The Arkansas advocate., 1831-04-13

military costume, glitering with epau- lettcs, sabres and ponards.
 1t is the F'renchmen who excIaim. si hese womenare beautiful!' A com pliment IS always understood by the la dies. Speak nattery to Scotch damsel in Russian, to Norman in Turk, to an Algerine in French--no matter, the la- dies will understand it.
 The band of the 18th is playing di ylnely in the first saloon; the slippered feet of the ladies glide voluptuously O. yer the variegated floor, and their trans parent drapery floats along the walls of i'arian marble.
 In the second saloon are sonorous tlmePieees, on which gods, goddesses, and cupids mark the Hyinghour; and the blue carpets are scattered with roses.
 In the third room an displayed the presents of the Dey of Tunis. Pistols, and jewelled poinards, mantles of tiger skin, pipes of yellow and white amber. saddles and housings of lion skin and sazclle skin, oriental stirrups wrought in damask work, and perfumes that might render an old man young again.
 In aword, this upom is perfect chap ter in the thousand and one Arabian nights. It makes one think that Ha- roun-al-Raschid is still alive, and that the enchanted rose, the speaking bird, and the singing tree, will soon present themselves.
 Before entering the ball room, every gentleman presents hoquet of flowers to his partner, and each lady is in turn introduced to the braveeommander,Gen. Clausel.
 All is ready in the bail room. The vlollns are tuned; the gentlemen take their places, and the ladies blush as they see themselves reflected in the mirrors.
 The first couple moves forward. Pro digious prodisious!! It was very little 10 have broken through the customs of q thousand years, to have uncovered their faces. and to have gone out at night to a ball-the Jcweeses have made a sac ritice infinitely greater, to please their fascinating conquerors. They have ac- tually uton stockings white stockings! embroidered stockings. No wonder they are little embarrassed in the zephyr step.
 When the centre dance is finished. cakes, ices, and lemonade are served i, l they laugh and talk in the cool alcoves -Raneiagh and Bagdad seem to have met together.
 Silence! Silencel Here come the Tu- nisian ambassadors. Bring ehampaigne, and ices for the gentlemen!
 They are not grave, diplomatic, or listless. They talk cheerfully and freely with the managers about camels, minis ters. fine women, and tobacco, and then they go out upon heferrace 10 smoke.
 At midnight the dance is rencwcd.- The ladies were gayeIK than ever; the ambassadors more hlue,an the French men gloricusly intoxicated with lovely Moriseas, and Jewish damscls, with beau- tiful stockings, still more beautiful with out them.
 At two o'clock the galloppade is pro- posed. The east and the west fly through the rooms hand in hand-pearls tremb. ling, and poinards glittering and ringing as they go.
 The farewell is said.
 The mules are caparisoned in the court; the slaves stand ready with the sedans. the managers offer their arms: the night is finished, the ball and its glo- ries have passed away.
 But Algiers is conquered ;.civilization has subdued it. Her Jewesses have worn stockings! and the Tunisian am- bassadors have danced the gailoPpade.
 Poyal Calansties.-We mentioned sometime since that nine carriages be- longing to the cx-Kiing Of France Cor the property of or under the charge ol persons in his suite) had been arrested in the hands of respectable coach ma ker in this city. A closet paragraph has been going the grounds" contradicting this statement. but ocnlar demenstrsa- ton is our authority for repeating the fact. The ex-royal carriages arc still in durancc vile, and as we stated before. the debt for which they are attached a mounts to pretty considerable sum. Aflerthe destruction of the Bastile at the French Revolution of I793, while the Bourbon family were flying from France to Germany, the whole baggage wagons