New Orleans daily crescent., 1861-04-30
aefg OrIfaas lafIp Gresfsnt
E6oNSUs ia 4 TED. ssyt Nh
a Watering ysiace fso.naHecs

l 10y @ l2Dlteio from YlIich Baeed hardly feToi,
8 the drinkang public, he was sosn Transferred.
was pehind the counter itself, tEas he soou baearn
hnoWh as iae unryaled eoncoesor Of gin sling.
sherry co5biers and other fancy drinks of iiis og
invention. picture representing Dectansa raaE
ing mintjulep, presented to hira by some Of Il
thirsty patrons, still looks down, by the side {
I" Washington" upon iongrow Of drinkers. NaJ
so popular did he become that there were yanol
at one time in certain quarters CT giving hiEa th
nomination toCongress But fEte he'd othe7wis
"writtenn
/ One summer, when every one, Who could retrea
was leaving the city, DeCanta found himself pos
sessed Of !" enough slugs to look about him. Phi
| expression he soon eonstructiveIy explained. He
| determined to follow the crowd. He invested a,os
Of his money in q big trunk and complete outes ii
fancy harness taking care to retain small s,1pnly
Tor such subsequent expenses as could not be. off
tanned on credit.
Great men have all faith in some faYorfte dea
DeCanta, or DeJhanterre, as+le newcaIled hifsseR
was no exception to the rule. Els belief Was tba7
az almost any of our fashionable watering places
1T was easy to secure q wealthy .yife-that he ma
only to take the field against t,se seq. With Hete
more NOR than bottle of cologne, and (maksag a
down the most stable fortune in the matrimgnial
market.
Immediately on his arrival at the waterina-sIace
VI btSHSuLefEe commenced his laDOFs in
good earnest. He wore rattiesnake erayas and
moccasin vest. Eis godiikc legs were encased in
pictorial tights But his hair how describe those
bear-greased cork screw ringiats. Their sins had
peen as scarlet, by nature but they were now
softened down into a subduea purple, and broke
over his ears, and gushed down his neck and coat
collar in cascades Of greasy crrls.
In spite of these advantages, DeChanteyre's sr,e-
cess did not Tor time correspond with ais antici
pations. His FIRST care was of course to make q
"marriageable list, with tie value of each lady
opposite to her name. But then all Of that class
were rather slow to admit bis claims.
ts only yorrpoor girls he would soliIoquize,
that seem anxious to get me; and can pick up
aplenty of that Glass anywhere. did not come
all the way here to marry one of tbeIn But your
rich ones, Heaven knows, are shy enough-I don't
make very good time with them There searns I'd
be mysterious hitch somewhere.n
Nevertheless, he did not despair. He at length
succeeded in expressing his uncopquerable love to
Miss Muggins, whose farther had left her large
grocery; @ put 70 again quote DeChanterres Ian
guage, she did not take !; she had evidently been
all along that road beforen No more sneeess
attended bissut with Miss Bones, who had eyer-so
many young and likely negroes and unwashed
i'i she dd not make any objection to
pig carrying her on picnic excursions, obtaining
tickets to balls and other amusements, which
rapidly EXHAUSTED his money, but when he came to
oher up MS hand heart ana fortune, she could not
cenGe.
And he had met with no better success when he
mad pr3posed3tp every woman whose name he had
entered upon his marriage list After month
spent IN agonllng for superlatives with which to
declare his various loves, and after the mapv pro
testations he had made upon his knees. in almost
every available place about the hotel, he could
still sec no ray Of hope. T@s
There yet remained farewell chance At a GER
tain Miss Proserpine Crumpey, whose wealth De.
Chanterre had hitherto doubted, because she had
rather seemed to take fancy to him, and other
wise appeared to have no /" rich Ways But having
EafiS fad a1F 3latl E.1I
ceipts were really large, he once more repeated
his vows w1sh the energy of despair.
MISS Crampley he soon found was in the seDti-
mental line--read Byron, and was the victim of
some soulabsorbing grief. The jealousy of her |
sex accused her Of afectation, hut to the caImer
Judgment of DeChanterre, she had the air of an |
injured innocent. DeChanterre never called but |
what she was playing the only air she appeared |
70 Know, Come rest in this bosom, my own |
stricken deer" But the stricken deer had been |
Thy Of accepting the invitation, and time had /
oaEched the roses on her cheeks into lilies before
1eChanterre appeared as q claimant. The eccen- |
fletles OF the latter, when under the influence of
MS fayofte stimulant, corn whisky, se thought to
resemble those Of the Gaour or the Corsar, who |
were both wild--very wild; she even limited that
Z he would appear at fancy bali, which was then
about to come OIL in the latter of those characters
she wonld support him in the corresponding one of
an!nare. This DeChanterre, who had never heard |
of either one Of those personages readily promised
10 90, and went away wondering if the Corsair in /
he impassioned swain sighed and Ianguished by |
fss Crumpleys side, attending her on excursions |
" day, or promenading with her by moonlight.
)eChanterre described her as being more beanti
ul than wax statue, but admitted that she was I
ncommony hard up for ideas, and that her con-
ersation seldom amounted to more than an eiaeu
alton about the beauty of the day or the serenity
the night '~'
But on the night of the ball he repaired tbither
ressed as much like a Corsair as his now dimin
ned wardrobe would permit viz in @ pair of
lack pants, which long use had made to gsten
he FURNISHED steel and which might have almost |
rived Tor polished armor, and q shortta;ed ooat [
hich ostentatiously displayed his launches. Re
emhering how Corsairs are supposed to behave.
lounged gloomily around the corners of the |
'om and scowled tearfuy at all passers.by, When /
e dancing commenced, he gathered Gulnare about {
e waist and twisted her around the room in har
onions unison with the music. Onward they {
mrled, the skirts OF the heroine becoming ever 1
ore honest in their disclosures while nterre,s
'at tails were standing out so straight from his /,
,rson as to endanger the eyes OF the other {
ncers. The glare, too, of the lights were now I
ling upon his polished pants, and suggested, as
turned, the idea of revolving mirror. T
promenade on the balcony nexs followed and I
soon as Gulnare had recovered her breath suf. O
iently, she said to the Corsar-' Edo so love tha
bon Dot, don't you, Mr.. ,DeCharterre.?" " Al, 9
Ten, when think of my bitter Fate, look at it for
urs, and get to feen so poo,iGal and mean, | i
uld cuss creation generally.
. now HoFTlu now can you h3ssO misanthroDi-
and naughty? Do you curse ME, as wen al
eryone else, " said the beautiful maiden, avchlY y
King aim at the Corsar across the barrels of her
Sc.
: Cuss unprotected innocence, and her whom / q
re IKE h-1!" exclaimed tae, excited lover en-. 81
aForlng to remember fipe flourish he had once y
IN III about the only book he had ever read 81
1on shall rather listen to the prayers 0alng on r.
Snees) of one who adorea you, and who swears ~ ~
yer to rise drawing an unloaded revolyer,) q.
til you bid him hope. u Tiu
Here, however, the Coraair,immediataly caught
81 Crumpley to his arms, and overwhelmed hea n,
il so many kisses that sac had no opportuDty af | =
ding him hope, or indeed, do anything else. /"
However that may ae, DeGhanterre whesA
ito was TO save good thing When You eea il.
ceedcd IN convincing. her that, that very nisbt y
vas absolutely necessary to elepe and cclss5. ~
tie their VOWS. L.
lhQut midnight q haing mufliad in a horsenal,,s n -
al, might have been heard beneath Miss Crurnnr u
s window, gently nrgiug her 10 descend fIR !. II
e ladder which ne had provided, or 1uIlatY v
sing her dekiy. Itwas now raining heavily. ana
IS Gnmpiey could discover nany good re aSg!s :.
not budgng an ineh-amCtig others, that hae w y.
der might break. Try it, however, she did snd q a.
eavy fall con9saGed her Of the ustnes ot her @ '"
But manly arm had suop a.xtrj ~ ~
ed her from The mud, and o GasEiaEa uESirh g
cd in readiness was fast bearing .heln Ol tbeir %
Y. Clergyman was hastily dragged. La,asn his y
, and the happy coupe had pranouncal Their 4
vs. before tSe altar, Ia1ey were Just IN, fhe All y
continuing their journey, when g. ccostahls :
Dm DeGA9nterre hGd hroughn along, in iuno, !,
ce OF his official Character, to act as a yitnpsa :.
he cere=nony gently tapped, the h8R5,y bride. y