Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-05-01
EXTENSIVE SALE or VALUABLE LANDs
oN The MOBILE AND OHIO RAILROAD.
OEFiCE MnRII IL Ran

rr,r, Mobile, March nth 1857.
IN hEREAs. sy an scl Of Congress dntrd September
2Uth, $50, donation of l.l56,65S acres OF Public
LANDS II nternutc SECTIONS contiguous TO- and living with
sn niSs on either side along the line of the Mobile
T.u ONO halroad, made by the United s.ates TO the
tates OF Alabama and Mississippi, ana by said States
c'avsyed To The Mobile and Ohio Railroad Conpany
;. ano "hereas the Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company
p On .ne nrs' day OF November 1853 certain
u Zee, oil trust TO NORRIS kETCHUM, JOHN J. PAL
mEh ana " NJ K. HALLET, Trustees for the protection
y. c Ioiucps q; certain issue OF elk Thousand six per
lands are included; '' '''1
And whereas said Deed Trust provides for the sale of
M hus ana the Investment of the proceeds thereof in
ShHins und for the redemption said Bonds a, mstu
ry; - ''"'"
Nov" therefore, We the undersigned, Executive Com.
ttee, under authority vested in US by the Tru,tees
Aforesaid in accordance with the provisions of said Tr.
and by resolution Of the Board of Directors ndontcj
March i2th 1851 will sell at Public Auction 100 OOO acres
oi the ABOVE mentioned onds to the highest bidder sbo-r
he minimum price OF i've dollars per acre The sale will
10 held hi the Times aud places and upon the terms
hereinafter named TO wit:
For Lands suntcd in the Coun,ies If Noxube, nd W.;
ston me Gale Siiltase place at Macon Miss on TUES
DAY, June 10th, lej7, a, O'Clock. A 81.
~ rGr Lands In the County Of Kcmper, al scooba Oh
| THURSDAY, June 18th, 1887 Mt O'clock A. NJ
For Lands in the Counties Of Lnudcrdalc Miss. and
T,umpter. Ala. nj Lhudcrdne Spr;:ss, on TUESDAY,
June "a le5I. and III Marion station WEDNESDAY,
June aith, 1901, at o'clock, A. NJ
foi 'ahos IN the Counties Of Clarke and Jaspcr Mis-.
s;sspp;, at Enterprise on THURSDAY June 18th sST,
ana at De Soto. ON FRIDAY June Goth ISL, at o'clock
For Lands in the County Of Wayne. Waynesboro on
sAIuRDaf, June 9Th. le57, ut O'Clock, A. N.
The Terms of Sale will be rs follows:
One.,Eird cash; oncthird in twelve month"; and one.
third in eighteen months with interest on the time pay.
ens at the rate Of eight per per annum Upon re.
cep OF the cash payment certificates will be issued to
purchasers BY me provisions OF which the lands will be
subject To re sale In case OF failure the time psy.
nrns a, ther respective mnturties Titles will be dev.
cred only upon recrip; OF the last payment
The locHon of these lands upon the line of great rnl.
way Their convenience TO large market on tn seaboar
and their general hehhiuncss together with their ntrn
Sic value for cultivation combine make them very desi
raoe to purchasers Tor Gctuul settlement Among them
may be found some Of the brs; Cotton ands in Fast Mis-
spp us well MS large tracts of valuable timber and
uch fol- favorable Investment are rarely Of
ferei TO the public.
The Lands will be offered In subdivisions of 20 acres
| or onecichth sections esch
Printed Lists of the Land. be had upon application
10 me station Agents the vaou, Depos the Railroad
and also at Columbus Aberdeen and Okalona ANY fur
,hr Information will be furnished by the undersigned
lSigned,l FRANCIS b. CLARK,
JONA. EMANUEL,
WIN D. DUNN,
Executive Committee NJ. and q. r. r. Co