Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1858-07-27
Mrs. gl'u9t'. Franks when she was a Young

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Lsdy-Hov Col. Blount fell in with Her.
From ths ClsveIelEBd Herald
Miss Biount is d " chip Of The old block"
Her mother, Mrs. Emily ]. Blount, nee James,
was in Cirihood sent from Alabama t. a semi
nary, at New Haven, then under the care Of
Prof. Z. A. Andrews. There she vas a wild
dare devil. the leader Of all the mischiegOus or
romantic iHtrigueB; smuggling cards, liquors
and billets into the seminary exchanging notes
for herself OF others. even under the nose Of
the accompanying duenns, with lovers whom
she met when psrmittedto 90 ont. Many wild
pranks Of hers in New Haven were the talk
Of all the city. A lady, resident Of Cleveland,
might naTTate from her recollection the ad-
ventures Of En-. James at boarding school,''
enough 20 make a brochure OF yellow-covered
literature: how the heroine, under the inspi-
ration Of punch, once stood upon a pedestalin
broad day, as a living statue. duly placed and
draped, in front Of a confectionery, on Church
street-how they kept Christmas holiday In
their chambers upon a pr5fusiOn Of egg nOgg,
he materials for which were Struggled into the
seminary, and mixed into potent nOgg by Miss
J.-how, once on a winters day, when sleigh
ing was lively, she, with two OF three compan-
ions, marched doWn the middle Of Chapel
street to Wooster square, where the seminary
was located, shouting and singing in Baechsnte
style, compelling the sleighs to turn out right
and left aud give them way-hOw %trooical
fruits, innOcently bought by the [" daughter Of
the South p were often found to be Of something
more than tropical richness OF pulp and favor,
yielding ardent epis.les from ST leHt young men,
&c. To one 50 defiant alike OF authority, pro-
priety and vigilant restraint, the end could only
be expulsion, and she was expelled. Until her
mother should arrive from the South to take
charge Of bel, she was placed IN the family
Of a highly respectable gentleman Of New Ha-
ven.
To the affection Of, one knows not how many,
signing yoang gentlemen in the pin-feaiher
stage OF existence, Der mother removed Der to
Alabama One, now the grave aud stsid head
Of a family in New England, was almost in a
frenzy Of grief at the inevitable separation, as
perhaps were half a dozen stbers who, ike
him, had exchanged with the enchantress voWs
Of eternal affection and fidelity.
Soon after her return to Alabsma, Bl0unt,
the present husband, met her and was captiVa-
ted. Miss J. was taken to her maternal home
in Clark or Monroe county, Ala, where, for
some reason, BlOunt's visits were forbidden.
His ambition, however, as might be expected in
such cases, proved but an airy obstacle 70 IN
teryieWs. To prevent these, the young lady
was finally placed in a nunneTy near Mobile, in
the ~strictest restraint and surveillance Of the
sanity sisterhood. Hence, in a short time, she
escaped, eloped, and was married to BlOunt.
Inc fEtslutHtg ot It dufAIc anu tVh-
sent Of the Attorney-General, has decided to
u0vOke another quarrel With Mexico by sus-
tanning our Minister in bis opposition to The
/ co-calied forced loan, and contrary to The views
entertained on The subject by the representa-
tives Of other nations. The Mexican side OF
this question has not yet been heard, and my
impression is, from all the information ] can
gain, that ac haUe got The Worst sds Of Il.
We take the ABOVE from the Washington
correspondent Of the Philadelphia J~EquiTeT-
10 al our history, from the time Of the RcvO-
luton down to the present day, the United
States never bad a controversy with a foreign
power that the opposition 10 the Democracy
did not instinetively take the side Of theforeign
enemy and against their own country, which,
IN their view, WIS always wrong. Il has mat
tered not whether the enemy was Great Britain,
France, Spain, Mexico, " Indians" or Nor
mons, they always sympathized with it and
wished Il success. lt is the most marked as
well as disgraceful feature in that party. We
allude % its leaders AMI organization IN these
remarks, for it is but Just 10 say that it has al
ways had IN its rank aud fife thousands Of men
who did not concur in its Anti American
course, ami, like tie Democracy, we're true to
their country. But the organization always
| held back-CinciEnGtf EnQaireT.