Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-02-28
CITY AND STATE AFFAIRS.

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Arpr.rar , Suspicious CuARterFs.=-N very
,enteel lnokiur and we'll dressed person calling
Himself Mari NJ. Mitchell. was arrc>te in this
city. SATURDAY.. by officer Rnyal OH the change Of
stealing two horses aud II hn,gv from Livery
Stable keeper at Winchester. This man stopped
NJ the Natural Bridge two or three days sinceand
snou after he Left the gentleman with whom he
STAYED. saw the sui Joined advertisement IN news
paper:
"A stranger registering his name as James F..
Stewart. Of Philadelphia hircl at my Livery S'a-
hlc in Winchester, on Saturday the Nth INST, a
Buggy and Pair of Horses To drive to Sirasburg,
and not having returned, | Will pay tho above re-
ward for the recovery of the Buggy, Horses aud
Thief or a suitable reward for the Buggy and
Horses. When last heard of lie had dined in
lIarrisonburg, and registered his name ~ -iidr'N'
Of Baltimore lie is of progressing n caIanre
and calculated to deceive the unsusl"eting. The
Buggy is of Concord make, nearly new; the iior-
are small reu DHNS, Hiiu S"ou
ANY information in regard to the Buggy, ll"r-
ses or Thief may I've addressed to JAS !. y. lrot-
ter Stanton, or the undersigned ut W lncheStcr.
JAMES II. KEMP.
Immediately thereafter, the tavern-kccper, III
company With another gentleman residing At the
Bridge. started for this city. which they reached
on Thursday night at a late hour. On their arrI-
wal here they were unable to hear anything ia re-
lation to the rcrson Of whom they were IN quest
both remained in the city until Saturday morn
my at which time they started home, and had not
gotten more than three miles on their way. wh"A
,!iey met the very person they were most deslr-
u,lS of seeing lie had with him in his buggy "A Mr.
OGDEN whofcsi,!ns in Bedford some 10 milo west OF
thiscity-M had been staying at MIR. .. house t'r
atlayor two.nuun the latter gentleman sintlmAtlnS
an intention to come to Lynchburg On the day
mentioned, the stranger very politely oh"I'i To-
drive him land back. On hearing the grave o.
fence with which his travelling companIo" WAS
charged Mr.. u. was not Il little surprised The
entire party returned to town, and Mitchell MAS
taken before the MAYER. His Honor, after a par
tinl hearing q. the case deferred its further ell
silcratiou NATL the fourth ii March, IN orer that
the Winchester witnesses may be here. The man
arrested claims to he II Typographical Eng ."eer IN
the service Of the Government, and saws he +
now engaged in looking up site for NattonaI
Arsenal to he located in the vicinity Of North
river lie refuses To give his place o' re>idein',
and is altogether very n"n-commiital hd, 'dn"'.
As the ease will undergo judicial investigation,
we lorbcar further comment.