The New York herald., 1869-01-30

at Lincoln Park and be sixteen or eighteen miles In
The Board OF Supervisors Of westchester county
nave assessed the real and personal estate Of the
county as f0llOws:-
rersonai 7,SSS.6o4
This is an increase over the assessed valuation OF
rea estate o. last year Of and OF personal
There are 27s,52o acres OF land in the county, d.
yided into twenty-iour towns. Yorktown IS the
largest having S,s15 acres, and Morrisania is the
highest assessed value, the real estate amounting to
$3.50, ,4es, and the personal property to s1o7i,oOo
personal property has nearly doubled, owing to the
rapid increase Of improvements made III the several
parts Of the county. Morrisania Yonkers, Tarry-
town, Peekskill, Sing Sing, White Plains Mount Yer
non, West Farms, New Rochelle, Rye and other
towns and villages to incorporated towns Of wealth
The following sales Of real estate were made in
Norfolk, va on Tuesday last:-
House and lot No. 152Norh Church street, to d. G,
House and lot No. IA North Church street. same
purchaser, for 81, 10.
Lawrence, Wright 4 stratton, OF this city. have re-
Gently sold the Kreeand farm. situated at Bayside,
1. l., for $4,000. A gentleman named Allanay Is
il Is reported that the trustee of the estate Of the
late Stephen A. Douglas has just commenced suit In
Chicago against Thomas s. Dobbins and others for
the recovery OF some real estate OF which the heirs
Douglas. The attempt OF Dobbins TO transfer the
property is said to be the cause Of the commence
ment OF proceedings against him.
John T. Morey lately purchased OF II. e. shafer
the late residence OF Junus Judson, corner OF Bow
cry and Rome streets, Rochester, N. y, together
with house on Rome street Tor 900.
r. 4. Shipley, OF Westminster, Nd, has sold
his farm, situated in Freedom district, containing
2o4 acres, to James Ii. Steel Of Frederick county,
Thomas Il. Agnew, OF this city, has recently pur-
chased 100 acres OF land In the Edgeied district
South Carolina, near Aiken.
Between twenty-five and thirty acres OF land at
Throg's Neck, n. Y, known as the Samuel Cornell
property, have been sold for $4,000. This estate
hes half mile east OF the line Of the contemplated
railroad to Portchester.
The residence OF the late Isaiah Sickes, at West
chester, n. u, and half acre OF ground lying close
70 the line OF the proposed railroad have been bought
by a Mr. Friz for 81 400.
We often hear Of the growth OF the west,- ana
there are facts enough In the past OF this growth
t. give abundant promise OF its future great increase
correspondent OF the CINCINNATI Gazete furnishes
the following specimen iacs. Judged by this what
| may we not expect when the railroad 10 the Pacific
| opens up the entire continent to the march OF
| enterprise:-ssThe first steamboat assembled the
ohio river from the city OF Cincinnati only seventy
three years ago and the trip from that city to Pitts
burg consumed four weeks. The beautiful CONNER
cal capital OF Ohio, the queen CITY. as IL Is now
called, was then but mere military station, aud
even three years later had only 600 inhabitants.
| Pltisburg dingy little outpost, and between II
and Cincinnati stretched the pfmeva forest, dotted
| only at very rare intervals with the huts OF
solitary pioneers and squattes. Three quarters or
a century have rolled away and old Fort Washington
| with Its 800 has become thriving metropolis with
| zoo Inhabitants. Pltsburg has expanded TO a
great marts less than 1l3 cities and towns popu-
lons and full Of enerprising life. complete the
nection. IL is asserted too, that all the steam
ers that ply up and down the Ohio gathered TO one
| place they would form n0atirg scty In which
| $4,000 human beings could 1ad comfortable quar-
| ters.-