Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-04-28
GALE OF VALUABLE
- VIRGINIA LANDS.

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By virtue of decree Of the County Court of
Loldoun, made in the chancery suit of Hopkins:
Hull & Go. VS. Berkeley, the undersigned, COM
msbioners of sale, will offer at public auction, in
front of the Court Honse, in Leesburg, Loudoun
county Vs. On Rt AIE ESTaTE Ra Hia in' 1915
A VALUABLE TRACT OF TIMBER
LAND, containing 4OS acres, in Prince Will
liam county, adjoining the lands of Edmund
Berkeley, Ewell, Bayley and others, about SIX
miles from Thoroughfare station, on the D., A.
s. NJ. K. r., and four miles from Aide, on the
roads Of easy grade. This land is heavily tim
bered with chestnut hickory and oak, and has
upon it vein of rich iron ore, running through
l's Also sLsi the e' ONE UNDIVIDED HALF of one
of the most valuable and productive estates in
the south bank of the Mattaponi river, in Caro-
line county, containing 1860 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 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. The
arabic land has heretofore been cultivated by In
teligent and liberal agrculturists, and until the
war with extraordinary remunerative results.
The estate was somewhat neglected during the
war, and the owners have not had the means
since of restoring it to its productiveness.
Two hundred acres of this land have been CROP
ped continuously for nearly 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 Mattaponi is 9
beautiful stream; its navigation was obstructed
during the war, but at slight expense it can be
made navigable for vessels of 100 tons to the
landing on the estate Goose Pond adjoins
the famous Corbin estate, 1.-THE Reeds, " and also
"Hsys," the justly celebrated estate of Major
VIM. N. Berkeley, separated from "Goose
Pondn only by the Mattaponi river. The other
half of Goose Pond' is held for sale by General
Epps 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 b. +. GLAND,
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 agriculturalists
and dealers in timber and lumber is invited to
these lands. None more desirable, IN quality OF
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 paw the costs of suit and expenses of sale;
| the residue upon credit of one, two, three and
four years, in equal nstalments, bearing interest
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 all
paid. MATT NE HAKK1soN'
POWELL HARRISON,
j. 81. ALEXANDER,
Commissioners of Sale.