Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-03-30
AUCTION SALES.


/ THE cATHARlNE FURNACE, WITH DWELLING;
lois AtkEs or LAND, CONTAINING IRON
ORE, WELL WOODED: FIXTURES, PATTERNS
STOCK, STEAM ENGINE, ENGINE HOUSE, co.
FOLAS, BLiCkSMlTII'S TOOLS sc &c &C.,
WITH EVERY THING REQUISITE FOR A COM
FIETE IRON MAAuFArIuRlaG ESTABLISH
MENr.
| IN TUESDAY, June lei, ls47, will be sold nj Pub.
~ lie Auction, On the premises. that highly valuable
pr"Irris, known IL the JATHARiNE FURNACE,
WIN All The Land attached ieieto Fixtures, Patterns,
Stnck, &c, &C together with The Dwelling and Ont
lI"nsts forming, as whole, complete Iron Manulac
turing establishment with neat and desirable Fam-
y hts'nrntr attached, Anh situated IN Country rs I'M
qnrs'iondbiy healthy as any other In The Union. The
principal Items embraced in the proposed sale are as
follows:
THE CATHARISE FURNACE, located in the coun
~ OF sposyynnla State Of Virginia. 10 miles The
town of Fredericksburg, mile from swift Run Gap
turnpike Road, and containing ,64s acres
The STACK was built By Mark McAfee, in the wear
e Is III feet high, 30 feet square the base 10 feet
across the inwali With iwieres.
CASTING HOUSE, thirty feet WIDE fifty feet long
with shed Oh each side twenty feet wide and fny
feet long.
ENGINE HOUSE, ri stone, twenty feet wide, and
seventy long, with sheds sides, and engine
"i fourteen horse power.
BRIDGE HOUSE, "a feet wide, A. feet long
COAL HOUSE, pau Of stone, 30 feet wide, 100 feet
long, with shed ~ ieei wids, Ion feet long
once, Boarding House lof workmen; Bali House.
Pattern House, Smoke House, aud Bllcksmiih's Shop,
Pairrns, Mouds and Fixtures for the manufacture Of
nearly every description Srli and Shot used by the
General Government; valuable sci of Brass Pot Pat
terms, Stove Patterns, &C., &c.
Eighteen Mules aud one Horse, Wagons, Carts &C.
with Gear; Blaoksmuh,s Tools.
Stahllng ample 10 accommodate from forty to fifty
head OF horses or mules.
The Dwelling House, Two stories, with eight rooms,
Kitchen, AMI all necessary Offices, and Houses for Ser
wants
IJ- The terms Of sale VIII be-One.t third cash, the
balance IN two equal annual instalments secured,
usual, by derd Of trust on the premises. cnnsde-
rable portion of the property being pesable good per
sonal security will e required addition 10 the deed
of trust.
The Property may be purchased 1t private sale until
The 10Th May, lei7 Alter that day, private offer
VIII he renewed. IL sold privately, notice viii be gi
ven IN all the newspapers which publish this adver-
semsni 80 that persons residing n a distance, who
wish la purchase, may h- assured that the sale will po
silvrly place The lei June unless the above
ice i gwen.
Application for private snc may he made 10 Dr. VII
liam Wsfnh, rlrtlrksbnfg. Va, " lo Is fully
Tinrlsed 10 conclude bargain; hut information The
shieci may bs obtained fsnm either III The subscribers
WI. n. WEXFORD,
Executor oil John =. Wexford
Ell. II CARMICHAEL
r. II CUNNINGHAM,
Trustee oil +. Is. Drane, jr
n. B.-Thcre is now, the bank of the Calharine
Furnace about 600 of PIG IRON, of The blast Of
Isis: any portion al which will be sold 10 the purcha-
chaser the Property, who nay desire 10 commence
immediate operations. March l6--dliGctIs