Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-02-19
HOUSE PROPERTY FOR

Nl SALE.
Under authority of the decree of the Circuit
Court of the United States for the Eastern Dis
trict Of Virginia, rendered on the l1th day OF
January, 1873, in the suit of Joshua Lippincott
VS.. Kelly ct al, the subscriber rs special COM
missioner, appointed for the purpose, will sell
the MARSHALL HOUSE PROPERTY, in
the city of Alexandria, Va, at public auction,
on SATURDAY, the I'D day of March, 1873,
consisting Of
l. LOT at southeast cerner Of King and Pitt
streets, on which the Marshall House stands,
fronting, say, SO feet on King, with depth OF,
say, 1T feet on Pitt street:
. STABLE LOT OF THE HOTEL on west
side of Pitt street, midway between King and
Prince streets having front on Pitt of - feet
and a depth of 81 feet.
Terms Ten per ccntum of the purchase mon
ey cash, thirty per cent in six months, thirty
per cent in twelve and thirty per cent in eight
cen months from day of sale, with interest.
with good personal surety, the property to be
rcsod at the risk of purchaser on failure to COM
ply with terms of sale or to meet any deferred
inStalments in whole or part, and title to be re-
tanned till full payment of purchase money,
Sale in front of the Marshall House at II m.
S. FERGUSON BEACH,
feb lS-eots Commissioner of Sale.
| GALE OF VALUABLE
y VIRGINIA LANDS.
By virtue of decree Of the County Court of
Loudoun, made in the chancory suit OF Hopkins,
Hull s. Co. vs. Berkeley, the undersigned COM
mis$ioners of sale, will oter at public auction, in
county, Va, on MONDAY, March 18th, 1875
| the following REAL ESTATE, viz:
A VALUABLE TRACT OF TIMBER
| LAND, containing 40S acres, in Prince Will
liam county, adjoining the lands of Edmund
miles from Thoroughfare station, on the o., A.
| s. NJ. H. r., and four miles from Aide, on the
| Piedmont and Potomac Rairoad-over firm
roads of easy grade. This land is heavily TIM
bcred with chestnut, hickory and oak, and has
upon it a 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 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 gctte- estimates
the value of the hickory alone, for spokcs, ut
double its assessed value. The pine and oak
furnish the finest masts and ship timber Tho
arabic land has heretofore been cultivated by in
telligcnt and liberal agriculturists, and until the
war, with extraordinary rcmunerativc results.
The estate was somewhat neglected during the
war, and the owners have not had the means
succ Of restoring it to its productivcncSs.
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 it's navigation was obstructcd
during the war, but ut slight expense it can be
made nuyigabc for vessels Of 100 tons to the
landing on the estate. Goose Pond adjoins
the famous Corbin estate, "Thc Reeds, and also
Hays" the justly celebrated estate of Major
VIM. N. Berkeley, separated from Goose
Pond" only by the Mattnponi river. The other
half Of Goose Pond' is held for eby General
Eppa Hunton, of Warrenton, who will unite in
the sale Of the whole tract
HAYS" containing 1860 acres will be Of
fcrcd for sale ut the same time by B. Z. holland,
Trustee, under Il deed of trust from Mai. Bcrkc-
ley. These two estates forming compact body
Of about 1909 acres Of splendid land offer the
most desirable location in Virginia for colony.
The attention of capitalists, Of agrculturalists
and dealers in timber and lumber Is invited Ia
these lands. None more desirable, in quality
prices, arc now in market.
Terms of Sale SO much of the purchase
money to be paid in cash on the day of sale NJ
will pay the costs of suit and expenses of sale;
the residue upon a credit of one two three and
four years, in equal instaments, bearing interest
frcIn the day of sale; the purchaser to execute
his bonds for the deferred instamcnts, and the
title to be- retained till the purchase money is all
paid. MATTHEW HARRISON,
D. p holland,
POWELL HARRISON