Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1858-07-06
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Nexfdeor to the Goshen House.
PUBLIC SALE OF SLAVES. AND
sKANAWHA FALLS PROPERTY.

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KANAWHAE FALLS PROPERTY. il
FINDER "a decree Or the Circuit Court Of
~ Kanawha rendered stlhs Fubtuary term,
1858, in a certain cause therein pending on
cross bill, wherein the Ekecptrix of Wfa.
Tompkins, dc ceased, aud others srs plain
tiffs, and Aaron Stockton and others are
defendants, The undersigned Commissioners,
will ION Monday, the 18th of Augnst, 1853,
at the font door OF the Court House Of
Kanawhe county, offer for sale at public
auction, the following property -Four ne
gro men, named respectively, Ned, John,
Tnrner and Will; a negro woman named
Kate, and her three chiidfen /; a negro wos
man named Daphney, a negro slave named
Field, one named Edmund and one named
LYDIA, or such OF them, or 6f The increase of
the females since the 18th Of March $50. as
may be alive, and shall be fpstticoming on the
day Of sale also, all Tor such part is ina =
be necessary for tie purposes of said d. cree}
that tract on parcel OF land, situate, lying and
being in the county Of fayetle, formerly
Kanawha,l Va, at tbe Falls of Kanawha
River, on which AaronSSt6ckton now resides,
and on which his Saw Mil Is situated, which
tlact is supposed 10 Contain 40 aE-ts, and
is one or the lFacl IS or parcels of Ia nd convey
ed by said Sioekionto Mathew Dnnbar, trus
Zee, to secure Wm, Tompkins, &e.,. which
conveyance brais date the 18th Marsh, 1880,
and is ddfy recorded. Il, also, conveys til e
negroes aforesaid.
The terms of sale are cash ID haAd, as to
five per cent.,,on amount of purchase, and
tie residue in three equal payments, al s, Is
aud 2. months with interest," from day of sale,
the purchasers giving bonds, with goodseeunty
for The dee red payment:, and the title to the
real estate, so far as that shafftbe sold, to be
retained as further security foI the purchase
money thereof.
To those mh9 know tAsvalpable pfoperiy.
'TweFe "wastefhl and ridiculous excess 81 to
praise il, 10 those who 10 not, or onfy know
il from The classic page Of the story Of 'New
Hope, or the Rescue, p it must suffice here 10
say that It p ,SsesSes, for machinery of all
kinds the finest and best water power in all
Western Virgin a. bears various kinds of Min
.ral Goals, andis surrounded by irexhans ible
quantities of excellent timber, Pine. cherry,
poplar, walnut, oak. &C.
Besides beng on the bank Of He Kanawh9
River, the James River & Kanawha Turnpike
passes through 1t, and tits OH tha line Of tile
projected Cogington & Ohio Rail Road With
in its boauderies, aud within stone s5throw
AE@,l ofthe magnificent Falls, is the
"a s9zk&f.A large and commodions HO-
Is TEL, now occupied by Col.
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and at the same time the most heal ny loeali-
Il ty in all the country, and must in . shoft time
became a p;ase Of great public resort both
for tie invalid who seeks fresh and invigo
hating atmosphere, and the man 81 business,
Ifwho seeks Relaxation from crushing cafes.-
ITO The Poe. Lover or Philosopher mo place
IIcould present greater CHAINS Like the an-
Ecient vale Of Tempe, il has its bosky delis and
pudding streams, its Olympus On the one hand
and its Gssa on tie other, its cool shades and
Yerdant walks, but more than the TheSsslian
Valley, it has The consoles roar OF the noble
Falls, whose solemn music mingles perpetns
ally with the song Of the leathered wafblers
df The wood. aIt8s
Sseh is the property we offer, and we invite
those who would wish to purchase to exam
inc II before the day Of sale4 The file is
believed to be indisputable. but selling as
COMM ssioners.w we shall onl, ENTHUSIASTICALLY
June list. 1855; g. HEDRICKs
%6 s.. AgMILLER.