The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-09-15
VIRGINIA NEWS.
Clarke County.
correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch
HrppyylIJ.r. CLARKE COUNTY. VA,

HERRyvlII.E. CLARKE COUNTY. Az
Sept. 18th, 1871. J
To-day was the day Ger the regular Term
,,tnur county court, hut In consequence OF
,rc recent resignation Of Judge hite mere
was up collt. Ii was supposed thai Judge,
.r,...rarI. vi Frederick, would have Deem
'.,.,ru,u 10 preside over the county court OF,
..;4rkc until the meeting OF our state LeslS-'
1,,lirr. tut uY 10 this morning Judge ;.
had received no Instructions 10 that effect
Al The courthouse this evening there
Ms \ political meeting. VIM. y. smith.
t.,g.. WAS called 10 the chair, and Col. John
i,.yIy was requested 10 act aS secretary.
IN. rCoplr were favored with interesting
addresses from VIM. Z. ucnuerly, Dr.. Wm.
s. Bradford. VIM. Il. Harris. and Danger
r,ld lewis. These gentlemen arc all can
,.J,.,S for a scat in the next House oil Dell
..a,,>. besides whom there are also several
other csuaidatcS.
The 2rimav election for the Conserva-
live pariv NlII hc held on Friday anu SAT
,ir,iay of his week. All Of the candidates
,x;,rc,< Il decided opposition 10 the prcseh'
n.,,r, law. anG il Is obvious that the pco-
,fr'Yr This section will urge. through their
,r,tcratc>. the repeal al this law, which
N... uroycd 80 obnoxious 10 every section.
with. perhaps, the exception OF the CITY OF
N;t@nrna.
Lads in the county of Clarke which
rated Al So. 80, and 500 per acre two
,,ay> ago, nave deprecated ut least one
ilHrd. aud L : :,t'fihutcN TO Tie TACT that
.n,.ry " Il .c 10 investments III real estate
90 iarc - highcr rates OF interest can be
,..taiurd Ter money than the cid rate OF six
;..r rcui. Ii the rate Of intcrc>t continues
IL, II J. =; pre- sent, til prospects oil Var
guil. which are based S.Eio>t exclusively
J.. III ~
more and mere gloomy.
Nr. Paul Pierce. AZ old and respected
citizen OF this county, departed this life on
the evening 81 the 10th. lie was III his 9lsl
Nrlr. and was born during the struggle iol
American independence. ).
(Grcat mistake, that about tie cause o.
tAr deterioration Of tho price Of lands
D:SgATcu.]
EiGuryorS rEciSIoN.-Duriug the term
If .rud.r Riyc,'S court, held in DlnvIilc
list Ncrk, his Honor decided, tor the ilrst
ilur since. he has been Oh the bench, the
QUESTION VI huuklUpt'S right to claim and
save ST apart 70 him Nh amount not cX'
tr,,iHg 500 from the proceeds OF the Ssie
ui e., .umrcrcd real estate. Judge Under
wood h.> heretofore ruled that bankrupt
! cn;itlrd 10 a federal exemption Of 800
absolutely. and If he has TO other estate
thau ,urUmhtrcd realty. that his cNcmp.
ton should hr made up from the proceeds
If the >al, OF his land, even though he bad
inns hslorc bis bankruptcy conveyed it in
t;tl>l. or JUDGMENT liens had been acquired
hy his creditors for double its value. Judge
Hives invited 4 fQl! expression CT argument
unihc question from The bar. SlcssrS. james
VI. " hl;'l", Read 4 Bouldin, and Cahcli t
PrA,ro>> agguct! against, and Judge II. w.
thurnoy in favor Of the hankIuptS right
- lave such estate so exempted. Judge
E.y,>. in delivering his opinion, stated
that h~ found no difficulty whatever
in deciding that the law warranted 30
~Uun authority 10 the court, and that he
rol!t rot %rant.such an exemption. '!'his
li,>tiou ana many others OF greater or less
inheritance were decided in the very teeth
81 1Hd-r i.MdrrwOOa'S uniform decisions
%. The >auc subject, ana we believe TIA;
.it.!-" Hirce'S opinion received the uuIns-
utu> endorsement Of To" bar, and VIII
-'lili ~ long as justice las Il voice Iii the
roui> "T bankruptcy. It WAS no less
pi .t>iuL than matter 81 surprise to meet
i. iuc" I'll III" Federal court whose ann
-rrnri t. be- solely to 10 Justice, and exc
cute III" Laws in every ease. which came 'c-
lore. hfn. We are ,.ratilcd to make this
statement in reference 10 one from whom
We differ entirely in politics; Tor III these
corrupt times il Is difficult TO find man
who owes his ua>itioH TO h's political :S$0-
ciItiuna who viii refrain from pr">ii'ut'ng
hi, I",,it'on - the service Of his politics.
thaham (FHt%y'ca"a) Tribune.
MoRMuNISM IL RoCklSGHAM - Harsh
Treatment u q -IO!a0n Frcdchcr.-Nc
hive certainly fallen upUn strange ana evil
times. We have had an attempt TO pro;r.-
IL, ,lg...,, !,
..ltoit vas made 1t D1ytun, about live miles
lrntn liar: burg. on sunday lust, 10 in
trodu," this ncw and most horrible ism into
Ibis part ut the \ alley. The teacher o! tnls
nrw doctrine protested 10 have come from
ttaA, ard had vi Ii uiln WIFI he called IN
''t,n-c!.' who's" duty it WHg to assist BIN
IN Introducing his new creed. There was
one believer iapiiscit on Saturday ,at which
Time SOFA" of the " BOYS" about Dayton
bad Gc'yrlDircd 10 80 for him" an0 III,
"an.t!,H bat were prevented 10y clrcun-
stances rom doing so, the prc2ther III HE
ulrJnw lille ErIi.n. himself 4 little .carec OF
h. lrfn1 in the shade, On sunday, however,
The TINKER brethren Ia / Il mcetng ut Dav-
Ion. and some eight or ten persons we've
bIpliZei in The faith Of that church.
pn ~unGny about O'Clock, after preach
u:g Was oyer hy tie Tunkcr>, the Young
men and nov> of the Heighborh2od deter
mined to rid the community Of M"rmonisln
h, duck.n. the preacher and his angel.
The angel, however, had flown, leaving
the teacher Of Mormoni>m to be baptized
al ne. After grcaSjng his head we'll with
c"ai-oii or something else, they souscd him
into kiser's inll-race, and after ducklng
him a rnuca rs they thought he deserved,
they i..tt lin 20 be rescued by the newly
converted brother, whom h" had baptized
OH Saturday. Alter -ctt.ug out oi The mill
race, the Mormon preacher lett Tor parts
uHAnuwn, Wltn}ut even so much RS Saying
farewell. Il WAS the Intention CT the
" boys" if he had not lcf., to have put him
iii a-,tn OF Monday altcrnoon.-R0c&.nJ-
hG"l EeJlster.
SAD AcCIpEsT.-Wc are panied to learn
>har Mr.. Ben lmin Estes, young man re-
>idiu, near Cascade, in thi> county, met
with u most distressing accident 1T The
,iurc-huuse Of McSsrs. Cannon d Burton.
"t Bachelors Hall, one night last week
Mr.. Estes was sleeping in the room over,
he store, at The request Of one OF the nrnl,
and had occasion during The night to 90
,i,wu stairs, and undertook TO do so with
out lighting candle. In descending, he
lost hi fouthold, and. falling through a
lrap-donr a considerable distance, 2lis6ted
on bis back with such force rs TO fracture,
be SPINAL bone ana one Of his arms. VI.
t>lcs. when last heard from, was suffering
Intensely, and his injuries were deemed
iIlai on the succeeding day ut nooA.- Chdt-
h0m tiINSyiDQata) IT7bunc.
>UICIDE.-Hr. Dennis Sullivan, we'll
known citizen of this city. committed sui
eide about Il O'clock Yesterday evening NJ
his residence, on Diamond Hill, by shoot.
!ug himself in the stomach with pistol,
Is ing from the effect Of the wound almost
INSTANTLY. 1t appears that the deceased
In. Splprnl