The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-10-24
SENDING CLERKS HOME TO VOTE.
From BOtefOurf.
A FEW WORDS on POLITICS 49, PERSONAL.
CURIOUS LAW CASE. ETC.

CURIOUS LAW CASE. ETC.
Correspondence Of The Richmond Dispatch.I
FNCASTLE, October ~, 1852.
Judging from the number of speakers
that are billed for the various sections Oi
this county. it may be inferred that the Ma
honcitoS (Or Liberals, as they style them
selves in their bil,TWiI make strong ef-
fort TO carry this county. Morris. Penn,
and Linkenhokcr have spoken AZ several
places TO small and un>ympathctic gather
ings. and they are to be followed up 10y
Dormln, Lady, and others. Iack Hunt
(the great cOlorcd orator OF the Valley is
actively canyassing the negroes. Just the
other day one OF the leading local lights
was copying the colorcd delinquent tax
lists. So if it should turn ont that our ma
iOrity for Tucker is not rs great as on pre-
yious elections. it will not be because our
distinguished repre- sentative is any the less
popular with our people, but because our
enemies have been more active than we.
j. c. Bolton. popular young merchant
Of Troutyillc, was brought home to his
parents. at this place, night before last in
an unconscious state. and is still seriously
i'll from congestion Of the brain.
Several days OF the term of the County
Court Just adjourned were consumed in
the consideration Of case that has cX-
cited considerable interest among our pcO-
pie. On the first day OF the term one Of
the sons OF Abram Brcwbakcr moved the
court to appoint Il committee TO take charge
OF his estate on the ground that he was not
competent to manage it. His Son-in-law
Lewis LinkclAOkcr, was appointed the
committee. When the old man heard of
the action OF the court he was displeascd,
and brought forward nearly all Ei, neigh
bOrS, the cashier Of the bank, and mcr-
chants with whom ne had dealings. who
testified that he was not only not
insane, but his mind was remarks
bly, clear for man OF his
years. The only ground for taking this
action appears to be that last year Mr..
Brew baker fell into the hands Of a sharper,
who, passing himself off for religious
man and the judge OF Culpeper county,
negotiated for the purchase OF Mr.. Brew
bakers farm, and so ingratiatcd himself
into the favor OF the old gentleman rs to
get from him the loan OF 81, 600. OF course
the Judge" never was heard Of after
wards. Mr.. Brewbaker owns the finest
farm in Spreading-Spring Valley. worth
about $4,000, and as he is ANXIOUS
to sell it some OF his relations fear that
he will again be the victim Of a sharr-
er. The county judge has refused 10
change its order, and Mr.. Brcwbaker's
counsel appeals to the Circuit Court. in
which tribunal il Is generally believed this
order will be annullcd.
Mr.. Brewbaker rides TO Fincastlc about
twice week, and appears to be hale and
hardy, though he complains of suffering
from neuralgia and erysipelas. Your cor
respondent interviewed him on the occa-
sion above referred to, and he gave a his
tory OF his life up to the present time with
remarkable clearneSS. He has spent his
! whole life in BOtetouIt-bOrn near Bucha-
nan on the 18th day OF September. l7g6.
His parents came from PENNSYLVANIA. and
he did not learn to speak the English lam
guagc until he went to school. Served
two terms in the war OF 1872. and has been
drawing yearly pension Of SgG since 1871
only TWO men in the county are older than
he-a Mr.. Markham, OF jennings Creek.
ana John Luster, Of this town, who is one
day Older. He has never habituated him
sell TO The Use OF intoxicating drink. He
Is somewhat hurt ut the course his son has
taken, saying that any man might have been
deceived by such a sharper. He is the
only survivor OF his fathers family. and
only two of his twelve children are alive.
In explanation OF what wrote about tbc
PARTY organization OF Bedford, have sim. |
ply to say that the organization was per-
fected aeer my trip to that county. and |
when heard the good news from that |
county 1t was too late for Inc to Withdraw |
what had written. AcToy