Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1847-04-24

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files of the Cape Town Gazette, to the 2Sd
of January, which, however, are bare of
any intelligence that would interest the
American reader. 1t appears from tho fol.
lowing notice in the Gazette, that Yankee
ingenuity and enterprise in this distant get
tlement il attended with very satisfactory
result s:
awe perceive that fresh patches Of the
American plolghs, which the u. Soon.
sui, Mr.. Chase, has 80 successfully intro
duced into this colony, continue to be- i'm
ported, and are irresistibly gaining ground
in the estimation Of the farmers. Much
is said in these days Of the evils Of pro-
t~ection,' and the impolicy of burthening
agriculture with fiscal impositions. We
ask, what would be thought of England,
lust now, if the fact were stated that the
farmers Of Ibis colony arc compelled TO pay
twelve per ceutum import duty on al arti-
Gle that nswer their purpose we'll, while
a comparatively clumsy article, coming
from another point Of the compass, is adj
United at five per cent that the Cape,
suffering and half ruined-is still burtheil-
ed with a discriminating duty Of seven per
cent in favor of British manufa ctures !"
A Buck IN THE Eve or BRUMELL's REIGN
Half reclined on the balustrade, apart
from the baronct, but within reach Of his
conversation, lolled a man In tho prime o
7 life, with an air ofunmistakab bic elegance
and distinction. Mr.. Vernon wal a guest
from London: and the London man. the
man ofclubs, and dinners, and routs, o
noon lOungings through Bond street, anc
nights spent with the Prince Of Wales
seemed stamped not more upon the careful
carelessness Of his dress, and upon the
worn expression Of his delicate features
than upon the ~listless ennuj, which, char
acteriztng both bis face and attitude, ap-
peared to take pity or himself for having
been entrapped into the country. Yet w
should convey an erroneous impression o
Mr.. Vernon if VIC design, by the words
l~iytless %ennuii," to depictthe slumberous in
sipidity of more modern affection: it wa
not the ennni Of a man to whom enHWt j
l. IT, IL .. ,.tLo, A. s,l,ia.t 100
~tration that fills up the intervals Of excite,
ment. At that day the word "blase" va
+ unknown. men had not enough sentimen
for safety. There wa a kind Of Bac,
chanalian fury in the life led by those lea.
=. ders of fashion, among whom DIR. Verno
vas not the least distinguished. 1t was
dAy Of deep drinking, ofhigh play, ofjovi'
reckless dissipation, of strong appetite 70
fun and riot, of four-in hand coachmanshi
n Of prlzs-fghting, Of strange sorts Of bal
barous manliness, that strained very nerF
ofthe constitution: a race of life in whic
: three -fourths Of the competitors died ha
e way in the bippodrome. What is now tn
a Dandy was then the Buck; and somethin
a of the Buck, though subdued by a chaste
e ia ste than fell to the ordinary members
d his class, was apparent in Mr.. Vernon
d costume as well as air. Intricate folds
Z muslin, arranged in prodigious bows al
ends, formed the cravar, which Brumme
had not arisen to reform. His hat Of
very peculiar shape, low at the crown. al
Ie broad at the brim, was worn with an a
of devil e care defiance. His watc
sr chain garnished with a profusion Of RIM
'r and seals, hung low from his white wais
Of coat: and the adoption Of his nankin ine1
IS pressibles to his well shaped limbs YVES
$ masterpiece of art His whole dress 81
st air was not what could be called foppisb,
er was rather what at that tims was CALI
Ic .'rakish." Few could so closely approa,
lie vulgarity without being vulgar: ofthAt Pri
tn ileged few Mr.. Vernon was II of the
,h lect.-Lucretid.
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