The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-09-26

INLk ISLAND FOX eALE.-In purruanee Of the
II nil OF Henry Z. Watkins. decd late Of Prince
Edward county. Va, I offer Il T sale the large and
valuable REAL ESTATE Of uy tsstator, known az
Elk ialard IN Eoofhiand county, Va, together with
the high land plan taion adjoining, in Cumberland
county Elk Island is in James river fsou,h of the
James River and Kanawha -Canal) about fifty
miles above hichmend hei wrsu Ce,tersviile aud
columbia, aud adicits the estates Of Col Julian
Harrison aud Col. Rapdelph Harrison. /, contai
about $40 all cleared aud aiuvial rich bottom
y Ing In convenient form, ard s regarded As arue
&c most fertile and productive plantations in yir
GINA. The Cumberland Tract contains about eco
acres. ten ot which is in river and branch fat and
from $50 20 800 in veoda, most OF which ia good
Plant land Il aiioins the farms of Messrs n b.
Darlington, H. Spears the late Major Carter Hsrri.
aud others and lies snnth Of gik Island sens-
rated by james river. TIL. location Of the ,tent q.
ton, also Of The island, Is healthy; cnnve,l ent to
market, tSi,hin few hours ride OF Richmond and
has ths usual number of barns stables negro houses
&c, &c
1; il Hedorn that So large and valuable property is
offered for sale For is character take The liberty
af referring to my ir;ends Messrs F. s. Deane of
Lynchbutg; +. D. Irving and III. Carrnz,on Of
Gainesville; Coils j. and r. Hsrrisou Of Elk Hill;
Col Fagus u New Canton; w. aud g. Gwath mey
OF Richmond pr. Nelson of the House of Deesst. s
Of Virginia.
This properly is offered for sale privately: If no,
thns sold Il vii, be- offered at public auction on The
premises, promptly ut IL A. n on TUESDAY, 18th
November, 1862.
MI paVid johnson, manager. VIII show the prop
er'y 10 3ny one wishing to purchase. He has super
Intended il for more than ,eeu years. and course
knows Us value. IN bis Judgment, its valr. and
fertility has never been too highly estimated and
that from forty IN fifty hands can be prof. ably
worked on it. His post office is Columbia, Va.
TERMS OF sAIE.-one third Of the purchase
money liz to he secured by negotiable paper, ssned
both by the principal debtor, principal; ard by
satisfactory sUrc,es sureties; payable tn the
dsrsiE led. n. the Farmers Bank of Virginia in
Richmond at the expiration of thirty days after the
day OF sale. Ten thousand dollars / propose Ia
leave in the hands of the purchaser for y long pc
Rod and the payment thereof is TO he secured by
bond, with saiislac tory surstes, in the penalty of
twenty thousand dollars, conditioned tor the pay
Escrt nf SIX hundred doIarg the list of Decem
bor 81 each successive year during the lite time Of
Henry X. Watkins, Jr., "a person OF unsornd mind
now in his feth year, and for the further payment
81 the sum of ten thousand dollars on tina da; OF
his DEATH will, the privilege reserved TO the per
sonai represe ntative Of II. H. Watkins Sr, dee d.
or ct any Committee of H. 4 Watkins, .ir., OF dis
training for any part of the said $500 unpaid for
rent due and 10 arrears. (Ths bond will De in pur
suanCe OF the will of my testatorl The remainder
OF the purchase money is to he secured by two
bonds, with satisfactory sureties, equal install
nleuts, payable in one and two years after :t. day
If safe. And the deferred payments are TO be
further secured by deed of trust the lands
Acting as q fiaucary, convey with special war
rsnty, though the title is not doubted
l shall continue 10 SOW 4 crop of wheat, and tie
purchaser will have TO pay the value of the seed
wheat ard of it's cultivation. Complete possession
will nc given on the payment OF the negotiable
notes above mentioned, and the lat january
le63. hut every reasonable facility will be given TO
The purchaser for farming operations.
My post Office address is Farmvi,le, Va.
L. N. WATKINS,
Executor of +. Watkins, decd.
Farmville, Va, Sept IL, 1862 se 25-1t