The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-07-13

and caused him suddenly to take 10 his heels
For some time past an almost parable
hard case has been playing his game in Mo
bile among the ton ~ Captain Henri Ar
mould de Kivicre,' of the French Zouavss, Z
"Count' by his French biithright, and I
Crimean hero in the bargain, which die
most favorably incline the fair Mobilians t.
hear him talk
| aOf moving accidents by food and field,
or hair breath scapes the Imminent deadly breach
or being taken by the insolent foe," &C., &c.
Some time ago gentleman in Mobile
| intimated. from his perception of human ma
ture, that ga plain Count Henri Arnoud Dc
Riviere'' was an egregious hambug. 4A.-
gallant Zouave's friends, of course, worked
up duel rs the consequence and as Fate,
| in such matters, is supposed to side with the
right, our readers will remember that Cap
tain De Riviere received the ball Of his ad
versary Captain Maury) in his cheek. This
duel gave the fellow more ecldf although he
was the hit bird The gallant Mobilians did
not believe "humbug" would show fight
He became, while wounded, intensely fasci-
mating, and from the effects of the ball
through his cheek, was more cheeky" than
ever.
This fellow "De Riviere" lived in New ! ork
till it became too small for him, and then he
tried his French impudence in the South ;
and previous to going to Mobile figured large
" in New Orleans. In Mobile, among the
| families to whose houses he had access, was
that Of Mr.. Bount, member of the bar, and
one of the most respected citizens in Mobile.
/ Here it seems. he won the affections OF Miss
Blount, the mother consenting, and an elope-
mept to New Orleans was the consequence.
Mr. Blount Immediately telegraphsd after
| the runaways, and De Riviere was arrested
on the boat, but was let 20 by getting a
friend to furnish bail of $1,000 to appear be-
fore the magistrate, when his accuser (Mr
Blount) should reach the city, and be pre-
pared to confront him.
Mr.. Bouut charges the Captain with big
amy, and says he has positive proof that the
Captain was married in Canal street church,
New York, last winter, to q respectable
young French lady, and that his wife now
resides in Philadelphia on corner Of Pine
and William streets.
However, before the time appointed for
the Crimean warrior to appear to answer
this serious charge, he managed to make OFT,
and, strange to say, Mrs. Biount and her
daughter are zone with the fellow
The Southern papers say that De Riviere
was arrested on Friday morning That eve
ming he was released on bail. That night
he took the ladies' from the Verandah, where
they had stopped since his arrest, up to Car
rollton After that nothing was seen OF
them, nor has anything been heard of them
since, although the sharpest police in town
has been on the hunt for them. Mr. Blount
did not arrive till Monday from Mobile, and
of course was in much anxiety about his
wife and daughter.
The Zouaye, however, managed to give all
the New Orleans police the slip, and has car
ried his clipping powers still further, as we
see it stated that Mr. Blount has received in
formation from the Spanish Consul who
gave them passports, that the party embark
ed on Saturday on the last trip of the steamer
Black Warrior for Havana, under assumed
names De Riyiere as Henri Arnaud, and
.Sirs. Blount and daughter under the name
of Mrs. Rice and daughter: We learn, also,
that it is the purpose Of Mr.. Bloant to follow
them by the next steamer, and that he will
be accompanied 10y Mr. Mignon, OF New
Orleans, who vent De Riyiere bail for
thousand dollars, which he has had to pay,
and bv Mr. Giraud, who was the Zouave S
second in his duel with Capt Maury, and is
bent on revenge for the imposition praetsed
on him by De Riviere's pretension to be
gentleman Although there is no extradi-
ton treaty between this country and Spain,
they hope in some way to bring the fascina
ting Frenchman to punishment for his vii
lainies
Thus this Henri Armand de Riviere stands
a very fair chance of getting few sore bones
in his skin, and as the whole affair bears in
it lesson for worshippers Of "distjngue
lions we shall look anxiously for the next
news from Havana for the wind-up of this
remarkable love scrape.
"ah, that decei. should steal such gentle shapes
AID with yir,uoJIs visor hide deep vice :"