Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-05-18
OVERTON FOR SALE.

sF7 VIII sell AT Private Sale that b-autifnliy l6
III Gated PIiUPERTY in Baltimore county, adia.n
.sss@ing tie Relay House, on The Baltimore Chic
Rsirosd- Its distance from the city of Baltimore by
turnpike Is o. miles, twl roads lesdirG 20 it non
ne cay by railroad miles; tine IS to ls minutes
to Washington City hour: Annapolis. 7 "a hours
FREDERICK, hours. Twenty passenger trains of cars
pass il dairy, going North, South, East. end West
eopp ng going and returning, thus sffurding great
facilities to rscns doing business in cut of ,be
city OF b 4 Rge, Washin gton, and other cities Oh
the lines.
For health and beauty of scenery it lis unsurpassed
b. a'y placs In Mary land, beng elevated from 90
to 2S5 eet above Tide vet r. it commands q most
beauiinl view Of the surrounding country or msny
miles The city Of Baltimore, Cher apeake Fay, aIG
Patsp CO River, three Counties on the Western and
one on the Eas.ern shore Of this State, b- Teen
from it. On it is extensive Orchard Of chctcf
Fruit; beautiful Parks and Grores Of Forest ara
oTdrlt'adl Trees, with several sprngs OF pure No.
ter fost Office at the spot, where daily nais
csiEtd. In view oft, End Within ten minutes walk
arc Ci'rlcs OF nearly all religious dsuouinstions-
Academies and College Of the first class within @
short 6is tapce-
Havinr sold u acres of this Tract to gentlemen of
Baltimore for Villa AMI Cottage sites who are now
preparing to erect their buildings will sell she
mainder, leo Acres, with all the iupro, ements in
one Lot or Lots, laid out on tho map, the purchs
ser or purchasers having the aGvantage OF the char
ter granted by the Legislature q Marylaps to i'm
prove ana beau.ify the ground, snd erect dwellings
and ether kinds Of buildings, or sell Jesse the
same.
the DDelling upon the property is very oommodi.
Gus, "kaving been &C, rpieo several summers a q
first class boarding house." with all the Necessary
out buildings, such as OrsnAry, Carriagehouse and
Stables, Spring, Coronsls. and Overseers houses,
large Ice house filed with ice The location of this
properly Immediately at the junction of two Rail
roads, in healthy and beautiful country, within 10
Is minutes of Baltimore, makes it the des IL
able ever offered for sale in this vicinity, lot only
for Villa and Cottage Resi1enoss, but place o.
resort for families during the summer months, lie
ing the most eligible and convenient point for
class Summer hotel Boarding House, 80 mneh
needed (, T families duriog the Summer sessop.-
Railroad comm unication TO and from the City nearly
every half hour dur ng the day. -.
In addition to the value OF this property for resi-
dences there is amost mex bed Of pure
Fire Brick Clay on it in rayiDe 200 yards of the
Karosd sfaiop, which has been used at several fac
tories and pronounced Of superior quality. have
lad 1t examined by Dr.. james higgins, cur State
Agricultural Chemist, for bis opinion to its value
aud refer TO his letter publ, he'd below.
Autographed usps nsy be had of the UT dersigned
and the property shown by air. Cox, proprietor o.
the Relay House.
Terms hteral-one fifth cash 4: the balance in one
two, three, four, sud 6re years, with in,erest-
J. n. LUCKErT, Baltimore, Nd.
p. S--If not sold b-'ore tn 25tn Instant it will
be offered at Public Sale, At the Exchange in Bafi-
more, on that day by Msssrs. Gibson 4 c., Auc ION
eers.
LABORATORY OF THE STATE CHEMIST,
% Exchsnge Buildings,
-. Baltimore, April %, 1854
To ~. II. LacSGr, 6Sq, OF fdLtfa0Fe cay
Dear Sir lin reply to your letter OF April nth,
in which you ask for my opinion as tn the proper
tics and value Of enclosed sample Of clay taken
from your farm, ''Overton,'' adjoining the Relay
House, on the Baltimore and Ohio Railro' ID, can
state that IL resembles q very Elastic, bitumnous
pipe clay, of ye)lowish white color when burnt
variety, which is especially appropriated to the man
ufac:uring Of pottery, earthern Tpes, fsyenoe, C.,
and II mixed with proper quantity vi sand. also to
that Of fire-bricks and cruribies. it'-
By opening and working this valuable material,
you win Gerelope q new and most important re-
source Of our State. Very truly, &c. 40
NAV 4-dt2s JANIS HIGarNs-
NINE EDlTiONs, IA nne Library Inning,
4 bound in London far the undersigned, of the
following authors:
Roscoe, Schlsgel. Schiller, sismondi, Plutarch,
Rollin, Bacon, &iltong Shakespeare. Lckhart,
Hume and smollet, Robert He'll, RAbela's, Machia
velli, Rsnke. Sberidsn. Junius, Jeremy Taylor
Gregory, Fuller, Burke, Butler, De Lclme. Neaadsr
6o-tte, G, amnont Mcneil, Miller, Burnet, Bean
nd rbar s-S =.