Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-07-18

following lively account OF the difficulties
slLlla4l I'm 9 sy6Etl eman ron New ] ork
on a visit to Paris, a boxer, and boy of
great physical strength, INDUCED himself in
the luxury one night of thrashing, after a
coachman, first one, then three policemen,
and was only carried to the lock up by the
aid of a reinforcement. He was intoxicated.
and when in that state lost complete control
Of himself At the station he was treated as
rudely as if he had been criminal, and in
fact was ranked in that category. In the
morning he was carried to the Conciergerie
and thrown into cell with noisy, filthy
petty thief Two or three days were exhaust
ed by the JIge d Instruction (a secret, pre-
iminary Court in arranging the evidence
and the indictment for the Assizes. During
this time our prisoner had complained of his
companion to the keeper, and the latter, who
had heard wonderful stories Of the Ameri-
cans pugilistic powers, (for the affair was
the talk Of the place. told the thief that his
comrade was an American, and famous
boxer, and if he did not keep still he would
give him the privilege of pitching into him.
However, the complaint had gone to head
quarters, and next morning the jaiIer told the
American, while removing the thief that
they were going to give him a eountryman
for champion, and soon he returned with
negro, and a very bad specimen at that from
New Orleans. Our friend was in no way an
amalgamatonist not even an Abolitionist-
he IS less so now than eVer-and he demurred.
much to the jailer's astonishment, louder
than ever. Fortunately there were great
many people brought in that day, and he was
transferred to the prison Mazas, far away Nd
town. To arrive there he was huddled into
one Of those cellular vehicles classicaIy
known as 'tBlack Maria in which the COM
pany is generally more numerous than select
For proud scion of New York upper-ten-
dom, this was not exactly brilliant denOUe-
H1eat to the affair with the coachman and the
policemen. To add to the humiliation, be
was kicked and cuffed by the underlings of
the police as if he had been a dog without
master; in the dark and mysterious wind
ings of the COnciergerie and the Palace of
Justice, he was net told which way to direct
his steps, but was pushed and showed around
corners, collared and dragged up and down
steps. When he came into the presence of a
Judge or superior officer Of any kind. IA fact
which he could not be expected to know al
ways, and did not at once take of his hat.
~ % uASS4SAASLAiOu7AJ anu very vigorously
knocked of. He was fortunate enough at
Mazas to get political prisoner for a cell
companion; and here prisoners are treated
verymuch better than on the island. In the
meantime so many friends had been demand
ing the liberation Of the young man, that
the authorities began to think that perhaps
their prisoner was not so bad nor so danger
Gus a subject as they had taken him to be,
and at last upon the direct interference, but
in an unofficial way, of the American Lega-
ton, he was discharged on the admonition of
the gravity Of his offense, on the severity of
the law against attempts at resistance to the
armed force, and with a charge to leave the
country within 4s hours. The moral Of this
history is short plain and very practical -
Don't attempt any games on French police
mani