Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-06-23
The Ares. OF Horace Greeley in paris.

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We mentioned in our last, that Horace
Greeley, esq, of the New York Tribune, had
been arrested in Paris, at the instance Of sculp-
tor. The name of the complainant is Leclerc,
whose object was to recover from Mr.. Greeley
the sum of $4,000 francs, the value of statue
which he had sent TO the New York Crystal Pa
lace, Of which Mr.. G.. was director The Iri-
bune says
Mr.. Greeley was arrested and taken before the
proper court, at about p. m, Saturday after
noon, ind there the parties agreed to take as bail
for his appearance for trial Mr.. Piatt, the Amer-
can Secretary Of Legation. They then proceeded
to the office of that gentleman but when there
the plaintiff suddenly refused to take him as bail,
on the ground that his official station exempted
him from arrest.
Other security was offered but refused; Mr..
John Munroe proposed to pay in the money as a
guarantee; but this MIR. Greeley declined, pre-
| terring to go TO Jail. Accordingly he was con-
veyed to the debtors prison of Chchy where he
remained till Monday forenoon, when Trial was
had, and the tribunal dismissed the complaint
and discharged the defendant. In this process,
MIR. Greeley enjoyed the advantage of two days
experience in Jail, and Mr.. Leclerc the profit Of
paying the costs.
The Tribune, of yesterday, has a long letter
from MIR. Greeley giving all the facts touching his
arrest and Imprisonment. OF his arrival at the
prison he says:
was brought in through three or four heavy
iron doors to the Office Of the Governor, where 1
was properly received. Here was told must
stay till 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 o'clock. So ordered something
for dinner, and amused myself by looking at the
| ball-play, &c., of the prisoners in the yard to
whose immunities was not yet eligible, but |
had the privilege of looking in through the
barred windows. The yard is one of the best |
have seen anywhere, has good many trees and
some flowers and, as the wall is at least fifteen
feet high, and another of twenty surrounding it,
with guards with loaded muskets always pacing
between, should Judge the danger of burglary or
| other annoyances from without very moderate
| He goes on to say that his first visitor was
Judge Mason, the United States minister, accom-
panied by Mr.. Kirby, an attache of the legation,
who offered him every assistance. He then adds.
| At the designated hour, | was duly installed
and admitted to all the privileges of Chichy. BY
ten o'clock, each Of dodgers had retired to our
several apartments, (abeut eight feet by five) and
an obliging functonary came around and locked
out all rascally intruders. don't think | ever
before slept in place so perfectly secure. At six
next morning, this extra protection was with
| drawn, and each of US was thenceforth obliged
to keep watch over his own valuables. The bed
room appointments are not Of high order, as is
reasonable, since we only charged for them
four sous Gents per night, washing extra.
Mr.. G. occupied the fifth story, and on des-
cending TO the fourth was astonished on meeting
gentleman from Boston, v hom he knew well,
having not long ago met him at the Astor House
IN New York. He, too, was imprisoned for debt.
| Mons Vattemare was his next visitor, and soon
supplied him with law-books, to prepare for the
trial of his case. Judge Mason, in the meantime,
was endeavoring to secure him two good lawyers,
which was a difficult matter, as most of them
were spending the Sabbath in the country.
| Mr.. Greeley speaks in high terms of the kind
| manner in which he was treated by all the other
prisoners. Each person incarcerated is allowed
franc per day to live on; if this is not forthcom
ing from the creditor, he is at once discharged
The prisoners, therefore, in no danger of
starvation while confined. During his imprison-
ment, MIR. g. was visited by two United States
ministers, all the members Of the legation, and
by nearly every American in Paris, but he de-
clined every offer Of security and, having secured
two lawyers, resolved to test the matter before
legal tribunal. The trial took place on Monday,
and Mr.. G. came off triumphant, the case against
him being dismissed. Mr.. G.. closes by saying
that arrangements had been made for the release
of the Bostonian.