Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1850-10-12

| t'lftttV He NhI' itt[t ~ -. 49, -
have uale set eral Thousand ~tlvllars.
Tie 1Fftiitiliiai sielieil, and said Fl
thought II won raire expensive eoti,itritt
Tile tseneral however assured him i,
shoul1 have q ~clinuce To viii lptrk Iii.
money. 20 sU6ii as lie sliuuld feel Disposed
lay any other saitie he Of bis do" ii-eas'
friend should see proper to select.
Monsieur snid he uily knew ut,e. which
was the French game ul tt,,gt-uh, 81
twenty one.
The General replied that was p,'e Of lsis
strongest games md that go o . rs they
could make tl,pniaeltps comfortably sitll-
ateil as to their lodgings, they would haze
a friendly touch Of II D
Arrived Mt q hotel where they intended
to pass the ,iglt, The lffeiitl,ihAti ntd ltls
companion, having determined not to pro-
reed any fBrtlisr with the General made
tl,eit intentions kiluWn to hiin-stating ns
Il reason, thai u friend whom they sought
was on q tour to the South. and that
on the fret opportunity they should Elm.
bark on 81 toat trf Nattlitz.
The General said he thought they would
have 81 very pleasant trip aud that he would
| ,iisiHtrIi his servant home Witli his horses,
and accompany them This was tertniil-
" ANYTHING but agreeable, but as there
was no hell, Tor 1t, our travelling friends
| Thought proper III assent @
The water At this time being low, II was
proposed bv the General that a st,tnll 1at
l,ont should l,e procured. which would be
very advantageous, aild he and the
t'rentlnna,, ronla plhy at theit tatorite
ganle Of tWeitf-ote. Willie the d%W H.
easter aid The landlord, WHOM The Gen
ernl persuaded 10 go along, should manage
the boat.
This accordingly being a%ece,led 10, The
boat was sdo,i I'd der Weigh. Scarcely hid
they left the shore ere tho General, eager
fot the game, gave the l7telicln,lan n hint
to that Effect, and they were soon III full
blnst--tlie Frentlunall taking the deal. the
General betting lijgI, and losing. Night
setting III. they concluded TO lay tu aud
,lis,eise will, the game Until inor,jng
The npxtdnv, While Ia wing at the shore.
they resumed their rlat@@tlie ~t'eiletal still
losing the ihosA important bets. Al hist
tt proposed y new cl,ntge of deal
Monsieur assl,reSI him lie could only play
his name one way. at,d that was to deal
Again they played oi fora long tinte, Wlle,
the General, APPEARING to git on Of
patience, insisted. the gatit eottld be
changed, ne he WAN over one thousand dol
lars the loser,
Monsieur aai1 nv. Thought il al ttnFnif
request, as he tieliestIy said lt kltw Oh
ether game. u .f.a.
T The Ceierai stsll pressed his suit. s'hd
sni,l he was willing td %sahve II 10 their host,
Whether it was not riNht that lie should
rive him n chance to VIVA hack his money.
The host being n s'nrScl. friend Of the
t%,eternl Of COURSE detijsd in his favor.
Nv this tinte Ill MaN ready FOR tl,eif
morning departures and NIoiisieur, think.
lnn he might come out sN.otid beat, was
anxious to leave. bN The General declared
that the game must he Mayed without
any further delay v
We'll, then. Monsiaut.N wliined the
l'tentltnan, /" YOU sail propSet your game
.vot Is IL" # m..
MY game, .reoied the W'encral. rs
idta o}pu AMI SAatr' Y
"Not yon say. Genefalel NtN no nli1ef-
stand yo, zate. ls ia Won dea'Ts open aud
,liut with Won hnrd, Ell 90
"Open and shut with everything else
J,tt card, - said The General, win a coarse
auah-"1 viii give you an e&a&ple."
lie placed himself in an attitude TO en-
,lain ltis gnine. which was done b,Nflaeing
,is hands behind him, and requilSig tie
'fenclnmaii to say whether theN were
,pen or shut, +;
Monsieur, hardy knowing wat 10 ,
make of it, said "Oreu" +,
"ltow much will YOU bet ms = IN. )
Iuifed the General. :
Suppose he bette you one lestIe !
,undred dslletA 49, liz \ ]
Done - said the General, nj tic same (,
in,e showing HE astonislled l'rencslnan !
Iis closed hands. /" am sorry to inform {
Sl,at YOU s,atYs lost, and u smile OF /
meaning played round his mouth 9
All, scare me shall no understand =
such game, GencraIe. /
Must understand 1t, by Jupiter " :
Numbered the General, olce more placing
Ia hands behind him.
The Frenchman guessed again, and lost
{ course. This was repeated several I
until Monsieur declared he could no J
,nget play. =
"Projucc q substitute, then. cried tho
'eneral--"bf thunder this m~st be
Monsieur then referred him to his
sorthy friend, the Nanke0-who being
allied upon, proposed that he should be ,
ltcrnately eniitled to the privilege Of i
his hanls, But the General
ron gave him TO understand that this
anne could I've played only one scaY-at 81
nc same time telling the landlord he e
light ms well station himself on shore Z
18th his ride, rs he Intended there should =
e very little e~qniseeation in his gaming
ansaotiun. 4
The Yankee, finding that the General \
lance, proposed that the General shonld !,
1t 1--WE to his II The General laughed 4
the proposition and readily assentcd, il
the Yankee would agree to LET i
i'm tS the amount, which was also con-. Y
,ded.
Toa Northern trayeler this scene would Z
ave been highly interesting. About thirty \
'rds from the boat, perched upon a stump,
it'll n long rifle in his hand, was their to
ready TO obey the slightest command :"
the General. AT the stern of the boat So
God Monsieur, with pale cheek and
clings that can be better imagined /,
IAN described, as he thought Of the ter. j
of n game which would, in all X
nh, end in l,,s yinp hin, md he at