The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-05-26
AFFAIRS IN VIRGINIA.

| CONSERVATIVE MEETING IN BEDFORD
| CouETY-A large and enthusiastic meeting
was held ut Liberty on Monday. Captain
| N. V. Jordan called the meeting to order,
ana announced that the meeting was called
| TO take such steps as were necessary to Sc
cure the success Of the Conservative ticket
IN The coming election. General Thomas
Mnn1nrd was made chairman. J. Foote
Johnson, Esq, made vigorous speech in
| favor Of Walker. Those who heard Mr..
Johnson state that his speech was one OF
| the happiest efforts of the campaign. Gen
erai Terry was nominated rs candidate for
! the State Senate, and Messrs. Hensley,
| thurman, and DR.. Moulton were nominated
Tor the House Of Delegates.
A committee of nine gentlemen was ap-
| pointed to attend the convention to be held
in Lypchburg on the I'd of June for the pur-
| pose OF nominating candidate to represent
the district in Congress.
MEETING IN CAMPBELL-The peonle OF
campbell met on Monday at the Court
| house, Judge Spence in the chair. Entire
| harmony prevailed. Preparation for an active
canvass was made. The following canvass
erS were appointed Major J. Garland, A.
j. Clark. J. W. Daniel, T. j. kirkpatrick.
a. NJ. Tribe, G. M. Blackford, Edward
| Christian, Joel B. Leftwich, Rufus A. Muir
rel, John A: Lewis, and J. T. Triplet.
The following resolution was unanimously
adopted:
"Resolccd, That this meeting urgently
recommend that the voters Of this county
| support the ticket headed by Colonel Gil
| bert G. Walker, OF Norfolk, at the coming
| election"
Colonel John B. Baldwin made an able
| speech III the courthouse on Yesterday on
| the political issues of the day. fayorinp the
| election Of the Walker ticket and the adop-
| ton OF the eXpurgnted constitution as the
| best thing that can be done under existing
| OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Spectator Of yeS-
| ierddy.
The Conservatives in all this section of
the State are very nearly, if not quite.
| united in their preference for the Walker
| ticket Tor State officers over the Wells ticket.
Whilst, under the circumstances. there may
| be no great enthusiasm excited, there is, we
| believe, a strong conviction Of the duty of
making the best choice in the situation in
| which we are placed, and, in case of the
adoption OF the constitution, to secure, if
| possible, the most conservative men that can
he elected for all the elective oftices.-Alcr-
andrid Gazette.
SAMUEL MILLER's WILL.-At meeting of
| the county court Of Albcmarle, hastily
called, on Saturday the 22d of May, 1869. all
the justices in the county attended. They
| appointed Judge Alexander Rives agent.
| attorney, and counsel to represent the coun-
| ty of Albemarle i'll connection with Mr.. Mil
ler's will. They requested that the court
in which said will might be probatcd should
| permit Nicholas NJ. Page, the sole surviving
executor of Samuel Miller, deceased, to
qualify rs such, in accordance with the pro-
visions of the will, without giving security.
But if security should be required of Mr..
| Page either as executor or curator of Mr..
| Millcr'S estate, then the court pledged the
county of Albcmarlc in its corporate ca
pacty as security for Mr.. Page rs such
executor or curator, provided the county
court had the power to make such pledge {:
and if it had no such power, then the
court would apply to the Legislature for
IN act enabling the county court to make
said pledge. And besides all this the court
pledged the county as indemnity against
any liability which might be incurred by
individuals who might become, as trustees
for Mr.. Page, executor or curator Of Mr..
Miller's estate, this pledge, like the other,
being made provided the county court was
competent to make it, and if not able to
make it, then the county court, as before.
would apply for an enabling act so as to fur
niSh it.
| Under these circumstances certain indi-
viduals, who CHANGED to he present, the
| number being reduced by the inclcmcncy
| Of the day, empowered an attorney in fact
(NIr. William d. HART to sign their names
! as securities for Mr.. Page, either as eXccll-
tor or curator. The individual security 81
obtained in hurried way amounts to
about 5000, 900. Much more could he OBJ
tanned if necessarily charlottesville ChrOna-
Gle Of yesterday.
Route 4,714, Decentralization to Blue
Springs, a. j. Williams declining to take
the tcst-oath, contract is ordered with n
II. Williams. of Rye Valley, Va, ut S9S pei
annum, in his stead. Route Att, Virgi
fredericksburg to Warsaw, John II
Redman declining for the alleged reason
that his bid was intended for twice week
service, contract is ordered with Nancy
Shaddock, of Comorn. at 81, 595 per annuH
for twice week service from 1st of July
1869.
| LAND SALEs.-One hundred and thirty
acres Of w. Z. Straight's land (part of thu
bowman track, two miles from town, tt
Patrick and Michael McAllister, of Ithica
y. Y, for Sl,3S1-S2, 900 cash; balance il
| Rev. Henry Z. ,Johnson's farm, in Stafford
county, Of two hundred acres, for 5000
part cash balance OH time.-FrederickS
burg Herald.
AGRICULTURAL SocIETY.-Thc people 0
LynchDurg have established an Agriculture
Society, and are preparing for fall eXhhi
ton.
The Norfolk Tt1Ynan gives the Norfoll
Journal rs authority for its statement tina
our taxes would be five dollars on the hun
dred under the new constitution. This, w
state, i'll Justice to the Ttrgintan.