The Plantation on which I now reside, called MARIANNA, about seven miles from the town of St. Mary's, situated on the Western Shore river, opposite the island of Cumberland, bordering on and being between the plantations of Thomas King, esq., and the estate of the late John King, esq.; on which is a bluff in some places thirty feet high, and about 1-1/2 or 2 miles long, to any part of which (except where the marsh joins it) any vessel can come, drawing ten feet water, with the prospect of an extensive body of marsh, intersected by the Cumberland and Crooked Rivers to the sea at the north end of Cumberland, and in every respect as healthy as any part of the state; containing about 200 acres of first quality hammock land well adapted for the cultivation of cotton, about 150 acres of which are now cleared and under fence; 50 of which have been cut down this past season, ten acres the season before, 30 acres in the latter part of 1801; the rest (except 15 acres that have been cleared 20 years) late in the years 1799 and 1800. About 450 acres of pine land of the best quality, black and good soil, well timbered for plank [illegible], ranging timber, or rails for fencing; plank got and sawed on it can be seen at my house which consists of the first quality yellow pine fit for any carpenter's work. About 150 acres dry marsh which could be easily reclaimed, being at present an excellent pasturage for horses &c. Total 800 or more acres, all in one body joining both plantations afore-mentioned; on which are also, a dwelling house entirely new, two stories high, finished in the neatest manner, having eight convenient rooms, two passages, two piazzas, and two balconies. A framed kitchen and wash house 30 by 13 feet, in one building partitioned off, containing two chimneys in one stack, each fire place six feet in the clear and a good oven; weather-bording, windows, doors, and floor plained, and neatly laid on. One store room 14 feet by 12, finished in the same manner as the kitchen. There are also a stable and chair house, 30 by 20, with a corn loft in the upper half story, plained &c; the same as the other out buildings. One fowl house 20 by 12. Also a cotton house, 1-1/2 stories high -- gin house 26 by 18 feet-- overseer's house 18 by 12-- seven negro houses, and necessary buildings. A fence round the house of drawn clapboard and posts nailed 200 feet square. A garden fenced in, and an avenue, part drawn clapboards nailed and part worm fence. A brick well nearly 20 feet deep, good water; there are also a number of springs of excellent water on the plantation and natural branches that convey off the surplus parts of the heavy rains that sometimes happen. Indisputable titles will be given, and possession on the first of January next, or as soon as the present crop is gathered.

To form an adequate idea of the plantation, its situation, goodness of the soil, buildings and improvements, it is necessary that any person willing to purchase, should take a view of it, which will, no doubt, be pleasing and satisfactory to them.

The terms will be made known by applying to Messrs. HOPKINS AND CHARLES, merchants, of Charleston, or to the subscriber on the plantations.

To accommodate the purchaser, the subscriber will give him the refusal of the crop as it may stand at the time of purchase, and in that case make an immediate delivery of the premises, or he will keep the crop on his own account and give up possession on the first of January next, aforesaid.

WILLIAM GIBSON