Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1871-06-29
Test: Case Decidea.-Judse Erskine,

1eet CuFe Dect0ci - uu5e Efsklnc,
of the Unit,d States Circuit Court, sitting
in Georgia, on Friday last decided that
contracts made during tie war between
citizens o the Con fedora and Of the
United States are void. and no recovery
can be had, d .rectly or indirectly. upon
such contracts Thus citizen of Ken
lucky, by his agent resident in Georgia,
sold on December 9Th, 1861, to citizen
of Georgia a lot Of mules. Tor which the
agent took note for S. 500. 3nts is
now brought agains. the estate of the
deceased maker fer the amountof this
note or the value Of the mules. Judge
Ersk inc charges the jury without quail
hcatlon that the fact of war being at that
time fragrant between the United States
(whcreof Kentucky was one) and the
Confederate States. (of which Georgia was
one,) tie con tract of safe was Illegal, and
the note given in pursuance of it is void.
Verdict according y for tae defendant.
Great distress is reported to be pre-
Hailing in Paris; and the applica ton to
the authorities for relief are iucessant.
There are said to be as many as 240, 900
persons in the city who are in need of
charity. The second postponement of the
srlal Of Henri kochefort is imposed to
be on account of the elections; another
account ascribes it. as we'll as that of the
cases ofAssi and Ressel, tc' the discov-
cry efpapers containing additional evid->
eEce.
Immediate payment is reported f.
have been demanded by Germany Of the
first instalment of the indemnity agreed
BY France to be paid thirty days after
the suppression of the insurrection.
Severe dispatches have been passing
between Bismarck and Lord Granville.
and grave complca lions are reported to
have arisen between England and Ger
many.
George Grotc, the historian of Greece,
diedin Londons Sunday last a the aye of
~.
The Committee in the Methodist Book
Concern case have passed a resolution
declaring that DR.. Lanahan should be
removed from his office, and he is hereby,
removed The question now goes to the
Bishops, and thstr DECISION is anx iously
waited for.
DAYTON, o., June 23.-Mrs. Vallan-
digslam is much worse to-dqy. Tt has
been deemed Necessary to summon addi-
tional medical aid She has repeated
spasms andher mind varders TO such
an extent that her friends are appre-
hcnsive of the nostserious conseauen oes.
10 day she is cons family calling for
Clement, asking friends by her bedside
why don't Clement come home, be has
been gone SO long?'
A movement is, on foot, generally en-.
couraged by citizens. to erect a monu-:
ment ia the City Park. in the honor of
the memory of Mr.. Vallrnd igham It
Is also designed to erect statue of him
self over his grave.
Some Kentucky women,.a few nights
ago. Went to the house Of one Shelton
Dennis. took him FROM his bed, AMI beat
bin with one hundred stripes, explaining
that they thus misusel him because he
hac violently ill-treatei his wife.
UNAPpREgTATIvE--Iu Rensselaer, coun-
tg. N. ", a young man las come to
grief Ulfor tunatelg. while visiting ore
day last week the young ady who had
won his hearts affection, and settling The
preliminaries Of their expected marriage,
he rashly remarked that the union won ID
be peculiarly adran tageoas to her, Is-
cause he moved in much letter society
than she. And then up sprang that in
suited female. Selling huge carving
knife from the table, she went for that
young man, aud the youth went for the
door.
APPEALS FROM JUDGEMENT OF JUSTICE
On the lst of July will go into effect the
new law providing for appeals from the
Judgement of single justice to tina. of
three justices. Il provides, that the sim
gle justice rendering JUDGMENT shall,
upon application, with & tender OF sccur-
ity, grant a new trial. This application
mus. be within thirty days, after five
days notice to the opposing party. unless
he be present. The justice then directs
the constable in writing to summon two
other justices to given place at a. Ger
tain timc, to try in conjunction with
the first Justice VIII ich ''rehearing" is f.
nal, and from which there is no appeal.
STATE AND COUNTY Taxes We are re-
minded by the Essex (Va). Gazette that
the new law in relation to the mode of
collecting taxes will 60 into practical
operation in short time, and our readers
would do well to be prepared for its re-
quiremeutg The county treasurer. be-
tween April and September of ca ch year,
appoints some place in. each township 'to
receive taxes lie does not apply to any
one, and, whether. the taxes are paid to
him Or to the co Hector (after LIST Septem-
ber) his commissions arc the same. If
the taxpayer fails to 60 to- the treasurer
and pay before the LIST of September, :hen
the treasurer adds five per cent. to each
tax ticket and places it in the hands of the
township collector. who can levy andl
collect the same by law. If the collector
fails to do so by 1st December; the treas
urer and the attorney for the Commmon-
wehh are required by law to be after MIN
ard lis securities, aud to puncture them
With d peculiarly sharp stick, on ten days
notice.