The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-10-21
Partisan GossiD,


q correspondence Of the 81. Louis Republican,
Paris Sept Is, 1850.
California fever has become a perfect epi-
- in France 20 much 80, in fact, that measures
W -sOon have 10 be taken 10 put stop TO it,
So cely q village has escapsd is ravages, and the
,lUIeetrrlOu- mi&suas which arj'e from it, in the
shap- Of cXtavagaut pamphlets and prosp-crUses,
viii carry the disease into every domestic fresIde
in the country. California societies are sprimging
, mp every day, and inuumerahle associations and
companies are speculating largely upon the hopes
-aud creduiitlss Of the working classes, These
companies engage nsu-Eeuecaliy the miserable
e. unioTtunats-to 60 out under the guidance Of
\ Sgyer-sgr to work the mines Of California, and
: = they advertise stock at such low that it
:, lmos.iuvarably all taken upand paid for within
y few days. In nine cases out Of ten, the company
IHen either goes 10 California itself, forgetting all
about its wOrkmen aud its stockholders, or else
absC nds 10 parts unknown, and Is never heard Of
afterwards. You have no idea how many honest
Vurkmeu and servants have lost their little all, the
hard earnings OF many years, by being tempted 70
spend il 10 California stock. They cannot resist
the brilliant prospects held out to them and it is
not until too late to repair the mischief that they
find how they have been played with. In nu,
ln3rous cases the disappointment which has fol-
lowed this discovery, has led TO despair and sui
eide.
It is amusing to read the names Of The different
companies, and zee how they are chosen to tempt
the Ignorant and foolish. There is the " True Al
chymist," ths Golden Sheaf," the FL Dorado ~
"R;7e3 of Gold and Mountains of Silver" the
"Se 'en Pathfinder and various others, of more
80 ,,iguifcanCe. After reading these titles and
\ ,S-%s@glets which are furnished by the cOmpa-
\ ECy,% lr peasants and wOrkmen think that
\ -. California, they will never want more.
lnGegd, doubt much if the California excitement
0, as grsat in the United States as it s here. Sto-
res are told of such fortunes being made in this
land of gold, rs might well arouse the cupidity of
The most Indifferent, that is if these tales could be
believed by everybody. Here are two however.
t.rI,Iph / bplipyp ma he raliel sfra nd
romantic as they may seem:
About two years ago, shortly after the February
revolution the Partisan world, in the midst OF the
political excitement which still agitated it, was
slightly moved by one of those private Incidents,
from which the calmest epochs not exempt,
and which from time to time aitct the highest
society.
A young mau, belonging to 4 most honorable
family and married about year to a lovely wo-
man, granddaughter of one OF the most illustrious
soldiers Of the Empire, was visiting one evening a
house where a pretty high play was often allowed.
hs~Tt down to 4 game OF cards, thinking he
wouiu play but short time and then retire but
the cards soon became too attractive, he could not
leave off, and finally in a stormy game Of lands
quenet, he lost not only what money he had about
hun, but twenty thousand francs besides, for which
he gave his note payable the next day. But the
next day arrived and the creditor was surprised
when he called to find the young man away from
home. The day after it was the same thing bu
the truth was finally known. At the end of tn,
week, the world learned that Mr. L., S,
amiable, and standing so high in society, q young
husband 50 happy IN having married the woman
his choice, had suddenly disappeared abandoning
his gambling debts, his wife and his good name.
He had been the victim of a fatal ambition In
stead of being content with his happiness, and tn,
comforts that twenty thousand francs year CAV,
him. he wanted to be Immediately rich, and sur
roune himself with splendor and luxury 7
reach this end he had for some time tried tn
chances of stook-jobbing, and had completed
ruined himself at it. The lansquenet debt was
very little matter alongside Of his other enofmou
and overwhelming losses.
With such disasters before him, incapable {
supporting shame and misery, the unhappy youn
man had sought his safety in flight. After havIn
written to his wife despalring farewell, he ha
gone of without saying what his plans were, an
after that, for two years, not a word was heard
or from hun none knew what had become of him
every effort to discover his retreat proved upsuc
ccssful Finally, the world almost forgot him hi
memory scarcely existed except in the heart of hi
deserted wife. About two months ago. she wei
with her parents to occupy a country hous
situated about two leagues from Paris. One morn
ing, as she was walking in the garden, thinking
the absent one whose retuTR she had almO
ceased to expect, she saw a handsome earring
stop at the gate, young man got out and sprun
towards her. pronouncing her name with volt
full of tender and joyful emotion.
|, Was he, ii was Mr.. L., a lutte Drowned by Il
SUM- bu, retaining all the graCes of his person.
Here am," enid he, " have come 20 Tepa