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had been no opportunity of consulting with
the other Justices.
1t is evident that Chief Justice Chase has no
relish for the job of trying Jefferson Davis.
REAL ESTATE SoLD.-Mr. Jacob Strayer,
auc.icneer, sold the following properties in
front of the Courthouse door, on Saturday, of
last week:
The farm of Jacob Van Metre, ST., two hun
bred acres, sold for $50 per acre to Thomas G..
Flagg Esq.
Farm belonging to the heirs Of Jacob Stipp,
eighty-three acres, mountain land, sold for
1918 per acre, - Byers, purchaser.
The following tracts of land were all sold as
the property of H. N. Tabb: The Mill, with
thirteen acres of land attached, sold for $40 200,
w. w. Walker, purchaser. Four acres of land
on Tuscarora, without fencing, sold for 5000
per acre, W. w. Walker, purchaser. A tract
of sixteen acres of land, sold for $35 per acre,
Edward Tabb, purchaser. A tract of twenty
acres, sold for $a5 per acre, Thomas Van Metre,
purchaser. A tract of sixteen acres, sold for
$S5 per acre, Aquilla Jenney, purchaser. A
traet,.of fifteen acres, mountain land, $l0.75
per acre, -Byers, purchaser. Marinsb1y
eAeto Era.
The JUDeEsHIp.-We are informed that
Judge Kennedy and Attorney General Hall
have each selected member of the Special
Court which is to hear and decide upon their
respective claims to the Judgeship Of this Cir
cult. 1t is probable the Court will sit at Pied
mont, and commence its sittinss in a few days.
---Marhnsbwy Mew Era.
We understand the case above referred to
will be tried on the 18th inst, at Martinsburg.
'H Free Press.
Loss BY FRE.-The smoke-house of Mr..
/ John Ciylshwa, who resides about FIVE miles
westerly from this place, was on the oath inst,
entirely consumed by fire, together with all its
contents, about 1000 lbs. of bacon and hams.
The fire is supposed to have been accidental
Fortunately, Mr.. c., has "some of the same
sort left1-Aartinsbu New Era.
1 .
The Quartermaster General has issued the
following order: "Officers on duty in the sew
eral military departments are hereby instructed
that General Orders No. n from this Office,
dated December 10Th, 1866, are not to be so
construed as to authorize the seizure of animals
which being branded &c. S." are not shown to
have ever been in possession of the United
States, or to have been included in any surren-
der of the rebel armies"
GOVERNOR WALKER, of Florida, says that
the treason why the United States Constitu-
ton gave the Southern States the right to count
FIVE slaves equal to three white men in the basis
of representation, was because our fathers of
1887, knew that it takes five black men to
do the work of three white men,"
The House of Delegates, on Friday, passed
the Senate bill authorizing the Manassas Gap
Railroad company to construct railroad con-
Meeting the Winchester and Potomac Railroad
with their road at or near Strasburg.
THE Ladies of the Lutheran Church, in Win
chester. Va. are to hold fair in Baltimore, on
Feb. 22nd, for the purpose Of raising funds to
inter the dead Confederates there in respecta-
BILE Cemetery.
NATIONAL BANK CURRENcY-The total a.
mount in circulation is S249,S19, 900. These
are in the place of U. S. legal tenders. The
government is paying most of its employees in
National Bank notes.
Ara grand ball in New York last week
"Miss Alice Bell wore dress of rich rose-color
silk. with over dress of pink tulle looped up
with miniature bouquets of morning glories,
waist cut low with tulle covering for the neck,
sleeves short, looped up with morning glories;
hair parted on side a la Mexicano, with bunch
of morning glories."
THE celebrated racer Lexington was few
days since shipped to the farm of Colonel Blu
ford, formerly of the Confederate army, in
Woodford county, Ky. The Colonel purchased
the great racer at cost of $4,000.
DAVID NJ LEWIS, who was gallant soldier
of Co. B, 18th Va. cavalry, died recently near
Middleway in this county, from the effects of
a wound received during the war.
A CHICAGO paper says that among those for
whom prayers were asked in the daily prayer
meeting, was " For young man in Boston, so
far from God" -
Major John C. Sexton, formerly c. s. Of
Stonewall Brigade, has been chosen by the cit
| ;zens as their representative In the Freedmen's