Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-06-21
AUCTION SALES.

JTiy aedt (it fair, II not ON he next fair day AZ
! Agent for John Is. Minor, and Charles VI. Black
ford, esqs., will offer for sale ,bc premises to
the highest bidder, the tract of land VI Loudoun
County, Va, called EDGEM0NT, the residence
of the late Thomas NJ. Costou, conraipu. Iv
survey, SIX HUNDRED AND SIX ACRES.
This Farm has long retained the reputation Of
being of the most productive grain and grass
| farms in the fertile and beautiful region IN which
| II Is situated. 1t has an abundance Of wood ami
water. About 400 acres cleared. ana arc either
! ID arabic or in meadow. The BUILDINGS
.Is.X plain but comfortable. This farm is situated
SIX miles north Of upPerville, IL OF Piedmont
Station, Manassas Gap Railroad, to which there IL
al excellent road.
| We will otter ut the same time, tract of the
same quality, ad Joining and above Mr.. Littleruus,
containing about ONE HUNDRED AND TEN
ACRES, and We are prepared to sell large body
OF land on the Blue Ridge Mountain much 81
which is we'll set in grass, and il divided into
raj tracts, we'll watored aud fenced aud having
GaaN comfortable BUILDINGS and good timber
a.. on each.
| Tho purchase OF a few hundred acres Of this
land in connection with the farm, would give album
dant facilities for grazing $50 head OF cattle az
was formerly done There il on the corner OF tho
farm Il good Grist Mill and Miller, House, 10
which We would attach two of land and sell
on the same terms the farm. Possession given
TO seed on the first day OF August, and OF tho
! whole, early Ill the fall
TERMS OF SALE :-0ne-third down or before tho
possession is given, and the balance in two equal
| annual payments, with interest from date OF F"s-
session, or all deferred payments, payable annual
! ly in one of the Alexandria Banks, TO be secured
| by deed Of trust. Mr.. Wornal who resides on tia
farm, will take pleasure in showing ii 10 any ono
desiring to examine it. / earnestly solicit the NJ
tentiOn of all persons who wish to secure tract
OF strong substantial land, in an agreeable neigh
b,r tb IaE, a.
as bar gain will 10 sold beyond doubt.
RALEIGH COLSTON.
Ivy Depot Z. O., Va, c. X. K, Albemarc CO.
ie 7-eots Leesburg Washingtonian 4 Mirror
GALE OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE
- BY virtue of decree Of the Circuit Court of
Warren county, rendered al the last March tenn
thereof III two Chanccry salts, III one OF which
BucInor Ashby is plaintiff and Samuel W. Thomas
and others are defendants, and in the other Rich
ard II. TImberlake, &c, plaintiffs, and Robert
b. Thomas and others ure defendants the under
signed, the special commissioners named IN sand
decree will sell AT public auction on the pnmla,S,
oa Tbu,-dUy NE 23d Of Jane mt the following
TRACTS OF LAND, situated in the county OF
Warren, within five miles Of the Manassas Gap
Railroad, and adjacent 10 the lands of Col. John
b. Earle Edward Bowen. and Others, 10 wit A
tract known rs EDGEWO0D, containing - acres,
! rood and rs poles, and upon which there =
I'd DWELLING and other buildings; tha'r"r-
-XX. ton of tract st 420 acres, formerly ocru-
pied by Tcwnsend ". Thomas and Ey,lmh q.
Thomas. deceased, and since their death owned
Jointly by Samuel W. and Robert b. Thomas, de
-cribci in the report of Commissioners to DIVIDE
said land aS Lot No. ., and containing 2i2 acres.
2 r"ods. and - poles; and by the above rrr'i"i
decree decreed to be held in -eycrulty by Sam
u-l W. Thomas and the remainder OF the wv
acre tract. allotted by tho aforesaid C"mm7-
-ioner- and by said decree decreed to be held IN
severulty by Robert Is. Thomas, and described NJ
Lot No. !, containing lI9 acres, more OF less.
| If pom this tract arc the Buildings oi the .hlhe
tract of 42U acres-a large and comfortable
Dwelling, and all the necessary farm buildings.
This tract i. subject To right OF way IL the owner
of Lot Ne. g as stated in the report OF the dIyI-
! sion. These lands of the first quality, and IN
the finest state of cultivation, and are IN all re-
! spects most desirable property.
TRKMs.-FWe per cent. OF the purchase money
To be paid in hand, twenty per cent. on the 10Th
! August, 1859, and the balance IN three eqaal an
nual pm mcnts from the day Of SALE I'LL The cred
! il payments to bear interest from the day 81 salei
the first deferred payment to be secured 10y "hlgA-
tons, with good personal security, and the other
payment. by obligations, and the deed 10 be made
when the first credit payment is paid, and decd
| Of trust executed on the premises 10 secure Tho
! three last credits. ROBERT III. TURNER,
JOHN X. JACKSON,
| Special Commissioners.
warren county, Va Je s-e"E
COMMISSIONERS SALE Or Landry
~ virtue Of n decree the Circuit Court of Fair
lax county, pronounced NJ its June term, 1913, IN
the case OF !. c. Gunnell, Robert Kirby and X.
II. Wheeler We shall, on Uonddy, The lsh d0p of
J"!y "er', Court day. in front of the Courthouse
of said county, offer ut public auction, to the high
bidder, the following described tracts Oi band,
viz
The tract Of land belonging to the sad Robert
Kirby, situated on Pohck Creek, in Fairfax c"un-
ty, and containing TWO HUNDRED AND SEW
! ENTY-SIX ACRES. 1t has upon II comfortable
81. DWELLING and out buildings, good orch
Ma ard and is very productive farm. The creek
is navigable up TO this land. Also,
A tract of Land belonging to the said IL III.
Wheeler, situated also on said Pohrk Greek, and
containing TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY
r.. TWO ACRES. 1t has upon ta good Dwell
E LING HOUSE and other buildings, and pro-
duces we'll The creek is navigable within hall It
mile Of this land
TERMS OF SALE.-0ne-tc tenth cf the purchase
money will he required in hand as deposit, iiablo
to be forfeited upon the failure of the purchaser to
comply with the terms Of sale, and the residue IN
three instalments, ut six, twelve, and eighteen
months, with interest from the day OF sale, to DO
secured by the bonds of the purchaser, and re-
tention of the title until the whole Of the pvcha-o
money shall be paid.
CHRISTOPHER NEALE. Cow,r..
THOMAS j. MURRAY.
WILLIAM II. DULANY. Saio
ALFRED MOSS. N''
Fairfax County, 10 l6--eots
COMMISSIONERS SALE OF FAUQUIER
- Landry virtue Of a decree of the Circuit
Court of Fauquier, made at the last Al ri term.
the undersigned, special Commissioner, appointed
by the Court, will, on TtFSDA y, he I2h dag Of
J"iy, 1859, sell, on the premises, the highly i'm
proved and productive FARM belonging 10 tho
estate of the late Lewis Edmonds.
This Farm contains about $50 Acres, with ~
suficency of wood is well supplied with water,
having it many good springs; is under good
stone fence, and divided into convenient sized
fields.
Tho improvements consists of large and convc-
q. nicntly arranged BRICK DWELLING, with
LEI Kitchen attached. Tho out-buildiDgs are on
n large scale, and in good repair. 1t is situated
about mile, from the village Of Paris, and from
Piedmont Station, on the Manassas Gap Railroad,
in a very healthy region. The quality OF the .oil
ranks with tho best in Upper Fauquier,
Terms Ten per cent. OF the purchase money
TO be paid ON the day Of sale; the residue in three
equal payments, Of 6, IL, and 10 months, with in
terest from the day of sale; the purchaser to givo
bonds with approved security for the deferred pay
menta and the title To be withheld ill the whylois
paid A. h. SETTLE, Commis-l'her
Fauquier County, Va, JIG Scots
~.,NNI.sI,NEDS SALE OF VAIL ABLE