Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-05-02
OF VALUABLE
. VIRGINIA LANDS.

GALE OF VALUABLE
- VIRGINIA LANDS.
BY virtue Of decree of the County Court of
Loudoun made in the chmncery suit OF Hopkins,
Hull i 60. VS. Berkeley, the undersigned COM
missi,rers OF sale, will otter at public auction, in
front of the Court Honse, III Lersburg, Loudoun
county, Va, on MONDAY, March 18th, 1873,
the following REAL ESTATE, viz:
IL VALUABLE TRACT OF TIMBER
LAND, containing 40o acres, in Prince Will
liam county, adjoining the lands of Edmund
Berkeley, Ewell, Baylcy and others, about six
miles from Thoroughiare station, on the o., a.
j. NJ. X. H., and four miles from Aide, on the
Piedmont and Potomac Rai!road-ovcr firm
roals OF cssy grade This lana is heavily tim
hered with chestnut, hickory and oak, and has
upon it u vein OF rich iron orc, running through
It's entire length.
Also the On UNDIVIDED HALF of one
of the most valuable and productive estates in
Virgins, known rs GOOSE POND, lying on
the south bank oft 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 getter estimates
the value OF the hickory alone, for spokcS, ut
double its assessed value. The pine and oak
furnish the finest mAStS and Snip timber. Inc
arabic hand has heretofore been cultivated by in
war, with extraordinary rcmuncratlvc results.
The estate WAS somewhat neglected during the
| war, and the owners have not had the means
since OF restoring il t. its former productlvcncss.
Two hundred acres of this land have been crop
ped continuously for nearly century, and will
now produce from ~ to IS bushels OF corn To
the acre. Mari is abundant on the place, and
has been literally applied The Mattaponl is Il
beautiful stream its navigation was obsLructrd
during the war, but IL Il sight expense it can be
made navigabc for vessels OF 100 tons to the
land on the estate. Goose Pond adioins
the famous Corbin estate, The Reeds u and also
| Hays" the justly celebrated estate Of Major
VIM. n. Berkeley separated from Goose
Pond only by the Mattaponi river. The other
half Of Goose Pond' is held for salcby General
Erpn uurtun of Warrcnton, who will unite in
the sale of the whole tract.
"HAYS," containing 1850 acres, will be Of
lcred for sale ut the same time, by B. p. holland,
Trustee under deed Of trust from Maj Bcrke-
lev. These two estates forming compact body
Of nbout 500 acres of splendid land, oller the
most desirable location in Virginia for n colony.
The attention Of capitalists, Of agriculturalsts
and dealers in timber and lumber is invited TO
these lands None more desirable, in quality or
prices are now III market
Terms Of Sale: SO much of the purchase
money to be pmid in cash on the day Of sale rs
will pay the costs Of suit and expenses Of sale;
the residue upon n credit of one, two, three and
four years, in equal instruments, bearing interest
from the day Of sale the purchaser 20 execute
his bonds for the deferred instruments, and the
title To be retained till the purchase money is all
pnid. MATTHEW HARRISON,
b. Z. holland,
POWELL HARRISON,
D. II. ALEXANDER,
Commissioners OF Sale.