Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1858-07-27
PUBLIC SALE OF SLAVES. AND
KANAWHA FALLS PROPERTY.

TTNDER d decree of the Circuit Court of
u Kanawha, rendered. t the Febru ary term,
1858, in certain cause therein pending on
cross bill,-whetein the Execulrix OF W1. I
trompkins, deceased, and others are plain I
fins, and Aaron Stockton and others arc
defendants, the undersigned Commissioner,
will on Monday, the 10th of August, 1858.
at the front door Of the Court House Of
Kanawha county, offer for sale at public I
auction, the following property: Four ne
gro meu, named respectively, Ned. John,
Turner and Will Va negro woman named
Kate, and her three children negro Fwo
man named Daphney, negro slave named
Field, one named Edmund and one named
Lydia, or such Of them, or of the increase OF
the females sifce the 18th of March 1890. as
may be alive, and shall be Forthcoming on the
day Of sale; also, all Tor such partses may
be necessary for the purposes Of said decree
that tract or parcel of lah1I situate, lying and
being in the county Of Fayetle, gforrnerly
Kanawha,, Va, at the Falls Of Kanawha
Riger, on which Aaron Stockton now resides,
aud on which his Saw 4Il III is situated. which
tIact Is supposed 10 coniain 40 ac-ess and
is one Of the tracts or parcels Of land Convey
led BY said Stockton 70 Mathew Dunbar, tras-
tee, to seclre Vim. Tompkins. &C.. which
conveyance bears date the 18th March, 1880,
and is duly recorded. II, alsU. conveys the
negroes aforesaid. SIS t-
The terms of sale are cash in hand as 10
hge per cent?, on amount. Of pure chase, and
the residueNin three equAl payments, ALB 10
and ~ months with intefcs fIonlday Of sale,
the purchases giving bonds, with coed secufiy
for the deferred payments, and the title 20 the
real estate, so far as thai shall be sold,st 10 be
retained as further secuF.ty for the purchase
money thereof.
To those who know this valuable proptFty,
'Twere "wasteful aud ridiculous eScess' 70
raise It, to those whoido not ,sor only know
| it from the classic page Of the story OF tsNew
Hope, or tie Rescue,"h must suffice here 10
say that il possesses, for machinery or all
kinds the finest and best water power inAll.
Western Virginia. bears skinds Of Mn
I eral Goals, and is surrounded byinexhaustIble
quantities Of excellent timber, pine. Cherry,
Epoplaf, walnut -oak. &c.
Besides being on the banksoftke Knnawha
River, the James Riyer& Kanawha Turnpiks
passes through it, and it is on the line of the
projected CoFington& Ohio Rail Road With
4 in It's Boundaries; aud within d stones throw
AZsS OF The magnificent Fails, il the
4 81 sssss4 large and conimodious H H0-
q 1901 TEL now occupied by Col.
\ Stockton. II is perhaps the most romantic.
land at the same time7the most heal by locali-
! iy in all tie country, and must in a, short time
become place of great fpubHc resort, both
4 for the invalid who seeks fresh and iarigo-
4 rating atmosphere, and the man OF business,
who seeks relaxation from crushing cnIes.--
To the Poet. Lover orP Philosopher, no place
\ could present greater charms. Like the an
Gent vale of Felnpe,it has its bosk deils and
Lpurling streams, its Olympus on the one hand
and its. 0ssa on tie other, its cool shades and
Evefdant walks, but more than the. Thessalian
Valiey,it has the ceaseless roar Of the noble