The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-11-28

The Great Eastern can lie fifty yards from the
shore: the supposed terminus OF the Chesapeake
and Ohio railroad +; a mile and n half OF water
front. Zee United States Coast Survey, report Of
1857, page I8.
BY virtue Of decree Of the Circuit Court OF the
couatY OF James City and city OF williamsburg
pronounced on the 1s;h day OF October. 1871, we,
special commissioners, will sell al public auction,
to the highes. bidders, on WEDNESDAY, 18th
day of January, a. D. 1872, at Yorktown, Va, The
following REAL ESTATE, whereof Robert An
derson died seized and possessed:
l, EISETY LOTS In Yorktown about two
thirds Of the town. 2. HUBBABD'5 LAND,
! above / oIktown, on The river, on the north side
OF the road ircm Williamsburg s73 acTes. 3.
Rowe FARM, adjoining "Eubbards" On the
west-Al 42-l0o acres. 4. MONaTTS g. Ell
LOFTS, adjoining Yorktown on the northeast,
on York river-ll2 $1,000 acres. S. Rowe &
SANDS LOTS, on the northwest side of Yorktonn
on the river-22 acres. s. NOTTINGHAM LOT,
at the south corner 0. Yorktown, on the Hampton
road-l0 SO 100 acres. I. PIGEON QUARTER,
VAN BUREN, &C., adjoining Yorktown on the
southwest sde-8a2 42-1oO acres. FRENCH
QUARTER aad TERRAIN POINT, adjoining
Pigeon Quarter, &C., on the southwest-S5s sl.loo
acres.
An accurate survey or tie lands above men
toned has been made. Amap o. the ssme will be
exhibited on the day or sale, nd may be seeu al,
the Office OF William 8. Peachy, Williamsburg,
Va, before day OF sale.
TEHAs OF SALE: Cash sufficient 10 pay cXpenses
Of sale; balance on credits OF six, twelve, and
eighteen months, equal instalments, each to bear
Interest at six per cent. from the day OF SALE
Bonds with sufficient personal security, to be
given b. esca purchaser, aud the title retsiIed
as to each purchaser until the whole purchase
money Is paid.
The sale will be continued until completed.
TkZEWELL TAYLOR.1
JOIN T: sEAWELL, copm,rs.
E WfeE1aM IS S. FklGhri "
EXTRACT FROM UEIrED STATES COAST
SURVEY. REPORT Iss7-rAGg So. LIEU
TENANT-COMaANDING Amy:
No can look at the chart OF the lower part OF
York river from the entrance up to yorktown
without pronouncing 1t harbor OF the drst class
There Is bar at the mouth OF the slvsr, and tie
least watsr to be passed over in entering 1t is thirty
three feet at low tide, near the tail at York Spi in
the Chesapeake bay. After passing this the wa-
ter deepens 10 six. seven, and eight fathoms, In
creastng a5 passing up the channElto eleven and
twelve fathoms, abreast Of Yorktown, where the
shore is very bold, and wh.ryes carried out dis
lance Of 1fty feet would strike four and hslf and
five fathoms OF water. The channel Of the river
Is more than q mile in width, and with ssw buoys
and bsacons judiciously placed, the heaviest line
of-batte ship could beat up or down the river
without the least difficulty. Yorktowa is situated
about thirty nautical miles from the entrance OF
the river into the Chesapeake bay. The location
elevated, and 1t could be easily fortified at
derate eIpenoe, against attack either by land or
water 1t affords hsrbor sufficient for the laryess
navy aud commercial marine. and next 10 New
port, fh3de Island, II Is, In M jUdgm ent the
safest and most ccmmodious harbor In The UNITED
ssa.es- no 2.fawtJ an ], We !.