Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-08-20

T. ~ iuesuay, tne Iln DAY oil september next, 4 will
" again offer Dungeness for sale, to the highest bidder
upon the premises, this plantation, lying on James River,
thirty-three miles from Richmond, containing eight hun
dred acres-one hundred Of which are low grounds. The
Land, as far as cleared, is Of excellent soil, lying remark-
ably level. Upon the farm there is a variety OF fine fruits.
The improvements snch as will accommodate a tolerabJv
large famiy.-TERMs :: one third 10 be paid on Civ
ing possession, which will be on the LIST day Of January
next; the balance in two equal annual payments. The
purchaser may have the privilege Of seeding wheat. |
will, In the mean time, proceed to prepare the land for
that purpose. l consider it as healthy a situation as any
on James River: there has not been a single case Of
ague or bilious fever on The farm for five years.
July 26. [23-tds] GEO. WOODS0N PAYNE.
VALUABLE real ESTATE FOR LIE
Monday, the 2lst day OF October, will be sold al
Public Auction, 22O Building Lots and so Out Lots, in the
furnishing town OF PORTSMOUTH, ONO.
Portsmouth,, the chief town of Sciota county, is plea.
sanity situated ON high ground OIL the bank of the Ohio
River, near the mouth OF Scioia River, which at Ports.
mouth approaches within half a mile of the Ohio, and
about midway between Marietta aud Cincinnati. The
water is good, and the town has always been considered
remarkably healthy. Its scite is high and places the no.
pulaion beyond the reach of the highest floods.
The Ohio and Erie Canal, which was finished last oc,o.
her, intersects the Ohio at that place, and brings there for
transhipnentt the produce OF the very rich and extensive
country through which ii passes. That canal is BOG miles
long, 40 feet wide and 4 feet deep. Ii passes thro' I3 of
the most fertile and populous counties of Ohio, and serves
as a channel oil communication TO the towns of Chiicoihe,
Circleville, Lancaster, GAINESVILLE, Columbus, Hebron,
Newark, Dresden, Roscoe, Trenton, Lockport, Dover, Sa.
lem, New Philadelphia, Bolivar, Massillon, Fulton. Gin
ton, ARROW and Boston. IL is the connecting link be-
tween the navigation of the Mississippi, the Northern
lakes, and the N. York and Welland Canals intersecting
the Ohio at Portsmouth, and Lake Erie at CleayeIand.
For the year 1881, the tolls on this Canal, which
was completed only from the Lake to Clnicothr,
amounted to SOL, S64-and from the tolls already re-
ceIved, Ii is estimated that the receipts for 1888 will ex-
coed $lS5 900. ltnow forms an uninterrupted channel OF
communication between the Lakes and Ohio, and tends
directly to increase the business Of Portsmouth. That
town has now 1850 inhabitants, and is rapidly increasing
In the immediate vicinity are extensive quarries of free
stone, which furnish the chief ornamental building stone for
Cincinnati and Louisville. There are also valuable beds
oil iron ore almost in proximity with the bituminous coal
which is so abundant in that part Of the country. The
ore Is oil the first quality and universally preferred in the
western States. There are already within a short distance
Of the mouth Of the canal 80 Furnaces aud FORCES in ope-
aDnum. OF the value Of a million Of dollars. Steambo ais
OF the largest class daily arrive at Portsmouth, depositipg
at that place their cargoes of Cotton, Sugar, Coffee, SC.
and receiving in return, the Flour, Pork, Whiskey, sc. OF
the interior, brought there by the way OF The canal. The
commerce Of the town is rapidly increasing under the in.
huence Of these favorable circumstances, and in a few
years, it must become one of the most important places on
tie Ohio River. The lots offered for sale are situated in
the principal streets Of Portsmouth, and present an OBJ.
portunity for the profitibie investment of capital Titles
unquestionable and III lee simple.
The sale OF the above property will take place on the
21st Of October next, at 10 o'clock, A. NJ. in Portsmouth
Maps, exhibiting the plan OF the town, situation and size
OF the Lots, may be had on or after 29th inst. on application
to McAlister g. York, Philadelphia; Turnbull & Win.
chester, Baltimore; Barr, Kneeland & Co, New York: OF
my Agent, Thomas Parker, Esq, Portsmouth, who will
give all Information on the subject.
JOHN 4. BARR, $50 Pearl street, N. Y.
New York, July %, 1888. 25-1St