Volcano weekly ledger., 1856-10-11
Another Co1anlar Affair

A correspondent of the Philadelphia .Sat-
arday Ereaiag Mil tells the following Curl
Gus story:
i have just had my breakfast and as it
was so much more quiet than heretofore
two seats being vacant at the table, must
give you a history of their desertion-
1t is an incident, and to those who know
H. b. NJ 5 Consul at New Orleans, will be
a rich mt to crack (?) BY the way, Mr.
William Muir may be one Of your personal
friendsl But if So You know how fussey he
is; how conspicuous he delights to make him
self, and how odious such character, under
any circumstances, becomes to the plain I'M
pretending Young America of the South
west
Imagine, then. the perfect extacy with
which some Of the boys" slaughtered the
representative Of The British Lion. As this
story may become a subject Of newspaper no
torety in England as well as in this country
| will give You true, plain, and full state
ment of facts. So prepare yourself for a
ong-wiuded, prosy recital
At New Orleans before the boat left |
was asked about Mrs. de Lancv. Of MobiIcl
| said that no one by that name lived in Mo-
bile, or had for twenty years, that ever
heard Of. oh, yes was the reply, for Mr.
Muir has taken state-room for her and is
going up the river in charge of her"
The response was, There must be some
mistake, gentlemen
The custom on this boat is 70 set fifteen or
twenty tables, seating ten persons at each
acrosSwise Of the cabin; and the passengers
make up their parties and sit in this manner
during the trip. Our table was honored (?)
by the presence Of Mr. Muir at its head
and on either hand cf him sat Madame
Cambria, the Primo Donna Of the French
Opera in New Orleans, aud the aforesaid
Mrs. De Lancy The latter speaking no
French and being exclusively under charge
Of the Consul, while the former lady. speak
ing nothing but French, aud having as q
travelling companion Mr.. De Leach, re-
spectacle looking, venerable, grav-headed
Frenchman A meals Mr. Muir talked in.
cessautly, and so loudly as to drown nearly
all conversation ut our table, we being mod
est people, and his chat nearly all in French
In twenty-f0ur hours after we left port. it
was matter of amusement to us to observe
the Consul doing the sweet to both ladies:
the evident Jealousy and discomfort growing
upon the De Lancy widow-wic apace with
il, inclTabe contempt became apparent in the
countenance Of the fair cantatrce All this,
however, was so quietly doue, or rather look
cd, tn, perhaps only few Of US observed
the storm in the teapot. For so far as onr
observations extended, both deported them
selves as ladies' Muir certainly did not seem
to us when between the two, to be seated on
a cushion of roses; at all events there were
some thorns about. However, on Saturday
one of the gentlemen whose family was on
board, aud who is down on damned pre-
suming Foreigners and especially and indi-
viduay 50 on the New Orleans representa-
tive of the British Crown, heard of the lady
being first represented as being from Mobile
and then spoken Of by the Consul as a widow
from Algiers, aud he therefore set watch
upon her siate-room. We number about one
hundred and fifty passengers, and of this
number about one third are adies; so in a
little while the bali had rolled all over The
cabin, and every one, except Muir and his
acquaintances, saw aud heard what was
brewing While at Memphis about half
past ten last night. the Captain was waited
on by about dozen, and told that Muir had
a - on board, aud he ard she must be
put off the boat, or the families would not
continue on her. The Captain then replied,
Gentlemen, if such is the fact, they cant
stay on my boat. Which Of you knows that
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