The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-07-06
A western Steamboat incident



Western Steamboat Incident
BY JOCKEY CARLOW, ESQ.
The man who follows steamboating on the West
ern waters who travels from Pittsburg 10 New
| Orleans and from New Orleans to ST. Louis-gshO
ventures up rivers wild and lonely, and who gazes
upon the solitude, the poor cabins of the strug
| cling emgrauts-such an individual meets with
strange and moving accidents by food and field,
and if he is disposed 10 be merry, he will find enough
to laugh and grow tat at, and soften the toll and
| dangers Of his perilous voyages
One day as a certain steamboat was about to
round out from wood-pile on the Cumberland
river a tall gawky, sun burnt girl came shulling
in her eye that denoted happy ignorance of all
steamboating, and perhaps of all civllIZatiol, She
scrambled on board as well as she could, and find
| ing herself upon the gang.Way, and no attention
paid TO her. she ventured TO inquire of deck hand
who stood hard by, "where the man thatkept the
craft might be Z"
The Captain Oh, he's up yonder on the deck ;
but here comes the clerl-hell snowy you where TO
60 in a short time.
The clerk presented himself, painting and blowing
like quarter horse, but walked up to the Western
specimen Of animated nature, and inquired, in a
bland manner, whether she wished a cabin or deck
passage, and where she might propose to stop at?
Ali this appeared to be Greek to the girl. She
stared with amazement, and then again wItlrmaden
modesty upon the handsome and gallant clerk, who
saw at glance that she was among the greenest
OF the green, and consequently must be addressed
III theplainest parts Of speech.
'DO Won want to ride in the dearest part Of the
boat, or the cheapest part Do you want 20 cook
your own meals, or have them cooked by our hands
And what is the name OF the town you want TO go
to, do you want to get off at some country land
ing I"
: Yes returned the girl, blushing and twisting
herself INTO many fantastic shapes, " want to go
in the cheap part of the boat, for daddy poor, and
says money ANTI be had"
& And where do you want TO travel to, and where
do you want to get off at :" continuedthe clerk,
with an effort to keep down his laughter, and pre-
vent the hands around him from being aroused
from their prOpriety.
4 want want stammered the uncouth
Maiden who looked like one. who never saw the
human face divine before want-Iwant to
60 niae miles to sunaolp, and get Of Al niannsgs
SISTERS IN. ]. Spiru Of the Times.
The PoTENTATEs AND THE PEAsANT.-Wben
the allied army were in possession of Paris, it was
no unusual thing for the Emperors of Russia and
Austria, and the King of Prussia to walk outjncQg.
la one OF these Tambles they were accosted by .
countryman Of rather superior address, who asked
them TO point outthe way to the Tuieres, to which
the reply was, that they were going thatw way and
should be glad of his company The familiar tone
Of conversation Of the Emperor Alexander soon
brought out the stranger to converse, who after
some time, asked to whom he had the pleasure Of
aE 3 ala t iT4 answer was am Ee GlPer 1
asked another And i Dray who s are YOU 5 sir
am the Emperor of Austria!' Another A1dylu
sir" :" | am the King of Prussia y This seeming
the ellma1 Of aDsurdlty, ne burst Guy y q loua
Russia begged he. would tell them who he was.
oh, said he, i am the Emperor Of China =
and then walked. quickly away, evidently under
the impression that he was not to be outdone.-
Courier De 4 E0roPe.
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,o,-aI aybibifion he ofbar eyaoing being nntbing
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NOR, an lovsrboard and bat1ing in the Pasir At
a1e time fbara coId not have hen rs f5a frty1
I'll 1o,Indsrinq .arornd at ONCE SsyaraI gof he
ladies' were ma evrert one az whom SWAN
IN nor boclr clean ecross tba Rosir When we
came a,Ea1r tI,ev were & I, Ming ror,ose 4 feat
tat ca,sists In tEro,yinI S35roersets in the water
Will The eycsntion If s nair or carriers that one
Ein esd oirI lid on there was n6fbino to impede
he movement Of a single nerson attached to The re-
gafta In instce to ourselves we NAV as Wen state
fbat we bl1sbed for Germany and retired ABaay
~ 54icber50cl4f,
ME aboge reminds Il, verv f5reiblv Of some Of
our adventures IN Mexico Upon those occasions
we Of course acted in precisely the same manner as
tlo AII,ar,, sditor svoort +1,at mn bl,,bs wore f
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1leAieo lIiSleda OF Germany,
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saeii' 3oi'i f,uails ~ "iltIg 70 sI Aaspan Just
tben in Pbiladelnbial savs. On Tobnuy bas