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n -. ' - -f--Tp.-J I II . I II I MM lili lll.il MIL I.JBggaWBgB WBM. T VOLUME III. SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO, DECEMBER 24, 1853. NUMBER 28. ... ft . i-..--.v- . r;jT1 IL3 1 ll Santa ft iUcckln 0tr?ctte TERMS. WEEKLY- $2 50 a year, payable invariably in advance! single copies 12 1-4 cents. Advertise ments, $1 00 per square of ten lines for tlie first insertion, anil 50cts. for every subsequent insertion. COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS, Pennsylvania, Connecticut. New Hampshire. Santa F, Xm. 1, 1853 tf. THE nndersigno.l begs lenve to inform bis friends nnil the public generally, that he is prepared to do all kinds of cabinet anil carpenter's work on the mnst reasonable terms. Shop, two doors above the store of Jesus I.ova. San.a fc, May 7, 1853. y JAMES II. CI.IÍT. IKDEPEXnENCIK, MISSOUKI. V B . W . TODD. I have removed from the "Noland House," lo the ''Nebraska House," in Independence. Missouri. The Nebraska Hons is a large new Imililinir, and lias recently been much improved by alleraiions and additions. Htivinp taken this house fur term of years. I Intend to make every efFi.it promote the ronvciii"ncc and comfort of travellers. The patronnge of my friends and the travelling public i, respectfully solicited. TODD. January 1st Ij3 ly. SOl'THER MAIL WINTER ARRANGEMENT. THE southern mail via El Paso to San Antonio. Texas, leave" Santa Fe on the 15th of each month, arrives at El Paso in from siv to e'lil days, and reaches Sun Antonio on the Mill of the nevl monlh. Keturning. leaves San Antonio on the 13th of the same, arrives at El l'an in from M In IR days, and reaches 'anta Fe on Ibe 11th of Hie next month, making the trip through in fiom'2.jto is doyi. winter and Slimmer. The (,'ontrarlor has spared no expense in placing upon llns route spring carriages the best adapted for Ibe convenience as well as comfort of passengers Persons going In, or coming from the States will find Ibis a very pie mi -rout--, im-lietilarly dnrinir the winter months, as it is entirely free from the intense cold and heavy snows that so frequently obstruct the eastern mail route to Independence, RATES OF FARE. $125 (10 through from .anta Fe to San Antonio. 30 OH frcm Santa Fe In El P.so. Passengers allowed 4011.3 briTst". HENRY SKILt.MAX. N.B Passengers not required lo stand guard. Santa Fe, Oct. 7; lC03-lf M WE WOULD most respectfully inform our friends and the public, lli.it we h ve lakeu the house 'f the late Jim Paiten in Albuquerque, and completely tilled Hie same as a Hnlrl Our friends will always finu us on hand No paitu sh II he spared to render all win may give as a rail comfortable and well provided for Altarhed to the house are corral and slaliles. At all limes we shall have i n abundance of forage. Our 'allies and bar will be well filled with the best Hie count,)' adonis. Terms cash. BIUNFORD & JEANNF.RET. Santa Fe, Oct. 15, 18fi..-tf For Sale or Rent. mllE undivided lliird of Ihe Ranch of alisten. J Also Ihe undivided half of the building and lands at Albuquerque at present occupied by Hie U. , troops. Apply lo J. IIOJGHTON, Agent. Santa Fe, N. M., October 12, 1853 tf BEING about to leave this Territory, I request ill persons having claims against me lo pre sent Iheir bills at once, and all knowing themselves indebted lo make payment to the Hon. J. Hough ton, who is appointed my sole agent. . Mr. Houghton is further authorized to make sale of any or all of mv real estate in Ihe Terri tory. FRANCIS J. THOMAS. Santa Fe, Nov. 25th, 1853. tf CHRISTMAS BALL AT TI!B EXCHANGE, ON CHRISTMAS EVE, DEC. 24th, 1833. Tickets for ono flontlouinn find lady for the Bail and Supper. $3 00. The siipnor tnlile will bo furnished with tlio VERY BEST that tlio market affords. PROPRIETOR. A witness, (IrtfU. of course, before the Clair Election Committee) having said he had been 'all day canvassing,' was directed to 'define' canvas ling, which he did thus : 'To try to Induce and force the voters to vole for Corny O'Brien, and if they would not, to givo them drink till they could not vote at all." Fubbs, while recently engaged in splilling wood, struck a false blow, c ausing the stick to fly up. It struck him on the jaw, and knocked out a front tooth. 'Ah,' said Bill, meeting him soon after, 'ron hare had a dental operation performed, I lee ' 'Yes,' said the sufferer, '.rci-dental !' And by luch I pun he revenged himself upon fate, A young lady at Newport, who was about leav ing Ihe 'gay and festive scene' which the parlors of 'he 'Ocean' presented, with the intention of re tiring for the night, turned to her friend, and re marked 'Well, Mary, I've done my duty I've seen all Ihe clothes, and every body haa seen mine lo I hall now go up stairs. Good-night.' , What could b more graphic. The very mottoes of a fashionable watering place to see and to be steal I ELECTED TOETRY. GIRLHOOD. A sweelness in Ihe morning air, A witching I -lighter in the woods, A group of maidens everywhere, With glowing cheeks and flowing hair, Ami not a sorrow or a rare Within their dainty hoods I An agile (leetness in their limbs, '. A tipl of morning on their brows, Their postures full of girlish whims J . No daunted fawn so nimbly skims Along the silver lakelet b-iins, Benealh the dripling boughs I They arc a ruthless, romping rout, Mar uilers of earl, nook and glen Tliev disappear with song and shout, They beat Hie forest all about, And ferret timi I dowers out, Then come in glee again. Such knots of (lowers en I knots of girls, Willi lie'iitv in Iheir busy eves I One plaits a cluster witn her curls,' Anolher in her finger twirls A nosegay rich with liquid pearls, A tell-tale in disguise. Ob 1 girlhood is a guerdon fair, Tint still is left a recreant race) There' witchery W it' wayward air, 'Sprinkling the sunshine everywhere j Alas ! that lutrr vears impair . Its simple guileless grace 1 From the Winchester Republican. Dcutchc Adrcrtiicmcnt. HV C. T01.tR WOLFE. Mire horse Mi slilop'd itrd I'm afraid, lie !ia been daken. sh'olen or slitr y'd, Mine pig b ack horse dat look- so snhry, 'Pool fourteen order tw-lve li.iuls lrg'i j He has liopii got clinsf tour foot pía I;, Mid shlriped spots nil town his puck, Dtvo leks before tun! dwo peliind, ( Pe sure vnu keep all dis in tiiinil) He's 1 1 k all over dat ib drue. All hut h s vare, , ml dal's p'a k loo Hi1 drols and gaiilers. vawx tnnl bises, Iri:i oulivoiks Peellzepnli in dreecs; TIoil ven he gallolis in de slitrot, He vnika up n his leks and fel. Von Ifk goes up, unit d -wn de n lor, I'ml always follow Willi anniler. He has dwo ears shl'iek non his he d, Pole of d.H,.s neuler vite nor -el, Bui bole alike, slimt von you see, 1-b placer dan de oder n He's ot divo eyes dat looks von vay, fl'dy he Inst one toiler lav Vnd vui yon wish to dake a rd", S'niuin p ti his park on tnlrr side, Vnd it is . Ii nst as gospel dnie, lie rynlal?. ptind vill not sir von 1 ll'S nelly's pig. and does .-Mick out Aboil a I'net or dere aboil'. . (Or lt!,-e mine ven I eats o irg-nnt ) llis d .i.'s P'diind hiip, long and shleek, Only I rut liim 'ITIa-t ie"k, timi deieforc 'lis noi auv more As liaffsn lorg as 'twas Infore. He rocks Ins pars, in.d looks sorav, rod vll eot stiiri nod nm away, p. it von b'-'s s.-aitt lie makes von sphring Uud Iiiiiiips idioul like tvrrv ding. II rides alón? lird srlpt7" n-id ga t, I never saw si.di horse for s,-lnr!o-t. I'tid sotnetiins hp gorc on de ruad Mllo'll 110)10. 1. !v fui It's !nn. I Put pa.s of go'n. nod takosde drn' k, Mid a liTe pr.y pon I p his birk . Mine horse is not so very old. Nor hafT so young as ven he's foal M Uu I ven he gallops, rear or shomp. His head '-nines all before Jiim plump, Und den his lail goes all nhitid. But snmelitnes ven he dakes de mind Gits mad a nl 'turns all round, pe sure Vv den his dail goes all before. Whoever will mine plack horse got Miall bay (leu (pilars on de sphot, U'ul if lie lifiugs de lief alive. Vv den he pavs me dweniy-five, Milout no questions ax'd hv me. Pv mine silvitishiuent you'll see, I lif out da'e by Sepucider's gap, Near Schlofflcfunk's. JoHANKtl ScttVAf. THE THREE MELON SEEÜ?. When I was a schoolboy, more Hian fifty years ago, I remember to have reul in an English jour nal, (the lume I have forgotten.) a story which may have been n fiction ) but which was very n turallv tol l, and ma le a deep impression upon me at Hie lime. I will endeavor to draw it forth from Ihe locker of my memory j and engage be-forc-liaral. lo be very much indebted to any one who will indicate its original soipee. Three voung gentlemen, who had finished the mosl substantial part of their meal, weie lingering over Iheir fruit and wine, at an eating house in ..on Ion, when n man of middle age. and mi Idle stature, entered the public room where they were sitling, and seated himself at one end of a small unoccupied fable; and calling Ihe waiter, ordered a simple mutton chop and a glass of ale. His appearance, at first view, was not likely lo errcst the attention of any one. His hair was gelling to be Ihin and grey; Ihe expression of his coun tenance was sedate, with a slight touch, perhaps, of melancholy ) and he wore a grey siirfout, with a standing collar, which, manifestly, hail seen ser vice, if the wearer had not just such a thing as an officer would bestow upon his serving man. He might be taken, plausibly enough, for a count ry magistrate or an attorney of limited practice, or a schoolmaster. He continued lo masticate his chop and sip his ale in silence, without lifting his ejes from the table, until a melon seed, sportively snapped from Ihe thumb and finger of one of Ihe gentlemen at the opposite table, struck him upon his right ear. His eye was instantly upon the nggressor. and his ready intelligence gathered, from the ill-sunpress. ed merriment of Hie parly, that this petty imper tinence was intenlional. The stranger stooped, and picked up Ihe melon seed, and a scarcely perceptible smile passed over his feature!, as he carefully wrappsd up the seed in a piece of paper and placed it in his pocket, This lingular procedure, with their preconceived impressions of their customer, lomewhal elevated as Ihey were by the wine they had partaken, capsized their gravity altogether, and a burst of irresistible laughter proceeded from the noisy gronp. Unmoved by this rudeness, the stranger con tinned to finish his frugal repast in quiet, until another mel n seed from the same band, struck him upon the right elbow. This idso, lo the in finite amusement of the other parly, he picked from the floor, and carefully deposited with tho nrsr. Amid shouts of laughter, a third tnebn seed was soon after discharged, which hit bin upon the left breast. This also he very deliberately took from Ihe fljor and deposited with the other two. As ho rose, and was engaged In paying for his repast, the gaiety of these sporling genllemen became slightly subdued. It was not easy to ac count for this. t Lavaler would not have been able to detect Ihe lighlet evidence of Irritation or re stntment upon Ihe feature of the stianger. He seemed a li'tle taller, to be sure, and Ihe carriigo of his head might have appeared lo them rather m ,re erert. He walked to Ibo table at which tliev were sitling, and with that air of dignified calmness, which Is a thousand times more terrible thnn wrath, drew a card from his pocket, and presented it with perfect civility to the offender, who could do no less than oiler his own in return, which he did witli embarrassment. While the stranger unclosed his surtout to take the card from bis pocket, they had a glance at the undress coat of a military mart. The card dis closed his rank, and a brief enquiry at the bar was sufficient for the rest. He was n captain whom ill-health and long ser vice had entitled to half-pay In earlier life he had been engaged in several affairs of honor, and, in Ihe dialect of men of honor, was considered a dead shot. The next morning a note arrived at the iggre.S" sov's resiilepop, containing a chdlenge, in form, and one i nly of the melon seeds. The truth then flashed before the diallingcd parly it was Hie challenger's ititeioion to make three biles at this cherry threo separate affairs o it of tins unwar rantable frolic I The challenge was accepted, and fie challenged paitv, in deferente to (he challen ger' reputed skill wilh Ihe pislol, had half de cided upon Ihe small sword but his friend', who were on the aler', Soon discovered that 111? cap lain, who bad lisen by his me:lt, had. In the ear lier davs of liis necessity, gained his bread at an accomplished in-tiuclor in the me of 111 t very Weapon. They met and fired .alternately, by lot Ihe young man had S'deeled Hiis mode, (lurking he night win the first fi r he did fired, nd missed Iks opponent Ttie ciplnin levelled his pistol and frnl -he ball pvsel thrjiigh the flap of the null' tar. an I cr xil Hie bane ; ain as til wnnnd ed man involuntary put lis hand to the p'ace he leinemhered that it was on the right ear of his ai I i-o .is! that Hie melon seed had fallen. Here ended the firs, lesson. - A inn ilh had p ssed H's friends cheri-hed the fin d but delusive hope Ibat b tu i.s.or s.tl,; o, inn nuio ti.r. cap am, when anolher note a challenge of course and another one of fhose accursed melon te'di arrived, wilh the captain's apolo'.'v, on Ihe score of ill health, for not ondiug it before. Again they met fired simnllanrnnsly, un 1 Ihe i-aptain, who was unhurt, shattered the right el bow of h'n nnlngoni-t the very point upon which In- had been srurk by Hie melon seed and here (iifloil Hie second b'Sson. There was something awfully impressive in the in '. on rra.'i and exquisile skill of his antago nist. The lliird mel.u, seed was still in hu pos session, mid Hie Bigressor had not forgotten that I had struck the nuoirciidiii gentleman upon the . fi In east. A inonih had passed anolher and another, rf tarriMe suspense ; but noihing was heard from the nptain. InlelligeiH-c had been leceivod that lie was confined to hU lodgings ly a very severe ni nes'. At length the gentleman who had been his se cón 1 in Hie furmer duels, oti' e moro pieícnted him'clf. end tendered anolher note, wliiidi, as Ihe recipient perceived on Inking it, contained Hie la-t of the melon seeds. Tlio i.ole was supriscrihcd iti the c ipiifn's well kiio'.vn h lid, lint ,t wa; Ihe writing evidently of no who wrote deficiente maim There was an unusual s lemnity. also, in the manner of liim who delivered it. Tlio seal was bioken, and there was lite melon seed Hi a blank envelope. 'And what, sir, am I lo understand by this?' said the aggressor. 'Yon will understand, sir, that my fiirnd for gives you he is dead ' " THE REAL AND THE IDEAL. Written for Arthur's Home Gaiette. TUG HILLS HV UJC1 LUCOS!. Would you center your home In a panorama of beauty, surpassing all others which tho great Ar tist has painted? Build your house among the hills. Nut in the valley-depilis, wilh near moun tains rising all around you, so that vo ir eye is as weary as your feet would be, wilh con-.tant climbing; but on some giadual slope, where you may command the contrasts of valley and stream, ami hills ever retreating iiito the shadow of greener hills : where you may see far-off summits stand ing blue-veiled before the rising sun or, wrapped in robes of purple mist, swimming and floating in the ebbing tide of sunset splendor, If you let the Hand which penci.lcd that unnt trrrable beauty write its translation within you, and if the souls around you grow up understand ing it, then have you completed the harmony of Ihe scene, and have caught some dawning beams from the glory of the 'new heavens and the new earth.' For what can that gulden time be, but a perfect unison in the son that rises from na ture and from the heart of man? a correspond ence between a beautiful humanity, happy, be cause holy, and a beauliful universe, no longer blank and meaningless, because men are blinded by sense ami sin. It is a thing to bo grateful for, to live where tho inward vision can always float away Ihroitgli tho outward, over the undulations of 11 hill-horizon ; the sadness it brings is humanizing, Ihe mystery it binls of, elevating and beholders ire better for beholding, although they may not always know it themselves, But to dwell among Ihe mountains cannot be Ihe lot of all. Well, the little hills ore every where ) the prairie has its mounds, and the lea sido its rocky cliffs. Do not children show the upward instincts (of nature, in their equirrel-liko fondness for climb ing? Here, upon this borren height, perched over with blueberries nd juniper, its grey gra nite rocks flinged round with the graceful boughs of the barberry-bush, we are far enough removed from the grandeur of inland mountain' sctnery. The juvenile population around, doubt less, 111 ink this hill raised for tlx expresa purpose of sustaining that white-walked, black-roofed powder-house, and for the exhibition of sky-rock- ets and Roman candles lo the town, on Ihe Fourth ; , of July evenings. Yet even this elevation of j ea'th brings with it a conscious elevation of soul. ! .These children, who have come up to share our i afier-tea ramble, feel it as well as we. I Lillle two-year obi Fiankie there, w lia thought ! i himself so tired, that he must be carried through .the fill Is, insistí upon climbing ail the lirhett .,..!.. ...OI.-..I ...ll . ... I ...I... !. I... ..sus, w.iiiuui asiisiance 1 aim wosin uu 11,11 , nHied Ihe ti p, gives vent to his emotions of the ' 1 iblime. by tlirow'ng un his cunning little arms, I and uttering a prolonged 'oh I" It is the only fmhol-nnie he can command, for he ha not lea n - '. to la'k yet. I Ho does not see what we older ones do, in the ; wide fcrne around we, who hsva Irod those fronnils in childhood and mature vears. with bolh I ' m nl .I 1 al ,iereoí í'," 'TT'- ZVl la'ielitPr of o r n avm t rven now ecVinp along the banks of jWler sparkling river the waves of von blue ocean wear rt tin-e of sadness for hopes of oun they have bmied. and tirar I Sones they have borne' far away. Thai grave. yard, thickly filled wilh white stones rot a harvest- field wilh sheaves, reminds us of o,-r sweet love- 1 lilossom, which the Reaper has gathered 111 Willi ; i l"í,K.,1": ,. ' Hut, Frankie. dear child "only feci that his ' , ,. ' , , . 1 ' , 1 . fl 1 ' little soul has come out into n great cheerful 1 room, which he is trying to fill with his energetic "OUS !" And there is I.inie, bis slsler, stan.lin;' upon a ledge of trop-roek, crossed over curiously wilh lighter veins. Slie has heard that these veins were pushed through the older rock, when the melted mas wai hot and being stru- k with a singular moisture in their appearance, is shouting Ions to know if they are cooled suffieietilly jet, to tnako it safe for her to step upon them. This other hoy. who has never seen the sin go rloivn fsvrnnl hnlioul i!n.trii,r Iwmse.tons. sraots to know "hat it is that mikes ll.e clouds in the wesf have such bright ruffles or und Ihemj and, I as It' 0 departing day-god drops slowv oul of Hte 1 purple robe of clouds, fervidly ejaculates, 'That I isn't the same sun that shines un In the nnd lie of thesis!" No. little Ben! no more than vnu ere the same 1 now that you will bo in the li gh noon of man-;,! hood, or Hie sunset ot rl I age. At d yet it is the same, only the varying clouds make it serin so '.t rlnrn..t 'tU .U..M, ' n .-..i.n l.l -l,.,l.....r Ihe changes of your skies, mav your Fpiril always be a sun in light, warmth, and beauty. And olí! ve children, be II ems often to come I up to the hills with you for in such an hour as i t .i', "Our sculs have sight of that Immortal sea Which brnieht us hither And sec the chil lrrn sport upon Hie shore, And hear the mighty walen rolling evermore," THE nrXGAItlAN RECALIA. The oifichis! Tiktttv Z.-i.'un? gires 1 parllsiilw account of the recent discovery of the royal Insig nia of Hung ry, the following summary of which !j tsken from tho New York Tribune ; It was fully shown at the outset by Auditor T. Von Karger that Kossuth first toak Hie insignia to Alt-Orsova, bul, being unable wilh any degree of security to ronce d Ihem there, he took them lo ihe Hercules Ba'hs at Melndia. Finding, however, st 1 H les opporlnnity fa hide them there, he re turned forthwith to All-Orsovi, placed them in the house of a certain George Thcodor, and fnallv, by the assistance of tiusfworlhy person, forward ei them ot night across tho Cserna toward (he Wallaehian boundary, on horses bought for Ihe purpose. It was also rendered certain that com panions of Kossuth bad pnrclvscd on Hiélame dav, at Alt-Orsnva. tools for digging, and had at night left for Hie Cserna. The winter on Hie lower Danube havin:r come on very eirly, and covered the earth wilh snow o foot in depth, 110 search eonhl be made for some months in Hie ground about1 Mt-Orsova, and when in April 1850, the snow and ire melted, nil Irr.ces of any excavation bad disap. pe ired, and further research in Ihis quarter was prevented, and the attention of those engaged in it tinned lo anolher part of the kingdom by (he shrewdness of Ihe Kossuth party, who secretly re moved the private rr.arks and signals to a different place. Early lost spring Karjer was ordered to devote himself to the task of seeking Hie chost in which Hie insignia was deposited. Ho started on the principle fhft the secret could have been impar led to but few persons in order lo nl to i" t r on y degree of security, and that Ihey must have chosen same point which could easily be found again by them or their messengers even upon Ihe lapse of years, and, fnrtlir, (hat they could have crossed ihe Cserna by only ene way, nnd that the place of concealment must be beyond that river, a region affording hut few plaees suited to their object. Although a prelly thorough knowledge of the sur face of Ihis terrilo-y had been gained previously, a most thorough and careful examination was once more begun. This lasted severs! months in oil we lliers. and even throughout the clear moon light nights of July and August. Every upturned clod, every hush, tree, broken branch, stone, rut, or scratch in the earth was noted, the same spots were passed over rn 1 over again by tho-e rngrged lii'lhe search, somet tnes in one direction, some tim'es in another, now leaving Ihe spot 111 desnair of finding flic clue, and yet. as if called bark by some higher power, (says the Austrian writer,) reluming again lo the charge. The result of all this research W"i the conviction that the tokens of the placo of concealment must 'be found in some peculiar conformation of the earth or hills, or in peculiar tree or Irees. Knrjrr concluded finally that the desired siga must be sougnt omong the trees. Now began anew a careful examination of Ihe cut ire wooded district, and at lost in a solitary spot, almost hidden from the eye, am) not far from an old road un travelled for the last fifteen years, which once led to Wallachia, was noticed a clump of trees in which many hranchesjhad been lopped or parlially cut, ami which on Ihe whole presented somewhat the appearance of having been trimmed with some special object in view. Next it was noticed that branches found entangled in the thorn bushes nmi in branches of other trees belonged lo Irees in Ihe clump, which showed thai these could not have been trimmed by the peasantry for Cue). In pro cess of these examinations on elegant wstch key was found and on axe handle, which indicated tint a man of the heller classes had (ssided in the work. This, taken in connection with the light and Mable soil, Ihe peculiar position of the trees, completely covered with creeping plants, the soli tary position of the place, and yet its proximity to Ihe Danube on the one hand, and the Turkish. Servian boundary on the other, awakened in Kar ger's mnd a feeling of the highest confidence (hat Ihe place was found. He had been instructed not lo begin the work of removing the earth until he had tinmistakeahle signs of having found the rip-lit place) but he was now so sure, that on the Olh of September last a pace of twenty sonare fathoms was marked out. and men set to work examining it by dig ring ditches at intervale of a font and a half, which were to be extended in neb direction icrosi the gura inclosed here in the bend of Ihe rivsr Allien, on which lb clump of trees stood. On the 8th of tvptember, at titeen minutes past 8 in tht morning, a rraii it work in the prolongation of Ihe lecor.d ditch tm k inmelhiu;; which give metallic ring, and a mu- ment later, a well locked Iron bo w.14 espuied, ti-kcn to a place of lately, opened by force. Ind the ..u-tiios l.al once morí the Crown uf ft. 6l-..n 1.. tl.-i Inn s.ivii.iso u .hkihivh. SATURDAY NIGHT. What ViosioJ. things Saturday Xiuhta ar. writoi Dome one In tho Tribune, and what would tho world do without them? Those broathlne; MimnAnlt in HiA tpAmnlnn, tnll.ssn of tiffl , tbista 1tllj twljht, in t,c ijronll mi .;, ,tn of MUIU Hi II I tlllf III HIV UIUHU IIIIU it'll Klflie VI ".i, when palo ve.terdtivi look benutiful thro' : . " . '' 'hudotr,, on, fitces "changed'' Ion! to, smilo iwoetly ng.iin in tlie liusiq Wnen ono r- liiMnhPM ' 'tho old folki t home," rtrj thcnl't fashlone-d Uro, nnil tho old arm-clnir, nnd tho little brother that died, and tho littla titter that was "tmri'ateil." Saturday Nighti mnko pcoplo human let their lufirts to beating loftly, n they used to ,, i,.,,., .,, .....t.,",. ;,, s,.., im:ii sos, i'liu lllllKTU SlldUl Hit" flllf ,'.. ...11 i,i,... :.u .... lrums, mid inrrod thorn to pieces with tattoes. Tho ledger closes with a clash j the iron Juoreil vnults come to with a bang up go tin shutters wilh a will ; click goes the key in tho on'-. It is Si'tiirlay Night, and busicess hrcmlies free ngain. ' Homeward, ho! Tho door (hit his been anr nil the week getitlr closes behind him ; the world i shut out. Shut out ? Shut in, the rather. Hero nro bis treasure' after ail, nnd not in tho vault, and not in the book snvo the record in tho old family Dibit nnd not in the bank. Mayb.i you nro a Bachelor, frosty nnd forty. Theiiif 0 r follow ! Saturday Night it nothing to you. as ron n 10 nothing to anybody. Oet wife, biiio-oyed or black orcd, but above all, truo-oyed-get a littlo homo, no matter bnw ;t,l0. n,i liiil,, nfa.. in.t to hold two. t,r ttvn half, und then get the two, or the two and ,1, - , . Bnt,mliiv Niht. and then rend this paragraph by tho light of your wifo'ioyeij nri'l thank trod and take courage. The dim and dustv ilinps arc iwcpt up: tht i hammer is nlrendv"thrown down, tlio apron ii doC'cd, nmi Lnbor hastens with light itcp, homeward hound. 'Sntunlny Night I" focbly murmurs tho ln guishin' Itiilr, ns lio turns wearily upon Lor conch, '"and is there nnother to eomf" "Saturday Night, nt Inst!" whispers tho , Weeper nbovo tho dying, "and it is Sunday to' morrow, and to-morrow." . . The French Court at play. ' . Tlio French Emperor and his young bride np pour to bo enjoying themselves, if w ore to credit Accounts, in it way that would ibock tho dignity of legitimacy. They soem to rejoico , to escupe from tho sti IT routine of n Court, nnd to partake, like other fellow-mortals, of unfet tered amusements. A correspondent of the New York Observer givci an account of n pic nic, indulged in by the imperinl party, nt it hunting lodge belonging lo the Emperor, lit' tinted nbnut twelve miles from Pnria. A par ty nf young folks on tlio Wisnhicon could scarcely givo themselves to onjorment willl moro zest than the French Court is described at having done on this oeonsinn. Evcryhody par took of tho sports, from the Emperor end Em- 1 press down. Tho Indies were dressed in mnilint without ornaments ; tho gentlemen in ordinary costume thcro was no formality, hats being kept on regardless of Louis Napoleon's rank. Whilo tho dinner tuble was being cleared, In order thnt tho party might uso the dining room for daneine, a gnme of foot ball went on lit front rrf tho Lodge, the Emperor nnd Empreit'1 pnrticitnting in it ns lively ns tho liveliest' Tho latter entered into it with such spirit tlml she toro her dross ns it beenmo entangled in her satin boot. During the dance, which was curried on with tho greatest animation, they lnughoil, talked, nnd romped; ns the spectator who dosoribed it writes, "thert was nothing but , fun nnd frolin." Tho firm dignity of Queen Victoria, not les ' than tho haughty oxclusivenejg of the Ciar, -would haro boon shocked ot Ihe mere proposi. tion of such nn ol fresca soenc. Nor, ns thft 1 New York Observer remarks, would "the best ' Bociuty" f a New England village have been less, liorriflnd at such a nic-nic. Yot, If wrt fnney might, the French Emperor and Kmpres not moro sensibly in this henrtv abnndonmCrt to foruii than either tho British Queen nr otti own preciso Yankee girls. The one has the ' boldness to throw conventionalism aside, the other is-afraid todo anything that is in the lonst natural. For, in theso pio-nics nt tht French court, there appear tobo no impropri-, otin permitted : everything is "free nnd en'v,"' so fur ns etiquette is concerned, but everylhin ' nlso is strictly correct, We havo no dmjbt thot it is with tho keenest lest their majesties enter into thoso amusements, nnd tho one finding in ' them n relief from tho nlTuirs nf stato. the other tl momentary escape from tho formalities of palace. The French hate a happy knack, more over, ot enjoying lifo better than wh Ameri cans. They know well tho truth of tlio old adage, that "nil work end no plnv mnkce .fncti a dull boy j" and, in all stations, abandon thetn selvos to n holiday with a glee, that, even to , the old, brings back again the jnyousnesi ot childhood, ; " Tho Empress, it wo.ild seem, is almost as fond nf n gun ns she is nf dancing nnd riding. Wo published, the other day, ntt account of he. skill nt illicit shooting a strange employment for ft Indv, most American Indies will r.j Yet is not the objection principally, if not Entirely, conventional ? Our excellent .grandmothers thought it neither (inlady-liko rlor childish lo. bo considered good shots, ond niton, indeed, ' exhibited their skill nt the expehse of n deer, : or wild turkey, or oven, in cases of extremity, nt Hint of nn Indian. Field sports, discreetly ' indulged in, improve, the health, so thnt ther'o is renlly more solid sense in npproYing, than in . denouncing such recreations.. English Indies follow tlio hounds, bod prido themselves uponit . it why should not French ladies be nllowetl to handle a fowling piece? One is m moch the fashion of good sooioty ns tin! other, , Our ' prime reformers, who profess to be "rightcr" than all tho rest of tho world put together, oon. ' tend for ladies wearing breeches, haranguing1 up end down rhe ooootir, ted friSwUating