The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-06-15

The following piquint description, ofa fast
man we clip from the local column Of the
Pittsburgh Post
| A FAST MAs.-Capt. J. Tor WilIiam) Dean.
whose name has appeared SO often of late in our
police reports, is a character, and one which j,
not met with every day The Captain is about
SIX feet high, OF fauitless figure has nairc
(or knave) sort of a French accent, and a gent
iemahly bearing which shows an intimate
knowledge with the salons of Paris. little
sketch OF the Captains operations IN financial
line, We believe would not prove tedious, so here
goes. The Captain hrst appeared some three
weeksago en- one of the Cincinnati packets, at
ihe wh"ri OF that city, and engaged passage for
Pittsburgh shortly after leaving port he placed
In the hands OF the clerk, with directions to put
II IN lhe safe, carpet bag containing $4,000,
"a elfie earned in California and at the san e
| Time requested the loan of twenty dollars from
| the clerk to pay his immediate expenses on the
trip, =" he had no small change There was
| no such thing as refusing man who deposited
$7o,0O0, and the demand was acceded to.
The Captain spent the money liberally-patron-
iZad the bar extensively, and to the cabin boys,
BARRIERS, and boot blacks, he was very liberal
IN facf, he dispensed money with such prodignl
hand, that he was compelled to return 10 the
clerk $ tor loan Of trife more-tbir.y or
forty dollars oniy."-The demand was promptly
met, and the money went the same way The
NaP'aIh struck up an Acquaintance with one of
''e "icefS, said he was much pleased with his
demeanor, and tried to engage him 10 on m
Australia with him,-tbi biections were stated. bur
The Captain promptly rejoined--.. never mind
'ha'' nave plenty Of money, and will engage
you as my Secretary, at the rate Of 300 per
month"; which shall begin, added the Captain
prudehliy," as SOON as we get TO Pittsburgh y
ihls offer, OF course, could not be reiusedgand
.me VI, oaptain ana the young gentleman talked of
a'ohey, Mebourn, Baltimore clippers, &c, over
,he'r CIGARS until the matter was finally settled
In due time the boat arrived at our wharf. Cant
Dean did not wish to disturb his $4,000 at
present, and he left it on the boat-he however
stepped up to the Monnngallea House, rsristered
his name, slipped his julep, took IA HAVANA and
walked out to view our smoky city. cigar
store attracted his attention. and the Captain be-
thought himself that he and his young friend
would De very lonesome, unless they had plenty
of cigars with them on their long yoya pe-thirty
boxes of the best were purchased. and nc The
Captain opened one of the boxes and filled his
pockets Tor immediate use, he said, make out
your Dill, IN no nlggard in money matters, and
as soon as can go to the United States Hotel
and back, will call, take the cigars and pay.
you but, added the Captain, /" can't 90 on
foot just loan me dollar to hire a cab, as all
my money Is on the boat The Captain got
lumDeQ
out, told the cabman to call for him in an bour
Punctually, and he would give him five dollars.
Al The appointed hour the cab wash its place,
but the Captain had evidently forgotten his en-
gagement; he was not to be found. and the
driver neither got the nor the one dollar.
we Will not tell how the Captain and of
whom purchased near thousand dollars worth
o. carpet, and had it laid by, +" to be called for
IN the afternoon or of the hotel keepers that
tha SIss ri ~
TO contribute to oar gallant's wardrobe or of the
scurvy trick he played an enthusiastic French
friend, in stealing-beg your pardon Captain
ms new cloth coat or of the other wonderful
feats performed by this adventurer One thing,
however must not be passed. The Captains
boots were generally unexceptionable a dusty
day soled not only his boots but his coat-our
hero entered JAcKsoS's, near the st. Charles,
and soon his boots wore their accustomed ap-
pearance not having any small change" the
Captain asked Henry to change twenty dol
lar gold piece couldn { do it, and the Captaiu
was forced to borrow two or three dollars from
Jackson tor immediate use change wa $50
scarcc-p promising to call and gi We him FIVE dol.
lars in few minutes Ofcourse, he didn't call
in few minutes. This small affair attracted
the attention of the police, and Captain Dean
was brought before the Mayor His manner
touched his hDnor-he stated incoherept!y his
name was Choteau-home from California
domestic misfortunes-wine and womeh-woud
pay all his debts-draw on his brother in st
Louis for the amount. This was all very well,
and the Captain was treated leniently by the
Mayor. Dean in the meantime consulted coun-
sci, got the learned gentleman he engaged, to
telegraph to his friend DR. Rodgers, Of Cincn-
natl, for $500, for his immediate wants "This
will be here in few days. the Captain said,
" and it shall be your fee Glorious, thought
the Attorney
The Mayor soon grew tired waiting, and
DR.. Rodgers diden't send the money, and as
consequence, Capt. J. (or William) Dean, of
the army, alias Antoine Choteau, a fashionable
and dashing young Frenchman, is now boarding
with Jailor Crawford with good prospect Of
changing his lodging house, to the State Prison,
in Allegheny-a more salubrious clame for one
OF the Captains nervous temperament The
carpet bag containing the $751; 900 was opened,
we should not forget to state, and, but we won't
state what was there, except thar the $4,000
not.