Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-05-25
$ Jalimt Eli Guipcsser.

CULpEpEH, May n, lS77.-What is happi.
Jess is i question iEat has often been asked
,u r:eer ANSWERED. There vas learned fight
kent up tucs 90 this :ubi5ct, in the reign OF
.iocd Queen AnGc, between Two Of the most
brilliant writer's Of the tiue-Atterbury and
SmaIritrc. Each wrote some thousand pages
10 convince tic other that bis plan and creed
We're right The cool Smalridge used to say of
his npu:s!ve, vigorous rival, Waterbury goes
before Sad SETS everything OF fire. l come
after him With bucket OF water. Happiness,
Pope tells liz, consists OF 4 prompt pcrtorma &c
ct pleasant duly, aud happiness, the wcaricd
DEM n Ct The ciy says, is to get away from
the hot dusty town. ard reVel IN the glorious
freedom ut the lim!tess county; TO breathe
the pure sir 10 wander at will through the
raIHI,ss woods, To follow the mountain path,
aud 10 see uature, Wakcnt d IRON her long slum-
tc!, put % her brightest hued rope, ARD stnhe
in her radiant loneliness.
In rou,c passed through Warrcn;0p, which
still rests stleucly on her mauy hills. There
viii BE- large influx Of visitors this summer,
which vii! brighten tina otherwise sicrp!y old
village.
">eNN
oua Az effort was made by L ca operative g.
suc,atisu to rebuild the grand iutci, and TO re.
establish it5 ancient prestige rs ilr5t class Wa.
rc!ias PLACE, lat times are hard and capital
loath - invest, aud So tho Intention remains
tn. the execution Is postponed.
Great preparations are being made Tor the
hurdle race and stucpir chase o! the fauquler
Riding Club, which takes place 90 the 10Th
ci this nuuth There ere some Inc stceds en-
Tered, aud riders who are famous Tor their horse
| u,.u,hiu wi! st!uggl for the SILVER cup. 1t T.
| 10 bc hnnei that there will DC Go rcpcuti;"
lie poor running AID worse lnnrl," ", ", w., Wv
l1st tel! race. Passengers com,r; ny ~
cars On Saturday will be IN aU''' '''''' :" a'''o0
the meet. ,o,, ,j r.lL,,.;,,
a., I' 49,, - Inward, The mex; village ou@
.no ~ 0' - .crsontJu, small collcc!ion Ui
meets ) ..;a:rc the inhabitants s!umb'r away
MUS MUS .iycs, ail careless OF tie troubles and
'nS,lct!ca Ot cur wear world. There Is Que
great pcrsnuagt in this village. Tome had h.r
&c If, Athens her Dlogrucs, Washington her
Dr. Mary Walker, and Jylicr,unLoa hcr-Alyrrs.
The village could 40 more exist without MycIa
| than--iI,al yurng mis3 without !rr beat TIE
t!r5t jcci tic tired traveller brhUhid ~ he
enters tnl9 Sleepy Hollow is I red !acn man
:
in tie us.cr Myers IS bar keeper AID village
lnanaalc, ard better fellow, 20 his gay, never
lived. His Tung passion Is OLD eIedgc, and
ally tramp cpmlnE aCh1 vino ca play :: 5000
! g..n,a c.n . al &c lquor i;e want.
\ li,ic Through >uper"T 10 a m0st pleasant
uuy. il..c yea VII! s." well u@d farms AID
macy iDc cattle AID sheep. O4c estate cs
tate especially il calculated to please the eye Vi
any enc capable Of judging OF ihc merits OF 4
wtlIkep!, thrifty farm. The place heIones 10
uC!. CooDs, and /: ;ii0dr in lis @ay. Splendid
meadows, fec crops, good icuca., tat cattle, ell
attest 4 Gear head and ,Euch experience. The
! excellence OF an esta:e consists III three Thugs
| and is detected * 2 g!1Uca, grass. cutie and
| Gr2W yet mauy so-caiIcd first class farms have
| neither 20 meadows, 10 cattle, except Il les
sunny cows aud razor back hogs, AMI no or
| chards, save few Straggllng ragged apple
trees, that grew up of themselves. la looking
! over the statistics Of Gulpcper county | hnI
that while tie grain crop is heavier than IN
1861, when sc had unlimited slave labor, yet
| the number Of cattle is far less. This Is az
wroeg, and is detrimental 10 all the hes! inter
cs.s of agriculture. l like everything | saw
in Culrcpc!; is-huc farms, its superb scenery,
its broad hospitality without stint or limit; but
its roads are horrible ; there is only one word
to express il-,hcy arc dannablc. They arc
as bad az the path that Christian AMI Hopeful
tired going through the Valley Of Humiliation
to the city OF VANITY Fair Holcs, slnks
quagmiras, RUS, chasms, gulllcs, mud hollOwa
and hog TllIows follow each other in endless
succession, while the fence rails levers and
broken axle trees that strcW the road, show
that many an honest granger damns tue rJad
tax which he pays, but which don't keep tie
| county road in order; and the query is. what
becomes OF tho money!
About ten miles from the Court House is the
old Colonial Episcopal Church, Known DOW as
the Oakshsdc Church. |. was built during
Governor Srottswood's reign 1t is 4 hand
some cdiGce, exactly like the ancient church ut
Williamsburg. II Was used as stable during
the war. but our now fast lriend-oncs enemy
BILLY Yauk," reiraincd from burning it down,
and it was lett for Virginian to do what even
the lawlcs5 troopers of Sheridan would not,
aud that is deface the sacred edilice. 10 one
cOrocr of the bulldog al! the bricks were taken
out to 6sald Il still to make brandy ln. Such y
man IS disgrace to the community be lives iD,
and worse than Mark Twain Buck Fan7haw,
TIC bully Of the town, who wouldn't shoot his
mother, and always played On the square.
This county is waking up on The subject %
politics. As far rs the Governorahip is con-
ccrncd public opinion is much divided. D. II.
and NJ. draw abodt equal, with tic county a
unit i;or Gen. Fields i'r the Lieutenant Gov
crnorship. TIE contest IL cc0tcred unon the
delegate to the Legislature, there being Only
one for the county Of Cn!peper. There arc three
Richm0nds 10 the lield--Strother, who has
represented MS county several terms; Male,
who was the Cupcpcr delegate the last lwo
sessions, and last, Col. JAS. Barbour who ran
Gen. IIuntou such tight race for Congress
three years ago. Mr. Male, they tell me, can
not succeed on account .! his advocacy of the
NIo!Fc!t whiskcy bill, ard Mr.. Ssothcr. strong
as be -, cannot stand against Col. Barbour, who
is the foremost man in the county. 1t seems 10
be the general feeling among all classes that the
finances Of Virginia arc in such desperate con-
dtion is is imperative that something must be
douc, aud 60 the beat men arc being sent to the
front, and the next Legislature is expected to
cxlricatc the State from her impoverished con-
dltion. 1t is singular fac! that after all the
people are ia advance of tie newspapers and