The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-04-08
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14Ths Orltanian Of the 5th Inst. !,
sAys that some weeks ago. cerrespon.
dent who, We presume keeps Ibis
eye rpeh i'll great and distinguished
men the celebrities Of the day--en.
quires Of 49, ''Wbnt has become Of Dr..
Hines 7" Not being apprised of the
Doctors whereabouts, not acquainted
with his movements, we curly replied
that he might be discovered in his
old quarters.-Athe Penitentiary In
this W. erred, it would seem. fr a
gentleman connected With one of the
uptown prints, for The purpose Of en-
tightening the onaious enquirer With
regard to the notorious inmate Of our
state prison, has considerably trans
mi.ted us an article, clipped from the
St. Louis Republican Of the 2sih ult..
wherein the Doctor IL made 10 figure
quite conspiciously. u Ia militaire---
assumes the sword and discards the
scalpel; or, in another and palmer
word. becomes a General! and mill
tary titles are abundent and cheap.
nowadays; Small blame" then, to
the Doctor to clutch one but. in So
doing. he should not become GEN.
GEkfRY, Of Alabama, and make
prompt proposals to 4 widow We are
anticipating; let the reader peruse
the annexed. f
ON The WHoEo BoAr.-On the
the last trip Of The steamer Michigan
from this port to New Orleans, a very
tastefully dressed gentleman W mt
aboard and WIS booked as Gen, Gent
ry, of Alabama. The general was
said to be 4 very prepossessing man in
appearance, vrry fuent In conversa-
ton. and agreeable III his manners -
BY biz address he won the admiration
Of some and the attention of all the
passengers on board The boat ar
rived ut Cairo. and with other passcn-
gers d widow lady came aboard at thrt
place, unattended The general s"on
nscertained this fact and berame very
assildous III his attentions to her. AT
length The general became very iiiti-
mate With her, and, as we understand,
went 90 fur an to promise marriage, IN
jes', Of ,,ourse, It il often the ease
that ''too much feeling breeds de.
spise, +" and 70 It happened in this IN
stance. The lady considered l,eraelt
inst,lted At some remarks Of The Gen.
eral and threatened to complain to
the captain Of his conduct. lie was
too sharp, however, and forestallpd
her by making the first complaint. and
speaking Of her disparaginply among
the passengers and to The officers. de-
string she should be put off the boat
a. a person unfit to travel On d decent
boat with d respectable c"tnpany. The
captsitl was arprlsed Of The true state
Of the case, and when the General
threatened to leave the boat and take
Of passengers at Memphis, II the lady
was carried my further. the captain
coolly told him Tint his room was bet
ter than his company, and put him
off at that place. None Of the pas
sengers l.fl, however. they having
sided With the lady, and be,nme ds.
gas.ed. with the Generals habits of im.
billing too freely Of the ardent.
The General, as may be supposed.
left the boat in a it Of passion, an
WAS much Intoxicated a. the time. lie
managed BY some mannuvering to
get bis version Of the story into
Memphis paper to the injury Of Capt.
Sheble. and the officers Of the boat,
etstiog that he had left the boat OH
account Of the captains determination
70 carry the offending female. Those
passengers. howevrr, have published u
card IN this paper, this morning, SET
ting that mater right, and Captain
Sheble need fear no denunciation Of
public favor toward him or his hne
steamer. M H5Hf'5 ttta+ .'et f9#tt 9ai
But the best Of the story remains to
be told. The general while on board
the Michigan, protested to BE- short If
money, aud il was freely lent him BY
the passengers. About the time the
boa. way landing at Memphis, he was
negotiating with southern gentleman
for lunn Of RlhQ0 md offered 10