New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-07-15

y To put up your dear curf pray ladies do buy one
And gentlemen can't do better than try one,
aJ To light with IT their odsrous regaiia segar
- ~ Buy 9 Bond, buy aBond
Oh buy Of the wandering Hungarian Bond. /.
Iheard you were guIlible. but confess,
That Of all I'd been told the truth went beyond
For what in value can be found. that ia less
Than continental nptes or --- Hungarian Bond
Buy Bond, buy Bond,
Oh. buy Of the wand'ring Hungarian Bond,
My fame now g usd up,'' for Europe I'm going.
6fy purse well laden--for ofspeeches you're fond
As to gratudes tear in my eye lids DER fowing''
Look for,t-xhen@ power on earth you're donn'd.
Buy Bond buy Bond,
Bless the time that in the States cried buy Bond.
"REMINISCENCES OF AN ATTORNEY.
- gbe fnfsnoiaru. ~
knew James Dutton, as 4 shall call him, at
an early period of life when my present scanty
locks Of, IRON gray were thick and dark, my now
pale and furrowed cheeks we're fresh and ruddy,
like his own. Time, circumstance, and natural
bent Of mind have done their work on both of
us; and if his course of life has been less equa-
BILE than mine, it has been ehicfss 40 hc5Es-.se .see
the original impulse, the first start On the great
journey, upon which SO much depends, was di-
,rected by wiser heads in nay case than in his i
We were school fellows for considerable time
and if acquired--as I certainly did-a larger
stock of knowledge than he, it was by no means 1
from any superior capacity on my part, but that Il
his mind was bent on other pursuits. He was /
born Nimrod, and his father encouraged this
propensity from the earliest moment that his
darling and only SON could sit pony or handle
light fowling-pieee. james Dutton was de-
MED nothfng-not even the luxury of neglecting
his own education; and he availed himself Of
the lamentable privilege to great extent. It
was, however, . remarkable feature in the lads
character, that whatever he himself deemed es-
sential should be done, no amount of indulgence,
no love Of sport or dissipation, could divert him
from thoroughly accomplishing. Thus he saw
clearly, that even in the life-that of sports
man farmer-he had chalked out for himself, it
was indispensably necessary that certain
quantum Of educational power, should be at
tanned land SO he really acquired a knowledge
Of reading, writing and spelling, and then with
drew from school to more eongenial avecations.
Frequently met James Dutton in after years
but some nine or ten months had passed since I
had last seen him, when was directed by the
chief partner in the firm to which Flint and I
subsequently, succeeded, to take coach for ROM
there what kind of evidence we might expect
him to give in a trial to come off in the then
Hilary term, at Westminster Hall
1t was the first week in January; the wealth
er was bitterly cold; and experienced an In
tense satisfaction when, after dispatching the
business had come upon, / found myself in the
long dining room of the chief market inn, where
| two blazing fires shed ruddy, cheerful light
over the snow-white damask table-cloth, bright
glasses, decanters, and other preparations for
the farmers market-dinner Prices had ruled
high that day; wheat had reached ESQ load !;
and the numerous groups of hearty. stalwart
yeoman present were in high glee, Growing and
exulting alike over-their full pockets and the
news-of which the papers were just then full,
of the burning Of Moscow, and the fight and ruin
of Bonaparte's army. James Dutton was in the
room, but not, Iobserved, in his usual flow Of
animal spirits. The Grape round his hat might,
thought, account for that; and as he did not
see me, accosted him with an inquiry after his
health, and the reason of his being in mourn:
aings He received me very cordially, and in al
instant cast off the distracted manner had no
ticed. His father, he informed me, was gone
had died about seven months previously, and h,
was now alone at Ash Farm-and asked why
didn't run down there to see him sometimes
etc. Our conversation was interrupted by
summons to dinner, very cheerfully compiled
4 with; and we both-at least can answer fol
myself-did ample justice to a more than usual
lily capital dinner, even in these capital old mar
ket dinner times. We were very Jolly after.
wards, and amazing triumphant over the frost.
buried soldier banditti that had so long lorded
Iit over continental Europe Dutton did not par.
take Of the general hilarity. There was snee1
Eupon his lip during the whole time, which, how
ever, found no expression in words.
sc How quiet you are, James Dutton !' cried a
loud voice from out the dense smoke-cloud that
by this time completely enveloped u.s. On look
ing towards the spot from whence the ringing
tones came, jolly, round face-like the sun as
seen through a London fog-gleamed redly dull
from the thick and choking atmosphere.
s' Everybody" rejoined Dutton, &c hasn't the
%or 1,,,,l u
to-day's price, as you have, Tom Southall.''
ss' That's true, my boy returned Master
Southall, sending, in the plenitude of his salts
, faction, a jet of smoke towards US with aston
ishing force. 'sAnd, L say -Jem, I'll tell zee
} what I'll do; I'll clap on ten guineas more upon
what offered for the brown mare''
&C Done! e,s.yours, Tom, then, for ninety
4 guineas!' .r7 s-sf-=
4 ss sGies your hand upon it !' cried Tom South.
,, all, jumping up from his chair, and stretching
fist as big as a leg Of mutton-well, say lamt
J, over the table. ssAnd here-there,' - he added
! with an exuberant chuckle, as he extricated q
swollen canvas-bag from his pocket here's
the dibs at once.''
This transaction excited good deal of sur.
prise at our part Of the table, and Dutton was
vigorously cross questioned as to his reason fol
! parting with his favorite hunting mare.
, ssThe truth is, friends" said Dutton, at last
i I" mean to give up farming, and"
s'Gie up farmin' p broke in half q dozel
voices. &c Lord'
ssYes; don't like it. I shall buy a commits
! sion in the army. There'll be chance agains
. Boney, now; and it's life I'm fit for.''
s. The farmers looked completely agape at thi
' announcement; but making nothing of it, afte
silently staring at Dutton and each other, wit
their pipes in their hands and not in thei
mouths, till they had gone out, stretched thei
: heads simultaneously across the table toward
the candles, relit their pipes, and smoked on a
I before.
: sSThen, perhaps, Mr.. Dutton," said youn
i man in a smartly cut yelveteen coat with mo
r. r. ther pearl buttons, who had hastily left hi
is seat further down the table, perhaps you vii
e sell the double Ma IN, and Fanny and Slut:
!. &C 1es-at a price"
. Prices were named; / forget now the exac
sums, but enormous prices, l thought, for til
gun and the dogs, Fanny and Slut. The bar
he gain was eagerly concluded, and the money pai
b. at once. Possibly the buyer had a vague MOTTO
he that a portion Of the vender's skill might com
to him with his purchases.
Il sYou be in 'arnest, then, in this FOOLS busi
q ness, James Dutton," observed farmer grayely
n Sc ! be sorry for thee; but as 'spose the leas
!. of Ash Farm will be parted with; why John
s waiter, tell Mr., Hurst at the top Of the tabl
e yonder, to come this way
IS Master Hurst, well to-do, highly respecta
q BILE looking, and rather elderly man, came i
u obedience to the summons, and after fe
words in an under-tone with the friend that ha
been sent for him, said" Is this true, jaime
Dutton r' -U4 rt