Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-11-18
inns. EAToNs HUSBAND
The Last Exp'olt Of the vagaboad Italian
m Daneisg Master. ana
He Orders sl00.OOO Worth Of Wine, Osliy.
erahls at Memphis.

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On Saturday forenoon, says the Mon
treal 4NcirS OF Monday last, there might
have been observed a small crowd OF
2 people opposite the DelmOnico restau-
rant, on ST. Francis Xavier street,
vainly eIdeayoring to effect an en-
trance into that establishment. A
closer observation would have led to
Z che discoverysthat the peculiar inter
est they evidently took in the prem
ises did not arise from any desire for
the creature comforts supposed to
be stored within; and if the observer
had been of an analytical turn OF mind
he might have found out that the
crowd was composed of q jeweler, a
furrier, q shoemaker, q tailor, wine
/ merchant, and other parties who deal
in the necessaries and luXuries OF life,
/ but not always on the cash system.
/ Loudly they knocked at the door,
thinking mayhap that the occupant
/ had partaken too freely the previous
night of the contents of his bar, and
that a deep sleep thereby had fallen
upon him, but no response came from
within. Determined not to be baffled,
+ they called in the aid of the law, and
/ very shortly thereafter obtained an
( entrance, only, however, to find no
. thing but q few empty bottles in the
I bar, and Il couple of bedsteads without
/ the bedding In thebedfOOms. The in
mates had fled, taking with them all
their household goods, even to the
! globes on the gasaliers. And thereby
} hangs a tale, which we shall proceed
to unfold, though, in doing so we may
repeat facts already known 10 our
I readers. sg
A number of years ago an italian
/ from Tuscany was engaged in the BUSH
ness not uncommon among Italians Of
! the lagieF sort, of peddling plaster inn
ages through the UoGntFy-7a faet Hg-
worthy OF record except in connection
with what follows. Our hero, whose
name is Buchignani, it seems, was not
( content with this mode of lite, and be-
/ ing rather good looking and 1.-THE of
limb, he turned his attention to dan
cling, and soon became proficient in
flIat art. IprsRking bis plaster i'm
.a.fes. he set out for Washington, Where
he established q dancing school, aud
ii seems, met with considerable sue
! cess.
AT. anyrate, in his character as dan
teiug-naster he'succeeded 10 captiyat-
I ing the heart of a certain widow lady,
by name Mrs. Gen. Eaton. She had
wealth and influence, by means of
which she secured for the EXCHANGING
master a situation in the library of
Congress, al a eaiary OF 5000 q year,
Mrs. Eaton was remarkably hand
some woman, and had great Influence
with Gen. Jackson when he was Pres
ident of the United States. In fact
she caused a disruption of his Cabinet,
because the families Of the Cabinet
Ministers refused t0 associate with
Mrs. Eaton, whom they looked upon
as Il disreputahle woman, When sixty
years of age. Mrs. Eaton married Ru-
chignani, who was then but a little
over tWenty-one. s8 HEN
Not satisfied with this, nor with the
charms of the fair widow, he eloped
with her granddaughter, taking with
MIN the tritiing sum of $40, 900 OF, the
old lady's money. Our hero next
turns up in Paris. He had been lead
ing fast life, and the $20,e00 was all
spent. This was two years ago. In
his extremity he applied for aid to
tsignOr Fignatalli, q nohlemap aud the
son Of a Ieading Neapolitan merchant
and represented to him that he was
man of good family, and owned a
large property in Washington. SignOr
PiRnatelli wanted references, and he
was referred to New York banker.
The ban nker being deceived as to the
character and position of Bachignani,
reported favorabIy, and Signor Pignaa
a Il
dam wax-fgure peddler the sum of
SIC, coo, with which he purchased
large stock Of French goods, and
brought them with him to New York.
Subsequently he sent Signor Pigna-
tell an order for $l00, 900 of wines and
liquors, promising to send him bill
of exchange for the amount by mail.
This letter was addressed from 1Iem-
phis, Tenn, though the rascal, as was
subsequently, found out, was living at
Quebec at the time, and was aided By
an aceompliee at Memphis, who first
received the letter, and then posted il
for France. Signor Pignatelli, how.
ever, being warned BY friend I'm
Araerica, instead of sending on-fbe
wine, scaf1e on himself b look affer
his &ib,O9l. He first went t0 Mem.
phls, and of course failed to ind Blu
chignani there, ,-but afterward traced
hiIa to Quebec. Ruchignani asked
and obtained delay Subsequently, he
went TO New York, where he was Inn
mediately arrested at the instance of
his wife, whom he had SO basely de.
serted, but through the Influence of
Signor Pignatelll he was set at liberty.
Then he came to Montreal, bringing
with. him. the grand daughter Of his
wife, and started the Delmonico res