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FOR SALE! A BEAUTIFUL AND VALUABLE ES- 

 TATE. — Desirous to close my business in Frederick 

 county, and remove to a central part of Virginia more con- 

 venient to a large landed estate I own in that quarter, I 

 otler for sale, Springdale and Bartonsvillc, with various 

 Mills, forming certainly one of the finest estates in the whole 

 country. Springdale contains upwards of 800 acres of fer- 

 tile land chiefly limestone, or of a kind, mixed soil, upon a 

 clay basis, all admirably adapted to wheat, corn, timothy 

 and clover. There are about 60 acres of creek bottom of 

 surpassing fertility, which might be cultivated twenty years 

 in succession with but little depreciation. Indeed, the en- 

 during quality of the soil is a characteristic of the whole 

 farm, justifying stubbling and repeated continuous crops. 

 For example, I have* small field which for twelve years 

 has been in wheat or corn, and in all that time never failed 

 to yield a noble crop. Three or four successive crops of 

 wheat from the same ground is a common practice with 

 me, without injury to the land or of any abatement of quan- 

 tity produced. 



The improvements on this estate are those which taste 

 and a free expenditure of money for fifty years could make. 

 There are 6£ miles of limestone fencing, 5 miles of paling 

 and plank, and the balance of locust stake fencing. There 

 are 26 enclosures from lots of 4 or 5 acres to fields of 50 

 acres. The wood land, 170 acres, consisting of open forests 

 of black walnut, ash, hickory and oak, is divided in eight 

 lots, all enclosed and yielding pasture for sheep and cattle. 

 A fine stream flows a mile and a half through the farm, and 

 never failing springs rise in many of the fields. 



The dwelling-house is a well constructed building of two 

 stories, covered with tin roof, having dining-room, parlor, 

 library, six chambers, beside four cellar and three attic rooms. 

 There is a large and handsome piazza in front and a portico 

 in the rear. The building is 90 feet in length, including 

 the wings, of substantial hewn, square limestone, and hav- 

 ing eight dormer-windows. A two story stone building, 50 

 feet in length, used as a negro quarter. An extensive barn, 

 with stone underpinning and shedding; excellent stabling, 

 stone and frame, sufficient for thirty head of horses ; also, 

 houses for hay and extensive shedding for cattle; two corn 

 houses, one rat-proof, capable of containing 1000 barrels of 

 corn, besides granaries for wheat, oats, &c; carriage house, 

 ice house, admirable dairy, with a large limestone spring 

 very convenient to the house; large stone smoke house, 

 overseer's house, wagon and cart sheds, and other conve- 

 nient out houses. 



The Village consists of stone house with eight rooms, 

 long used as a wagon stand, large stone blacksmith shop, 

 wagon and cooper shop, several excellent buildings, occu- 

 pied by mechanics, with stabling, stone smoke houses, gar- 

 dens, &c. 



There are two excellent and large orchards of selected 

 summer and winter fruit, the proceeds of which I sold one 

 year for $1200. 



The Merchant Mill is a three story building partly of 

 stone and partly frame, capable of grinding 20,000 bushels 

 of wheat annually. It does also a large share of country 

 grinding, and has a valuable plaster and saw mill attached; 

 also, near it a miller's house, stabling, garden, &c. 



This property is 5 J miles from Winchester, a flourishing 

 town of near 5000 people, and the terminus of the rail road 

 connecting with Baltimore. The Manassas Gap Rail Road, 

 connecting with Alexandria, Washington and Richmond, is 

 only 11 miles south. The projected rail road from the Ma- 

 nassas Gap to the Coal Field will pass only a mile from 

 Springdale, while the Valley Rail Road from Winchester 

 to Staunton, undoubtedly soon to be made, will touch upon 

 the farm. The Great Valley Turnpike, extending from 

 Winchester to Tennessee, passes nearly a mile and a quarter 

 through the farm, over which several mail coaches are 

 driven every morning and evening, directly in sight of the 

 house. These, together with the large number of carriages 

 and other vehicles, hourly passing through a densely settled 

 country, give to the farm a most cheerful aspect. The 

 morning papers from Washington and Baltimore are re- 

 ceived every day soon after dinner. The celebrated Capon 

 Springs are but 20 miles off — Jordan's Sulphur but 10. 

 There are 20 churches of various denominations within a 



circle of 6 miles. A mile and a half from the farm is the 

 village of Newtown, containing nearly 1000 inhabitants, 

 with churches, an academy, post office, several stores, and 

 various mechanic shops, &c. The farm is surrounded by 

 a refined society, and in forty minutes a gentleman can take 

 his family to Winchester over a beautiful turnpike to church, 

 or upon a visit to a very clever and genteel people. 



Sincerely desirous to sell this estate, but to avoid all hig- 

 gling and needless applications, I will state my price for the 

 whole, including the mills described, is $72,000 — one-half 

 cash, the balance I am content to say two, four, six and eight 

 years, the purchaser paying interest and securing all by a 

 lien on the property. There are three farms united, with 

 improvements on each, but I will not separate them in any 

 sale. A good manager may always calculate on from 5000 

 to 6000 bushels of wheat each year, worth at the home 

 market an average of $6000. This is a clear net crop, for 

 the corn, hay, stock, &c, will more than pay all expenses. 

 The mills, houses and orchards, will rent for $1200 per an- ' 

 num — thus making an income of $7200 from about $80,000 

 invested, including stock on farm, &c, or about 9 per cent. 

 Such is the admirable tilth of this farm, its cleanness, con- 

 dition of the fences, its level or gently rolling surface, &c, 

 eight laborers can cultivate it. A healthier spot can hardly 

 be found on earth. In a family of some 75 persons, includ- 

 ing tenants, for 35 years, I have never known a case of 

 bilious or intermittent fever. 



To the wealthy merchant or professional man, who wishes 

 to retire from business and enjoy health and ease, at a de- 

 lightful residence, or the industrious farmer, looking to a 

 profitable investment of his money, the extraordinary con- 

 veniences and resources of this farm present equal attrac- 

 tions. No one will purchase so valuable an estate without 

 some personal acquaintance. To those at a distance dis- 

 posed to inform themselves, I refer to a number of friends 

 or neighbors who have visited this farm, many of whom are 

 extensively acquainted with the facts set forth in this adver- 

 tisement. In the event of a sale, the purchaser may have 

 leave to sow wheat this fall, one hundred acres being already 

 ploughed for the purpose, and I will give complete posses- 

 sion by the first of next October, if desired. 



References. — Hon. James M. Mason, Senator; Hon. 

 A. A. H. Stuart, Staunton, Virginia ; Charles Barnard, Esq., 

 Boston; Moncure Robinson, Benjamin Etting, Esqs., Phi- 

 ladelphia; A. P. Kennedy, S. K. Burkholder, Esqs., Balti- 

 more; Capt. L. M. Powell, Capt. William McBIair, United 

 States Navy, Washington; Ro. B. Boiling, Esq., Petersburg, 

 Virginia; William H. Macfarland, R. B. Haxall, Samuel 

 Marx, Esqs., Richmond, Virginia; Myer Myers, Esq., Nor- 

 folk, Virginia; James K. Marshall, Esq., Alexandria, Va.; 

 John G. Meem, Esq., Lynchburg, Virginia; Dr. Rice, New 

 Market, Virginia; Dr. R. T. Baldwin, T. A. Tidball, H. M. 

 Brent, James Marshall, Joseph H. Sherrard, D. W. Barton, 

 Esqs., Winchester, Virginia; John S. Magill, William S. 

 Jones, Joseph Long, James Chipley, F. B. Jones, James 

 Gilkeson, Esqs., Frederick countv, Virginia. 



R. W. BARTON. 

 Near Winchester, Va., July 10, 1854. — autf 



WILLIAM P. LADD, Apothecary and Druggist, 

 No. 319, head of Broad Street, Shockoe Hill, Rich- 

 mond, Virginia, dealer in English, Mediterranean, India and 

 all F'oreicrn and Domestic Drugs and Medicines ; also, Paints, 

 Oils, Varnish, Dye-Stuffs, Window Glass, Putty, &c. For 

 sale on the most accommodating terms. 



jjplp 1 Orders from Country Merchants and Physicians 

 thankfully received and promptly attended to. 

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AGENCY FOR THE PURCHASE AND SALE OF 

 IMPROVETLSTOCK.— Stock Cattle of all the differ- 

 ent breeds, ShejjjjjBHpne, Poultry, &c. will be purchased 

 to order, and carefpty shipped to ^my part of the Unitesi 

 States, for which a reasonable commission will be charged* 

 Apply to AARON CLEMENT, Philadelphia. 



Refer to Gen. Wm. H. Richardson, Richmond, Virginia 

 N. B. — All letters, post-paid, will be promptly attended 



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