Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1848-11-18

RHfH NV lsNS 10TH AaShAISh.
TIM LAST TRIM.
A city green horn, a veritatle rocknpy
whose real maine IL would he rFapI 10 pnt
ia type. and st we will call the done brown
Smi'h-"as neatly picked ofhis feathers
by A sharper VIII happened to he living out
in hoboken, q few days ago.
Mr.. Smith was s%trolltng slo~lt alyna
the sea walk. enjoying tha delicious l.repge
when Il occurred 10 him that ON vipiuu
the perspirattun from his FIRE head htstem.
fort would prorortionatelv increase. 10
this, however It Was necessary to raise his
hat, and the raising Of the hat was The
cause oGhls subsequent disaster. A pappr
fell tt m Mr.. Smiths hat=hll upon The
ground unpercpised by Mr.. r.. who passed
on. But the sharp eyea Of a fellow who
lay stretched out on a n%eighboriug bench,
wete upon the paper, and when Mr. L.
had passed, the bench ~lounger get IN aud
secured the little slir. He rast his eyes
over the writing and exclaimed with a pee.
tire ofvoxation aud contempt
'Hahl only an unreceipted TAYLOR hin +
And he was about % cast the worthless
scrap into the river. when he stopped Htti-
denly, looked curiously after the rpcedit,r
Form OF Mr.. y, and stretched hi. head Al II
perpleHed then his face frightened IN,
and slapped his right hand violently IN his
leg, he said, wee, That will do and quiet.
~ hllowed In the trail Ut Smith.
Mr. Smith, after refreshing himself with
an ice cream and "a glass Of soda water at
the Elysian Fields, resumed ~hiFHeallt To-
wards the dyke, and had Just entered the
little grove beyond the Pavilion. when he
became aware that some one had tapped
him gently OF The shoulder. lie tuned
round aud saw a good hooking. middle aged
man, in a plain dress, standing by him.
'Mr. Smith, said the stranger.
Yes. sir, my names Smith
John, of--strcnt. New York. CON
ttnted the stranger,
YES. sir,
Wen, Mr. Smith. | have rather an I'M
pleasant duty to ptrtarn.' the middle aged
gentleman said, pulling out ut the same
time a large pocket book. and looking over
the pagers as fin search ofa particular
one,
Whats that asked Smith.
The middle aged gentleman did not an
swer he could not find he document he
was looking for, and Smith was Obliged to
exercise all his patience At length The
was found. a law blank apparently
oiled up, Smith was not allowed to
examine 1t, The middle aged gentleman
held 1t between his thumb ard finger. look
ID Smith strait in The face, aud repeated.
John Smith, ot-~~~-stteet New York.
Yes, YES. and what the mischief do ven
watt otme,' said Smith. with nervous ;re.
,idaIion.
AN right, Mr.. Smith, remarked His
companion, as he returned the paper 10 The
pocket book-'aO right, sir, I'll trouble Won
. ride as aras Hackensack, il You please.
HackensaekF ard what must i "a In
iackensack for, | shonld like 10 know =
by virtue OF a warrant regularly issued
which commands me. a deputy sheriff
4 the county Of Hudson, State Of New
'ersey to take the body Of John Smith /.
'--sireet, OF New Jersey, and The /
body safely lodged in Jail al Hacken.
laek, 10 answer The suit of f. ~tavlnr
# New York, in the sum of flv dollars
damages, &c, dc. And NAV God ssval
he common wealth of New Jersey. ~elaou- 7,
ated the pretended deputy as he reyerentlv
flied his hat, and recovered his wind.
Fifty dollars damages exclaimed The
Smith-'why. that's my tailor.
nd | only owe him thirty five. II,
The amount expressed in the writ il
q form oflaw, sir, said the sharper. |
{
The exact amount Of your indebtedness {
VT. --, tailor, is thirty five dollars |
nd sixty two and a half cents ,
SO it Is returned Smith. but what mt
i'm up to sueinE me in New Jersey =
ave always been a good customer. and {
He sent in yotS bill III the last Of July 3
Nd i would seem that you took no notice
it,
Poor Smith his nerves was completely
I
1 thought that blamed law was ~repeal- +"
4, by which a poor fellow coming from, !
lew York to get d mouthiul offresh air n
loboken, might be carried of to Hackep-
ack.' +,
The Legislature Of the State ofN.w /
efsey did repeal that law, ia Is42. but i
lew York having refused to give III GER 4
I'm persons charged with grave offences =
onmitted in New Jersey, The Legislator 2
its last session, re-enacted the iaw. All I
! virtue OF that re.enactnenl you are now I
y prisoner said the mock official with /,
dignity. d
well, all this Is strange, and news %
e. said smiih-'frst that my tailor i
oull sue me, and second that I could il :,