New-York tribune., 1868-01-06
REAL ESTATE.
NEw-YoRK, Saturday, Jan. 4, 1868.

But little was doing in real estate to-day,
either in this city In Brooklyn, although tne recorueo
transfers were heavy is usual at TINS VI 'no
year We learn that block Of fourstoy prich OuunsS
is TO be erected on Fulton DE kaD uurng INC
coming Spring This plot has for years been used as
circus and managerie ground and this Improvement VIII
cause material advance In the value OF eai estate AZ
that whole vicinity Much land in the mmeaate vicn
ity of Hunters Point has recently been dyideu o
lots and sold at very high prices The MessrS anu
Jacob Hunter and Abraham and John Psyn'a' nave
within the past eight months disposed OF over o o's
at from 500 to $500 each At Dutch Kills seVeI iars
have been sold within the past few days at the oowng
rates Mr. Peter Hutsts farm OF 90 acres brought Noo
an acre; Mr. N. Hagamans place OF 90 acres SON ior
$40 an acre. A. Paynavs farm OF so acres a' s1oV
and Mr. c. Lotens farm Of 30 acres at the sano PRICE
These farms are convenient to the city nan any
that can now be bought by the acre and are
cheap
The inclemency of the Winter season even does not
seem to stop the march OF Improvement III tne qu,o'
little village Of Yonkers but under the enlVehng nhu
ence OF city enterprise and city capital 1t IS iast
ont ts borders and beautyng its streets Win neat res
denoes and substantial and manufactures Among
the many buildings in the OF erection We no
tice large hreestory brick ON Mapeaye, which Is
being built by Mr.. Joseph Myers OF Dobbs Ferry, at
cost OF than $4,000; also two suDstantai rano
buildings on DOckst opposite the new meehhg'houso
and owned respectively by Mr.. Samuel Elliott ana ar'
John Notter both residents of Yonkers We learn also
that the Messrs. Seth and James Bird nave sou
their large planning mil! in Yonkers' with tne
property surrounding to the Messrs Johnson Van Tas
sell & Fowler, builders, for the sum OF N2'ooo' MI
william Van Orden has purchased Mr.. John A. Husteos
house and lot Collegeave., Yonkers for si'ooo III
Rondout B. Hathaway has disposed OF her mousse
and lot at the intersection of Rogers and Adamsss TOT
$1,000 The Messrs Tremper are tho purchasers Mr A.
B. Post OF Goshen has purchased Mr. Charles Brookss
farm OF 40 acres situated in WashngtOnye for ssS an
acre The Western Hotel in Batavia has been sod 10
man from Pennsylvania for $4,000. Mr. jacob bro"h
has bought Mr. Charles EsabroOks residence at Lime
stone Hill Newburgh for s9 0OO In Pulaski. Mr.. Nicho-
johnson took Of tho Helmer House on jan
l. having purchased 1t of Mr.. Helmer for about 5000
Among in this village. we notice the late d.
d. Tifts residence on Jeersonst TO Mr. W. b Dixon for
Gl5O and the Congregational Parsonage 10 Mr W. +.
| Wood for $4,000
The sales OF real estate in the upper part OF westches
ter County h3ve been quite extensive during the week.
several t1rms houses and building lots having changed
BINDS good prices Good farms near Ionkers are III
considerable demand but generally hold on IN
anticipation OF greatly enhanced prices The following
are principal sales north OF White Pains In the town
| OF Bedford, the Walter 8. Lyon farm, comprising
about 2eO acres with fine house and good buildings,
was sold to Miss L. s. Lyon on speculation, Tor
S275 at Katonah in the same town, the neat cottage
2sxlO with lot 5OxiOO barn. &C. the railroad depot
has been sold by Mr. @. T. Carhart, TO Mr. John Cha
deayne, lumber merchant. for $4,000 At Croton Lake,
a,;o in Bedford Mr. whiting Raymond has sold his farm
OF las acres 10 Mr. English c! NewYork, for $4,000 Ihs
Is considered cheap 800 worth o. stock 10 Included.
In the town Of Newcastle, Mr. Joseph Matthews has sold
his farm Of IlO to Mr James T. Carpenter for S
At Mount Kisco Mr. f. Dingec has sold his house and
lot on Southst TO Mr.. Williams, for $4,000 and Mr..
Charles Wright has sold his farm, situated about two
miles the above village private terms TO New
Yorker the price reported TO be about si2s Der acre.
TIE SOUTH
Our advces from many parts OF the South are full OF
reports Of threatened general bankruptcy The factors
have made advances the strength Of prospective crops
but for two three years. especially the last the har-
vests have failed and the creditors will get small or no
returns. correspondent. writing from New-Orleans.
says that affairs go in this for 90 days longer
there must be failures. It is quite impossible to
make collections Tho money Is not to DO had Mean
while plantations being sold at merely nominal prices
TO pay mortgages One estate of 1900 ceres, In
Mississippi lately sold at auction, at 81 so per acre;
another at 81 so AID In Alabama, one on which
the improvements we.e worth $4,000, went for
1890 In North Carolina, also, land is
selling at runous prices. One tract was
recently sold for s6T, for which 500 offered before
the war ne farm sold Saturday, the 2sh ult,
for t75O which was worth 900 Public IN Virginia
arc urging immigrants TO settle In that State. They say
that II Is 70 Virginia that attention will first be turned at
the North the South and Europe the most desirable
OF all the Southern States for settlement The SOIL eli
mate facilities OF ntercommuncaton, variety OF labor,
minerals health all things combine TO make this State
tho attractive point for farmers mechanics and laborers
Cheap and valuable lands in abundance From the
last annual report the Commissioner OF the Freedman
Bureau learn that no portion OF the Arlington es
tate has cultivated Government farm the past
season Three hundred seyentYsx acres have been
rented to ls freedmen chiefly heads OF families in lots
OF Ave or ten acres each Some OF this land had never
been under cultivation before the wood having been cut
from 10 during the war; and required considerable labor
In clearing"
The Georgetown ID. C., Council have passed an ordl-
requiring the Recorder 10 contract with the Regis
terra OF Deeds and Wills Of tho District OF Columbia 70
furnish sts Of the transfers OF real estate
within the District and the transfers when received
shall be rated property upon the assessment books The
Committee the subject Of National Parks and New
White House have determined on the selection Of 2,6O0
In the north west portion OF the ely, Dehnd 20
umba College This tract embraces Rock Creek and the
most beautiful scenery around Washington. u IA ex-
pected that the lands the city will cost about
10000 per and that the boundary OF the Ds1rct
can be bought for $500 per acre
The lands OF r. NJ Robinson esq, at the forks OF the
Danvile and lexington land Lexington and Lancaster
turnpikes, and famous Camp Dick Robinson" the
first Federal camp established In Kentucky, were sold
under decree OF the Garrard Circuit Court on the 2lst
OF December. Mr. W. Il. Bowman, auctioneer, reports
the sales as follows The home tract including the fam
fly residence &C. Of 239 sold at 500 per acre
Mrs Robinson retaining her dover In this tract Col c.
H. Dobyns and Mrs Robinson were the purchasers.
second tract OF lA sold TO Mr.. VIM Baughman
ut s1O OF and each sold TO
Judge Burton at tGO and go rs per acre.
RECORDED REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
NETWORK CITY.
Aitorney 30 n Of Rynston, 20r9o $500
Brooms and Mnlherrysta n. ". cor, OIll6t0ibl
Broome st., No. 3l9. 25Sr98eIl0i6 )'''''''' y'.N
Riddgsst Dot nc Map Delaney E,.t. 2'Isz6. 1850