A Test Oath

In Kentucky, now under martial law as a "poütieal uecessity," a man ie held to be disloyal and liablü to banishment who refuses to take the following oatïi. which is the form prescribed at Louisville: " I, , of the county of , State of Kentucky, do solemuly swear, in the presence of Almighty God, that I vvill henoeforth faithfully support, protect, and defead the Constitution of the United States, and the Union of the States thereunder; and that I wil', ín like rnanuer, abide by, aud faithfully support all acts of Oongress passcd during the existiug reboHkm with refereuce to slaves, so long and so far as not repealed, modified or held void by Corigress or by the decisión of the Suprome Court; and that I wül, in like manner, abide by, aud aiüifully support all proclamations of the President made during the existing rebellion, haring reference to slaves, so long and so far as not modified or deelared void by decisión of tho Sunreine Court." How inany of tho citizens of New York would takc (Lia oath in ordor tobe allowed to excreise tho citizenBhip ? There is no authority under the Constitution to demand snob an oath of a citizen, and it is an act of despotism to attempt to punish men for declining to tako it. Tho proclamatioas of the President are not-laws, aud no man is under any moral or legal obligation to support tbem. There would be justas much propriety in itnposing this oath on citizens of Now York as on those of Koutuuky, aud who can give any assnrauoo that it wll riot be done befuie the Presiden tial olection 'i "Nobody ever lost anything by love," said a sníío-looking person. "That's not true,"sad a young laüy, who tu-ard the remarle, "for I once lost" nkhts ' sleep." a : Peuil hjintiog is lively in Montpelier ' Vt. Over #1,000 worth bavo bm found in Vujoosi;i liiverund its branebes witLin a forïoigM.