Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-04-16
HUCTIO.r SHLES.
GALE OF VALUABLE

y VIRGINIA LANDS.
BY virtue Of decree of the County Court of
Hull s. Co. VS.. Berkeley, the undersigned, com
mssioners of sale, will offer at public auction, in
front of the Court Honse, in Leesburg, LoudOun
county, Va, on MONDAY, March l7th 1873,
the following REAL ESTATE, viz:
A VALUABLE TRACT OF TIMBER
LAND, containing 406 acres, in Prince Will
liam county, adjoining the lands of Edmund
Berkeley, Ewell, Bayley and others, about six
miles from Thoroughfare station, on the o., A.
s. NJ. K. 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
its entire length.
Also the one UNDIVIDED HALF of one
of the most valuable and productive estates in
the south bank of the Msttaponi 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 gette- 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. Tho
arabic land has heretofore been cultivated by in
tcligent and liberal agrculturists, and until the
The estate WAS somewhat neglected during the
war and the owners have not had the means
since of restoring it to its productivencsS.
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 u
beautiful stream ; its nayi CATION was INSTRUCTED
during the war, but at Il slight expense it can BIO
made navigablc for vessels Of lOO tons TO the
landing on the estate Goose Pond adjoins
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 saleby General
Eppa Hunton, of Warrcnton, who will unite in
the sale of the whole tract
HAYS" containing 1850 acres will be Of
fercd for sale at the same time, by B. p. holland,
Trustee, under deed of trust from Maj. Berke-
lev These two estates forming compact body
of about $500 acres of splendid land, offer tho
most desirable location in Virginia for a colony.
The attention of capitalists, of agricuturallsts
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 rs
will pay the costs of suit and expenses of sale;
the residue upon credit Of one, two, three and
four years, in equal instalmcnts, 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. MATTH EW HARRISON,
B. p. holland,
POWELL HARRISON,
j. II. ALEXANDER,
Commissioners of Sale.