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V VOLUME III. SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO, FEBRUARY 25, 1854. , - NUMBER 37 Santa fit Ukckln alette TERMS. WEEKLY- $2 50 a year, payable invariably in advance; single copies 12 1-2 cents. Advertise ments, $1 00 per square of ten lines for the first insertion, and 50cts. for every subsequent insertion. PROSPECTUS SANTA FE WEEKLY GAZETTE. Tbí Sahta Vi Weekly Gazitte, in English tin) Spanish newspaper, is published everySaturday, n the city of Sania Fe, Territory of New Mexico. In politics it will aim to be a sound democratic Journal but in addition, it will be devoted to General Literature, and the current news of the day, and no pains will be spared to fill its columns with interesting maMer, Particular attention will be paid to such informal ion as will be useful and important to the people of the Territory, to a development of Hie agricultural, mineral and other resources of the country. The latest news from the United Stales 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 Union. To the people of the States, this paper cannot fail to be of deep interest, and will give them the only correct account of this far off and growing Territory, they can possibly obtain j and we shall be careful always to have the latest news for our distmt readers. New Mexico, herelotore, has been almost an unknown land, but if our fiieuds in the Slates will subscribe for the ''Gazette," they will soon become as well acquainted with it, as any other portion of our country. This is the opening of a New Year, and there could not be a better lime to sabsenbe. Terms only $2 50 per annum and advertising and job work done at the lowest possible price. W. W. H. DAVIS, EdUor. Santa Fe, N. M., Jan. 2, 1851. United States District Court for the First Judicial District of Ihe Territory of New Mexico, and county of Santa Fe. September term A. D. 1853. Charles II. Merritt vs Stephen Oldham and ! Assumpsit in Benjamin J. Thompson, attach, surviving partners of the late firm of Flouruoy, Oldham & Co. j This day come the said plaintilt by his attorney, ami it appearing to the satisfaction of Ihe court that neither of the said defendants are residents of the Territory of New Mexico, but reside beyond the limits thereof, so that the ordinary process of law canin t be executed up"ii Ihem, It i therefore ordered that they the said defendants enter llieir ap pearance hereto on or before the first day of the next term of this court to be begun and held at Ihe court house in Ihe city of Sania Fe, on the third Monday of March A. D. 1H54, and plead, answer or demur to plaintiffs petition, or judgment will be rendered against tliein. II is further ordered that publication be made of this order according to law. 1, Lewis D. Sheets, cleric of the district court for Ihe fust judicial district of the Territory of New Mexico, entity that Ihe foregoing is a true copy of the order in .de in this came. In testimony whereof I hereto set my hand and the seal of said court, this 23d dav of January. 1S54. L. D. SHEET'S, Clk. MOXTESHJM.l HALL. THE undersigned desires lo inform her friends and Ihe public, that she has now moved her establishment to the building on the plaza known as the Monteiiima Hall, where she will always keep on hand the best kind of liquors and bcci. Attached to the Hall is a fine stable always well upplied willi foiage. rr CAROLINE STEIN. Sania Fe, Jan. 7, 1851. 3in SOUTHERN MAIL. WINTER ARRANGEMENT. THE southern mail via El Paso lo San Antonio, Texas, leaves Sania Fe on the 15th ot each month, arrives at El Paso in from six to eight days, and reaches San Antonio on the 14th of the next month. Returning, leaves San Antonio on the 15lli of Ihe same, arrives at El Paso in from 14 to 18 days, and readies Santa Fe on the 14th of the next month, making the (rip through in from 25 to 2H days, winter and summer. The Contractor has. spared 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 cold and heavy snows that so frequently obstruct the eastern mail route to Independence. RATES OF FARE, t 125 00 through from Santa Fe to San Antonio. 30 00 from Santa Fe to El Paso. Passengers allowed 401bs baggage. " HENRY SKILLMAN. N.B. Passengers not required lo stand guard. Santa Fe, Oct. 7, 1853-tf THE undersigned begs leave to inform his friends and Ihe public gonerally, that he is prepared to do all kinds of cabinet and carpenter's work on the most reasonable terms. Shop, two doors above the store of Jeans Loya. Santa Fe, May 7, 1853.-T JAMES H. CLlfT. NOTICE. . NOTICE is hereby given, that I.John W. Gurn. of the county of Montgomery and Slate of .Missouri, will apply for a duplicate of bounty lund warrant No. 59,793, for 180 acres in lieu of origi nal in my name, which has been lost or miscarried, so that I have not received it. Said warrant is sued under the act of February lllh, 1847, and directed to meat Santa F.jNew Mutco. Jan. J8 1854.-0IH LEGAL NOTICE. W. W. II. DAVIS, (district attorney or Tin unmtbd states ros NEW MXICO,) ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, SANTA FB, NEW MEXICO, "yy ILL practice In all the court of the Terri- Ollice in the same room occupied by the Secre tary of the Territory. RBrEHIXCES. Hon. C. dishing, Att. Gen. U. S. Hon. Geo. M. Dallas, Philada. Hun. It. Brodhend, U. S. Senate.; Hon. Simon Cumeron, Penna. Gen. R. Patterson, Philada. Col. Thomas J. Whipple. New York. Haddock, Reed 4. Co., Philada. James, Kent & Santee, " Wood, Bacon Jc Co., " ornci or com. or sua. ALBUQUERQUE. N. M. JAM. 14, 1804. SEALED PROPOSALS will be received at this ofllce till 12 o'ciock, M., on. Wednesday, Ihe 15th day of Mrch, 1H5I, for furnishing (lour and salt lo the United Slates Troops at the points and in the quantities mentioned as follows: Near El Paso 100,000 pounds of flour 175 bushels of salt. At Fort Fillmore 100,000 pounds of flour 175 bushels of salt. ' Fi-rt Thorn,Santa Barbara 80,000 pounds of flour 100 bushels of salt " Peralta 120,000 pounds of (lour " Albuquerque 250,1X10 pounds of flour ouu busliels ot salt. " Fort Union 60,000 pounds of flour The flour and salt must be of superfine quality, and delivered in strong cotton "drilling" double sacks or Kill pounds each. Proposals are invited for the whole amount, for that required at several points, or for that required at any pirticular point. I. lie contract or contracts to be maite for one year, and the faithful fulfilment thereof to be guarantied by two respe nsiole securities, whose n'mes must be entered in the proposals One fourth of Ihe amount required at each point must be delivered quarterly, commencing on the 1st 'lay of August, 1854. The principal commissary stationed in New Mexico, will reserve the right of "increasing" or "diminishing" the amount to be delivered at each and every point, "it ime third," by giving six months' notice to that effect. The undersigned reserves the right of rejecting all bids that he considers unreasonable. ISAAC IJOWEN, Cant. A. C. S. Jan. 28, 1854-7133 PROPOSALS FOR C.IRIUIXG THE NAILS. PROPOSALS for carrying Ihe Mails of Ihe United States, from the 1st day of July, 1854, to the 1st day of July, 1858, in the Stale of Cali fornia, and in Ihe Territories of Oregon, Utah, and New Mexico, will he received at the Contract Ollice of the Post Ollice Department, in the Citi of Washington, until V A. M. of the 3d April. 1851. (to be decided by Ihe 23d of April, 1851,) on the routes and in the times herein specified, viz: IN NEW MEXICO. 12900 From Santa Ke, by Albuquerque, Socorro, Dulii Ana, Fort Fillmore, Frontero (Tex as), El Paso, San Elizano, Magorfiinsville, and Leona, to San Antonio, 010 miles and back, once a month. Leave Santa Fe on the 1st of each month Arrive in San Anlonio iu 25 days. Leave San Antonio on the 1st of each month j Arrive at Smta Fe in 25 days. Bids to carry twice a month are invited ; ais i bids lo make the trip in 20 days. 12901 From Sania Fe. by La Cuíta la, to Fernando de Taos, 70 miles and back, twice a month. L.'ave Santa Fe on the 1st and 15th ot each month, at 8 A. M j Arrive at Fernando de Taos by the 3d and 17th at 12 M Leave Fernando de Taos on the 12th and 28th of each month at 8 A. M I Arrive at Santa Fe by (he 14th and 30th at U M. Bids for weekly trips are invited. 12902 From DonanJ, by Fort Belkrap, to Gaines. ville in Texas, and back, once In two weeks. Bidders lo state distance ind schedule of urrivals and departures. Bids for weekly trips are invited. FORM FOIl A BID. When no change from ailvcrlwment is contemplated oy me ouaer. "I (or we, as Ihe rase may be) There write the name or names in full ot here "tale the residence or residences hereby propose to carry the mail on route No. , from lo , as onen as the Postmaster General's advertisement for pro posals for the same, dated October Id, 1853, re quires, in the time slated in ina scneouics con tained in said anveriismeni, anil oy me ronowing mode of conveyance, to wit : here state how it is to be conveyed, for the annual sum of here write out the sum in words at full length. Dated. fSigul. Form of a Guaranty. The undersigned undertake that, if the forego, ing bid for carrying the mail on route No. be accepted, by the Postmaster General, the bidder shall, prior to the 1st day of July next,, entec into the required obligation to perform the service pro posed, with good and sufficient sureties. Dated Signed by two guarautors. Form of Certificate. The undersigned (postmaster, judge, or a clerk of a court of record, as the case may be) certifies that he is well acquainted with the above guaran tors and their property, and that they are men ot property and able to make good their guaranty. Dated signed.) INSTRUCTIONS. Embracing eomtitmt to he incorporated in the con tracts lo the extent the Department may deem proper. 1. Seven minutes art allowed to each inter mediata ollice, when not otherwise specified, for 1 assorting ths mails. . T.kf tÍ0""5""" I of the D.partment, - admits of it, the special agents oi.u luí Ptll u. DUIU UIUISOIUIIS ll'Ji " IIS.aUIUM IV explained three limes the pay of lhf 'p may be deducted. For arrivals so far be"-' ime as to break connexion with dependí . il land not sufficiently excused, one-fourH. a propensa lion for the trip if subject to u,., , Deduc tion may also be ordered for arrartOe, Perform ance inferior to tbat specified in the com :t. For repealed delinquencies or the Kind nerel pecilied enlarged penalties, proportioned to ft J nature thereof and the importance ot the mail, may be made. ' 4. For leaving behind or Inrowing off she mails or any portion of them for the adroissina 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 be imposed unless the delinquency be promptly and satisfactorily explained by cer tificates of postmasters or the affidavits ot other creditable persons, for failing to arrive in contract time ; for neglecting to lake the mail from, or de liver it into a post office j for sutl'ering it (either owing lo the unsuitableness of the place or manner of carrying it) to be injured, destroyed, rotibed or lost 1 and for refusing, after demand, to con ey the mail as frequently as the contractor runs or 11 con cerned in running a coach or steamboat on a route. 6. The Postmaster general may annul Ihe con tract fur repeated failures to run agreeably to contract; for disobeying the post office laws, or the inslsuctions of the Department ; for refusing to discharge a carrier when required by the Depart ment to do so for assigning the contract wilhout the assent of the Postmaster General) for lunning an express as aforesaid 1 or for transporting per sons or packages conveying mailable mailer out of the mail. 7. The Postmaster general may order an in crease of service on a route by allowing therefor a pro rata increase on the contract pay. He may also order an Increase ot pay for the additional stock or carriers if any. The contractor may however, in the case of increase of speed, relin- quish the contract by giving prompt notice to the Department (hat he prefers doing so to carrying the order into effect. The Postmaster General muy also curtail or dis 'ontiiiue the service at pro rula necrease of pay, if he allow one month's extra compensation on Ihe amount dispensed with, whenever 111 bis opinion the public interests do not require the same, or in ease he desires to super) ede it by a different grade ot transportation. He may also cnange the limes of arrival and departure (provided he does not curtail the running time) without increasing the piy. 8. Payments will be made for the service through ilralts on postmasters, or uierw.se ttttt the expiration ot each quarter say in February, May, August and November. 9. The distances are given according to the best information but no increased pay will be allowed should Ihey be greater than advertised, if the points lo be supplied be correctly stated. 10. The Postmasier General is prohibited by law from knowingly making a contract for the transportation of the mails with any person who shall have entered into, or proposed to enter into any combination to prevent Hie malting or any bid for a mail contract by any other person or persons, or who shall have made any agreement, or shall have given or performed, or promised to give or perforin any consideration whatever, or to no or not 10 do any tiling whatever, in orner 10 in duce any other person or persons not to bid for a mail contract. Particular attention is called to the 28th section of the act of 1830, prohibiting combi nations to prevent Bidding, II. A bid received alter time, vil. v a. m. of the 3d April 1854, or without the guaranty re quired by law, or 111 I combines several routes in one sum of compensation, cannot be considered in competition with a regular proposal reasonable is amount. 12. A bidder may offer, where the transporta tion called for by the advertisement is difficult or impracticable at certain seasons, to substitute an inferior mode of conveyance, or lo intermit ser vice a specified number or days, weens or monins. He may nropose to omit an inaccessible office, or one not on the stage or railroad, or at a steamboat landing, as the case may be ; or ne may ouer to substitute an inferior mode of supply in such cases. He may propose different times ot arrival and departure, provided no more running time is asked, and no mail connexion prejudiced. He may ask additional running tune or t ie trip during a specified number of days in seasons of very bad roads but beyond these changes a proposal for service Jittering from that called ror oy tne ad vertisement will not be considered in competition with a regular bid reasonable in amount Where a bid contains any such alterations, their disadvan tages will be estimated in comparing it with other proposals, 13. There should be hut one route bid for in a nrooosal , 1 f 1, . 1. tv il. ..1.. .... Ik. name anil residence of the bidder ; and those of each member or a nrm, wnere a company oilers, should be distinctly slated, also the mode of con. veyance if a higher mode than horseback be in tended. 15. The bid should be sent under seal, address ed lo the second assistant Pastmaster General, su nerscribed "Mail proposals In the Slate of ' It should be guarantied and Ihe sufficiency of Ihe guarantars certified (see forms') and should be dis patched in lime to De received oy or oeiore 11 a. h. ot the M April 1904. 10. The contracts are to be executed snd re turned to the Department by or before the 1st ot July 1854. 17. Under the act of March 3 1845, the routes are to be let to Ihe lowest bids tendering sufficient sruaranties, without other reference to Ihe mode of transportation than may be necessary for the due celerity, certainly and security of such trans portation. When the lowest bid proposes a mode of conveyance Inadequate to the due celerity, cor tainty and security ot the mails, it will not be ac cented. 18. When the bid does not specify a mode of conveyance, also when it proposes to carry 'ac cording to the advertisement,' but wilhout such specification, it will be considered ss a proposal ror norseDacK service. ' 19. Since the passage of the act of March 3, 1845, a new description of bid has been received, it does not specify a mode of conveyance, but en gages to to take the entire mail each trip with celerity, certainty and security, usini Ihe terms of the law, These bids are styled, from the manner in which they are designated on the books of the Department, 'ttar bul',' The experience of the Department enables it lo lay down Ihe following rules, via ; When the mail on tho route is not so large as to requiro two-horscs conoh oonvevnncc, a star bid, if the lowest, will always be preferred to the speoifio bid. When ths mails aro ot such slit ui weight 11 to Tender It necessary, in reference to them Í. On routes where the mo r .,.., ..,. s ,vv , .., servioo, u auiuagoa to bo entire y surlic ent for are to be conveyed wi hout extra ehargei tu. ',. J-,, P ... '?r 3. No pay will be made for trips not performed 1 J.'L1? "" W j r. ... ....u ... :,. i "so the difference n not inch ns to interfero '0M to V'oñi two-horse conoh oonrcynnoo, i the specific bid, though tho highest, for coach , .. 1L...1. - , . , n.- ... . . Wltl1 the Pol.l(!J f " f 1845, which looks to a reduction in the cost of transportation. Eioeptions, however, may be allowod where the tur bid is mado by the owoer of tho stock now used on tho route in the performance tf coach service. On routes of the hiirhest cía. wllArA four. horse coach or steamboat trvnoportation is re- .tun vu uj tug eixuuiiu imporiuuce 01 me mails, and the speoifio bid is adjudged sufficient for the route, the preference for the speoifio bid will be if neoeesary, curried to a greates extent of difference than on tho inferior couch routes. 20. A modification of a bid, lo any of its os sentinl torms, is tantamount to a new bid, and cannot be reoeivod, so as to interfere) with re gular competition, after the last hour set for receiving bids. 20. Postmasters are to be onreful not to oer tify the suffioiency of guarantors or sureties intnout Knowing that they are persons of suffi cient responsibility; ondnll bidders, guarantors and sureties aro distinctly notified that on a fai lure to enter into or to perfnrm tho contraots for the service proposed for in the nooepted bids, their legal liabilities will be enforced a gninst them. 22. The contractors will be substantially in the forms heretofore used in this Denartment. except in the respects particularly mentioned in these instructions ; and on steamboat routos the oontractora will be required to deliver the mails into the post offiocs at the ends of the routes and into all the immediate post offices. 23. Present oontrnctors and persons known at the Department must, equally without others, procure gunromors ana oortiticates of their su fficiency ubstantinlly In the forms above nr?a. oribed. The certificates of sufficiency must be signed by a post mastor, or a judge, or clerk of a cuurt ei recoru, JAMFS CAMPBFXL, Post Matter General. Post Orncx DirumuxT, Octobkr 13, 1853. octl5-w!2w FOR 8.4 EE. THE GOVERNMENT MILL, as It slands, to gelher wilh two pieces of land, and a good DWELLING HOUSE, all situated within a mile of the plsia of Santa Fe. The mill is composed of one pair of stones for a grist mill, and a circular seyi-tnill. all ev . r-!". lerms cash. Sale sublet to the approval of Ihe commanding general of the Department.. En quire of the Act. Assistant Quabtir Master. Santa Fe, Feb. 7, 1854. If. MORTGAGE SALE. BY VIRTUE of a decree of foreclosure of Mortgage of Hit United States district court within and for the county of Santa Fe, Territory of New Mexico, at the June term, 1853, in Ihe case of Francis A. Cnnnineham vs Charlea S Rumley, William 0 Ardincer. and Reuben F. Green, commanding me of Ihe gools and chattels, lands and tenements of the said defendants, to cause to be made the sum of three thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars and eighty-four cents damages, thirty-five dollars snd ninely-eight cents costs of suit, and two hundred and fifty-eight dol ían ano nny ceñís cosis or increase, and me costs that may accrue, and in default of the payment thereof, to expose to sale the tenements hereinafter described, I will exnose to public sale and sell to 'he highest bidder, for cash in hand, in front of the court house in the city of Sanfa Fe. on Wednesday, the 22d day of March next, between the hours of 10 o'clock, A M. and 4o'clock, P.M. of said day, the following real estate, to wit ; A certain piece of land, with the houses and im provements thereon, situate, lying and being in Ihe city of Sania Fe, and bounded as tollows: On the north by the street which runs from the south-east corner of the public plaza to the parish church, ana Known ss me real San nansisco, and running on said street from the plata to the house and lets of Frsnnsco Baca y Terms) on the east by the nouse ana 101s or francisco naca y lerrus. and running one hundred and seventy-five feet wilh said house and lots from Ihe street first mentioned 1 Ihence on the south bv a line drawn with the first old court wall to the lands of Justo Pino on the west oy tne lands or justo fino, Mrmerlv known as the United States Hotel, one hundred and seven ty-five feet to the said first mentioned corner of the public plaza, with all Ihe privileges snd appur tenances thereunto beloiurint. Ana aiso, a certain niece or narcel of and witn the houses thereon, situate in the city of Santa Fe, bounded on Ihe east by the street leading from the :.u L I. . .1 . .L. .V L I'annii cimmi iu uiv no aniquilo un uie souin o the Rio 1 on the west by the principal street lead ing from the city of Santa Fe to San Miguel, being the same piece of land and buildings now known as the New Exchange, with all the privileges aid appunenances mereunto belonging. CnAKLr.3 m.UMNEK, U. S. Marshal. Smta Fe, Feb. 2, 1854.-6w34 COCHIN CHINAS. A LONDON STORY. "Unrn, avis in terral ." "Oh, Willie dear, befora you go, I want a favor." "Well, what is it note f" said Willie in a gruff good-tcmpored sort of way, aa if he was rather used to hearing ot these "favors." Wil lie was an officer dt Dragom, six foot three, with a groat yellow, wall twisted moustache, and looking altogether just what be was "a swell," and a gentleman. "What it it now f" asked Willie. ' "Oh, please then, don't be angry, but I've hoard so much about thorn and before you leave town, 1 should like it so much you can get them in town, I know and I only want one, lust one you know." "iso, 1 owi anow, you anow come om witn it, Pnllv-what is it ?" "Well thon here tchiiner--I want Coohin Chinn, please, Sir ?" Willie's weakness was R Tittle, round-figured, light haired, laughter-loving beauty, whoso great point was to go with the fashion just as fat at aha oould go. C-aatavus Brooke, the As tees, and the Ceehin Chinara, til eamt is for turn sooner or hitter and Willie, glad perhape to get out so cheap, swore "by Jove Isheahou d nave the best ohicken in London." Willi went on his olub, whore he dropped at once on the man who knows everything, from what Lord Aberdeen is eoinf to 'do. down to what willjrenlly John Scott'a ung for the Derby. mere was one or two xept at most of tho eluba in town, littte or great. "Ah, I lay, Smith, how ro you f 1 want to buy a a a Cochin China. Can you tell ma where I onn get him f" "Of oourto I oan, my doar fellow,"s&TS Smi th, delighted; "Anderson for hursee, you know." nil JOB. "Gunter for iocs." "Ah L " And Bailey for chickuee." "Oh-ah I thauk'ee. Where ia h. to h. found?" "Close by here Mount-street j jonr enb will take you there in two minutes." And to Mount-street Willie went, where h repeated his wants to Mr. Bailey In propria per sonc. "Certainly, sir, will you walk this war, and allow me to show you some of my stock ?" " w el., no, thank 'ee 1 don't know much i bout them myself ; I'd rnlhor leave it to tuu ; but I want a good one, ynu kuow one ot the best, you know." "Yes, sir, certainly." "And send it to Thinenmmj Cottages, Alpha lioad, will you ? nod l'T settle with you when 1 oosae back to town." "If yon please, ma'am, the man has brought the fow ! such a big one I and please where shall 1 put ?" "Where shall jou piit it? why where yo always do, you silly girl-in one óf your pan tries, of course." But it's alive, ma'am." "Doar me, how stupid uf the people but is'nt the gardener here to-day ? Well, get him 0 kill it, for I shall want it for dinner to-morrow, you know, as Miss Hamilton is coming and I 1 1.1 III.. . .!... I. - 1 ... 1 unímu mo iu icivc ikt a ireni." "Yes, ma'am." When Willie got buck home acnin. the after the dinner, mutters evidently wero not quita "to rights," Polly was half sulkt "ha iiuufiiiuppoiuicu ur ñau nt auno as ne pro wised." . , 'But how ? n nr. Hint horrid Cochin China auah itin. ny, lanky, stringy thing, thsr could'nt eat a bit of it." "Why, hani the fellow!" said AVilli.. I ordered the best in London." "Well, you only look nl it then : I have VenS it on purpose for you to see.', And Willie, on inspection, was fain lo eon fess that he was "a leggy beggar, and a good deal over-trained," and so went on to Mr. Jlui ley in a frame of mind accordingly. "I say, you know, 1 ordered a Cochin Chin fowl from here the nthor duv." "Yes. sir, oertainly." "And. don't vou know. I told ran in aeml ffood one, you know one of the best sort." "íes, sir; 1 remember it porfectly and the bird was scut ns you wished to." "An -yes but it uwnf a good one." "Indeed, sir, I am soorv to hear that I onl know it was one of the best of my birds. Where may uie inuu do f" "Well, lie was'nt fat, you know." "Perhaps not jut, sir," snid Mr. Bailey with deprecatory smile; "in ycrv fair condition though, I'm sure. Any thing mora serious than that sir, may 1 ask I" "Yes, there was he was tough, sir, infernal tough !" "iouonj" repeated Mr. Bai er. ehanirin color. "Tough." echoed Ihe eunrdsmnn.--"the could hardly ent a bit of him. Why the deuce did'nt you send a good one, as I told you "Sir," said Mr. Bailey, in a slow cmphatio tone of voice, "I am very sorry there should bo any mistake ; hut I did send a good one a gieat deal to good I'm ufrnid for your purpose. itl. v:.i 1 1 . . .1.. l .r. r. . jue uuii 1 iciiu was one 01 ine Dest orea in England. He was got by Patriarch, dam hr Jerry great grandam the Yellow Shonghai great, great" "Va, an that!" interrupted the dragoon "what's that got to do with it V" ''Just this, sir ; rix weeks ago I gara sixteen guineas for him at the hammer, and he ia en tered toyoa at two and twenty." t t 'It was lather an expensive feed, you know," snid Willie, ns he commented over tho story 1 "and by Jove ! if Mndnm goes on his way, I ' should'nt ha at all surprised if I have to give two or threes thousand for a Durham short-horn, to get her a bit of beof for a Christmas dinner." ID3 Of nil the groat poets Milton is said to bo tho only one that bodily cen sured tyranny and oppression, which h did in his splendid prose. Dryden was a parasite on an lniamotiB court : rope was a tory ; Addison, though a whig, was too mild and n'uo, and spared power. OCT A bright countenance brought down stairs in the morning makes a little in-door sun, that cheers us through tho day. . ExrRFJSIVK.- surv - Gold. -First Lord of the Trea- OCJ" When yon seo a young lady sp very delicate that sho can't make her bed, or put a couple of plates upon the table, and yet treats all over town daily with tile speed of a race horse; to jtirrv lile nonsonso with the Softpates, and Snippers, and Jenkins, and Dnzenber ries, just chalk it down that she's a piece of calico you can't invest a tingle penny or pulsation in. !