Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1855-01-03


long credit as the purchaser may prcbsbly de-
sire, the deferred payments and intsrest being
properly securel.
in BERKELEY COUNTY,
tract ofland on the east side ofCherf3's Run
and on the Potomac River, opposite Old Fort
Frederick, Maryland, containing about $50 acres,
40 acres Of which is prime river bottom, now well
fenced and in good state Of cultivation the
other portion is mostly well covered with timber
and l. considered.e xcellent farming land In the
hands Of person who could give il his personal
attention the timber alone as mere fuel wood for
the use OF the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (which
runs through III would more than pay for the
land al the price at which il is offered, slo per
acre.
The valuable farm called Dunmore, lying on the
Warm Spring Run and the Potomac river, oppo
site the town CT Hancock, Maryland. and for many
years tenanted by Cromwell Orrick, Esq, con-
tanning upwards Of 100 acres about $50 acres Of
which are Of the very finest quality Of bottom
land, always considered as the very richest bot
tom land on the Potomac river; aud, notwith-
Standing that il has been ienanted out for more
than ninety years, mostly cultivated year after
year in corn, yet still it is as productive as ever
and may well he considered az ine1haustible--
About 100 acres Of the upland have lately been
cleared and well fenced and now sowed in wheat
Of which IL produces very fine crops. The rest
Of this track is well timbered, which may be sold
on the land to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company, the profits from which would alone pay
for the land. And when cleared the purchaser
would be in possession, clear Of all cost Of most
productive farm, well adapted TO grazing, blue
grass being indigenous to the soil, voluntarily
springing up wherever it is allowed to grow.
The Warm Spring Run which bounds sland
is formed from the springs at BAH, called Berke-
ley Springs, is q never failing stream, aifordng
annie sites n tens lie =
ing purposes.
The Hancock or Aplinc Depot ofthe Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad lies directly adjoining, aud a
long switch Of the railroad runs some distance on
the land, affording excellent sites for stores or
persons engaged in mercantile pursuits. This
whole tract will be sold for $4,000.
HEAVILY SHIP-TIMBERE LAND.
A splendid tract of land in the same county, on
the North Fork of Sleepy Creek, known by the
name Of Trips bottom, containing by recent sur
vey ITO acres, a large portion OF which is very
rich bottom, covered with the largest and finest
white oak timber believed to exist in the whole
State of Virginia, and considered very valuable
as chip timber. This land contains very good
site for a saw mill and lies about eight miles from
the town of Bath, berkeley Springs and four
teen miles from Hancock Depot, and has fine
graded road direct from each ofthese places run
ming within halt a mile oft Price SIS per acre,
making ST. $50 for the whole tract, which may
well be considered as bargain, as a fortune may
be made out of the timber and the land then sold
or the price at which it is now offered.
IN HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.
track Of land on Buck Island Rum called
"Loekheartsn or the Cat-tail Run Track lying
about one mile from the North Branch of the Po-
tomae md three miles below the depot at the
mouth of Patterson's creek containing somewhere
about 500 acres, 2 acres of which is good mead
ow land the rest in wood. The Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad runs throush IT, The track will
be sold at the very low price Of SO Per acre.
COAL LAND.
A very fine track also in Hampshire county
known one Of the Martin Surveys lying on the
top of the Allegheny mountains in the coal field
containing between 700 and 500 acres about so
acres are cleared and in grass, the rest heavily
timhered. AbrahGm's creek a beautiful stream,
abounding with trout ,.and afording sites for
mills Sc, runs through it, The land is Of the
very best grass land in the country, timothy be-
ing Indigenous to the soil, in ordinary seasons
growing to the height of the reaper's shoulders
The fourteen feet 0he laIgest) coal vein extends
through the tract, which in short time must
render IL immensely valuable. For farming pur-
poses alone it is considered fully worth the price
at which it is offered. 1t lies half a mile from
the Northwestern Turnpike and seven miles from
Reese's Tavern Price SIG per acre.
IsHARDY COUNTY.
The beautiful tract, known by the name of the
"kittie Lick Survey at the head Of New Greek
aud at the foot Of the Alleghanys containing sol
acres 40 or so acres cleared and in meadow, the
balance well timberel and very rich, with lime
stone on it il also has good site for II saw mill.
It lies in Hardy county, just over the line Of
Hampshire. The new Turnpike from New Greek
Depot 10 Petersburg passes through it. Persons
de9rons Of viewing this tract and the one pre-
ceding it will get conveyance and directions at
Beeseis Tavern, on the Northwestern Turnpike,
seven miles from New Creek Depot, both tracts
Wing within seven or eight miles of said tavern
Price Of this tract ten dollars per acre.
Persons desiring to purchase any OF the above
property will apply TO or address
Dec, i3. ls5i-sOw3m. Gil. LEE JONES,
Attorney at Law, Washington