Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-08-27
BY YESTERDAY EVENINGS MAILS.


day last. Seven hundred acres Of land attach
cd to the property were sold to Col. VIM. D.
Green. for sol per acre. The remaining por-
ton of 40 acres and the buildings included,
were sold to Mr. lIuggin. of Caroline County,
for 1000 We hear that an effort will be
made to set the sale aside mt the next term oil
the Circuit Court.
We are sorry indeed that the Springs have
not received the patronage this season they 50
richly deserved. Messrs Smith IL LuSk, the
sentlemanly and accommodating managers
had hoped for a liberal patronage, but unfor-
tunately have been disappointed. The
Springs, having recently passed int" other
hands. we trust sincerely that hereafter they
NAV he encouraged TAR beyond the most SAN
guine expectations of their friends.
The Deputy Sheriffs will 60 from Court
with the tax hooks for their respective dis
tricts. We learn by enquiry from the Sher-
if, that the amount to be collected from the
tax PAYERS of this County. for the State, Coun-
ty and other purposes, during the fall months,
is near seventy four thousand dollars, Il pref
ty good sum Tor the times. but rs our tax
PAYERS know the penalty the officers incur,
bv a failure to collect in time, we are sure
their demands will be promptly met
We had a most delightful rain ON Tuesday
and Wednesday, which will materially i'm
prove the corn crop in this neighborhood.
In some portions of the upper end of this
county, notwithstanding the want OF ram, the
corn crop will be more than an average one
Butter we regret to say is very scarce III
our market, the supply falling far below the
demand.
The oat crop in Fauquer, is very heavy
one H1rrcmton Wing.
CoRy CRor-A recent trip down the Val
lev as far rs Mt. jackson, has satisfied Us that
the crop of corn in the lower end of Rocking
ham and the upper part OF Shenandoah, must
be exceedingly short, Wedo not think that
half crop can be made under any circum-
stances. It's distressing to see the stuntcd,
wilted, whitening, dying condition of this
important crop. 1t may be that the fields
not Immediately on the line of the turnpike
look better than those we saw: but we cannot
believe the interior fields promise larger
Weld than those to which we refer. On the
rich bottoms Oft the celebrated Steenbergen
estate. now owned by MessrS. Mecm, the
eve meets the shortest corn We ever saw
growing in that locality. The proprctors Of
the estate informed us that they dad not ex-
pect to realize one third of Il crop from their
extensive field of corn yhGm ReWS-
ter.
FINE YrEID.-The most extraordinary
Weld ofryc we have ever heard of, is that
spoken Of below. 1t was raised on the farm
of Mai. J. ii. Conrad, near Conrad's Store.
True the land in that region is remarkable
for its fertility: but this yield is indeed extra
ordinary. even for that rich country.
"CoNRADS STORE. lS59.-As tall talk
about tall timothy seems to be the order "f
the dav, | concluded to say something III the
way Of rye. Ithreshed q few days since, the
product of the seeding Of half ii bu>hel of COM
mon mountain rye, the yield Of which was
eighty bushels of clean pure rye. The
growth Icing very luxuriant, it was very
much fallen, which made it very difficult 10
save. have no doubt at least ten bushels
was left on the lot. Beat it who can. y
FWhiHvHdW htyfNf".
Gov. LETcUER-Wc left Gov. Lctcher ut
Orkney Springs few days since, enjoying
himself finely. and improving. We think, ra-
pidly in health. We have hopes that his
health will he entirely restored before he As
sumes the duties of the Executive chair
His republican manners and unpretcnding
air have endsarcd him to the people who
wait upon him To pay their respects to their
former faithful representative in Congress,
and the now Governor elect of the old COM
monwcalth.- buckingham Register
A NEW LINE OF STEAMERS We have
learned. from an authentic source. that u
new line of steamers. three in number. will
soon begin to run, in competition with the
present line. between New York and this city.
They will. it is said. rival the others in size.
finish and elegance Of accommodations. and
two Of them are now upon the eve of being
launched. Six fine steamers from this city
To New York. will do very well for Richmond.
-RicLmoad Ncw%.
The Winchester Republican says:-"A
few evenings ago tw" mcn apparently rough
customers, were sharp enough t" swindle our
merchants out Of 4 right snug little sum, by
way of an exchange of countcrGcits for the
genuine article The countcrfcitS were on
the Northwestern Bank of Virginia, and
Harrisburg, Pa. and a number of two and Il
half pieces very badly executed: the galyen
lied substance not on sufficiently thick t.
hide from sight the white metal of which
they were composed
In Russell county, Va, on the l5st inst,
Vim. Tyler, while in Il barn convcrSing with
two friends got into quarrel with one otthem
John Jones--and. throwing him on the
floor. severed his head from his body with n
knife. He then fled, aud has not been CAP
turcd. The deceased leaves wife and three
children.
Marmadukc Johnson, esq, has resigned
the Office of Attorney for the Commonwealth
in the city of Richmond, held Ivy him unih-
terruptcdiy for seven years.
The Virginia Central Railroad Company
have declared q dividend for the last six
months of ,! per cent, payable on the 18th
September.