Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-07-27
Anna.S Of Observation-Disclosures Series.

in the Country.
1854. The trustees began this summer to
cuiorce the law iorf-tiug the lots not built
upon, and the lots Of Roger Lyndon, Captain
Adam Steven, twho was in the army Wm.
Stro!her. John Peyton, John Moncure, clerk,
Augustine Washington and ". II. Ter,itt were
declared forfeit because they had not been
built upon. 10 September the forfeited lots
were sold. VIM. Ramsay bought the lots of
Roger Lyndon Go and 2l) and Augustine
Washington (Gl and COL Thomas Harrison
bought pcyton's lot, (0O) VIM. SeHell bought
Moncuras lot. (Gl,) John Carlyle bought Ter
rltt's lot, (G7,) aud Adam Steven, who had
gotten back, bought his own lot again. and Geo.
Mason bought " m: Strother's lot (j4.) Anne
West lots, so and 81, were sold to George
NJ Greer a1d Daniel Wilson. The trustees did
not meet again until December.
Mesnwhile building had been pursued 10 The
town With vigor. let the reader take look
at tho town in the early fall of 1884, Crossing
Oronoko creek that bounded the town on the
north, by bridge, Wa may ascand tho hill, and
Oh the mill top. high az the second story of the
Washington and and Ohio depot, we reach
Fairfax street at its intersection Of Oronoko
street. As We pass south, 90 tho left hand
SIDE, are the large frame Hunting Creek ware
houses, and two small buildings. DO the right
the hill scarcely leaves the street before it de-
scends 10 the creek which flows near its western
edge. We pass Princess street, still going
south, and find on the west log house on Wm.
Munday's lot and two small frames, (sliIl
Standipg,) one 10 the rear and the other on
the front OF Anthony Rsmsay's lot. The rear
house was then as now, but the front one was
improved when the street was cut down, and
has now basement o. the east there is a
frame (still standing under. pinned) on Clap.
street. on John Alexander's lot. When We
cross Queen street, We see that all the lots on
tho east side are double lots. have toe
houses upon them and extend back, often with
gardens, to the river There is brick house
90 Gerard Alexander's lot, at the corner OF
Queen street, and John Dalton has timer
one at the corner of Cameron street. There
are houses on Vests lot and on SalGeld's lot
on the west side. Some Ct these houses still
stand, and at all Ct them high porches are
used to reach the original front doors that then
were level with the street. We still walk south
and cross Cameron street. On the cas- the
: stone mansion of tho merchant prlnca Carlyle
, with two small frames, while on the west is the
f Court House square, with brick prison, frame
court house and school house. On King street
corner VIM. Ramsay has comfortable one
and.a.hllf story frame dwelling, while on the
opposite lot John Pagan has facing kng street.
some fly feet from the corner, house IKE
Ramsay's, but of smaller dimensions. We
CROSS King street. There is house on Ram
SAYS. formerly Inv. WashiDgt0n's LOT, at tbs
corner, and another on Geo. Mason's lot, OPP
posite John Champs lot. The northeast corner
of Prince street has a frame Of one story, while
Col. Vim. Fitzhugh has also improved the
J northwest. corner. Crossing Prince We hod
two small houses only, Gavin Mclaughlin ha7.
ipg lust located there,) but both 90 the south.
east and the southwest corner of Duke aud Fair
fax streets house5 have been erected. Thus
ends the town south. We turn west on Duke
street, (it is the southernmost street OF the
t01o) and walk 10 R0yal, its westeromost
street. Then coming north We llnd ooIy one or
!, two wooden tenements south OF Prnce,. aud
none north Until we reach George Mason 3 lot
at The corner Of King aud Royal. Still golog
North, and crossing Hing street, We tlud log
huls nea: The corpcr OF King and Royal, but q
nice one AID half story frame already 10 use as
hotel 90 Harry Piper's lot, northwest corner
Of Cameron and Roya! atrcets "a the north
east corner of Cameron add loyal atreets Henry
Saikel has q large frame with its gable end
to the street. % the east lots OF Queen and
Royal Jas. McRas and Nathsu Sui!h have
houses, and here again We reach the marsh OF
Oroooko creek. These buildings, With those
on the river side arc al the cdiEcca in the toWn.
The buildings at Point West arc good fame
storehGusca, and there arc smaller warehouses
around the cove--Carlyle i Dalton'a. near
Cameron and river, and VIM. Ramsay i, near
King anI river. There arc some small sheds
at Point Lunley which had been already used
for boat building.
The work ct improving The towu was pushed
forward With considerable vigor during the
summer. Not only were the lot posts replaced,
but Mai. Carlyle, the overscer OF the town,
employed Joseph Anderson to ditch the streets,
and - was paid him, being the first ezpendl-
ture on account ct drainage and sewerage ever
made by Alexandria, The court house, toe,
was 10 an announcement position on the square,
and it was removed to the eastern edge, facing
Fairfax street. between the clerks Office at
Cameron street corner, and the Jail at Alley
corner. For the work OF moving the court houss
Richard Munday was paid e. The roadway
down the bill, and grading the lower end of
Duke street was completed during the summer
By Thomas Smith, the whole COST OF The grad
ing and all the street work dore BY him be-
ing 60 49,
| WITH MID summer came aad news ltOn Tue
troops that had marched away from Ale2andrs
in April Col. Washington had capitulated.
The Royal George Hotel in the neighborhood
of the Market Square was never without
group which talked over the mischauce. The
troops under Washington had, after they ett
Alexandria, been joined by the residue OF the
regiment and marched into tho wilderness. "a
the 18th of May he learned that the post at
tho head Of the Ohio. for which he was des
tined, had been surrendered to he French, who
built Fort DuQuesne there. Col. Fry died 10
May, and Washington became Colonel of the
regiment, aod after some time spent, as be ex
pressed it, in Shaving dangerously for the
shadow Of pay through rocks, woods aud moua.
tains, skirmish occurred, 10 which DeJu'
knoxville, the French commander, was killed.
but Washington was forced to retire and en-
trenched himself at Fore Necessity on the lst
of July. Ga the 81 the beseigers arriVed.--