The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-03-25

for wives paid an entrance fee, and in the course
of the negotiation sundry other claims, in all a
considerable sum. When it became necessary to
bring the affair to conclusion, quantity of faded
lovettes with parcel of elderly females acting az
their mothers, were introduced, and the applicant
was only too glad to make good his escape He
generally abstained from making the swindle pub.
lie for fear of being laughed at The Investigations
that have been commenced will probably lead to
the breaking up of all the matrimonial Offices in
Paris.
You know what stenocaoreography is, suppose
1t 10 the art OF taking down in short hand all the
steps taken by a dancer in ballet, 30 that the
writer may the next morning reproduce with his
own ieet' or instruct the light fantastic toes of
third person to reproduce, the exact twinklngs of
the performer OF the night BEFORE ST. Leon our
dancer-violinist, ia the inventor of this art He
wrote book upon it, which he dedicated to the
Emperor OF Russia. The Emperor accepted the
dedication, and sent the author a magnificent d;..
mond ring. II may be very easy for Mr.. st. Leon
to write in shorthand the Cachuca as fast as
Fanny Ellsler can dance it; but doubt whether his
DOCK will teach any one else how to do it. There are
some tailors who give to their customers who live in
the country, written directions how to take their
own measure; but never saw anybody who had
been able to understand them. Hatters publish in
newspapers the method of gauging ones own head,
and sending to town for hat. You may order a
wig, too, from distance, in the same way. When
my time comes to wear wig, shall try to have it
made to measure. And would rather see Cerrito
dance the Cachuca, than learn it myself out of
book. However, proceeding by analogy, St.
Leon is right. He asks why dancing cannot be
written well music; and henceforth it will be
as easy to score the Madriena as the Casta Diva
St Leon and Madame Guy Stephan are still de-
lighting the town with LIE Lutin de Ia Halee, at the
Thaetre Lyrique To think of taking Madame
Stephan's feet in short hand! -a.. .H
The Eruption of the new copper coins seem to
have struck the ancient sous and lizards with pre-
mature lncapacity. The small dealers higgle con
sideraby about taking them, and some refuse
altogether. This is very absurd, as the govern
ment has yet fixed date at which they will
cease to be legal tender. 1t is probable, indeed,
that no such date will be fixed, and that the an
clent currency will be gradually withdrawn
through the medium of the post office, the tax
collectors, and the octro-collectors The SOUS
once taken, will not again be emitted 1t ap.
pears that the Project of the Seine Infereure has
had to issue an edct on the subject, re- estab-
fishing the legality of the old sou as medium
OF exchange. The new two-sous pieces are now
so plenty that they have ceased to command
premium; they used to sell at an advance, but
you are like enough now to take them in change
for just two sous-no more, no less. -
The twenty-eight couples endowed with three
thousand francs apiece by the city, in commemo-
ration of the imperial marriage, are now made one
hesh-that is, each couple is made one flesh. The
gentlemen are principally soldiers of the hne
either in activity or in retirement. The ladies
may be divided thus: twelve are, were seam
xEr
Iorers, one member of shawls, one cook, one mat.
tress MAKER one paper ruler, glider on leather
one waistcoat maker, one chambermaid, and three
without profession. Their wedding cost them
nothing, three hundred francs besides the three
thousand, were given them for the expenses of the
occasion.
You will have heard of the meeting of the to-
bacco women at Marseilles, on account of the sub.
Btituton of knives for scissors in cutting off the ends
OF the cigars. The police and soldiery managed
to restore order, but a dozen of the most riotous
ladies had to be dismissed from the establishment
About hundred others have voluntarily left, as
the knife ia a much less convenient instrument
than scissors, and its use dmnishes the number of
cigars shipped, and cuts down the days earnings
proportionately. The directory will very probably
have to restore the scissors, they could have for
seen the full bearing and consequences of the in
noyation.
The police of Paris have long been noted for the
perseverance with which they follow up any sub
ject which seems to require development Here
ia an extraordinary instance of this persistent in
vestigation into matter of but little real conse.
quence: gentleman had lost ticket of five
places to the theatre of the Porte St. Martin 1t bore
the number fifty three, and in the evening he post
ed himself at the desk of the controllers to inter
cept his ticket if it should ndeayor to enter He
did not have long to wait, for number fifty three
was soon presented, with five persons following it
in a row. Halle Id cried the gentleman; and an
explanation Of his position ensued. None of the
i've had found the ticket; it had been given to one
of the party, master baker at St. Denis. The
gentleman insisted on an inquest being com
menced, as whoever had found the ticket must
have found box containing few remnants Of
Valenciennes lace. 1t seems that lady that
sewed on feather-beds had given the ticket to the
baker. To use the French idiom, Justice trans.
ported itself to the house of the feather bed woman
She had not found the ticket either; Jean Baptiste
had given it to her. John the Baptist was
next Intercepted. His brother in law, Bandot,
had given him the ticket. M. Bandot had found
1t the railroad bridge. "And the box of lace ?'
al sold it to my sister -in-law for thirty sous."
The sister in-law, when she heard the facts of the
case, offered it back again for the same sum. nj,
Bandot was not let of 80 easily, however. "Why
did you not send the box of lace to the address on
the cover!" sit was all over mud, and didn't
see any writing; besides, / can't read" "But
you ought not to have opened it, "Perhaps not,
but curiosity got the better of me-" The Tribu-
nal of Correctional Police condemned this inquisi.
tive and acquisitiye gentleman to years impris-
onment, as it appeared that his antecedents were
not altogether immaculate. Box No. SO was emp
ty on the night in question, as the five persons
that had procured the ticket in such roundabout
way had to post back again to St. Denis and the
gentleman to whom it really belonged, not being
sure of recovering his ticket, had left his family
at home.
Mi -eGrene, or jour gras, inserted into the mid
die of the pains and penances Of Lent, when the
carnival bursts out afresh for twenty four hours,
was celebrated rather dimly last Thursday. The
principal attraction of the day was the passage of
. monstrous advertising through the promi-
nent thoroughfares. II was got up by WE'LL
known clothing-store called ke ProphSte. The
clerks and saleswomen were dressed as the char
actsrs in the opera of that name, and were pre-
coded by band playing the overture and the ia