New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-08-02
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some outsider shouted, s'Stop, steamboatr' Ii
response TO the shout, the omnibus stopped th.
door was pulled open, and there were thrust il
upon the seat, FIRST, q handkerchief filed witt
old books, next, roll Of colored prints, por
| traying Russian military tactics; then, CONT
cal-lookiDg little spaniel, with long moustaches
| sore foot, aud q red ribbon round its neck
after that, a hand basket containing an infnity
of odds and ends, most prominent among which
were an ancient hair knapsaok, black-handled
sabre, the blade wrapped in rag, doll-baby
| in y state of nudity, q bundle OF cigars, and
sundry memorandum books, with pens, pencils,
paper and other trifes too numerous to mention
and finally appeared, the owner of,all the fore
going-no less q person than the Chevalier
Dieudonne Body 10 Kerlenin-the Polish Count,
Hungarian Colonel Of Husssrs, hero of the Ca
NADIA Rebellion and the Seminole Wharf.-The ele-
CANT horseman, expert swordsman, miraculous
smoker, sublime spouter, and king of loafers-
| laughed at by the men, pitied by the women,
and loved by all the children and dogs in the
Second District--the everlasting, always-moying
| BODY, or Bodice, as he is called-who makes
love to all the ladies, spouts Shakespeare and
Kossuth in the bar rooms, with snatohes Of ope-
ratio and histrionic eostacies, and denounces
| thingsin six languages who has been the aston
ishment Of strangers and the admiration Of the
natives for years past, vibrating between St.
Louis and St Philip streets as regular as the
old Cathedral pendulum in its tower, or the old
Wizard Guardian who haunts Its shadows the
better part Of whose being has forever fed,
leaving behind it the brilliancies of military
education, and the spice Of life of adventure
this renowned Body, we say, entered and
seated himself amid his baggage. He had on
two hats, three coats, several vests, one pair of
pants and d pair Of slippers, and his bosom was
stuffed full Of French newspapers, which kept
falling out, as often as he would stuff them
back. His coat pockets also pouched out as if
ready to burst, with mysterious parcels of some
kind or other
$50 ahead, steamboat !'' he shouted, gather
ing his plumber mp to him on one side, and his
dog on the other; ut the same time restoring to
its concealment beneath his oriental moustache,
an unlit cigar-stump an inch long.
stake that dog off that satep shouted Jehu,
looking through the hole, sand pay yer fare
now p
BODY tried to stuff the dog into his bosom
with his papers, but couldn't; SO, when he
handed up his dime, he added an extra half
dime, saying, "Take that and drink my long
lifel' The driver then discovered that his pas
senger was BODY; and with the kindness which
the world ever accords to eccentric characters
objected no more to his dog lying on the seat.
Seeing that lady in the omnibus got as far
from him as possible, with an uneasy counte-
nance-for ladies don't generally fall in love
with Body at first sight--he took off his hats,
laid his hand on the bundle Of papers over his
heart, rolled up his eyes and begged her pardon,
in that mute and killing manner which has
caused so many of the down town ladies to pity
him from their hearts. The lady, we observed,
was quite composed during the rest Of the trip.
BODY informed us that, in pursuance of his
annual custom, he was going over to Vaudeville
for little summer relaxation; and entertained
US with the spice Of his eocentricity until we
reached Esplanade street. "Stop steamboat p
he shouted; the boat stopped; and we helped
him out with his plumber. he presented q most
ludicrous appearance, as he marched down to
the depot with his multiplicity Of hats, parcels,
and his little dog limping after him. 1t is to be
presumed that Boby's arrival each year creates
q sensation among the Mandevillians
Boby's oddities, and the funny stories that are
told of him would fill book. We will devote
just little space to give some idea of him.
Once upon time he was arrested and taken
before the Recorder on a charge of stealing a
lady's mantilla. The article was produced in
evidence against him. 1t was wofully crumpled
up, for BODY had been sleeping with it beneath
his pillow. When asked what he had to say in
answer to the charge, he denied having stolen
the mantilla, but admitted that he had taken it
from the lady's house.
"What induced you to take it, BODY !" asked
the Recorder.
'Your honor" he replied, crossing his hands
on his breast and rolling up his eyes with an
enthusiastic smile, 81 lone that LADY, ADORE
that lady! love everything that belongs TO
that lady And as l could not get the lady her
self, took her mantillar' The spectators
event off incontinently OF this, and the lady's
looks seemed to indicate that she would have
given forty mantillas, more OF less, to be away
from there
SWELL, Body" said the Recorder, athe act
was still dishonest, and shall have to send you
TO prison for twenty -four hours"
BODY responded with redoubled enthusiasm,
Twenty four hours! Your honor, will 20 to
prison torty eight hours for that lady la week
"a MONTH for that lady!' As he was led
out of court, he smiled and pantomimed the
most agonizing love to the almost fainting
lady. Whether BODY ever bothered her after
wards we have not learned; but it is quite GER
tain that the lady has not bothered him since
week or two since, BODY was imprisoned for
twenty four hours by Recorder Ramos for spout
ing and ranting in front Of his office SO loudly
as to impede the flow of justice When BODY
got out, maybe he didn't talk some His har
argues on American liberty and the freedom of
speech resounded through that neighborhood
with an intensity compared with which his first
offence was child's whisper He exhausted
the Polish, German, French and English Ian
gusges on the subject, and the Recorder con-
cluded to "let him rip" In like manner he
denounced the chain which Judge Cotton had
stretched across St. Peter street. Sarcasm
ehi in Hnhy at timan II Sc e.t;J1 L.