquirer
says that her alumni embrace thirteen United
States Senators; twenty ght members OF the
lower House of Congress, OF whom two were
Speakers twenty. five Judges of the higher
courts of Virginia; thirteen United States
Judges, of whom one, John Marshall, was
Chief Justice; four generals, of whom one,
Winfield Scott, was Lieutcuan, General u. S.
A.; two State judges Of Missouri; TWO chancel-
lors of Virginia; two members OF the executive
council of Virginia.; one president OF same body;
one chancellor of Kentucky; three Attorney
Generals of Virginia; six foreign ministers; one
Aljutapt General of the coIopy OF Virginia;
the mover of resolutions of l7SS-' SO, Mr.. John
Taylor of Caroline two treasurers of the colony
eleven cabinet officers; three United States Dis
trict Attorneys; three Professors at the Unlver-
sity of Virginia; three signers OF the Declara-
ton of Independence one aid to Washlngton;
two Adiulaut Generals u. s. A.; two United
States Marshals; one Mayor of Baltimore; Chan
ceIlor Wythe; Peyton Randolph, the first Prcsi-
deut of the Continental Congress- two Com
modores of the y. S. Navy; and last, but
far from least eight Governors OF Vr-
ginia; one Lieutenant Governor, and six Gov
errors of other States! Also, George Crog-
han, the gallant defender Of Fort Sandusky. 10
all over Que hundred and fifty men Of pre- emit
nent distinction.
Besides these there arc hosts of others who
have adorued every honorable stations 10 lite.
Among those now dead may be mentioned ::
Hon. William H. Macfarlaad late rector OF the
college; Thomas r Dew. Judge Beverly 81.
George Tucker, J.!u II Pieasants' editor tor. OF Of
the klchmoud Wig; Captain y. j.: Wise,
editor Of the Enquirer, his brother, Rev. Ii.
\. Wise, and Dr. Beverly ST George t. Peachy.
Many of her living alumni are men OF either
prominence or promise, among whom we may
mention Hon James Lyons her present rec
tor; Ex-Governor and Judge Wyndham Robert
son, General William B. Taliaterro, the hero
Of Fort Wagner; George Wythe Nluntord, the
compiler of the new code Of Virginia; Hon. L.
l.. Montague, Coloucl William Lamb, of Fort
Fisher fame; Richard Coke, present Governor
of Texas; Hill Carter, Of Shir ley; Judse, John
W. Brockenbroueh, Hon. Alexander ii. Ii.
Stuart, John 0. Steger, Judge WV. Crump,
Hon. Robert Ould, George d. Wise; the edl
tor and poet, james Barron Hope; Rev. }. II.
D. Wingield, Rev. A. NJ. Randolph, D. D.;
Rev. j. s. Lindsay, Rev. j. Il. Hubbard, d.
D.; Judge T. P Smith, General Bernard Pey-
ton, Charles 5. Striugtellow, General +. 4.
BaEwcll, and uumber OF others too numerous
to mention.
Col Ewetl, the President of the College, is
brother Of the late Gen. EweLl, and a gra nd
son, by the mothers side, of MIR. Stoddart, the
first Secretary Of the Navy.-Lynch. Ne1CS
F1NE ClGARS-We have recently added to
our always large and superior assortment OF