Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1857-09-11

During the past week not few people about town
principally around the st. Charles Hotel-have been
SURPRISED astonished and stunned generally by the
centrcities of stout painlooking old codger with
brc adj brimmed white hat who came down nom Mem
phis on the Belfast He landed here with brick in his
hat and his pockets full of rocks enormously solid rocks
His eccentrcity consisted in his waste OF his money
not in strewng the mopuses around him the blind
principle but in cooy and deliberately insisting upon
paving fifty or hundred times the value of every trhe
be bought
He went into BARRIERS shop in Common street, got
shaved and handed the darkey $40 bill. The darkey
said he hadn't change enough. The man of money said
he didn't want any change-tod the darkey to keep the
bill and walked out. The darkey came very near faint
ing and has been Dragging ohs twenty dollar shave
since.
He went into the Orleans House. with acquaint-
ance to take drink. After drinking he threw down
half dollar and the barkeeper offered him three dimes
in change He told the barkeeper to keep the dimes,
and feeling ashamed of his tteness drew forth twenty
dollar BILL and slapped it on the table, telling him to
take that besides The barkeeper stood his dignity
and showed the bill back The old fellow then got huy
and crumpng the bill up, threw it behind the counter
and walked out.
Wherever he went we are informed, he acted in a
similar manner giving offence in some quarters and in
spring ght in others. He had his pockets stuffed
with hundreds ifties and twentieS, and couldn't
against man without poking fist full of bills in his
face We have doubt that he created an awful COM
motion among the sharks and greases about town but
the conspicuous in which he acted prevented
one from attempting to take advantage of him. We
heard however that at night yellow washerwoman of
Common street got hold of him. and eahered her nest
to her hearts content from his well filled pockets We
must not omit mentioning that several times during his
cruising around the ST. Charles HOTEL he stopped to
admire it, with the remark Well, that's rather fine
building-d-d if don't think I'll buy itH Had he
executed this threat and paid for the hotel in ratio to
his drinks and shave it would have cost him about two
hundred millions.
Next day, the old fellow renewed the sensation by
going around with an augmented brick in his hat and
linen bag full of silver that he had to bend sideways
to carry it. He ugged his bag about with him, throw
ing out handful of hafdollars whenever he incurred
debt of dime How much money he threw away can
only be guessed att must have been thousands.
On the day after that he went about more like a
rational man. The barkeeper at the Orleans House
supposing he had come to his Senses offered him the
twenty dollar bill he had been forced to take, saying
Here's twenty you left here the other day, sir -
Well, know | left it, said the man of money, "
gave it to you didn't [ ?' Eyes SIR Well, then
damn it. keep it " And the barkeeper was finally com
PEELED to pocket the aront How many other incidents
of this kind transpred we have of knowing
After cutting wide swath for three days the old
fellow packed up and Travelled back to Tennessee W.
learn that he is wealthy planter Of that State
There have been many queer spreers i'll New Orleans
at different times, but think the old Tennessean
fairly take the cakes ~ from all of them.
l ~ O. Crescent