New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-08-20

next, a similar eolored, short, hazard jacket
with profusion of silver plated, round, mill
tary buttons, arranged in rows a Ia hazarde; to
this would be added an immense pair of
trousers generally the same color, though
sometimes varied with gray; this neither gar
ment being fashioned q Ia coSaQlie, q red stripe
or band on the outer seams. 4.Q. .-.
| Besides this accoutrement, a pair of what
was called low sunaeoff boots, made of strong
Juohten or Russian leather the heels being
galnished with shining brass horseshoe
fashioned underheels, would complete what
was then called Tartar costume, worn in
compliment to the Russian liberators, whom
the Germans especially had then taken to
their bosoms. Such was the habilliment in
which then the writer of these lines used to
saymter through the streets of that city of
Hamburg, in which the Russians had erected
what was called their headquarters, military
as we'll as diplomatic, for all the north of
Germany. We mnst yet add some more de-
tails to their personal description, Mt the risk
Of being taxed OF little vanity, but our
readers will pardon us this foible in consid-
Grafton Of giving them a complete picture
of those times and manners. We say then
that over and above the before mentioned
costume, we would wear flaming scarlet waist
coat, under the open hazard jacket, and
| sport in our right hand in lieu of wearing
spurs, of which the Russian light cavalry
the Cossacks make no use kanehon (not to
be confounded with knout) or an elegant
" 1'iFIr1Ff n-1iy TtybA Tnacsol-, ,
particular friend Of our father, had made as
a present of Thus equipped your humble
servant would then not walk, for at that age
his gait resembled much more a continual hop
and run, but course through the streets and
thoroughfares Of the great north German
metropolis, in the service, as already stated,
of the Baron Won Struc
1t is well here to go into some details in
order to explain the then situation of the peo-
pie Of Hamburg Having been among the
very first in opposing the long tolerated
French domination in the fatherland, they
were looked upon with favor by the govern
ments of both Russia and Prussia, and everv-
thing was done on their parts to please and
accommodate the heroic youths who had
borne aloft the standard Of freedom and iber-
alton Hence, select corps were formed of
the young Hamburgers as military brigades,
cavalry, infantry and artillery, all clad after
the fashion Of the Russian imperial guards
Even the militia or national guards of Ham
burg adopted the modern Russian military
costume, whilst in former times they had all
worn the ancient uniform of what was called
the imperial German army, or the uniform Of
the Reich's armies. All these ancient cos
tunes were dropped and the Russian fashions
and manners taken to. At the same tirae
| those Of Hamburgs young people, willing to
enter the civil service of either Of these
governments, was welcomed and invited,
and so it happened that at that early age
we had to perform good many obeissances.
in the cabinets, saloons, and chambers of
Russian embassy. An elder brother Of ours
at the same time was then employed as attache
in the Danish ambassadors retinue, the Baron
of Lichencrawn- at Hamburg. Some
readers may make objection to our naming the
resident ministers Of these powers at that sea
port town ambassadors, whilst now these titles
are hardly accorded to them. This arises from
the altered circumstances. Hamburg at that
particular epoch was a most important central
point, and in some respects of more real value
to the allied powers than their own capitals
Berlin, Vienna, Dresden, etc, etc, because, as
one of the greatest banking centers, it was
there that the tgfnaneiql operations were
carried on, particularly with England from
whence flowed continually the subsidies for
the armies. Hence it was in the interest ofthe
great powers to give as much Importance to
their agents or ministers there as possible;
and we have therefore observed, that all the
foreign resident agents and ministers were
then called ambassadors the English,
Russian, Prussian, Danish, etc. We shall also
remnd our readers that Hamburg having
been declared the third city of the
great Napoleonie empire-Paris being the
first, Amsterdam the second and Hamburg the
third-on account of5its great commercial i'm
portance, it is easy to comprehend the policy
of the allied powers in continuing the nom
inal diplomatic distinction in according to
this pre-eminently patriotic metropolis, titled
ambassadors, as their representatives at that
particularly interesting epoch for in after
times their appellatiops have, nodoubt, been
changed and again reduced to the ordinary
nomenclature of resident ministers, which we
think is their common title As for our fflnc-
tions, as private secretary adjunct, we must
candidly state that they were much more
nominal than actual, and besides figuring in
the solemn levees, at the soir6es of Madame
lie Baronne who was president or patronness
of numerous unions of patriotic female asso-
Citations, and for whom, in particular, our
writing capacities were called into requisition,
there was little labor to be performed beyond
attending the numerous introductions of poll
ticians and others to the high personages to
whom your humble servant was the necessary
adjunct and accompaniment However, the
instruction was a very pleasant and agreeable
one, on account Of the young members, male
and female of the barons family, with whom
we thus came into familiar connection, and of
which the souvenirs, to this day, have been of
the mostpleasing kind. E9
The Houston journal says the attention of
the city authorities and the press has been
called to the fact of a schoolmarm, from the
far off land of sunrise and wooden nutmegs,
being caught playing game Of cards in that
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