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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-01-22
THE TEST OhTE,

The Supreme Court has rendered its de-
c:sicn upon The constitutionality CT the test
oath enacted by Congress and also that Of
the Missouri Legislature. The first of these
cases came Up on the petition of two former
members Of the bar Of that court, applying
for re-adInissi0n to practice without taking
tie oath hat theyhad never given aid and COM
fort, &C., to the confederate cause. This ap-
P!ication was argued AZ the last term by some
Of the ablcst legal gentlemen Of the country
The opinion OF the majority PvonoUnccs the
test oath to be unconstitutional, and, hence
sets aside the rule Of the court, heretofore
made, requiring its attorneys to subscribe to
j. as 4 condition precedent to Pract;eing. Thc
lawyers, b this decision, are now admitted
10 that court upon the terms existing prior TO
the war. And, as the court says these test
oaths, whether required By acts Of Congress,
State constitutions or legislatures, arc il d.
rect conflict with the provisions Of the fed
crai constitution, and therefore utterly ruIl and
roid, it is matter Of course that they must
lie set aside in West Virginia. Judge Hail.
Of this (W. Ta.) circuit, will be obliged to
admit al Of our excluded lawyers to lis
courts, Joe Chapline ard his set to Tic con
trarY notwithstanding.
Tie Missouri case was that Of Preacher
Of the Gospel who had been arrested for pur-
suing his holy calling without heci;nG the
requirements Of tie Legislature Of that State
in first subscribing to I similar oath and this
oath WAS also pronounced unconstitutional
These two decisions Of our Supreme judicial
tribunal thus set aside ore Of TIE most
outrageous wrongs rerpctratcd BY tic 1e.!;ca'
majori:ics in Congress, and in several OF the
State legislatures; and Will go good way to-
ward restoring the confidence Of the people
in the inviola5ility CT the supreme coustitu-
ton.
The opinion Of the court was read byJujge
Field and was concurrcd in E.y JUICES Wayne,
Nelson, Clifford and Grier. There was dis.
senting opinion, treating the two Gases to-
gether, read b. Judge Miller, for himself and
Judges Chase, Swayne and Davis.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-01-22
WHAT IS 10 GONE OF FTP

!. That our country is in great peril is a con-
-ccded fact. The action OF the Radicals is 20
violent, aud tends to so utterly overthrow tho
consolation, that, if followed out to the end
Of tic party programme, it must end in ruin;
ana this ruin will not so to the late seeded
States only. but will involve the whole Union
for we have no doubt that the elevation
g of the negro TO equal political power with the
whito race, will work as much, if not more,
evil upon The Nort!, than upon the former
slaveholliuS Stotcs. In time of war the
. commercial interests Of the North may not
necessarily suffer, but in time OF peace they
depend upon the prosperous condition Of the
South; AID if the Southern people ara to be
worked to political death according to the
radical theory, their agricultural interest
must go down with their politica! status. To
leaceabiy escape this radica! destruction Of
the constitution, this intended 1nu!latioa 0!
the Union, and the evils that must How from
it, there seems to DC but one hope-tha. thcge
can be found sufficient men in the congress
sionai ranks who VII! not obey the orders Of
t:4G G!lHit-t S-NbIS-44AStS3 Eii "IIOj HIN-A NA.G
Executive, may bc able to thwart the wishes
CT such mcn rs Wendell Phillips ard Charles
Sumner, Bat this hope. n present, appears
to lie but vain che. We 10 rot believe that
this difficulty in which the country IS now
involved can be settled pcaccably-iudeed
VIC 60 not think there can be any permanent
peace, any real safely to The Constitution and
the Union, without another war; and re lock
anxously to The Northern conservatives To
see if they intend that the Radicals shall be
permitted to proceed with the destruction oi
the ono and the disruption cfthc other, with
cut ciTectual resistance. What was worth So
ing to war for in 1861 is surely worth going
to war Cor in 1867 and We we're toldin 1856!
that the war was for the constitution aad the
Union, and not TIE abolition Of slavery, or
the status Of the negro in any particular; that
It was solely wax between TIE then citizens
of the United STATES for the supremacy OF
tic constitution and the integrity of The Un~
ion And NOW, ia 1867, we End boeI, consti-
tuition ana Union are in FAR more danger than
they were in y priI, 1861, and We. here in Che
So2th, are wondering whether what was good
against Us then is to be COED against The de-
etructiYcs new
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-01-22
The Stay Law Pronounced JFnoonsti-
tutioRaf,


We adopt the following from the Leesburg
Mirror, of "Wednesday last:-
ft1e liichmond papers Of Saturday contain
Voiuulnous decision rendered by Judge
Meredith, on Friday, in which lie declares
the existing Stay Law unconstitutional The
. decision Is a iaost Important one, affecting
one way or the other, and to a greater or less
extent, the interests of almost every man
woman orchid in the Commonwealth. The
case IS thus briefly stated BY the Enquirer:
About tho commencement of the war,
Mr. Watkins Taylor purchased houae ct
the corner of Tenth and Clay Streets, for
merry occupied by Sir. Watkins Leigh, aud
gave his notes for the amount, secured by a
deed OF trust GU the property. These notes
Tell during the war iuto the hands of Mr.
Franklin StcarDs, who last year called upon
the trustees to advertise the property for sale
in default Of the payment Of the notes. To
prevent the sale, Nlr. Taylor appealed to
Judge Meredith for an injunction staving pro-
ceedings, which was granted. On yesterday
the injunction was heard, and in u very c!ab-
CRATE decision the Judge pronounced the
stay law unconstitutional and dissolved the
injunction, An appeal will be taken from
the decision.
In concluding his decision, Judge Mere
These considerations, aad the weight Of
the authorities cited, lead me to the conc!u-
sion that so much OF the statute under con-
sheraton as delays the sale under the deed
Of trust Involved in this suit is in conflict
with tho Constitution Of the United
States an;tof this State, and, thercf fore, void.
| am aware Of the deep interest felt
throughout the Commonwealth in this 0ues
ton, and Of the number Of persons to be af,
fec:ca by this decision if it shall be sustain
cd. can truly say, in the language of Mr..
Justice Washington, used in Green VS.. Bid
de: III l have ventured to entertain wish
as to tie result Of the investigation which l
have laboriousiy given to this case, it was thai
it might be favorable to the va!iI!;;:v Of the
laws; my feelings being e!!.7sys on that side
CT the question, unless the elections to them
are fairly and clearly made out
The i1jCnction must be dissolved"
[We!l, Stay Law or no Stay Law, our peo-
pie, debtors ard creditors, want to set bacl, to
old Virginia. They find this West Virginia
concern to be abominabs in every way; and
they wait, with as much patience IS possible,
for the Supreme Court to say that Bore,nan
has no right OR tile to their counties OF Jef
tcrson and Berkeley
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-01-22
As VI TRECTCTED.

Last week We alluded to the assembling
Of the Legislature Of the SO called State Of
West Virginia, and gave it as our opinion
that one of its first acts would be to Dust Mr.
Yantis, conservative, from the scat to which
he had been elected by the people Of this
county, and the awarding Of said seat to
George Koonce, radical. Just as we pre-
dicted, the thing has been done, and Yants
has returned to his home, at Harper's Ferry.
This result was accomplished by throwing out
the Chariestown poll, which had been re-
ceived by the Supervisors Of this county
We have no time for comment upon this new
outrage this week.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-01-22
AvAUaELIC EaTEnPR1sr.

The ladies OF Baltimore have, b. their last
demonstration towards their toi2ing and $gE
':s;ag sisters i'll The South, even surpassed
their former L*ncGccncc, Is that be possible.
We al!ulc to an authoritative statement, pub
lished in Richmond Journal, that 'thcy
hare determined to opcn . si0ve in their city
early in February, as receptacle for ALL
KINDS CT WORK. plain au3 ornamental, from
Virginia and the South generally thing
so forwarded to lie sold for the benefit Of the
dcpositors, and Tie money to be rcmittcd to
them"
1t IS a.so added that these Kind ladies' Of
the monumental city arjH Furnish rnafcria5s
to those who cannot otherwise obtain them.
The location Ct TIE depository is to be an,
nounccd at early day.
''Tkc best monument OF Baltimore" re.
marks the Richmond editor, sis the philan>
throry OF her noble hearted christian ladies y
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-01-22

ALARMING DEsTlTUTIoN.-A business
letter from 2a5@t:gh, tho North Carolina State
capital, states that the writer, being chairman
Of the Young 3lcn's Christian Association
Relief Committee, has personal knowledge
of the cStrcmities to which some Of the poor
arc reduced. For ten days slcct ard snow
have covered The ground. Some have been
,eithont I10d for too days; otAers hare hud
to JurA ttcir yiuHtiere,'
The letter is sigued "P F. Pcscud," who
states that the association has fCty families de-
pendent upon them for food ana fuel and,
with the e!oquence Of manifest sorrow, ap.
peais for help, in these words: {" 1 spent all
day yesterday begging, and raised only 3I9s.
Our people are 50 poor they cannot respond
to calls as heretofore"
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-01-22
ErightfuI Steamboat Acoident---Great
Less c. LIE,

MEMPHIS, Jan'y 1.-THE steamer Platte
Valley, which left here FOR Ticksburg late
this afternoon, struck the wreck Of gunboat,
and sunk almost to her hurricane deck in
about three minutes. Shs vas crowded with
passengers, large number Of who.u are lost.
1t is cs:iInoted by the survivors that one hun
1red persons were drc wncd among :lelu Judge
Mcbride, OF Monroe county, Missouri, and
his family Of fifteen persons, bound for Texas.
The. captain and pilots are safe There were
some forty women and children on board,
most Of whom were lost. = tug passing up
took off those wko had presence CT mind to
stick by TIE wreck, aud brought them here
tonight,
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-01-22
Congressional.

TUESDAY, Jan. I5--EhG Seua5s passed
the bill providing for the payment of PEN
sions. 1t enacts that within thirty days the
Offices Of all pension agents appointed since
October 1855, shall be vacant The bill
to regulate the tenure OF office was next taken
up, and after ProtIacted debate, tie Senate
went into executive session.
In the House, large number of bills aad
resolutions were introduced and REFEREED
among them one to repeal so much OF the in
ternai revenue act as to impose tax on man
ufactCred cotton, and another to provide for
the restoration of civil governments in the
late Southern States. The consideration of
a resolution offered last week, declaring it to
be the duty Of Congress to impeach the Pres
ident and secure his removal from Office, was
then proceeded with, and after some discus
sion laid over. 4 bill was passed making
nugato,y the law of 1864 appointing COM
missioners to award compensation to loyal
owners of co!ored volunteers The bill to
admit Nebraska WAS then taken up and dis
cussed until adjournment.
WEDNESDAY,, Jan. I6.-In the Senate, q
large number of petitions were presented,
after which the resolution iustructiug the
committee on foreign relations to inquire into
the present relations between France. Mexico
and the United States was called up. briefly
discussed, and laid over. Tho bill to regu-
late the tenure OF Office was next taken up,
several amendments rejected aud others pro-
posed. The subject was discussed up to the
hour CT ad jourGmcnt.
The House directed the committee on WAYS
and means to inquire into the expediency of
repeating the Gd cGiorung tax On domestic CT
gars, aud Of reducing the specific tax to So
per thousand. The bill to admit Nebraska
was then taken up. an amendment was
adopted TO grant the admission after the Leg
islature of the Territory shall adopt coIorcd
suffrage. As thus amended, the bill was
passed-yeas 1903, nays So. The h;;::. to adj
nit Colorado was si::.;::::arly amended and also
Passod--ye&s 80, nays SO.
THURSDAY, Jan. l7.-In the Senate, the
bill to amend the ace authorizing the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad to enter tile city with
a branch from between Knoxville and Mo-
rocacy, was passcd-making the consent Of
Congress dependent upon location and terms
of entry into the District
\ long and animated discussion occurred
on the bi!! to regulate the tenure of offices,
AID especially upon Mr.. Summers amend,
mcDt thereof pending which discussions
the Senate adjourned.
In the House, The day was principally taken
up with appropriation bills and local alEairs
for the District.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-01-22
SECOND DIsPATCa,1

MEMPHIS, January 13:h.-Thcvo we're
about sixty lives lost ky The sinking Of tie
steamer flutte Valley, last night Shestruck
the wreck Of the ganboat jeff Thompson,
tearing away her starboard side, and sunk in
few minutes, in forty feet water Most of
the cabin passengers were saved, but the pas
scnger list was loa!, and it is impossible to
obtain a correct list
y family named Roberts, consisting Of 10
persons, arc ali lost. The beat was loaded to
her guards, and Was under full hea,:,say at
the time. Col. Gas. Henry, Jr and wife,
we're on btard, but were saved, losing all their
baggage. Hon. Gus. Henry, Sr was or board
the Fashion when she sunk
Col. Henry says one woman, through her
own e1erti"Ds, saved her drunken husband
aud tiTc children by wading through the wa
ter on the hurricane deck and pulling them
on the wheelhouse after the Goat had careened
and settled. TIE vessel was owned by Caps.
johnson and Blake, and valued at $50. Go0.
partially insured. She was running between
here and Vicksburg, Under the auspices CT
the Memphis and st. Louis Packet Company
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-01-22
Virginia News,

~,
:, inc PETERSBURG 4""e0 says - rom the
districts south ana west OF petersburg, aud
e:nseiaHy IN those localities most remote from
cues ana owns We near universal complaint
freedmen" and the d;jIicT1ty scoms - i Lo
OWING in ora,t p,o,suro t5 tho cn,,ror,
tivelT small humber Of those who bo~n cL,.
sc,, 70 rer,a;n in thu cn,,n,r,, ma C,S,;'I,
nrorons;fv IF aooLin,, "a - o;I;a. ,nt,;oi'
Uumboldt observed in the en,orc;na,ed S,.roa
IF Crh, hue Eoor 60 ,,a,,,r,TI-, tII,'.,i
those Of tLs South rs to occas;o,, sc;,,,, ~
convenience both to wbf,cs md LIscIs"
Tho E.rrorto,, J.,7,,. s.,.-. CIV. ,,-.
that tho Manassas Cav, r,;Irn.j - 5000
with twenty more cren ,vn,t;,,r, J,,s MI -
com,,ctcI from p;cilT,,,rt r. - I:I,,,; 49, ~
GU tPs con IRON r,e'oGt to the melton.
inn If the citizens Of liver i,I,r',,;o. 49,.
advertised to be held in I|rGncry;ilo " "a
inst to odont measures for Tho rn,,,;r o. -
Upperville and Manassas Gap Turnpike, an
Improvement IN which the citizens Of Upper
t&u4u':r and Lond9un adjacent to-it are
deeply interested. We have not yet re-
amount desired to cf;Gnt Tho nhiec. ~
to;rod
Quite an animated contest for Mayor and
Counc!imen of Lexington, occurred last Sat
urday. There were two tickets, and Gov
Letcher, for Mayor. headed the opposition
tickct-and that ticket was elected by small
majority; but the election is to be contested.
-SPeaking OF the vote Of Mr.. Lewis, Of
talE!&& county, IN favor OF the adoption Of
the constitutional amendment by the Lcgis-
iature, the Alexandria Gazette says:
Ibis vote is not in accordance with The
washes OF large MAJORITY OF the people Of
ta!Ftaz. Mt MERCER, OF LoUd0un, Nr. Du-
lany, OF FAIRFAX, aud other Union mea voted
against the proposed amendment"
- nc Ale@aTdFia Gazette; one OF the best
az" 'i'Ht '1iIHp,e F"Pc'S ~ 'ie country, com
II. Inc o9th year OF us existence on
"esoay' me ISL Oh January II tic length
ol 1'7 coming years anu the measure OF It's
P.VSSfc' NC III P'op'T''" 70 us merits, IL
VII I've io'I'o' ~hH DC a'""JS ITCH VIC
LoFS Il may IT,
Sixty shares Of stock in the East Ten
bcsscc and Virginia Railroad Comuauv. were
on.the dollar
r., -.
me ~ ne t.lcnmond D:Ep"tc" says; Not;
az t"c VI 'ne PoHticai
snS 1s"tc, Sp!n.ais's are aH'hS
Tmhodcn in on intercs,in5 ioi,r ,,;,,o. -,
canr9ain1 account # tI.a Toeas,,[as tsIen t.
develop some recently discovered wonderfully
extensive mines Of baryta and manganese in
the county Of nocLbridee."
49,. ..: - H. D.:-o.. G.
pcrintc"dcnts and Board Of Directors of the
Virginia and Tennessee and Orange and AL
exandria railroads, was held in Lynchburg.
on Thursday. The object Of tie meeting
was to make some arrangements for the ex-
tension q the orange ioaa , 10 the 'lTglnIa
ana tennessee depot, Sh!eh has DeeA IN con-
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-01-22


Tx Governor SScrling Price. of AT;Sso,,
ii, was quite lion ayin., his stse i. NJ
Orleans. The hotels were thrown, o.s ~ ~,
him, important positions were ten1ercl him
and track of land containing six hnn,,rcJ
acres in Texas was-oresentesltU him. II. was
also offered his choice of the river ssssrnrs
TO convey him and his family Up The Nilsson;
The Government was informed of his rn.,,r,,
tothe country, bat nc action has vet hoop tsLcn
in his case. va
"A man in Vermont has been killed bv
one OF the PAINTERS that have been maxim.
havoc among the sheep folds of that Slate
Panthers from tl,c John Brown Tract'' and
the Adirondack Mountains, in Northern New
York, seem to have extended their ioarncv.
ing to an unusual distance this winter. They
have made sad havoc among the sheen and
calves even in Massachusetts,. the farmers
hVing IN the neighborhood Of the IIoosac Tun-
mel having been heavy losers by their degre-
cations
In Louisa and Spoisylvan;a counties cold
mnes are attracting attention 1t IS said that
the Alley Cooper mine, in Louisa, is being,
worked by Northern company, with bishly
satisfactory results. s.rf
1t is said that a number Of Irish labor,
ers, who are agriculturists have lately arrived
~ Louisiana, and are employed with profit TO
themselves and satisfaction to the planters.
The Knoxville aud Kentucky Railroad
Is now completed aud in running order to
Clinton, i'll Anderson c. unity.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-01-22
SENATOR WILEY.

Mr.. Wiley, in his place in the L. s. Sen
sta, ut;crs objections against the appointment
Of Mr.. Long to the postofice Of Wheeling
on the ground that Mr. Long. in his paper,
the Register, spoke Of Mr.. johnson, some
time il 1865, as ''so.," Ete., &c.
We have never heard Ny Wiley complain
of himself for sitting in the Senate, and ta-
king the congressional test oath, On the
ground that during TIE FIST part of the war
he was SO avowedly in favor CT the cause Of
the coafedcracy, that when he left Richmond,
after the Ordinance OF Secession had been
enacted, it was with the intention of raising
a regiment to Gght it out under Southern col
ors; and, when his courage had oozed out, he
advised all folks nst to leave their homes vixen
the federal enemy appeared, as by doing so
they would lose their best chances Of giving
aid and information to our armies.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-01-22

On Sunday week, the congregation at
the Seminary, near Alexandria, were rather
snmmari!y dismissed, in consequence Of some
boys in the neighborhood having put red pep
per on the stove. Bishop Johns was reading
the service, but was forced to bring the seq
vices to a speedy close, and dismiss the con-
grcgation without the usual sermon. The
whole house was coahging, and those near the
stove, in addition, had tears brought to their
eyes.
Said poor little girl in the Fourth Ward,
New York, as she was dying Il am glad l
am going to die, because now my brothers and
sisters will have enough to cat"
More new houses were erected in Nash
vile last year than in any previous year for
half century.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-01-22
D.

In Cooper county Mo on ,hc 18th Of y,,cou,L.r
1850. Mir. LANES j HARRIS, Erm,rIy Of his
county, in the e9th year Of Ia - age.
;, :, On the same day, % Typhoid Pneumonia, Mrs-
EEISi HARRIS. wife Of Tie above, and daughter
OF the late VIM. jenkins, in the SD year her
In this town, on Sunday nigh! Inst. Miss ANNE
nKOM y, sister Of M' Joseph Brown, (tailor,) aged
Her iuncrdl will take place this afternoon at J
O'CLOCK i'"in her late reside nee in this town,
On tn" Alb instant Mt tic residence of his son in
law, CIR John L. CraishIll in this county, LLOYD
i hoMASr Eco Of FrCdcriol !; county, Nc, r,d
=. years. Nj. T. wasR brother OF the Hon Frank
thomas OF u IS House of RePres ntativcs.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-01-22

TIE STAY LAw-On Friday the 18th inst,
Judge Meredith, in Richmond, made doci-
sion, in case before him. declaring the State
Stay Law unconstitutional. The Richmond
Enquirer says: about the commencement
of the war, Mr. Watkins Taylor purchased a
house at the corner of Tenth and Clay streets,
formerly occupied by Mr.. Watkins Leigh,
and gave his notes for the amount secured
by deed of trust On tho property. These
notes fell, during the war, into the hands of
Mr.. Franklin Stearps, who, last year, called
upon the trustees to advertise the property
for sale, in default Of the payment of the
notes. 10 prevent the sale, Mr.. Taylor ap-
pcaled to Judge Meredith for an injunction,
staying proceedings, which was granted. On
Friday, the injunction was heard, and in a
very elaborate decision, the Judge pronounced
the stay law unconstitutional, and dissolved
the injunction. An appealwill be taken from
the decision. and the case carried up to the
Court of Appeals
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-01-22
The Dayton (Ohio) Empire, NAL

- I nc 4JsRl Uo.I NOH4OI ]-"LP''I! AIA4-U9 CT
itorialy the following statement:
but few days since we were assured by
q very respectable and Intelligent gentleman,
citizen OF New Haven, Connecticut, that
there are hanging on the walls of Beast But
Ter at Lowell, two magnificent pictures -
''Christ Oh the Cross and Mary at the Sep
ulchrc," we think he stated-paiuted, evident
~, by some great master, which ave certainly
Of 81 eco value each. They were plundered
from one OF the elegant mansions OF New
Orlears-tho mansion Of one Of the wcal;hiest
gentleman Of the Sou;h-which Butler con-
iscated and appropriated to head quater pur-
poses, and as a receptacle Of stolen goods
Our informant was i correspondent at New
Orleans when these were shipped, and saw
them on the vessel in the harbor."
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-01-22

DoTELER's MILLs.-We understand that
the company (of which Hon. y. Il. BOTHER
is Presidency who have bought this valuable
property near Shepherdstown, intend I'M
proving it upon the largest scale. They ox-
pect to employ about one hundred and fifty
Land during the coming simmer, in throw
ing a new dam across the Potomac, rebuilding
the large Mill and converting portion Of it
into a factory, as we'll as carrying on the &C.
ment Mills there upon q larger scale than ever
before. We understand that they also intend
erecting about thirty brick dwelling houses,
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-01-22

SLEIdHITa.-Thc sleigIring has been c1~
ceilent for the past week, and our lads ard
lassios have enjoyed themselves to excess
The merry jingle Of the bells has been heard
almost constantly day aud night, and we have
heard Of number of sleishing parties in the
vicinity.
On Sunday last there fell what seems to
be the browning garland of the ''Wintcr
King" spreading over all nature to the depth
of about nine inches, ana the s!cighing ROW
promises to be excellent for some days.