New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-09-03

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It was i lat sana1ner morning not one that mas
aawned upon the warId A. d. 1850 nor last year,
nor ersn the year before, though its date is not
swaliowed mp by quite 50 much as decade q
time ana early as vas the hour the popuious
city seemed to ife ii swconof expectancy, await
Ing ts.e aeTy radiations Of the monday sun.
TIE night haa been hot, and the morning was
hotter. 50 that all persons of leisure bethought
themselves to seek some place Of GOODNESS and re-
ffeslsnent. Among few thousands who were
thus Influenced was one, friend of mine, young
gay1cgoH Cottyn, son and heir to old Piantyr Cot
tyn millionaire.
BaFIexoT was an elegant gentleman and clever
fellow. hut Fortunatus' purse bad made a Sir
Charles Coldstraam Of him 1t the age Of twenty,
ere.
BE ia been everywhere, seen everything, and
felt rvefy sefsasion until he had finally arrived at
she gplariuxion that he would pass summer at his
feabers tnwn residence and see If the yellow fever
would not ohsate the necessity Of his continuing to
live.
Do hot suppose nom this that he was nissan
threpic or at all prepared To occupy the cell Of an
anchofite. Quite the contrary he was genial and
s0x and devoted to the care and adornment Of
his handsome person the welpaid services Of an
accomplished valet and suffciency Of time each
dsY To have won Or lost battle. But then you
know, all this had grown to be d mere matter Of
habit and form all the spiritual essence, the en-
ioyrHunt, the sensation of the thing was gone
dead years ago. 1t not for himself, it was for
tile world that he continued it. 4 he had fine
wines and fast horses, how churlish itwoud be not
to share their pleasures with Smith or johnson,
who, with great natural fondness for them, were
NOT able to indulge their propensities, because one
had widowed mother and the other an invalid
sister TO provide for ont of his limited income.
And then. il Miss Belle Dashaway and Mrs.
Hunter Wylde would persist in requesting his pro-
tectian as cavalier for ride, or partner in the
dance, what less could he do than appear before
tham in faultless toilette2 s
On the aforementioned hot summer morning,
Gottyn rose ut an almost unprecedented hour, say
seven o'clock, and went towards the breakfast
room.
There everything appeared inviting. The win
dows opened on d charming garden. The temper
ature was certainly endnrable, and the appoint
nlents fer Il meal sasls fdate.
He stopped-his hand resting on the door bolt
and gaHned sauntered to the window, put aside
Ill thin drapery, booked out. and yawned again;
turned towards the table, paused midway in his
coursa, meditated q second, and calculated, with
slight ahow of animation
g BIZ Jove. RI go.ss
hfatiering afterwards IS If to confirm his sudden
resolution, q It's convenient TO battle or drown
oneself there
What his sudden wlaim was viii be quickly
shown BIZ his after movements.
All inpetucus ring Of the bell.
: Tel John TO harness and put TO the bays, and
he qnick "
Daring fifteen minutes he meditated, and his sub.
ject was the selection Of companion for the day.
One acquaintance was too silent, another talked
too much, one was obtuse, another eternally an
ticipated all he had to say. Deord, who had been
d splendid fellow, could think Of nothing now but
His new wife, though, by-thewa she deserved all
LIS devotion, and sonthaI was filed with cynieism
toward " the sex, because of his recent jiltng by
Miss Susie Beauxyeux.
He could Int think of any one who was the exact
desidsratnms and almost concluded not to go--it.
wasn't worth the trouble etc.
AT last, however, he concluded to yield to his
FIRST prompting, trusting TO chance for compan-
ion and few seconds thereafter, he ID seated
behind the spirited horses, whose fec sset soon
wbirled him 70 the place they were destined to
bear him, which, bysthe-way, was neither very
romantic Of classic spot being nothing more than
tie depot or The Pontchartrain rail ears.
There the same scene presented itself to his eyes
that may have been Witnessed by you, perchance
hut day gone by there was that shabby, genteel
Enan, the condition of whose linen suggested the
possibility that his wardrobe did NOT possess its
s mate there was that fieshy man, with nauseously
scented and deliberately barbarized hair. who
aported vast amount Of the galvanized metal in |
his decorations, that shone out in its native purity
II his mien and manner, as he followed with irso-
lent stares Of investigation each passing female |
who was not sheltered by manly protection: there |
was that Little ubiquitous news boy, whose sole |
object in life seemed To be to craze incoming and
outgoing passengers with proffers Of papers, the
contents Of which had been dgested hours ago.
Therc was that venerable Ethiopian, reduced to-
brotherhood with UuoIe Ned, and boastir i r
ont6t Of composite architecture. who -, an IA
q u VasIIv nsy no., o.s hi
y - we eye selected the most exposed stand -
lg point, and basked luxurionsIy II III I'M. OF
10 with an air nf wisdom that wand N ii, 10
leht lr aairs Of State, to some loafin0 sil
Footsteps came and passed, and died avn. - To
fslslance, and idlers hanged and starad 80 WI
.ked At their watches, and cons,l,e5 ~
"A gEgs and noted the difference from ,be;r hi
IigsEz all things the scene was inst snc, II
80 Or the last time we were An IN. ioa, ha
-on. ~ ~ oh
eiiseay Il 6Ess,.s:aa... ss Z. aD
4, smashing eauipage and attendant with tru
N 4 @nen g return, looked around for Tho tire
s, :, npanion in which chance did nj faynr /
~ The locomotive had wheezed ;tse,s foil
" and around 10 its proper place ana bee
really of SO far as pills
~, he say IN the crowded car alone DIES
= siance inward promising nothing of interest !,
turned an outward gaze On d scene which has L
lug apprexamafing unsightliness lessened 4, ing
lapiaity Of motion, was at least PLEASING ~ "
', eye1 stretch, the iningling of roof ana trss g
4 aad the wide arch of Heaven above has,n, e
asaia ~ obscure t save the summer clouds Ivin9 ..
uge drifts Of snow, low down in he westsre low
l@on. orni
pom me cars reaching the lake end. Baplezoe the
ahs down on the shells, crossed 10 de rgb, siise
soon arrived ut gate STANDING bosn;,as,s Bayl
Y. though guarded by a fictitious semblsnce u
ilaayator Y an impossible costume and feaa jack
q ~ consolation, if il be truth that . risarv Th
$ campany.n 's'se1y his !
ithongh not fhe frst time IL had saa, less
t4H&Y at least IL lGus