New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1862-02-03
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fFrenothe Nashvifie Banner


There, is On old fable of a country feileB who
came TO town, and noting, in HIS perigrtnatlols
about the strsets, the number of stores and shops
what wealthy gentleman this same GU q r1rst
be, to be sure, for he seemed tohaTe an fnterestn
all the firms Of the place. The rustic 10 reported
TO +" have opened bis eyesn when informed thata
the letters sfgnifsd no particular individual but
were used in collective sense, desiguatve Of the
various parnershfps, and that when apelt out Ia
full, read 81 Company There IS grain of pafloso-
BODY has 4 mind e puzzle BIZ head anaing II
which may be used with or without fta legson just
as the reader pleases, TO Illustrate N come sort
the surprise WherewitL many good psopls watch
ingly abiquitoas indiyiduai, gsneralB and pforns
reliable gentleman . sss8s
. Brief, simple andto theposut & a Reliable Gem
Henlan.n Bnt the faost InexpI;eable psgts of the
matter is, that he can be called sd only II name,
and that his comniuniea atoms are very nearly
always the Most = unreliable, pieces pa We
recelye 50 that it requires little talent at geo.
metrlca calenlation To nnragel the problem whya
person is 30 universally styled " reliable gentIe
man. when tdeyil take the fellow he. Is eontinr
any iging tike . varlet And therein les the nys
" course, as o journalist, we know all about
I ls-sand y the mails fail ua much eftener thus re-
haaI'ag aa aeasn " e sass,on point deyos so
tlon ana q clear sEpose7sbnt, until SO coereed va
shall not be expeeted ID eater into revelation vi
tne pIoIouhd STATE secret, although We sfe at HI
genius.
He is, begin with, the cs,sbratsd nan IL
the white hat" and 2 prodgious haSelsr, al hs n
/ tubiquity indicates. He is the same petson Nf,
warned Mr. Lincoln Of the plot to zasassinsse HIN,
as he went through Baltimore lzst 5sA1, and NJ
been pursuing his charitable missisEsof ~
teilngs over different portions of the cornfsy eye
since. It must be admitted that he nexA
gorgeousiy up North, where sel and a4ts agkee
with his constitution. He was the dfst arrival IL
New York from Richmond after athes iaMsAteE
death Of President Davis, and brGugaf things ~
I Of our recognition mot eonfrHedJ By HE pdEHfs
Or Europe. When we saw him be had e s7naH
carpet bag in his hand, and green cotton uIa-
brella over hs arm. He said he thenght he'd take
i Iook-in upon them d-m fellows 1p at SoHler:
set and report before he started tor Missouri y
We consequently expect him IL sAs DOWN train
this afternoon 4a
i Z Our contemporary, the Memphis Appeal, had j.
long and Interesting interview with him The other
dap, in regard to matters and things sout "
he was kind enough, st the sa1as time 70 'sdEop
gave him a pipe, where they had q noblsspoW-
WOW. aReiiable Gentleman spoke feeiingis and
touchingiy Of the "hospitals IN On that
occasion. Although, in ascordanes With the a.
him with them d-.d Eomerset fsainws. q NE res
by the New Orleans Picagune, which reached ns
Il yesternight, that he il ACTUALLY figuring IA tho
Crescent City His Ubiquitous character III the only
explanation We can offer. IA most reliable gen
: tleman,. just arrived however, ca near reIatinsa,
1--we suppose) is h Richmond He tsefe thrpagh
the enemy's lines and brought an enormous bud.
q get of news, and "a copy Of the New York Herald
! iof January the 27th 1861. He espeGts to be ID
! Nashville next Saturday morning. and viii call
. upon u.s. AZ s3ss ,sss$s
! We have heard nothing Of 4 a Wellinformea
2 party . since tie bombardInent sud blockade II
= the Yankee porte, by the combined feet Of Eng
. land and France but expect him to turn mn one
: of these days. He is probably lucabrafing il
: Washington, I" just insu from Eastern Kentucky.
I We place more confidence, however, all in all
! upon a Reliable Gentleman, . whom we posi-
a lively look for, by this afternoon down train.
I he reaches the city, we shall duly chronicle the
fact with whatever of reliable information be
may happen to have I. on hand Y ss559 .-sSgl
I ga Reliable Gentleman = ia as versatile Of name
as he isubiquitous in character. /" Jones saaithf
!, and Brown are, however, for the most part, hi
+ favorite aliases. With these substantial soubri
! Equets he is famous fellaw in all public seasons
y y land in every assemhlage. When yau go into
4 4 crowd, and hear sneh expressonas d Where
y Browne u Brown knows all about II, y g See
~ any thing of Brown? - Brown'ss your man,
: {" What in the devil has become of Browns
of,li" Here Brown There Brown, g Brown
" VI Brown Brown tive say, when such is III
At clamor Of CATION upon an occasion Of es
~ ~ element, be sure :" 4 Reliable Gentleman y
m or present in full glory, and that this same znnc
. sought-after Brown is the Identical indiy