Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-03-28
VIRGINIA NEWS.

/ Stafford Circuit Court met on Monday and
adjourned on Tuesday, Judge Thomas presld-
ing. Brigg horse case in detinuc against j..
M. Forbes was carried to Fauquier. James
Briggs sued Forbes in Stafford for horse,
innocently purchased by him, which had been
stolen from Briggs during the war: Forbes
now lives in Fauquier, and his plea TO the ;ju-
risdlctlon was sustained e4.-ss..
George Il. Newman, Of Woodstock, Va,
who was Student at Washington College
during the session of 1861 and who had been
STAYING at the Lexington Hotel tor some days
past on brief visit to the town, attempted 10
commit suicide about O. clock on the night OF
the 10Th inst. by shooting himself. tie IS
now lying severely wounded. w
King George Circuit Court met on Monday
and adjourned on Wednesday, Judge Critcher
presiding. There was not single Common
wealth's case and the Grand Jury made no
presentmcnts The principal case tried was
Grimes VS.. Jordon for horse loaned and died
in Jordan's hands Verdict for plaintiff Tor
500. htiH
The Culpeppcr Observer ays:-Wc learn
that the Kitchen, Smoke house, and other out
houses, of Mr.. Henry Field, Judge r. H..
Fields old residence,) were consumed by lire
one night last week. Alarge amount of Vine
gar, &C., was burnt, but the meat In the
Smoke house was saved.
McCrackcn & Bro, have sold to Mr.. James
Burke Of New Jersey, 100 acres of land near
the Summit, on the R. f. e ?. Railroad, be-
longing to W. L. Bell, for 500. There is a
dwelling house, kitchen, stable and store house
on the land-a desirable purchase.
Another Bank has been organized in Licking
ton in accordance with the State Law, to be
known as 'The Rockbridge Bank 1t will
operate as bank of discount and deposit, and
will be conducted upon the same principle with
the one now in operation
Yesterday morning another disturbance oc-
Cured at the Government soup house IN Rich
mond, between the soldiers on guard and the
negroes, which resulted in some OF the negroes
being slightly injured by the sabres OF the
guard. T." .s........
The Grand Jurors OF Judge Underwood
court were in session all day in Richmond on
Thursday. Several witnesses were examined
by them, assisted by District Attorney Chand-
Ter. No presentments have yet been made
public, .... ... .... ....
James L. Taliaferro, Real Estate Broker, has
sold to James E. Palmer, esq, of Bridgeport,
Connecticut, Mr.. Edward Smiths farm lc
Spotsylvania, for So, 500, one-haf cash, residue
on time. . ~
The Robert e Lee Insurance Company has
been chartered at Richmond, by Judge Mer-
edith. .-..
APPEALS IN WEST VA--During the war
James Wylie sold to E. NJ. Brown tract OF
land in Monroe county for some $4,000 in
Confederate money. All of the purchase money
was paid, except about 900. Wylie made a
deed to Brown, which was recorded by the
clerk of the county And Brown executed a
trust deed on the land to secure the unpaid
S., 900 Confederate money, The land was then
sold by Brown to Tomlinson and Osborne, and
deeds we're made and executed during the war.
The $1,000 was duly rendered to WyIe IN
Confederate money, and he refused to receive
it. After the war he brings his suit in chan
cery to subject the land to sale for the So, 900,
making Brown, Tomlinson, and Osborne, par
ties to the suit Judge Harrison gave de-
cree annulling the contract, between Brown
and Wylie, and restoring the land to Wylle
| The Court Of Appeals reversed this decision
and dismissed the bill, by which TOmnson
and Osborne get the land.
Ertyuct from the Opinion ofAhc Court.
[ am of opinion that the sale and conveyance
Of the land by Wylie to Brown, to be paid for
| in Confederate money, so called, was an illegal
| but nevertheless an executed contract which
though void as to everybody else, yet had the
| effect to transfer the title to the land to the
| vendce. Inhabitants Of Worcester VS.. Baton,
calf, KY, G67 and court Of equity will not
lend its aid to the guilty vendor to protect him
from the consequence of his own illegal act, or
aid him to recover back the land so conveyed
away.
I am further Of opinion that the notes given
for the purchase money of said land, payable
in Confederate money, so called, and the trust
deed to secure them, were illegal and void,
and that court of equity will not lend its aid
to enforce the payment of them, either, by de-
creeing payment of them or selling the land for
that purpose, neither will it lend its aid to the
maker of the notes to have them cancelled, but
will leave the parties III oari dcltcto, to rest in
the condition in which they have placed
themselves.
[ am further of opinion that Jacob Osborne
and David Tomlnson, being complete pur~
chasers without notice from Brown, arc en-
titled to hold the land free from the claim Of
said Wylie.
think, therefore, that the decree of the
Circuit Court should be reversed, and the bill
dismissed with costs to the appellants in both
courts Grecnb11er Independent.
VIRGINIA.-John Randolph, in one Of his
great speeches, pointing his finger significant
ly, said ''The old red hils of Virginia-so
congenial to the growth of illustrious men. l
can associate the county of Westmoreland with
George Washington. As man, he was NOR
tai; in his deeds, he was immortal. [ can as
sociate the county of Albemarle with Thomas
Jefferson. I have been on both sides of the