Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-05-02
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lCorrespoudence Of the Aexsrdtia OsZ:tto. i !
DANVILLE. Va. Apr! COL reached this
thriving city o. lie 2S:h lust, sid, hsvirg a
leisure hour, hs7e corc'cici to give you
b:isf sco:uat Of Vhat they have here, for, &C.
c,Edcg to u7 rolioo Dsc7i'c is altogether %
cz'ep.!oo 10 the usual Virginia tcwl.
At Inc c'oso OF the late wsr this place vas ia
no.hins different from the usla! Fireios vii.
lass OF its slSe, having o+l7 population Of
from SO 10 1000. with uog,sded, mud Streets,
and with about one hundred s:r2eglios, III.
coutE dwellings. Nov ii has population Of
IL. 500, vel graded and paved streets, stirao
tive stores aid very handsome residences. 1t
has nine large and substantial tobscc, ware.
houses, twenty Cno mapulacsorics of Tho s2Ce
article, forty lent dealers, five Leaf brokers anS
two Shippers. It is the largest market OF bright
| tobacco, ard nowhere else vii! this beautiful
| iaIcy sort grow 10 such perfection as il The ad.
j .can! counties of this Stslo and North Caro-.
| IlrG. This tobacco is brought hero almost CO.
| tre|y 10 small wagons, drawn By two MUGS or
horses, with 40 occasional diminutvo oy lhroSn
| IN Tor good measure. 1t is not priced in boxes
| or casks. but "locsa." Tho wsgors ato driven
into the large warehouses. where they are ua-
loaded, each planter putting hi9 ogn 10 small
| cOnic!l pile, into which is stuck stick havrg
attached d card, stating tho number of the llt,
the owners aa;De, snd when sell, the puyohas
! ers. "ii1 tho price ish ho has paid fer il.
Tho il)ors 8! :tlsy 9GrehGuses are ol7ered DALI
with these l,i!ai d tobGcoo, rausiag 10 qllutity
| tion . le| p;uu65 10 many huadttd. I'D O. al
tho Various SHADES CT color and quality OF which
r. atU |, A. ii,
alc!ljU, end the scano wAila tho saa is 10 p.A.
New \ ork, IN the eag;r animation OF tho buy
srs, and the push and lm tr1uod tho cue.
| tioueer.
The mes: noticeable cn'isfiIp 10 couCec:i:n
with this great trade brro il !h3 fac. that il is
exclusively in tho hard5 Of y&u'g Gcn-clta
| net yet thirty years CID. In the large crowd Of
eager buyers on yesterday | i net see Gne
| man whom | would have taken 10 be f ty gears
o'd. Nsny OF them seemed to b, mera hoys CT
| i.o5 % to %; but youag though they arr they
are. "s0ilu" and doing sale business.
Iheso arc the 0cn who orc runuiDG tncse
| tgenty ouc iactoriss. working up annually 3d.
900 900 pounds Of this precious weed, psyog
cash for what they buy, and selling the manu-.
| fac!used sr!io!o on credit of from GO to %
days. The trade hcre ctfe1s great induce meuts
| to young m,n of stcadiness aud Industry, 10
that one Gao buy and sell without bti:g cam
peltod TO peY large sun for al .niSsioo 10 pli7
leges Of 90 exchange. for they havo ropc, and
aach man IS free to buy and cell s. lcrg es be
sstt!es W 'oa simo." Hence, auy ycu0g II &C.
having mads him self familiar with the Qu ,IitCs
OF the tobacco here, can btg business tor him
| self, even with as it'll, ss few hundred Gcl'
| iars-a most important matter for tito prea:
| msjorlsy. | made tho acquaintanc, la7; night
| of yJurg Ge5tlamae, not uloro ttac 90 yca,s
| old, who lold mo tia. he YES cnployed By G
SaoIchnau having number of factories 10 tho
West and ono 10 Richm ond to stay hsr,
aud buy tobacco tor hin that lis aversg g, pur-
ohes1s amounted to moro than thousand DOL
AIS per day. aud tia. he had not seen big cm.
! ployer for tHo years. Ho ia fair type Of tho
| Danve msD.
This IS quite RAILROAD c:ltre, having tho
| Virginia Midland from Washington, the Rich
moud and Danvillc fton Rchmo2d. tho Pi.d-
mont, which is the lick b9tToen tie foregoing
and the North Carolina sfston, the DIIyille
and New River and Mtj,r Suttcln's rosd,
he two last being Darrcg gauge.
| Tho court house IL sDsclou' api ats C i've
building, and the OLD Fellows hall ia vol
worthy e tbs pl;c,. rEcra il here vory 61e
water power, caly utiizsd hg SmslI erist mill
| wonder these youthful Titeus haze rot given
| it moro attention..
| cAnpot c!Gsc this without speakicg # tho
merits CT another Moadcriui thing for Vitsioi,
Gil" which they have here, and THAI is really
| first GLASS hoel. "rh, Arlir 6 90" hss all G1otA
crn canvtn!eDccs; large, siry chambers, sdmiIa.
big furnished, attentive service, attractive din-
iuz room AID delicious fare, with po:feciif
COURTEOUS yOu1g gentlemen ia tho pfic., r2ko
ono regret that ho is a w3Ylarer, aud that Lu
cannot take up his peruanen abode with mice
| host. VISITOR