Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-05-01
FIEG"i3 SrEErS.

There will bo DO circuit court hs!d 10 Orange
hla May torn, oalag to the ,Sro@s l'locsI>c CT
Judge Sh.cklcford.
Mr.. O!way ?. BfockHel died yesterday
morning 10 Richmond from tho effec:s Of the
laudanum taken by him Monday night.
The conservative patty Of Peinc, William
will meet at Bsents7iIIo on M,nday NIX, for
the purpos. of cleo icg del g.tes to lho State
convention.
The Loudoun Mirror stys: The grass is
coming beautifully, and the wheat never, al
this season of the year. gave premise cf more
satisfactory results"
The depot at the interstc ion of tho White
Post AID MlIlWeod road and the s. V. R. r.
is now 10 course Of construction and vii soon
be completed.
Mes r.. Wu. Mathew and Chas. l.. Pol
lick, of L:eeburg, have formed law partner.
slip, under which they will pursue their plo-
fession in the courts OF Lluduua and asj)iniog
counties.
There are ia tho pe;ehberbood of 10000
lambs 10 Clarke 70. this spring, most of which
Will be shipped to market du,iog the ntxs few
months The wool clip in Clarke will DO the
largest ever known 10 that c3uaty.
Judge Finntll, of the Clarke county court.
having refused 10 grant any Licenses fer the
sale CT liquor by the dick. several applicants
appealed 70 Judge Turner, OF the circuit curt,
who granted them.
The case OF Alfred Mitchell. Of Luisl Co.,
C ndsmood to be- haugei for murder-wh;ch
verdio, was emily ,,ti5med by The Supreme
Court of Appeal. probably b. taken to
the u. s. Supreme Curt OF the iDix9i jury
issue.
Arrangements al9 b:iag made with the rail-.
roads and stcbmbca. oompsaics toc half fare
rates to Delegates Il the conservative State
c,nVeu;iDu. Nearly all Ct them h.vo as,rca
to rA,uEn delegate FREQ who r9y irl! iora going
to RchmonG.
The pcoplo oil l'";c 5;ur-: have c,mpiete'i
thclF pre- aca lJns TX exceeding thn7 psu,l
hospitality 10 iii. delegates 10 tho Episc ,pGl
CtuoC.l Of tho DiCc3sc OF frslnia, w:or will
bod rs ancCal sess!ap in S.. Paui'a Chufcl, ia
that c:ty, hesinurg ol "Wednesday, ID h q ilay.
Bishop W.l.lj Will presiic.
Tic ti1aCoc crnni.teo q tho ci.y Q; i4Jic
burg rcnort tho total aTCunt Ct is dth; a. De
ing ! l.uIS SO. Am0ua; held b. sitking fund
$215 20. Tho total tsy!bis value OF real IS
tate ard pals ~! properly ia 1879 was 81,
Oh GIG. Tho :C;easu n tag vauaa iG tho
n1S: i've years has coon yearly ona nj lioa dol!
lais
As Inc ,sc CT Sutlo IS. Hunter ia Stafford
and kicg George is ansnsous 10 that ot Clog
ION VS.. Frotci Of Matchcs:cr, pub!irhcl 10
yesterdays G,sattc, aDi as Judge Sut.e' $
term does not oire I'll juno. 1851, Chat gea-
tlsGlaG Will again occupy tic herca. aaii Tho
newly eli ed Judge, Hunter, will hsVe 10 r2;ice.
JUDGE MoSCURE. Ia tho Opiaioa CT tle
COurt Of Appeals. 10 the COUPON c.so. Jaiso
Moccuto, IS has ben stated il III, Gazat.c,
fully c2rerrej. After he oririn had b,en
DELIVERED judge Mo"cira es!i i!:.t he stoG,I
not tsks part in ;ho Judgment that vas es:e!-
cd while he felt at liberty 10 to coy that no
c,rourr,d co!ircly ia tto O.: iaion. 10 sid
the! when be woat UPON tho Borcl ho coz.
vorted everything be bad aud a.! that ho had
he saved from what he had made By his pro
fessInu into the bonds OF his State. lie did
this because BIO determined to devote his Whole
mind and soul to the part 10 lie that had bern
allotted to him-tha law-and be Oil not wish
to have his mind distracted fom i by the c,n
sideralion ct other matters; and he put it all 10
TO the States bonds, because he thought
them tt safest and most secure security 10
which he could pu. bis saviogs. lie knew that
every man, woman and child 10 the State, AID
every dollar of property 10 the State, was
bound for her debt, and the solemn promis, Ct
his State had been given for is payment. He
had not got single one Of them fer less than
par, aud he had paid moro than par for some of
them. He had 90 idea that the word repuiia-
tion would ever b. tolerated in Virginia, but he
had found that he was mistaken about this
That after the war, everything he had 10 the
world was the few State bonds that he owned
that no had received little or nothing on them
since the war, and had been compelled to sell
some OF them to get bread fer bis family.
lie then went 90 to say that BIO had oor6 j.
donce yet. that the State would redeem her
promise; he believed she would yet pay him
what she owed him; that be regarded her OBJ
legation ss OF the very highest character which
it was possible to incur.
lie then said as he owned thcs, bonds be
has only six. as We are Informed, he felt that
1t would not be proper tor him to take part 10
tho dec sion of the case, though BIO had no
hesitation IN saying tia. he agreed thoroughly
and entirely with Judge Aud, rson's opieiou.-
He said that he would have surrendered bis
place upon the Bench long ago it il had been
pecbssaIy for the decision of the question, but ss
there Yves only ono OF the Judges on ooe side to
the other three 90 tie other, he had DOT felt
that 1t Was necessary.
1t IL impossible 10 words to describe the eff
teot CT Judge Moncure's remark. The falling
ct pic might have been heard while be was
speakipg.-Rich Conn.,
Circular From Auditor Massey.
Commonwealth Of Virgins.
Cfhce Auditor Public Accounts.