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the hill of Chapoltepec, overlooking the city, was surrounded by gardens of several miles in extent, and here were preserved until the middle of ihe las: century two statutes of the Emperor and his father. The great cy. prus trees, under which the Aztec sovereign and his associates once held their moonlight revels, still shade 'he royal gardens. Some of them. 90 feet Tn circumference. are sev> eral thousand years oId, but arc yet as green us in the days of Moniezuma, whose ashes, or those of his ancestors, render sacred, in lhe eyes of the native Mexicans, the hill of Chapoliepec. Natural decay and waning population now mark the seat of power of the great Monlezumas.

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 THE HALLS OF MoNrEzumA."-Will our editorial brethren inform us whether these words do not begin, to use Yankee> ism, te re them? We confess ihe unneces- sary, frequent and pompous parade of them has, oI late, made US feel little ipecacsh. Scarcely an editorial paragraph is written in relation to Mexico, that "the Has of Montezuma" are mol mentioned. Our love. Iy Misses who present flags made by them selves and make speeches written, as they should be, by thelr friends or relatives, never fail to ornament the aforesaid "halIs" with their handy work. The gallant, Ca word, by the way, very much used just now,) Captain, promises Miss Mary Smith tha, he and his brave companions will Haunt said flag in the breeze or die until they use 1t for upholsterery purposes in "the Halls of Mon. tezuma." Our Congressmen who speak to Buncomb never fail to walk right into "the Halls of Monezuma" with as little ccremo- iy as though they were quite al home. It may be bad taste in us, but we cannot resist the belief that much truth is contained in the old saw, "epcugh of thing is enough" We propose, when we take the City of Mex ico, that We sweep out "lhe Halls of Monte. zuma," take 'bran dance' therein, and brag no more about lhem.-Marion Ne.rs. AN ARTISTS REvENGE.-The amusing correspondent of the Courier dss Utas Unis tells the following.

 "One of our most celebrated painters had madc with a view of exhibition at the Gal. lery, the portrait of lady, whose fortune had enabledsher to occupy very brilliant position. and who had been, for long time, regarded as the most beautiful women of Paris. Unfortunately his reputation is of tho wane. The lady in question has al, ready reached an age 10 which no one is ever willing to acknowledge, however much it may have been extolled by the witty pen of Balzac. The dusty files of the Civil Re- gistry kept the secret of her forty summers, which she concealed as well as she could, with wonderful skill, and by her great en- deavours 10 be as attractive as in times past. Paris Is place of grept resources; ointments for all wounds are 10 be found there, as well as admirers of all ages. Our heroine maintained her pretensions brayely; her vanity was tolerated, and being desir> ous of giving publicity to her attractions by an exhibition at the Louvre, she had her portrait painted. She prepared her best books for the purPoee. wearing her most becoming dress, assuming a position most favorable 10 her charms, seated before her toilette table, leaning neggently on the arm of the chair, and smiling upon her own reflection in the mirror, which of course was to be most complimentary 10 her charms. Tho painter sketched a most striking likeness; in doing so he done just what hes should not have done. A little more hattery, and little less exactness, would have been far more acceptable. The perieciness of the likeness made her less willing 10 recognize its merits. The model declared she could not see any likeness in II, and the painting was left on the hands of the unfortunate painter.

 This was double wrong to our artist. Attacked both professionally and pecunarily, the painter had not sufficient resignation to enable him to look on cooly and see por- trait worth thousand crowns left on his hands. way to be fevenged, or rather 10 do himself jusice. presented itself to his mind, and he set himself at once about put: ting it in execution.

 A few days before the time fixed for of. iering painting for the exhbilion a, inc Louvre, Ihe lady who had refused to take her portrait was informed, by some friend, that the rejected portrait had received sundry additions, of a character far from complimentary. She immediately repaired to the studio of our artist. The portrait was still there; the likeness of ihe face as perfect as ever; only the painter had somewhat the brows dismantled. and the person so faithfully represented, was hold ing in her hands two punches of false curls. Upon her toilet table were found several phials on which were legibly written these words "white Iead," vegetable rouge.' "cosmetic for the removal of wrinkles :" "water for dying the hair" Then in the midst of all this artilery could be distinctly seen three biIiets, signed by three different christian names.

 This is abominable!" cried the lady: cit Is all tissue of calumnies !'

 "Of who, do you complain 2" asked the painter very coolly. "Have you not insist ed that there was not the least likeness of yourself here You were perfectly right. This is no likeness of yours; it is mere fancy sketch, aud as such mean to exhibit it."

 "What, Sir! Do you mean to exhibit that painting 2"

 "Ceftainly, madame, mean to exhibit it as a fancy sketch, as the catalogue will !, show, in which you will find it set down ander the title of-'A coquette of forty l five.'"

 At this last blow the lady went into hys.