Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-03-05

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- VIRGINIA LANDS.
By virtue ofa decree OF the County Court Of
LouIoun, made in the cAa:ccry suit of Hopkins,
Hull u Go. vs.. Berkeley, the Undersigned, com
m,,>ivncrS Of sale will oi"r Vt public auction, in
'front.' O; the Court Honse IN Lrrsburg, Louloun
the following REAL ESTATE, viz:
\ VALUABLE TRACT OF TIMBER
LAND, containing i0S acres, in Prince Will
liam county, adjoining the lands of Edmund
Berkeley, hwcli, BayIcy and others, about six
miles from Th"rongt.l!,rc station on the o., n.
l. w. H. f., and four miles from Aide on tic
Piedmont and Potomac RiIroad-over firm
roads Of easy grade. This lani is heavily tim
;rrrd with chestnut, hc%ory and OAK, and has
upon it VEN 81 rca IRON ore, raining through
ts entire length.
Also the Or. UNDIVIDED HALF Of one
al tfc most vnIIr,hI" and productive estates III
Virginia, known " "GDrSE POND, lying on
TIE south bank Of til" Ma.t4rnni river, in Caro-
line county, containing 1870 acres, Of which
about 90 i. timber nI orlgnn growth, and the
rest productive arabic land, under cultiyHton.
The timbe" consists OF the varieties of oak, pine,
walnut :lud hickory. and is considered by good
Judges equal to any body of timber land in the
State An experienced timber g,lt"" estimates
the value Of The hickory alone, for Sp"koS, NJ
double It's assessed value. The pin" and "a,
furnish the finest InnstS and ship timber. The
arabic land has heretofore been cultivated by in
tclgent md liberal agrcuturi>tS, and until tie
war, with extraordinary rcfnun"rativc result.
The estate was somewhat neglected during tie
war, and the owners have not bod tnc means
siucc of restoring it - IL former pruauctivc.lcsS
iva hundred acres of this land hav. been crop
ped coatlnuou> Y lur near y II century, and viii
now produce from ~ IL - bushels Of corn to
the acre. Mar is abundant on the place, and
has been literally applied. The Ma.taponi is II
beautiful stream; lis navigation WAS oJ>truct"d
during the war, but 1T Il S!i2It cAp cnsc IL be
ilndc ntvignb:c .ur vessels OF ll.D tons to the
!andi"c on The estate. 'Goosc Pond" aljn:n.
the famous Gorlin estate, The Reeds, and also
'Il~ys," the justly celebrated estate Of Major
VIM. n. Berkeley, separated from ''Goosr
Pond" only By tie MAttaponi river. The other
hail or Goose Pond Is held for S,tlcby General
Erpa HuntJn, Of Warrcnton, vino will unite in
the sale of the whole tract.
"lAIS," containing 1850 acres, will be Of
icrrd i"r sac al the same time, by B. Z. Nulnnd,
Trustee, under deed of trl!>t from Mni. Bcrkc-
ley. These Two cs.,.t"s !orningu conpac. body
%. about 500 acres u splendid land, offer the
most desirable location in Virginia for colony.
The attention. OF capita I-'-, of n,-icu!turnlIsts
md dcnicra IL timber nnd lumber Is invited to
these l,,rtGs None more desirable, in quality
prices. az. now III market.
Terms of Sale: SO much Of the purchase
money to be paid in cash on the day OF sale Ms
will pay the costs of suit and EXPENSES Of snlc;
The residue upon Il credit OF one, two, three and
l"!.r ycurs IL equal Instruments, bearing interest
II III tie dny oi sale; the purchaser TO execute:
his bond. for the deferred lnstulmcnts and the
title t. be retained till the purchase L. nll
paid. MAIIHE W HARRISON,
b. p. holland,
POWELL HARRISON,
J. Ii. ALEXANDER,
Commissioners Of Sale.