Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-10-05
TaE N. Z. 1Fi5une, Of yesterday, has quite


the Gallant Zouaye, the fellow who abducted
Miss Blount and her nanny from Mobile, last
year, and who afterwards fought duel in New
Orleans, with coat Of steel mail under his
shirt aud who. has, as the Tribune says,
''brought himself into such disgraceful notori>
ETY. during the last year, that he is generally
known only as yagabond adventurer." sz.ls
seems, by the TFi6une's account, that some
short time after the celebrated trial of De Ri
Were, for the abduction of Miss Blount, aud
subsequent to his escape from trial for the lar
|ceny of her5jewelry aud personal WARDROBE
with which he was charged, he took OCCASION
in a gasconading mood, to remark, in a, public
bar room, that he had so much confidence in
disposed to effect her ruin, no American lady
could fosfiyc minutes resist his seductive arts.
hesIri6une regrets that there was no Amer.
can gentlemen present to knock him down, in
whichFwish we think every body would join it.
The story of this insnlent aud cowardly lie
came to the ears of Mr.. William Mulgan, who
straghtway made inquiries fer the persons who
heard the French puppy make his boast, with a
view of expressing hiscontemptuous opinions
very freely to any man who had listened to the
remark without instantly knocking DeRiviere's
Efhead off. He could, however, learn of no
American who was present at the time. Some
five months since Mugan and DeRiycre, who
had been introduced on previous occasion,
met on race course on Loag Island, when
DeRiviere addressed Mnlligan, who responded,
go away, you miserable impoStor; you con-
temptible vagabond. don't want to speak to
| You, and tell you not to speak to me again"
This settled the Frenchman for the time, but
! last Wednesday night he again encountered
N.SO1S in SOln S,Yek
above the Metropolitan Hotel. Both men were
in company with friends, and DeRiviere again
/ spoke to Mulligan, who responded in words
similar to those he had used on the race>track,
calling De Riviere blackguard, loafer and
imPOster, anda scurvy vagabond. This Ian
guage, applied to him in the presence Of his
friends, was too much for the pretentious
Frenchman to put up with. and as he left the
SALOON he SAID to Mulligan: tsYou shall hear
from me. SIR" Mr.. Mulligan responded: 81
had rather hear from you now, and here, if You
have anything to say to me-"
teHgs gThe9 net T65FH af1 e:ertai ifed in Wee.
hawken, N J.,lnot far from the ground minors
talized by Burr and Hamilton. Mulligan, as
the challenged party had the choice of weapons,
and he selected six-shooting reVolvers, and de>
sired the distance to be ten paccs or at the far
theSt, fifteen PAGES. To this the second Of De
Riviere, Macaferri, the italian opera singer, OBJ
iected De Rivicrc himself demanded that they
l uSuI u GHlTLy PAGES, pF0O1OIY tearing that his
coat OF mail would not resist the force of n shot
at ten PAGES Mr.. Lewis, on the part of Mr.
MuiSan, then offered to make the distance
anything from three to twenty PAGES, the par
ties to fire one shot, and then walk up and keep
| firing at their convenience until each had ex-
hausted his six shots. De Riyiere, through his
second, objected to this, and in fact objected to
everything that looked like an immediate settles
tnent OF the difficulty. By this time il had become
so dark that no fight could be had that night
and the parties left the ground, with the under>
standing that if terms can be agreed on they
are to meet again. Before they loft the spot,
however, Mulligan leaped out of his carriage,
and offered to light DeRiviere at any distance,
and on any terms, SO as to have the fight at
once. Slulligan's second at once interfered, and
desired him to return to his carriage. There
will, probably, be no further trouble DeRiviere
having shown the white feather throughout has
Doubtless ran away from the city. We cannot
but think that the meeting was most uncaIled
Tor condeScension on the part of Mr.. Mulligan,
VINO, whatever may he his, faults, has physical
courage that has never been questioned; he had
no call to place himself on level with a man,
who, it appears, has not the pluck to fight, ex-
cept he be protected from all possible harm by
surreptitious coat of mail.
THE New Orleans papers, coming to hand
yesterday, are full Of letters from Mexico-all
more or less occupied with descriptions of Mi.
ramon, his wife and his child Itseems that ON
the 2sth of September, as the twilight closed
over the valley of Mexico, and the lingering
sunlight played around the turrets of Castle
Chnpultepec, that splendid residence and forti-
ticntiOn shone out from its emerald setting like
new sun. 1t was lit up from bustion to Gag
staff with lanterns and lights, and inside was
gathered the wealth. power and beauty of the
city of the ancient kings The occasion was
the baptism of the first son and child with
which Madame Mirnmon has blessed her lord.
The Archbishop, or rather the Pope, of Mexico
for while this country has been cut off from
Rome the Archbishop has acted as Viccgerent
of Jesus Christ-ofIiciated at the ceremony,
and invoked the blessing of Heaven. The lit,
tie fellow was called Miguel Napoleon de Mira
mon, and seemed to be very happy, never crying
once, says letter to alady. After the baptism,
the young Miramon was taken possession of by
the crowd, who passed him from hand to hand
like a piece of wnxwork, exclaiming all the
while, show beautiful" The ladies ultimately
got him into their hands, and smothered the