Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-08-31
Tennsssean on a Rendsr.

During the past week not few people about
GEOGRAPHICALLY around the st. Charles Hotel
have been surprised, astonished, and stunned gen.
orally, by the eccentricLies of stout plain-loOkng
old cOdger, with a broad-brimmed white hat, who
came down from Memphis on the Belfast. He land
ed here with brick 10 hat and his pocket full
OF FOeks-enormously solid rocks. His eccentrl-
city consisted in his waste of money-not in strew-
ing the mOpuses around him on the blind pFinci-
ple but III coolly and deliberately insisting upon
paying fifty or hundred times the value OF every
trhe be bought.
He went into BARRIERS shop on Common street,
got shaved, and handed the darkey $40 bill. The
darkey said he hadn't change enough. The man
of money said be didn't want any change-told the
darkey to keep the bill, and walked out. The dar-
key came very fainting, and has been Dragging
Of his twenty dollar shave since.
He went into the Orleans House with &C
quaintance TO take a drink. After drinking he
threw down half dollar, aud the barkeeper offer
ed him three dimes in change. He told the bar
keeper to keep the dimes, and, feeling ashamed of
his litteness, drew forth twenty dollar BILL and
slapped IL on the table, telling him to take that be-
sides. The barkeeper stood on his dignity, and
shoved the bill back. The old fellow then got
huffy, and crumbng the bill up threw it behind the
counter and walked out Wherever he went, we
informed, he acted in q similar manner, giving
offense in some q and inspiring deli hit in
others. He had lis pockets stuffed with hundreds,
6ites and twenties, and couldn't run against mau
without pOking fist full of bills in his face. We
have no doubt that he created an awful commoIion
among the sharks and greasers about town; but
the conspicuous manner Ia which he acted preVeU-
ted any OF them from attempting to take adVan-
tage of him. We heard, however, that at night a
yellow washwoman of Common street got hold of
him, and feathered her nest TO her hearts content
from his well-hlled pockets. We must not omit
mentioning that several times during his crossings
around the St. Charles Hotel he stopped to admire
it, with the remark, swell, that's rather fine
buildrng-d-d if don't think I'll buy i'll" Had
he executed his threat; and paid for the hotel in
ratio to his drinks and shaves it would have cost
him about two hundred millions.
Next day, the old fellow renewed the sensation
by gong around With an augmented brick in bis
hat, and linen bag so full of silver that he had 10
bend sideways TO carry il. He Rugged his bag
about with him, throwing out a handful of halfdol-
lars wherever he incurred debt of a dime How
much money he threw away can only DC guessed
att must have been thousands.
On the day alter that, he went about more like
a rational man. The barkeeper at the Orleans
House, supposing he had come 20 his seuses, offer
take, saying, "Here's twenty you lett here thC
other day, SIR" "WeI, / know lett it, said tn,
man OF money, al gave it TO you, did'nt l." "Ye
sir" "Well, then, damn it. keep III" And Cd,
barkeeper was finally compelled 20 pocket the al
front. How many other Incidents Ot this kin'
TRANSFERRED, have no means OF knowing. Ate
cutting 'wde swath" tor three days, the ola tel
low packed up and travelled back 70 Tennessee. w
learn that be is a wealthy planter OF that State.
There have been many queer spFeers in Ne'
Orleans at different shines. but think the oil
Tennessean can fairly take the cakes" from a
OF them.-,R q. Crescent