of the high officials of that eminently distinguished society known as the Swordsman’s«nubsignia of offices on the morning after thelate brilliant ball. These gentlemen ooeupyrooms in an isolated bouse on the “fiats.”When they arose Horn their swe^t, fn’m and! innocent repose on Saturday noon last, theyj jdiscovered that their garmrn*s and offieial | temblems had been quietly abstracted duringtheir rather sound lleep. They called to1itheir neighbors for a supply of clothing, but j \tbeir supplications met with no response.They were obliged to remain prisoners in I Itheir rooms all that afternoon, without somuch as that consolation which can be derived from the ‘‘flowing bowl.” The shadesJof evening settling down upon the earth,Ione of their number bolder, or more immod-4 - West than the rest, rushed out sans culottes,! and made a raid on a wardrolie in a neighboring office, and returned with the neededi3supplies »o his imprisoned friends. Theyi«]came forth alter their long confinement freshand blooming as ever. A reward is offeredfor the detection of the thiet or thieves w hothns dared to lay profane hands on the in-1tttsignia of the Swordsman's Club. j s