Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1858-06-08
Next door q. be Goshen House
PUBLIC SALE OF SLAVES. AND
KANAWEIA FALLS PROPERTY.

FINDER decree OF the Circuit Court Of
~ Kanamha, rendered at the February term,
1858, in a certain cause therein pending on
cross bill, wherein the Executrix Of Vim.
sfompkins, deceased, and others are plain
tiffs, and Aaron Stockton and others are
defendants, the undersigned Commissioners,
will, on Monday, the 10th Of August, 1853,
BIT the font door Of the Court House OF
Kanawlla county, offer for sale at public
=attciion,s the following propertys -Four me-
gro men, named respectively, Ned, John,
Turner and Will; q negro woman named
Kate, and her three children negro wos
man named Dsphney, negro slave named
Field. one named Edmund and one named
Lydia, or such Of them, or of the increase OF
the females since the, 18th of March 1890. as
may be alive, and shall be forthcoming on the
day Of sale; also, all (dr such part as MAJ
Unnecessary for the purposes Of said decfesl
that tract or parcel Of land, situate, lying and
being in tile county Of Fayetie, {formerly
Kanawha,l Va, at the Fails Of KanaWla
River; On wbiehAaron Stockton now resides,
and on which his Saw Mill is situated, which
tIact is supposed 10 contain 40 aces, and
IS one q f1the tracts or parcels ofdand convey
eddy said Stockton to Mathew Dunbar, trns-
tee, 10 secure Vim. Tompkins, &c, which
conveyance bears date the 18th March, 1880,
dnu SSuu1s leggidru. ~, dlso1 conveys ne
negroes aforesaid.
The terms oil sale are cash in hand, as to
five per cent. on amount of purchase, and
the residue in three equal payments, ali 8, is
and ~ months with interest from day OF sale,
the PURCHASERS giving bonds, with good security
for the deferred paymellts, and the title to the
real estate, SO far as thatshall be sold, to be
retained as further security for the purchase
money thereof.
i To those who know this valuable property,
'Twere stwasteful and ridiculous excess I'd
praise iti 10 those who DO not, or only know
ii from the classic page Of the story Of s.New
Hope, or the Rescue it must suffice here 10
say that ii possesses, for machinery Of all
kinds the finest and best water power in all,
Western Virginia, bears various kinds Of Min
eral Goals, and is surrounded by iuexhaustible
quantities Of excellent timber, pine. cherry,
poplar, walnut. oak, &c,
Besides being on the banks ofthe Kanawha
Riyer,lthe James River & Kanawha Turnpike
passes through ii, ana lit is on the line Of the
projected C1vingion & Ohio Rail Road. With
in its boundaries, ahd within stone throw
a ofabs magnificent Pals, is the
W. 4se s4Sk large and cpmmodious Hoo
Be- g 1919 - TEL, now oGcapied by Col,
Stdckton. It is perhaps the most romantic,
and at thessine time the most healthy local.
tyin all the country, a nd must ina short time
become aplaces df great public resort, both
Tor fhe ingalid who seeks d fresh and invieo-
rating atmosphere, and the man Of business,
who seeks rela xalion from crushing cares
TO the Poet, Lover or Philosopher, no place
could present greater CHAINS. Like the 8 NJ
Gent vale of Tempe, Il has its bosky deIls and
purling streams, ITS Olgmnus on the one hand
and its Qssa on the other, its cool shades and