Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-05-22
EXTENSIVE SALE OF VALUABLE LANDS
ON THE MOBILE AND OHIO RAILROAD.
OFFICE MOBILE AND OHIO RAILROAD Co..

Mobile, March 27th 1857.
WKyHEREAS by an act OF Congress, dated Septem Der
w 2h 1850 donation Of !, l56, ,65e acres Of Pubic
Lands In alternate sections, contiguous 20 and lying Win
in fifteen miles on either sde along the line OF the Mooe
and Ohio Railroad made BY the Unted states 10 toe
states OF Alabama and Mississippi and by said States
conveyed to the Mobile and ohio Railroad Company;
And whereas the Mobile and Ohio Railroad conP.n:
did ON the hrst day Of November. 1885, ute ce.'s
Deed of Trust to NORRIS KETCHUM, JOHN ]. Pa -
MER and WM r. HALLET Trustees for the pro!ee:: .
OF The holder, Of se.,sI n issue of SIX % h
lands included;
And whereas said Deed OF Trust provides foT tbs ..s
said lands and the investment of the proceeds the.s
sinking Fund for the redemption Of said Bonds at r.:a
F'y; Saw therefore. WI. the undersigned E..eu,.. Cen
nittee under authority vested In us by the T.us:se
aforesaid in accordance with the provisions Of said uG
and by resolution Of The Board Of Directors adopted
March l2h 1857 will sell At Public Aucrion lOOcoo ccre-
of the above mentioned lands to the highest bdde: s5os
the minimum price oil Eve dollars per acre The sale vi!
be held al the mes and places, and upon the ter.''
hereinafter named 10 vii:
For Lands situated In the Counties Of Noxubce and Wa
,ton the sale willtske place at Macon Miss, on TUES
DAY, June 18th, 1857 at 9 O'Clock, A. NJ
For Lands in the County Of Kemper, at seoobs, or
THURSDAY, June lsth, 1887, at o'clock, A. N:
For Land. in the Counties OF LHuderdsle, Miss and
sumptsr, Ala. AZ Laud.rdale sp'ings, on TUESDAY
June 23d. 1851 and at Marion Station, on WEDNESDAY
June 9th, 1857, HI O'clock, A N.
For Lands In The Counties Of Clarke and Jasper, Mis-
sissppi Enterprise ON THURSDAY, June 25th ls57,
and at Dc Solo, on FRIDAY June a6th 1857 ssa o'clock
or Lands In the County of wayse a, wayne,boro' or
SATURDAY, June eth, ie57, at O'Clock, A.
The Terms Of Sule will be follows
One.third cash. onethird 10 twelve months. and
third In eighteen months with Interest on fhe time pay
meuts at the Of eight per per Upon
ceip' Of the cash payment, certificates will Issued
purchasers by the provisions Of which the lands will be
to esnle n case OF failure TO the tlnc pay
their respective maurtiss. T,es will be oelv
cred only upon receipt of the last payment
The location of these lsnds upon the line of great rail
way their convenience large market the seaooard
and their general heahunes together with their intrn
sic value for cultivation, combine make them very desi
rabe TO purchasers for actual settlement Among then
may be found of the best Cotton Lands in Eas,
sissppi. well large tracts of valuable timber snt
such opportunities for favorable investment rarely Of
fered 70 the public.
The Lands will be offered In sub divisions of 60 acrcs
or one eighth sections each.
Printed Lists of the Land: be had upon application
to the Station Agents at the various Deposon the Railroad
and also Columbus, Aberdeen and Okulons AnJ fGr
ther information will be furnished by the undersss
Mobile.
lslsned,l FRANCIS B. CLARK,
jONA. EMANUEL,
WM. D. DUNN,
Executive Committee N. and Y. K. K. Co.