New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-04-06

Perhaps there "a No part # the earth where
more iudIcrous scenes take place than at wash
ington, The gathering together of people from
all parts of the world, the varied interest and
the numberless claimants, all help 70 form aro-
tesque incidents, which, il they could b. siTiiI-
fully combined by master-hand, would create
a soul under the ribs Of death. Haying nsither
the time nor the ability, 1 viii only mention one
There is in the Senate gentleman Of distin-
guished talent, of fine personal appearance ard
Of inimitable will On one windy morning, he
was vending his way through by-street, when
gust blew Off hat. Il had scar6e1y toached
the ground before huge New Founiiand dog
pounced upon it, and ran away bearing It a. a
trophy, The Senator, unwilling TO past % sum-
marily with his new beaver, pursued the 1elon.
| and the scene became highly exciting 8 the
people Of the metropolis, who, delghsed with
any incident that could give amusem<nt, we're
thrown into perfect ecstacies Of joy st sesing the
| race between the dog and the Senator, the one
plunging at his utmost speed, with the hat be-
| tween his teeth, and the other, his long hair
| streaming in the wind. and his stentorian voice
making the air discordant with multitude of
fierce entreaties and impressive threats, pursu-
| ing with frantic strides the catif qpadruped
Finding that his biped antagonist was gaining
upon him. the thief fed into an open door, and
in too went his pursuer. The dog dashed up
fight of stairs, and up dashed the Senator.
The dog fed into a chamber, and there too ran
the avenger, and there they both encountered .
beautiful girl, who just robing herself at her
morning toilette, and who was scarcely in . con-
dition to receive SO unexpected visit.
"What do You want, you wretch ~ said the
lady, with flashing eye and indignant scovl. TO
| the Senator. 49, Tf
"My hat p answered the somewhas sil1ishted
but still determined intruder Z. my hat, which
your rascally dog has stolen from me y
81 believe that dog is Satan" muttered the
LADY, and then fiercely added to the dog, Z Give
him his hat sir p which the quadruped instantly
obeyed "And now be of with you, you pack
of fendsr' Ito the dog and to the Senator, }
and rushing at them, they both fed down the
stairs in congenial terror, forgetting in their
present panic their former difference. The
crowd in the street received them with three
hearty cheers, and the honored representative
Of noble State went home with his rescued
chapeau in his hand, ito guard against . repe-
tition Of the direful occurrence.) but with q
more humble and subdued spirit than ever be-
fore had throbbed within his bosom.
{" have learned a lesson, y he said when he
had reched home, and wiped his brow; :. two,
may say. One is, to hold on my hat Of q windy
day the other, and more important, is never
under any circumstances, TO rush into q room
where lady is dressing; for Of all the herc,
! terrific is an angry woman! Why, added he
with an impressive gesture, and q slightly Sub
dued expletive,) there was lightning enough il
:, that girls eyes to have furnished the materis
! for dozen tropical storms, and enough lef
s over for brilliant aurora -borealis p
But the story lacks the mingled tone Of flu
g and terror which the hero gives It. and which
so provocative Of mirth, that one of the most dis
e tinguished and learned statesmen Of our lant
o whenever he heard it, or it came back to hi
!, recollection. would give way to uncontrollabl
d laughter, even when the heavy hand of diseas
r had grasped his form--a grasp, that was neve
relaxed until the victim slept in death ! lKnick
erbocker