The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-03-31
- AMBROSIAL SHELLEY AS A BENZ
DICT.
He Discovers Skeleton in His Closet
and Forthwith DOns His War.Paint.
Three Englishmen, Noted Belle and a
Duel.
Washington Republican, ed. I

| Mr.. R. S. Shelley seems to be having "a
much trouble as married man. In fact,
honeymoon which ought to be entirely and
supremacy blissful is mixed up with affairs
well calculated to make a man miserable, and
in order that Mr.. Shelly may be set right in
matters freely talked about in public halls
where men ''most do congregate," the true
story Of all this affair is given to the public.
1t is of no ordinary moment 1t involves in
its tolls three distinguished English gentle
men, temporarily sojourning in this country,
two OF them authors of wide celebrity, and
the other noted as a civil engineer The
other parties to the affair are Major Shelley of
New Orleans, lately married at "Gretna
Green, in this city, and the fair young bride.
death loves shining mark" and it is feared
that this unrelenting foe to love is determined
to have "hack" at Shelley or to get him into
scrape where he will stand the chance of an
early translation where
BLOoDTHIRsTY ENGLIsHMEN
| can not make shroud for the ''star of love- !"
1t may be that the tremendous storm, shak-
ing to its foundations the social fabric of
| large hotel, will blow over, and that Shelley,
"unwept and " unsung," will not be killed,
and that the handsome young Englishman,
who is one of the principals in the threatened
difficulty, will not have to be sent home on
shutter; but the belligerent correspondence
already passed between them leaves little
room to hope now for an amicable settlement;
for the rough North will cease to howl and
the sunny South will cease to perfume the air
when Shelley fails to maintain his personal
honor.
The origin of the difficulty is this: Two or
three weeks since Mr.. Bracebridge Hemyng,
Familiarity known to all the readers of Franh
Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper as "Jack Hark-
away and withal most genial and polite
gentleman, was registered at Willard s in
company with Mr.. Henry Charlton Emmett,
of the Ne,c York Clipper, and Mr.. Edward D.
Ottley, eminent as traveller and civil engi-
neer. They are all Englishmen, and are So
journing here en- route to the far South. They
came here to enjoy themselves for while,
and to chosen friends extend a generous
hospitality.
A NOTED WASHINGTON BELLE
has been little too attractive for "Mr
Harkaway." Her positive beauty and many
graces of intellect have united in causing
him to prolong his visit beyond the original
intention.
This is an evidence, however, of excellent
taste and judgment on his part, but it has
had tendency to fret, somewhat, his friend
Mr.. Emmett. He could not stand by and see |
Mr.. Harkaway have all the good things of |
this life. 1t 50 happened that he met Major !
Sneiley, VINO Is stopping at Inc same hotel, |
and they were formally introduced. The ac-
quaintance was kept no, and Emmett was fire.
quently invited to the breakfast table with
the Major and his bride. Rich and generous,
Mr.. Emmett would take
BOX AT THE THEATER,
and invite Shelley and his wife to share it
with him, which they did. One day, one "a
tai day, a black letter day in the life and hap
piness of Shelley, Emmett drove up to the
hotel in carriage, and wrote a note to Mrs.
Shelley, politely informing her that he had
vacant seat, and intimating that she might
have ride, but it was his intention to .ad-
dress the note to the Major; at any rate, it
fell into his hands, and since then has been
the source of woes unnumbered"
The invitation was not accepted, and the
young Englishman went out to drive aud
commune alone with himself about the "fool-
lshness Of some people.
In the meantime, and after Emmett had got
away from the hotel as far as the Soldiers
Home, Shelly came down, as the story goes,
swearing vengeance upon the invader OF his
domestic bliss, and threatening to kill him on
sight He was informed by Mr.. Hemyng that
MS friend would apologize if he had done
.nything wrong and if that was not sa.isfac-
DRY the recourse
USUAL AMONG GENTLEMEN
vas open to him. Just then Emmett came in
rom his drive, and in less than minute
Shelley was going up to heaven in an
Elevator. The astonished Emmett heard with
Wonder what had happened, and, not being
ntirey familiar with the ways of this
blarsted country" he sat down and inditedi
he following note to the irate newly-married j ,