Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1858-07-10

The newest excitement In New York city,
Grows ont of the clandestine pursuit and sbduc-
ton of a young woman, by Iascaliy young
FIenehmsn. named de Riviere. The Times thus
sums up his cis-Atlantic fame
CAPTAIN Henri de Riviere, who figured IN
this city some months since, as lecturer on
the Sebastapol Campaign, has turned up again,
under yery suspicious circumstances Having
met with Indifferent success IN his public aP-
pearances here, he left for the South, where lie
plesently got Introduced. Only few weeks
sit ce, We published an account Of duel IN
which he was engaged at New Orleans. Boon
afterwards, he had another affair oil the same
Kind at Mobile For a time nothing more was
heard of the Captain. Then II was announced
that Z. warrant was out for his arrest in New
Orleans, on a charge of bigamy. This report
proved untrue, but It now appears that 1t orig
mated in his attempt to abduct a daughter OF
Col. Blount, of Mobile, into whose house he had
been received when wounded in his Mobile duel
The Captlin improved his opportunities. made
violent love 10 the COlOnels daughter, Emily,
and csioled the mother. The father, meanwhile
discovered that de Riviere already had wife,
and b7oke up the intimacy. Last week, Col.
Blouni and his family arrived in this city, and
strict watch was kept for the arrival of de Riv-
iere, who followed
Mrs. Blount and her daughter were provided
with quarters at private house in Broadway,
near Tenth street, while the Col. continued his
watch for the Captain On Friday last, the la
dies made their escape from the house, and on
Saturday were advertised by the Colonel
In answer to the published statement, of his
performances, de RIviere has the impudence to
publish a counter card He affirms that Col
Blount sought his cOmpanionship ard friend
ship, had him conveyed to his (B.'s) house,
when wounded in the Mobile duel, aad after
ward trusted him with the escort of his wife
and daughter to a wltering- place, cOnsentIng
to an engagement between de RIyiere and Miss
Blount That he is much richer than Blount,
aud expects no money from his marriage with
his daughter His valet had shown himself
untrustworthy by disclosing the contents of
letters written by him (de r to former mis-
tress, who took his name and passed as his
wife, and TO whom, it appears, he was married
in New York, in order to get clear Of an embsr-
Fassment-a marriage which he considers inval-
ii, because not attended with the ceremony,
witnesses, consent Of family, &c, required in
France He speaks of his great gallantry as q
French officer at Seblstopoi, and IN short va
pors very much like French colonel, The
Times states that Captain de Riviere was for
merly in the French service, and claims to have
been in the Zouave corps, at SebastoPol. He
belongs to a respectable French family. His
father was Prefect OF one of the Departments
in France Henri, however, seems TO be the
black sheep of the family. The following SEN
tence stands against him on the criminal re-
cords of France:
BY judgment of the CoHr dAssissss of the
Department of the Seine, under date of Febru-
ary ], 1858, Henri Guillaume Marie Arnous
Riyiere, % years Of age, born in Nantes, CLoire
lnirrieurc), having lived in Paris, rue TaItbout
No. 4s, formerly efthe military profession, (now
out Of the country has been found guilty Of
having in 1856, in Paris, helped and assisted,
knowingly, bankrupt tTadeswoman, and aided
and abetted her in the embezzlement (det0HTne-
fzca) of part other assets, and in the fraudulent
debentuTe made by the same bankrupt trades
woman, she was indebted for amounts which
she did not owe; second, the accused received
or concealed, for the benefit of the bankrupt,
part OF her personal property, he has. therefore,
been sentenced per contumacy, to eight years
hard labor, by virtue of the articles 400, SO and
60 Of the penal code"