New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-05-31

themselves, and away went the otherwise empty
coach, with the cheers Of the men and their com
panions, the Unsurpassed anger Of their out
witted and foiled opponents, and the shouts OF
laughter Of at least hundred people, who ling
cred at the coach office to see what was going on
In the meantime a similar, yet very different
scene had occurred at the other hotel, the Foun
tain, round the rival coach, called for the occa-
sion the Impetueuse.
A clergyman, with his wife and two daugh-
ters, had gone with their luggage, to take their
places for London, where they had been hur-
riedly called to see dying son, in soms govern
ment Office. But all the places were taken, and
nothing could be done for them. All taken
And would none give up their places, for at least
the father and the mother!
&c We don't know, sir; five sailors Of the Hnpe
tueuse have taken them all the way to London
They were at the moment seen approaching
rolling along and alive for any mad frolic. The
poor lady burst into tears, and her husband
tried to console her, &c We can take post-chaise,
my dear, and post to London; will see; !" and
then added, 81 but, alas y | fear cannot afford
it; no, we must give this up
"Come, hoist jib, my fine fellows, and fire
gun and make SAIL said the foremost Of the
tars, as he sprang upon the top Of the coach;
| ind then down he came again, and said, " No,
I'll go in the cabin; Tom, come into the cabin,
it is more ship-shape, and we shall steady the
craft ore;'' and he then opened the coach door.
and sprang in with his bundle, upon which the
other four followed, and they all got inside with
their sticks, pipes, etc: one of them thrustine
out his head and hallooing. &c On deck, there
see that you keep sharp lookout, and tell us
when those rascals are in sight, meaning their
friends on the other coach At this moment the
poor clergyman, with his family by his side.
said to the office-keeper, ''Won't these fac fel-
| lows allow us to take the outside places if we
,La,,, 4 tnt tb,,os
men, we hear you have taken all this coach, but
if you would be kind enough to allow us to share
| it with you''
"Why, sir, you see,' said a noble looking tar,
| putting his head out of the window, p" we have
hired the craft on sailing match to Lunnon,
with those Amazons, and if there are too many
on deck, may be she'll roll when before the wind,
and they'll beat Us
| "Well,' said the poor clergyman, with great
courtesy, &c really should not think of intrud-
ing on your pleasure, but that we are in dis
tress. We have heard of the 1--WE fear) fatal
| sickness of my only boy, and we are Fastening
TO see him before he dies" Here his voice fal
| tered, and his dignifed wife and the poor timid
young girls by his side burst into tears. The
coach was moving off, and the horn blew
"Avast there, shorten SAIL let 90 the anchor
again." said one Of them; g can't stand that
blubbering it has made ME feel, don't know
how"
"What's the natter" 4" said the guard,
whats that to you, you lubber' Why
there are signals of distress here,' and oper
flew the coach door, and two Of them jumpet
!. out, and the tall one, taking off his low hat
, with his pipe in it, stood before the clergyman
and said
"The craft is at your service, sir, and thes,
poor things here shaking in the wind. ISM
she, Jack Tom: Eh ! my lads Come, cleal
!. the cabin, it's cold day; come out, Bill, ant
give your berth to the ladies: who are you, t.
be there when your betters amt served %
The clergyman was beginning to thank them
and say they could all go outside, "On deck
, Not they-what, this cold and squally day
No. the cabin is the place for those who wer
t not brought up before the mast
And with inimitable, though rough grace
e and with their hats off and queues sticking ou
$ behind, they handed in the wife, the two girl:
e and then the clergyman, in spite of his remor
}, strances to the contrary The young womei
overcome with the change, cried rather hyster
r cally, when one sailor turning to the othe
= said, ''Jack, these poor things are low, and s
{ am I-quite squeamish and odd as though
e puff would capsize me; let's have some grog an
give the ladies some" In a moment they ha
J got their glasses, and presented them with grea
n opportunity at the coach-door. In the mean
time, the luggage was put up, and no sma
quantity, for there We're three ladies, and til
u | codCuuihH ptilS III II up llty All spTdUE
r and stuck one of their sticks, with blue hand
S kerchief, on the top of the boxes
. The clergyman called the Office keeper to pa
Il | their fare, and so to refund the sailors. The
s heard this, and one said, 'sWhat's that bo,
J. doing alongside that lubber is wanting mo-
e money from the cabin passengers" But,
,s understanding the nature of the parley, the
= said, "No, hold your tongue you scribbler;
one ever pays in kings ships; the poor thin
| shall have n free mas nd oil
lie US besides; it shan't be said that the Inpet
euSe ever saw signals of distress, and did n
VS. bear down to lend hand Cheer up, sir, L
N money II help the lad to London, and you
X have to pay bill as long as boat hook, d
g pend on it; those doctors are great thieves,
IT there is any trouble below, halloo out, and
e. shall hear on deck keep the poor things tn
'r are crying warm, And now blow up 70,
music my lad there abaft, and clap all sail
is her = and off went the coach, amid the shouts
I'd some and the whimpers of others.
X, :" Fine fellows, those tars," said some
is "Poor fellows, what fools they are not to ta
Sc the gentleman's money! were the muttere
half ASHAMED words of others
ne With an occasional glimpse of one another,
a the almost empty coach reached the crest of
s. hill, and the other heavy laden one dipped in
a valley far behind. and which, for the momer
re awakened feeble cheer from the little craft,
they called the other, the two coaches hasten
he OH in the order that might have been expecte
and never stopped without an offering of i
a grog being made to the cabin passengers. Abo
l." sunset, they took in their op-gallant sails a
n, royals in the crowded streets of London, and
re last let go their anchors, one in the court va
of the Bell Tanvage in Ludgate-hill, and I
he other at the Saracen's Head
Up, The two men who had alone taken their p
til sage, as they said, in the first, sprang down,
lle hurried round the point, and then came rou
Of head to the wind, and let go her anchor in
aforesaid well known courtyard.
)r, Cheers from the yictors were answered
,ly jovial counter cheers from the beaten, a
dewn the last Of all sprang, clean off the top
he the ground, and gathered round the coach,
lift the cabin passengers out, pushing aside Fl
ly, the porter and then the waiter. making, as Il
said, clear decks; and then, opening the Goa
il doors with inimitable but most unpolisl
to courtesy, with their round hats off one side,
ous huge quids in their mouth, they handed out
icy clergyman, his wife and daughters, and hol
they had not been tossed about by the roll
for and pitching Of that ere heavy merchantmi
ley She was no man-o war at all they could
md get nine knots an hour out of her; the otl
the ole might have spared her royals and studd
it'll sails, and they were fairly beat. But, as
lst, that, it was all one, the dibs would have gon
some way, if not in that, and they hoped
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