Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-09-14

LorporN COUNTY. II From tl.e I.oudoun
want of the late Charles Fenton Mercer, died
at IAlde, on Sunday, the Sd in slant, and was
buried on Monday He was month or two
older than his former master. He was about
81 years Of age. TO the day Of his death the
old man claimed an interest in the Mercer cS.
tate, and was buried, as he requested, in the
burying ground near the home of his early
youth .......
Under the present system Of road working
in l.oudonn we have never seen the roads Of
this county in better conditional least those
of them that We have travelled over; and with
out meaning to be invidous, the old Point Of
Rocks road, is delightful The 1.ccsbnrg and
SnickersyitH turnpike is alSn being greatly
improved
September Court, Judge Ball presiding, was
rather SHINY attended Oh Monday, and COM
poratively little business transacted.
dressed III audience 1T the Courthouse on
Monday night, upon the subject OF the ap-
proachng Senatorial Convention.
Among the |. ). PATENTS issued last week,
was one to Norhor,e Bcrkey. Aide Va; CON-
bined carriage jack, bag holder and weighing
scales.
IMPORTANT DECISION the late term Of
the District Court ofWcstern Virginia, which
has been in sessio q at Dauville, Judge Rivcs
rendered 4 decj sion of general interest to the
profession on u &c construction OF the bankrupt
Law Which VIZ Is, that no exemption IS allowed
to the bankr opt out of real estate or the pro
ceeds OF 'thf; same encountered by hens ana the
opinion indicated, that none would be allowed
out of resl estate unincumbered. He also de-
cldcd that prior judi mcnt lien OF a citizen
cred itor against the real estate OF the bankrupt
wa S to DC preferred to claim OF the United
: Gates for an assessed tax against the bankrupt,
tobacco n;anufacturcr-r,llng that the lien OF
4 the L. s. trSt accrued against the bankrupt s
lands ut the date when the tax became due
after demand-and in the case decided, this
date was subsequent to the private creditors
judg mrnt The Judge also ruled that an as
sig,let. might on summary proceedings IN the
Bauku7nt Court recover the assets OF bank
rupt in the hands of third person, that are
transfer red in fraud of the bankrupt law, but
in the same case ruled that the lapse OF two
wears from the date ofthe assignment OF the
BANKRUPT ) effects to the assignee presented q
complete bar TO the recovery of such assets
from the third party.
4 MAN DUCKED.-The usual quiet Of the
village of Dayton, in this county, was disturbed
by somewhat novel performance, on Sunday
last. 1t appe ars from the facts we can
gather, that follower of Brigham Young,
native of New York State, but for some time
resident of Salt Lake City, Utah, accompa-
MED by parsonage whom he represented us
an angle who was to perform sundry miracles,
had been stumping it in Augusta county for
the past few days On Saturday last he
preached in the vicinity of Dayton and succeed
ed in converting and baptizng one individual.
On Sunday he attended TINKER services with
his angel, who proved to he not much of an
angle when the duckmg business came on.
After services were over they wendell their
way towards the house of their convert, but
were overhauled by crowd OF citizens, and a
running skirmish ensucd i'll which the angel,
who was powerful man fought manfully
for a brief space: but being oyerrowered he took
to his heels and succeeded in making his es-
cane. Not so his partner. He was seized and
thorouphly annointed with machine oil and
lanpblack, then rolled in the mud and finally
baptized or ''duckcd in Cooks Creek. He
called Justify for help, but it didn't come
HartSoabmg Enterprise.
Three fever deaths during the past twenty