Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-06-01

We published some months since that one George
Wentworth elo ped from The city Of Nashville With
q married won ian, aud evaded the pursuit Of the
injured husba nd The same rascal has turned up
in California nder the name Of Weekes, which is
his real name. A San Francisco paper thus relates
his operation e
The city has been amused and seandalized By
the conduct Of q Mr.. George W Weekes and bic
wife, Mrs. Cora Ann, who established q literary
newspaper here, collected large number Of sub
scripIons a. IS year. committed fagraut pla-
gisrism in hS first number Of the paper AID fed 10
Australia afier the publication Of the third number
leaving their subscribers and partners minus some
81, 600 OF more. They arrived from New Orleans
six weeks ago; gave notice the day after their
arrival thIt SIR Weskes would establish q weekly
paper which should he conducted with high htera-
~ ability, and should contain contributions, from
Alexander Smith, E. o. Browning, Aytoun, Ger
aid Massey and many others famous authors -
She is a handsome WomaB, not more than "a years
Of age, evidently well educated, Of hne address
but little bold She called personally upon the
editors of al the city papers, introduced herself
told plausible story Of what she would DO with
the assistance Of the great British authors who
promised to contribute TO her paper and beseeeh-
ed the aforesaid editors to say q good word for
her. They could not refuse and she was inreduc
ed to the public with numerous puff5. The first
number of her San Francisco paper, styled The
Athen@um, made a very favorable iml Tession, the
articles being we'll written aud the salutaiory high
toned. A day or two after its appearance Mrs
Weekes STARTED ont 70 solicit subscriptions, and her
fame will long remain in San Francisco that Of
the most successful drummer who has ever visited
the city She has q ready tongue, winning smile
aad a Wont 'he-put-Of way and these added TO her
youth aud beauty, took the gallant Caifornians by
storm. and many thought themselves pretty well
paid for BY the chat for the S5Whieh she cOaxed
cut of them for a years subscription to The Athe-
neum, which should purify the morals and improve
the literature of California. After getting all she
could in San Francisco she went 10 Sacramento,
cleaned out the Legislature and the prosperous
tradesmen, paid q visit 10 the Stocktonians, whom
she treated in like manner, and then she and her
husband suddenly disappeared, having secretly tn
ken passage on vessel sailing for Australia. IL
seems that their plans were laid for going almost
at the time if before the publication Of the first
number of the paper. Since their departure It has
been made public that Weekes is a notorious scoun-
drel who established several newspapers in Cincia
natl Philadelphia and other American cities IL
1853 married a number Of young ladies, cheated
MANY creditors and committed a host Of offences
against society and individuals. He then figured
under the name Of Wentworth and in Philadel
phia as here, wife was the Osiensible editress
and active canvasser for his journal Just before
coming to San Francisco, Weekes and his wife start
ed literary journal in Galveston, and she drum
med through New Orleans and the Legislature for
support in the same manner and with the same sue
cess as here It is said that he sold out his inter
est that paper before leaving how it is, know
not.
Before her departure from this city, it was dis
covered that the able salulstory article stolen
from q lecture Of the Rev. W. r. Williams; and |
that plagiarism was fully exposed and the plagia-
rist severely dashed, in short article IN zN Aias.
In Phiadelphia and Cincinnati, Weekes was the I
chief scoundrel and his wives we're mere innocent
tools in his frauds but his present vile, or COM
panion appears to be fully equal to BIN IN smart
ness" and dishonesty, and in san francisco she
seemed 10 be more than his equal in ability and dis
posiiionto cheat the public. Sne is an English or
Scotch woman.