Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-05-01
GALE OF VALUABLE
- VIRGINIA LANDS.

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y VIRGINIA LANDS.
By virtue Of decree of the County Court ot
Loudoun, made in the chancery suit OF Hopkins,
Hull s. Co. vs.. Berkeley, the undersigned, COM
missonerS Of SALE will offer At public auction, in
front of the Court Honse, in LecshurE, L"uion!l
the following REAL ESTATE, viz:
A VALUABLE TRACT OF TIMBER
LAND. containing 40S acres, in Prince Vii
liam county, adjoining the lands of Edmund
Berkeley, Ewell, Bayley and others, about SIX
miles from Thorougnfare station, on the o., A..
s. NJ. K. H., and four miles from Aide on the
Piedmont and Potomac Rai!road-over firm
roads Of easy grade. This land is heavily tim
bered with chestnut, hickory and oak, and has
upon it vein OF rich iron orc, running through
its entire length.
Also the one UNDIVIDED HALF of one
of the most valuable and productive estates i'll
Virginia, known as 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 getter estimate;
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
arabic land has heretofore been cultivated by IN
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war, with extraordinary remuneratve results.
The estate was somewhat neglected during the
war, and the owners have not had the means
since of restoring it to its former
Two hundred acres of this land have been crop
ped continuously for nearly a century, and will
now produce from SO to Is bushels Of corn to
the acre. Mari is abundant on the place. and
has been literally applied. The Mattaloni Is q
beautiful stream; its navigation was obstructed
during the war, but at slight expense 1t can be
made navigabo for vessels of lUO tons to the
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 Msttaponi river. The other
half of Goose Pond is held for by General
Eppa Hunton, of Warrenton, who will unite in
the sale Of the whole tract.
HAYS" containing 1850 acres, will be of
fered for sale at the same time, by 3. ?. holland,
Trustee, under deed of trust from Maj. Berke-
lev. These two estates forming compact body
of about 5000 acres of splendid land, offer the
most desirable location in Virginia for colony.
The attention of capitalists, of agrlcu!turalsts
and dealers in timber and lumber is invited to
these lands. None more desirable in quality or
prices, are now in market.
Terms of Sale: So much Of the purchase
money to be paid in cash on the day Of sale as
will pay the costs of suit and expenses of sale;
the residue upon q credit of one, two, three and
from the day of sale; the purchaser to execute
his bonds for the deferred instalments, and the
title to be retained till the purchase money is al
paid MATIHEW HAKRlSON,
POWELL HARRISON,
j. II. ALEXANDER,
Commissioners Of Sale