The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-08-11

the Bseuns-Wav1srs Case IA Savannah.
| THs BL0UNTRIvIsRs CASE IN COURT-NO PRISONER
| Oh PR0sECUroR-sHRaIFF PaESDssG Asst AND ods-
STABLE GALLOWAY UsDER ARRgsr-0OLONsL
| BLOUET ON TIE STAND.
| from tho Savannah, Georgian, Ausust8l
QUITE large crowd collected yesterday morning al the
Court House. % witness trial Of Captain &c or Arnous
90 Hviere, on charge OF soducung Miss Emily j. Boant
the time appointed for the convenng or tbs court the
hour having been changed by mutual the par
Ties. but wnea me u@e came, neither the prisoner nor
were oil sorts Of sur @ises az to the Of delay
Al about twenty minutes past eleven the four Justices
Connell, Sney Hart ana Russe-com posing the C,urt
were seen ascending the stairs leading court roo
above They we're Immediately followed OF tue aux,as
court opened and ned oy % ,cty Shsr
White, but still news had been received Of auy OF sne
RUSSELL LIST stated ss the cS had De- called %
Captain de Rviere, on charge OF felony
the State Of A.bAms. preferred against MIN BY C,laae
+. S. Blouns; that the hour appointed by
Justice Conne the ommng magistrate for tue asse a.
bling Of this Court O'Clock; tna Cart nad was
Cd patiently until was going on 10 IL O'Clock, oa,
ther sheriff Prendergast the prisoner sor ,a
counsef for the prisoner nor M Gsuaa coaasel
defence, nad their appearances aud that tue Cart
had concluded take recess OF fifteen aud sry
the meantime TO ascertain the cAise Of the dsiay.
The Court was therefore, adjourned for fifteen mia
utes.
During the Justices Council aud Hart proceeaed
where they ieArned that tae prsooer MAD pea
AIKEN thence 81 half past ten O'Clock A, tbs zane ns
about 1920 o'clock.
lZSO Court again convened, Justice Russell
stated that he had learned that Sheriff FreadurgAs had
given the prisoner into the custody OF Oser Cato
and that that officer had taken MIN 10 the Pulaski uss
where, he vas disposed 10 BELIEVE, ne tasa Ocsr
Galloway came in ut twenty minutes before one, aod de-
lvered to Justice Connen toe following note
PULASKI HOUSE, SAvASS All Aug ust s. 1853
the MISTER OF siouns and de Hiviere. JOS aANAat.
The Justices at ordered Sheriff Russell to take Nc
Galloway into CUSTODY charge OF Contempt. var
raat was also made out for tue arrest of C,l CUNT
n dntIla (.tl
l0Way, which was daily served.
In the meantime MT. Galloway made explanation to
the Court-sad ne had boon msntormed-nad received
verbal orders from tue counsel ooto sides carry the
prisoner 10 toe Pulaski House. for the purpose nsvas
the nader amicsDy adj listed
Jus;ice conue replied that hs had givea wtttsn order
10 have the prisoner before the jour eeysa oc,ocx
and thAi no verbal order could set taat ASIDE
officer Galloway replied that had lett The prsoner ia
the hands OF responsible person. aad ne Jodrt ~saed
he would 90 sno bring MIN ostoro toen 10 tsSag
him TO the Pdiaski House ne meant dstespscs to tue
Court, but mad acted by the Messrs Bi;3a
Gsnahl, the COUNSEL ca both sides
Justice Coane repned inA, Court knew nothing OF
Messrs Bacon aud Gsosh 10 this Alter toa he (slo
Way hsa written orders ~ pfing the prscnsr before
Court AID tna was the duly OF TO .p,s.e
the Court, ami not OF toe court " vail on cJuase;
Sheriff Russell, accompanied oy oifcsr Gaoway, then
went 10 she Pulaski H1use, retained a.
before one O'clock VISTA CITY onsrd Prealegsst, Capt,
d. RivIere ana Coz. BlUdnt rne counsel usnsr
socn cams ia aoi tae Coart orocee1el 70 biyue,s
Cap! dc Rivers looked imposed, aud dis oset
TO tase '1inss cooy de APPEARED a,rs ia.ssess,t Ia
the process against Sherd Prom ergst tnsa N ais va
affair
r Gsnahl addressed the Corr, s.5iog tina, they lad
seen t TO Issue process Tor npt s.su5t
officers OF the court snc parties to tots Ga ihs part
OF Maj Bacon aod nio.eh, 90 WISHED % maksa sstsn 50:
in Justification oil oews saves t,s officers, aod ali psros
Concerned fnis case, though had oeen maze plon;
was mater strictly PRIV nc between %. alOl1;
Capt &c Rvisre. Alter the lsttsr was m3ea :,
prton last niSn:, c)uasol calei CJs0ssl
Boun, whea IL wa, akreod tnst tho p.-.
ties should nave an ioerveS la tue mprDiag Tor tae
poee OF arranging matters anicsoiy. co.'s mbrIidg Ma
jor Bacon and himself went 70 tae jail al, fodnu 30 Ri
tn
toby he was allowed to accomoang toem the PdsssN
House Ii Sas true that COUNSEL did tue
with TINT proprey which due it, bus ;osir zjA 10
this they entirely forgo.
IN session ADD mad Issued process ~ briog las pttss
lore Al III CLOCK ths sooning, ana cDdsealsn"y dd
mol notify tue court ;na inc nsser was ID pfcsss oi al
jpstnent.
bes your pardon, cir, you DID send ysroa n'!ce oy
Justice Uonnell--Dd yca ssad me such word
sner Preadergast-Yes. cir seat "a by OH Jones.
Mr.. Ganaht communicable taere aay p.sns 4,
must rest the shoulders o Major Bsc,a sId oin.s
a. tie officers Jrdog TO taer ads,ss. as
hoped tnecoad this matter stri sy ,riyss
Is referred tot fsmies VINO were entire sirAnsso
cur city, aud with whicn oar citizens hal n,lnng
70 do. rne prursnt curiosity ana great siSsly
10 pry INTO those private matters, whlea hss sesn
soa 70 All s,p Us lie s.s ooeolv0 ''S Ss
placoihat II osracSfG loas this gentle jlli
be pursued by the poprsse, Ike so many hungry ~oses
OF the forest ho asked lhem magistrates
utmost influence 20 seite TINS matter keep
pubicssr, for witch W ~ss never attended Jy Shsnn
ting the your know shst being H- ASKED tue
Court 70 discharge the process agsnst odicefs Ant
for time, until wss again called together Tor toe hss'
ing OF the case but lac believed tney would no, De
called together for sueh purpose as he Wa oJaa et.
tne Difficulty would be settled between Coione 65u
Captain DE Rvere IN which opinie0 ns vas sscoaisd ny
Major Bacon.
MAJOR Bacon regretted exceedingly the course his ma.
sga nst the counsel they responsible Ony their
ceu,s NJ, TO the court and Il they ca Sc 20 negsc toe
n a T. mi to- ~
he axDo~odged they ought % nave Requested the
uaes ADJOURN toe court until The master could be get
tied The negotiations ~eTe commenced oeore eievea
O'Clock, and they much oscupied thu
they forgot the court cA,led for eeveo, ua
I'll lney heard procsss had issued Against OF the
oIncors Tor conempt A note was immsJii'elS son 70
(hts note published spove), aad aftsr Ia.y
heard tnat an aaonnent wss ssueu ur cooe No, sghoss
Col. Blount Major u. repeated Ia suostsnco what Me-
Gansh had sao nat the officers could 20: DO 10 Dsns,
a. loey were acting under tneir (c,anses) s1viss As
TO Col Bount he ~as simply swisness, aid so atAeh
mont could against MIN undl the BEEN
called aud be failed 70 appear aud thsn ony on the
too OF opposite attorney Win regsra caBs,
could os Seated outside OF court, aud woda haze
before nis time out Tor tns intsrfIpton tie
reqaested tae couri adjourn or tme uat ca lei -
getssr sgan tor the trial o. tins case, f "a deemst
necessary not, the prosecuting attorney relussed
the court IT, uisms the csse sne cost OF c1arss 20 PAD
The pfosec atiop.
Jusuce kussei stated hi. piacs a. "a o ZEE, ns9s
uaie cJaaission, ins this vas s.tsugsh
osd ever seen. he nsd pesn 90 Ia, oss3a for maoy
years, taough not old nsu and ths tue hrsl
heard OF the OIL OF e1irt yJlAuag the
orders 81 tnsi c)ar, sbi refusing % orag "A prisoner
(spplsuse) TINS COurt was Zoe the siniosrs0i OF jds
ucc aud rs long he sai the bsnCo, tbs AL
shoud oe resp cted, and eua ana exact usics zone
ali. ms was t1e Curtis duty add 80 far
ccrbod 10 should be done, 20 nep him Cot (Joud ap
piause Zoe Court had nos been treated with proper cur
tesy py counsel I, true that Jusu's C'nao
cJmraugg magistrate, AMI hiDsei ana tSJ
ony sssoc ses Dat tney al csms there 70 see ds.e
RED out rnsy hsd psen ,resed WITH coatem D. aai tav
nundcd TIA; thc dignity CT the J1dr saodi bs respected
He uit believe thai ethe Messrs. BscJ Gaush
teaaed 10 trcn tnc cJu th sIutsmpt oa nero we're 80
officers, charged wish tbs perform ancs OF duty aai they
had trestsa the court with contempt sad parse
themselves BY affidavit II they did tbe Curt ~outd
take pleasure reiiey ng then from tue pspay thea
resting them As iOr COl)nsl B1un, the Curt does
nos con.ier hn gdty OF contempt, sol dis
him--does not knOs wnstner hs has beea
pmnaed. Continued applsuse.l
sberf Russeli-Qit tosi never such exulta alton
before IN a court room on suca mster.
hsre the attorney FOR Sasrn 'renergssi begged the
Court " Wait moment uaa he could Ogt aiiis
lie da.iret W khn off u onr not