The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-01-01

suDiHifteH I'D tBe D0alu VI AsslSthi
/ Alderman. Of their meeting Mohda1
evening. WAS the following, transmit
ted by The Mayor from lbe propfie
tors ofths Datiy Delta. through tLei
Attorneys
Ntw OnttAns. Dees g. 1859.
To the Mayor nad Aidermen O,
the city IF New Orleans.
Gentlemef,--We are instructed II
demand Of you The amoun, Of tht
Uetta's account fof printing from
April 16, 1863, to October 30, 1863
st Tie rate If onn dollar per square
for The first Insertion, and II half dol,
lar for each subsequent insertion,
amounting in all 10 s1s.704 30, and
we are instructed to proceed legally ie
collect ihe same in case it should not
b. paid And yon will plesse cor
slider this ap a'nicable demand, should
proceedings at law beeome hscessa'
ty. Your obedient servants.
(signed) 9. ROSELtttS,
q j. GOOLD,
Attorneys nj Law
The distinguished legal gentlemen
Nhb made The above formal demand
f,r Their clients, have not done 80
without duo deliberaliop care
fully Weighing all The arguments that
ean be brought 70 bear. pro and ran
They are not metz to jump at eonclu-
sions. Oh The contrary, they are
noted for the tboruuglness Of their
examinations, before giving an opiu4
ion even TO client - Bulletin
The SortE AFFAIR Ar MADRID -.
The Paris correspondent Of The Lon
dun Chronicle gives The following par.
ticulars Of the difficulty between young
Sculd, Of The American Legation, and
the Duke of Alba
Private letters frnm Madrid speak
of an affair which took pace in The
capital Oh ihe, frfe day Of st Eugene,
and which q not resulted In an affair
# honot Saturday week being the
fefe day Of s.. Eugehie---a saint MT
oieu heard Of, Till Louis Napoleon
chose to give her renovn by creating
~ Enrress Of the same nane-the
Marquis DE- Tnrget, the French En-.
bassador ut Madrid. gave q ball which
was attended by all that was brilliant
in the spani-b capital, in tho shape
Of nobility or diplomacy Among The
guests were tho Duke Of Alba. the
brotherin-law Of the Empress Of the
French, and Mr.. sonlt. the son of
the newly appointed Minister Of the
United States. In the course Of the
evening Mr. soule, junior, while
walking through the ballroom with
Mrs. Perry. the wife Of the United
States Secretary Of Legation overheard
tle Duke Of Alba (who has recently |
been in Paris. and Ia therefore n
lgt If ladies' dress) make sone con.
remark on the style Of
dress adoried BY the wife Of the
smeriran Minister, (,noIbor Of young
Sault). Il appears that the lady had
9 costume Which ID not quite
u Ia mate DE Madrid, in so far that
| covered her person up to the throat;
whereas The most approved fashion
amvug the Madrid damsels Is to exhi.
BIT as many Of the graces conferred
upon them by nature us come within
The bounds of d concy. The remark
Of the Duke was, There goes Mary
Of Burgundy" Mr.. Soult, on hear
ing the contenrptuous expression. left
Ibe lady with whom he was walking,
md, going up to the Duke, informed
him gu'M stat uac canaiAe. aud
accompanied this piece Of inf 'rmation
With a--pnsh. Great excitement en-.
sued, aud Mr. Soult' father, having
ntertered, took away the young man,
who subsequently, addressed chal-
eng, to the Duke, which has not YET
been accep'ed--the Duke having
'ound it convenient to represent the
whole Affair as political, which it GER
ainly is, if the dress of the Amer
can Minister'S wife was rot strictly
n fashion. At all events, no 6gb ing
rad taken place at the period when
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