Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-07-23
Alefan0rIa 0az&tte
MONDAY EVENING, JULY %.
Letter from WarrentOn.

| [Correspoudenoa Of the Alexandria Gazstte. [
| WARRENToN. July % There are compare
lively very few visitors here this year, though
the incoming train briggs a fresh accession
every day rhe town IL rather dull even s1
this season Of the year. aud sOcisty goes along
quietly enough.
| As for politics, there is enough in this small
town alone to supply a moderate sze city, aut
the inhabitants generally pass their time in SIT
| ting on dry goods boxes in the streets discuss
| ing the claims of each rival candidate, rarely
| moving except to keep n the shade as he sun
| circles around in the heavens, its beams invad
| ing their retreat and making glariug white
heat where there was GOODNESS before. OF
course Fauquier is solid for Lee, for many OF
the people hereabouts we're old cavalrymen un.
der the redoubtablc FitZ, and want to see such
a good fellow get high reward. lie certainly
has a host of stsunch friends, ard they swear
by him. 1t is we'll known that that cavalry
leader has all those attributes that men like be
has reckless dash about him him that is ex
ceedingIy captivatngi none can tell asweet little
episode or roaring camp auccdote with moro
vim and fire than he, and as for a song. ask any
veteran cayaryman if Fiz can sing, and he
will tell you OF many joviaI chant that foated
down the river cn the picket line, or the tender
ballad that awoke the silence o! the mountain
gorges during the midnight march TO the front.
when the sonorous rcsocant tones Of the gsyest
cavalier Of the grand army could always be heard
above the others leading the chorus.
If the General fails to get full vote
10 the convention, then Fauquier will Il.
vide, the upper portion Of the county being lu
favor OF Holiday. and the lower strong for
Daniel. Ia the event OF dead lock and the
absolute necessity OF cbosIDg compromise
man, Gen. VIM. Payne, Of this county, would
receive a powerful support from all sections ct
the State. lie is one OF those men whom ma
turc fashioned when 10 royalty generous mood,
and endowed with lavish haud her laVorltc
SOD. \ mau Of high honor, noble purposes,
and brilliant mind, Il gallant soldier, q splendid
speaker. He is that type OF manhood that
mob would cover before, and people would
choose to lead them in times OF danger and
trouble. lie has more personal magnetism than
any one | have ever met, and makes irend OF
every man he shakes hands with. Gen. Payne
sternly and unequivocaIly refuses to let his name
be brought out or uacd, and write this on myown
hook, but no man can guide the actions OF h.s
friends, and know that as there is a possibility
of q Iock-his adherents would rally arouGd
uluI, auu mahC splltlCh Dot1'e ~ 'A'' neo-'''
Stranger things happen every day, and 1t may
be that fate has garland to place upon his
brow.
The candidates Tor the Legislature are nu'
merous, and arc eagerly engaged in cnrolng
their friends 10 their behalf Among the many
aspirauts are Gov Smith aud Mr. kerrlck, who
desire rcnominaton, both being members OF
the last House, aud Messrs. Chss. Gordon, J. b.
Shumste, Embrcy, Chas. Pollock, Green aud
Henderson. The canvass promises to be very
lively and stirring.
Of letter without woman IN 1t Is
like wine without the sparkle, or ship without
her rigging, and would DOT be SO uogaant as to
keep silent on the charms OF the Warrenton Ia
dies. They are very beautiful, with the most
Wiuuiug manners and taking ways, but they
don't walk wcll--or graceIully-it was Dio
Lewis who once wrote that tho poetry OF motion
was watching graceful woman move gracefully.
1t is not to be wondered at, however, for the
streets here are 80 uneven that when strangers
are here in force psvemeDls are lined With boot
heels koockcd off by iucanlious wakiop. 81
the Warrenton ladies appear divine at home on
horseback, 10 the carriage and at tho altar, but
not whco climbing over the Warrenton thor
nuyhfare. CuASSEUR.