Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1848-11-04

S preiucial to the character of Maffi,, and son,.
= body else, whom the writer calls ureveren
= associates which We omit. iii ,r - : :
II LIFE IN NEW ORLEANS,
A PAIR OF THE B'Hoys, WITH GALS t
+ MArcH.-David Dodson and Joe Gunte
were yesterday, charged before the recor
der, with furious driving and endangerin,
the lives Of good and peaceful citizens o
the sovereign State of Louisiana, on tn,
Shell Road, on Friday evening. Dodsor
was also charged with breaking barouche
which he hired for the occasion but tn,
owner of the barouche, who preferred thi
latter charge, was told by the recorder tina
ne should seek for damages by means of ;
civil action. One could tell at look bod.
son and Gunter were pair of the b'hoys
Inc former wore grey beaver, with a
long fur, lying no way in particular, and
surmounted by narrow Grape his brooch
was the miniature of lady with very red
checks, and very black hair falling on her
shoulders, in very small ringlets-his locks
though not long, were well soaped, and
lay into either side of his face with remark
able tenacity; his coat was bottle green
large brass buttons, short skirts, and poe
kets outside; he had no cravat, and about
an inch of shirt collar, his pants were with
out straps, and his shoes were of the hieb
low cut. Gunter wore a black, broad.
straight-cut brim'd hat, showy-colored
silk cravat, tied sailor fashion, the ends fall
ling down over his vest his shirt collar
was turned down, and about two inches of
the neither extremity of his pantaloons were
turned up the bosom of his shirt was dot.
ted over with little anchors, birds, dimini-
tive dogs, and such like devices, he wore
a drab sack coat which showed off to some
advantage his compact athletic form. Both
the parties were inventerate tobacco chew
ers-when spilling out the saliva, instead
OF opening their months, they squirted it
through their teeth, leaving the floor sprin-
kled Sin Spots" with the ernbrowned fluid.
The owner ofthe broken vehicle being pre-
sent, the recorder requested him to state all
he. knew about the furious driving of the
prisoners.
cpl do that certain, your honor" said
he and SO he commenced.
81 was in our stables on Friday after
noon, I call 'em our stables, your honor, but
OF course they long to the bos. Well, this
here gem'n comes in and, says he, show
are you old Buster Z res he, well, l feels
my oats, says Pm hearty Have you
a vehicle to let out for the eveninp saws
he, haven't got anything else,' says 1.
Sand good 'oss p say he. Nothing shorter,'
says |, ''How much is it for the evenin' p
says he. "a V.even,' says /. ssHarness up,'
said he, postin' the stake 'Here, Bill,' said
he. 'Aye, aye, SIR says Bill. sPut the roam
mare under the light wagons says l, and
'Bill had it done while you'd be crackin'
a whip. Any one to take seat with YOU
said |. "a young 'oomon' says he, a kind
o. winknin' at me. All right, old feller,'
says l. you're one on 'em, but never
mind, go ahead y and off he went. The
next thing heard on him was, that the
vehicle was Knocked into cooked hat, on
the Shell Road, and ofcourse Iexpect pay
ment for the damage, because the bos holds
me accountable for all these things"
Recorder.-"Well, my good man, You
have gone to an infinite deal Of trouble, TO |
tell Inc an infinite deal of nothing. | have
already intimated to you that you should
seek redress elsewhere, for the loss which !
your employer has sustained in the break
ing of his wagon. Did you witness the fu-
rious driving!"
Witness.-"Couldn't, sir. ] haint been |
On the road but once in month, and that
was the evenin' popt Jones and his crack
nag Buena Vista. /"
Recordr.-"I have heard enough from
you. Officer Van Haussben" I"
"Here," said Teutunic gentleman,
up like Dutch galiot in calm,
md making his obeisance to the Recorder.
Recorder.-''Van Haussen, YOU witnessed
his furious driving say what you saw on
he OCCASION" rr -.na,
Pan Hussben.--s'l sheed dsch Won shen-
leman's, and disch Won shentleman's point
ng to Dodson and Gunter) and them wasch
n two gig, and there wasch two shentle-
vomans wld dhem and one shentlewoman's
vasch dhrivin', and two shentleman's wasch
lhrivin', and them wasch all dhrivin' more
asther than they could go, when both wa
IONS came bang smash together, and lady
md shentleman and all sphill out on road,
md wagon broke to pieces"
Recorder.-ssWere the lives of any par
les endangered by the furious driving!"
lHifness.-ssThe lives of every podies
vas.'' e+-sp- t
Recorder.-"Then ! shall fine each of
hem ten dollars. Have you any thing to
ay addressing Dodson and Gunter) in ex-
enuation of your ofencep igr ,aiscI
Dodson.--"Why, your honor, we did
ill nobody nor did not mean to. This
lere, you see, is how it was. Joe, here,
nd his gal, and Liz and !, was out a walk
NJ on Thursday evenin', and the gals asked
is to take them down the road tomorrow,
hat was the last evenin'. Well, of course,
We was not to be stumped, no how, and we
ed, good as grease. Well, last eyenin' we
lid take, them down, sure enough, and q
light jolly time we had of it, too, | tell You;
twas precious good lark, and after takin'
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