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VOLUME III. SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO, FEBRUARY 18, 1854. NUMBER 30 Santa je iUcckln ajcttc TERMS. ' WEEKLY- $2 50 a year, payable invariably in advance; single copies 12 1-2 cents. Advertise ments. $1 CO per square of ten lines for the first, ii.iertiun, and iUcts. for every subsequent insertion. PROSPECTUS SASTA FE WEEKLY GAZETTE. The Santa Fs Weeklt Gazette, an EnglUb and Spanish newspaper, is published every'Suturilay n the city of Santa Fe, Territory of Now Mexico. In politics it will aim to be a sound democratic1 Journal ; But' in addition, it will be devoted to General Literature, and I lie current news of the day, and no pains will be spared to fill its columns with interesting matter. Particular attention will be paid to such information as will be useful and important to the people of the Territory, to a development of the agricultural, mineral and other resources of the country. The latest news from the United States will always be found in its columns, together with the most interesting items from other parts of the world. To the native population of the Territory, such a piper will be invaluable, as it will be, in a great measure, the only channel through which they will be able to obtain information from other parts of the t'nion. To the people of the States, this paper cannot fail to be of deep interest, and will givejhem the only correct account of this far off and growing Territory, they can possibly obtain amlwc "half be careful always to have the latest news for our distmt readers. New Mexico, heretofore, lias been almost an unknown land, but if our Memls in the slates will subscribe for the "Gailttk," they will soon become as well acquainted w.tll it. as any other portion of our country. Tills is Hie opening oí Now Year, and there could not be a better lime to subscribe. , Tunis only $.! Ml per annum and advertising and job work done at the lowest possible price. " W. W. II. DAVIS, .' i'.'ilor. Sarda Fe, N. M., Jan. 2, 154. United states District Court for the Firs! Judicial . District of the Territory of New Mexico, and , county of Santa Fe. September term A. ü. 1SÍ3. Charles II. Mcrritt Stephen Oldliam and Benjamin J. Thompson, surviving partners of llio liitc Assumpsit in attach. linn of Flonrnov. Oldham & Co. I This day came the said plamlill by his attorney, and it appearing to the satisfaction of tho couil that neither of the said defendants are residents of the Territory of New Mexico, but reside beyond the limits thereof, so Ihat Hie ordinary procos of law cann d be executed un n them, It i therefore brdered that they the sai I defendants enter Iheir ap pearance hereto on or before the first day of the next lenn of this court to be begun and held at llie court house in the city of Sania Fe, on the third Monday of March A. D. IKÓ4, and plead, nwcr or demur to pi it. I ill's petition, or judgment will be rendered against them. It is further ordered thul 'publication be made U this order according to jaw. .' : ' ' ' i I, Lewis D. Sheets, clerk of the district court for the fust judicial district of the Territory of New Mexico, certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the order m de its this came, . In testimony whereof I hereto set my hand and the seal of said court, i thiiüJd dav of Januarv. Itl. Ll). HE'ET, Oik. Mim'EZUMA mix. THE uiulerfigncd desirfs to inform her friend and the public, thai she has now moved her establishment to the building on the plaza known as the Moiilemuoa Hull, wbeie she will always keep on band the best kind of liquors and beei. Attached to the Hall is a fine stable always well supplied with forage. ' CAROLINE STEIN. Santa Fe, Jan. 7, 1851 3m gOlITIIEH.V MAIL. , WINTER ARRANGEMENT. THti southern mail via El Paso to Sin Antonio, Texas, leaves Santa Ko on Ihc lblli of each .month, arrives at El Paso in from six toeijlit days, and reaches San Antonio on the 14ih of the next .month. Returning, leaves San Antonio on the lulh .of the same, arrives at El I'aso in from 11 to IS days, and reaches Santa Fe on the Mill of the next month, making the trip throiiL'li in from 25 to 21 days, winter and summer. The Contractor has pared no expense in placing upon this route spring carriages the best adapted for the convenience as well as comfort of passengers Persons going to, or coming from the States will find this a very pleasant route, particularly during the winter months, as it is entirely free from the intense told and heavy snows that so frequently obstruct the estero mail route to Independence. "' ! ' ' ; RATES OF FARE. ' $125 00 through from Santa Fe to s'an Antonio. , 30 00 from Santa Fe to El Paso. : Passengers allowed 401bs baegage. J HENRY SKILLMAN. N.B Passengers not required to stand guard. : Santa Fe, Oct. 7, MW-tl . THE undersigned begs leave to inform his friends and the public generally, that he is prepared i to do all kinds of cabinet and carpenter's work on , the most reasonable terras. Siop, two doors above the store of Jesus Lova. anta fe, May 7, lHoX-y JAMES H CLIFT. ., .;,,i , : NOTICE. 'vrOTICE Is hereby given, that I.John W. Gum, . ot the county of Montgomery and Slate of .Missouri.. will apply for a duplicate of homily laud !' warrant No. 6M,7lli. for leal acres in lien or origi 'nal in my name, which Imsheen lost or nicinie l, -so thai i have not received it. Said w..frniit 'pile'1 under the act of February. Il.li, Ib IV, and ''directed to nie al Santa Fe, New Mexico.,1' JOHN W. GLRN. .(.;?; (W.W4--133 ll- ': ! ;. 1 LEGAL KOTICE. W. W. II. DAVIS, (distiiict attorney or tub united states roa NEW MEXICO,) ATTOliXEY AMD COUNSELLOR AT LAW, Santa fb, new Mexico, ILL practice in all the courts of Hie Ten i- tory. Office in the same room occupied by the Secre tary of the Territory. , .-r. SKfEHENCF.S. Hon. C. dishing, Att. Gen. U. S. Hon. Geo. M Dalla', Piulada. ' . Hn. R. Brorlhea.l, U. 8. Senate.? . : Hon. Simon C iñeron. I'enna. (en. It. Patterson. Pliihda. Col. Thomas J. Whipple. New York. -U nblock, Heed & Co., Piulada. James, Kent & Sautec, " Wood, bacon & Co., " Ol'FICK OF COM. OF SUB,. AL8CO.UF.RqUK, N. M. JAN. 14, lito I. SEALED PROPOSALS will be received -at this ofilce till 12 o'ciOCcV, M., on Wednesday, the 15th day of M rch, 1851, for furnishing floiir and salt to the United States Troops at the points and in the quantities mentioned as follows: Near El Paso 100,000 pounds of flour 175 biitlicls of suit. At Fort Fillmore 1 0,000 po Is of 11 ur 17.) bu.-hcls oí salt. Fort Thorn,Santa Barbara 8H.0U0 pounds of flour 100 bushels of salt " Tcralla 120,000 po inds of flour " Albuquerque 250.i'0 pounds of Ibmr lU)!ll.lit.Sl,(:ill "' Fuit Union fill. 000 pounds of Hour The flour and sail must he of superfine qualilv. and detiieri'd in si rung cotinn 'diillmg" double s .( I; of loll pounds ca'-ll. J'lopnMiU nr miiH for the whole amount, for th't reipi retl at several points, oi for that required it any p rlu ilar fioint ' The einitiact or eonlr els lo he made for one year, . ml the fathl'iit fulfilment llwreof to be giuttaniifd by Iwo . resp nsiule securities, whose n-in-'S mini be entered in ttie iroposals One I'ourlli of ihe aiunuiit required at each point must be delivered quarterly, commencing on the 1st dav of august, tfift t. The p'int'ipal commissary st tioned in New Mexico, will reserve the right of "iiicreastng'or ktlllll'lishlllg,' the amount lo he delivered al cacti and every point, ''by one iun," by giving six months' notice to that elfect. The iiinlersigiii'il reserves the right of rejecting all bids that he considers nnrensnnat'le. ISAAC I10WKN, Oapt. A. 0. S. Jon, 23, 1854-7133 1'Koros.ii.s ron cAnuvixu the MAILS. PROPOSALS for rarrvmg the Mails of the L'uileJ States, from the 1st day of July, 1851, to Ihe 1st dav of J nl v. 1K5S, in Ihe Stale of CMi furnia, and in Ihe Territories of Oregon, Utah, and New Mexico, will he received at the Contrail Ollice of Hie Posl Office Derailment, in the Cit) of Washington, until 9 A. hi. of the 3d April. lSj-1. (lo be decided by Ihe 23d of April, 1X51,) on the routes and In tho times herein specified, via : IN NEW MEXICO. 12900 From 'anta Fe. by Albuquerque, Socorro, JJ..R i Ana, Foil Fillmore, Frontero (Tex as), El Paso, San Eli7.u'io, Magolfiinsville, and Leona, to San Antonio, U10 miles and bark, once a month. Leave Santa Fe on the 1st of each month Arrive in San Antonio in 25 days. Leave San Antonio on the 1st of each mniilh , Arrive at S uta Fe in 25 days. Iliils lo carry twice a month are invited $ els ' bids to make tlm trin in 20 days. ' 12901 From Sama Fe. by La Cfii a, to Fernando de Titos, 70 miles and back, twice a month. L'ave Santa Fe on the 1st and 16th of each month, at H A. M Arrive at Fernando de Taos by the 3d and nihnt 12 M Leave Fernando de Tans on the 12th and liHih or each month at 8 A M Arrive at Santa Fe by the I -It ll and 30lh at 12 M. Hids for weekly trip' ore invited. 12902 From Donan.l, by Fort Reiki ap, to Caines. villa in Texas, and back, once in two weeks. Bidders to state distance mid schedule of arrivals and departures. Bids for weekly trips are invited. FORM FOR A BID. Where no change from nthwtiv'mmt U contemplate! by the bi liter. "I (or we, as Ihe rase may be) here write the name or names in full of here "late the residence or reshlp(ice.s hereby propose to carry the mail on route Nu. , from' to , as often as the Postmaster Generd's advertisement foe pro posals for the same, dated October 13. 1853, re quires, in tin time staled in the schedules con tained in said advertisment, and by the following mode of Conveyance, to wit : here st..te how it is to he conveyed, for the annual sum of here write out the sum in words at full length Dated. ' f Signed. form of a Guáranla. The undersigned undertake that, if the forego ing bid for carrying the mail on route No. be acrepted by the P-istmaster General, the bidder shall, prior to the 1st day of July next, enter into the required obligation to perforin the service pro posed, with good and sufficient sureties. Dated Signed by two guarantors. Form of Certifícate. The undersigned (poimni'er, judtr, or a clerk of a enurt of record, as Ihe rase may be) cert fins thai he is well aequainted w;th the above guaran tors and their property, end that they are men of prnnertv and able to make good their rnartriir. Dated "igiied. INSTRUCTIONS. enii li'i'UiT tu he i"vinii'7 H in lie aor. i iuy i'c;a i I M'.'.s ío IU tx'eat tU . nrn-.fr. ... fi-p.) iil.i I. Seven minutes' sre" allowed to each Inter- ,-tho srccifinh: i. ; . " ' -mediate office, ivhon not otherwise specified, for heu tlm-wails are of such sito and weight , ssiorting Ihe mails... . , I On motet, where the mode of eeryveyanre admils of it, Ihe special agents ot tho Department, also post ofice blanks, mail bags, locks .aqd, keys, are to be conveyed without extra charge. : 3. No pay will be made for trips not performed and for eiich of such omissions not satisfactorily explained three times the pay of Ihe trip may be deducted, For arrivals so far behind time as to break connexion with depending mails, and not sufficiently excused, one-fourth of the compensa tion for the trip is subject to forfeiture. Deduc tion may also be ordered for a grade of perform ance inferior to that specified in the contract. For repeated delinquencies of Ihe kind herein specified enlarged penalties, proportioned to the nature thereof and the -iuipoitance of the mail, inw be made. ' . 4. For leaving behind or Inrowing off Ihe mails or any portion of them for the admission of pas sengers, or for being concerned in setting up or running an express conveying commercial, intelli gence ahead of the mail, a quarter's pay may be deducted. 5. Fines will he imposed unless the delinquency he promptly and satisfactorily explained by cer tificates of postmasters or tho affidavits of other credilalilf persons, for f.ulii g to arrive in contract time for neglecting to take the mail from, or de liver it into a post ollice for siilli'iing it (either owing lo the ttiisuitahleness of the plaee or manner of carrying it) lo be injured, destroyed, robbed or lost and for refusing, afler demand, to convey the mail as frequently as the contractor runs or is con cerned in iuuiinig a coach or steamboat on a route. ... 0, The Postmaster general may annul Ihe con tract for repealed failures to nip ngreeatily to contract for disobeying the post ollice laws, or Ihe insisiiclious of the Depaitinenl ; tor refusing to dibchaige a carrier when required by the Depart ment to do so for assigning tlie contra. t wqboiit the assent of Hie PiMuiaMer Geueialj for lynning an express as aforesaid) or fur iran-spurting' p.-r-MUis or packages conveying mailable matter out of the mail. 7. The Poslmasler genetal may order an in-en-ase of service on i route liy iiilnwii.g tlo'iefor a pio rata increase on the coiilmel pay. lltf may nli-o outer an iiiVlen-e of pay lor tlie iuhl.tioii.il -link or carrii'is if any. l'lie connacior may. however, in the case of increase of speed, relin quish the conduct by giving prompt notice to the Oi'pilltllielil that lie prefers il.Mlig so lo carrying the eider into cli'ect. Tlie Pos.inaler tieueiai may aUo curiad or dis ontttitie llio service at pro ruin uecrease of pay, if he allow one month's extra compensation on the amount dispensed with, whenever in his opinion tiic punlic interests do not require the same, or in i'a?e he d-'sires to super, c.ie il by a dili'ereiit grade of tr. iispoitiilioii. Ho may also clianue the limes of arrival itnd departing (provided he does not cutlail the ruiuiiuluie) without inrreaijing Hie py, S. l'jymenis will be made for the service through drafts on postmasters, or otherwise r.fler tho expiration of each quarter siy in February, May, August and November. 0, llie distances are given according to the best information) lint no increased pay will be allowed should they he greater than advertised, if the points to be supplied be correctly stated 10. The Poslmasler Genual is prihibitcd by law from knowingly making a contract for '.he tianspoiiation of the mails with any person n ho shall have entered into, or proposed lo, enter into any combination to prevent Hie making of any bid for a mail contract by any other person or persons, or who shall have made any agreement, or shall have giveior performed, or promised to give or perform any consideration whalever, or to do or not lo do any thing whatever, in order to in duce any other person or persons not lo bid for a mail contract. Particular nllention is called to Hie 28th section of the act of 1830, piobibiliug combi nations lo prevent bidding 11 A lull received utter lime, vin. 9 a M. of the 3d Apiil 1851. or wiihoul the guaranty re quired by law, or th I combines several routes in one sum of compensation, cannot be considered m competition with a regular proposal reasonable in amount, 12. A bidder tmy offer, where the trampoita. tion called for by the advertisement is ditlicult r iuipriicttc.ihle at ceitain seasons, to substitute an inferior mode of conveyance, or U, intermit ser vice a specified number of days, weeks or months. He may propose to omit nu inaccessible ollice, or one not (in Ihe stage or railroad, or al a steamboat landing, as the case may be ; or he may oiler lo sulislMiite an interior mode of supply in such cases. He in .y propose different times of arrival and d -parliire, provided no more running time is a-ked, and no mall connexion prejudiced. He may ask additional running tune for tie trip during a specified number of days in seasons of very bad roads i but beyond these changes a propost.l for service difleriiig from that called for by the ad veilisement will not be rour.idered in competition with a regular hid reasonable in amount Where a bid contains my such alterations, their disadvan tages will be estimated m comparing it with oilier proposals. 13. There should be but one route bid for in a proposal 14. The route, the service, llio yearly pay, Ihe name and residence of llie bidder) and Ihoseof each member of a firm, where a company oilers, should be distinctly slated, also the mode of con veyance it a higher mode Iban horseback be in tended. 15. The bid should be Font under seal, address ed lo Ihe second assistant I'nstmislcr General, su perscribed '-Mail proposals in the, Suite of- It shoul I be guar "iilied and the sufficiency of the goarnntars certified (see fonnsj nnd should be dis patched in tune to be received by or before II a. h. of the 3d April 1854. 15. The contracts are to be executed and re turned to the Department by or before the 1st of July 1854. 17. Under the act of March 3 1R 15, the routes are lo be let to Ihe lowest bidstenilering sulileieiit guaranties, without oilier reference to the mode of transportation than may be necessary for the due celerity, certainty and security of such trans portation. ' When the lowest hid proposes a mnile of conveyance inadequate to tin due celerity, cer tainly and security of the mails, it will not be ac cepted. 18. When the bid does not specify a mode of conveyance, also when it proposes lo carry 'ac cording to the Dilver'iseineut.' but without such specification, it will bo considered as a proposal for horseback servh e. HI Since the pasnge of (he act of March 3, 1815, a new deieiipllon of hid his heen received. It does not specify a mode of conveyance, hut en. gai'es lo to lake the entire uuiil each trip with ee'eri'v, ' ei-tai-itv mid seen i V . uJin r Hie terms of the hue. Tlieve huN are sly led, fmm the manner , in which they me ileap'ria'ci! on the hooks of tpe i llciiar' nient. Vnr uV Tile evperienee of the 1) I'lirl'iieiit enables it lo lay doivn llie fullowuig Wh'Mi tli11 ni'lil rirt tlii ro-ito is not io hir ' rts to reoje two h irv.s e.nin'h ivinvor-inei1. n s'ar lnit,.if. thu inwesi, v, ill mivitys l)e pci I'crre'd to as to render it necessary, in reference to them nlono, to próvido two hone oonclitwnvcjanso, tho specilio bid, though tho highest, for conch sorvioQ, if adjudged to bo entirely sufficient for tho routo, will bo preferred to the star bid, in cuse the dilTorenoa ia not such ns to interfere witli tho policy of the law of 1845, which looks to a reduction in tho oost of transportation. Exceptions, howevor, may be allowed whore tho star bid is made by the owner of tho stock now used on tho routo iu llio porforuianco tf coach service. On routes of tho hiiher. horso coach or stemnbont trmioportntion is ro nnired liv thn ainíin.! ... r..-,. ,i. . i j ... L-.V.,MU iiiipuiiiiiieu ui uie mnus, and tho specilio lid is adjudged sufficient for tho route, tho preference- for tho spooilio lid will bo if necessary, curried to n greutes extent of difference than on tho inferior couch routes. 20. A modification of a lid, in tiny of its es sential terms, is tiintiimount to n new bid, and cannot bo reenivr.il. an nm n,tneFoA ..l. . 7 "V VU IllUt I Ui V fl ltd I O guiar competition, after tho lust hour set fur C... ,, III UIH, 20. I'ostm - , w i-u v.imiui nut iu cur- tily tho milhoieucy of guarantors or sureties minimi, allowing unit tney ,lr0 persons of suffi cient responsibility; iindiill bidders, guarantors mid sureties urn iliatmoilv n,,r;r,...l ,Ki ,. .. r luro to enter into or to perforin tho contracts fur tho servioii nt-nt,,,,! r., :.. it. .. i. i bi'ls, their legal liubilitics will bo enforced a- gaum iiiein. 2.2. Tho contrnnl nrt irill ta ,,VhlAHi!ll.. ,1 , " uw poosiuiiiiiiiiv ,i, the torins heretofore used in this Department, ;.-i-.' in mu rospceis particularly mentioned in thoso instructions ; and on stemnbont routes tin contractors will bo required to deliver tho mails into tho nna nin..., .. i. i .i , " I VMlLO MV lilt, CIIU1 1,1 Hid routes and into all the iinmcilhito post offices. .... i Kini-iit ooniruoiors mm persons known nt the Deinrhnont mn,i it.. .i I ., i-n.t..iiti milium Uliiurs, procure ginronlors and certilieiites of their su- iiieiennj- oiusuimiuiiv in tho forms nbovo prss erilie l. Tha certificates of siillioicncv must be sigile, by 11 IHt milnloe. nr n I,,,!,,,. . !.!. ,. f it court el record. JAMFS CAMPBELL, Post Mister General. Post Orrrcie DunniMivT. fir "rnnm til Iftt OCtlj Wl2w FttU S IKE. rnUE GOVERNMENT MILL, es it stands, to 1 ireiher wuh two pieces of land, and a good D'AKLLINH HOUSE, all situated within a mile ol Hie plaza of Santa F. The mill is composed of one pair of stones for a grist null, and a circular saw-mill, all easy i f repair. Terms cash. Hale subject to the approval of Ihe cotum ndiiig general ot the Department.. En quire of the Act. Assistant QtrABTER Masto. Sania Fe, Feb. 7, 1854. If. MOKTGACE SALE. BY VIIITUE of a decree of foreclosure of Mortgage of II United States distiiet court within and for Ihe connly of Sania Fe. Territory of New Mexico, al Ihe June term, 1853. in Hie case of Fruicis A. Cunningli .m vs Challes 8 ftumley, William O Ardinger. and Reuben F. Green, commanding me of the goo Is and challéis, lands and tenements of Hie said defendants, lo cune lo be made Hie sum of three Iho'fnnd seven hundred and fifty dollar, 0,l( ciglitv-fonr cinls damages, thirty-five dollars and ninety.eight cents rostí of suit, and Iwo hundred and fifty-eight dol ían and fifty cents costs of increase, and Ihe costs that may accrue, and in default of the payment thereof, to expose to sale the tenements hereinafter described, I will exuose In public sale and sell lo the highest bidder, for cash in band, in front of Ihe court house in Ihe citv of Sania Fe, on Wednesday, the 22d day of March next, between Ihe hours of 10 o'clock, A M.'nntt 4 o'clock, P.M. of said dav, the following real estate, to wit : A cerlain piece of land, wilh the hou.es and im provemenls thereon, situate, lying and being in the oily of santa Fe, and hounded ai tollow: On the north by the street which runs from the south-east corner of the public plaza to Hie parish church, and known as Ihe real San Fiansisco, and running on said street from Ihe plaza lo Hie house and lls of Fran'iscn Baca v "'errus) on the east by the house anil lots of Francisco I) ica y Terms, and running one hundred and seventy-five feet with said house and lots from the slreet first mentioned 'hence on the eoulh by a line drawn wilh the first old court wall lo Ihe lands of Juslo Pino) on the west by the lands o' Jinto Pino, formerly known as Ihe Jnited Slates Hotel, one hundred and seventy-live feet to the said first mentioned corner of Ihc public pi a, wilh all Ihe piivileges and appur tenances Iheroiinto belonging. And elsn. a cerlain piece or p reel of land with Ihe houses Ibereon, situate in the city of S nta Fe, hounded on the east by Hie street leading from the parish church to the rio Chiquito) on the sonlh by the Rio i on the west by the principal Ireel lead ing fiom Ihe city of Santa Fe lo San Miguel, being Ihe same piece (if land nd buildings iv w known as Ihe New Fxrh'tige, wilh ll Ihe privileges ai d appurtenances thereunto heloncing. CIIABLK4 BLUMNEU, U. S. Marshal. Sania Fe, Feb. 2, 185l.0w34 A clergyman who liml cnnsideriiulo of a farra, m was gonerally tho caso in our fathers' days wont out to sco ono of his lakuvr?, who was in tho fiold plowing, and found liim sitting on tlie plow, rest ing his toara. "John," eaid he, "would it not bo a good plan for you to Iiavo a stub scythe here, and bo hubbing a few bushes while tho oxen aro resting?" Jnhn, withaconntcnanco which might well become tho clergyman himself, in stantly replied: " WouM it not bo well, sir, for you to Iiavo a swingling board in tlie pulpit, and when they are singing, to swinglu alittlo fiav?" The reverend gentleman turned on his hoel latiL'iK'd heartily, and said no more about bobbing bushes. . . . ., ., Mrs! Favt'ngiVn liiment that she shall tver 1- nil!.' to snpprt'Ss herself correct ly. 'Whenever I open my mouth,", sbo says, "lam suretojxf my foot into il." COURT3UIF3 OF GREAT MEX. If, my young friend, you desire to be como tho husband of a good wife, do not "stoop toconqner" tho maidens. Rather bo burned by tho slow tiro of love cum cealed, than cringe belbro a fellow crea ture. Never flatter. That you declaro yourself a woman's lover is a proof that you believe her to bo worthy of esteem. It is both useless and wrong to talk to a woman of her virtues I uso the word in its largest acceptation because slut knows them till, anil ifslio docs not, stieh igneranco is bliss ;' wrong, because our good qualities aro attended by a destroy ' ing devil, which, if you speak of them, ' appears and hills tfiem, and takos the " placo which they occupied. In our times, all women, when in lovo, are aetresscss; they feign coldness which they do not feel, and often say what they do not mean. In tho days of the patri archs, n woman's conduct was the child of her heart. But let us tell how they were courted. William tiiu CuNyn-non. William, sur-nnmed tho Conqueror, of England, loved Matilda, tho beautiful daughter of tho Earl of Flanders, a wealthy, potent, ' and politic prince. As a statesman he wa3 desirous for a league with the father; as a man, ho yearned fur a union with tho daughter. She was comely and le arned, "a mirror of piudence and perfec tion of virtue." She was fought in mar riago by the greatest sovereign in Euro pe. William wbs a hnndsoino man, an alilo legislator, and a warrior of renown, 'nt his addresses were coolly received I for Matilda was enamored of á young An glo Saxon nobleman, who treated her as sho treated William. For seven years did ho servo an apprenticeship to Cupid; at tho expiration of which, &ays Agues Strickland, ho. 10-17,waylaid Ü at Ida in tho streets of Bruges, a sho wa? return ing from mass, seized her, rolled her in the dirt, spoiled her rich array, and not content with theso outrages, struck her repeatedly, and then rodo ofi'n full speed. This teutonic method of courtship brought tho aihVr to a crisis ; for Matilda, con vinced either of the strength ofWilliam's passion by tho violeneo of his behaviour, or afraid of venturing a second beating, consented to becamo his wife. How he ever presumed to enter her presence Aga in, after such a scries of enormities, tho chronicler saith not; and Strickland bo ing a woman, says bIio is at loss to ima gine. "The marriago between tho royal con sins took placo in 1050, atWilliain'sown Castlo ofAgni, in Normandy, whither Matilda was with great pomp conducted by her illustrious parents and n noblu company of knights and Indios." Lives nf the Queens of Emjland, vol. 1. This unilatering mode of "sparking," is not still extinct. It exists among tlia aboriginal inhabitants of the Australian group, which has justly been styled the "country of contradictions." Their treat ment of tho female sex, says Dr. Hugh Murray, in his Encyclopedia of Geogra phy, is of all other particulars, the most atrocious. Their courtship consists in tho most brutal violence. Tho intended husband, having contrived to lind nlono tho unhappy victim of his love, begins by beating her to the ground with a club; then accumulates blows, till sho becomes altogether senseless, when ho drags' her to his hovel regardless of her striking a gainst clubs and stones, till under such promising auspices sheii fixed in his es tablishment. All of theirsubscqucnt life is of a picco witli his outset. Several of tho colonists in rain attempted to count tho Scars with which tho faces of these unfortunato beings wcro variegated. Sir Isaac Nowton. Of tho courtship of this illustrious philosopher, I have somewhere rend an anecdote ; although it is not to bo found in several lives of him which I havo searched. It is well known ho was often absent-minded; that, for example, he would sometimes rise and sit for several hours by his bedsido un dressed, and absorbed in thought ; that ho would often forget to dine until re minded by his domestics, that to live it was necessary to cat. Once, and once only, ho loved a young , woman. Ono evening they wcro seated by tho fireside together, lie sat silently . smoking. Sho was too proud of his lovo to bo ollenilcd by his conduct. At length ho took bis pipe from his mouth, and seis ed her hand. She expected that ho was about to kiss it. Instead of doing bo, however, ho stirred tho tobacco in the head of his pipe with her fore finger a rather odd substitute. for a pin! Shewae angry with him and their courtship end ed. , v ' Ei.PON.Tho father of lord Eldon, the Chancellor of England, haviiire6olved to t