Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-04-08
.gTCTYOE S.4LES.
GALE OF VALUABLE
VJREISIA Ia NDS

y VIRGINIA LANDS.
| By virtue of decree of the County Court OF
| Loudoun, made in the chancery suit OF Hopkins,
Hull & Co. VS.. Berkeley, the undersigned, com
front of the Court Honse, in Leesburg, Loudoun
county. Va, on MONDAY, March 18th, 1873,
the following REAL ESTATE, viz:
A VALUABLE TRACT OF TlMBER
LAND containing 408 acres, in Prince VII,
liam county adjoining the lana. OF hau mo
miles from Thoroughtare station, ON the o., A
! & NJ. H. r., and four miles from Aide, on the
| Piedmont and Potomac R.ilroad-over firm
roads of easy grade. This LAM is heavily tim
bcrrd with chestnut, hickory and oak, ana mas
| ul,un il y vein OF rlcn IRON ore, running through
! its entire length.
Also the ONE UNDIVIDED HALF of one
| of the most valuable and productive estates IN
Virgins, known rs GOOSE POND, lying on
tie south bank Of the Ms:aponl river, in Caro-
about $50 is timber Of original growth, and the
rt.St productive, arabic hand, under cult1vati"1;
The timber consists of the varieties of oak, pine.
walnut and hickory. and is considered By. good
| Judges cluul To any body Of timber land IN the
| State An experienced timber gcLtc- estimates
tn. value Of the hickory alone, for spokes, IT
double its assessed value. The pine and TAX
| furnish the finest mastS md ship timber. Inc
ursbe land has heretofore been cultivated by m
,riigent and liberal asrcutt.ri:ts, and until the
war, with extraordinary rclnuncrAtlve results.
| The estate WA. somewhat neglected during The
war, and the owners have not had t"e means
since of restoring it to !S former productlrencss.
| Twn hundred acres Of this land have been crop
pd continuously for nearly II century, and Will
| now produce from 80 To IS bushels OF corn to
the acre Mari is abundant on the place, and
has been literally applied The MalLaponi Is n
beautiful stream; its navl CATION WIS oOstructed
! during the war; but ~ = Sllght expense IL can DC
made navigable for vessels Of 100 tons to the
lYndi, on the estate Goose Pond adjoinS
the famous Corbin estate, The Reeds, md also
"Ilnys," the justly celebrated estate OF Major
| VIM. n. Berkeley, separated from Goose
| Pond" only by the Mattapunl river The other
! halt of Goose Pond is hell for saleby General
| Eup. iIuntun of Warrenton, who will unitc III
the smlc Of the whole tract
HAYS" containing 1850 acres, will be of
tered for sale ut the same time, by Is. T. holland,
| Trustee, under u deed of trust from Maj Berke-
ley These two estates forming compact body
u! about 5000 acres of splendid land, oiier the
most desirable location in Virglna for colony
Tnc attention Of capitalists, of agricultural lists
and dealers in timber and lumber Is invited 10
| these lands. one more desirable, III quality or
prices are now i'll market
Terms of Sale: So much of the purchase
money to be paid in cash on the day Of sale NJ
viii pay the costs of suit and expenses of sale ;
the residue upon credit Of one, two. three and
fnur years, in equal instruments bearing interest
| tr III 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
pnd. MAIIH kW HARkloON,
B. F. holland,
POWELL HARRISON,
j. Ii. ALEXANDER
commissioners OF Snle.