San Andreas independent., 1857-10-17
Tennesseean on a Bender.


During the past week not few peo-
pie about town-principally around the
ST. Charles Hotel-have been surprised,
astonished, and stunned generally, by
the eccentricitics of stout, plain looking
old codger, with broad-brimmed white
hat, who came down from Memphis on
the Belfast. He landed here with brick
In his hat and his pocket full of rocks
enormously solid rocks. His eccentrici-
ty consisted in his waste of his money
not in sirewing the mopuses around him
on the blind principle, but in coolly and
deliberately insisting upon paying fifty or
hundred times the value of everything
he bought.
He went into barbcr's shop on Com
mon 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
told the darkcy to keep the bill, and
walked out. The darkey came very near
fainting, and has been Dragging of his
twenty dollar shave ever since.
lIO hChU illtO tllC Will
an acquaintance to take drink. After
drinking, he threw down half dollar,
and the bar keeper offered him three
three dimes in change. He told the bar
keeper to keep the dimes, and, feeling
ashamed of his littlencss, drew forth
twenty dollar bill and slapped it on the
table, telling him to take that besides
The bar-keeper stood on his dignity, and
showed the bill back The old fellow
then got huffy, and crumpling the bill up
threw it behind the counter and walked
out. Wherever he went, we are inform
ed, he acted in similar manner, giving
offense in some quarters and inspiring de-
light in others. He had his pockets
stuffed with hundreds, fifties and twen-
ties, and could mt run against man with
out poking fist full of bills in his face.
We have no doubt that he created an
awful commotion among the sharks and
greasers about town; but the conspicuous
manner in which he acted prevented any
of them from attempting to take advan-
tage of him. We have heard, however,
that at night some of the tyros of Com
mon street got hold of him and feathered
their warm nests to their hearts content
from his well-flled pockets We must
not omit mentioning that several times
during his shot cruisings around the st.
Charles Hotel, he stopped to admire it,
with the remark, "Well, that's rather
fine building; id if | don't think III
buy it " Had he executed his threat,
and paid for the hotel in the ratio to his
drinks and shaves, it would have cost him
about two hundred millions.
Next day the old fellow renewed the
sensation by going around with an aug
mented brick in his hat, and linen bag
SO full of silver that he had to bend side
ways to carry it. He lugged his bag
about with him, throwing out handful
of half dollars wherever he incurred
debt of dime. How much money ne
threw away can only be guessed att
must have been thousands
On the day after that, he went about
more like rational man. The barkeeper
at the Orleans House, supposing he had
come to his senses, o11ered him the twen-
ty dollar bill he had been forced to take,
saying Here's twenty you left here the
other day, sir" "Well, l know l left it,
said the man of money :" gave it to
you didn't | 2" eyes sir" "Well, then.
damn it, keep it !! !" And the ar-keeper
was finally compelled to pocket the af-
front. How many other incidents of this
kind transpired, we have no means of
knowing. After cutting "wide swath'
for three days, the old fellow packed up
and travelled back to Tennessee. We
learn that he is a wealthy planter of that
State.
There have been many queer sprees in
New Orleans, at different times, but We
think the Old Tennesseean can fairly
"take the cakes" from all of them-N
O. Crescent.