Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1858-07-20
rHE De REvIERE SCANDAL

Pursuant to adjournment, the proceedings
upon .hc returns to the writs Of habess corpus,
issued By Judge Ogden, in the natser Of the
Blount ladies. were resumed on Monday, be-
fore Judge Ogden, at the Supreme Court Cir
cult sitting at Bergen. Col. Blount and Mr..
Huncke, landlord Of the Napoleon Hotel at
HOboken, were present, and a messenger was
sent for Mrs. Blognt who is still at the Nspo-
leon Hotel. Neither Captain de RiFiere nor
the young lsdV have vet been heard from, and
Mr.. Chief Of Police MeDoaOugh has publish
ed q card in which be denies all knowledge Of
their Whereabouts
Mrs. Blount arrived in the court room at ten
minutes before eleven O'clock, and Immediately
retired to the Judges private room. She is 8
good looking woman, not yet past the prime Of
life, and very elegantly sttired. She rode up
from Bergen In an open barouche, accompanied
by Mr.. Richard Coles. Her entrance into the
court room produced a great sensation.
De Riyiere's counsel made the return, but
the Captain was not present. Exceptions were
taken to the return BY Mr.. Parsons, Mr..
Blount's counsel, and supported in a speech Of
considerable length. MI. Milford, in reply,
commended that the answer was as complete and
full as co4ld be expected.
Ex-Judgs Whiting, who also appeared as
counsel for Mr.. BIount, supported the obJsc-
tons, urging that the return was puTPosely
e~vasive, deserving condemnation and punish
msnt.
TIE court sustained the objections, incident
ally denying the right Of 4 landlord to prevent
a husband from having an i~ntsryiew with his
wife in bis hotel. The return must be amend
ed 90 as to be full and explicit, making a clean
breast Of all be knew concerning the parties,
and the circumstances Of their coming to and
leaving the hotef. As regarded Mrs. Blount,
however, the difficulty might be obvisted by
producing her in court in obedience to the writ,
as she was then near at hand.
- TTbses-. --sI - ~ L-r- -GE,rl-- IT,
possible for Mr.. Blount 10 account for the
course O. - wife in this matter, after all the
disclosures had been made Of De Riviere's
character. He had good grounds for believing
that she was more or less unsOund in her
uind, and hoped Judge Ogden would have an
interview with her to satisfy himself upon that
point. Some Of Blount's friends had seen her,
and were satisfied that she was a mononsniac-
If, in the full possession 81 her faculties, she
had decided TO leave him, his client would not
have complained though be could never have
consented TO surrender bis beloved daughter 20
q villain.
Ia this connsxion be censured severely the
course Of the counsel on the other side, who
had united with such men as Huncke and De
RiFisre to rob this vretehsd man Of his wife
and daughter. Il was disgraceful that in this
dsy Of Christian civilization, lawyers could be
found to do such work. twenty-five years
ago, men who would have done his, would
have been booted out Of the profession. The
sgoniss Of mind endured by his client ought
not to be suffered for all the Fsgabonds Of the
Zouave army.
Mr.. Mulford replied to the effect, that no
man should dictate bis course. He had seen
nothing crazy about Mrs. Blount, and when
she told him she did not wish to 60 with her
husband, be had not seen fit 70 advise her 20 the
contrary. he had 10 objection TO the Judge
having an interview with her.
TnIra n-1au auGA fharn wa m nrraENnn FIR
producing the lady in public she should be
considered before him cOnstruetiVely, and be
would see her privately before the proceedings
closed.
Mr.. milford having amended the return, and
L vas read. the counsel on the other side OBJ
jscted that it did not say when or with whom
bliss BiouHt left the hotel, &C. The return
was, therefore, again amended, and the Court
adjourned until Thursday.
The conversation between Mrs. Blount and
Judge Ogden was not d~iTulged, although it was
agreed upon that she should return to the Ma
poIeon Hotel, and remain for the present.
Shortly after the Court had adjourned, Mrs.
Blouut, in company with Mr.. Coles and Mr..
Bunche, left the court house and drove of to
H0soken. During the morning an attachment
was issued from the Circuit Court Of Hudson
county, By Messrs. Robertson and Brown, at
torneys, against the goods and ehsttsls OF the
gallant Zouaves (de Rivisre,) at the SUIT of
hoDert Coiunss OF hioolles IoI q ueoLu eAVO.
The attachment was placed in the hands Of
Deputy Sheriff John n. Francis, who proceeded
with the attorneys to the Napoleon Hotel and
executed the writ. They proceeded to rooms
Nos. Il and Il, lately occupied by the Captain,
and seized two large trunks aud contents. one
saddle and bride, a sword which de Riviere
said be bad with him in the Crinean war. and
a photograph Of the Captain IN full uniform
They were all secured by the Deputy Sheriff
Nothing mas been heard as yet OF the runa-
wav couple, though it is reported that they
have taken quarters in Patterson.