Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-08-06

yyALUABLI REAL Estate FOR sAIY.-on
Monday, the 2ist day OF October. will be cold at
Poblic Auction, 220 Building Lots and 80 Out Lots Ii the
furnishing town OF PoRTsMoUTH, OHIO. 5lt1.
Portsmouth,. the chief town Of Sciota county, Il plea
sanity situated on high ground the bank Of the Ohio
mouth approaches within half mile Of the Ohio, and
about midway between Marietta and Cincinnati. The
water is good and the town has always been considered
remarkably healthy Its settle Is high and places the Do
pula'ion beyond the reach Of the highest floods.
The Ohio and Erie Canal which was finished last Oco-
ber in,esee.s the Ohio at that place. and brings there
ranshpmen the produce Of the very rich and extensivs
country through which passes That canal Is 800 miles
long, 40 feet wide and feet deep II passes hro Is Of
the fertile and popuous Ohio and serves
as channel Of communicate the Of Chicote
Circlevilc, Lancaster, Zsnesvile, Columbus. Hebron
Newark Dresden. Roscoe, Trenton, Lockpor Dover Sa
lem, New Philadelphia Bolivar Masson, Fulton Clin-
ton, ARROW and Boston. Ii is the connecting link be-
tween the navigation OF the Mssissipp the Northern
lakes, and the NJ York and WelIand Csnss< ntersectne
the Ohio at Portsmouth, and Lake Erie at Cleveland.
For tho year 1881, the tolls this Canal, which
was completed only from the Lake 10 Chicoths,
amounted to >$64s64-and from the tolls already re-.
ceived. is estimated that the receipts for 1893 will ex
coed $685. 00 ltnow forms uninterrupted channel Of
communication between the Lakes aud Ohio, and tends
directly to increase the business of Portsmouth, That
town has 1850 inhabitants and is rapidly Increasing
n the immediate vicinity are extensive quares Of free
stone. which furnish the chief building stone for
Cincinnati and Louisville There also valuable beds
OF iron almost in proximity with the bituminous coal
which Is so abundant in that part of the country The
ore Is OF the first quality and universally preferred In tho
western States There already within distance
OF the mouth Of the canal 80 Furnaces FORCES in
ration, manufacturing upwards OF 10000 OF per
annum, Of the value of million Of dollars Steamboats,
Of the largest class daily arrive deposting
at that place their cargoes of Cotton, Sugar, Coffee, Sc
and receiving in return, the Flour Perk Whiskey, Sc Of
the interior, brought there by the way of the canal The
commerce OF the town is rapidly increasing under the in
iuence OF these favorable crcums tances and in few
years. II must become one OF the most important places
the Ohio River The lots offered for sale are situated in
the principal streets Of Portsmouth, and present OPP
portuny for the protible investment of capital. Titles
unquesionablc end in fee simple.
The sale Of the above properly will take place the
2lst OF October next, 10 o'clock, A. M In Portsmouth,
Maps exhibiting the plan Of the town. situation and
oil the Lots. be had after 10Th
to McAliser s. York, Philadephis; Turnbul & Win
chester, Baltimore; Barr, Kneea & Co., New York; or
my Agent, Thomas Parker, Esq., Portsmouth, who will
give all Information the subject
JOHN I. BARR, $50 Pearl street, N. ".
New York, July %, 1888. 25-lSt