The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-06-14
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Although d constant reader eg the Dis
patch, your correspondents ifss never beer
abae to rise TO that point of moral submit,
which enables him to lsse sight, OF the fac
| that Horace Greeley. more than any 0tfe]
living man. is responsible for the ultra sen
timents that poison the northern mind: ami
fif the Convention that In soon 10 assemble il
Baltimore does not propose to abandon lib,
most cherished principles, it would do we,
TO caftsider gTayeiy the prepriety OF nomi
Mating or indorsing d man whose !wt,olelpo
llitical history has been Dniy an e Intensive
ILLUSTRATION OF u what he knows about Iay.
ing the foundations Of prejudice toward the
people of the South in the fanatical minds Of
| the people Of the North. ,5.- .l.. /,
I observe that all the correspondents Of
the Dispatch Seem to have adopted it's view:
| ON the Greeley question, but have ac
| counted for that on the ground that con.
trary views receive not sl,eh hearty vel.
come to Its columns, and sIiaTlnat be sur.
prised if my own are also excluded; but ]
put the question fairIy and candiiIy. Have
We arrived at the point at which. for the
sake of expediency, we are required to make
announcement of those principles which
have ever been the distinguishing character.
| istics of spirits whose fame is founded upou
the jealous. care with which they have
strengthened the buIwarks of constitutions
liberty, and can we derend upon any wing
of the Republican party, liberal or other:
wise, to guarantee to us those safeguards
which are. tue legitimate eutgrowti, of the
principles so long and so earnestly conteDded
for by the Democratic party2
But think this Is quite enough from 4
yxhn ~.
the subject Of politics excited no interest in
the community III which he lives.
The citizens of Berryyille and vicinity
have this day had the, pleasure of hearing a
sermon from the Rev. DR.. plumcr. The
Doctor enjoys well-dcseryed reputation
His sermon to-day, from the text "Hini
that .coinetb unto tlie | will In no wise cast
out" was one which any child might have
understood. 1t was marked throughout with
the rare beauty of simplicity beauty
which less distinguished divines could imi.
tate with great profit both to themselves and
to their hearers.
The Circuit Court, Judge Turner pre.
siding, after session of ten days, adjourned
on Saturday last The ca,ise Of Colin G.. por
ter against Buckncr G. Ashby, administrator
of Buckner Ashby, deceased, and others, ex
u
ly this Buckncr Ashby, in April, 1862, had
note in the bank at Farmville, Va, for /;
sum exceeding 1000. IT appears that Buck
ner Ashby had borrowed money from the
bank at various times previous to and about
the time of the outbreak of the war. The
several notes of said hshby were taken lIp by
him abalit the 1st of January, 1S62,-they
were rather.consolidated into the single note
rf no lnrO ;r
April, or perhaps in the latter part of March
it was protested. Colin G. Porter took UP the
note by the payment of Confederate money
He gave up to Ashby the note which he
had taken UP, and Ashby gave to Porter hi,
| note dated April 10, 1862, payable twelve
months after date There appears TO have
been no agreement between Porter and Ash
by as to the kind of money with which Por
| ter was to take up the note Of Ashby il
| bank, but every dollar Of the money paid by
| Porter was Confederate.
There was before the court report of ont
of its chancery commissioners upon the sub.
| ject of the Porter claim. The commissioner
upon evidence taken before him, reported
that the debt should he scaled, and scaled Il.
Of the date of the maturity Of the note. Tt
| the report of the commissioner an exception
was filed by Portcr's counsel.
Mr.. Porter was represented by Samuel j
G. Moore and Andrew Hunter, counsel o
decided skill and ability. The cause for thu
heirs of Buckner Ashby, deceased, was
argued by A. w. Mcdonald and i. w. NJ
Holiday in speeches of great power. The
counsel for the complainant urged that whcr
| Colin G. Porter took up the note of Buckncl
| Ashby he was relieved of debt for whicl
| the consideration as between Ashhy and tht
bank was gold, and that Colin c. Porter wa
entitled to recover of Ashby the whole
amount for which he gave his note to salt
Porter.
The counsel for the heirs urged, on TIN
contrary, that it was a debt which Ashb,
could have at any time cancelled with TIL
bank by the payment of Confederate money
| and that rs it was debt which could lav
been so discharged. and which was actual!
so discharged. Ashhy's heirs should only b.
bound for the value of the Cnnicdcrat
money at the maturity of the note from
Ashby to Porter.
The court decided that the note should b
scaled, but did not decide whether it shoul,
be scaled as of the date of the note or at it
maturity, leaving the question as to the tim
of the scaling open to be argued by counse
at the next term of the court. 5.