Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-07-07
a PRECIoUs sCoUSDREL.
DE. Gerard Ravelle alias DIR.
ELeuveEdOP de Ia RsNelse.
alias Or. Gerard HeuveI-
doE de la aaveEEe, aEias
DIR. Gerard Ezeu-
VeIdOp.
The Physician TO the Empress
CaTIOtta," who lectures " On
Mexico, and what he
Saw There''---His
--latest Dodge.

Mexico. and what HE
Saw There''---His
--latest Dodge.
Some months ago there arrived IN Mo-
bile from the "land OF the SAM along
with the last batch of those i'll fated
men who followed the fortunes OF the
unhappy Macmillan, man who was
known IS DR.. RRvelIe. He bore letters
Of introduction to several prominent
citizens OF MobiIe-among whom, if we
mistake not, was our old friend MAJ Hen
ry st. Paul, editor-in-ehief OF the Mobile
DAILY Times. The "DOctorn was re-
ceived with that open-handsd, OPEN
hearted cordiality for which Mo
bile is famous, and was, 10 GER
tain extent, made . lion OF. BE pro-
tossed himself wonderfully pleased with
the city, and put an advertisement IN
the daily papers, announcing that he
intended to make it his permanent
home, and hung out his sign as q
Professor of Modern Languages and
Music. In this ADJ he signed himself
g. Heuveldop de Ia Ravelle, NJ. D.,
late physician to the Empress Carlotts."
Hs also announced himself as about
| giving a series Of lectures on g Mexico,
and what saw there"
How long he remained in Mobile,
how much music or language lac taught
there or how much he lectuEed, we have
no means at hand of finding out; but the
next thing We heard of the Doctor, we
saw him announced in the N'icksburg
papers rs about 10 deliver lecture there !
on "Mexico, and what l saw there" |
! Ia this announcement be vas cdr |
! Gerard de Ia Raveiie, the private Sur !
| geon to the Empress Carlotta.u The |
papers all gave him good "loeils," and |
until the night Of the lecture came,
{" everything was lovely and the goose /
hung high.n Tickets were sold TO the
entertainment, and at the appointed |
hour for the lecture the Doctor came on
the platform in bssstly state Of intoxi-
cation, and announced himself too
drunk to lecture thst night. Whether
the ticket-money was refunded or not,
We have forgotten, but the next morning
the papers came out and gave him
- scissors They took back all they had
said shout him ia their previous issues,
and denounced him as vagabond, dead
beat, etc, and warned the press every
where against him.
We received and read the papers con-
tanning these announcements one even
ing, perhaps q month ago, and the very
next day We found on our desk a little
note from the 4" Doctor announcing his
distinguished presence among Us, aud
inclosiug a note of Introduction to Us
from friend of ours on q mor1ing CO.
temporary. The Doctor did not call on
US again that day, or the next, but we
heard from several parties that he was
on the hip,la, drunk, and raising old
Harry around town. The next morning
he called to see US, aud was received in
such a manner as not to warrant him in
calling again. We, however, saw him,
and heard him quite extensively that
night, on a most tremendous spree. The
lecture which he was announced in the
other morning papers, to give, did not
come of, and one fine morning We found
that the Doctor had folded his tent,
like the Arab, and silently stolen ,
away" leaving several barkeepers and
others to mourn his untimely departure.
We next heard Of him through the
Grenada Sentinel our friend Signaigo
going for him in a most savage man.
neT; then through the Nashville papers
then through various country ez-
changes-all singing the same old tune,
+" Oh, had ] never, never seen thee :"
In 81 Of bis wsnderings, however, he c
was the physician to Carlotta," and q
was ever announcing to come Of lee J
ture on "Mexic0 and what 1 saw there,n /
and though altering the afixes, his
name was always Is RavelIe.u l
Now cOmss the closing scene. Through
all his career, SO far as we have been !
able to watch it, Except in one instance,
of which We may have occasion to speak
at another time, and in another man 1
ner,) be has simply acted the dead |
beat" and hitherto managed to keep out
of the clutches of the law, bur now we
6nd him in Huntsville, Ala, playing a 1
new role, which is thus described by the 2
Independent of the 4th inst.
We stated in our paper yesterday i
morning that q stranger haG been arrest +
ed on q charge of stealing purse from :
Mrs. L. \. Sweet, of Nashville. We did "
not mention his name theR, because we
did not wish 10 publish his name if the 5
charge should prove false. f
The stranger mentioned arrived here
on Sunday night last, and gave dis name
as Gerard Heuveldop, a Swiss gentleman
Of education. He said he was well edu- :.
Gated, and could speak several different :.
languages, as well as perform on the :
piano, guitar, etc., and proposed to teach
all those. He called on several of the
of the schools, and applied for a
a position Sc teacher, but was told by 7
each TO wait until the opening OF the :
fall session, and, ia the meantime, they
would take his application into eonside-
ration. He represented himself as being
hard-Hp in finances, and secured loan
of small amounts from several citizens
who sympathissd with him. He told
each that he had been living at st
Thomas, where he had Rmassed a for &
tune, but lost it Oy an earthquake which 10
occurred there a short time AGO, 5
all Of which wRs doubtless false D
On Tuesday evening last, he called on
Mrs. s. at the hotel, and she, having oe-
casion to leave the paFlor for a few mo-
ments, lefe her purse, containing about =
$50, on the sofa, and when she returned, :.
10! and behold, it was gone. As no one Il :,
had been in the psrlor except Heuyeldop, !
be was suspected Of course, ard detec. y
tives were puton his track to watch him. e !.
He had q high old time that night, and a
spent money freely. He Wss arrested
during the night, and lodged ia the Gala N
boose, on a charge Of stealing. The trial
vas commenced before Mayor tylspp on
Thursday afternoon at o'clock, but be.
fore the witnesses could be examined. Il &.
had grown SO late, that the trial was post II
paned until Friday morning, at O'Clock p
Sen. /. P. Walker represented the prose. ~ =,
,ution, and Col. Mich. Davis the defense. 10
During the trial ct the Mayors Office on N
Thursday afternoon, and She Courtroom a.
Yesterday, there was very large crowd AZ
ii attendance, who evineed great inter-
sst in the trial. Both parties were COM =
oarative strangers In the city, and the
,Powd naturally and properly symps-
.hized with the lady. Z number OF wit 7