Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-11-25

Lovct.svile ;Gl4 29u4 50 Ter cor,
jefferson. g. ~ - s. - Der cen,
Mount Gllead, a. IS 80 IS IS uer cen,
Mercer, 27.17 Ell IS per c,,f
For proper understanding of these :egur"> |
Will add that Broad Run lies within 80 miles u}
Washington city and Alexandra aad extends
from tn" Potomac river across the Washington
AID Quo Railroad, very ne. rly to the Mans
sas esp Railroad. and is composed malUl, q:
red shale land; in addition two turnpikcS "sI
to ashington and Alexandria; its nearest ay-
proach TO tdewater is " miles. Lands are very
cheap or very dear according 10 the choice ~
the purchaser between red $hae or white c,ay
Lees burg lies between the Catoctin VI untan
Goose creek and the Potomac aUu has the Alex
Andrla snd Georgetown markets in con. petition
The wheat goes IL Georgetown, the corn 10
Alexandria, the cattle, sheep, calves, butter.
fowls and fruits go to WASN'T gton city 1t con
t.nS the county town, L"e>burg, with v:.Ius-
tlon o! real estate more than one fourth that 1T
tho district outside Of the town
Lorcttsvllle extends from the Catuctin Noun
tain, acr,sS The short Hill TO the top Of the Blue
Ridge and lies along the Potomac river for /"
miles and conta ms the village of LovettSyiIir
included III the valuntlun above, rs it has ~
separate organization This is the German set
ttcment; intensely Wing in old times hepuh
llcan now. Its markets are Harpers trrcr
Berlin and Point IF Rocks: giving choice oi
Baltimore, Nashn gton and Geor- etown. There
Is u good deal OF waste land the several NOUN
tain* being mainly wood lots for the low lands
Jefferson lies south 81 Lovctls lille, and rA-
tends u The Washington and ohio Hnilroa, ri
Round Hill, PurcevilIe, H.mi ton and Cl,,rkcs
Cap Its other villages arc Waterford, included
III the valuation, and Hillsborough, hnviuI
separate town organic .ton, not included IN the
above Valuation, ana which would Increase il
1855, which would increase II 81 ) per acre
Some friends IT this district ut aud about Wa
terford and Bilsborough market in Ae&sndria
nd ~ y a
WHIT" makes raid on the stock yards and car
ries the wheat to Gnorg. Town.
Mount Gllcad lies south OF Jefferson, and ha-
IN addition TO the deputs stations above
named the villages of Mt Gilcad, Phiomout
and HnickcrsvI:l I'll counted in and swelling
!ra and " ashirgton and COL White rs ahoy.
famed. Jefferson extends from the Cat ,ctiu
ACROSS the Short Hill 10 the Blue Rid &C. and has
less water land than the Lovett,viiic Ms tn,
ssps through tho mountains arc much lower
aud the hort Hill disappears some miles from
It's Southern border.
Mt. Gilead extends from he Catuclin to tn,
Blue Ridge, and its W ,tcr> nearly AL empty il
Goose creek and reach the Potomac cast .. Cs
toctin mountain, while those OF Jefferson and
Mt Gll"ad reach the same river west Of Gator
TIN. The Friends are in large number. nj Mt.
Gllcad, there meeting house being At Lincoln y
hlce place, onll!ted above.
Mercer extends from Mt. Gilea here to Eau
quier and from the Negro Mountain, and hAs
hlddieburg, hSvlnga Separate organization NnG
valuation OF 81 O25, and Bloomfield, Unison,
Aide and Mountsviilc. and running nearly up
to Upperville and Paris 1t is distant from the
M.nassas Gap railroad, on the south, about nsh.
miles, and from the Washington and Oh,o rstil
road on the north about five miles and "a
about miles wide; spcniidly wa.errG with
excellent dirt roads, several turnplkes abourd-
ing in healthfu ness, good schools. chul chcs Of
al denominations, except UnlversnsLs and
Roman Catholics. People wi 0 want TO come IL
our county can have their choice of location,
with taxation varying from SO to IS cents il
500, the difference being in the d and school,
lax, which are higher in Mount Giead.
ALIQUI~.
A Renaissance. In the year 1926, after
all save one of the baud of patriots whose slS
natures are borne on the Declaration Of lnGc
peudence had descended u the tomb and the
Venerable Carroll alone remained among the
hrlng, he Government OF the city OF New orG
ieput:d commit &C to walton tie lIIu,trous
survivor and obtain from him, Tor deposit III
the public hall OF the city, a copy OF the Dec
aratlon OF l176, graccd and authenticated anew
with his sign maouaI. The aged patriot yield
ed to the request and affixed with bis Own
hand 10 the copy OF that Instrument the CRATE
ful, solemn, and pious supplemental declaration
which follows:
"Gratefu to Almighty God for the BLESSINGS
which, through Jesus Christ our l. rd, He has
conferred on my beloved country in her euauc
patton, aud on myself in permitting me, under
circumstances of mercy, to live to The age oil
eighty niue years, aud To survive the iueth
year Of American independence, and certify BY
my present signature, my appreciation ni the
Dec ara,lon Of independence adopted BY Con
sress on the 4tr of July, l776, which orle',.
nally subscribed on the ID day of August 81
the same year, and of which | am now the
last surviving sgner, do hereby recommend
TO the present and future generations the prln-
ciples OF that important document as the D''t
earthly inherit .nce their ancestors could De-
gu ath to them, and pray that the civil anu
religious liberties they have secured TO my
country may be perpe tual to remotest prosper
ty, and extended to the whole family OF man.
CHARLES CARROLL OF Carrollton.
August 2, 1926