Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-06-29


oil and Browns, were entered at different
times and robbed Of money and other Valua-
bles TO considerable amount. About the
same time il was not unusual to hear OF the
picking Of pockets on board the cars bst"een
this city and Baltimore. A trader stopping
AZ the National Hotel Baltimore, recently
lost 5000, and circumstances having led the
police to suspect a man named John VII
iiams, who disappeared from the city the
day following, an officer was detailed to
watch his movements. 1t was found that
this man was 10 the habit Of passing between
the two cities very frequently, In company
with another man named John Is. west,
alias John Hawkins, of New Orleans, al
ways leaving this city Immediately alter the
occurrence Of robbery. On Friday, Doth
these "geutleman" were arrested by the pc
lice officers of Baltimore and they arenow 10
Jail awaiting further deVelopments.-t mon.
The Washington correspondent OF the Bal
timore Sun says:-"Ihe funeral OF Mr.
Reeve Lewis took place from bis late resi-
dence on Saturday morning. So high was
the regard entertained for him by the gov
eromeut officers of the arsenal, that Colonel
Ramsey ordered the workshops TO be closed,
and guard Of eight enlisted men OF that sta
ton was detailed az On escort of tue remains
of the deceased. The religious ceremonies
were performed by Rev. Do.t. Duncan, OF the
! Protestant Episcopa! Church, and the solemn
procession proceeded to the Congressional!
cemetery. \ post norton examination DIS
closes the fact that the ball which caused Mr..
! Lewis's death was made Of lead, OF cCnlcal
shape, and the size generally used IN The
pocket Colts revolver. 1t had penetrated
the hip-bone at the joint, and large piece
of the8Oint was broken and completely de-
tached from It's place. Portions OF the bone
were imbedded in the fiosh, and had also adj
hered to the bal! so firmly that they were
not removed by the operation OF extract
ing it,"
Potomac Lodge, l. o. o. F., have in con-
temptation pleasure excursion to Glymont,
at al carly day.
The city postUficc will not be removed to
the new custom house until S ptemter.
II MEXICAN MUSTANG LINlNlENT-
! lis wonderful effects and consequent popularity.
Perhaps no article IN the history OF the Mate
ria Medlca ever acquired the same patronage,
was subjected 10 the same number OF severe
| and different tests, and met with 80 lew failures
as the MUSTANG LINIMENT. II ns. justly
been STYLED PaHacea for all external Wounds,
Cuts. SweliHgs, SpraiGs Bruises, or kIupuonS
I f.. = g. .lt..,v,a ,,ts
pri.ing virtue that Physicians are compelled TO
/ prescribe II; and from some remarkable cures
OF Cnronc and Distorted Rheumatic cases It
has naturally attracted much attention from the
! first scientific minds OF the age. No family
can afford 10 be without a bottle OF the MUS
| TANG LlNlMENT in the house. Beware o!
! limitations. The genuine is sold By Tespec'
table dealers in all parts OF the world.
| BARNES x PARK, PTopTetors.
New York, je l7-eolm
VALUABLE FARM FOR SALE!!-The
! \ undersigned Tor the purpose OF PARTITION,
offer for sale their farm called carriers
| GREEN" containing six hundred and seventy
| five ACRES, situated III the upper end oi the
county OF Prince William, Immediately on the
! road leading from Aide 10 Gainesville and
about eqUidIstaut from those places or about
| G. miles from each This farm Is divided into
! nine fields, besides meadow and two or three
lots. Ii is beautifully laid of, (the fields being
nearly all ,quare) The timber IS Oi The best quail.
| ity, vel dispersed over the farm and abundant
| ioI all purposes. The whole is well wateTed,
there being 40 difficulty III watering stock rom
! every field in the drIest seasons. The soil Is
highly fertile, (beIHg mostly chocoiate) an3
well adapted, to heat, corn aud grass. Indeed
the facility with which the fields run INTO blue
| grass after cropping, renders u one oil the finest
/ grazing farms 10 be found within twenty miles
! OF II.
The fencing is all in good order and the
entire farm, IN high state OF cultivation. II
can winter and Craze well, and with ease % or
50 Cattle OF good size, and with very little eX-
pendture for ertilizcrs-twelve or fifteen hun
dred bushels of wheat can be raised thereon
annually. The present crop OF lallow wheat Oh
a field Of about fifty acres, presents lar
nro,rise of a Weld OF al least ~ 10 % bushels
ner acre; the number of Beef Cattle al present
arazing on the farm is about ~ and there are
one or more fine grass fields scarcely touched
and probably will not be needed.
gG9t The DWELLING though plain. ls IN
RI good repair and very comfortable; the out
buildings are also in good order and are quite
sufficient in number The shelters for stock
aud ia ming implements &c, are perhaps
superior to those TO be found OH any farm within
ten mics In fine the undersigned, verify con
slider Garter Green one OF the best and most
desirable farms to be found IN this or any OF the
adjoining counties. II IS nearly square, is
beautifully unduating; easy 10 cultivate con-
venenr 10 market, and in a neighborhood, where
the society is refined, ho-pitabe and moral.
Terms wll be easy, and Tor considerable
portion of the purchase money very Liberal
| credit will be gwen, II desired. J. ]. Garter,
vino resides OF the premises, will take pleasure
in showing them 10 any one VINO may wish to
view them, or letters addressed TO either Of the
undersigned will be responded to. The Post VI.
! fee OF the former is Salem, FauquIer Co., and
the latter Haymarket, Va,
RICHARD II CARTER,
JOSIAH T. CARTER.
| Prince William to, Va, lc 22--eott
| 4 LEXANDRIA. LOuDOUN AND HAMP-
| y SHIRE RAILROAD COMPANf-A
general meeting OF the Alexandra, Lcudoun
and Hampshire Railroad Company, will be heid