The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-09-18

! Horses
ALSO-0ne secondhand Spring Wagon and Har
nesS. THOMAS ". KEEStE.
ga IS Auctione-r
CONSTABLE'S SALE.-Will be solo
~ on The 18th day Of September, 1857. at Griffin
Spring, Sows and Is Pigs. 30 Shosts, Sows and
isfy distress warrant in nv hands in favor of r.
HMskins and others, against Tom Griffin
Term, cash. Sale to COMMENCE at O'Clock;
Sc 5-2t* j. q. METTERT. c. Ii C.
SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA LAM
b1F'R SALE AT PUBLIC AUCTION II will off.
tho following lands for sale at auction in front o
the court house. in the town of Wythevillp W eth,
county. Nirxinia. on WEDNE-DAY, the 18th day o
October next being the second Gay Of the annual ra
and Exhibition Of the Agricultural Society OF South
western Virginia
One tract contains $40 acres. living in Wy com
t., about miles from Wytheyille and 81 miles from
Mes Meadows Depot, on the
VIRGINIA. AND TENNESSEE RAILROAD
1t is wefl supplied with water having Cove
in diff rent parts ofit-about wothirds Of the whole
tract cleared and in good state of cultivation With
the larger portion well set in graSs-tha residu, o
the tract being we'll timberrd 1t has on it iv,ll
ing house and other necessary buildings not very
valuable Possession will be given the st Of Dece
mkt with the privilege Of entry earlier for seed
ing &C.
Several other tracts-in ALL over
100 ACRES. ADJOINING AND NEAR WYTHE-
VILE
and around the wythevilIe Depot, on the Virginia
and Tennessee railroad which will be sold in lots and
parcels to siit purchasers On these lands ar. two
brick dwelling houses, with suitable out-houses at
tached, and each within half mile of this deppt
and 10 each of which suffciency Of land may be ut
ach-d to make convenient grain or dairy farm-all
well supplied with good springs of water and large
and constant streain (Reed Creek running throu.
part OF 1t, atfordinx good site within half mile
OF the "ytheyille Depot for -four mill and other
manufacturing purposes. part OF this land ai-
Joining the town and around the Depot, has been
TOWN LOTS, SUITABLE FOR BUSINESS OR
REGjDkNCE
Possession can be given of the two dwelling houses
and annexed building. and grounds BY the lat day
last described lands after the cal as desired
reservln2 growing crops and the privilege of entry
map Of these lands and lots can b. see Il b. re-
ference to the subscriber.
TERMS: Ont-fourth cash, or by note with interest
added payable 70 days after date Of the banks
in Nythevle-the residue to be paid az ollow,: II
the amount Of purchase is less than 81 OO to be di
Vded into equal parts and paid in 6, H. Is and "A
months-and 1t the purchase amouDts to 81, OD9 or
more, to be divided into equal parts. and paid in g.
H. IS 2f ~ and ii months with interest added in
every from day Of sale to day of payment, and
all by notes payable in one of said banks For all
cash. liberal disc"unt will be made. Title made
perfect before any payment.
lien on the land Will be retained to secure pur-
chase money.
ythevilte-with a population already exceed NJ
1900. and rapidly incr. asng-on the Virginia and
Tennessee Railroad. link in III. great Sou iIwesern
chain OF Railroads -occupying nearly central po-
stlnn Of Southwestern Virginia. and surrounded nv
a country uneGu2lpd in variety and richness Of ma
tural resources agricultural and mineral: and wi
an elevation above Underwater of about 2iO0 s.t nm
surpassed by any other caiity for the saubrity of
its climate and beautiful mountain scenery that
surrounds it-anf with welgraded turnpike roads
leading from it into ami thru IN all the SURF unn
counties, and having good water power near by
may we'll claim to he equard by few other localities
in advantages for extensive and profitable manutac
turing and tor pleasant and he tlthy re>idepce
For description of this country / refer 10 the an
nexed extract nom let or written by correspond
rnt Of one {" the New York city journals lately pub
iished in that Journal
Wythey!lle, Sept, 1857 THOMAS J. BOYD.
THE EXTRACT, ABOVE REFERRED To
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. Aug. 9Th, 1885,
arrived in Ibis city yesterday, alter q te,lions
and harassing travel Of twenfy-fouT hours from the
Montgomery White Sulphur Springs, whence |
wrote to you last, The country from that point to
Bristol the Virginia and Tennessee zine, and the
tel minus Of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad,
pr very many attractions, well calculated to
diminish the tcdVu.ncss of the travel The distance
between these points is about one hundred and thr
miles In richness fertility aud -auty of scenery,
the country along this route may he said to ,urpaas
any OF equal extent in the Union or probably the
world. 1t il peculiarly the garden spot Of Virginia.
combining agricultural and mineral resources
enough to constitute very important Il ment i'll
the trade, which it is C0utem plated to establish he
tween the Chesapeake Bay and Europe In fact. the
success OF that scheme ia based, to great extent,
upon the ources of that region. when fully dove
loped, under the impetus OF increased railroad FACT
Iiirs as well the connections with Tennessee aud
other points South, viii h til. virginia and TeDncs-
see Railroad will establish. The country along this
line is very uneven, though rich to perfection Un-
like oher regions of Ike physical outline. il main
tanJ an equal degree of fertility. For pas;urag" H
hills exhibit signs of richness, IN perfect Keeping
with the productive character of the intermediate
valleys the f1rmer being less remarkabls TOR thu
iradll, ii of beautiful beef and mutton than the
latter for luXurant wheat corn and oats. Al proof
of the pre-eminence which this region enjoys over
all others in the state in these respects, might men
ton the fact that by far the largest proportion Of
prizes distributed at the az icul ural fair, carried
ntT IS the farmers Of South western Virginia. ALd
strange it comparatively but little knowr pre-
vou9 the construction OF the Nlrginia and Tenuss-
ace Railroad. In fact without the facilities which
tis line has afforded, its resources would Do dove
!nnad practical good inasmuch as there Was no
nrtlet for its products Even now the work IF dc
sci nnnent may be said be norrly in its infancy.
tr - vet tue current of immigration has not set in
this direction owing probably 10 the fact that the
ADJ 2nt yes existing here are not generally known.
g. iI-2Awiw
GALE AT THE BLUE RIDGE TUN-
~ yEL.-Will be sold at auction, TO the highest
iflAcr ut the Western end OF tn Bine Ridge Tun-
u.l on TUESDAY. the goth OF September, Gf fair;
not the next fair day. beginning at II O'Clock the
fo,l. wing Articles:
IN HORSES
SChRT5
: Dnmp q Coutra~ tor CARS
! quantity of Cast and Wrought IRON
4 large nrmhrr OF six inch C8St-lrOn PIPES
some few hundred feet of Gutta Percha PIPES,
and GrttH pcroha ROPES
large quantity OF CAST-erEEi
Hammers, Ctowbars, sledges. h!acksmith's
Tools. e.
ATurring Lathe and sundry ether Tools.
Terms of pr yrtent made known ca the day OF sale.
c. CRUZET, Chief Engineer
rn 1T-oa-fl Blue Ridge Tunnel
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