Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1855-07-06

/ oHereQ 10 give MS CHtck OH Ureenc V
Co., bankers, for the 10000 francs in
dispute as security for my appearance;
but they would not have him in any
shape. While we were chaifering Mr..
Mansuell B. Field. U. S. States Com
missioners in the French Exposition
came along. and offered to join Mr..
Piatt in the recognizance; but nothing
would do. Mr.. +. then offered to raise
the money demanded; but said No
il the agreement before the Judge was
not adhered to by the other side, l
would give no bail whatever, but go
to prison. High words ensued. and
the beginning Of n scutile, in the midst
of which. l, half funconsciously, descen-
ded from the carriage. OF course l
was ordered back iastanter, and obey
as soon as l understood the order, but
we were all by this time losing tenn
per. As putting me in jail would sim
ply secure my forthcoming when wan
ted, and as l was ready to give any
amount Of security for this, which the
other side had once agreed to take, l
thought they were rather crowding
matters in the course they were taking.
So, as l was making my friends too
late for pleasant dinner party at the
Trois Fres, where had expected to
join them. closed the discussion by
insisting that we should! !drive off.
| was brought in through three or
four heavy iron doors to the Office Of
the Governor, where / was properly
received. Here | was told | must
stay till 0 o'clock. since the President
Judge had allowed me till that hour
to find bail. In vain ] urged that |
had refused to give bail, would give
none, and wanted to be shown to my
CELL must stay here till 0 o'clock.
So l ordered something for dinner. and
amused myself by looking at the ball
play. &c. ofthe prisoners in the yard,
to whose immunities was not vet clig-
ible, but / had the privilege Of looking
in through the barred windows. The
yard is one Of the best have seen any
where. has coed many trees and
some flowers. and. rs the wall is at
least fifteen feet high. and another of
twenty surrounding it, with guards
with loaded muskets always pacing be-
tween. 1 should judge the danger of
burglary or other mnoyances from
without very moderate.
At the designated hour, was duly
installed and admitted to all the priv
ileges of Clichy. BY 10 o'clock. each
of us dodgers had retired to our sever
al apartments (about eight feet by
iive) and nm obliging fuciionary came
around and locked out NIL rascdlly in.
truders. ! don't think ! ever before
slept in place so perfectly secure
AT six this morning, this extra protec-
ton was withdrawn. and each of us
was thenceforth obliged to keep watch
ovel his own valuables. We uniformly
keep good hours here in Clchy, which
is what not many large hotels in Paris
can boast Of.
The bedroom appointments arc not
Of high order, rs is reasonable, since
we are only charged for them four
sous (cents) per night. washing extra
The sheets are rather Of u hickory or
der, (minc were given me clean, the
bed is Indifferent. but l have slept on
worse; the window lacks a curtain or
blinds. but in its stead there are four
upright iron bars. which are perfect
safeguard against getting up in the
night and pitchiug or falling out. SO as
to break your neck, us any one who
went out. would certainly do. | am
in the fifth or highest story. Perhaps
one Of my predecessors was somnam-
bulist. / have two chairs. Zone less
than | am entitled TO, two little ta-
bles. (probahly one of them extra. by
some mistaFe, and cupboard. which
may once. have been clean. The pint
wash bowl and half-pint pitcher. can
dies, DC, have ordered. and pay
for. / am little ashamed to own
that my repose has been Indifferent;
but then l never do sleep well in u
strange place.
Descending TO the common room on
the lower floor this morning. | find
there an American, from Bosotn, who
has met me often and knew me at
once. though could not have called
him by name. He seemed rather
amazed to meet me here. | believe he
last saw me before, Mt the Astor
House. J but greeted me very cordial
ly, and we ordered breakfast for both
in my room. 1t was not sumptuous
meal. but We enjoyed it. Next he
made me acquainted with some other
of our best fellow-lodgers, and four of
us agreed to dino together after busi-
ness hours. Before breakfast, n friend
from tthe outer-world named NJ. Vat
temare. had found access to mo. tho
the rules of the prison allow no visi-
tors till 10 o'clock. needed first Of
all, lawyers, not yet procurable. next
American law-books, which M. Vatte-
mare knew just where to lay his hands
on. l had them all on hand and my
citations looked up long before had
any help. to use them. But let my own
affairs wait little till dispense some
Of my gleanings in Clichy.
This is perhaps the only larg dwell
ing house in Paris where no one suf-
fers from hunger. Each person ncar-
cerated is allowed a franc per day to
live on; if this is not forthcoming from
his creditor he sat once turned out to
pick up living rs he can. While he
remains here. he must have his franc
per day, paid every third day. From
this is deducted four sous per day for
his bedding and one sous for his fire
in the kitchen. leaving him fifteen sous
net and cooking-tire paid for. This
will keep him in bread any how. But
there exists among the prisoners, and
is always maintained. a "Philanthrop'
ic Society,"" which. by cooking alto
gether and dividing into messes. is en-
abled to give every subscriber to its
articles y very fair dinner for sixteen
sous &c cents, and scantier one