Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-07-17
FOks SALE AND KENT.
NOU Mt VERNON COTTON FACTORY
WI AT ALEXANDRIA. VA

cause lii Chsncery, in which Iurnh-E y a.
are Compliments. aud Ab!.ah rhamas aud oh
era are defendants, the undersigned Wdrs ap
pointed Commissioners TO receive proposal. tog
purchasing the Mount Vernon Cotton Factory
IN the CITY oi Alexandria, Virginia and all the
land belonging thereto. rs conveyed by y bi
jah Thomas and wife to Reuben job nston.
Trustee. by deed OF the I'D day Of January
1866, (Liber y, No. 8, of the land records Of
Alexsndris county, with ali the machinery,
tAt'!res, apparatus and personal property, be-
longing to or used with the said Factory;
Proposals will be received until 10 O clock g.
N. of saturday, August IA, 1869, on which day
they will be opened by one OF the judges of
the Court in presence of the dersigned.-
They must be sealed, endorsed proposals for
the purchase of the Mount Vernon Cotton Fac
tory at Alexandria, Va, and all the real and
personal estate, machinery and apparatus be-
longing thereto, and addressed to Reuben
Johnston Commissioner. They must state the
price Offered. and the names OF the sureties pre-.
posed 10 join in the bonds for the deferred pay
ments. AL offers must be made on the follow
ing terms One-fourth Of the purchase money
to be paid in cash on acceptance of tho offer,
and the residue in equal instalments at six,
twelve, eighteen and twenty. four months from
the day Of sale to be secured by the bonds of
the purchaser. with good security, bearing in
terest from the date of the acceptance OF the
offer and it, sanction by the Cour' or one OF
the Judges thereof the title to be retained un-
III lllC pulC!lHSc 44!NAoy 10 iQty pp'Oi oHt VIZ
property to be Liable TO resale by on order in
SAID cause, at the cost and risk of the purchas-
err upon his failure to comply with the terms
of sale: and, as further provision IN the sale,
the purchaser to be required TO keep insured
the buildings and machinery of the said Fac
tory, in one or more safe insurance companies,
in the sum of sixty thousand dollars, and to
transfer and assign the policies of insurance to
the undersigned.
The said Factory stands upon lot binding
about ESQ feet on Washington street. and l23
feet on Pendle.on street The buildings are o:
stories high, and contains $500 spindles 124
looms and other machinery in proportion. -
The Office and picking house are detached.
The buildings are in excellent order, and are
remarkably strong and the machinery is all
in good fair working order. The engines and
boilers (Corliss patent) are of 100 horse power,
and have been in use less than year. The
mill has nov capacity for 5000 yards Of brown
sheeting per day; and at a small expense in
altering its arrangem ents, its producing capacity
can be increased to lGO looms. The bits must
be for tho whole establishment in bulk.
The town of Alexandria is connected by rail-
roads with all parts of the country, as we'll rs by
the Potomac River and the Chesapeake and
Ohio Canal, by which last Cumberland coal is
supplied at low rates.
The stock of cotton on hand, in process of
manufacture will also be disposed Of separately
the money to be paid on acceptance of the offer.
r. JOHNSTON,
f. Il. SMITH,
H.O. CLAUGHTON,
Il. NJ LOWE,
~ 14-eots Comm'rs Of Sale.
Virginia State Journal, Baltimore Sun, Phils.
Ledger. \. Y. Journal OF Commerce, Boston
Daily Advertiser please copy]
nHE MOUNT VERNON ESTATE FOR
SAI.E
By virtue Of = decree of the Circuit Court OF
Fauluier county, Va, made at April term,
1863 in suit therein pending, in which l.. +.
Washington is plaintiff, and Richard Is. Wash;
lnston. Executor of John A. Washington, and
others arc defendants tho undersigned, the
Commissioner, therein named, offer, at private
sale, a TRACE OF LAND, lying in the county
of Fairfax, known as MOUNT VERNON,
formerly the estate owned by General George
Washington. containing abou. ONE TdOuS-
AND ACRES.
This estate is situated on and bounded by
Oh Ipot~,aao ,ivnr md Iitilo Hunting Crook;
and is distant about Is miles from the city OF
Washington, and about miles from Alexan-
dria Ii has been divided into ten lots or tracts
of land, of which tho following are unsold, VIZ :;
Ne. l-Contains "a acres, and Is bounded ny
Little Hunting Creek on the east, WIN: II IS
navisable for wood boats, and by the Mount
Vernon road on the west and Is Tor tho most
part in wood and timber
No. 2-Adioins No. | on tho south, and IS
bounded on the east by Little Hunting Creek,
and on the west by the Mount Vernon road !
partly in timber of the original growth, and
partly cleared and under fence contains l""f
acres.
No. 5-Conisns 1861 acros is bounded by
No. 4 on tho west, and Little Hunting Creek on
the east A large portion of this Ia IN wood AMI
timber.
No. G-Con!sins 100 acres bounded by the
Potomac river and Little Hunting Creek on me
east and contains lU5 acres, parliy III WOO" n"'
partly cleared.
No. 7-Contains 81 acres, and adions the
grounds of the Ladies' Mount Vernon Aasocia-
ton Of the Union; has beautiful and com
msnding view Of the river and the surrounding
country, and is said to be the most beautiful
building site in the county, A largo portion
of this is in timber of original growth.
No. 6-Contains 33t acres; adjeins the lands
of the Mount Vernon Association has good
landing on the Potomac river and gooo
building ste
Plats of the above lands and a more particu-
Res Estp.e ONCE IL enc Of sI GsEEN wise
Alexandria, and at the Office Of Green, Wise q
Davidson, corner of Louisiana avonue and
Seventh street Nos T.. and $40, Washington.
| These lands lie in portion OF The county OF
| Fairfax, which is perhaps more rapidly I'M
| proving and settling up than any otner poriiol
of the State of Virgins. and with the best class
of farmers from New Jersey, Pennsy lvania and
New York; arc valuable by reason OF theii
proximity to the grounds of the Mount Vernon
| Association as we'll as for their intrinsic worth
| They possess grea facilities for getting TO mar
| ket BY tho river and q good turnpike. Th
| contemplated Alexandria and Fredericksburg
Railroad will pass just on the western 6order
and depot, no doubt, will be placed nea
| there for the benefit of travellers to Noun
Vernon !.
| TERMS OF SALE, prescribed by the dc
| cree, are as follows :-One-fourth OF the pun
chase oney to be paid in cash on the day
sale; the residue in equal instal ut one
two and three years the purchaser TO execut
| tor the deferred payments bonds WIN apProNV
| ed personal security bearin- interest from IN
dsy of sale; the tito to be retained until IN
last payment is made; or a deed OF trust give
and the lands subject to resale at the risk an
cos. of the purchaser in Case the terms OF sal
&c not complied with. Stamps and convey
snci,,c at the expense of the purchaser
'"N w. ARTHUR TA4 LOK.
| II. TAYLOR SCOTT,
| Commissioners.
| Persons desiring to purchase can apply
w ARTHUh TAYLOR, Alexandra, Va, {
p TAYLOR SCOTT. Warrenton; FaI9ul
| county, Va. II. - 80
DWELLING HOUSE FOR RENT
House No. al South Fairfax st., very d
, l .;sahIo dwallinp house containing eight room