Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-03-15
NH 1-eOts
GALE OF FALUABL

= VIRGINIA LANDS.
Bv virtue of decree CT the County Court of
l,oudoun, made in the chancery suit of Hopkins,
m;sioncrs Of sale will offer at public auction, in
front of the Court Honse, in Leesburg, Loudoun
county, Va, on MONDAY, March l7th 1878,
the following REAL ESTATE, viz:
a VALUABLE TRACT or TIM Der
LAND, containing 405 acres in Prince VIII,
lism county, adjoining the lands Of Edmund
Berkeley, Ewell, Bayley and others, about six
miles from ThorougIltare station, on the o., a.
Is NJ X. r., and four miles from Aide, on the
Piedmont and Potomac Railroad-over firm
roads of easy grade. This land is heavily tim
bcred with chestnut hickory and oak, and has
upon it vein OF rich iron ore, running through
It's entire length.
Also the On E UNDIVIDED HALF Of one
OF the most valuable and productive estates in
Virginia, known as goose POND" !ylng on
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 tho varieties OF OAK, plne
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 Inc
arabic land has heretofore been cultivated by in
tcllgcnt and liberal agriculturlsts, and until the
war, with extraordinary renunerntlVe 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 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 q
beautiful stream; its navigation was o6structed
during the war; but At slight expense 1T can be
made navigublc for vessels of lUO tons to the
landing on the estate. Goose Pond, adJolns
the famous Corbin estate, "The Reeds, and also
"Hays," the Justly celebrated estate of Major
WIN. n. Berkeley, separated from Goose
Pond" only By the Mattaponi river. The other
half of Goose Pond" is held for salcby General
Eppa Hunton, of Warrenton, who will unto in
the sale of the whole tract.
HAYS" containing 1850 acres, Will be Oh
fcrod for sale 1T the same time by Is. T. holland,
Trustee, under deed of trust from Maj Berkc-
Icy These two estates forming compact body
Of about 5000 acres of splendid land, offer the
most desirable location in Virginia for a colony.
The attention Of capitalists, of agriculture lists
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 DAY the costs of suit and expenses OF sale;
the residue upon credit of one, two, three and
four wears in equal instalments, bearing interest
from tie 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. MAYHEM HAkRlSON,
B. ?. holland,
POWELL HARRISON,
}. IL. ALEXANDER
Commissioners of Sale.