Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-04-21
.HUCTION @LES.
CERGEANTS NOTICE OF SALE.

HCC1lO.F SALES.
CERGEANTS NOTICE OF SALE.
By virtue of an order of the Corporation Court
of Alexandria city, entered on the 18th day of
April, 1873 in the attachment cause of Joseph
Broders and William Cogan against J. 2. Hell
ronemous, will on the lst DAY OF NAY. 1873,
ut IL o clock a. M, at the store room, No. 81
King street, in Sarepta Building sell at public
s s4f2S H fnH PGypf sHSS CaIiC6Es
Ribbons, Ginghams, Carpets, Umbrellas, Para
Soils, etc, etc.
Terms of Sale: One-sixth of the purchase
money in cash. and the residue upon q credit of
five months from the day of sale, with interest
to be secured by the bonds of the purchaser.
with approved security.
ap Its JAS Nj. STEUART, City Sergt.
by Green d Wise,
Real Estate Agents and Auctioneers]
TOM MISSIONER'S SALE OF VALUA-
" BILE REAL ESTATE.-By virtue of
decree of the Circuit Court for the county of
Alexandria, and State Of Virginia. dated the 9th
day Of February, 1869, the undersi gned, as COM
missioner, will offer at public auction, on SAT-
URDAY, the 18th day of April, 1873 at twelve
o clock M, in front of the Mansion House, in
the city of Alexandria, Virginia. = LOT OF
GROUND, in said city, situated on the west
side of Fairfax street. between King and Cam
cron streets, fronting 20 feet on Fairfax street,
being so feet to the north of King street, and ad-
joins the property occupied by Thos: Barrage.
A plat showing the dimensions and boundaries
of the lot will be exhibited at the time and place
of SALE
Terms: One-tcnth of the purchase money to
be paid in hand and the residue in three equal
instruments at six, twelve and eighteen months
from the day of sale, secured by the bonds of
the purchaser, with good personal security, and
bearing interest from the day of sale, and the
property liable to be resold ut the risk and cost
OF the purchaser upon his failure to comply with
the terms of sale FRANCIS l.. SMITH,
up 2-eots Commissioners.
ks.-Ihe above sale is postponed till SATUR-
DAY next, the 18th inst ap l9-cots
GALE OF VALUABLE
y VIRGINIA LANDS.
By virtue Ola decree of the County Court of
Loudoun, made in the chancery suit of Hopkins,
Hull Il Co. VS.. Berkeley, the undersigned, COM
mssoners of sale, will offer ut public auction. in
front of the Court Honse, in Leesburg Loudoun
county, Va, on MONDAY, March 18th, 1873,
the following REAL ESTATE, VIZ:
LAND, containing 4OS acres, in Prince Will
liam county, adjoining the lands of Edmund
Berkeley, Ewcll, Bayey and Others about six
miles from Thoroughtare station, on the o., A.
Nj. K. r., and four miles from Aldie, on the
Piedmont and Potomac Railroad-ovcr firm
roads of easy grade. This land is heavily tim
bcrcd with chestnut, hickory and oak, and has
upon il Il vein OF rich iron ore, running through
its entire length.
Also the one UNDIVIDED HALF of one
of the most valuable and productive estates in
Virginia. known MS GOOSE POND, lying on
the south bank of the Mattaponi river, in Caro-
line county, containing 1850 acres, of which
about $50 is timber of original growth, and the
rest productive, arabic land, under cultivation.
The timber consists of the varieties of oak, pine,
walnut and hickory, and IS considered BY good
Judges equal to any body of timber land in the
State. An experienced timber gctte- estimates
the value of the hickory alone, for spokes at
double its assessed value. The pine and oak
furnish the finest masts and ship timber. Inc
,rsble land has heretofore been cultivated by in
tc!ligent and liberal agrcuturists, and until tho
war, with extraordinary rcmunerative results.
The estate WAS somewhat neglected during the
war, and the owners have not had the means
since Of restoring it to It's productlvencss.
Two hundred acres of this land have been crop
ped continuously for nearly century, and Will
now produce from 50 to IS bushels of corn to
the acre Mari is abundant on the place, and
has been literally applied The Mattaponi is a
beautiful stream its navigation was obstructed
during the war, but ut Il slight expense 1t can be
made navigablc for vessels of 100 tons to the
landing on the estate Goose Pond" adjons
the famous Corbin estate, 1.-THE Reeds, and also
Hays" the justly celebrated estate of Major
VIM. n. Berkeley, separated from Goose
Pond only by the Mattaponi river. The other
half of Goose Pond" is held for ssleby General
Eppa HuntOn, OF w arrenLoH, VINO Will unlLc III
the sale of the whole tract.
"HAYS," containing 1850 acres, will be Of
fcrcd for sale at the same time, by b. p holland,
Trustee, under deed of trust from Maj. Ber;c-
ley. These two estates forming compact body
of about $500 acres Of splendid land, offer the
most desirable location in Virglnia for colony.
The attention of capitalists, Of agricuturalists
and dealers in timber and lumber is invited to
these lands. None more desirable, in quality or
prices. are in market.
Terms of Sale: SO much Of the purchase
money to be paid in cash on the day of sale rs
will pay the costs of suit and expenses of sale;
the residue upon credit of one, two, three and
four years, in equal instruments, bearing interest
from the day Of sale; the purchaser to execute
his bonds for the deferred instruments, and the
title to be retained till the purchase money is all
paid MATTHEW HARRISON
b. p. NOLAND
POWELL HARRISON,
}. Ii. ALEXANDER,
Commissioners of Sale.