Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1840-02-20
Land! Land!! Land!!!

5000 Acres Of Land at She77F's Sale
sArILL be sold on the 1st Monday in Marcl
w next, at Edgefieid, C. II. s. C. by IL,
sheriff of said District, to satisfy divers Exec
| uons Mortgages. &c. Five Thousand acres o
and, more or less, lying on the waters Of BIZ
Horse Creek, four Miles from Hamburg, and
within two miles of Savannah River, and ex
tending four miles OH the Rail Road, known ai
Milton's Mills. On said place is an excellent
set ofmills in good order. consisting Of four run
Of saws, and one GrSt Mill. The saws are Gu
pable Of cutting from twelve 10 fifteen hundred
stream of wafer sufficient 10 propel ter saws
1t all times. 1t is navigable for Petersburg
boats, 10 the Mills, and can easily be made SO Tor
much larger ones. There is saving lumber
enough OIL the land 10 run tho Mills 10 or l.
years, allowing each saw 10 cut loo feet per
day, ard has the great advantage of Hamburg
Augusta and Savannah markets, all by water.
One hand will, in two days, mike his raft, run
aud deliver two thousand feet in Hamburg or
Augusta. and two hands will. in twelve days.
raft, run and deliver 10000 feet in Savannah.
These Mills have also annually furnished large
bills orlumbcr for the Charleston Rail Road,
which passes within $50 or go yards Of the
Mills.
There are $50 acres under cultivation. and
2000 more suitable for cultivatiun There is
OIL the place. one good well finished dwcnr
pleasantly situated, together with Kitchens,
Smoke Hous., Store Houses, Stables Blacls-
smith, Whcelwrights. and other shops. Also
II or Is other small dwellings, in The vicinity
of the Mills, suitable for small families. aud
here, at no very distant day, with the pcrmis.
sion Of the proprietor) will be erected numerous
summer seats where the busy merchant of The
city may retire. after the labors of The day in
twenty-five minutes, TO pure atmosphere, free
from the fatal nliasnna musque'0es and dust, and
refresh mselfamong the numerous springs Of
as pure water as can be found in The United
States Nor is there any placein the Southern
country better caIcullted for an extensive manu-.
factoring establishment there being no wan, of
water; and for health unriv"lled.
Their is much Pine Timber in the vicinity
adjoining this tract. which must be sawed at
these Mills. We will now suppose that the
four saws cut but 100000 feet annually. ami
after deduciing all expenses, you have but four
dollars per thousand. You will hen have
81 800 per annum, or the sum of S4S,U00 in
ten years. You may also employ one team
and three hands, which will deliver in twelve
months. fifteen hundred cords of lish,wood OH
the Rail Road, for which they pay 81 l2i per
cord; which will make S3JS7,-S900 out, for
team aud hands, leaves ;S22s7,-or, with tic
same hands and team, deliver on the bank of
the Savannah River twelve hundred cords of
lightwoo,l, for which the Steamboat Company
pay So 00 per cord-which will make S;:i6O0.
S:iUU out, leaves ;S2.700-or in ten wears, ST.
900. You may also employ three more teams
aud five hands, which will deliver in Hamburg,
or Augusta, (as the Bridges are now free, both
Tor Wood and Lumber one thousand cords Of
hard wood, which brings from So 80 to Sb 90
per cord, say $500. You will then have $4,000.
Hands and team, say Sl5OO-it will leave you
$25OO per annum or S25,0D0 in ten years
Thus, you see, that in ten years. according To
the above calculations, (Which no experenc ed
man will say are large,) you will take from this
land, one hundred thousand dollars, and still
have your land and mills leli.
II is estimated by good Judges, acquainted
with the land. that it will average, at least four
cords of light wood, and four of hard wood,
per acre. And those best acquainted with the
rapid growth of hard wood, and the production
| Of liz ht wood, from the bodies Of fallen Pines
sill rendily percelvethat the above named teams
could never direst the land of wood. And
while it continues fashionable, to have goo,:
fires in cold weather, and for Steamboats, and
Locomotives TO burn wood, so long This lane
must remain valuable. The Rail Road Com
pany. by purchasing this place, may supply
This entI Of their road with sawed lumber Rans
ing timbers and ghtwoOd and thereby saw,
their thousands annually. And let them an,
other Capitalists. reflect, tha, five thousand L
cr"s Of lnnd in body with Rail Road passin:
through it, on which, is one of the fnesr
,I.l streams H. tic United States, with s
erb dam and mills. all in order, within fer
miles Of one Of the hest Lumber and Woe;
anarkets in the South, is not 10 be found ever,
year at Sheriils' Sale.
To My Creditors:
Gentlemen my property is all in the hand,
of the Sheriff. II is misfortune, heavy loss,,
unparalleled hard times and your Impatenc,.
that has placed it there Should il bring ont
'alf its intrinsic worth. you will all be safe. !
it does not. it is my all. Do the best.you car
withit. Expect no more f:om me.
WILEY MILTON.
Feb Z, 1a4O c2
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