Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1859-12-28
Wednesday Morning. Dec. %, 1869.

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Wednesday Morning. Dec. %, 1863.
Tn numbers Of the Congressional
Globe, for the last week, show much debate
and much anxiety on the part.o of portion
:. of the House of Representatives to have
good time during the holidays, and to
leave the country to take care of itself the
meanwhile. Wstare glad that this propo-
.sftion came from the side Of the House it
did, and that 1T was mainly and almost
unanimously supported by that side. Not
becausewe care any thing about who makes
or votes fora motion to adjourn for
week.or two-tor one side!is just as apt
to move and vote this as.thes other, but
comingas it does Just now from the dis.
& Union side it carries Q meaning with it. -
/. If that side Of the Honse are sincere in
their belief that the Union is:in peril9 and
in their professions of sorrow at the ap-
j. preaching calamity, they. certainly have
singular way of manifesting their grief
ssjWhns the ship is sinking, they propose to
speudga week or fortnight in social en-
sJoyment and meFriment. Their relish for
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the holidays was never stronger. They
3 sSrssahxious to devote several daysst6 the
pleasant festivities which Christmas Week
always brings in the South: We are not
now considering whether devotion to the
interests Of the country ought to keep
them at their posts. But if they are OPP
pressed, as they pretend TO be, with an
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which they arc now subjected, it really
seems to be no time for hilarious celebra-
tons and unrestrained merry-making.
The very proposition or. their part to
spend the fortnight thus is an indication.
that they do not regard themselves in very
imminent danger. OF course they do not
They know well enough that such men as
represent the North in Congress have no
/. more designs upon them and their consti-
tuents than the conservative men of the
South have upon the North: There is not
man among them who would not sit
down to his Christmas dinner at home
with as little fear of being disturbed now
or hereafter by the unlawful intrigues of
the Republican, party as he ever cherished
.
In his life. We do not wonder that they
have their old and natural desire to be
with their families as usual during the
holidays They would shave nothing but
the recollection of their own. speeches to
Interfere with their, customary enjoyment.
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WE have been, receiving and reading for
come time back, a large ,quartO paper call
ed the Albion, .puBlishedin New York, now
in its thirty-seyenth volume. 1t lis most
interesting paper. It's unlike any other
paper that we knowof 1t is filled withsad-
mirableand critical essays upon ,andreportS
of European doings and happenings, espe-
eially those of England, and still moro
especially those among what are called
thehigh life portion of the British people.
& There is nothing American about the pa
per at all, its object being to furnish the
English people residing or sojourping in
Sthis county, q, weekly digest of all that
could interest them in England.
= The selections of this paper are made
= by some rare expert, and exceed almost
anything we have met, for family use.
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THE female nose in America is now the
4aubject of philosophical discussion. A
German traveller says Of our ladies-'They
cannotsbe called, in general, beautiful, be-
catse thew are mt to he wanting In that