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.: . : ft t,4 Í J,.,, ,1 NUMBER 45 VOLUME II. SANTA FB, NEW MEXICO, APRIL 30, 1853. i ! f 1 '' r t , I - i r ' Santa ic lücekljT alette ' n ' TERMS. : !. f WEEKLY- $5 year, payable invariably in advance; ingle copies 12 1-Í cents. Advertise ments, SI 50 , por square of ten line) For the first insertion, and $1 (or every subsequent insertions , . I . . 1 ' ' 1 " ' , , PUBLIC BUILDINGS. . . 21,830 I'lfcT OK 1UMBKX. SEALED proposals for the delivery of the ful lowing description of sawn lumber will he re ceived at the ollke of the Commissioners of Public Buildings, for the Territory o( New Mexico, till 12 o'clock, h , on the 21st dsy of April, lIMi 190 pieces 20 1-2 feet long 3 1 14 inches. 91) , , 13 " " 3xU ... ' 52 ' '' 18 " " ' " 3x14 " Amounting to 21,810 feet of lumber, board meas ure, more or less.. To be of good sound pine tim ber, such as will be accepted by the Superinten dent, and to be delivered in wagons at or near lie lite of the proposed public building in Santa Fe. and not to be dragged on the ground. No proposal will be received for less than half the amount specified. The contract to be cornploled by the 13th day of June 1833, and the faithful fulfilment thereof to be guaranlied by two responsible securities, whose ntniiS must be entered in the proposals. PUBSTON BECK. A.. , . MANUEL ALVAREZ, '''' . ' FRANCISCO ORTIZ y DELGADO Santa Fe, March 14th, 1853.-0t39 INDKrKNDKNCE,' MISSOURI. , BY TODD. B. W I have removed from the ''N'nland House," to the "Nebraska Home," in Independence. Missouri. The Nebrnka House is a large new building, ami lias recently hen much improved by altiiraliona and additions. Having lakeu tins linuae tor n term of years, I intend to malí' every elioit ! promulM the convenience and romlVt. of Inivlli'r.i. The patronage nf my friends and tlio travelling pulilic is respedfully soliciled. . , , B. W. TODD. 1 January 1st 1853-lv. THE U. . Mail from anta Feto the fctates Icavei regularly on; tbe. first day of each month. Passage during the summer monlhs $120 00 'i, " . .. winter monlln . ' tloO 00 401bs of baggage allowed to each passenger. WALDO, HALL, & CO. Proprietors; '. Santa Fe, Sept. 18, 1852-tf '": : COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS, Pennsylvania, , ' -' Connecticut. ; i ' ,' New Hampshire. 1 .iitW,Jn.l,'lttaá-tt. i " i PUBLIC BUILDINGS. .. '' Office of Comiiiissiouers on Public Buildings, 1 Sania Fe, April 14th 1833. SEALED proposals will on received at ibis of fice until 12 oVIock M. of the 3i)lli June 18Ó3, for 11)00 cubic yards of rubble masonry, more or less, rompiising the basement sUuy of (ho Ter ritorial Building to be erected in the city of Sania Fe. The m.'S nry to be executed in a substautinl and workman-like manner, under the direcllou of the superintendent of Public Buildings. The stone will be furnished at the quarry wilhin anule of the building ; limo i an be burned and so nil obtained within tin- same distance. The contractor will be permitted to extend his contract to three thousand cubic yards, or to the completion of the slone masonry of the whole building, should ther be funds in Ihe hands of the Commissioners, at Ihe time of completing the first contract, to enable ilictn to carry on the work. , I'BBSTON BECK, Jr.. ' MANUAL ALVAREZ, . FRANCISCO ORTIZ y DELGADO Commissioners. J. HOUGHTON, Superintendent, Santa Fe, April 1-lth 1M53. tf n)3. , NEW. LUMBER YARD. THE undersigned respectfully begs leave to inform his friends and the public generally, that he has on hands alarga lot ot lumber of all kinds, and that he has opened Carpenlei's shop in the house formerly known as the California House, fend directly opposite to Ihe store of Uon Jesus L"ya, where he is prepared to do every des cription of carpenter's work in a workin.m-like manner ami upon very low terms. He particularly erqueita his old friends to give him a tri I. . JAMES SULLIVAN. Santa Fe, April 10th 1S5S. 3inl3 ; ' ' THE RIVAL SHERIFFS; OB, VICTIMIZING) A TRAVELLING 'SHOWMAN. ,' .' BY f ALCONBX1DOS. ' 1 Glancing nver my ancient notes of va gabond, happy days, I find a 'mem' of some puli, touching a scrape Willi two demi-qodi of the political circle of York town, . C J had gone off South 'orí a toMT pf discovery and moonshine, and chancing to fall in with a young fellow named. Weaver, fiom Gettysburg, Pa.; who was going down to Alabama with a finé span of Northern horses, and bran no cartage, I jumps in at Washington City, and away we goes to Fredericks burg,, Cartersville, and so On to the Ca rolinas. Having dabbled a litlle in the iwttt business, it struck ine forcibly that a peijMy. might be turned, in those tegi ons, by giving the natives 'a touch of my quality', in vocalization; grimacing and story telling. Getting out a lot ot programmes,. laying in' a stock of ver million,, burnt cork, a flashy calico shirt and a chip liat, I was up and dressed to amuse tha multitude and take down the dimeili i,.:.v.n i.- fc:r wii1 '25 , The main objects were tetake our time in iravtlling, see the oonntry em people, and clear the. travelling expen ses. ;. The idea worked well,; . George tended door, and I 'did up' the show.' Gave them a touch of Shakespeare first, down east Yankee next, high Dutch and low Dutch discourses, comic songs aided by the calico cont, red nose, cor ked eyebrows, and chip lu-t-gave Ren" eral satisfaction to the various good-na tured and jolly-dispnsitioned congrega tions, to which I held forth in 'Elocu tion and Music,' along the way. At Salisbury, N. C, my comjiagnon de voyage fell in with a stray uncle, a planter in that neighborhood, and pio posed to stop there a few days. I for tunately fell in with a party of Jo rú' anU at the Rowan House, and sat down for several days with Col Crawford and his friends, and had a remarkle good time. Accenting a seat in a new car riage of a .Mr. llnoue, who , V, IHI WHS ilOIIIIÍ down to Concord to 'get married,' I started off, gave one" of my recherche grand concerts, netted something less thun an Italian Opera's expenses, and moved on to Charlotte, thence lo York town, and hereby hangs my tali! , , Having appiized the landlord of my intention to give the citizens a litlle 'El ocution and Music,' he thoucht the op. eration quite a feasible one. 'r me loiiiii, jays hp. , 'Wheie?' snjs I. 'I'll show it lo j on said he. But, upon exrfiniiiuliou, ihe room did not seem to uflVr Hie rcrjnisile space and conveniences mcessmy fui a rush ni people, and my powers of melody and display. . 'But for five dollars,' said he, 'I can let you have our dining room, a larger apartment,' and I said I'd see about I ; so after dinner I took a survey of the own.. It was quite a lively looking place; meeting houses, schools, a court house, juil, lawyers' ofiicesrdoctors, bar ber shop, printing ollices, and oilier evidences of progrtssion. I made one discovery, vix: that I hud not 'put up' in the right pew! The town had two 'first, clas'-hotels; one was painted, ami had ft real swinging ign, and Ihe other wasn't painted, mid lud no swinging sign; that was a difference, yon see, and as it was policy to conciliate 'fust cir cles' in the concert business, I went in and looked round, tried 'a little" peach and honey,' and had a word with the landlord. He told me I ought to have slopped with him; nobody would attend concerts at the aOuiv tavein; he had a handsome room, offered it for three dol lars, nnd all thotj and I returned to my tavern quite in a quandary. 'Got two hotels in this place, 1 see,' says I to mv host. 'Yes, there is another tavern, a kind of or e, (!) 'lather end of town, says he. 'Dropt in,' says I; 'rather a clever fellow that landlord, I think.' 'He ain't vinc.h, never was,' was the contradictory reply. 'Got a fine room,' I continued; 'says all the balls, parties, concerts, Slc , are held there.' 'He's used to telling such lies!' said my host. 'Well, of course I'm a siranger here, sir, ni d my lusineng (,') makes it expe dient to slop in the best or most popular house, you know, and I should judge, that that house is more central, (?) fine room, and only three dollars a night!' says I, sort of Yankee dickering like, for my real design was to get off as qui etly and courteously as possible to the other house. 1 'Look here, Mr. Showman,' says my host, 'I have kept tavern a good many years, I've had the very best folks stop iiing with me, and my house is as well kept as any house in South Carolina, or any other Stale, be- 1';; ! ' 'Oh( I've no doiibt at all, sir, of that,' says I.' ; .. ' 7 ;v jTlien what in thunder are yoi) dispu ting about?' says he. ' H)h! nothing; nothing in particular,' says I, smt nf I'eelinj! that I was g-'iiiug my foot into it. 'Nothing at ali!' ' -'WU, I understand it better ihaiiyoii do'says he, 'and I will tell 'you; ' You see Shellbark, up there, is Sheriff!- ' 'The deuce he is?' says I. '' ; 'Yes, Sheriff of this 'county, and a d--l pooty Sheriff lié is any low. And I am candidate for 'the office next yeai, mysell ' Ah! IndeHrl?' 7 ; ''' '' 'Yen, I am, and I'm bound to beat Shellbark so essentially inlu a', cocked hat that Ins' friends won't know bim again! He's a mean, sneakin' cuss, any how, and does all he can to cry down my house, and crack up his own., Now I'm determined to have your slww here, and I'Unot clnrge you a red continen tal cent for my room!' , . , .' ; 'Thank yonj' says I, 'and, if you'll on ly send my bills around, and stir up your friends, I'll give you all the t'ekets you require for all your own family and thank you kindly for the inteiest you have taken in my behalf.' So my host sent out the bills with a bullet-headed negro armed with the din ner bell, ' ' " 'Ding along dc da ding, dang de ding, O-o-o dar'a gwoine to be a sh-sli-show, down to de Yorktown House, ilia cben in, O-o o! Well dry is, ding along de da, (ling dang ding.' 'So you're going lo give vonr show down at the old rat hole, eh?' says Sliell bark, the other landlord, as I stepped in. to namp't the 'peach,' and look around. 'Yes, I am,' quoth I. 'You don't calcúlale anybody's com ing up there to see yon, do yon?' says Sheriff" Shellbnrk. 'Why hut?' says I. 'Because it s a hole nolnnly here goes into; the cuss who keeps it isn't liked; he hasn't a room in his house fit for a concert, dance or a d d dog to stop in! If you had slopped here, 1'it gi.en you my room IV i e, inn! jou'd had a huge allenilaiine; but now, I'll but you u nig L'ef that Voll won't make eno'.'.gli to pay for your license!' ; , , Mácense? Why. do J require a li ceice for n court r'?' says I. 'I goes ou do ien dollars lor each sl;r!' ' ' 'The rleiii!' s.,j , quite Shook down' at the turn things were taking. 'lie be d il!' says my landlord, w hen I lulormeil him of lliu observations of Sl'.elibaik; he's trying to' put 'on ir, and scare you; he's down on me; the sneakin' cuss ; but let hiiri cdine pekili around here lalkin' about licenses, and I'll license him! Gn abend, give your show; d n his license, I'll i,-e you oiilP And lie did, true enough! ; 1 : 'All rit'lil!' Ihihks I, and I gave, my show, i True enough, as Shelllun k pre dicted. Ih lile nod fashion' did not thin out, so I hadn't a 'crnvded iiiulilo ry' annul (no dnlKrs in.' I had barely doffed my veiinillinii nosi, chip hnt,&c., when I w as arresir'l! ' ' " ' MiitÍÍI' Sliellbm k sent in u depuly took me up,' lor showing uithni.l a li censi'. My laiulloid inlerl'i m d , and1 a low look place, Miellhnik fane lo the assistance ot his deputy. .Mv land. lord was reii, forced b) some of his friends. A free lighl look place, and Ihey raised ye iliuhlel . Il.iviui no rrv tit'e iiilerest in t li light, I lights my ci gar anil steps ..out, rtlti-r eijm,nig a pleasant, promenade, 1 returueil, ii, we( ic seme of siruclion, anil met n.lne host wi hi ,ick eye., 'mid his ear nili- bled nearly ull ! Ite was hopping mail; down on Shellharlt, don n on iih down ou everybodyl niuri'hed up In I Next mm iiiii" I tins is Mieriff's nllii'i , fined ten dollars ajul cos's lor g'ving a show, and teii dollars :eil costs for raising a ron! used some ii lgii!) tall talk, but no ue; Shellhaik made ine shell out. nuil , I walked back lo my 'lodgings' quite unstaiched! Here another draw hack awaited me; my laudloid, in con sequence of the 'd d row generally,' charged ine for the room, charged mo for everything full price I lift town that day. effectually cleaned out, the victim nf the rival Sheriffs.; I whs done blown that lime, was'nt I? N. Yvfk Dutchman. Serenading a Young Lady. A friend tells the following nch story of a serenading adventure; In my young days I was extravagant ly fond ot alien (ling parlies, and some what celebrated for playing on the Ilute, Hence it w as generally expeeli d that when an' invitation was extended, that my' flute would accompany me. ' , I visited a splendid parly one evening, and was called 'pon to lavor the Com pauy it ilh a tune on the Ilute. I, of course, imiiiedia'ely complied with the request. The company appeared de lighted! but inoré particularly so was a young lady! win raised her hands and exclaimed jt was beautiful, delightful, &c. I, of course, was highly delighted, and immediately formed a resolution to serenade the young lady on the follow ing llight. '.'...I ..,'! y - Mi',';: .,: 1 stinted the, next night, m company with several young fiivnds, and at rived, as I supposed, at. the lady's lesidence, but made a glorious mistake by getting under the window of an old Quaker. 'Now, boys,' said I, 'behold the senti-: mentalilj of this young lady the moment I strike up the 'Last Rose of Summer." i I struck up, but the window remained i closed, and the boys began to smile. , Oh,' said I, 'that's nothing. It would I not be in good taste to raise the window on the first air. , ,, I next struck up 'Old Kobin Giay ' Still the window remained closed. 1 The boys snickered, and I felt somewhat flat. 'Once move, my boys,' said I, 'and she must come.' I struck up again "My Love is Like the Red, lied Rose.' Still there was no demonstration. Boys,' said I, 'she's a humbug! Let ' us sing 'Home, Sweet Home, and it that don't bring her, I'll give it up.' I struck up, and os I finished the last line, the window was raised. 'That's the ticket, boys,' said I. 'I knew we could fetch her ' But instead of the beautiful young lady, it turned out to be the old Quaker, in his night-cap and dressing-gown. 'Friend,' said he, 'thee was singing of thy home, and, if I recollect l ight, thee snid there was no place like home; and it' that is true, why don't thee go to thy home? Thee is not wanted here thee nor none of (by company. Farewell!' We and our hats went home. Tun Kailiioau Cab. Would you like ihe, luxury of a new sensation? Take Vur stand six feet from a lailroad track in ihe night, and await the passage of tlio express ham. Hiere is no wind slirriug; clouds close in the light nf the stars: the tin in of life has ceased black ness and scileuce biood tog-ether iipou the face of the earth. Al'til off the list ening ear catches a dawning roar. Half heaid and half felt it grows into moie distinctness pari luvealed in the trem bling earth, and partly felt as a shape less iiorrm filling the air. Every second swells its awful volume, and deepens its terror. The earth now qnnkes under its tread a glazing glare Hashes living horror into the surrounding air and you see it, crawling along its snaky track, with fiery head crouched to Ihe ground, and its long truin sweeping fiom "ide to side with a wavy motion, a gi gantic and terror-brealhing monster, in stinct with life and power, crushing the earth villi ils tread, and creating a whirlwind with its blasting breath, as it sweeps along. Is (here any thing in the world which impiesses Ihe mind with a profouiider sense of resistless poner than that enormous mass, with lis blazing eyes and smoking breath lushing with the speed oía cannon ball, and startling the air with tins overwhel ming horror of ils flight? What could ihe savage think, seeing it for the first lime? Imagine such a llight across the country filly years ago unheralded by nnv rumor of its coming revealing its existence by its prcsenoe, and rushing suddenly into oblivion, as I now rushes inlu the darkness while you gaze upon Ihe spot where it disappeared, and hear only Ihe echo of ils distant tread. What rumors nf it would fill the earlh! What lali s of ils grandeur, of its speed and power,would startle Ihe credulity of the remotest village gossip. An Oi fhi! from Baiotm. At a large and spirited Temporánea Demonstra tion, in Metropolitan Hull, New York, on Wednesday evening, Dec. 29!h re marks were made by P.T. Barnum, Pre sident of the meeting. In the course of them lie estimated that Intemperance, the giunt curse of the land, was the cause of an annual ex penditure or loss of two hundred and fif ty millions of dollars in (his nation. In this city he estimated that thcro were 7,000 grog shops, and allowing that the expenditure in each averaged $10 per day, (he aggregate in one yeai's time would be $25,550,000, besides the whole sale business. He offered, if. the city would giie him that sum and stop sell ing liquor for one year, to pay (ill the eity tuxes amounting (o about four mil lions, send every child to n good school, present every family with n library of uooil hooks, (hiee bnrreis oi Hour, nnd a silk dress to every female, old or young, a suit of broadcloth to every main citizen, old or young, and un ad mission to each to (he Museum. ' " ' :i . Amusing. ; . . TU annexed amusing sketch will bear to be thrice told. It appeared or iginally in ..the N. 0. Delta. Secure jour butlon holes, reader, end (hen com menee! 1 "i:i ' : ''! v.i Scene in front of a fashionable Hotel. Gentleman, (dismounting from his horse,) 'Stabler attend-refrigerate my beast by allowing him thrice to circnnW ambulate yondei fountain; (hat accom- plished to imbibe a moderate quantity" of acqueous paiticles ; conduct lilm tiience wuu care io me repository ior vearieo ueisis, ami Having cioineu in . lustre his dusky skin by a gentle appli cation of (he vegetable mnteiial, vulgu. larlr called straw, suffer him in quiet to partake food which shall afford nourish- inent and ganerate repose.' Siallcr, (laughing,) Wlia-a-at tirf? Gent.'-'What, sir! Stand yon thus like one who has not reason in his soul, ' while (his poor beast, whose every pore; is fount of gushing strength, valetudi nary standing beneath Sol's oppressive ', rays? Ye volatile barbarian!' Stal. (Still laughing more unrestrai nedly,) 'I can't understand a word you. say, bul I s'posu you want your horse put up?' . ; Gent. 'Stupidity unequalled! Land lord! Fulminate your censure' against the tardy churl, who thus manifests op- pugnation to my desires; and conduct ine to secluded apparlments, and bring' restorative of the most vivfic character to reinstate in their former power the varying energies of my exhausted frame!' landlord. (laughing,) 'I will. ' Gent. 'Preposterous! And you sir,' unite in the disgraceful merriment of your minion! I should really surmise my self the first of the species you had ever behild!' Landlord. (Laughing still more,) 'Indeed you are, sir.' '' Gentleman. 'Terminate this prolix j scene, and officiate as my guide, to ap artments. At Ihe hour of dinner sum-1 mon me; if weariness should have can-' sed meto be recumbent in repose, gently reanimate me with the breath of a fan.' i Scene 2 the Dine Hall. Gent. (Seating himself at the table dinner over others standing In the room,) 'I should judge voracity and ig norance the prevailing characteristic! nf this mansion. I see nothing amid these reeking ruins worthy the regard 1 of a gentleman's palate. ; Waiter, I do- 1 sire a femalo fowl sufficiently but not ' redundantly made edible by fire. (It il brought.) Waiter, dissect with care, the same; do not violently separate the parts lest my joints suffer dislocation from the discordant sound. (Itisdone.) Waiter, place a . tender portion of the bi east upon my plate will) the necessa ry accompaniments.' (It is done as or dered, and the gentleman commences his dinner.) ' A wag, who with others had obser- 1 ved these proceedings, seated himself at 1 tho table opposite our hero. Wag. 'Vaiter, furnish me with a fe-'1' male fuwl; be suro of her virginity.'- (Tho waiter understands the joke, and 1 does as he is bid.) ' 11 aj.' Vaiter, divide these parts int portions suited to my edible capacity.' " )'ag.--( Opening Ids mouth and (brow- " ing himself back in his chair.) 'Vaiter, place one of them within the orifice be- " fore you.' (Our hero begins lo under- ' stand the quiz, and is evidently discon- 1 cerled.) ' . 1 ' ; " 1 Way. 'Vaiter, wag my jaws.' Amid ' roars of laughter and curses upon hh ' lips, our hero rushes from the room." ' ' " Jlie folloivins is pretty good r it comes nearer , home than most anylhinp else we have heard yet, , . A clergyman, writing to a friend, aya, , , , 1 col tunk in by a 'brother' tlm oilier day. Ho has been publisliinrj a book, and hi preaert Lnsi- " nrss is ii'lling it, lie came tu me in Ihe evening;,' mid of course I invilril him to take tea. He didn't Win th-noFfil to lake his le.ive, n I ofTered him a bril and breakf st. Then he wanted the namet of my lo.nlint; members, and I pve bim thus of my " allies, but without the private signal. . That being arr.mgeil, he sniil, 'Now, bri'ther L., will yon allow me to leave, one of my books wilh yon V I supposed he meant to make ine present of it. and took it, saying that I trusted I should find it Interesting and nsptul. . " 'Yes,' he rejoined, 'I think yon will. It haa ' cost me a great deal of labor and expense. It sells .,, foradolhir nt the book-slores, but I shall let you have il for eighty sevemnd a half cents.' ' I saw that I was 'done,' and handed him a dollar. , He hsdn't got any change, o count, and io kept tho whole. Parrolt's hinlding in 8m Francisco, of One hun dred feet front, seventy or eighty feet deep, and fonr stories high, all of solid granite, was put up in Uanton, Llnna, mock Dy mom, oy mineat i woikmeni and the bloiks being all numbered, the , Iniildinrwas then tken down, put aboard ship, hrouplit across tho Pacific, and re-trecledia San,,. Francisco by the same hands. ' Good Aovicr. Be content o long your mouth ii full and body covered i remember th I poori don't rob y. ur neighbor's henroost) never pick an editor's pocket, nor enteitain the idea that he is going to tr.t kick dull cara to, Ihe deuce i black your own beta S'w on your own buttons ( and be sura lo take the paper and pay fortt. ' i the Boston Chronicle say, 'T!lonn'(ls hive' been made ha and dithouent by tint .M-i'. luquor Law, but that it haa ever made one tempéralo man we have jet to learn.'