The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1853-11-13

CoHREsP oNDEMC Z.
Ths Crescent gity-by rieoemsal

ItuIlH sHfiNi AfpJ Stt'.Sthi nav thti
sway, 10 d greater or less extent in
every great city, and New Orleans is
far from exempt from either Of them,
those Hlelish brothers" boon com
panions.
Ent | purpose TO speak now Of two
characters that flourish in this coin
manity, both If whom are friends, ana
iaaln;Eiar acquaintance Of Hum, and
one of whom We will call Rumny,
The better to distinguished him from
lie other. They are both clerks, and
liimns is Of tue top grade for here
there are grades among The elerfs
through which The lower ones Of tic
fraternity must pass before they ST
TO be real spinnies The latter is an
ola graduate at "Saru'e.' tho est.
Gl,ailes,n md tho "citf,' hnfl d course
Is II good thinker - I'D fine
sm}ft3." in fbet he is one Of Tie
ab'kogs." i:um md Runrny are on
good terms with each other, and
Cletifc looks npen Eummy with enty,
md longs ior lie day when he cen 81
il.7 rs lie does. T'hg grand difference
between Rtfalny and CierE'e; II not
50 much IN The number Of Il Is they
con each stand, Without getting into
tn eutte-, as ia their occupations,
bunny being s on sales o. q
big shipping clerk iaaolies 1T The
Banks, and sm5ies Mt the "City.n
Clerkie has to measure tape and calico
on Canal, Charter or Royal, and gets
but little time dining th8 day to lunch
Or smale anya here. Hdnimy can tell
yon tie dnalitY of'fl,m sugar" wiieth
it n heavy or dry, granny or light, anil
If bis IS tie cotton iihe, lie can assign
It's rank and Crude by a mere look at
if. lie talks glibly Of that aiast iu-
voice" Ct 'fair' Of good fair and tells
you how IT. sold it oht.' Cletkie lis
tens with rolling eyes and gaping won
der nj all>llis, to him slang wang"
bt,t keeps mum about 'theru cotton
nades,n and superior assoFtments' he
has to handle over and over again, to
every new customer that comes in,
whether it be Madame --, in hor
earringe, draHa BY the best blools, 81
n now importation from Ireland or the
l;elgae. Rurniny is einphatieally n
Jast bov' and Clertie is hlreadf after
him with II sha,p stick. Rlmmg drives
n $40 on the fflHlioad or the Char
lilly, down Raupait, Of on the Espli-
made, whilst Glerlie gets ''briek IN
hat' has 10 90 10 Like etd'' on The
eais, OF kneek down them tens" at
Murphv's.
Clelkie and Isummy IRE two differ
ent person, but both are "fast ,lns,"
ever ready to treat, or be treafed, to
spend and be spent. You may know
Gietltie BY those important features in
his mike up ~ high collar and u
dogs head cane. Whether or not
there Is my thing in The shape Of the
canine head, nose and eAts peculiarly
Of relationship aud origin,
! cant sly, bat they are lifH outside
signs on all occasions. Clefkie Is am
bilious 10 leave, Charter or Royal or
'Pouybon,' and geiu with some Dir
house, upon Front Levee, Magazine Or
Camp, 50 thai he can come The biz
talk, and after tie fashion Of Ermny,
"a0iltAe leyccuffs. Once there, he
looses all III his former characteristics.
and becomes IL once II Rnmmy with
full light to swear ut tie Clcks of
steamboafs, kick The day inan, end
tldHsn lhu mistakes Of Tie 'jhniof
partner These two grades Of clerks
are easily distinguished from each
Other, and he city 10 full Of them,
from them The most useful and enter
pislug men we have, come. Tjfne sep
crates the el1aG from the wheat, and
the latter remains to fiji the sphere q
allotted 10 all who are in
dtistriots and pefaeyeting, md receive
the rici rewards tliat ever follow the
truly deserving, among the sons d
nen IN every RAM in life.
CYafs.