Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1843-01-26
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THURSDAY. JANUARY &c, 1913.

| Qj-Wc regret to see, in the Abingdon yirginian
most violent assault upon the feelings and character
the very worthy Depoty Clerk of the District Court
the United States, ut .his pacc.Thc ground of this as
saut is notice which that officer Alto publish
short time ago, to discharged Bankrup,s requiring thcn
TO pay the fees due him, and lift their certificates or h,
would move the Court TO set aside their DEGREES
! We are persuaded if The editor of the Virginia,
had been appraised of the circumstances which pro
duccd this notice. he would have seen no cause for tn,
towering indignation he dsplaysIIc admits that tn,
Cierk ought to DC paid for his services VIC think We
can satisfy him that by this admission lac srrcndcrs
cry ground of complaint. Under the Rules of the Court
The Assiguccs Commissioners and Printers are net re
CURED to return their reports and aidavi,s until thc
lees are paid. Upon the principle the Court has
decided that the Clerk may retain ne certificate of dis
charge until his fees paid This security however
seemed likely TO be OF little avail that officer When
Bankmp's were discharged, they manifested, in most
cases, no disposition TO lift the certificate of fact which
they thought they could readily prove at any time by
The record, and the idea ndusriously circulated
'hat Its possession was OF valuc and that thus The
CLERK could De diddled ont IF his fees! This was the
state oil things as we understood at the time which pro-
duccd the notice complained of and surely the vrsnian
can see nothing OF the airo of yrant" or disposition
poor bankrupts in an act thus PROMPTED
Nothing could be farther from the true character Of tina,
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which, in his zeal public CENSOR hc has so hastily at
tribucd to him. So far have ever heard his course
towards honest bankrupts has been uniformly inulgent
and Liberal 1T not strange then, that he should feel
some Indignation at systematic attempt TO dcfraud him
oil his fees We have idea however, that the Judge
oo" SCI aside decree merely on account Of the
payment OF fees There would have be other grounds
than this presented But il may be well for us here 10
state, as matter of information for that n,
certificates Of discharge will be fonud Indispensable n
their protection against old debts Some cases have al
ready occurred Of Judgments obtained before
for want of the evidence of discharge and aypcnt
forced. When this is generally known, tic Clerk we
presume, Will have occasion ask the farther inter-
position OF the Judge to secure his fees
AS TO the fees of the Clerk in cases Of
"hch me NIrginn seems to intimate are too high we
they are reduced to the rates of the State S
peror Courts 1.-THE fees in tic Federal Court nroner h
ing third higher than the fees the Court of Appeal
ana are made up of and Is charges for
PhS Tor which the charge is Two cents for every tbr,
ana mat even at these rates, ST. 65 less is char
ged, than the Clerk would be entitled to-
Bn; at any rate, is fair pres anne that the wortb
Deputy is but following the directions of the ou, ana
oil his principal, under the law and we submit il ,o Tho
candor and good sense of the Vrguan 10 say whether
st that he should be held up public as the
.esS oPpressor OF the poor bankrupt? We d> NO,
i''''' '"-~-- .i.". Tire Injustice b.
has d2n', and will promptly make the necessary rcpara
ton